Number 26

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

261times drawn · chance expected 268 −0.43σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

38longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 261 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 261 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 2 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 smallest7 · chance 2.3
2nd smallest24 · chance 20.7
3rd smallest57 · chance 66.4
4th smallest78 · chance 95.4
5th smallest81 · chance 61.7
6th smallest14 · chance 14.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 22 15 35 11 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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	2	5th	6 7 13 20 26 40
2026-10-03	17	4th	18 22 23 26 28 34
2026-08-24	21	5th	17 19 23 24 26 38
2026-07-06	14	4th	14

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-22	1	4th	21 22 23 26 35 37
2025-03-19	1	5th	3 5 15 23 26 40
2025-03-17	2	5th	9 18 20 21 26 34
2025-03-12	6	2nd	5 26 27 28 31 41
2025-02-26	3	5th	17 19 21 24 26 41
2025-02-19	12	2nd	6 26 31 35 37 40
2025-01-22	12	3rd	5 13 26 36 42 44
2024-12-25	1	4th	3 17 21 26 29 40
2024-12-23	10	5th	1 9 11 13 26 33
2024-11-30	4	2nd	15 26 29 36 37 39
2024-11-20	5	4th	3 19 24 26 41 43
2024-11-09	18	3rd	5 15 26 27 36 44
2024-09-28	14	4th	5 11 22 26 31 41
2024-08-26	6	2nd	1 26 28 35 39 43
2024-08-12	5	2nd	24 26 29 32 36 39
2024-07-31	3	6th	1 5 9 15 16 26
2024-07-24	9	5th	8 13 15 18 26 43
2024-07-03	3	5th	1 2 7 11 26 42
2024-06-26	4	3rd	12 25 26 29 31 35
2024-06-17	37	4th	1 4 25 26 35 39
2024-03-23	7	3rd	13 15 26 33 34 37
2024-03-06	5	5th	5 7 17 23 26 29
2024-02-24	19	3rd	15 25 26 27 30 44
2024-01-10	8	2nd	24 26 29 30 31 43
2023-12-23	2	6th	6 14 16 21 25 26
2023-12-18	2	6th	1 9 10 19 25 26
2023-12-13	2	2nd	18 26 31 35 36 39
2023-12-09	7	2nd	16 26 35 38 40 43
2023-11-22	16	3rd	4 16 26 28 32 44
2023-10-16	11	5th	1 4 8 13 26 44
2023-09-20	1	5th	7 9 21 22 26 29
2023-09-18	1	3rd	1 8 26 28 34 37
2023-09-16	6	4th	6 17 20 26 27 33
2023-09-02	5	4th	3 16 19 26 27 42
2023-08-21	16	4th	11 21 22 26 37 41
2023-07-15	21	3rd	3 7 26 31 38 43
2023-05-27	1	3rd	5 11 26 27 35 36
2023-05-24	5	2nd	14 26 33 36 37 43
2023-05-13	19	2nd	24 26 31 39 41 44
2023-03-29	1	2nd	1 26 27 30 39 40
2023-03-27	11	4th	11 13 19 26 27 43
2023-03-01	2	4th	2 5 19 26 29 41
2023-02-25	6	4th	6 8 18 26 29 44
2023-02-11	23	4th	9 17 22 26 30 35
2022-12-19	2	5th	10 17 22 25 26 28
2022-12-14	6	1st	26 28 33 35 40 41
2022-11-30	3	4th	11 16 24 26 35 39
2022-11-23	5	6th	2 13 14 15 19 26
2022-11-12	3	3rd	4 10 26 37 42 44
2022-11-05	1	4th	8 12 16 26 38 44
2022-11-02	2	4th	3 12 25 26 27 43
2022-10-29	1	3rd	8 22 26 34 37 39
2022-10-26	2	4th	3 14 21 26 38 44
2022-10-22	2	5th	7 17 21 23 26 38
2022-10-17	3	5th	2 9 12 14 26 30
2022-10-10	9	4th	1 5 25 26 32 35
2022-09-19	10	5th	2 4 14 15 26 33
2022-08-27	2	4th	2 11 16 26 31 35
2022-08-22	11	4th	1 15 22 26 39 41
2022-07-27	2	4th	12 14 19 26 32 39
2022-07-23	1	4th	19 20 23 26 30 33
