Number 26

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

198times drawn · chance expected 212 −1.03σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

31longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 198 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, −1.03σ. 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 198 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest26 · chance 0.0
4th smallest172 · chance 198.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 18 3 2 16 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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
2026-08-30	3	4th	6 8 19 26
2026-08-27	1	4th	10 11 19 26
2026-08-26	8	4th	1 14 24 26
2026-08-18	6	4th	10 10 11 26
2026-08-12	11	4th	2 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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-08	6	4th	2 19 24 26
2026-03-02	1	4th	14 17 18 26
2026-03-01	7	4th	2 10 25 26
2026-02-22	0	3rd	6 9 26
2026-02-22	6	3rd	6 9 26
2026-02-16	13	4th	15 23 24 26
2026-02-03	0	3rd	19 22 26
2026-02-03	2	3rd	19 22 26
2026-02-01	11	4th	7 12 19 26
2026-01-21	13	4th	9 12 24 26
2026-01-08	19	4th	3 4 9 26
2025-12-20	3	4th	8 13 21 26
2025-12-17	6	4th	22 23 25 26
2025-12-11	14	4th	11 14 14 26
2025-11-27	4	4th	6 7 18 26
2025-11-23	3	4th	5 12 21 26
2025-11-20	7	4th	1 2 10 26
2025-11-13	0	3rd	2 10 26
2025-11-13	4	3rd	2 10 26
2025-11-09	8	4th	1 14 19 26
2025-11-01	3	4th	9 18 25 26
2025-10-29	13	4th	2 3 15 26
2025-10-16	7	4th	7 16 18 26
2025-10-09	3	4th	7 9 16 26
2025-10-06	7	4th	3 6 8 26
2025-09-29	1	4th	5 17 24 26
2025-09-28	6	4th	12 13 17 26
2025-09-22	3	4th	2 16 25 26
2025-09-19	20	4th	18 22 25 26
2025-08-30	8	4th	3 4 14 26
2025-08-22	3	4th	6 8 23 26
2025-08-19	8	4th	5 10 20 26
2025-08-11	10	4th	14 21 25 26
2025-08-01	5	4th	2 13 20 26
2025-07-27	4	4th	5 11 17 26
2025-07-23	0	3rd	18 25 26
2025-07-23	20	3rd	18 25 26
2025-07-03	0	3rd	12 17 26
2025-07-03	10	3rd	12 17 26
2025-06-23	10	4th	4 8 14 26
2025-06-13	19	4th	7 13 22 26
2025-05-25	13	4th	9 13 21 26
2025-05-12	11	4th	5 21 23 26
2025-05-01	1	4th	2 12 24 26
2025-04-30	7	4th	9 14 24 26
2025-04-23	2	4th	9 23 24 26
2025-04-21	14	4th	12 20 21 26
2025-04-07	0	3rd	10 20 26
2025-04-07	1	3rd	10 20 26
2025-04-06	4	4th	4 17 20 26
2025-04-02	5	4th	5 11 19 26
2025-03-28	11	4th	8 12 12 26
2025-03-17	8	4th	7 8 17 26
2025-03-09	5	4th	10 16 22 26
2025-03-04	7	4th	1 20 24 26
2025-02-25	1	4th	17 21 24 26
2025-02-24	2	4th	3 3 6 26
2025-02-22	10	4th	1 21 22 26
2025-02-12	2	4th	9 17 18 26
2025-02-10	7	4th	10 16 18 26
2025-02-03	9	4th	3 4 23 26
2025-01-25	1	4th	15 18 22 26
2025-01-24	6	4th	8 18 21 26
2025-01-18	6	4th	7 12 22 26
2025-01-12	10	4th	8 20 22 26
2025-01-02	4	4th	1 5 8 26
2024-12-29	22	4th	5 18 23 26
2024-12-07	1	4th	20 22 24 26
2024-12-06	6	4th	6 11 17 26
2024-11-30	8	4th	15 20 23 26
2024-11-22	5	4th	16 17 23 26
2024-11-17	4	4th	3 10 16 26
