Number 26

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,820 draws, 5 from 1–49.

297times drawn · chance expected 288 +0.58σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

50longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 297 times in 2,820 draws against 287.8 expected, +0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 297 times in 2,820 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 8 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 smallest18 · chance 13.5
2nd smallest67 · chance 67.6
3rd smallest105 · chance 115.9
4th smallest87 · chance 80.7
5th smallest20 · chance 19.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 9 16 28 29 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-23	5	4th	8 15 21 26 38
2026-09-12	5	2nd	9 26 38 45 48
2026-08-31	5	1st	26 32 36 39 44
2026-08-19	16	4th	14 18 21 26 44

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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-05	11	2nd	7 26 28 30 47
2025-02-08	13	2nd	11 26 42 43 49
2025-01-08	9	3rd	14 24 26 34 38
2024-12-18	1	3rd	8 14 26 27 46
2024-12-16	16	3rd	5 6 26 36 43
2024-11-09	1	3rd	12 23 26 35 36
2024-11-06	12	5th	6 8 15 23 26
2024-10-09	1	3rd	5 22 26 31 33
2024-10-07	14	4th	1 5 7 26 49
2024-09-04	1	4th	2 4 22 26 40
2024-09-02	43	4th	5 6 12 26 27
2024-05-25	5	4th	18 19 20 26 42
2024-05-13	17	5th	12 13 18 25 26
2024-04-03	1	3rd	5 12 26 36 46
2024-04-01	3	5th	9 12 15 17 26
2024-03-25	10	3rd	1 22 26 31 37
2024-03-02	14	4th	13 17 20 26 27
2024-01-29	14	4th	8 9 15 26 27
2023-12-27	2	3rd	13 16 26 28 41
2023-12-23	11	2nd	5 26 28 29 39
2023-11-27	15	4th	8 9 19 26 46
2023-10-23	7	4th	3 10 22 26 40
2023-10-07	1	4th	5 9 12 26 42
2023-10-04	5	2nd	21 26 27 31 40
2023-09-23	31	2nd	6 26 28 37 40
2023-07-12	7	2nd	18 26 27 31 34
2023-06-26	6	4th	14 16 21 26 48
2023-06-12	22	4th	12 19 21 26 28
2023-04-22	4	3rd	12 13 26 35 48
2023-04-12	10	4th	10 15 18 26 30
2023-03-20	19	4th	7 10 19 26 38
2023-02-04	4	3rd	13 16 26 31 42
2023-01-25	23	3rd	18 21 26 32 44
2022-12-03	13	2nd	19 26 27 32 34
2022-11-02	2	3rd	4 7 26 38 45
2022-10-29	12	1st	26 28 33 44 48
2022-10-01	1	3rd	7 8 26 35 36
2022-09-28	6	3rd	12 14 26 29 39
2022-09-14	22	2nd	10 26 38 40 45
2022-07-25	9	4th	7 13 24 26 42
2022-07-04	2	5th	4 12 18 20 26
2022-06-29	9	3rd	16 24 26 43 47
2022-06-08	5	1st	26 27 33 38 39
2022-05-28	2	4th	7 20 21 26 27
2022-05-23	23	1st	26 30 41 47 48
