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26

Number 26

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

118times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.55σ
9draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number
7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5
31longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 45 times, counted separately.

26

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 9 draws now

1 draws: 2009-02-14 to 2009-02-213 draws: 2009-02-21 to 2009-03-1411 draws: 2009-03-14 to 2009-05-3020 draws: 2009-05-30 to 2009-10-174 draws: 2009-10-17 to 2009-11-143 draws: 2009-11-14 to 2009-12-0512 draws: 2009-12-05 to 2010-02-273 draws: 2010-02-27 to 2010-03-2011 draws: 2010-03-20 to 2010-06-054 draws: 2010-06-05 to 2010-07-0312 draws: 2010-07-03 to 2010-09-252 draws: 2010-09-25 to 2010-10-095 draws: 2010-10-09 to 2010-11-134 draws: 2010-11-13 to 2010-12-111 draws: 2010-12-11 to 2010-12-184 draws: 2010-12-18 to 2011-01-154 draws: 2011-01-15 to 2011-02-123 draws: 2011-02-12 to 2011-03-059 draws: 2011-03-05 to 2011-05-0715 draws: 2011-05-07 to 2011-08-2015 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-12-032 draws: 2011-12-03 to 2011-12-1712 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2012-03-103 draws: 2012-03-10 to 2012-03-311 draws: 2012-03-31 to 2012-04-079 draws: 2012-04-07 to 2012-06-0918 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-10-131 draws: 2012-10-13 to 2012-10-205 draws: 2012-10-20 to 2012-11-2431 draws: 2012-11-24 to 2013-06-291 draws: 2013-06-29 to 2013-07-064 draws: 2013-07-06 to 2013-08-034 draws: 2013-08-03 to 2013-08-3117 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-12-288 draws: 2013-12-28 to 2014-02-225 draws: 2014-02-22 to 2014-03-293 draws: 2014-03-29 to 2014-04-196 draws: 2014-04-19 to 2014-05-319 draws: 2014-05-31 to 2014-08-021 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-0925 draws: 2014-08-09 to 2015-01-316 draws: 2015-01-31 to 2015-03-145 draws: 2015-03-14 to 2015-04-184 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2015-05-1613 draws: 2015-05-16 to 2015-08-152 draws: 2015-08-15 to 2015-08-294 draws: 2015-08-29 to 2015-09-2619 draws: 2015-09-26 to 2016-02-062 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-02-202 draws: 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-0513 draws: 2016-03-05 to 2016-06-0417 draws: 2016-06-04 to 2016-10-011 draws: 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-088 draws: 2016-10-08 to 2016-12-0319 draws: 2016-12-03 to 2017-04-153 draws: 2017-04-15 to 2017-05-069 draws: 2017-05-06 to 2017-07-085 draws: 2017-07-08 to 2017-08-1212 draws: 2017-08-12 to 2017-11-042 draws: 2017-11-04 to 2017-11-184 draws: 2017-11-18 to 2017-12-1613 draws: 2017-12-16 to 2018-03-1712 draws: 2018-03-17 to 2018-06-091 draws: 2018-06-09 to 2018-06-162 draws: 2018-06-16 to 2018-06-307 draws: 2018-06-30 to 2018-08-185 draws: 