Number 26

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

254times drawn · chance expected 248 +0.38σ

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

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

45longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 254 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, +0.38σ. 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 76 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 254 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 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 smallest3 · chance 2.7
2nd smallest22 · chance 22.7
3rd smallest67 · chance 68.0
4th smallest98 · chance 92.0
5th smallest49 · chance 56.2
6th smallest15 · chance 12.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 20 30 35 10 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
2026-09-09	5	2nd	21 26 27 31 33 43
2026-08-28	17	3rd	16 24 26 37 40 42
2026-07-20	3	5th	1 5 13 24 26 37
2026-07-13

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.

2025-11-21	1	5th	4 5 10 20 26 40
2025-11-19	6	3rd	13 25 26 35 42 43
2025-11-05	2	4th	7 15 18 26 27 37
2025-10-31	2	4th	5 13 16 26 41 42
2025-10-27	12	5th	1 6 11 14 26 44
2025-09-29	1	3rd	11 16 26 27 28 35
2025-09-26	6	3rd	7 24 26 28 36 39
2025-09-12	3	5th	4 5 16 22 26 43
2025-09-05	7	4th	3 14 17 26 32 38
2025-08-20	2	6th	2 4 9 14 20 26
2025-08-15	12	5th	15 20 23 25 26 36
2025-07-18	1	4th	7 9 20 26 35 36
2025-07-16	6	2nd	3 26 29 34 35 36
2025-07-02	5	4th	18 20 22 26 43 45
2025-06-20	12	5th	4 5 13 19 26 37
2025-05-23	6	5th	3 11 24 25 26 37
2025-05-09	1	3rd	3 17 26 29 32 42
2025-05-07	3	5th	4 6 13 15 26 38
2025-04-30	24	2nd	12 26 32 41 43 45
2025-03-05	3	3rd	4 19 26 33 34 38
2025-02-26	1	4th	8 10 25 26 35 44
2025-02-24	3	6th	1 2 12 16 17 26
2025-02-17	2	3rd	5 21 26 30 31 35
2025-02-12	2	5th	7 14 15 20 26 34
2025-02-07	2	4th	5 7 23 26 30 32
2025-02-03	18	4th	3 7 18 26 28 38
2024-12-23	13	4th	5 15 16 26 28 30
2024-11-22	9	4th	1 10 20 26 27 35
2024-11-01	4	4th	2 20 25 26 35 43
2024-10-23	3	3rd	15 25 26 30 41 45
2024-10-16	17	4th	5 20 25 26 39 42
2024-09-06	5	6th	4 5 16 20 22 26
2024-08-26	6	3rd	5 25 26 32 38 45
2024-08-12	9	3rd	17 19 26 27 32 42
2024-07-22	3	3rd	10 16 26 28 35 37
2024-07-15	1	6th	6 8 14 18 25 26
2024-07-12	1	4th	2 11 21 26 30 45
2024-07-10	5	4th	5 7 21 26 31 44
2024-06-28	8	2nd	23 26 29 35 42 43
2024-06-10	3	3rd	16 21 26 34 36 42
2024-06-03	1	3rd	5 24 26 32 33 44
2024-05-31	9	4th	1 11 14 26 27 37
2024-05-06	7	4th	1 2 21 26 32 40
2024-04-10	2	3rd	5 23 26 29 34 44
2024-04-03	12	4th	9 16 20 26 35 45
2024-02-21	6	5th	6 12 13 24 26 34
2024-01-31	9	3rd	4 14 26 31 34 38
2024-01-01	4	4th	13 19 20 26 38 39
2023-12-18	9	3rd	20 23 26 30 33 40
2023-11-15	6	5th	1 5 10 21 26 36
2023-10-25	4	3rd	7 9 26 27 32 35
2023-10-11	38	4th	4 20 24 26 30 33
2023-05-31	9	3rd	2 20 26 28 29 44
2023-05-01	18	2nd	6 26 29 37 39 40
2023-02-27	22	4th	6 10 16 26 36 39
2022-12-12	12	4th	2 21 22 26 29 37
2022-10-31	11	3rd	4 6 26 29 38 42
