Number 18

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 rules — 2,502 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

354times drawn · chance expected 329 +1.47σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

43longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 354 times in 2,502 draws against 329.2 expected, +1.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 354 times in 2,502 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 1 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 smallest27 · chance 26.0
2nd smallest119 · chance 103.9
3rd smallest124 · chance 138.5
4th smallest68 · chance 72.9
5th smallest16 · chance 12.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 38.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 27 22 24 13 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2024-03-16	2	4th	8 11 13 18 37
2024-03-14	4	3rd	8 14 18 22 29
2024-03-10	9	4th	5 8 9 18 28
2024-03-01	8	1st	18

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-29	9	2nd	11 18 28 31 32
2023-11-20	5	3rd	1 13 18 21 24
2023-11-15	12	2nd	13 18 20 28 38
2023-11-03	6	4th	10 15 17 18 38
2023-10-28	9	2nd	10 18 21 30 34
2023-10-19	9	2nd	13 18 20 22 31
2023-10-10	7	3rd	8 10 18 22 31
2023-10-03	5	3rd	5 9 18 21 35
2023-09-28	2	3rd	4 5 18 34 36
2023-09-26	4	2nd	13 18 23 27 36
2023-09-22	15	2nd	5 18 27 31 35
2023-09-07	8	3rd	8 12 18 22 32
2023-08-30	3	3rd	6 15 18 23 33
2023-08-27	6	4th	1 3 13 18 22
2023-08-21	19	3rd	4 14 18 23 29
2023-08-02	12	4th	11 14 17 18 27
2023-07-21	4	2nd	13 18 20 33 38
2023-07-17	6	3rd	1 14 18 25 33
2023-07-11	20	3rd	7 13 18 20 30
2023-06-21	6	4th	2 5 16 18 30
2023-06-15	3	3rd	5 17 18 27 35
2023-06-12	13	4th	1 8 15 18 37
2023-05-30	2	3rd	4 7 18 36 37
2023-05-28	1	2nd	17 18 22 28 37
2023-05-27	23	4th	1 15 16 18 25
2023-05-04	4	4th	2 11 13 18 36
2023-04-30	12	4th	3 8 10 18 22
2023-04-18	11	2nd	7 18 20 33 38
2023-04-07	8	3rd	5 9 18 31 34
2023-03-30	5	3rd	5 17 18 24 29
2023-03-25	1	2nd	11 18 19 25 28
2023-03-24	16	4th	2 12 14 18 24
2023-03-08	1	3rd	1 2 18 36 38
2023-03-07	1	4th	1 8 10 18 26
2023-03-06	2	4th	2 5 8 18 36
2023-03-04	2	2nd	16 18 23 26 28
2023-03-02	1	4th	1 3 10 18 32
2023-03-01	6	3rd	6 15 18 19 37
2023-02-23	9	2nd	7 18 19 35 37
2023-02-14	4	3rd	11 12 18 19 27
