Number 18

In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – May 2016 rules — 2,219 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

276times drawn · chance expected 284 −0.54σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

41longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 276 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 276 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 41 · drawn in the most recent draw

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

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 smallest26 · chance 22.4
2nd smallest89 · chance 84.5
3rd smallest101 · chance 106.8
4th smallest54 · chance 53.4
5th smallest6 · chance 8.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 25 17 28 33 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 39. 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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2016-05-16	5	1st	18 21 24 32 39
2016-05-11	2	2nd	2 18 20 24 27
2016-05-09	11	4th	1 13 17 18 36
2016-04-28	8	2nd	10 18 20

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-11-26	1	4th	4 6 11 18 26
2015-11-25	8	1st	18 21 22 26 32
2015-11-17	18	1st	18 20 22 32 36
2015-10-30	7	4th	5 8 9 18 27
2015-10-23	2	2nd	11 18 27 33 39
2015-10-21	2	3rd	15 16 18 21 31
2015-10-19	4	3rd	11 16 18 29 35
2015-10-15	18	2nd	15 18 19 24 39
2015-09-27	4	4th	1 12 16 18 25
2015-09-23	2	2nd	9 18 23 29 36
2015-09-21	2	3rd	1 11 18 28 31
2015-09-19	6	2nd	7 18 23 32 33
2015-09-13	4	4th	1 8 15 18 20
2015-09-09	9	4th	9 15 16 18 38
2015-08-31	26	4th	1 2 8 18 39
2015-08-05	3	3rd	2 7 18 35 38
2015-08-02	5	2nd	17 18 24 26 29
2015-07-28	15	1st	18 22 35 37 39
2015-07-13	1	1st	18 19 21 22 25
2015-07-12	27	3rd	13 17 18 19 34
2015-06-15	2	4th	4 7 14 18 39
2015-06-13	1	3rd	5 7 18 21 37
2015-06-12	15	3rd	4 17 18 25 31
2015-05-28	8	3rd	10 17 18 31 37
2015-05-20	4	3rd	8 14 18 22 28
2015-05-16	2	2nd	6 18 23 33 38
2015-05-14	3	3rd	13 17 18 19 35
2015-05-11	11	1st	18 26 28 30 36
2015-04-29	29	4th	2 9 13 18 33
2015-03-31	13	3rd	9 17 18 36 37
2015-03-18	15	3rd	1 17 18 25 26
2015-03-03	12	2nd	17 18 19 28 38
2015-02-19	4	3rd	2 11 18 25 36
2015-02-15	1	2nd	16 18 19 28 39
2015-02-14	4	4th	1 11 13 18 39
2015-02-10	6	3rd	4 7 18 33 39
2015-02-04	9	2nd	12 18 31 33 39
2015-01-26	1	3rd	6 7 18 22 25
2015-01-25	12	2nd	14 18 19 22 35
2015-01-13	6	4th	7 11 17 18 21
2015-01-07	6	3rd	6 9 18 23 31
2015-01-01	2	1st	18 21 32 36 37
2014-12-30	26	3rd	1 14 18 27 37
2014-12-04	8	3rd	5 7 18 23 31
2014-11-26	2	2nd	2 18 30 31 36
2014-11-24	1	3rd	6 15 18 28 35
2014-11-23	23	5th	4 8 16 17 18
2014-10-31	5	4th	3 11 17 18 21
2014-10-26	6	4th	2 8 13 18 26
2014-10-20	5	3rd	12 13 18 20 23
2014-10-15	1	3rd	8 15 18 30 33
2014-10-14	1	4th	3 5 13 18 23
2014-10-13	14	3rd	2 8 18 29 39
2014-09-29	10	2nd	14 18 23 33 35
2014-09-19	9	4th	8 11 15 18 32
2014-09-10	8	3rd	12 17 18 19 36
2014-09-02	2	3rd	8 9 18 25 39
2014-08-31	3	2nd	1 18 21 29 32
2014-08-28	5	3rd	9 11 18 25 37
2014-08-23	8	2nd	2 18 27 34 38
2014-08-15	3	2nd	10 18 31 32 37