2022-09-21	5	4th	12 15 24 26 29 34
2022-09-05	4	4th	9 15 25 26 28 35
2022-08-22	6	4th	7 8 17 26 39 41
2022-08-01	2	4th	8 16 19 26 36 40
2022-07-25	4	4th	14 18 22 26 31 36
2022-07-11	10	4th	8 22 23 26 39 40
2022-06-06	2	5th	2 5 11 20 26 45
2022-05-30	5	5th	1 18 20 21 26 36
2022-05-11	2	3rd	7 9 26 39 42 45
2022-05-04	4	2nd	10 26 32 33 35 39
2022-04-20	3	4th	2 12 17 26 27 40
2022-04-11	12	1st	26 30 32 36 37 40
2022-02-28	3	4th	9 12 22 26 30 38
2022-02-16	2	5th	4 7 10 14 26 28
2022-02-09	1	4th	1 17 19 26 39 41
2022-02-07	10	6th	4 5 19 20 25 26
2022-01-03	14	3rd	10 23 26 35 40 44
2021-11-15	2	4th	5 13 21 26 29 41
2021-11-08	2	4th	8 11 25 26 30 42
2021-11-01	6	3rd	12 24 26 31 37 40
2021-10-11	3	3rd	16 18 26 31 41 42
2021-09-29	6	5th	4 20 23 25 26 43
2021-09-08	5	4th	5 6 23 26 38 40
2021-08-23	7	4th	10 12 25 26 35 44
2021-07-28	6	4th	5 8 12 26 44 45
2021-07-07	2	5th	1 5 12 20 26 34
2021-06-30	10	2nd	22 26 27 39 44 45
2021-05-26	22	1st	26 27 28 31 38 44
2021-03-10	18	4th	6 8 25 26 30 42
2021-01-06	9	2nd	19 26 29 30 31 35
2020-12-07	6	3rd	10 19 26 35 38 45
2020-11-16	13	4th	3 12 16 26 27 40
2020-09-30	6	4th	10 11 13 26 40 43
2020-09-09	36	3rd	4 7 26 35 37 43
2020-05-06	15	4th	3 5 14 26 27 29
2020-03-16	5	2nd	18 26 33 36 40 44
2020-02-26	1	4th	12 16 20 26 31 45
2020-02-24	2	4th	10 17 24 26 28 44
2020-02-17	4	2nd	19 26 32 35 40 45
2020-02-03	1	3rd	7 20 26 28 34 40
2020-01-29	7	5th	5 10 11 24 26 30
2020-01-06	3	4th	5 11 16 26 35 43
2019-12-25	14	3rd	2 23 26 28 31 40
2019-11-06	15	4th	4 12 19 26 39 40
2019-09-16	2	6th	2 8 9 15 22 26
2019-09-09	12	3rd	11 18 26 34 40 42
2019-07-29	1	5th	3 4 6 11 26 29
2019-07-24	12	5th	15 20 22 23 26 27
2019-06-12	4	3rd	10 13 26 31 34 38
2019-05-29	3	4th	19 21 24 26 27 30
2019-05-20	3	5th	1 2 5 12 26 36
2019-05-08	27	4th	10 16 22 26 35 36
2019-02-04	38	3rd	6 22 26 31 38 42
2018-09-24	16	3rd	12 19 26 29 30 45
2018-07-30	1	3rd	8 11 26 29 35 40
2018-07-25	1	3rd	1 23 26 27 31 39
2018-07-23	8	3rd	3 11 26 32 34 37
2018-06-25	22	4th	1 8 17 26 36 40
2018-04-09	6	4th	2 11 13 26 28 41
2018-03-19	45	3rd	19 20 26 34 39 42
2017-10-11	3	4th	12 17 23 26 34 35
2017-10-02	1	4th	7 12 17 26 29 36
2017-09-27	2	2nd	5 26 28 33 34 37
2017-09-20	3	5th	5 13 17 24 26 37
2017-09-11	9	6th	2 6 7 11 13 26
2017-08-09	31	4th	4 7 14 26 27 45
2017-04-24	16	3rd	9 22 26 28 31 34
2017-02-27	1	4th	14 19 25 26 42 43
2017-02-22	2	2nd	10 26 30 42 43 44
2017-02-15	7	3rd	3 6 26 30 39 43
2017-01-23	5	5th	9 11 22 25 26 37
2017-01-04	11	4th	7 15 19 26 28 34
2016-11-28	6	1st	26 33 35 37 39 42
2016-11-07	6	4th	7 21 23 26 32 37
2016-10-17	10	4th	11 14 18 26 39 44
2016-09-12	12	5th	5 8 12 21 26 44
2016-08-01	11	4th	5 15 24 26 42 45
2016-06-22	9	6th	4 5 10 20 24 26
2016-05-23	4	5th	6 17 20 25 26 28
2016-05-09	6	3rd	9 12 26 29 30 40
2016-04-18	2	5th	1 10 21 22 26 32
2016-04-11	4	4th	9 13 22 26 29 35
2016-03-28	5	6th	10 13 19 22 25 26
2016-03-09	14	6th	5 6 13 24 25 26
2016-01-20	3	3rd	18 22 26 39 41 44
2016-01-11	2	5th	3 8 10 23 26 27
