Number 26

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

129times drawn · chance expected 147 −1.57σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

38longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 129 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −1.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 129 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 1 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 smallest2 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest19 · chance 14.1
3rd smallest39 · chance 37.5
4th smallest42 · chance 45.5
5th smallest23 · chance 25.0
6th smallest4 · chance 5.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 47 42 20 45 35

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
2026-10-07	4	3rd	3 17 26 29 37 42
2026-09-23	10	4th	2 12 17 26 30 37
2026-08-19	9	3rd	11 17 26 28 33 46
2026-07-18	10	1st	26 30

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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