2023-02-10	5	1st	18 29 33 35 37
2023-02-05	1	3rd	1 14 18 20 24
2023-02-04	12	4th	4 15 16 18 26
2023-01-23	2	3rd	1 6 18 24 28
2023-01-21	15	2nd	14 18 22 27 34
2023-01-06	5	5th	3 9 14 15 18
2023-01-01	11	3rd	5 17 18 24 32
2015-12-21	6	3rd	2 4 18 21 24
2015-12-15	1	4th	4 5 17 18 37
2015-12-14	2	4th	12 13 16 18 21
2015-12-12	10	4th	3 10 15 18 37
2015-12-02	8	2nd	10 18 24 25 35
2015-11-24	9	2nd	8 18 20 23 24
2015-11-15	1	3rd	3 14 18 21 35
2015-11-14	6	3rd	5 15 18 19 27
2015-11-08	26	2nd	16 18 23 26 31
2015-10-13	5	2nd	2 18 27 32 35
2015-10-08	13	2nd	8 18 28 30 38
2015-09-25	17	3rd	9 16 18 20 26
2015-09-08	8	4th	2 11 15 18 37
2015-08-31	6	3rd	1 7 18 28 33
2015-08-25	9	2nd	12 18 21 25 26
2015-08-16	12	2nd	2 18 20 24 33
2015-08-04	6	2nd	5 18 24 31 38
2015-07-29	4	2nd	8 18 22 32 34
2015-07-25	5	1st	18 23 28 30 33
2015-07-20	2	1st	18 19 27 28 30
2015-07-18	3	2nd	6 18 24 25 37
2015-07-15	4	3rd	6 14 18 30 32
2015-07-11	3	3rd	1 4 18 23 35
2015-07-08	17	5th	5 8 12 14 18
2015-06-21	19	3rd	3 17 18 26 32
2015-06-02	3	3rd	12 17 18 25 33
2015-05-30	8	4th	1 6 16 18 29
2015-05-22	27	2nd	1 18 19 30 36
2015-04-25	25	4th	11 13 14 18 21
2015-03-31	4	2nd	11 18 26 28 37
2015-03-27	13	3rd	9 16 18 19 37
2015-03-14	15	3rd	4 13 18 31 34
2015-02-27	15	4th	2 4 16 18 33
2015-02-12	6	5th	3 7 13 17 18
2015-02-06	6	2nd	4 18 31 32 35
2015-01-31	11	3rd	1 8 18 30 31
2015-01-20	4	4th	4 7 8 18 24
2015-01-16	4	2nd	15 18 27 36 37
2015-01-12	1	2nd	10 18 19 27 36
2015-01-11	2	3rd	6 7 18 29 36
2015-01-09	3	3rd	2 5 18 27 35
2015-01-06	1	4th	9 11 12 18 33
2015-01-05	3	3rd	2 6 18 29 35
2015-01-02	1	3rd	12 16 18 33 34
2015-01-01	12	3rd	12 14 18 19 34
2014-12-20	4	4th	9 12 13 18 31
2014-12-16	1	3rd	8 14 18 35 38
2014-12-15	14	2nd	4 18 19 21 27
2014-12-01	12	2nd	15 18 23 33 38
2014-11-19	5	3rd	1 8 18 20 22
2014-11-14	1	4th	11 13 15 18 36
2014-11-13	9	3rd	2 9 18 24 30
2014-11-04	2	2nd	14 18 19 23 25
2014-11-02	12	2nd	3 18 28 34 38
2014-10-21	4	2nd	8 18 32 34 38
2014-10-17	6	5th	2 3 5 7 18
2014-10-11	2	4th	1 7 16 18 22
2014-10-09	4	3rd	5 14 18 30 31
2014-10-05	8	3rd	7 8 18 23 32
2014-09-27	7	3rd	3 5 18 19 27
2014-09-20	5	2nd	13 18 24 29 37
2014-09-15	4	3rd	4 15 18 19 27
2014-09-11	16	2nd	17 18 28 36 37
2014-08-26	9	5th	1 6 13 16 18
2014-08-17	2	4th	6 9 11 18 24
2014-08-15	3	2nd	14 18 23 29 33