2014-08-12	1	3rd	1 13 18 25 34
2014-08-11	16	2nd	13 18 23 25 35
2014-07-26	2	3rd	3 12 18 32 38
2014-07-24	6	4th	5 14 16 18 25
2014-07-18	32	2nd	15 18 27 35 38
2014-06-16	27	1st	18 30 35 38 39
2014-05-20	41	2nd	7 18 24 26 28
2014-04-09	32	2nd	13 18 20 21 36
2014-03-08	8	3rd	11 12 18 24 33
2014-02-28	9	2nd	9 18 33 35 37
2014-02-19	3	2nd	2 18 20 33 36
2014-02-16	4	3rd	15 17 18 27 36
2014-02-12	7	4th	7 15 17 18 33
2014-02-05	4	1st	18 21 28 30 32
2014-02-01	8	1st	18 19 20 23 30
2014-01-24	23	2nd	1 18 30 32 34
2014-01-01	4	3rd	5 14 18 22 31
2013-12-28	2	2nd	10 18 19 37 38
2013-12-26	2	3rd	6 7 18 19 30
2013-12-24	1	3rd	5 13 18 27 28
2013-12-23	11	3rd	6 8 18 30 32
2013-12-12	3	3rd	12 13 18 30 33
2013-12-09	18	3rd	6 14 18 35 37
2013-11-21	20	2nd	10 18 20 24 27
2013-11-01	8	1st	18 23 24 25 29
2013-10-23	13	2nd	5 18 19 25 28
2013-10-10	13	2nd	6 18 30 34 38
2013-09-27	12	3rd	1 9 18 38 39
2013-09-15	11	2nd	8 18 25 30 36
2013-09-04	8	1st	18 24 25 27 30
2013-08-27	23	4th	6 8 13 18 32
2013-08-04	3	1st	18 26 32 35 39
2013-08-01	16	3rd	2 9 18 25 38
2013-07-16	1	3rd	14 17 18 22 30
2013-07-15	9	1st	18 21 27 28 33
2013-07-06	7	3rd	4 5 18 20 38
2013-06-29	1	4th	5 8 15 18 28
2013-06-28	10	2nd	8 18 24 31 33
2013-06-18	10	3rd	8 12 18 22 32
2013-06-08	8	2nd	5 18 26 33 34
2013-05-31	11	2nd	1 18 24 28 38
2013-05-20	20	4th	4 11 16 18 32
2013-04-30	2	1st	18 26 28 29 33
2013-04-28	2	3rd	8 17 18 31 38
2013-04-26	2	2nd	12 18 30 35 38
2013-04-24	14	3rd	15 16 18 36 38
2013-04-10	3	3rd	3 12 18 24 34
2013-04-07	6	3rd	11 12 18 26 38
2013-04-01	4	2nd	14 18 20 22 25
2013-03-28	1	1st	18 20 24 25 36
2013-03-27	16	3rd	4 17 18 24 36
2013-03-11	33	2nd	7 18 33 36 39
2013-02-06	9	2nd	7 18 23 27 35
2013-01-28	3	3rd	10 16 18 29 39
2013-01-25	2	3rd	4 5 18 23 27
2013-01-23	10	2nd	3 18 29 34 37
2013-01-13	35	2nd	2 18 21 35 39
2012-12-09	6	3rd	4 17 18 20 31
2012-12-03	13	2nd	12 18 19 30 31
2012-11-20	5	3rd	5 10 18 27 30
2012-11-15	2	2nd	15 18 24 30 31
2012-11-13	12	3rd	1 13 18 24 26
2012-11-01	2	4th	4 12 16 18 23
2012-10-30	22	2nd	12 18 29 37 38
2012-10-08	6	2nd	3 18 20 28 37
2012-10-02	8	4th	1 3 10 18 22
2012-09-24	12	3rd	12 16 18 29 33
2012-09-12	4	4th	4 7 10 18 19
2012-09-08	7	2nd	14 18 28 30 37
2012-09-01	7	2nd	8 18 19 28 35
2012-08-25	19	3rd	1 10 18 27 37
2012-08-06	5	2nd	5 18 20 26 34
2012-08-01	19	1st	18 25 27 32 35
2012-07-13	4	2nd	4 18 31 33 38
2012-07-09	2	3rd	7 8 18 29 35
2012-07-07	2	2nd	4 18 22 29 38
2012-07-05	11	3rd	10 13 18 25 27
2012-06-23	6	4th	6 14 16 18 27
2012-06-17	2	1st	18 29 34 35 37
2012-06-15	2	3rd	6 17 18 21 25
2012-06-13	4	2nd	11 18 21 29 38
2012-06-09	10	2nd	5 18 22 32 35
2012-05-30	1	3rd	5 11 18 35 37
2012-05-29	7	2nd	11 18 20 26 32
2012-05-22	7	4th	1 5 7 18 20
2012-05-15	7	3rd	4 5 18 24 32
2012-05-05	12	1st	18 25 27 29 30
2012-04-23	3	3rd	2 4 18 25 32
2012-04-20	9	3rd	4 12 18 24 26
2012-04-11	2	3rd	13 14 18 33 34
2012-04-09	16	3rd	7 15 18 28 39
2012-03-24	2	3rd	4 16 18 25 34
2012-03-22	15	3rd	8 9 18 21 29
2012-03-07	33	1st	18 27 28 35 37
2012-02-03	1	2nd	14 18 20 28 30
