Number 18

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

108times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.10σ

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

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

33longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 8 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 smallest11 · chance 12.8
2nd smallest42 · chance 36.2
3rd smallest35 · chance 37.4
4th smallest19 · chance 17.5
5th smallest0 · chance 3.7
6th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 29 2 3 30 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-09-17	12	2nd	12 18 23 27 38 52
2025-08-06	11	3rd	3 5 18 26 31 49
2025-06-28	1	3rd	1 13 18 20 47 50
2025-06-25	3	3rd

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-28	4	4th	11 12 14 18 20 48
2024-02-14	1	2nd	6 18 23 29 30 45
2024-02-10	5	2nd	3 18 24 38 43 46
2024-01-24	5	3rd	14 16 18 21 45 51
2024-01-06	1	4th	5 9 17 18 24 30
2024-01-03	4	2nd	7 18 32 36 38 52
2023-12-20	13	2nd	11 18 32 41 45 50
2023-11-04	14	2nd	12 18 30 48 51 52
2023-09-16	2	2nd	10 18 19 32 34 44
2023-09-09	6	3rd	7 10 18 20 23 30
2023-08-19	15	4th	13 14 15 18 22 33
2023-06-28	1	2nd	11 18 25 37 38 49
2023-06-24	8	3rd	4 9 18 24 32 51
2023-05-27	7	4th	2 8 16 18 33 47
2023-05-03	5	1st	18 21 33 35 40 43
2023-04-15	29	2nd	3 18 35 36 39 42
2023-01-04	1	2nd	1 18 25 30 46 48
2022-12-31	4	2nd	12 18 19 41 48 52
2022-12-17	3	3rd	4 6 18 20 36 40
2022-12-07	3	3rd	1 5 18 45 47 52
2022-11-26	5	2nd	5 18 20 26 35 38
2022-11-09	1	2nd	11 18 35 41 46 51
2022-11-05	3	2nd	4 18 27 32 38 45
2022-10-26	9	3rd	4 14 18 23 42 50
2022-09-24	14	2nd	3 18 28 29 36 44
2022-08-06	16	2nd	7 18 30 36 44 47
2022-06-11	14	3rd	6 15 18 23 34 37
2022-04-23	7	3rd	1 9 18 24 34 51
2022-03-30	1	2nd	12 18 24 31 38 44
2022-03-26	13	2nd	6 18 22 28 34 45
2022-02-09	21	2nd	2 18 20 28 35 44
2021-11-24	22	2nd	6 18 24 39 43 48
2021-09-08	15	3rd	2 4 18 19 20 28
2021-07-17	14	3rd	4 11 18 20 35 41
2021-05-29	9	2nd	16 18 20 22 26 29
2021-04-28	15	2nd	7 18 20 22 31 48
2021-03-06	6	2nd	3 18 20 40 41 43
2021-02-13	3	2nd	5 18 25 26 29 42
2021-02-03	3	3rd	7 10 18 22 36 51
2021-01-23	33	1st	18 20 39 46 47 49
2020-09-30	1	2nd	9 18 25 26 28 33
2020-09-26	10	3rd	3 7 18 21 27 42
2020-08-22	21	1st	18 29 37 43 48 51
2020-06-10	5	3rd	15 16 18 23 34 49
2020-05-23	3	3rd	2 11 18 20 35 48
2020-05-13	10	6th	1 5 6 8 10 18
2020-04-08	16	3rd	2 8 18 29 42 43
2020-02-12	7	2nd	16 18 32 38 39 44
2020-01-18	2	3rd	2 8 18 46 48 49
2020-01-11	8	3rd	6 16 18 33 47 51
2019-12-11	3	3rd	3 6 18 28 31 50
2019-11-30	10	4th	4 8 17 18 34 43
2019-10-26	7	2nd	14 18 24 30 33 37
2019-10-02	11	3rd	8 16 18 35 37 40
2019-08-24	7	3rd	3 13 18 26 33 47
2019-07-31	12	4th	2 3 10 18 45 48
2019-06-19	20	4th	4 9 16 18 19 22
2019-04-10	12	4th	1 6 13 18 36 47
2019-02-27	13	3rd	15 17 18 33 36 38
2019-01-12	16	4th	4 11 16 18 21 46
2018-11-17	1	3rd	6 14 18 28 33 44
2018-11-14	4	2nd	12 18 26 27 32 36
2018-10-31	2	3rd	6 17 18 23 33 47
2018-10-24	1	2nd	2 18 20 22 32 34
2018-10-20	11	3rd	8 9 18 39 45 47
2018-09-12	5	4th	4 9 13 18 33 39
2018-08-25	2	4th	9 10 14 18 20 23
2018-08-18	5	2nd	1 18 29 31 35 36
2018-08-01	2	3rd	2 8 18 24 27 49
2018-07-25	3	3rd	2 6 18 23 27 48
2018-07-14	26	4th	4 8 13 18 30 42
2018-04-14	4	1st	18 26 31 36 40 46
2018-03-31	1	1st	18 21 23 31 35 49
2018-03-28	12	4th	1 6 17 18 22 26
2018-02-14	1	2nd	2 18 28 40 45 46
2018-02-10	3	4th	1 16 17 18 41 52
2018-01-31	2	1st	18 19 26 34 40 42
2018-01-24	2	2nd	3 18 19 24 32 40
2018-01-17	9	2nd	12 18 24 28 30 41
2017-12-16	2	4th	2 11 17 18 22 42
2017-12-09	1	1st	18 23 26 34 38 41
2017-12-06	12	4th	5 7 17 18 24 49
2017-10-25	5	3rd	5 14 18 32 39 52
2017-10-07	—	1st	18 22 29 32 43 50