2016-01-04	11	3rd	2 3 26 30 35 41
2015-11-25	9	3rd	7 10 26 38 42 44
2015-10-26	9	4th	2 9 23 26 42 43
2015-09-23	1	4th	2 16 22 26 32 39
2015-09-21	4	5th	5 15 18 25 26 40
2015-09-07	3	4th	2 10 17 26 34 38
2015-08-26	14	3rd	6 25 26 30 32 41
2015-07-08	4	4th	1 11 19 26 29 40
2015-06-24	2	4th	5 15 19 26 28 37
2015-06-17	12	3rd	19 24 26 34 39 44
2015-05-06	3	4th	2 6 24 26 33 39
2015-04-27	1	4th	14 20 21 26 32 43
2015-04-22	9	5th	2 4 11 23 26 41
2015-03-23	1	4th	18 22 24 26 33 43
2015-03-18	2	5th	4 8 21 25 26 34
2015-03-11	2	5th	2 13 17 21 26 45
2015-03-04	6	3rd	1 4 26 29 32 45
2015-02-11	1	3rd	8 12 26 30 32 38
2015-02-09	9	5th	17 19 20 21 26 41
2015-01-07	2	6th	5 7 11 15 25 26
2014-12-31	20	5th	2 7 14 25 26 39
2014-10-22	10	4th	1 16 21 26 31 38
2014-09-17	3	4th	6 7 17 26 31 32
2014-09-08	8	2nd	22 26 28 30 32 43
2014-08-11	9	5th	3 5 14 25 26 39
2014-07-09	5	4th	12 13 16 26 39 41
2014-06-23	4	3rd	13 22 26 28 35 39
2014-06-09	1	4th	13 15 22 26 28 37
2014-06-04	9	4th	7 8 20 26 28 32
2014-05-05	9	3rd	19 24 26 36 39 41
2014-04-02	4	4th	6 7 13 26 34 38
2014-03-19	1	4th	13 15 19 26 30 42
2014-03-17	3	4th	8 11 21 26 40 41
2014-03-05	12	5th	8 22 23 25 26 35
2014-01-22	10	4th	3 11 22 26 42 44
2013-12-18	6	3rd	2 4 26 30 36 38
2013-11-27	1	4th	14 15 25 26 29 35
2013-11-25	3	5th	17 22 23 24 26 45
2013-11-13	1	2nd	13 26 28 33 38 44
2013-11-11	5	3rd	3 4 26 27 32 42
2013-10-23	8	4th	3 9 16 26 27 42
2013-09-25	21	2nd	18 26 30 32 33 38
2013-07-15	6	4th	4 11 23 26 30 35
2013-06-24	11	3rd	7 10 26 29 39 45
2013-05-15	1	5th	8 18 20 22 26 30
2013-05-13	1	2nd	5 26 31 35 41 42
2013-05-08	3	3rd	5 19 26 28 36 37
2013-04-29	5	3rd	6 23 26 30 32 43
2013-04-10	12	3rd	10 14 26 31 35 44
2013-02-27	17	4th	3 8 20 26 41 45
2012-12-31	8	5th	9 11 14 18 26 33
2012-12-03	1	5th	9 13 14 20 26 34
2012-11-28	2	5th	12 14 16 19 26 37
2012-11-21	3	5th	6 7 12 19 26 30
2012-11-12	1	4th	8 10 24 26 43 45
2012-11-07	15	5th	5 14 16 23 26 30
2012-09-17	2	5th	2 14 18 23 26 41
2012-09-10	34	3rd	6 20 26 30 37 45
2012-05-14	10	4th	1 11 20 26 40 44
2012-04-09	8	4th	4 6 18 26 27 32
2012-03-12	6	4th	5 15 20 26 31 42
2012-02-20	7	6th	1 7 19 20 23 26
2012-01-25	9	5th	13 14 15 22 26 33
2011-12-26	11	2nd	1 26 29 33 38 45
2011-11-16	11	6th	7 10 11 12 20 26
2011-10-10	12	4th	1 12 20 26 35 42
2011-08-29	11	4th	1 9 17 26 28 34
2011-07-20	17	5th	1 3 10 11 26 42
2011-05-23	1	3rd	21 22 26 33 38 42
2011-05-18	1	4th	1 6 25 26 27 40
2011-05-16	29	6th	1 3 10 12 22 26
2011-02-02	5	3rd	5 21 26 30 43 44
2011-01-17	10	4th	6 13 21 26 28 31
2010-12-13	1	2nd	2 26 32 33 38 43
2010-12-08	10	4th	2 7 24 26 34 45
2010-11-03	1	3rd	7 8 26 27 28 42
2010-11-01	2	6th	2 6 11 13 20 26
2010-10-25	22	4th	2 3 21 26 27 41
2010-08-09	1	4th	7 10 11 26 34 44
2010-08-04	1	4th	4 6 9 26 36 45
2010-08-02	6	3rd	5 21 26 31 32 41
2010-07-12	12	2nd	21 26 30 34 36 42
2010-05-31	8	4th	4 10 24 26 29 41
2010-05-03	2	2nd	24 26 29 30 37 40
2010-04-26	19	5th	2 10 13 14 26 34
2010-02-17	6	3rd	8 25 26 27 28 39
2010-01-27	—	2nd	23 26 27 30 40 45