Number 18

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,441 draws, 5 from 1–38.

197times drawn · chance expected 190 +0.58σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

43longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,441 draws against 189.6 expected, +0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,441 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 6 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 smallest15 · chance 14.5
2nd smallest61 · chance 57.8
3rd smallest69 · chance 77.1
4th smallest45 · chance 40.6
5th smallest7 · chance 7.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 36 12 26 37 1

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
2026-10-17	1	2nd	17 18 23 29 36
2026-10-16	4	3rd	5 8 18 25 27
2026-10-12	7	1st	18 26 30 32 34
2026-10-05	15	2nd	13

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.

2026-04-29	24	2nd	12 18 26 36 38
2026-04-05	10	2nd	7 18 24 27 32
2026-03-26	10	5th	6 10 11 17 18
2026-03-16	12	4th	7 8 9 18 22
2026-03-04	14	3rd	7 10 18 20 29
2026-02-18	1	2nd	17 18 23 27 37
2026-02-17	5	4th	1 2 6 18 22
2026-02-12	11	4th	2 11 17 18 19
2026-02-01	1	3rd	5 17 18 21 31
2026-01-31	12	3rd	6 13 18 27 34
2026-01-19	43	2nd	7 18 20 33 36
2025-12-07	3	4th	5 6 10 18 37
2025-12-04	2	5th	9 11 14 16 18
2025-12-02	1	3rd	2 9 18 26 27
2025-12-01	2	3rd	4 9 18 20 28
2025-11-29	12	2nd	17 18 26 31 33
2025-11-17	3	4th	1 3 15 18 19
2025-11-14	5	4th	2 9 10 18 24
2025-11-09	4	4th	9 12 17 18 28
2025-11-05	25	3rd	12 14 18 30 37
2025-10-11	3	4th	1 10 12 18 20
2025-10-08	14	2nd	7 18 34 36 37
2025-09-24	2	4th	5 8 14 18 38
2025-09-22	10	2nd	2 18 27 28 38
2025-09-12	5	4th	5 14 17 18 22
2025-09-07	2	2nd	3 18 22 23 27
2025-09-05	2	3rd	5 13 18 21 28
2025-09-03	8	3rd	5 16 18 26 37
2025-08-26	6	4th	1 13 16 18 24
2025-08-20	6	2nd	8 18 23 30 34
2025-08-14	7	3rd	4 8 18 19 38
2025-08-07	3	2nd	9 18 20 29 31
2025-08-04	4	1st	18 20 24 25 26
2025-07-31	2	2nd	13 18 28 33 37
2025-07-29	3	2nd	14 18 19 27 37
2025-07-26	3	3rd	15 17 18 27 38
2025-07-23	3	3rd	1 6 18 33 37
2025-07-20	1	2nd	16 18 27 33 37
2025-07-19	4	3rd	1 4 18 23 25
2025-07-15	12	3rd	5 10 18 20 37
2025-07-03	1	4th	7 12 13 18 34
2025-07-02	11	3rd	8 12 18 29 32
2025-06-21	4	4th	1 4 11 18 29
2025-06-17	1	1st	18 21 24 27 34
2025-06-16	5	4th	2 3 12 18 27
2025-06-11	2	4th	1 10 12 18 36
2025-06-09	4	4th	2 7 13 18 32
2025-06-05	12	1st	18 20 22 26 31
2025-05-24	1	1st	18 23 27 35 37
2025-05-23	24	4th	1 8 13 18 24
2025-04-29	8	5th	3 6 7 10 18
2025-04-21	1	3rd	3 10 18 32 36
2025-04-20	8	3rd	8 16 18 20 37
2025-04-12	10	3rd	7 9 18 28 36
2025-04-02	4	4th	6 12 15 18 20
2025-03-29	1	1st	18 29 30 34 36
2025-03-28	8	4th	2 6 12 18 24
2025-03-20	11	4th	1 5 10 18 21
2025-03-09	6	3rd	6 15 18 22 37
2025-03-03	5	3rd	8 12 18 19 28
2025-02-26	3	3rd	8 16 18 33 35
2025-02-23	3	2nd	7 18 28 34 37
2025-02-20	13	2nd	6 18 26 36 38
2025-02-07	5	3rd	10 14 18 25 30
2025-02-02	12	4th	3 11 12 18 25
2025-01-21	1	2nd	2 18 20 29 38
2025-01-20	2	2nd	10 18 32 33 38
2025-01-18	4	2nd	6 18 29 33 37
2025-01-14	6	2nd	8 18 25 30 31
2025-01-08	2	2nd	16 18 27 31 36
2025-01-06	8	3rd	15 17 18 32 34
2024-12-29	2	2nd	15 18 22 35 38
