Number 26

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

112times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.40σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

44longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 26 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 26 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 8.2
2nd smallest38 · chance 36.2
3rd smallest50 · chance 48.2
4th smallest17 · chance 19.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 20 38 4 12 42

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, 26 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 26 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-28	22	2nd	16 26 37 42
2026-07-20	11	3rd	5 13 26 37
2026-07-01	1	3rd	12 19 26 30
2026-06-29	2	3rd	1 17 26 35
2026-06-26	5	2nd	16

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: 26 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-20	3	4th	2 4 20 26
2025-08-15	17	3rd	15 20 26 36
2025-07-16	8	1st	26 34 35 36
2025-07-02	7	2nd	22 26 43 45
2025-06-20	7	4th	5 13 19 26
2025-06-07	9	3rd	11 22 26 30
2025-05-23	8	3rd	3 25 26 37
2025-05-09	37	1st	26 29 32 42
2025-03-05	4	2nd	19 26 34 38
2025-02-26	1	4th	8 10 25 26
2025-02-24	1	4th	2 16 17 26
2025-02-22	3	3rd	2 5 26 39
2025-02-17	3	3rd	5 21 26 35
2025-02-12	3	3rd	14 20 26 34
2025-02-07	2	2nd	23 26 30 32
2025-02-03	21	3rd	3 18 26 28
2024-12-28	3	3rd	4 12 26 41
2024-12-23	18	3rd	5 15 26 28
2024-11-22	17	4th	1 10 20 26
2024-10-23	2	2nd	15 26 30 45
2024-10-19	2	2nd	15 26 33 43
2024-10-16	23	2nd	20 26 39 42
2024-09-06	6	4th	4 16 20 26
2024-08-26	24	2nd	5 26 38 45
2024-07-15	2	4th	6 14 18 26
2024-07-12	3	3rd	2 11 26 45
2024-07-06	5	4th	3 4 20 26
2024-06-28	10	1st	26 29 42 43
2024-06-10	4	3rd	16 21 26 36
2024-06-03	15	3rd	5 24 26 44
2024-05-04	3	3rd	12 14 26 42
2024-04-27	27	4th	1 7 20 26
2024-02-24	1	2nd	16 26 38 42
2024-02-21	9	3rd	6 12 26 34
2024-01-31	13	2nd	4 26 31 34
2024-01-01	19	3rd	19 20 26 38
2023-11-18	1	3rd	7 8 26 31
2023-11-15	15	3rd	1 5 26 36
2023-10-11	44	2nd	24 26 30 33
2023-07-01	12	3rd	6 7 26 38
2023-06-03	41	2nd	1 26 37 41
2023-02-27	33	2nd	10 26 36 39
2022-12-12	16	3rd	2 21 26 37
2022-11-05	2	2nd	19 26 29 45
2022-10-31	24	3rd	4 6 26 38
2022-09-05	15	3rd	9 25 26 35
2022-08-01	1	2nd	16 26 36 40
2022-07-30	8	4th	12 17 21 26
2022-07-11	18	2nd	22 26 39 40
2022-05-30	8	3rd	18 21 26 36
2022-05-11	13	1st	26 39 42 45
2022-04-11	18	1st	26 30 37 40
2022-02-28	1	3rd	12 22 26 38
2022-02-26	7	3rd	3 23 26 34
2022-02-09	16	3rd	1 17 26 41
2022-01-03	22	2nd	10 26 35 44
2021-11-13	2	2nd	17 26 32 40
2021-11-08	3	3rd	11 25 26 30
2021-11-01	1	2nd	24 26 37 40
2021-10-30	6	2nd	16 26 29 32
2021-10-16	2	3rd	2 17 26 27
2021-10-11	4	2nd	18 26 31 41
2021-10-02	1	2nd	13 26 28 44
2021-09-29	9	4th	4 20 25 26
2021-09-08	7	3rd	5 6 26 38
2021-08-23	11	3rd	10 12 26 44
2021-07-28	2	3rd	5 8 26 44
2021-07-24	7	3rd	12 16 26 30
2021-07-07	18	4th	1 5 12 26
2021-05-26	20	1st	26 27 38 44
2021-04-10	13	3rd	7 20 26 42
2021-03-10	2	2nd	6 26 30 42
2021-03-06	25	2nd	16 26 32 42
2021-01-06	22	1st	26 29 31 35
2020-11-16	7	3rd	3 12 26 40
2020-10-31	13	3rd	4 19 26 27
2020-09-30	5	3rd	10 13 26 40
2020-09-19	30	3rd	1 23 26 41
2020-07-11	24	2nd	22 26 27 38
2020-05-16	4	4th	11 16 17 26
2020-05-06	11	3rd	3 14 26 29
2020-04-11	19	4th	10 11 14 26
2020-02-26	1	2nd	12 26 31 45
2020-02-24	3	3rd	17 24 26 28
2020-02-17	6	2nd	19 26 35 40
2020-02-03	2	2nd	20 26 34 40
2020-01-29	36	4th	5 11 24 26
2019-11-06	—	3rd	12 19 26 39