Number 26

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

247times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.57σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

11.5average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

88longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 247 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 247 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.5 draws · longest completed wait 88 · waiting 8 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest23 · chance 25.2
2nd smallest76 · chance 81.2
3rd smallest86 · chance 91.3
4th smallest53 · chance 42.4
5th smallest9 · chance 6.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 13 14 15 51 58

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-13	3	2nd	2 26 41 55 56
2026-02-10	6	1st	26 34 39 41 53
2026-02-04	8	4th	3 9 25 26 31
2026-01-27	9	2nd	15 26 32 44

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-25	16	3rd	11 17 26 52 53
2024-12-09	9	2nd	20 26 33 43 54
2024-11-30	6	2nd	1 26 32 53 58
2024-11-24	18	3rd	2 12 26 42 58
2024-11-06	22	4th	17 18 20 26 59
2024-10-15	3	4th	3 10 24 26 48
2024-10-12	4	4th	13 17 18 26 37
2024-10-08	2	2nd	23 26 49 54 55
2024-10-06	3	2nd	23 26 31 46 57
2024-10-03	8	3rd	1 5 26 30 46
2024-09-25	2	2nd	6 26 48 55 58
2024-09-23	4	3rd	14 15 26 29 56
2024-09-19	27	2nd	14 26 41 51 56
2024-08-23	14	2nd	21 26 32 39 58
2024-08-09	26	3rd	5 18 26 36 43
2024-07-14	16	5th	13 19 21 25 26
2024-06-28	24	1st	26 28 49 50 56
2024-06-04	1	3rd	3 24 26 33 56
2024-06-03	4	4th	1 8 10 26 45
2024-05-30	4	2nd	12 26 36 46 56
2024-05-26	16	4th	3 15 24 26 50
2024-05-10	6	2nd	16 26 39 42 47
2024-05-04	4	4th	5 10 23 26 35
2024-04-30	1	3rd	5 23 26 29 33
2024-04-29	25	2nd	13 26 35 46 50
2024-04-04	2	2nd	23 26 28 30 36
2024-04-02	22	1st	26 27 43 50 56
2024-03-11	5	4th	7 13 16 26 27
2024-03-06	6	2nd	10 26 44 52 55
2024-02-29	8	4th	6 7 21 26 57
2024-02-21	9	2nd	12 26 29 30 32
2024-02-12	21	3rd	5 16 26 32 39
2024-01-22	1	1st	26 28 43 50 56
2024-01-21	5	2nd	12 26 34 51 55
2024-01-16	10	3rd	10 11 26 30 45
2024-01-06	8	3rd	5 7 26 28 42
2023-12-29	7	3rd	6 13 26 39 41
2023-12-22	2	1st	26 42 49 57 60
2023-12-20	1	2nd	15 26 28 34 37
2023-12-19	8	3rd	9 17 26 29 41
2023-12-11	12	4th	5 6 7 26 52
2023-11-29	3	2nd	1 26 27 51 59
2023-11-26	11	5th	6 7 15 18 26
2023-11-15	39	4th	19 21 22 26 35
2023-10-07	3	4th	3 9 14 26 53
2023-10-04	27	3rd	8 15 26 33 60
2023-09-07	7	2nd	15 26 28 51 54
2023-08-31	15	2nd	18 26 37 44 55
2023-08-16	14	1st	26 35 57 58 59
2023-08-02	4	5th	12 16 19 25 26
2023-07-29	14	4th	6 11 22 26 53
2023-07-15	24	2nd	14 26 28 33 45
2023-06-21	3	2nd	20 26 29 41 44
2023-06-18	5	3rd	19 24 26 51 59
2023-06-13	26	3rd	11 14 26 41 49
2023-05-18	15	4th	4 16 22 26 47
2023-05-03	10	2nd	17 26 37 43 53
2023-04-23	2	3rd	9 11 26 46 52
2023-04-21	4	4th	5 13 20 26 40
2023-04-17	9	3rd	10 23 26 39 57
2023-04-08	13	2nd	24 26 38 50 55
2023-03-26	3	2nd	5 26 28 43 45
2023-03-23	5	4th	6 19 21 26 41
2023-03-18	11	3rd	16 23 26 36 37
2023-03-07	1	4th	2 4 22 26 51
2023-03-06	7	4th	16 22 23 26 49
2023-02-27	10	2nd	7 26 33 50 53
2023-02-17	3	2nd	6 26 36 43 45
2023-02-14	7	3rd	6 16 26 49 60
2023-02-07	7	2nd	22 26 31 57 58
2023-01-31	14	4th	5 11 24 26 46
2023-01-17	6	3rd	1 5 26 38 48
2023-01-11	10	3rd	13 20 26 44 46
2023-01-01	11	2nd	15 26 31 44 53
2022-12-21	8	3rd	17 25 26 51 58
2022-12-13	6	3rd	10 25 26 29 47
2022-12-07	16	3rd	5 25 26 34 52
2022-11-21	12	2nd	7 26 31 37 44
2022-11-09	7	5th	2 3 4 14 26
2022-11-02	2	1st	26 28 43 53 56
2022-10-31	19	2nd	14 26 31 37 41
2022-10-12	13	3rd	13 16 26 27 51
