Number 26

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,270 draws, 5 from 1–50.

340times drawn · chance expected 327 +0.76σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

62longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 340 times in 3,270 draws against 327.0 expected, +0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 62 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 340 times in 3,270 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 9 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 smallest8 · chance 17.1
2nd smallest98 · chance 81.2
3rd smallest126 · chance 132.9
4th smallest84 · chance 88.6
5th smallest24 · chance 20.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 28 8 10 1 20

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
2026-10-09	23	3rd	6 23 26 43 44
2026-09-16	6	4th	3 5 15 26 30
2026-09-10	11	5th	1 4 13 20 26
2026-08-30	19	4th	14 18 21

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.

2026-01-20	3	4th	7 16 22 26 42
2026-01-17	24	3rd	1 11 26 35 38
2025-12-24	7	3rd	3 23 26 35 36
2025-12-17	43	4th	2 9 21 26 50
2025-11-04	4	3rd	2 25 26 31 42
2025-10-31	12	3rd	6 17 26 31 46
2025-10-19	25	3rd	3 7 26 36 48
2025-09-24	2	5th	11 14 22 24 26
2025-09-22	4	5th	3 7 14 24 26
2025-09-18	1	2nd	20 26 29 32 46
2025-09-17	12	3rd	10 22 26 43 50
2025-09-05	1	2nd	17 26 34 43 44
2025-09-04	2	4th	5 14 16 26 50
2025-09-02	17	2nd	16 26 43 48 50
2025-08-16	13	3rd	22 24 26 39 44
2025-08-03	29	2nd	10 26 27 28 47
2025-07-05	3	2nd	2 26 28 36 41
2025-07-02	2	2nd	6 26 31 36 38
2025-06-30	8	3rd	3 6 26 43 48
2025-06-22	6	4th	1 9 11 26 28
2025-06-16	14	4th	8 18 19 26 49
2025-05-31	3	1st	26 28 37 45 46
2025-05-28	2	4th	10 15 17 26 47
2025-05-24	4	2nd	1 26 41 48 50
2025-05-20	1	3rd	10 12 26 39 45
2025-05-17	2	3rd	8 9 26 34 37
2025-05-15	2	1st	26 30 35 46 48
2025-05-13	5	4th	1 5 18 26 44
2025-05-06	10	3rd	10 24 26 36 38
2025-04-22	20	2nd	8 26 41 46 50
2025-03-25	2	5th	10 13 19 22 26
2025-03-21	1	4th	9 13 16 26 40
2025-03-20	4	3rd	6 24 26 28 41
2025-03-14	13	3rd	1 12 26 30 33
2025-02-25	11	3rd	8 17 26 43 50
2025-02-08	9	5th	1 5 18 22 26
2025-01-28	13	3rd	9 13 26 34 37
2025-01-09	11	3rd	9 13 26 27 46
2024-12-25	2	2nd	4 26 31 33 38
2024-12-21	5	4th	11 13 24 26 27
2024-12-14	2	2nd	8 26 35 41 45
2024-12-12	39	4th	10 14 20 26 31
2024-10-18	3	4th	10 18 22 26 37
2024-10-15	21	4th	7 8 23 26 30
2024-09-14	7	2nd	19 26 29 32 47
2024-09-05	19	2nd	12 26 27 28 50
2024-08-09	3	3rd	3 6 26 36 43
2024-08-06	7	3rd	7 24 26 31 38
2024-07-26	6	4th	3 9 20 26 46
2024-07-18	6	5th	3 7 19 22 26
2024-07-10	1	1st	26 30 37 38 39
2024-07-09	1	5th	4 6 13 16 26
2024-07-06	2	2nd	11 26 28 31 32
2024-07-04	17	2nd	4 26 29 35 46
2024-06-11	29	3rd	7 16 26 28 30
2024-05-01	13	3rd	3 14 26 27 38