2022-03-30	1	4th	10 12 16 26 34
2022-03-28	3	4th	5 16 21 26 48
2022-03-21	7	3rd	5 10 26 35 46
2022-03-05	8	3rd	1 14 26 36 37
2022-02-14	10	4th	13 15 20 26 29
2022-01-22	4	3rd	3 17 26 30 39
2022-01-12	14	4th	1 20 23 26 44
2021-12-11	1	2nd	16 26 34 42 45
2021-12-08	3	3rd	1 16 26 28 30
2021-12-01	1	3rd	3 18 26 46 49
2021-11-29	7	1st	26 30 31 35 44
2021-11-13	5	3rd	12 13 26 31 39
2021-11-01	5	2nd	1 26 27 43 47
2021-10-20	4	3rd	16 22 26 35 42
2021-10-11	6	4th	1 7 9 26 28
2021-09-27	14	2nd	12 26 31 37 40
2021-08-25	36	4th	3 9 19 26 29
2021-06-02	17	3rd	3 25 26 33 34
2021-04-24	5	2nd	12 26 36 41 42
2021-04-12	14	4th	7 11 14 26 43
2021-03-10	7	2nd	20 26 33 34 42
2021-02-22	8	4th	3 15 24 26 37
2021-02-03	28	3rd	17 21 26 31 37
2020-11-30	2	3rd	9 18 26 28 29
2020-11-25	5	4th	1 10 14 26 31
2020-11-14	2	3rd	17 24 26 40 43
2020-11-09	11	3rd	5 18 26 38 41
2020-10-14	2	2nd	19 26 32 39 42
2020-10-10	4	1st	26 31 42 47 48
2020-09-30	31	3rd	2 24 26 32 49
2020-07-20	5	3rd	8 22 26 28 42
2020-07-08	9	2nd	9 26 30 37 48
2020-06-17	1	4th	10 13 20 26 46
2020-06-15	3	3rd	2 22 26 47 49
2020-06-08	2	4th	2 8 22 26 46
2020-06-03	1	4th	12 13 16 26 44
2020-06-01	3	3rd	2 24 26 32 36
2020-05-25	4	2nd	9 26 30 36 42
2020-05-16	16	2nd	19 26 27 41 46
2020-04-08	5	5th	6 9 16 19 26
2020-03-28	8	3rd	22 23 26 32 35
2020-03-09	3	2nd	5 26 33 41 42
2020-03-02	4	2nd	21 26 39 40 42
2020-02-22	13	4th	4 5 24 26 39
2020-01-22	1	3rd	12 25 26 28 42
2020-01-20	6	2nd	13 26 30 31 38
2020-01-06	9	3rd	10 19 26 30 49
2019-12-16	5	2nd	10 26 35 38 39
2019-12-04	11	2nd	8 26 30 35 40
2019-11-09	18	4th	6 18 24 26 29
2019-09-25	5	5th	1 7 15 22 26
2019-09-14	16	4th	18 19 23 26 28
2019-08-07	1	2nd	5 26 28 29 36
2019-08-05	8	3rd	5 22 26 33 45
2019-07-17	4	2nd	4 26 27 28 47
2019-07-08	14	3rd	11 20 26 33 38
2019-06-05	2	2nd	17 26 28 38 47
2019-06-01	13	3rd	13 20 26 35 45
2019-05-01	2	3rd	16 25 26 34 48
2019-04-27	8	3rd	17 25 26 27 33
2019-04-08	1	5th	9 13 15 24 26
2019-04-06	6	4th	13 19 24 26 27
2019-03-23	19	3rd	1 12 26 28 40
2019-02-06	7	5th	4 15 21 22 26
2019-01-21	8	3rd	17 20 26 30 47
2019-01-02	2	3rd	2 12 26 29 36
2018-12-29	27	2nd	12 26 30 38 42
2018-10-27	17	2nd	21 26 29 35 36
2018-09-17	1	3rd	8 15 26 42 43
2018-09-15	25	4th	1 11 13 26 46
2018-07-18	9	2nd	18 26 27 35 43
2018-06-27	14	4th	8 9 11 26 41
2018-05-26	15	4th	2 3 24 26 43
2018-04-21	2	4th	2 11 20 26 39
2018-04-16	4	5th	6 16 21 25 26
2018-04-07	6	3rd	7 10 26 34 45
