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Number 26 In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.
Main numbers Stars 75 times drawn · chance expected 80 −0.61σ
30 draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number
11.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8
52 longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 75 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
26 Number 26, draw by draw Drawn 75 times in 866 draws · average wait 11.2 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 30 draws now
46 draws: 2010-02-21 to 2011-01-09 4 draws: 2011-01-09 to 2011-02-06 21 draws: 2011-02-06 to 2011-07-03 7 draws: 2011-07-03 to 2011-08-21 1 draws: 2011-08-21 to 2011-08-28 13 draws: 2011-08-28 to 2011-11-27 9 draws: 2011-11-27 to 2012-01-29 1 draws: 2012-01-29 to 2012-02-05 6 draws: 2012-02-05 to 2012-03-18 1 draws: 2012-03-18 to 2012-03-25 19 draws: 2012-03-25 to 2012-08-05 8 draws: 2012-08-05 to 2012-09-30 23 draws: 2012-09-30 to 2013-03-10 4 draws: 2013-03-10 to 2013-04-07 1 draws: 2013-04-07 to 2013-04-14 14 draws: 2013-04-14 to 2013-07-21 10 draws: 2013-07-21 to 2013-09-29 10 draws: 2013-09-29 to 2013-12-08 3 draws: 2013-12-08 to 2013-12-29 6 draws: 2013-12-29 to 2014-02-09 15 draws: 2014-02-09 to 2014-05-25 7 draws: 2014-05-25 to 2014-07-13 10 draws: 2014-07-13 to 2014-09-21 33 draws: 2014-09-21 to 2015-05-10 5 draws: 2015-05-10 to 2015-06-14 7 draws: 2015-06-14 to 2015-08-02 11 draws: 2015-08-02 to 2015-10-18 1 draws: 2015-10-18 to 2015-10-25 9 draws: 2015-10-25 to 2015-12-27 14 draws: 2015-12-27 to 2016-04-03 8 draws: 2016-04-03 to 2016-05-29 6 draws: 2016-05-29 to 2016-07-10 7 draws: 2016-07-10 to 2016-08-28 28 draws: 2016-08-28 to 2017-03-12 31 draws: 2017-03-12 to 2017-10-15 11 draws: 2017-10-15 to 2017-12-31 2 draws: 2017-12-31 to 2018-01-14 14 draws: 2018-01-14 to 2018-04-22 20 draws: 2018-04-22 to 2018-09-09 2 draws: 2018-09-09 to 2018-09-23 1 draws: 2018-09-23 to 2018-09-30 4 draws: 2018-09-30 to 2018-10-28 7 draws: 2018-10-28 to 2018-12-16 20 draws: 2018-12-16 to 2019-05-05 8 draws: 2019-05-05 to 2019-06-30 17 draws: 2019-06-30 to 2019-10-27 18 draws: 2019-10-27 to 2020-03-01 17 draws: 2020-03-01 to 2020-09-06 12 draws: 2020-09-06 to 2020-11-29 9 draws: 2020-11-29 to 2021-01-31 1 draws: 2021-01-31 to 2021-02-07 3 draws: 2021-02-07 to 2021-02-28 52 draws: 2021-02-28 to 2022-02-27 14 draws: 2022-02-27 to 2022-06-05 18 draws: 2022-06-05 to 2022-10-09 33 draws: 2022-10-09 to 2023-05-28 4 draws: 2023-05-28 to 2023-06-25 9 draws: 2023-06-25 to 2023-08-27 14 draws: 2023-08-27 to 2023-12-03 6 draws: 2023-12-03 to 2024-01-14 2 draws: 2024-01-14 to 2024-01-28 1 draws: 2024-01-28 to 2024-02-04 4 draws: 2024-02-04 to 2024-03-03 12 draws: 2024-03-03 to 2024-05-26 1 draws: 2024-05-26 to 2024-06-02 4 draws: 2024-06-02 to 2024-06-30 3 draws: 2024-06-30 to 2024-07-21 17 draws: 2024-07-21 to 2024-11-17 10 draws: 2024-11-17 to 2025-01-26 6 draws: 2025-01-26 to 2025-03-09 12 draws: 2025-03-09 to 2025-06-01 32 draws: 2025-06-01 to 2026-01-11 8 draws: 2026-01-11 to 2026-03-08 1 draws: 2026-03-08 to 2026-03-15 Still waiting — at least 30 draws since 2026-03-15 2010-02-21 2011-01-09 2011-02-06 2011-07-03 2011-08-21 2011-08-28 2011-11-27 2012-01-29 2012-02-05 2012-03-18 2012-03-25 2012-08-05 2012-09-30 2013-03-10 2013-04-07 2013-04-14 2013-07-21 2013-09-29 2013-12-08 2013-12-29 2014-02-09 2014-05-25 2014-07-13 2014-09-21 2015-05-10 2015-06-14 2015-08-02 2015-10-18 2015-10-25 2015-12-27 2016-04-03 2016-05-29 2016-07-10 2016-08-28 2017-03-12 2017-10-15 2017-12-31 2018-01-14 2018-04-22 2018-09-09 2018-09-23 2018-09-30 2018-10-28 2018-12-16 2019-05-05 2019-06-30 2019-10-27 2020-03-01 2020-09-06 2020-11-29 2021-01-31 2021-02-07 2021-02-28 2022-02-27 2022-06-05 2022-10-09 2023-05-28 2023-06-25 2023-08-27 2023-12-03 2024-01-14 2024-01-28 2024-02-04 2024-03-03 2024-05-26 2024-06-02 2024-06-30 2024-07-21 2024-11-17 2025-01-26 2025-03-09 2025-06-01 2026-01-11 2026-03-08 2026-03-15 2010-01-03 2026-10-11
1 draws: 10 times 2 draws: 3 times 3 draws: 3 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 1 time 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 4 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 5 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 3 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 2 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 1 time 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 0 times 51 draws: 0 times 52 draws: 1 time 53 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 26 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 4 · chance 5.2 2nd smallest 19 · chance 21.0 3rd smallest 30 · chance 29.0 4th smallest 19 · chance 16.5 5th smallest 3 · chance 3.2 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 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 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 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 54. 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 The other 51 appearances ← number 25 Every number number 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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.