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Number 18 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 96 times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.38σ
25 draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number
9.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
34 longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 96 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18 Number 18, draw by draw Drawn 96 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 25 draws now
6 draws: 2009-11-03 to 2009-11-24 1 draws: 2009-11-24 to 2009-11-27 8 draws: 2009-11-27 to 2009-12-29 4 draws: 2009-12-29 to 2010-01-12 2 draws: 2010-01-12 to 2010-01-19 1 draws: 2010-01-19 to 2010-01-22 5 draws: 2010-01-22 to 2010-02-09 4 draws: 2010-02-09 to 2010-02-23 5 draws: 2010-02-23 to 2010-03-12 8 draws: 2010-03-12 to 2010-04-13 3 draws: 2010-04-13 to 2010-04-23 4 draws: 2010-04-23 to 2010-05-07 10 draws: 2010-05-07 to 2010-06-11 8 draws: 2010-06-11 to 2010-07-09 4 draws: 2010-07-09 to 2010-07-23 23 draws: 2010-07-23 to 2010-10-12 17 draws: 2010-10-12 to 2010-12-10 7 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2011-01-04 5 draws: 2011-01-04 to 2011-01-21 1 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-01-25 11 draws: 2011-01-25 to 2011-03-04 12 draws: 2011-03-04 to 2011-04-15 19 draws: 2011-04-15 to 2011-06-24 7 draws: 2011-06-24 to 2011-07-19 2 draws: 2011-07-19 to 2011-07-26 9 draws: 2011-07-26 to 2011-08-26 4 draws: 2011-08-26 to 2011-09-09 19 draws: 2011-09-09 to 2011-11-15 7 draws: 2011-11-15 to 2011-12-09 9 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2012-01-10 19 draws: 2012-01-10 to 2012-03-16 4 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-03-30 33 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-07-27 14 draws: 2012-07-27 to 2012-09-14 5 draws: 2012-09-14 to 2012-10-02 10 draws: 2012-10-02 to 2012-11-06 2 draws: 2012-11-06 to 2012-11-13 14 draws: 2012-11-13 to 2013-01-04 9 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-02-05 14 draws: 2013-02-05 to 2013-03-26 12 draws: 2013-03-26 to 2013-05-10 13 draws: 2013-05-10 to 2013-06-25 2 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-07-02 13 draws: 2013-07-02 to 2013-08-16 1 draws: 2013-08-16 to 2013-08-20 8 draws: 2013-08-20 to 2013-09-17 7 draws: 2013-09-17 to 2013-10-11 14 draws: 2013-10-11 to 2013-11-29 4 draws: 2013-11-29 to 2013-12-13 18 draws: 2013-12-13 to 2014-02-14 6 draws: 2014-02-14 to 2014-03-07 4 draws: 2014-03-07 to 2014-03-21 23 draws: 2014-03-21 to 2014-06-13 19 draws: 2014-06-13 to 2014-08-19 6 draws: 2014-08-19 to 2014-09-09 6 draws: 2014-09-09 to 2014-09-30 12 draws: 2014-09-30 to 2014-11-11 2 draws: 2014-11-11 to 2014-11-18 14 draws: 2014-11-18 to 2015-01-06 2 draws: 2015-01-06 to 2015-01-13 10 draws: 2015-01-13 to 2015-02-17 2 draws: 2015-02-17 to 2015-02-24 5 draws: 2015-02-24 to 2015-03-13 14 draws: 2015-03-13 to 2015-05-05 2 draws: 2015-05-05 to 2015-05-12 8 draws: 2015-05-12 to 2015-06-09 12 draws: 2015-06-09 to 2015-07-21 11 draws: 2015-07-21 to 2015-08-28 17 draws: 2015-08-28 to 2015-10-27 1 draws: 2015-10-27 to 2015-10-30 9 draws: 2015-10-30 to 2015-12-01 1 draws: 2015-12-01 to 2015-12-04 3 draws: 2015-12-04 to 2015-12-15 33 draws: 2015-12-15 to 2016-04-12 3 draws: 2016-04-12 to 2016-04-22 34 draws: 2016-04-22 to 2016-08-19 3 draws: 2016-08-19 to 2016-08-30 2 draws: 2016-08-30 to 2016-09-06 1 draws: 2016-09-06 to 2016-09-09 3 draws: 2016-09-09 to 2016-09-20 4 draws: 2016-09-20 to 2016-10-04 7 draws: 2016-10-04 to 2016-10-28 6 draws: 2016-10-28 to 2016-11-18 1 draws: 2016-11-18 to 2016-11-22 22 draws: 2016-11-22 to 2017-02-07 18 draws: 2017-02-07 to 2017-04-11 8 draws: 2017-04-11 to 2017-05-09 10 draws: 2017-05-09 to 2017-06-13 7 draws: 2017-06-13 to 2017-07-07 5 draws: 2017-07-07 to 2017-07-25 2 draws: 2017-07-25 to 2017-08-01 19 draws: 2017-08-01 to 2017-10-06 27 draws: 2017-10-06 to 2018-01-09 14 draws: 2018-01-09 to 2018-02-27 8 draws: 2018-02-27 to 2018-03-27 Still waiting — at least 25 draws since 2018-03-27 2009-11-03 2009-11-24 2009-11-27 2009-12-29 2010-01-12 2010-01-19 2010-01-22 2010-02-09 2010-02-23 2010-03-12 2010-04-13 2010-04-23 2010-05-07 2010-06-11 2010-07-09 2010-07-23 2010-10-12 2010-12-10 2011-01-04 2011-01-21 2011-01-25 2011-03-04 2011-04-15 2011-06-24 2011-07-19 2011-07-26 2011-08-26 2011-09-09 2011-11-15 2011-12-09 2012-01-10 2012-03-16 2012-03-30 2012-07-27 2012-09-14 2012-10-02 2012-11-06 2012-11-13 2013-01-04 2013-02-05 2013-03-26 2013-05-10 2013-06-25 2013-07-02 2013-08-16 2013-08-20 2013-09-17 2013-10-11 2013-11-29 2013-12-13 2014-02-14 2014-03-07 2014-03-21 2014-06-13 2014-08-19 2014-09-09 2014-09-30 2014-11-11 2014-11-18 2015-01-06 2015-01-13 2015-02-17 2015-02-24 2015-03-13 2015-05-05 2015-05-12 2015-06-09 2015-07-21 2015-08-28 2015-10-27 2015-10-30 2015-12-01 2015-12-04 2015-12-15 2016-04-12 2016-04-22 2016-08-19 2016-08-30 2016-09-06 2016-09-09 2016-09-20 2016-10-04 2016-10-28 2016-11-18 2016-11-22 2017-02-07 2017-04-11 2017-05-09 2017-06-13 2017-07-07 2017-07-25 2017-08-01 2017-10-06 2018-01-09 2018-02-27 2018-03-27 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
1 draws: 8 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 5 times 4 draws: 9 times 5 draws: 6 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 6 times 8 draws: 7 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 4 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 7 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 5 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 2 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 10 · chance 12.4 2nd smallest 34 · chance 35.2 3rd smallest 35 · chance 33.8 4th smallest 17 · chance 13.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 1.7 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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 ← number 17 Every number number 19 → 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.