2018-03-24	22	2nd	11 26 31 35 44
2018-01-31	22	3rd	4 16 26 29 49
2017-12-11	14	1st	26 29 34 43 47
2017-11-08	3	3rd	2 13 26 37 41
2017-11-01	27	4th	8 9 18 26 32
2017-08-30	18	3rd	7 12 26 29 47
2017-07-19	8	5th	6 8 9 16 26
2017-07-01	6	3rd	16 21 26 33 47
2017-06-17	34	3rd	14 25 26 39 40
2017-03-29	10	4th	10 14 25 26 35
2017-03-06	16	4th	3 6 10 26 41
2017-01-28	5	5th	2 5 6 10 26
2017-01-16	5	2nd	14 26 32 35 37
2017-01-04	7	3rd	16 17 26 36 38
2016-12-19	6	3rd	3 17 26 40 41
2016-12-05	8	3rd	6 23 26 29 30
2016-11-16	1	3rd	1 24 26 37 48
2016-11-14	5	4th	6 14 16 26 41
2016-11-02	2	4th	1 7 14 26 49
2016-10-29	4	3rd	14 21 26 36 44
2016-10-19	5	1st	26 28 29 32 38
2016-10-08	5	2nd	5 26 28 35 46
2016-09-26	8	4th	4 19 23 26 27
2016-09-07	3	2nd	13 26 34 38 42
2016-08-31	7	4th	10 12 19 26 47
2016-08-15	3	3rd	16 25 26 27 31
2016-08-08	14	4th	1 2 3 26 36
2016-07-06	15	3rd	13 16 26 38 47
2016-06-01	4	2nd	22 26 27 35 44
2016-05-23	1	3rd	7 22 26 41 48
2016-05-21	8	3rd	12 23 26 41 48
2016-05-02	4	1st	26 36 43 47 48
2016-04-23	2	5th	2 15 17 22 26
2016-04-18	3	2nd	24 26 29 38 47
2016-04-11	6	3rd	4 25 26 29 34
2016-03-28	15	4th	2 4 15 26 28
2016-02-22	16	4th	2 5 23 26 48
2016-01-16	18	3rd	13 17 26 27 45
2015-12-05	19	3rd	9 20 26 27 47
2015-10-21	9	3rd	22 25 26 31 35
2015-09-30	15	4th	15 16 18 26 35
2015-08-26	4	2nd	15 26 37 41 44
2015-08-17	16	2nd	9 26 29 36 42
2015-07-11	10	4th	4 14 23 26 36
2015-06-17	11	1st	26 30 41 44 48
2015-05-23	28	3rd	12 19 26 41 45
2015-03-18	4	4th	4 10 15 26 30
2015-03-09	10	1st	26 28 31 34 35
2015-02-14	20	2nd	2 26 27 38 41
2014-12-29	4	1st	26 27 30 44 49
2014-12-20	7	5th	10 19 21 22 26
2014-12-03	5	2nd	11 26 28 31 49
2014-11-22	14	4th	1 9 22 26 44
2014-10-20	10	3rd	13 21 26 30 40
2014-09-27	2	2nd	9 26 29 35 38
2014-09-22	5	3rd	1 13 26 31 44
2014-09-10	7	3rd	6 16 26 31 40
2014-08-25	1	2nd	9 26 31 43 45
2014-08-23	35	4th	7 17 21 26 29
2014-06-02	2	2nd	22 26 35 41 47
2014-05-28	18	3rd	8 9 26 46 48
2014-04-16	11	4th	8 12 25 26 49
2014-03-22	1	4th	4 14 20 26 49
2014-03-19	2	3rd	5 19 26 27 28
2014-03-15	9	3rd	5 15 26 30 37
2014-02-22	22	2nd	1 26 30 32 48
2014-01-01	2	2nd	6 26 34 37 39
2013-12-28	34	4th	1 16 20 26 32
2013-10-09	4	5th	1 12 18 20 26
2013-09-30	4	3rd	10 15 26 28 45
2013-09-21	1	3rd	16 17 26 30 41
2013-09-18	1	2nd	4 26 35 40 45
2013-09-16	7	4th	6 15 24 26 38
2013-08-31	4	4th	2 3 14 26 33
2013-08-21	2	3rd	11 12 26 38 39
2013-08-17	17	1st	26 32 33 41 43