2018-08-18 to 2018-09-228 draws: 2018-09-22 to 2018-11-173 draws: 2018-11-17 to 2018-12-084 draws: 2018-12-08 to 2019-01-052 draws: 2019-01-05 to 2019-01-194 draws: 2019-01-19 to 2019-02-166 draws: 2019-02-16 to 2019-03-304 draws: 2019-03-30 to 2019-04-2725 draws: 2019-04-27 to 2019-10-1922 draws: 2019-10-19 to 2020-03-213 draws: 2020-03-21 to 2020-04-115 draws: 2020-04-11 to 2020-05-168 draws: 2020-05-16 to 2020-07-1110 draws: 2020-07-11 to 2020-09-193 draws: 2020-09-19 to 2020-10-103 draws: 2020-10-10 to 2020-10-312 draws: 2020-10-31 to 2020-11-145 draws: 2020-11-14 to 2020-12-199 draws: 2020-12-19 to 2021-02-202 draws: 2021-02-20 to 2021-03-065 draws: 2021-03-06 to 2021-04-104 draws: 2021-04-10 to 2021-05-087 draws: 2021-05-08 to 2021-06-264 draws: 2021-06-26 to 2021-07-247 draws: 2021-07-24 to 2021-09-113 draws: 2021-09-11 to 2021-10-022 draws: 2021-10-02 to 2021-10-161 draws: 2021-10-16 to 2021-10-231 draws: 2021-10-23 to 2021-10-302 draws: 2021-10-30 to 2021-11-1315 draws: 2021-11-13 to 2022-02-2622 draws: 2022-02-26 to 2022-07-3014 draws: 2022-07-30 to 2022-11-0530 draws: 2022-11-05 to 2023-06-034 draws: 2023-06-03 to 2023-07-011 draws: 2023-07-01 to 2023-07-082 draws: 2023-07-08 to 2023-07-2217 draws: 2023-07-22 to 2023-11-1814 draws: 2023-11-18 to 2024-02-249 draws: 2024-02-24 to 2024-04-271 draws: 2024-04-27 to 2024-05-042 draws: 2024-05-04 to 2024-05-187 draws: 2024-05-18 to 2024-07-0615 draws: 2024-07-06 to 2024-10-1910 draws: 2024-10-19 to 2024-12-288 draws: 2024-12-28 to 2025-02-2215 draws: 2025-02-22 to 2025-06-0715 draws: 2025-06-07 to 2025-09-2014 draws: 2025-09-20 to 2025-12-278 draws: 2025-12-27 to 2026-02-2124 draws: 2026-02-21 to 2026-08-08Still waiting — at least 9 draws since 2026-08-082009-02-142009-02-212009-03-142009-05-302009-10-172009-11-142009-12-052010-02-272010-03-202010-06-052010-07-032010-09-252010-10-092010-11-132010-12-112010-12-182011-01-152011-02-122011-03-052011-05-072011-08-202011-12-032011-12-172012-03-102012-03-312012-04-072012-06-092012-10-132012-10-202012-11-242013-06-292013-07-062013-08-032013-08-312013-12-282014-02-222014-03-292014-04-192014-05-312014-08-022014-08-092015-01-312015-03-142015-04-182015-05-162015-08-152015-08-292015-09-262016-02-062016-02-202016-03-052016-06-042016-10-012016-10-082016-12-032017-04-152017-05-062017-07-082017-08-122017-11-042017-11-182017-12-162018-03-172018-06-092018-06-162018-06-302018-08-182018-09-222018-11-172018-12-082019-01-052019-01-192019-02-162019-03-302019-04-272019-10-192020-03-212020-04-112020-05-162020-07-112020-09-192020-10-102020-10-312020-11-142020-12-192021-02-202021-03-062021-04-102021-05-082021-06-262021-07-242021-09-112021-10-022021-10-162021-10-232021-10-302021-11-132022-02-262022-07-302022-11-052023-06-032023-07-012023-07-082023-07-222023-11-182024-02-242024-04-272024-05-042024-05-182024-07-062024-10-192024-12-282025-02-222025-06-072025-09-202025-12-272026-02-212026-08-082009-01-032026-10-10