2014-08-12	11	2nd	7 18 19 33 34
2014-08-01	8	2nd	4 18 30 34 35
2014-07-24	10	3rd	5 12 18 24 27
2014-07-14	8	3rd	8 14 18 29 33
2014-07-06	1	3rd	7 8 18 20 27
2014-07-05	8	3rd	4 10 18 19 23
2014-06-27	8	3rd	13 14 18 19 25
2014-06-19	1	3rd	8 9 18 30 35
2014-06-18	5	3rd	1 3 18 27 34
2014-06-13	7	4th	8 11 17 18 33
2014-06-06	1	2nd	9 18 32 35 38
2014-06-05	4	2nd	3 18 27 32 38
2014-06-01	7	3rd	6 7 18 27 32
2014-05-25	1	2nd	11 18 22 27 34
2014-05-24	1	4th	7 12 15 18 36
2014-05-23	24	4th	3 6 16 18 35
2014-04-29	9	2nd	1 18 29 31 37
2014-04-20	12	4th	2 14 16 18 20
2014-04-08	4	2nd	2 18 30 31 36
2014-04-04	8	2nd	4 18 19 22 25
2014-03-27	2	1st	18 22 23 28 32
2014-03-25	10	3rd	9 16 18 21 28
2014-03-15	2	2nd	1 18 31 32 35
2014-03-13	15	5th	2 11 14 15 18
2014-02-26	9	4th	1 4 6 18 31
2014-02-17	7	3rd	4 17 18 35 37
2014-02-10	6	3rd	3 6 18 30 31
2014-02-04	3	4th	7 10 12 18 26
2014-02-01	17	2nd	7 18 20 26 35
2014-01-15	2	4th	4 7 14 18 38
2014-01-13	4	3rd	4 13 18 20 29
2014-01-09	7	3rd	8 11 18 31 34
2014-01-02	7	3rd	4 12 18 26 32
2013-12-26	4	3rd	5 8 18 19 34
2013-12-22	1	4th	1 9 16 18 30
2013-12-21	4	1st	18 20 27 35 37
2013-12-17	33	3rd	2 3 18 20 33
2013-11-14	1	4th	5 7 15 18 30
2013-11-13	6	2nd	14 18 20 25 38
2013-11-07	4	3rd	10 15 18 26 32
2013-11-03	2	3rd	9 16 18 20 31
2013-11-01	26	2nd	14 18 22 26 38
2013-10-06	3	2nd	7 18 36 37 38
2013-10-03	1	3rd	7 13 18 26 35
2013-10-02	14	3rd	2 11 18 19 23
2013-09-18	1	3rd	8 11 18 20 36
2013-09-17	1	1st	18 19 25 28 36
2013-09-16	4	2nd	9 18 22 27 31
2013-09-12	10	1st	18 19 25 26 33
2013-09-02	2	3rd	6 14 18 27 33
2013-08-31	7	3rd	8 15 18 22 27
2013-08-24	1	3rd	13 15 18 20 32
2013-08-23	13	2nd	14 18 21 35 38
2013-08-10	16	4th	8 11 17 18 23
2013-07-25	10	3rd	13 14 18 21 37
2013-07-15	3	2nd	5 18 21 32 35
2013-07-12	32	2nd	6 18 20 24 32
2013-06-10	23	2nd	15 18 24 27 29
2013-05-18	4	2nd	16 18 32 34 38
2013-05-14	8	2nd	8 18 22 26 34
2013-05-06	16	2nd	9 18 28 31 32
2013-04-20	15	2nd	6 18 23 29 34
2013-04-05	5	2nd	5 18 20 32 36
2013-03-31	2	2nd	4 18 20 26 38
2013-03-29	1	2nd	10 18 24 34 38
2013-03-28	1	2nd	1 18 20 24 28
2013-03-27	1	2nd	1 18 33 36 37
2013-03-26	2	4th	1 10 16 18 20
2013-03-24	1	3rd	10 17 18 34 37
2013-03-23	12	2nd	5 18 20 24 32
2013-03-11	13	3rd	8 14 18 27 34
2013-02-26	33	3rd	5 15 18 19 21