2024-04-12	24	2nd	9 26 32 38 46
2024-03-09	4	2nd	12 26 32 40 48
2024-03-05	18	3rd	13 18 26 28 30
2024-02-08	23	4th	6 9 10 26 46
2024-01-06	11	2nd	8 26 30 33 35
2023-12-22	1	2nd	1 26 32 43 45
2023-12-21	21	3rd	7 25 26 28 39
2023-11-22	28	4th	8 15 19 26 28
2023-10-13	4	4th	8 18 23 26 35
2023-10-07	2	3rd	10 19 26 37 40
2023-10-05	5	1st	26 32 47 49 50
2023-09-28	5	5th	1 9 10 16 26
2023-09-21	5	2nd	7 26 31 42 47
2023-09-14	8	3rd	20 22 26 45 46
2023-09-02	4	4th	7 8 12 26 27
2023-08-29	9	3rd	19 23 26 34 49
2023-08-16	9	4th	14 15 20 26 45
2023-08-03	13	2nd	13 26 32 47 48
2023-07-15	1	2nd	13 26 35 39 45
2023-07-14	17	2nd	9 26 35 37 42
2023-06-21	13	2nd	17 26 33 34 42
2023-06-02	1	4th	6 10 20 26 27
2023-06-01	5	3rd	8 14 26 33 34
2023-05-25	15	4th	20 22 25 26 28
2023-05-04	4	5th	1 11 18 21 26
2023-04-28	17	3rd	4 23 26 33 35
2023-04-05	2	3rd	8 20 26 36 39
2023-04-01	2	4th	1 17 20 26 40
2023-03-30	3	3rd	7 11 26 39 46
2023-03-25	12	3rd	6 17 26 33 45
2023-03-09	9	3rd	21 22 26 27 46
2023-02-24	5	5th	9 10 18 19 26
2023-02-17	4	3rd	7 18 26 36 40
2023-02-11	3	4th	3 19 20 26 40
2023-02-08	13	3rd	19 20 26 33 40
2023-01-20	1	2nd	16 26 34 44 50
2023-01-19	20	4th	6 11 15 26 47
2022-12-22	5	2nd	5 26 30 34 38
2022-12-15	6	2nd	6 26 28 36 45
2022-12-07	3	4th	17 22 23 26 31
2022-12-02	16	3rd	11 20 26 27 33
2022-11-10	1	4th	6 18 19 26 34
2022-11-09	3	2nd	19 26 27 33 36
2022-11-04	5	2nd	8 26 40 42 45
2022-10-28	18	4th	2 6 19 26 48
2022-10-04	10	2nd	3 26 28 38 39
2022-09-20	12	3rd	3 21 26 36 48
2022-09-02	1	5th	1 12 22 23 26
2022-09-01	9	2nd	18 26 37 40 49
2022-08-19	11	4th	6 8 12 26 40
2022-08-04	1	3rd	9 17 26 35 40
2022-08-03	15	3rd	16 20 26 36 43
2022-07-13	9	2nd	5 26 37 45 50
2022-06-30	8	5th	1 6 8 14 26
2022-06-18	1	3rd	6 10 26 31 45
2022-06-17	7	2nd	2 26 34 43 47
2022-06-08	4	2nd	18 26 35 46 50
2022-06-02	4	5th	5 6 17 20 26
2022-05-27	6	3rd	4 10 26 31 45
2022-05-19	4	3rd	12 19 26 33 49
2022-05-13	12	2nd	10 26 42 43 48
2022-04-27	13	2nd	5 26 31 44 48
2022-04-08	7	2nd	8 26 40 45 49
2022-03-30	14	3rd	13 17 26 36 44
2022-03-10	5	4th	4 9 25 26 38
2022-03-03	2	1st	26 31 32 39 47
2022-03-01	8	2nd	24 26 39 41 44
2022-02-17	18	3rd	14 21 26 35 37
2022-01-22	23	2nd	16 26 27 35 36
2021-12-22	9	2nd	6 26 27 33 43
2021-12-09	8	2nd	5 26 36 39 46
2021-11-27	26	2nd	2 26 29 35 50
2021-10-22	23	3rd	3 11 26 30 49
2021-09-21	10	4th	1 14 21 26 36
2021-09-07	8	2nd	23 26 34 41 45
2021-08-26	8	3rd	12 20 26 32 50
2021-08-14	7	4th	4 14 15 26 49
2021-08-05	7	2nd	6 26 30 32 39
2021-07-27	1	2nd	25 26 31 37 41
2021-07-24	14	3rd	8 11 26 28 35
2021-07-06	4	2nd	7 26 34 35 46
2021-06-30	4	3rd	11 22 26 29 39
2021-06-24	3	4th	9 21 22 26 43
2021-06-19	4	3rd	8 12 26 29 36
2021-06-15	4	2nd	12 26 27 29 42
2021-06-09	4	2nd	8 26 31 38 42
2021-06-03	8	2nd	20 26 27 28 37
