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Number 18 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 78 times drawn · chance expected 78 +0.05σ
11 draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number
11.0 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
49 longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 78 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18 Number 18, draw by draw Drawn 78 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 11 draws now
1 draws: 2005-07-22 to 2005-07-26 7 draws: 2005-07-26 to 2005-08-19 19 draws: 2005-08-19 to 2005-10-25 2 draws: 2005-10-25 to 2005-11-01 5 draws: 2005-11-01 to 2005-11-18 18 draws: 2005-11-18 to 2006-01-20 2 draws: 2006-01-20 to 2006-01-27 12 draws: 2006-01-27 to 2006-03-10 5 draws: 2006-03-10 to 2006-03-28 3 draws: 2006-03-28 to 2006-04-07 2 draws: 2006-04-07 to 2006-04-14 14 draws: 2006-04-14 to 2006-06-02 2 draws: 2006-06-02 to 2006-06-09 12 draws: 2006-06-09 to 2006-07-21 5 draws: 2006-07-21 to 2006-08-08 20 draws: 2006-08-08 to 2006-10-17 30 draws: 2006-10-17 to 2007-01-30 7 draws: 2007-01-30 to 2007-02-23 1 draws: 2007-02-23 to 2007-02-27 7 draws: 2007-02-27 to 2007-03-23 1 draws: 2007-03-23 to 2007-03-27 36 draws: 2007-03-27 to 2007-07-31 9 draws: 2007-07-31 to 2007-08-31 14 draws: 2007-08-31 to 2007-10-19 10 draws: 2007-10-19 to 2007-11-23 4 draws: 2007-11-23 to 2007-12-07 28 draws: 2007-12-07 to 2008-03-14 8 draws: 2008-03-14 to 2008-04-11 32 draws: 2008-04-11 to 2008-08-01 5 draws: 2008-08-01 to 2008-08-19 25 draws: 2008-08-19 to 2008-11-14 24 draws: 2008-11-14 to 2009-02-06 1 draws: 2009-02-06 to 2009-02-10 7 draws: 2009-02-10 to 2009-03-06 10 draws: 2009-03-06 to 2009-04-10 13 draws: 2009-04-10 to 2009-05-26 21 draws: 2009-05-26 to 2009-08-07 9 draws: 2009-08-07 to 2009-09-08 3 draws: 2009-09-08 to 2009-09-18 8 draws: 2009-09-18 to 2009-10-16 5 draws: 2009-10-16 to 2009-11-03 19 draws: 2009-11-03 to 2010-01-08 17 draws: 2010-01-08 to 2010-03-09 9 draws: 2010-03-09 to 2010-04-09 17 draws: 2010-04-09 to 2010-06-08 8 draws: 2010-06-08 to 2010-07-06 3 draws: 2010-07-06 to 2010-07-16 1 draws: 2010-07-16 to 2010-07-20 14 draws: 2010-07-20 to 2010-09-07 3 draws: 2010-09-07 to 2010-09-17 10 draws: 2010-09-17 to 2010-10-22 12 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-12-03 3 draws: 2010-12-03 to 2010-12-14 4 draws: 2010-12-14 to 2010-12-28 14 draws: 2010-12-28 to 2011-02-15 19 draws: 2011-02-15 to 2011-04-22 4 draws: 2011-04-22 to 2011-05-06 10 draws: 2011-05-06 to 2011-06-10 7 draws: 2011-06-10 to 2011-07-05 49 draws: 2011-07-05 to 2011-12-23 11 draws: 2011-12-23 to 2012-01-31 3 draws: 2012-01-31 to 2012-02-10 4 draws: 2012-02-10 to 2012-02-24 21 draws: 2012-02-24 to 2012-05-08 11 draws: 2012-05-08 to 2012-06-15 13 draws: 2012-06-15 to 2012-07-31 3 draws: 2012-07-31 to 2012-08-10 23 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-10-30 1 draws: 2012-10-30 to 2012-11-02 2 draws: 2012-11-02 to 2012-11-09 11 draws: 2012-11-09 to 2012-12-18 1 draws: 2012-12-18 to 2012-12-21 1 draws: 2012-12-21 to 2012-12-25 7 draws: 2012-12-25 to 2013-01-18 25 draws: 2013-01-18 to 2013-04-16 11 draws: 2013-04-16 to 2013-05-24 31 draws: 2013-05-24 to 2013-09-10 Still waiting — at least 11 draws since 2013-09-10 2005-07-22 2005-07-26 2005-08-19 2005-10-25 2005-11-01 2005-11-18 2006-01-20 2006-01-27 2006-03-10 2006-03-28 2006-04-07 2006-04-14 2006-06-02 2006-06-09 2006-07-21 2006-08-08 2006-10-17 2007-01-30 2007-02-23 2007-02-27 2007-03-23 2007-03-27 2007-07-31 2007-08-31 2007-10-19 2007-11-23 2007-12-07 2008-03-14 2008-04-11 2008-08-01 2008-08-19 2008-11-14 2009-02-06 2009-02-10 2009-03-06 2009-04-10 2009-05-26 2009-08-07 2009-09-08 2009-09-18 2009-10-16 2009-11-03 2010-01-08 2010-03-09 2010-04-09 2010-06-08 2010-07-06 2010-07-16 2010-07-20 2010-09-07 2010-09-17 2010-10-22 2010-12-03 2010-12-14 2010-12-28 2011-02-15 2011-04-22 2011-05-06 2011-06-10 2011-07-05 2011-12-23 2012-01-31 2012-02-10 2012-02-24 2012-05-08 2012-06-15 2012-07-31 2012-08-10 2012-10-30 2012-11-02 2012-11-09 2012-12-18 2012-12-21 2012-12-25 2013-01-18 2013-04-16 2013-05-24 2013-09-10 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 8 times 2 draws: 5 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 4 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 0 times 7 draws: 6 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 4 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 3 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 2 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 1 time 50 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 18 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
1st smallest 13 · chance 16.9 2nd smallest 32 · chance 32.8 3rd smallest 22 · chance 21.9 4th smallest 11 · chance 5.9 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.5 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 18 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 56. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 18 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 17 Every number number 19 → What this cannot tell you Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 18 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.