2013-07-08	7	4th	8 24 25 26 44
2013-06-22	3	3rd	16 21 26 35 37
2013-06-15	15	3rd	4 23 26 32 38
2013-05-11	6	3rd	3 16 26 45 49
2013-04-27	5	4th	9 17 19 26 39
2013-04-15	7	3rd	20 21 26 45 46
2013-03-30	10	3rd	9 10 26 30 34
2013-03-06	8	1st	26 28 36 42 44
2013-02-16	16	3rd	4 19 26 27 34
2013-01-09	11	2nd	22 26 29 30 33
2012-12-15	31	3rd	11 24 26 33 41
2012-10-03	12	4th	16 24 25 26 44
2012-09-05	3	4th	1 8 10 26 37
2012-08-29	4	4th	8 11 20 26 29
2012-08-20	1	2nd	11 26 27 33 45
2012-08-18	6	4th	2 12 25 26 42
2012-08-04	7	2nd	25 26 29 34 49
2012-07-18	4	3rd	4 25 26 28 32
2012-07-09	16	2nd	15 26 38 41 45
2012-06-02	8	3rd	9 22 26 34 39
2012-05-14	2	4th	3 11 22 26 43
2012-05-09	1	2nd	18 26 32 36 41
2012-05-07	2	4th	12 13 21 26 46
2012-05-02	10	2nd	3 26 29 35 38
2012-04-09	4	3rd	2 14 26 31 33
2012-03-31	35	5th	1 2 16 25 26
2012-01-09	9	3rd	15 25 26 32 34
2011-12-19	4	3rd	13 23 26 35 42
2011-12-10	3	2nd	14 26 28 30 43
2011-12-03	50	2nd	6 26 31 34 49
2011-08-08	8	4th	1 12 18 26 30
2011-07-20	1	4th	6 18 23 26 45
2011-07-18	7	3rd	5 19 26 38 47
2011-07-02	4	4th	1 7 11 26 49
2011-06-22	9	3rd	21 22 26 28 33
2011-06-01	9	2nd	25 26 30 32 45
2011-05-11	1	2nd	14 26 28 38 45
2011-05-09	5	4th	3 13 22 26 48
2011-04-27	14	4th	5 14 23 26 28
2011-03-26	3	3rd	4 17 26 30 34
2011-03-19	9	5th	1 10 11 23 26
2011-02-26	18	3rd	10 24 26 35 48
2011-01-15	23	2nd	6 26 29 36 43
2010-11-22	15	5th	4 17 21 23 26
2010-10-18	4	2nd	1 26 29 31 38
2010-10-09	4	4th	2 17 23 26 43
2010-09-29	21	2nd	25 26 32 33 41
2010-08-11	12	5th	5 7 8 22 26
2010-07-14	3	3rd	5 11 26 30 48
2010-07-07	13	2nd	20 26 31 47 49
2010-06-07	4	1st	26 28 29 42 48
2010-05-29	5	2nd	21 26 33 46 49
2010-05-17	6	2nd	9 26 27 29 36
2010-05-03	5	4th	8 11 12 26 48
2010-04-21	20	4th	1 9 24 26 35
2010-03-06	7	4th	5 9 18 26 36
2010-02-17	8	3rd	22 23 26 29 40
2010-01-30	20	3rd	18 21 26 44 47
2009-12-14	23	3rd	8 13 26 38 46
2009-10-21	34	4th	1 10 15 26 49
2009-08-03	7	3rd	9 18 26 38 49
2009-07-18	2	3rd	9 14 26 34 44
2009-07-13	10	4th	2 18 20 26 34
2009-06-20	7	2nd	21 26 27 33 49
2009-06-03	1	3rd	14 21 26 32 46
2009-06-01	6	3rd	18 24 26 35 47
2009-05-18	1	1st	26 28 34 35 49
2009-05-16	7	4th	1 2 7 26 44
2009-04-29	14	3rd	4 15 26 29 30
2009-03-28	29	4th	19 22 23 26 27
2009-01-19	9	2nd	7 26 32 38 39
2008-12-29	4	3rd	14 21 26 27 38
2008-12-20	7	3rd	2 22 26 41 46
2008-12-03	6	1st	26 29 31 34 42
2008-11-19	7	2nd	2 26 34 37 41
2008-11-03	—	5th	2 20 23 24 26