2024-12-27	1	3rd	16 17 18 29 38
2024-12-26	2	1st	18 26 27 28 30
2024-12-24	4	3rd	3 4 18 20 38
2024-12-20	12	1st	18 24 29 35 38
2024-12-08	9	4th	4 9 11 18 35
2024-11-29	2	4th	6 12 17 18 26
2024-11-27	6	3rd	6 10 18 22 31
2024-11-21	1	3rd	4 5 18 28 38
2024-11-20	26	1st	18 23 28 32 36
2024-10-25	19	3rd	4 17 18 22 29
2024-10-06	5	3rd	1 4 18 21 32
2024-10-01	13	2nd	1 18 27 33 36
2024-09-18	2	4th	1 5 13 18 35
2024-09-16	4	2nd	14 18 30 32 38
2024-09-12	7	2nd	10 18 27 30 34
2024-09-05	15	3rd	5 10 18 19 25
2024-08-21	4	3rd	1 13 18 27 32
2024-08-17	10	4th	2 8 12 18 22
2024-08-07	2	3rd	16 17 18 25 35
2024-08-05	2	2nd	17 18 21 28 35
2024-08-03	3	1st	18 23 24 36 37
2024-07-31	4	2nd	16 18 27 35 37
2024-07-27	6	3rd	1 6 18 26 37
2024-07-21	3	3rd	3 6 18 21 34
2024-07-18	6	4th	5 8 11 18 34
2024-07-12	1	4th	2 4 10 18 19
2024-07-11	25	3rd	2 8 18 26 30
2024-06-16	5	3rd	8 12 18 26 30
2024-06-11	1	4th	1 9 11 18 34
2024-06-10	1	2nd	16 18 20 36 37
2024-06-09	6	2nd	4 18 34 36 38
2024-06-03	4	3rd	12 16 18 19 22
2024-05-30	8	2nd	12 18 31 32 38
2024-05-22	7	3rd	1 7 18 21 32
2024-05-15	8	3rd	8 9 18 19 24
2024-05-07	3	4th	2 3 8 18 30
2024-05-04	9	4th	3 6 9 18 35
2024-04-25	3	4th	6 14 15 18 30
2024-04-22	18	4th	1 10 11 18 23
2024-04-04	11	5th	8 9 13 16 18
2024-03-24	12	2nd	5 18 35 36 38
2024-03-12	7	3rd	2 16 18 22 36
2024-03-05	13	3rd	10 15 18 26 29
2024-02-21	13	2nd	16 18 21 34 35
2024-02-08	4	2nd	12 18 24 26 37
2024-02-04	7	4th	5 6 7 18 19
2024-01-28	6	2nd	7 18 31 33 36
2024-01-22	12	3rd	8 14 18 24 28
2024-01-10	18	4th	3 8 12 18 29
2023-12-23	5	2nd	11 18 27 36 38
2023-12-18	9	4th	1 2 9 18 21
2023-12-09	11	3rd	16 17 18 26 38
2023-11-28	10	2nd	12 18 19 29 35
2023-11-18	9	3rd	9 15 18 25 26
2023-11-09	6	3rd	7 13 18 24 28
2023-11-03	7	3rd	1 12 18 19 34
2023-10-27	5	1st	18 21 23 26 38
2023-10-22	11	3rd	9 13 18 28 34
2023-10-11	12	3rd	10 15 18 22 28
2023-09-29	10	2nd	4 18 28 31 34
2023-09-19	3	1st	18 19 23 29 38
2023-09-16	9	3rd	4 16 18 28 36
2023-09-07	7	4th	6 11 12 18 33
2023-08-31	2	5th	2 6 13 15 18
2023-08-29	5	2nd	8 18 23 27 29
2023-08-24	24	4th	9 14 17 18 36
2023-07-31	11	5th	2 5 12 14 18
2023-07-20	3	4th	3 5 8 18 28
2023-07-17	8	2nd	6 18 25 28 30
2023-07-09	4	3rd	1 11 18 19 30
2023-07-05	9	2nd	6 18 30 31 33
2023-06-26	7	4th	2 5 9 18 27
2023-06-19	2	2nd	2 18 24 30 36
2023-06-17	1	3rd	11 13 18 21 32
2023-06-16	1	3rd	2 8 18 22 29
2023-06-15	1	3rd	9 11 18 22 35
2023-06-14	7	2nd	16 18 22 31 37
2023-06-07	23	5th	2 10 13 15 18
2023-05-15	1	3rd	9 10 18 19 30
2023-05-14	9	2nd	17 18 25 27 37
2023-05-05	16	1st	18 21 22 26 33
2023-04-19	3	2nd	2 18 19 34 38
2023-04-16	6	2nd	12 18 22 36 37
2023-04-10	5	1st	18 22 31 34 36
2023-04-05	14	2nd	2 18 22 30 38
2023-03-22	11	3rd	5 11 18 29 34
2023-03-11	3	3rd	1 3 18 28 31
2023-03-08	15	3rd	5 15 18 26 31
2023-02-21	6	2nd	9 18 26 28 33
2023-02-15	2	2nd	14 18 19 26 27
2023-02-13	6	3rd	13 14 18 35 37
2023-02-07	12	3rd	2 13 18 19 20
2023-01-26	11	2nd	2 18 19 20 27
2023-01-15	9	3rd	4 13 18 22 31
2023-01-06	2	2nd	17 18 24 35 36
2023-01-04	5	3rd	9 15 18 20 37
2022-12-30	18	2nd	14 18 21 23 24
2022-12-12	2	2nd	16 18 20 25 37
2022-12-10	23	4th	1 2 11 18 23
2022-11-17	4	4th	6 9 12 18 29
2022-11-13	—	3rd	4 11 18 31 38