2021-05-22	6	2nd	11 26 31 44 48
2021-05-14	55	3rd	4 24 26 32 37
2021-02-26	18	3rd	10 18 26 31 46
2021-02-02	11	2nd	1 26 31 46 50
2021-01-16	2	4th	8 16 17 26 44
2021-01-14	11	2nd	16 26 32 34 42
2020-12-30	8	2nd	23 26 38 46 49
2020-12-18	13	3rd	16 17 26 38 47
2020-12-01	19	2nd	16 26 41 47 50
2020-11-04	4	3rd	12 15 26 27 29
2020-10-29	6	4th	6 16 22 26 50
2020-10-21	47	3rd	2 17 26 27 29
2020-08-15	24	5th	2 8 15 21 26
2020-07-14	8	3rd	10 19 26 28 47
2020-07-02	17	4th	8 9 23 26 43
2020-06-09	5	3rd	10 16 26 32 33
2020-06-02	8	2nd	12 26 29 41 46
2020-05-21	13	3rd	14 19 26 33 37
2020-05-02	3	2nd	20 26 34 41 42
2020-04-29	2	3rd	6 21 26 31 45
2020-04-25	3	2nd	8 26 29 39 40
2020-04-22	47	2nd	7 26 28 31 46
2020-02-15	6	4th	3 5 19 26 28
2020-02-07	3	4th	13 22 25 26 34
2020-02-04	10	2nd	12 26 31 45 50
2020-01-21	12	5th	6 11 23 25 26
2020-01-03	15	3rd	4 20 26 29 32
2019-12-13	17	3rd	19 23 26 41 46
2019-11-20	4	2nd	11 26 30 34 37
2019-11-14	3	4th	1 11 12 26 33
2019-11-09	3	5th	2 3 17 24 26
2019-11-06	7	3rd	23 25 26 43 50
2019-10-26	7	2nd	1 26 47 49 50
2019-10-17	1	3rd	7 20 26 31 50
2019-10-16	21	4th	10 15 23 26 45
2019-09-17	33	3rd	13 14 26 37 39
2019-08-01	2	3rd	4 21 26 29 37
2019-07-30	2	2nd	12 26 27 32 38
2019-07-26	14	3rd	5 15 26 43 46
2019-07-06	2	2nd	15 26 30 35 46
2019-07-04	27	3rd	10 15 26 37 48
2019-05-28	24	4th	2 13 17 26 45
2019-04-24	3	2nd	9 26 29 35 42
2019-04-19	16	4th	16 24 25 26 32
2019-03-28	13	2nd	19 26 31 33 37
2019-03-09	7	3rd	1 11 26 35 41
2019-02-28	4	3rd	13 15 26 29 47
2019-02-22	1	4th	1 2 22 26 29
2019-02-21	1	5th	2 6 23 24 26
2019-02-20	7	3rd	12 24 26 30 45
2019-02-09	5	2nd	21 26 27 35 44
2019-02-02	20	2nd	24 26 27 33 47
2019-01-05	4	3rd	17 25 26 34 47
2019-01-01	14	3rd	18 19 26 27 46
2018-12-12	1	3rd	12 24 26 35 42
2018-12-11	24	3rd	11 21 26 30 50
2018-11-07	11	3rd	7 15 26 44 50
2018-10-23	22	4th	7 14 16 26 37
2018-09-21	3	4th	4 9 20 26 50
2018-09-18	2	4th	1 18 21 26 39
2018-09-14	4	3rd	10 23 26 29 46
2018-09-08	3	3rd	8 11 26 41 42
2018-09-05	12	4th	1 17 22 26 30
2018-08-18	16	3rd	3 20 26 43 48
2018-07-27	17	3rd	5 9 26 37 44
2018-07-04	10	3rd	4 19 26 33 49
2018-06-20	4	3rd	8 19 26 48 50
2018-06-14	36	3rd	5 11 26 47 50
2018-04-25	5	3rd	8 21 26 27 50
2018-04-18	9	5th	6 8 14 20 26
2018-04-05	11	4th	1 2 21 26 40
2018-03-21	2	4th	11 17 22 26 32
2018-03-17	8	3rd	16 20 26 34 47
2018-03-07	3	4th	10 18 21 26 29
2018-03-02	34	1st	26 27 37 47 49
2018-01-13	16	3rd	9 14 26 36 44
2017-12-22	3	2nd	19 26 35 43 45
2017-12-19	13	2nd	3 26 28 36 49
2017-11-30	5	3rd	17 24 26 27 46
2017-11-23	1	3rd	1 14 26 34 47
2017-11-22	5	4th	2 10 12 26 37
2017-11-15	39	3rd	15 18 26 29 38
2017-09-21	6	2nd	25 26 35 40 44
2017-09-13	7	3rd	7 21 26 28 50
2017-09-02	4	2nd	10 26 30 40 48
2017-08-29	3	3rd	7 21 26 28 48
