Number 26

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

197times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.42σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

36longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 4 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 smallest0 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 8.6
3rd smallest39 · chance 37.4
4th smallest62 · chance 71.6
5th smallest73 · chance 60.6
6th smallest15 · chance 18.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 2 24 6 13 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-12	12	3rd	3 4 26 29 38 40
2026-08-01	3	5th	8 14 15 24 26 30
2026-07-22	3	4th	3 18 25 26 30 34
2026-07-11	2	4th	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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

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 smallest0 · chance 0.7

2nd smallest8 · chance 8.6

3rd smallest39 · chance 37.4

4th smallest62 · chance 71.6

5th smallest73 · chance 60.6

6th smallest15 · chance 18.2

How many people play it

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-09-12

3rd

3 4 26 29 38 40

2026-08-01

5th

8 14 15 24 26 30

2026-07-22

4th

3 18 25 26 30 34

2026-07-11

4th

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