Number 26

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

75times drawn · chance expected 80 −0.61σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

11.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

52longest 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.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 75 times in 866 draws · average wait 11.2 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 30 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 5.2
2nd smallest19 · chance 21.0
3rd smallest30 · chance 29.0
4th smallest19 · chance 16.5
5th smallest3 · 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.

8 10 11 1 3 28

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-03-15	1	4th	11 13 21 26 30
2026-03-08	8	2nd	14 26 46 48 49
2026-01-11	32	3rd	7 12 26 43 45
2025-06-01	12	4th	4 17

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.

2021-01-31	9	3rd	3 8 26 32 45
2020-11-29	12	4th	1 6 22 26 39
2020-09-06	17	3rd	8 10 26 40 43
2020-03-01	18	5th	3 8 10 20 26
2019-10-27	17	2nd	25 26 28 29 51
2019-06-30	8	3rd	11 13 26 28 43
2019-05-05	20	5th	8 12 18 20 26
2018-12-16	7	3rd	11 13 26 28 48
2018-10-28	4	4th	6 19 23 26 35
2018-09-30	1	2nd	11 26 37 41 47
2018-09-23	2	3rd	1 22 26 34 49
2018-09-09	20	2nd	3 26 30 35 42
2018-04-22	14	4th	11 13 24 26 41
2018-01-14	2	4th	3 5 11 26 33
2017-12-31	11	3rd	10 12 26 31 52
2017-10-15	31	2nd	18 26 30 33 51
2017-03-12	28	3rd	8 22 26 29 32
2016-08-28	7	4th	2 11 13 26 42
2016-07-10	6	4th	6 10 18 26 42
2016-05-29	8	3rd	7 12 26 39 42
2016-04-03	14	4th	2 3 15 26 52
2015-12-27	9	2nd	4 26 29 41 53
2015-10-25	1	3rd	10 18 26 32 34
2015-10-18	11	4th	7 10 19 26 32
2015-08-02	7	3rd	16 21 26 42 54
2015-06-14	5	4th	5 14 21 26 41
2015-05-10	33	4th	7 22 23 26 38
2014-09-21	10	3rd	9 18 26 30 31
2014-07-13	7	3rd	3 20 26 27 32
2014-05-25	15	2nd	9 26 40 47 51
2014-02-09	6	3rd	14 23 26 31 36
2013-12-29	3	4th	11 17 21 26 47
2013-12-08	10	1st	26 33 35 38 49
2013-09-29	10	2nd	2 26 40 42 54
2013-07-21	14	3rd	1 12 26 44 48
2013-04-14	1	5th	4 16 20 22 26
2013-04-07	4	3rd	5 14 26 29 30
2013-03-10	23	3rd	3 9 26 45 49
2012-09-30	8	3rd	1 25 26 34 47
2012-08-05	19	3rd	16 22 26 47 53
2012-03-25	1	3rd	2 23 26 48 51
2012-03-18	6	3rd	1 13 26 29 54
2012-02-05	1	3rd	1 10 26 33 54
2012-01-29	9	1st	26 29 30 38 41
2011-11-27	13	2nd	4 26 32 42 44
2011-08-28	1	2nd	13 26 31 33 46
2011-08-21	7	4th	5 6 21 26 37
2011-07-03	21	1st	26 37 44 47 51
2011-02-06	4	3rd	12 14 26 39 46
2011-01-09	46	2nd	18 26 33 39 46
2010-02-21	—	2nd	17 26 37 41 50