Number 18

In MyDaY under the 3/99 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2026 rules — 5,628 draws, 3 from 0–99 (an earlier era).

240times drawn · chance expected 169 +5.56σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 83% for any number

23.5average wait between appearances · chance says 33.3

121longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

18 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 100

Drawn 240 times in 5,628 draws against 168.8 expected, +5.56σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 240 times in 5,628 draws · average wait 23.5 draws · longest completed wait 121 · waiting 7 draws now

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 smallest0 · chance 160.3
2nd smallest175 · chance 72.1
3rd smallest65 · chance 7.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 11 10 4 1 3

Never drawn alongside 10 of the other 99 numbers; chance expects about 0.8 such strangers 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 — 16th most popular of 100. 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
2026-08-15	23	2nd	2 18 42
2026-07-23	8	3rd	0 12 18
2026-07-15	11	2nd	3 18 27
2026-07-04	0	2nd	1 18
2026-07-04	13	2nd	1 18
2026-06-21	4	2nd	12

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 3/100 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-17	3	2nd	6 18 45
2025-05-14	22	2nd	5 18 21
2025-04-22	8	2nd	8 18 25
2025-04-14	7	3rd	7 7 18
2025-04-07	33	2nd	1 18 30
2025-03-05	33	2nd	10 18 26
2025-01-31	22	2nd	7 18 72
2025-01-09	37	3rd	10 11 18
2024-12-03	6	2nd	12 18 25
2024-11-27	34	2nd	9 18 36
2024-10-24	21	2nd	10 18 48
2024-10-03	83	2nd	3 18 19
2024-07-12	10	3rd	7 17 18
2024-07-02	15	2nd	4 18 51
2024-06-17	10	2nd	5 18 98
2024-06-07	121	2nd	1 18 97
2024-02-07	1	2nd	2 18 57
2024-02-06	16	2nd	4 18 82
2024-01-21	3	2nd	2 18 69
2024-01-18	37	2nd	11 18 47
2023-12-12	13	3rd	3 16 18
2023-11-29	9	3rd	10 11 18
2023-11-20	27	3rd	4 16 18
2023-10-24	13	2nd	1 18 23
2023-10-11	24	2nd	2 18 90
2023-09-17	37	2nd	9 18 74
2023-08-11	21	2nd	2 18 78
2023-07-21	2	3rd	7 9 18
2023-07-19	35	2nd	9 18 24
2023-06-14	4	2nd	6 18 90
2023-06-10	7	2nd	4 18 76
2023-06-03	17	2nd	4 18 47
2023-05-17	13	2nd	4 18 54
2023-05-04	46	2nd	11 18 26
2023-03-19	23	3rd	2 15 18
2023-02-24	16	2nd	11 18 34
2023-02-08	1	3rd	7 11 18
2023-02-07	1	3rd	2 16 18
2023-02-06	1	2nd	11 18 48
2023-02-05	57	3rd	0 2 18
2022-12-10	19	2nd	11 18 97
2022-11-21	50	2nd	8 18 58
2022-10-02	80	2nd	11 18 38
2022-07-14	46	2nd	3 18 23
2022-05-29	38	2nd	10 18 51
2022-04-21	54	2nd	6 18 60
2022-02-26	66	2nd	5 18 28
2021-12-22	6	2nd	7 18 24
2021-12-16	11	3rd	4 13 18
2021-12-05	15	2nd	11 18 42
2021-11-20	22	3rd	6 14 18
2021-10-29	11	2nd	5 18 97
2021-10-18	31	3rd	3 8 18
2021-09-17	20	3rd	0 9 18
2021-08-28	63	2nd	1 18 77
2021-06-26	15	3rd	6 10 18
2021-06-11	25	2nd	10 18 20
2021-05-17	10	2nd	2 18 62
2021-05-07	7	2nd	3 18 68
2021-04-30	5	2nd	2 18 36
2021-04-25	6	3rd	3 4 18
2021-04-19	38	3rd	6 10 18
2021-03-12	9	2nd	4 18 55
2021-03-03	112	3rd	1 11 18
2020-11-11	34	3rd	8 12 18
2020-10-08	18	2nd	8 18 67
2020-09-20	10	3rd	0 1 18
2020-09-10	13	2nd	7 18 87
2020-08-28	6	3rd	0 6 18
2020-08-22	53	2nd	1 18 75
2020-06-30	5	2nd	11 18 55
2020-06-25	39	2nd	4 18 32
2020-05-17	18	2nd	2 18 65
2020-04-29	5	2nd	7 18 71
2020-04-24	18	2nd	8 18 83
2020-04-06	10	3rd	2 3 18
2020-03-27	37	2nd	7 18 46
2020-02-19	4	2nd	2 18 92
2020-02-15	13	3rd	3 14 18
2020-02-02	5	2nd	7 18 27
2020-01-28	9	2nd	6 18 26
2020-01-19	1	3rd	2 8 18