2022-07-20	5	4th	11 21 22 26 40 41
2022-07-09	23	5th	10 17 21 22 26 27
2022-05-16	31	4th	5 9 13 26 34 43
2022-02-19	6	4th	8 17 19 26 27 40
2022-01-29	1	4th	7 13 21 26 33 38
2022-01-26	9	3rd	13 23 26 30 31 37
2021-12-25	4	5th	9 11 16 24 26 31
2021-12-11	1	5th	4 7 23 25 26 30
2021-12-08	3	3rd	12 24 26 37 38 39
2021-11-27	7	4th	2 12 24 26 34 38
2021-11-03	8	5th	5 14 19 20 26 37
2021-10-06	7	4th	4 10 21 26 33 35
2021-09-11	4	4th	12 16 18 26 32 41
2021-08-28	4	4th	4 6 12 26 31 43
2021-08-14	16	3rd	4 24 26 36 39 42
2021-06-19	2	4th	11 15 24 26 30 40
2021-06-12	10	5th	6 10 20 23 26 41
2021-05-08	2	3rd	4 11 26 27 35 43
2021-05-01	3	6th	8 14 19 20 23 26
2021-04-21	13	2nd	17 26 32 33 34 44
2021-03-06	11	3rd	1 19 26 34 35 38
2021-01-27	12	4th	11 12 19 26 31 34
2020-12-16	7	4th	12 17 20 26 30 34
2020-11-21	5	3rd	9 13 26 33 36 38
2020-11-04	1	3rd	7 14 26 32 38 40
2020-10-31	9	1st	26 28 32 40 43 44
2020-09-30	6	4th	2 3 9 26 31 39
2020-09-09	3	5th	10 12 13 14 26 39
2020-08-29	6	3rd	14 21 26 30 38 44
2020-08-08	15	5th	11 16 21 22 26 43
2020-06-17	7	5th	8 11 22 24 26 37
2020-05-23	6	4th	6 15 20 26 41 44
2020-05-02	11	5th	3 17 18 24 26 35
2020-03-25	3	4th	6 22 25 26 37 44
2020-03-14	3	3rd	5 22 26 34 36 44
2020-03-04	7	5th	1 2 4 11 26 38
2020-02-08	9	5th	10 12 16 20 26 39
2020-01-08	3	4th	3 12 16 26 42 44
2019-12-28	2	5th	2 16 17 21 26 30
2019-12-21	5	3rd	9 17 26 30 34 40
2019-12-04	7	5th	2 7 9 17 26 27
2019-11-09	1	3rd	20 23 26 28 31 42
2019-11-06	1	2nd	13 26 37 38 41 42
2019-11-02	2	3rd	2 9 26 36 38 41
2019-10-26	8	3rd	8 24 26 35 40 43
2019-09-28	17	3rd	2 20 26 31 39 42
2019-07-31	1	5th	8 11 14 20 26 29
2019-07-27	16	5th	3 7 13 18 26 40
2019-06-01	4	4th	1 3 10 26 31 44
2019-05-18	1	5th	8 15 20 22 26 36
2019-05-15	4	5th	1 4 7 14 26 43
2019-05-01	12	5th	5 9 10 25 26 36
2019-03-20	24	3rd	2 18 26 31 36 42
2018-12-26	3	5th	4 14 18 22 26 40
2018-12-15	1	4th	7 16 25 26 27 29
2018-12-12	27	3rd	2 11 26 30 39 43
2018-09-08	14	4th	9 17 23 26 35 37
2018-07-21	1	3rd	8 17 26 27 28 39
2018-07-18	2	4th	16 19 21 26 30 35
2018-07-11	9	5th	7 11 17 25 26 41
2018-06-09	8	5th	2 11 17 19 26 41
2018-05-12	16	4th	3 8 18 26 38 43
2018-03-17	7	5th	1 6 11 20 26 32
2018-02-21	1	4th	2 3 5 26 34 37
2018-02-17	7	3rd	2 23 26 32 35 38
2018-01-24	5	3rd	3 17 26 34 37 42
2018-01-06	4	4th	13 21 23 26 28 43
2017-12-23	12	5th	2 3 13 19 26 33
2017-11-11	17	5th	6 16 22 23 26 39
2017-09-13	7	5th	4 15 20 21 26 34
2017-08-19	2	5th	6 8 16 19 26 42
2017-08-12	5	3rd	6 23 26 30 42 44
2017-07-26	6	4th	1 15 23 26 28 31
2017-07-05	12	4th	9 11 19 26 33 43
2017-05-24	3	4th	10 18 24 26 39 41
2017-05-13	6	2nd	11 26 28 30 35 43
2017-04-22	10	3rd	22 25 26 28 29 30
2017-03-18	18	3rd	14 17 26 31 42 44
2017-01-14	23	3rd	9 19 26 30 40 41
2016-10-26	4	6th	1 5 10 20 21 26
2016-10-12	3	4th	4 11 13 26 31 37
2016-10-01	12	3rd	3 4 26 28 37 44
2016-08-20	2	5th	6 11 14 18 26 39
2016-08-13	1	6th	1 5 8 15 23 26
2016-08-10	1	4th	14 15 19 26 33 38
2016-08-06	5	3rd	13 17 26 31 33 40
2016-07-20	4	1st	26 30 34 35 36 38
2016-07-06	3	3rd	5 14 26 38 40 44