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 12 times2 draws: 14 times3 draws: 12 times4 draws: 16 times5 draws: 9 times6 draws: 3 times7 draws: 4 times8 draws: 6 times9 draws: 6 times10 draws: 2 times11 draws: 2 times12 draws: 5 times13 draws: 3 times14 draws: 3 times15 draws: 6 times16 draws: 0 times17 draws: 3 times18 draws: 1 time19 draws: 2 times20 draws: 1 time21 draws: 0 times22 draws: 2 times23 draws: 0 times24 draws: 1 time25 draws: 2 times26 draws: 0 times27 draws: 0 times28 draws: 0 times29 draws: 0 times30 draws: 1 time31 draws: 1 time32 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

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 smallest1 · chance 1.3
  • 2nd smallest8 · chance 10.5
  • 3rd smallest31 · chance 31.6
  • 4th smallest44 · chance 42.7
  • 5th smallest30 · chance 26.1
  • 6th smallest4 · chance 5.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

102232122741

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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-08-08243rd62226283336
2026-02-2183rd41126304243
2025-12-27144th3520262840
2025-09-20154th51025262738
2025-06-07154th111322263036
2025-02-2283rd2526283139
2024-12-28103rd41226294041
2024-10-19154th51522263343
2024-07-0675th3415202644
2024-05-1824th91320263243
2024-05-0414th51214262942
2024-04-2794th1720263439
2024-02-24143rd161726383942
2023-11-18175th7815162631
2023-07-2224th1514263233
2023-07-0812nd52629343741
2023-07-0145th6719212638
2023-06-03304th11224263741
2022-11-05143rd121926293945
2022-07-30225th81217212642
2022-02-26155th3716232634
2021-11-1323rd172226293240
2021-10-3013rd41626293032
2021-10-2315th91016222632
The other 94 appearances
2021-10-1624th2717262738
2021-10-0233rd131726283344
2021-09-1175th81017232634
2021-07-2443rd1216
← number 25Every numbernumber 27 →
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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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2021-06-2673rd12426323436
2021-05-0844th249263141
2021-04-1055th7820222642
2021-03-0623rd111626323942
2021-02-2094th359263541
2020-12-1953rd91626353941
2020-11-1424th61523262745
2020-10-3134th41319262734
2020-10-1034th51224263437
2020-09-19105th1814232641
2020-07-1182nd222627293238
2020-05-1656th41116171926
2020-04-1135th51011142627
2020-03-21223rd101926273133
2019-10-19253rd182126394143
2019-04-2744th11621263941
2019-03-3063rd5826273133
2019-02-1643rd181926273843
2019-01-1925th81011152645
2019-01-0545th31820242634
2018-12-0835th2623252643
2018-11-1784th61819263031
2018-09-2253rd92126293244
2018-08-1874th61719263738
2018-06-3025th11420252640
2018-06-1615th2812222645
2018-06-09125th71022252636
2018-03-17131st263233353841
2017-12-1643rd1526283945
2017-11-1823rd61926284042
2017-11-04125th4717222630
2017-08-1255th71114162645
2017-07-0895th111822242633
2017-05-0634th8916263941
2017-04-15193rd31526324044
2016-12-0384th101118263944
2016-10-0815th236212638
2016-10-01174th61422263537
2016-06-04133rd31226273843
2016-03-0524th21120263945
2016-02-2024th51722263042
2016-02-06192nd42633394043
2015-09-2646th51213172226
2015-08-2923rd111826273739
2015-08-15134th61223262836
2015-05-1644th101516263045
2015-04-1855th41416182627
2015-03-1464th7917264243
2015-01-31254th91519263336
2014-08-0912nd232627303141
2014-08-0294th71012263036
2014-05-3164th11320263745
2014-04-1936th3717232526
2014-03-2954th102122262941
2014-02-2285th81215252645
2013-12-28175th172224252640
2013-08-3143rd151826283941
2013-08-0344th11424263037
2013-07-0614th3819262943
2013-06-29314th112225263142
2012-11-2452nd172630324243
2012-10-2013rd102526273235
2012-10-13185th21113152640
2012-06-0994th1416262732
2012-04-0712nd172627283038
2012-03-3133rd2626294143
2012-03-10123rd202126324143
2011-12-1725th61112242636
2011-12-03155th2913182644
2011-08-20153rd32426303239
2011-05-0793rd122426283944
2011-03-0534th121922263233
2011-02-1244th4910263844
2011-01-1544th101223262731
2010-12-1814th41325264244
2010-12-1144th101618263233
2010-11-1353rd141526273541
2010-10-0924th11124263236
2010-09-25124th122224263138
2010-07-0345th1610152640
2010-06-05114th51324262841
2010-03-2034th101215262940
2010-02-27122nd202629313340
2009-12-0533rd11026313244
2009-11-1445th2913232636
2009-10-17205th21022242644
2009-05-30112nd62633344045
2009-03-1434th61720263841
2009-02-2115th81013172633
2009-02-14—6th5620232426