2017-08-24	9	3rd	5 19 26 38 39
2017-08-11	8	2nd	24 26 36 40 47
2017-08-01	1	5th	1 9 10 15 26
2017-07-29	6	4th	5 16 19 26 50
2017-07-21	12	4th	10 16 25 26 30
2017-07-05	3	2nd	19 26 33 38 46
2017-06-30	11	4th	7 17 23 26 47
2017-06-15	1	2nd	20 26 28 35 48
2017-06-14	38	3rd	6 14 26 29 30
2017-04-21	9	2nd	4 26 28 39 47
2017-04-08	2	4th	11 21 24 26 46
2017-04-06	4	3rd	14 15 26 27 42
2017-03-31	4	3rd	11 24 26 27 46
2017-03-25	17	3rd	2 12 26 34 43
2017-03-02	4	3rd	7 21 26 27 28
2017-02-24	6	2nd	5 26 41 42 45
2017-02-16	4	3rd	9 25 26 32 42
2017-02-10	7	2nd	7 26 31 38 47
2017-02-01	22	4th	8 11 21 26 50
2016-12-31	4	5th	7 11 22 25 26
2016-12-27	21	3rd	20 22 26 35 39
2016-11-26	17	4th	2 14 25 26 38
2016-11-03	2	4th	8 9 24 26 28
2016-11-01	10	4th	1 5 9 26 36
2016-10-18	5	4th	3 6 16 26 37
2016-10-11	11	4th	6 7 15 26 38
2016-09-24	1	5th	9 11 17 20 26
2016-09-23	4	4th	4 10 25 26 42
2016-09-17	17	3rd	15 24 26 33 49
2016-08-25	2	3rd	1 7 26 28 37
2016-08-23	3	2nd	11 26 34 39 41
2016-08-18	12	4th	8 9 15 26 48
2016-07-28	12	2nd	3 26 28 31 41
2016-07-12	1	3rd	5 7 26 38 41
2016-07-09	23	3rd	3 18 26 31 46
2016-06-08	1	3rd	1 20 26 30 49
2016-06-07	5	3rd	2 5 26 29 40
2016-05-31	2	3rd	14 19 26 32 50
2016-05-27	10	4th	2 20 25 26 28
2016-05-13	62	4th	3 14 22 26 35
2016-02-17	6	4th	2 13 19 26 34
2016-02-09	7	5th	3 14 19 25 26
2016-01-29	1	4th	6 10 25 26 43
2016-01-28	5	4th	7 10 15 26 36
2016-01-21	1	2nd	8 26 33 34 37
2016-01-20	3	4th	12 17 20 26 28
2016-01-15	7	3rd	7 9 26 31 37
2016-01-06	9	3rd	7 21 26 29 46
2015-12-22	22	3rd	8 12 26 29 32
2015-11-20	13	3rd	21 24 26 27 36
2015-11-03	10	3rd	17 19 26 47 49
2015-10-14	5	4th	1 13 20 26 38
2015-10-01	16	3rd	1 10 26 33 45
2015-08-26	1	2nd	25 26 35 39 47
2015-08-22	2	3rd	5 18 26 29 32
2015-08-19	11	2nd	8 26 30 37 45
2015-07-15	3	2nd	22 26 34 41 50
2015-07-04	7	4th	11 12 22 26 35
2015-06-10	3	4th	4 17 24 26 28
2015-05-30	4	3rd	20 23 26 27 31
2015-05-16	8	4th	11 15 17 26 41
2015-04-18	5	4th	1 5 11 26 50
2015-04-01	12	2nd	19 26 27 36 42
2015-02-18	1	3rd	14 20 26 38 48
2015-02-14	5	3rd	3 19 26 29 46
2015-01-28	3	2nd	14 26 31 38 49
2015-01-17	23	2nd	22 26 28 38 46
2014-10-29	11	2nd	14 26 27 35 41
2014-09-20	11	3rd	3 7 26 28 41
2014-08-13	4	2nd	22 26 34 40 47
2014-07-30	13	3rd	4 9 26 28 36
2014-06-14	3	4th	1 11 18 26 31
2014-06-04	16	4th	1 13 17 26 41
2014-04-09	9	3rd	9 10 26 36 44
2014-03-08	13	2nd	17 26 32 43 48
2014-01-22	8	4th	8 18 19 26 50
2013-12-24	2	1st	26 28 31 38 42
2013-12-18	1	2nd	23 26 32 43 50
2013-12-14	14	2nd	10 26 28 33 36
2013-10-26	4	3rd	5 14 26 28 48
2013-10-12	9	2nd	11 26 29 38 47
2013-09-11	7	4th	16 17 18 26 50
2013-08-17	6	2nd	11 26 37 43 44
2013-07-27	7	3rd	2 20 26 30 49
2013-07-03	7	4th	5 8 10 26 40
2013-06-08	4	3rd	15 16 26 42 49
2013-05-25	—	3rd	8 22 26 36 38