2016-06-25	9	5th	5 15 16 18 26 33
2016-05-25	15	3rd	11 18 26 33 34 35
2016-04-02	5	4th	14 16 21 26 28 29
2016-03-16	1	2nd	9 26 28 35 41 43
2016-03-12	1	5th	6 15 16 23 26 38
2016-03-09	3	1st	26 27 30 32 42 43
2016-02-27	4	5th	1 16 21 23 26 38
2016-02-13	9	4th	11 13 16 26 33 37
2016-01-13	18	3rd	4 6 26 41 42 43
2015-11-11	32	5th	13 18 20 24 26 37
2015-07-22	4	4th	19 22 24 26 32 35
2015-07-08	9	4th	9 16 20 26 32 39
2015-06-06	3	5th	1 18 24 25 26 34
2015-05-27	1	4th	10 14 15 26 39 42
2015-05-23	6	3rd	1 2 26 29 36 44
2015-05-02	17	4th	3 10 24 26 30 32
2015-03-04	2	5th	4 9 17 25 26 29
2015-02-25	9	4th	1 4 12 26 32 33
2015-01-24	8	4th	17 21 25 26 28 30
2014-12-27	4	4th	3 5 21 26 31 32
2014-12-13	1	2nd	25 26 34 37 40 42
2014-12-10	4	4th	5 14 20 26 27 33
2014-11-26	8	1st	26 27 37 38 39 41
2014-10-29	9	4th	4 19 20 26 36 43
2014-09-27	1	2nd	7 26 28 39 40 41
2014-09-24	1	5th	1 22 23 24 26 40
2014-09-20	10	5th	6 9 13 20 26 36
2014-08-16	9	3rd	4 11 26 31 40 44
2014-07-16	1	5th	11 14 15 22 26 44
2014-07-12	3	5th	2 3 19 23 26 30
2014-07-02	5	4th	2 6 20 26 42 43
2014-06-14	30	4th	1 15 25 26 30 34
2014-03-01	8	5th	4 8 21 22 26 29
2014-02-01	12	1st	26 29 36 37 41 43
2013-12-21	7	3rd	14 25 26 27 37 40
2013-11-27	6	4th	1 7 14 26 29 36
2013-11-06	7	4th	14 22 23 26 38 39
2013-10-12	16	4th	6 12 16 26 28 34
2013-08-17	14	2nd	4 26 27 29 30 42
2013-06-29	3	4th	15 19 22 26 39 40
2013-06-19	2	3rd	1 14 26 40 42 43
2013-06-12	3	3rd	11 17 26 29 41 43
2013-06-01	9	2nd	6 26 27 28 32 40
2013-05-01	2	4th	4 9 24 26 28 39
2013-04-24	6	3rd	6 24 26 28 31 44
2013-04-03	2	5th	13 14 19 24 26 31
2013-03-27	10	5th	8 14 15 16 26 29
2013-02-20	8	2nd	5 26 27 34 37 40
2013-01-23	3	3rd	15 18 26 27 37 41
2013-01-12	5	3rd	6 9 26 30 36 40
2012-12-26	4	4th	1 8 22 26 33 44
2012-12-12	9	5th	13 16 17 20 26 37
2012-11-10	8	3rd	11 21 26 32 39 44
2012-10-13	3	3rd	8 25 26 35 38 44
2012-10-03	2	3rd	5 15 26 28 39 41
2012-09-26	12	2nd	16 26 27 33 36 43
2012-08-15	23	3rd	7 25 26 35 41 43
2012-05-26	2	2nd	6 26 28 33 35 36
2012-05-19	6	6th	15 18 19 21 23 26
2012-04-28	5	5th	10 11 15 19 26 41
2012-04-11	6	5th	3 7 18 23 26 32
2012-03-21	3	6th	6 8 12 16 23 26
2012-03-10	6	6th	5 9 15 23 24 26
2012-02-18	1	4th	1 4 19 26 36 39
2012-02-15	3	5th	4 10 14 15 26 32
2012-02-04	24	1st	26 34 35 36 37 42
2011-11-12	7	3rd	1 7 26 32 39 41
2011-10-19	1	4th	3 8 19 26 29 39
2011-10-15	11	5th	5 6 9 10 26 29
2011-09-07	6	5th	7 15 16 22 26 31
2011-08-17	16	5th	3 5 10 19 26 33
2011-06-22	2	6th	5 9 15 21 22 26
2011-06-15	2	5th	10 15 16 25 26 44
2011-06-08	8	5th	5 7 12 18 26 33
2011-05-11	11	5th	4 6 10 18 26 42
2011-04-02	12	4th	1 4 9 26 29 34
2011-02-19	2	5th	4 9 13 22 26 40
2011-02-12	12	6th	7 9 10 11 16 26
2011-01-01	1	4th	14 20 24 26 31 39
2010-12-29	2	4th	3 12 18 26 29 36
2010-12-22	1	5th	4 5 21 22 26 44
2010-12-18	1	5th	11 17 23 25 26 28
2010-12-15	5	5th	2 6 12 25 26 32
2010-11-27	12	5th	4 12 22 23 26 44
2010-10-16	38	5th	2 8 10 16 26 34
2010-06-05	2	3rd	5 6 26 35 37 43
2010-05-29	11	3rd	5 22 26 27 39 43
2010-04-21	—	5th	8 10 15 20 26 41