2024-11-13	14	4th	7 12 13 26
2024-10-30	9	4th	3 9 13 26
2024-10-21	11	4th	4 10 12 26
2024-10-10	3	4th	2 5 6 26
2024-10-07	4	4th	10 11 18 26
2024-10-03	6	4th	4 13 13 26
2024-09-27	12	4th	4 13 17 26
2024-09-15	6	4th	5 13 14 26
2024-09-09	15	4th	9 19 20 26
2024-08-25	8	4th	2 6 7 26
2024-08-17	18	4th	11 16 18 26
2024-07-30	3	4th	12 20 21 26
2024-07-27	30	4th	1 20 24 26
2024-06-27	1	4th	2 19 19 26
2024-06-26	6	4th	2 14 25 26
2024-06-20	8	4th	3 7 18 26
2024-06-12	4	4th	11 14 23 26
2024-06-08	13	4th	9 17 18 26
2024-05-26	4	4th	3 12 23 26
2024-05-22	8	4th	2 15 21 26
2024-05-14	8	4th	21 22 23 26
2024-05-06	0	3rd	20 22 26
2024-05-06	1	3rd	20 22 26
2024-05-05	4	4th	5 8 15 26
2024-05-01	7	4th	15 20 23 26
2024-04-24	0	3rd	7 15 26
2024-04-24	14	3rd	7 15 26
2024-04-10	2	4th	5 15 19 26
2024-04-08	4	4th	4 6 21 26
2024-04-04	31	4th	15 21 24 26
2024-03-04	8	4th	3 16 25 26
2024-02-25	4	4th	3 11 14 26
2024-02-21	0	3rd	12 15 26
2024-02-21	2	3rd	12 15 26
2024-02-19	10	4th	2 5 16 26
2024-02-09	1	4th	2 8 12 26
2024-02-08	8	4th	13 17 22 26
2024-01-31	11	4th	2 14 22 26
2024-01-20	1	4th	3 7 13 26
2024-01-19	1	4th	5 9 11 26
2024-01-18	6	4th	17 19 21 26
2024-01-12	23	4th	3 14 16 26
2023-12-20	14	4th	3 9 19 26
2023-12-06	12	4th	6 8 12 26
2023-11-24	2	4th	4 12 13 26
2023-11-22	16	4th	9 15 16 26
2023-11-06	16	4th	1 24 24 26
2023-10-21	14	4th	4 5 20 26
2023-10-07	5	4th	2 13 19 26
2023-10-02	1	4th	12 16 20 26
2023-10-01	10	4th	11 13 21 26
2023-09-21	4	4th	4 9 18 26
2023-09-17	1	4th	16 18 21 26
2023-09-16	10	4th	3 4 23 26
2023-09-06	1	4th	8 12 24 26
2023-09-05	6	4th	7 16 17 26
2023-08-30	11	4th	9 12 20 26
2023-08-19	14	4th	2 15 19 26
2023-08-05	4	4th	7 13 16 26
2023-08-01	15	4th	9 13 20 26
2023-07-17	3	4th	15 18 25 26
2023-07-14	5	4th	7 10 23 26
2023-07-09	2	4th	4 5 14 26
2023-07-07	4	4th	13 22 25 26
2023-07-03	5	4th	3 5 17 26
2023-06-28	0	3rd	3 22 26
2023-06-28	7	3rd	3 22 26
2023-06-21	2	4th	4 18 22 26
2023-06-19	2	4th	5 18 25 26
2023-06-17	4	4th	3 8 18 26
2023-06-13	8	4th	15 16 21 26
2023-06-05	5	4th	13 14 19 26
2023-05-31	6	4th	3 11 17 26
2023-05-25	1	4th	4 9 23 26
2023-05-24	0	3rd	7 18 26
2023-05-24	7	3rd	7 18 26
2023-05-17	9	4th	5 10 19 26
2023-05-08	4	4th	4 8 18 26
2023-05-04	10	4th	1 19 25 26
2023-04-24	0	3rd	1 12 26
2023-04-24	1	3rd	1 12 26
2023-04-23	13	4th	3 9 25 26
2023-04-10	0	3rd	2 11 26
2023-04-10	18	3rd	2 11 26
2023-03-23	1	4th	1 10 19 26
2023-03-22	12	4th	12 16 25 26
2023-03-10	4	4th	16 22 24 26
2023-03-06	20	4th	14 14 15 26
2023-02-14	1	4th	5 16 16 26
2023-02-13	13	4th	13 19 20 26
2023-01-31	2	4th	8 20 23 26
2023-01-29	4	4th	19 19 21 26
2023-01-25	4	4th	3 9 17 26
2023-01-21	1	4th	16 16 21 26
2023-01-20	4	4th	3 19 23 26
2023-01-16	1	4th	3 5 13 26
2023-01-15	6	4th	2 16 20 26
2023-01-09	1	4th	9 17 18 26
2023-01-08	5	4th	2 4 8 26
2023-01-03	7	4th	1 16 21 26
2022-12-27	9	4th	10 12 12 26
2022-12-18	—	4th	16 20 21 26