Number 26

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

158times drawn · chance expected 186 −2.19σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

36longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 158 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −2.19σ. 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 158 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · 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 smallest5 · chance 5.8
2nd smallest30 · chance 32.2
3rd smallest59 · chance 61.0
4th smallest47 · chance 46.8
5th smallest17 · chance 12.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 33 21 42 30 8

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
2026-10-03	2	4th	14 19 23 26 33
2026-09-26	3	3rd	1 9 26 35 36
2026-09-16	1	1st	26 28 33 35 41
2026-09-12	5	2nd	13 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.

2024-05-08	9	3rd	2 3 26 32 33
2024-04-06	2	3rd	2 25 26 30 32
2024-03-30	1	5th	6 16 18 24 26
2024-03-27	35	4th	6 8 14 26 42
2023-11-25	6	3rd	3 8 26 43 44
2023-11-04	1	4th	5 6 18 26 44
2023-11-01	15	4th	8 10 23 26 45
2023-09-09	11	3rd	24 25 26 30 43
2023-08-02	12	3rd	2 16 26 36 39
2023-06-21	22	2nd	15 26 30 35 41
2023-04-05	34	2nd	20 26 35 39 46
2022-12-07	2	2nd	16 26 32 38 43
2022-11-30	12	4th	6 18 22 26 34
2022-10-19	21	4th	8 12 14 26 37
2022-08-06	6	2nd	19 26 28 35 39
2022-07-16	10	3rd	2 14 26 35 43
2022-06-11	3	5th	4 11 13 25 26
2022-06-01	4	2nd	25 26 39 42 43
2022-05-18	14	3rd	2 10 26 38 45
2022-03-30	21	4th	5 10 16 26 43
2022-01-15	7	2nd	1 26 34 42 45
2021-12-22	1	5th	11 16 20 21 26
2021-12-18	15	1st	26 33 35 37 42
2021-10-27	10	3rd	2 25 26 27 32
2021-09-22	35	3rd	4 6 26 39 41
2021-05-22	15	1st	26 38 39 41 44
2021-03-31	12	2nd	4 26 36 37 42
2021-02-17	19	2nd	20 26 39 40 46
2020-12-12	4	4th	1 13 24 26 39
2020-11-28	6	3rd	2 14 26 32 38
2020-11-07	18	2nd	20 26 31 43 45
2020-09-05	27	4th	1 18 22 26 27
2020-06-03	13	3rd	7 17 26 36 42
2020-04-18	6	5th	1 18 20 21 26
2020-03-28	7	3rd	9 18 26 29 30
2020-03-04	7	3rd	1 4 26 38 46
2020-02-08	3	3rd	6 24 26 28 32
2020-01-29	1	2nd	22 26 28 29 36
2020-01-25	22	4th	3 4 10 26 30
2019-11-09	8	3rd	7 12 26 41 44
2019-10-12	5	4th	2 8 11 26 33
2019-09-25	34	5th	3 7 11 13 26
2019-05-29	6	4th	1 3 18 26 41
2019-05-08	12	3rd	12 17 26 39 44
2019-03-27	8	3rd	18 22 26 39 42
2019-02-27	1	4th	2 11 25 26 32
2019-02-23	3	4th	15 21 23 26 34
2019-02-13	15	2nd	8 26 33 40 46
2018-12-22	7	3rd	18 24 26 35 40
2018-11-28	15	3rd	18 21 26 34 43
2018-10-06	24	5th	3 14 15 16 26
2018-07-14	4	4th	5 12 24 26 37
2018-06-30	7	4th	1 22 23 26 36
