Number 26

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

101times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.39σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

71longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 71 · waiting 18 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 smallest6 · chance 5.1
2nd smallest25 · chance 24.1
3rd smallest39 · chance 39.5
4th smallest24 · chance 26.3
5th smallest7 · chance 6.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 7 8 35 36 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-08-07	12	1st	26 29 35 38 47
2026-06-26	10	3rd	6 16 26 34 35
2026-05-22	3	3rd	6 22 26 31 37
2026-05-12	4	2nd	4 26 32

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-08	24	4th	10 20 21 26 33
2023-06-16	2	2nd	7 26 34 41 44
2023-06-09	18	2nd	18 26 36 41 50
2023-04-07	6	2nd	5 26 28 36 46
2023-03-17	1	3rd	5 15 26 37 49
2023-03-14	8	2nd	16 26 28 31 46
2023-02-14	15	2nd	24 26 38 43 46
2022-12-23	3	4th	16 17 23 26 35
2022-12-13	2	4th	3 9 12 26 30
2022-12-06	13	4th	12 20 25 26 27
2022-10-21	4	2nd	25 26 28 38 40
2022-10-07	2	1st	26 27 42 45 50
2022-09-30	6	5th	1 2 11 16 26
2022-09-09	5	4th	17 23 24 26 27
2022-08-23	21	2nd	19 26 31 39 48
2022-06-10	11	2nd	17 26 36 37 40
2022-05-03	14	3rd	8 20 26 47 48
2022-03-15	4	5th	1 2 12 19 26
2022-03-01	2	3rd	8 24 26 39 42
2022-02-22	17	4th	5 9 14 26 32
2021-12-24	7	2nd	2 26 28 34 41
2021-11-30	3	3rd	19 20 26 33 43
2021-11-19	3	2nd	22 26 38 47 50
2021-11-09	7	3rd	17 25 26 33 36
2021-10-15	4	2nd	21 26 31 34 49
2021-10-01	3	4th	1 15 19 26 48
2021-09-21	13	3rd	20 25 26 30 38
2021-08-06	4	4th	7 14 21 26 32
2021-07-23	9	3rd	23 24 26 34 50
2021-06-22	2	3rd	6 24 26 27 41
2021-06-15	2	3rd	11 21 26 30 31
2021-06-08	2	3rd	2 11 26 36 47
2021-06-01	2	3rd	3 10 26 35 44
2021-05-25	18	3rd	1 21 26 30 38
2021-03-23	6	2nd	2 26 29 36 49
2021-03-02	71	4th	2 19 24 26 49
2020-06-26	7	5th	1 10 12 21 26
2020-06-02	10	4th	10 12 22 26 49
2020-04-28	10	3rd	15 23 26 28 32
2020-03-24	12	3rd	7 12 26 30 33
2020-02-11	12	2nd	24 26 32 43 46
2019-12-31	1	1st	26 31 33 41 48
2019-12-27	35	4th	1 7 22 26 35
2019-08-27	11	2nd	8 26 35 43 47
2019-07-19	7	4th	13 14 17 26 28
2019-06-25	7	2nd	6 26 27 34 46
2019-05-31	7	4th	1 23 24 26 35
2019-05-07	2	3rd	7 20 26 32 47
2019-04-30	8	4th	5 12 20 26 48
2019-04-02	1	4th	2 9 16 26 36
2019-03-29	2	3rd	13 23 26 32 47
2019-03-22	6	3rd	4 17 26 30 43
2019-03-01	8	4th	6 9 19 26 31
2019-02-01	1	3rd	3 21 26 41 46
2019-01-29	15	3rd	14 24 26 32 39
2018-12-07	2	3rd	11 17 26 37 48
2018-11-30	2	5th	3 10 12 23 26
2018-11-23	14	4th	5 8 25 26 30
2018-10-05	18	4th	8 16 24 26 35
2018-08-03	7	2nd	7 26 36 38 43
2018-07-10	6	3rd	3 8 26 33 45
2018-06-19	1	3rd	7 19 26 42 50
2018-06-15	25	2nd	23 26 33 38 49
2018-03-20	4	1st	26 29 37 39 44
2018-03-06	31	3rd	15 20 26 31 44
2017-11-17	9	2nd	20 26 35 36 42
2017-10-17	20	4th	13 17 19 26 36
2017-08-08	5	3rd	15 25 26 40 41
2017-07-21	3	4th	1 8 9 26 49
2017-07-11	6	3rd	14 22 26 42 50
2017-06-20	7	3rd	11 18 26 43 44
2017-05-26	5	3rd	5 7 26 36 39
2017-05-09	11	5th	8 12 16 22 26
2017-03-31	14	3rd	17 24 26 28 45
2017-02-10	8	3rd	7 21 26 35 43
2017-01-13	13	4th	3 7 16 26 50
2016-11-29	—	2nd	21 26 27 28 38