Drawings in this set that included it.
Count if every number in the pool shared the drawings equally.
By appearances in this pool.
October 31, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Powerball white ball 18 is tracked here on the current matrix: 5 white balls from 1 through 69 and a Powerball from 1 through 26, from October 7, 2015 through November 11, 2026. Drawings outside that window are in the full NY Open Data file, and they are reported separately because they used a different field.
In these 1,432 drawings it appeared 107 times. That is within 5 percent of the even-split count of 103.8. An even split gives every white ball the same share of those drawings, because five white balls are drawn from the field each time. The median count in this pool of 69 is 102.0. Powerball white ball 18 ranks 23rd.
The last appearance was October 31, 2026, which is 5 drawings ago. That gap ranks 45th longest in the pool, tied with 3 other numbers. The longest miss lasted 48 drawings, after April 16, 2016 and before it returned on October 5, 2016.
The appearance before the latest one was October 26, 2026, 2 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 13.5 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2016–2025), 2022 had the most appearances, 15. 2021 had the fewest, 5. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 7 times, and in the latest 25 it appeared 3 times. Those windows are a recent stretch of drawings already held.
The most recent line was October 31, 2026: white balls 2, 4, 18, 50, 56, and Powerball 20, multiplier 3×.
When Powerball white ball 18 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 2 (14 times), white ball 27 (12 times), and white ball 17 (11 times). A pair that leads this list is a pair that happened. The next drawing still takes five white balls from the full field.
The Powerball values in those same drawings were led by Powerball 9 (10 times), Powerball 14 (8 times), and Powerball 16 (7 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 17 (102 appearances) and white ball 19 (106 appearances). Neighbors are next to each other on the number line only. They are separate balls in the machine.
The full file holds 2,024 drawings and records 154 appearances of Powerball white ball 18. The earliest of them is February 27, 2010. The full-file count mixes older matrices, so it is the wrong denominator for a current-game rate. Use the matrix count above for that comparison.
A gap of 5 drawings leaves the odds unchanged. Each Powerball white ball has a 5-in-69 chance on the next drawing. The hot, cold, and overdue guide and the odds guide explain that at more length. This page is a record of the archive fetched November 12, 2026.
Recent drawings in this set
- October 31, 2026: white balls 2, 4, 18, 50, 56, and Powerball 20, multiplier 3×
- October 26, 2026: white balls 18, 26, 49, 50, 54, and Powerball 1, multiplier 3×
- September 19, 2026: white balls 18, 30, 41, 45, 68, and Powerball 10, multiplier 2×
- August 29, 2026: white balls 18, 56, 62, 65, 67, and Powerball 18, multiplier 2×
- July 15, 2026: white balls 2, 7, 18, 29, 38, and Powerball 16, multiplier 2×
- May 6, 2026: white balls 18, 27, 51, 65, 68, and Powerball 5, multiplier 3×
- April 27, 2026: white balls 18, 31, 33, 36, 62, and Powerball 3, multiplier 3×
- March 23, 2026: white balls 12, 18, 47, 56, 63, and Powerball 1, multiplier 10×
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