2013-01-24	3	3rd	5 13 18 31 32
2013-01-21	17	3rd	12 15 18 23 28
2013-01-04	10	1st	18 23 27 33 36
2012-12-25	5	3rd	3 12 18 29 34
2012-12-20	12	2nd	2 18 25 26 36
2012-12-08	1	1st	18 19 26 30 38
2012-12-07	1	3rd	8 10 18 22 23
2012-12-06	1	3rd	11 13 18 21 36
2012-12-05	2	2nd	10 18 27 28 38
2012-12-03	9	2nd	15 18 23 27 30
2012-11-24	1	2nd	5 18 25 32 35
2012-11-23	15	5th	1 3 4 13 18
2012-11-08	9	4th	4 7 17 18 30
2012-10-30	1	4th	3 6 11 18 32
2012-10-29	3	3rd	6 14 18 24 35
2012-10-26	8	4th	3 8 11 18 24
2012-10-18	4	4th	3 7 14 18 38
2012-10-14	2	5th	6 8 11 14 18
2012-10-12	2	2nd	11 18 25 35 37
2012-10-10	5	1st	18 22 26 28 30
2012-10-05	5	3rd	8 15 18 28 36
2012-09-30	6	2nd	8 18 31 37 38
2012-09-24	3	4th	1 2 13 18 32
2012-09-21	27	3rd	6 17 18 22 24
2012-08-25	1	2nd	5 18 21 28 36
2012-08-24	24	3rd	4 17 18 32 35
2012-07-31	16	5th	5 8 14 16 18
2012-07-15	5	4th	4 7 8 18 26
2012-07-10	2	2nd	16 18 24 27 30
2012-07-08	9	2nd	7 18 23 27 38
2012-06-29	10	1st	18 21 23 32 36
2012-06-19	9	2nd	13 18 22 26 34
2012-06-10	10	2nd	5 18 22 23 33
2012-05-31	12	3rd	1 5 18 23 26
2012-05-19	1	2nd	13 18 32 35 36
2012-05-18	5	4th	1 4 5 18 30
2012-05-13	4	2nd	5 18 23 27 31
2012-05-09	1	2nd	13 18 21 22 27
2012-05-08	7	3rd	9 12 18 30 35
2012-05-01	7	3rd	1 17 18 22 29
2012-04-24	1	2nd	7 18 27 33 34
2012-04-23	1	2nd	6 18 24 26 38
2012-04-22	7	4th	12 13 17 18 33
2012-04-15	2	3rd	4 15 18 25 30
2012-04-13	11	2nd	14 18 25 28 30
2012-04-02	9	4th	2 11 13 18 22
2012-03-24	1	2nd	14 18 24 26 37
2012-03-23	5	2nd	4 18 22 36 38
2012-03-18	17	3rd	8 15 18 24 33
2012-03-01	1	1st	18 21 26 27 28
2012-02-29	12	4th	7 16 17 18 20
2012-02-17	5	3rd	8 13 18 21 36
2012-02-12	13	4th	2 11 12 18 38
2012-01-30	6	2nd	5 18 21 28 32
2012-01-24	12	4th	3 10 13 18 24
2012-01-12	25	2nd	15 18 24 28 37
2011-12-18	5	4th	2 16 17 18 27
2011-12-13	8	3rd	2 4 18 19 26
2011-12-05	9	2nd	11 18 22 28 32
2011-11-26	1	3rd	8 13 18 32 36
2011-11-25	10	4th	5 15 17 18 26
2011-11-15	7	2nd	13 18 27 35 36
2011-11-08	5	3rd	7 9 18 27 33
2011-11-03	7	3rd	1 15 18 26 36
2011-10-27	8	4th	4 13 14 18 27
2011-10-19	6	1st	18 28 30 33 34
2011-10-13	9	5th	3 7 16 17 18
2011-10-04	7	2nd	3 18 24 33 34
2011-09-27	4	2nd	15 18 33 34 37
2011-09-23	13	2nd	7 18 28 34 36
2011-09-10	1	2nd	15 18 21 22 24
2011-09-09	6	1st	18 20 21 31 37
2011-09-03	7	3rd	4 8 18 25 28
