Number 26

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

105times drawn · chance expected 116 −1.06σ

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

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

51longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest9 · chance 5.4
2nd smallest31 · chance 23.4
3rd smallest36 · chance 37.5
4th smallest21 · chance 27.8
5th smallest8 · chance 9.6
6th smallest0 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 41 39 4 8 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-08	1	3rd	14 18 26 45 50 53
2026-08-05	14	2nd	24 26 27 39 47 50
2026-06-17	3	1st	26 31 36 41 45 51
2026-06-06	40	3rd	8 10

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-11	6	2nd	12 26 28 34 41 42
2023-10-21	51	3rd	14 15 26 37 43 54
2023-04-26	22	2nd	19 26 27 29 53 57
2023-02-08	6	2nd	13 26 28 33 42 53
2023-01-18	23	3rd	11 23 26 36 37 44
2022-10-29	5	3rd	7 15 26 37 39 58
2022-10-12	1	4th	20 21 24 26 39 47
2022-10-08	15	4th	6 8 12 26 32 46
2022-08-17	14	2nd	20 26 30 37 45 48
2022-06-29	4	4th	3 17 21 26 46 59
2022-06-15	13	2nd	3 26 37 38 41 53
2022-04-30	15	3rd	15 19 26 41 51 57
2022-03-09	4	3rd	3 10 26 38 41 47
2022-02-23	3	3rd	4 22 26 27 33 37
2022-02-12	5	3rd	9 16 26 28 47 58
2022-01-26	9	2nd	5 26 36 53 57 58
2021-12-25	43	3rd	15 24 26 30 42 59
2021-07-28	31	2nd	23 26 34 36 44 59
2021-04-10	4	3rd	20 25 26 48 49 50
2021-03-27	3	5th	3 5 18 22 26 49
2021-03-17	2	3rd	7 16 26 28 36 58
2021-03-10	6	5th	1 5 9 21 26 42
2021-02-17	4	5th	5 6 8 20 26 39
2021-02-03	11	5th	4 9 17 21 26 46
2020-12-26	7	1st	26 43 44 46 52 55
2020-12-02	4	3rd	16 22 26 38 39 47
2020-11-18	9	2nd	18 26 27 28 41 54
2020-10-17	34	1st	26 32 38 41 49 51
2020-06-20	3	3rd	7 21 26 30 40 48
2020-06-10	6	2nd	20 26 50 51 55 57
2020-05-20	3	3rd	7 24 26 37 40 57
2020-05-09	14	4th	7 18 21 26 42 50
2020-03-21	42	2nd	12 26 29 34 56 58
2019-10-26	12	3rd	16 23 26 38 56 59
2019-09-14	1	5th	6 10 14 19 26 43
2019-09-11	3	3rd	4 9 26 35 38 53
2019-08-31	3	4th	5 10 16 26 41 58
2019-08-21	18	3rd	11 14 26 51 53 58
2019-06-19	5	2nd	22 26 31 39 47 55
2019-06-01	2	2nd	8 26 36 39 40 47
2019-05-25	2	3rd	5 9 26 35 43 54
2019-05-18	6	4th	7 22 23 26 31 54
2019-04-27	7	3rd	1 7 26 34 52 53
2019-04-03	3	4th	5 9 17 26 35 52
2019-03-23	2	2nd	6 26 30 50 52 59
2019-03-16	9	2nd	6 26 32 37 42 59
2019-02-13	13	3rd	4 8 26 31 42 45
2018-12-29	4	1st	26 31 38 40 45 57
2018-12-15	14	2nd	5 26 34 35 43 49
2018-10-27	4	4th	1 6 25 26 31 39
2018-10-13	2	2nd	19 26 40 52 56 58
2018-10-06	5	2nd	23 26 30 32 37 39
2018-09-19	19	4th	7 20 25 26 34 40
2018-07-14	7	4th	4 8 13 26 41 55
2018-06-20	6	3rd	15 22 26 35 41 43
2018-05-30	4	4th	4 5 8 26 32 39
2018-05-16	4	3rd	4 22 26 32 48 54
2018-05-02	8	4th	4 8 10 26 38 48
2018-04-04	1	4th	1 9 15 26 38 43
2018-03-31	16	4th	6 8 20 26 35 36
2018-02-03	38	2nd	8 26 27 29 49 58
2017-09-23	16	3rd	17 18 26 39 54 56
2017-07-29	10	2nd	1 26 41 55 56 59
2017-06-24	28	3rd	4 16 26 39 42 54
2017-03-18	19	4th	3 8 19 26 37 41
2017-01-11	9	2nd	21 26 29 35 46 59
2016-12-10	10	2nd	11 26 31 32 33 46
2016-11-05	4	4th	8 12 16 26 45 49
2016-10-22	15	3rd	9 19 26 27 45 50
2016-08-31	3	3rd	15 16 26 45 47 49
2016-08-20	6	3rd	8 18 26 35 41 52
2016-07-30	1	2nd	14 26 28 41 51 57
2016-07-27	11	3rd	9 24 26 38 40 46
2016-06-18	16	3rd	10 17 26 31 35 38
2016-04-23	13	3rd	2 14 26 35 44 59
2016-03-09	2	1st	26 31 35 37 40 49
2016-03-02	2	4th	4 15 21 26 39 58
2016-02-24	13	5th	4 14 18 19 26 27
2016-01-09	20	1st	26 27 46 47 52 58
2015-10-31	1	1st	26 39 41 42 55 59
2015-10-28	—	1st	26 36 41 46 49 52