2018-06-06	32	4th	3 16 19 26 37
2018-02-14	22	4th	8 15 23 26 46
2017-11-29	8	3rd	3 7 26 27 33
2017-11-01	13	2nd	22 26 43 44 47
2017-09-16	18	4th	4 5 7 26 33
2017-07-15	9	3rd	8 24 26 32 44
2017-06-14	24	3rd	1 16 26 34 35
2017-03-22	19	2nd	8 26 28 33 42
2017-01-14	19	5th	1 9 10 19 26
2016-11-09	3	2nd	8 26 31 35 47
2016-10-29	1	3rd	2 4 26 30 37
2016-10-26	36	4th	8 19 21 26 33
2016-06-22	16	3rd	6 12 26 28 33
2016-04-27	1	2nd	7 26 31 34 43
2016-04-23	8	2nd	16 26 28 33 39
2016-03-26	11	4th	3 12 13 26 33
2016-02-17	9	2nd	21 26 28 38 44
2016-01-16	5	3rd	10 11 26 28 47
2015-12-30	15	5th	3 4 6 25 26
2015-11-07	13	3rd	5 10 26 32 42
2015-09-23	14	3rd	17 25 26 30 44
2015-08-05	6	4th	10 15 16 26 29
2015-07-15	28	4th	1 11 17 26 44
2015-04-08	6	3rd	9 20 26 27 47
2015-03-18	10	5th	1 3 12 15 26
2015-02-11	6	2nd	10 26 38 43 46
2015-01-21	10	3rd	4 15 26 27 39
2014-12-17	12	5th	6 7 14 21 26
2014-11-05	18	5th	1 15 21 24 26
2014-09-03	11	4th	12 18 21 26 41
2014-07-26	2	3rd	16 22 26 31 36
2014-07-19	4	4th	7 15 18 26 39
2014-07-05	29	4th	3 11 12 26 27
2014-03-26	5	3rd	3 8 26 37 46
2014-03-08	17	3rd	1 16 26 45 46
2014-01-08	4	4th	16 17 21 26 37
2013-12-25	10	3rd	8 23 26 33 40
2013-11-20	16	3rd	1 3 26 29 37
2013-09-25	25	5th	5 14 22 25 26
2013-06-29	1	2nd	6 26 30 41 44
2013-06-26	15	3rd	4 20 26 31 36
2013-05-04	4	5th	11 13 15 17 26
2013-04-20	8	3rd	3 15 26 32 39
2013-03-23	1	4th	4 11 21 26 46
2013-03-20	5	5th	8 11 13 22 26
2013-03-02	12	3rd	5 10 26 43 44
2013-01-19	1	3rd	5 10 26 28 43
2013-01-16	9	1st	26 30 32 37 45
2012-12-15	6	4th	11 15 24 26 28
2012-11-24	2	4th	2 11 12 26 42
2012-11-17	7	5th	8 9 16 22 26
2012-10-24	1	2nd	20 26 36 41 42
2012-10-20	15	3rd	20 22 26 27 43
2012-08-29	26	2nd	19 26 32 34 42
2012-05-30	2	4th	7 14 23 26 31
2012-05-23	1	3rd	7 19 26 30 34
2012-05-19	2	4th	4 13 15 26 46
2012-05-12	11	3rd	10 24 26 30 35
2012-04-04	3	3rd	7 21 26 28 30
2012-03-24	13	4th	8 19 24 26 36
2012-02-08	24	3rd	11 24 26 36 38
2011-11-16	16	3rd	22 23 26 38 42
2011-09-21	35	2nd	4 26 31 35 45
2011-05-21	4	4th	3 11 16 26 38
2011-05-07	4	4th	4 15 25 26 46
2011-04-23	2	3rd	13 16 26 33 41
2011-04-16	3	4th	7 21 25 26 35
2011-04-06	2	4th	6 16 17 26 44
2011-03-30	5	4th	18 20 22 26 41
2011-03-12	17	3rd	11 25 26 33 45
2011-01-12	2	3rd	11 21 26 27 44
2011-01-05	6	2nd	12 26 31 38 41
2010-12-15	26	5th	6 8 14 23 26
2010-09-15	10	4th	4 6 22 26 43
2010-08-11	4	5th	13 17 20 23 26
2010-07-28	5	3rd	19 25 26 27 33
2010-07-10	4	4th	13 21 23 26 33
2010-06-26	3	4th	5 9 14 26 29
2010-06-16	36	3rd	17 21 26 37 42
2010-02-10	7	3rd	19 21 26 30 42
2010-01-16	—	1st	26 29 33 42 44