Number 26

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

100times drawn · chance expected 84 +1.83σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

40longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +1.83σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 791 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest2 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest17 · chance 20.4
3rd smallest45 · chance 38.6
4th smallest24 · chance 29.6
5th smallest12 · chance 7.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 32 17 39 15 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-12	1	4th	4 7 19 26 45
2026-10-08	11	4th	15 19 20 26 39
2026-08-31	16	3rd	4 17 26 38 39
2026-07-06	3	4th	3 4 15 26

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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