2011-08-27	2	3rd	13 16 18 24 38
2011-08-25	1	3rd	4 15 18 19 38
2011-08-24	21	2nd	12 18 25 31 37
2011-08-03	11	3rd	1 3 18 19 38
2011-07-23	2	1st	18 20 22 24 29
2011-07-21	5	2nd	13 18 23 24 33
2011-07-16	2	3rd	7 8 18 33 35
2011-07-14	5	5th	4 7 15 16 18
2011-07-09	11	2nd	17 18 22 29 38
2011-06-28	1	4th	1 4 11 18 36
2011-06-27	4	4th	8 10 17 18 22
2011-06-23	16	4th	3 11 15 18 27
2011-06-07	14	1st	18 22 24 35 37
2011-05-24	4	1st	18 23 24 27 37
2011-05-20	16	3rd	4 6 18 28 32
2011-05-04	3	3rd	10 11 18 22 32
2011-05-01	1	5th	2 3 9 17 18
2011-04-30	15	2nd	11 18 19 24 26
2011-04-15	4	3rd	10 11 18 24 25
2011-04-11	1	3rd	4 9 18 21 25
2011-04-10	5	2nd	2 18 22 26 33
2011-04-05	6	3rd	12 16 18 32 38
2011-03-30	5	2nd	12 18 26 30 35
2011-03-25	2	2nd	2 18 20 32 33
2011-03-23	4	3rd	5 9 18 20 36
2011-03-19	3	3rd	6 9 18 19 25
2011-03-16	17	2nd	8 18 31 36 37
2011-02-27	13	3rd	4 7 18 20 36
2011-02-14	3	4th	2 10 17 18 35
2011-02-11	8	4th	4 11 16 18 30
2011-02-03	2	2nd	7 18 21 31 38
2011-02-01	2	3rd	2 13 18 23 31
2011-01-30	1	3rd	8 9 18 20 21
2011-01-29	13	4th	5 11 15 18 22
2011-01-16	11	3rd	5 15 18 22 25
2011-01-05	6	5th	1 8 9 14 18
2010-12-30	4	1st	18 28 30 33 35
2010-12-26	2	2nd	16 18 24 29 32
2010-12-24	1	3rd	9 16 18 22 38
2010-12-23	2	3rd	1 14 18 25 35
2010-12-21	6	2nd	15 18 30 32 36
2010-12-15	3	4th	5 13 14 18 21
2010-12-12	4	3rd	9 12 18 30 38
2010-12-08	13	2nd	1 18 22 26 30
2010-11-24	10	2nd	2 18 20 22 29
2010-11-12	6	2nd	14 18 32 35 36
2010-11-05	3	2nd	15 18 27 34 38
2010-11-02	4	2nd	1 18 22 36 37
2010-10-28	14	1st	18 23 31 32 36
2010-10-12	4	3rd	10 15 18 19 21
2010-10-07	1	3rd	7 17 18 33 38
2010-10-06	1	1st	18 23 30 34 37
2010-10-05	26	1st	18 20 22 26 31
2010-09-04	4	2nd	2 18 22 34 36
2010-08-31	2	1st	18 24 27 29 31
2010-08-28	13	3rd	5 7 18 21 22
2010-08-13	2	2nd	15 18 20 23 29
2010-08-11	9	2nd	4 18 23 27 28
2010-07-31	2	3rd	10 13 18 21 31
2010-07-29	20	5th	9 10 12 16 18
2010-07-06	7	4th	1 2 15 18 25
2010-06-28	1	4th	5 13 15 18 23
2010-06-26	2	4th	9 11 12 18 22
2010-06-24	1	3rd	9 16 18 30 31
2010-06-23	1	1st	18 19 28 36 37
2010-06-22	4	4th	1 10 16 18 33
2010-06-17	8	2nd	3 18 24 25 26
2010-06-08	2	2nd	2 18 27 31 33
2010-06-05	1	2nd	16 18 19 30 34
2010-06-04	43	2nd	17 18 24 36 37
2010-04-15	6	3rd	6 12 18 21 33
2010-04-08	—	2nd	17 18 19 21 29