2012-02-02	3	2nd	9 18 23 27 36
2012-01-30	2	2nd	12 18 28 35 39
2012-01-28	4	2nd	12 18 32 37 39
2012-01-24	5	4th	6 14 16 18 27
2012-01-19	19	3rd	4 10 18 33 39
2011-12-31	2	4th	2 7 12 18 26
2011-12-29	8	3rd	4 6 18 26 32
2011-12-21	6	3rd	3 4 18 22 27
2011-12-15	2	3rd	1 4 18 30 34
2011-12-13	20	3rd	7 13 18 26 33
2011-11-23	7	4th	3 7 9 18 20
2011-11-16	21	3rd	11 14 18 24 31
2011-10-26	5	3rd	1 14 18 22 27
2011-10-21	8	3rd	3 16 18 24 27
2011-10-11	7	3rd	11 13 18 26 27
2011-10-04	10	2nd	16 18 28 34 39
2011-09-24	2	3rd	12 16 18 19 39
2011-09-22	2	3rd	11 17 18 36 37
2011-09-20	9	2nd	7 18 22 26 31
2011-09-11	9	4th	1 8 10 18 31
2011-09-02	11	4th	4 10 14 18 23
2011-08-21	4	2nd	17 18 20 28 31
2011-08-17	7	2nd	14 18 33 37 39
2011-08-08	9	2nd	2 18 28 33 36
2011-07-30	14	3rd	8 15 18 25 28
2011-07-16	1	4th	1 7 12 18 38
2011-07-15	18	2nd	4 18 28 37 39
2011-06-27	11	4th	4 8 17 18 24
2011-06-16	1	3rd	2 9 18 24 34
2011-06-15	3	4th	4 5 9 18 21
2011-06-12	2	2nd	9 18 19 21 30
2011-06-10	3	3rd	14 17 18 23 25
2011-06-07	5	3rd	7 13 18 24 33
2011-06-02	7	4th	1 2 9 18 30
2011-05-26	6	3rd	4 11 18 21 36
2011-05-20	2	4th	3 4 11 18 27
2011-05-18	1	4th	1 6 15 18 30
2011-05-17	10	2nd	5 18 20 33 36
2011-05-07	11	2nd	14 18 21 22 33
2011-04-26	9	2nd	5 18 22 24 39
2011-04-16	1	2nd	16 18 19 34 37
2011-04-15	6	5th	1 2 12 15 18
2011-04-09	11	3rd	7 17 18 27 31
2011-03-29	9	1st	18 25 29 36 39
2011-03-20	5	2nd	11 18 22 28 30
2011-03-15	28	2nd	17 18 19 31 32
2011-02-15	3	3rd	9 17 18 21 27
2011-02-12	17	5th	1 5 13 17 18
2011-01-25	4	2nd	12 18 21 27 35
2011-01-21	1	2nd	7 18 20 23 37
2011-01-20	1	1st	18 20 24 27 33
2011-01-19	5	3rd	2 8 18 30 34
2011-01-14	13	3rd	8 15 18 27 28
2011-01-01	12	5th	3 4 12 16 18
2010-12-20	1	2nd	9 18 25 34 38
2010-12-19	2	3rd	2 13 18 25 27
2010-12-17	4	4th	8 12 17 18 36
2010-12-13	15	4th	2 3 13 18 34
2010-11-28	5	4th	1 5 12 18 27
2010-11-23	2	3rd	11 13 18 35 38
2010-11-21	6	4th	1 2 4 18 30
2010-11-15	2	3rd	7 10 18 24 30
2010-11-13	3	3rd	4 15 18 22 28
2010-11-10	9	3rd	6 15 18 20 31
2010-11-01	7	2nd	10 18 23 27 36
2010-10-25	1	2nd	8 18 21 23 37
2010-10-24	9	4th	4 7 10 18 20
2010-10-15	21	3rd	10 17 18 25 27
2010-09-24	9	5th	3 6 7 13 18
2010-09-15	5	2nd	2 18 25 35 39
2010-09-10	9	2nd	5 18 19 26 33
2010-09-01	2	4th	10 11 17 18 25
2010-08-30	7	2nd	6 18 21 27 34
2010-08-23	5	1st	18 20 25 27 37
2010-08-18	1	2nd	13 18 25 36 38
2010-08-17	2	2nd	11 18 21 22 34
2010-08-15	6	4th	2 12 16 18 31
2010-08-09	2	3rd	10 14 18 30 37
2010-08-07	6	2nd	4 18 27 29 35
2010-08-01	3	3rd	6 8 18 36 38
2010-07-29	16	4th	3 14 17 18 26
2010-07-13	2	2nd	5 18 21 22 34
2010-07-11	2	3rd	8 9 18 21 30
2010-07-09	5	2nd	3 18 25 26 30
2010-07-04	3	3rd	9 15 18 20 38
2010-07-01	3	1st	18 19 28 33 38
2010-06-28	1	3rd	3 13 18 24 26
2010-06-27	4	2nd	1 18 19 28 37
2010-06-23	21	4th	7 11 17 18 22
2010-06-02	5	3rd	8 14 18 24 29
2010-05-28	3	3rd	3 12 18 21 32
2010-05-25	20	3rd	8 14 18 23 38
2010-05-05	3	2nd	17 18 20 24 30
2010-05-02	2	3rd	10 17 18 24 26
2010-04-30	5	4th	7 11 15 18 25
2010-04-25	—	3rd	2 4 18 28 33