2020-01-18	0	2nd	6 18
2020-01-18	5	2nd	6 18
2020-01-13	11	2nd	7 18 86
2020-01-02	9	3rd	2 8 18
2019-12-24	11	2nd	11 18 88
2019-12-13	4	3rd	2 4 18
2019-12-09	32	3rd	5 17 18
2019-11-07	2	2nd	11 18 26
2019-11-05	30	3rd	1 8 18
2019-10-06	7	2nd	2 18 73
2019-09-29	23	2nd	5 18 51
2019-09-06	40	3rd	5 13 18
2019-07-28	9	3rd	10 10 18
2019-07-19	33	2nd	7 18 71
2019-06-16	9	2nd	12 18 86
2019-06-07	51	2nd	4 18 22
2019-04-17	21	2nd	1 18 80
2019-03-27	1	2nd	2 18 33
2019-03-26	11	2nd	8 18 27
2019-03-15	25	2nd	9 18 41
2019-02-18	5	2nd	4 18 65
2019-02-13	1	2nd	7 18 76
2019-02-12	32	3rd	3 17 18
2019-01-11	4	2nd	4 18 22
2019-01-07	59	3rd	10 15 18
2018-11-09	2	3rd	3 3 18
2018-11-07	19	2nd	10 18 70
2018-10-19	3	2nd	2 18 46
2018-10-16	32	2nd	10 18 71
2018-09-14	7	2nd	9 18 27
2018-09-07	55	2nd	12 18 58
2018-07-14	3	3rd	3 7 18
2018-07-11	12	3rd	6 8 18
2018-06-29	10	2nd	1 18 82
2018-06-19	9	2nd	9 18 70
2018-06-10	9	3rd	3 10 18
2018-06-01	88	2nd	8 18 35
2018-03-05	11	3rd	6 11 18
2018-02-22	9	2nd	5 18 20
2018-02-13	39	2nd	5 18 76
2018-01-05	61	2nd	10 18 30
2017-11-05	6	2nd	2 18 37
2017-10-30	25	2nd	2 18 86
2017-10-05	70	2nd	3 18 73
2017-07-27	45	2nd	7 18 47
2017-06-12	11	2nd	10 18 88
2017-06-01	25	2nd	9 18 99
2017-05-07	35	2nd	4 18 84
2017-04-02	13	3rd	9 10 18
2017-03-20	47	2nd	3 18 80
2017-02-01	79	2nd	8 18 72
2016-11-14	65	2nd	5 18 85
2016-08-31	29	2nd	6 18 35
2016-07-28	52	2nd	9 18 56
2016-05-28	28	2nd	1 18 29
2016-04-26	39	2nd	11 18 19
2016-03-11	3	3rd	3 16 18
2016-03-08	3	2nd	11 18 21
2016-03-04	10	2nd	4 18 20
2016-02-22	13	3rd	7 7 18
2016-02-06	29	2nd	9 18 20
2016-01-04	34	3rd	4 17 18
2015-11-25	12	2nd	8 18 88
2015-11-11	37	2nd	6 18 82
2015-09-29	5	3rd	1 13 18
2015-09-23	21	2nd	1 18 77
2015-08-29	1	2nd	11 18 74
2015-08-28	3	2nd	7 18 29
2015-08-25	79	2nd	9 18 85
2015-05-25	40	3rd	2 6 18
2015-04-08	75	2nd	10 18 23
2015-01-10	8	2nd	4 18 79
2014-12-31	15	2nd	2 18 32
2014-12-13	1	2nd	12 18 42
2014-12-12	26	2nd	10 18 79
2014-11-12	3	3rd	7 17 18
2014-11-08	14	2nd	4 18 75
2014-10-23	24	2nd	6 18 22
2014-09-25	39	3rd	6 17 18
2014-08-11	14	3rd	4 10 18
2014-07-25	10	2nd	8 18 55
2014-07-14	11	2nd	2 18 26
2014-07-01	5	3rd	10 11 18
2014-06-25	35	2nd	9 18 51
2014-05-15	34	2nd	12 18 63
2014-04-05	12	2nd	11 18 35
2014-03-22	33	2nd	10 18 27
2014-02-12	9	2nd	3 18 65
2014-02-01	62	2nd	1 18 94
2013-11-21	38	2nd	7 18 29
2013-10-08	58	2nd	6 18 73
2013-08-01	4	3rd	10 12 18
2013-07-27	47	2nd	1 18 86
2013-06-03	22	2nd	2 18 97
2013-05-08	29	2nd	9 18 34
2013-04-04	16	2nd	5 18 47
2013-03-16	9	3rd	6 6 18
2013-03-06	2	2nd	9 18 95
2013-03-04	80	2nd	1 18 59
2012-11-30	39	2nd	12 18 99
2012-10-16	6	2nd	2 18 69
2012-10-09	50	2nd	11 18 61
2012-08-11	11	2nd	3 18 35
2012-07-30	7	2nd	1 18 20
2012-07-21	73	3rd	3 10 18
2012-04-26	15	2nd	7 18 87
2012-04-09	6	2nd	11 18 23
2012-04-02	5	2nd	1 18 27
2012-03-27	31	2nd	2 18 60
2012-02-20	11	2nd	9 18 38
2012-02-07	14	2nd	11 18 25
2012-01-21	35	3rd	1 5 18
2011-12-12	26	3rd	2 7 18
2011-11-11	31	3rd	1 11 18
2011-10-06	47	2nd	6 18 25
2011-08-11	27	2nd	10 18 56
2011-07-11	12	2nd	8 18 60
2011-06-27	3	3rd	4 11 18
2011-06-23	16	3rd	4 11 18
2011-06-04	16	2nd	4 18 28
2011-05-17	41	2nd	9 18 50
2011-03-29	13	2nd	3 18 37
2011-03-14	2	2nd	12 18 23
2011-03-11	18	2nd	5 18 92
2011-02-18	6	2nd	3 18 22
2011-02-11	10	3rd	9 14 18
2011-01-31	37	2nd	7 18 87
2010-12-18	80	2nd	8 18 44
2010-09-16	2	2nd	9 18 49
2010-09-14	13	2nd	3 18 75
2010-08-30	99	2nd	1 18 52
2010-05-06	9	3rd	9 15 18
2010-04-26	10	3rd	5 12 18
2010-04-14	—	2nd	12 18 91