2022-09-29	7	3rd	1 3 26 44 59
2022-09-22	21	4th	3 6 10 26 40
2022-09-01	14	3rd	2 15 26 50 54
2022-08-18	8	4th	2 19 25 26 60
2022-08-10	2	2nd	15 26 45 49 53
2022-08-08	3	2nd	24 26 50 51 58
2022-08-05	10	4th	6 20 21 26 57
2022-07-26	4	3rd	11 25 26 41 45
2022-07-22	2	4th	1 15 19 26 49
2022-07-20	3	2nd	25 26 39 42 56
2022-07-17	12	1st	26 27 32 47 55
2022-07-05	13	2nd	8 26 37 38 57
2022-06-22	29	4th	14 16 20 26 34
2022-05-24	8	3rd	7 22 26 30 40
2022-05-16	2	2nd	5 26 48 50 54
2022-05-14	17	5th	4 6 10 20 26
2022-04-27	5	2nd	20 26 30 44 50
2022-04-22	8	4th	14 23 24 26 39
2022-04-14	11	3rd	15 16 26 27 46
2022-04-03	7	4th	3 7 14 26 39
2022-03-27	6	3rd	12 18 26 42 58
2022-03-21	1	1st	26 45 49 51 52
2022-03-20	4	4th	5 6 12 26 40
2022-03-16	9	4th	10 11 13 26 29
2022-03-07	29	4th	12 13 15 26 55
2022-02-06	1	5th	2 3 14 20 26
2022-02-05	13	4th	1 2 13 26 43
2022-01-23	3	3rd	2 22 26 34 48
2022-01-20	9	2nd	5 26 38 46 58
2022-01-11	39	2nd	4 26 46 53 58
2021-12-03	37	2nd	13 26 39 44 47
2021-10-27	11	2nd	19 26 54 55 60
2021-10-16	8	3rd	4 25 26 44 58
2021-10-08	3	2nd	16 26 38 42 56
2021-10-05	3	3rd	6 14 26 35 48
2021-10-02	12	4th	2 14 17 26 55
2021-09-20	1	2nd	24 26 29 43 52
2021-09-19	17	3rd	2 24 26 35 43
2021-09-02	4	3rd	10 13 26 34 55
2021-08-29	6	3rd	1 5 26 40 59
2021-08-23	25	2nd	3 26 27 38 51
2021-07-29	38	3rd	4 18 26 34 42
2021-06-21	3	1st	26 29 41 57 60
2021-06-18	5	3rd	11 20 26 56 57
2021-06-13	8	4th	2 8 24 26 43
2021-06-05	8	3rd	1 4 26 31 36
2021-05-28	14	3rd	10 11 26 27 57
2021-05-14	32	3rd	3 5 26 35 60
2021-04-12	7	3rd	4 23 26 37 56
2021-04-05	1	3rd	19 21 26 39 52
2021-04-04	13	4th	11 17 18 26 54
2021-03-22	5	2nd	9 26 31 47 58
2021-03-17	5	2nd	3 26 27 34 36
2021-03-12	1	3rd	6 21 26 41 48
2021-03-11	3	3rd	9 19 26 27 57
2021-03-08	1	3rd	10 17 26 51 52
2021-03-07	5	2nd	21 26 39 55 57
2021-03-02	29	1st	26 44 49 51 54
2021-02-01	13	2nd	18 26 33 58 59
2021-01-19	3	3rd	12 21 26 33 38
2021-01-16	3	3rd	15 23 26 32 57
2021-01-13	19	5th	5 12 13 14 26
2020-12-25	19	2nd	4 26 44 56 57
2020-12-06	14	2nd	4 26 30 38 59
2020-11-22	12	3rd	4 25 26 35 36
2020-11-10	19	3rd	14 19 26 36 43
2020-10-22	14	3rd	14 15 26 29 52
2020-10-08	6	1st	26 31 34 40 52
2020-10-02	31	2nd	2 26 29 35 53
2020-09-01	5	1st	26 29 30 33 36
2020-08-27	10	2nd	6 26 30 39 41
2020-08-17	8	3rd	13 23 26 32 35
2020-08-09	9	4th	5 13 14 26 59
2020-07-31	23	3rd	11 12 26 27 32
2020-07-08	11	5th	4 13 15 19 26
2020-06-27	17	2nd	9 26 29 42 59
2020-06-10	1	3rd	5 22 26 41 42
2020-06-09	23	3rd	7 23 26 48 56
2020-05-17	2	4th	4 7 19 26 57
2020-05-15	19	4th	2 7 23 26 51
2020-04-26	11	3rd	4 24 26 27 32
2020-04-15	18	2nd	14 26 33 42 60
2020-03-28	3	2nd	21 26 35 58 59
2020-03-25	13	3rd	5 24 26 40 52
2020-03-12	10	2nd	18 26 36 37 38
2020-03-02	8	2nd	7 26 35 39 50
2020-02-23	27	2nd	5 26 32 46 50
2020-01-27	17	3rd	2 19 26 36 55
2020-01-10	6	3rd	1 3 26 27 44
2020-01-04	3	4th	4 7 19 26 47
2020-01-01	1	3rd	2 17 26 44 46
2019-12-31	15	3rd	10 22 26 28 39
2019-12-16	18	1st	26 30 35 36 58
2019-11-28	3	2nd	19 26 48 51 53
2019-11-25	8	1st	26 30 40 53 54
2019-11-17	12	3rd	1 2 26 47 56
2019-11-05	6	2nd	10 26 43 47 56
2019-10-30	10	4th	1 3 15 26 53
2019-10-20	10	3rd	12 22 26 35 60
2019-10-10	13	3rd	15 20 26 46 50
2019-09-27	6	2nd	20 26 38 40 60
2019-09-21	14	4th	13 21 23 26 48
2019-09-07	7	3rd	13 24 26 34 56
2019-08-31	25	2nd	1 26 41 45 59
2019-08-06	7	2nd	20 26 29 34 60
2019-07-30	3	4th	6 10 19 26 42
2019-07-27	56	4th	4 6 21 26 52
2019-03-18	13	2nd	11 26 39 49 50
2019-01-31	1	3rd	14 16 26 39 56
2019-01-28	32	3rd	22 24 26 42 51
2018-10-08	1	2nd	11 26 30 41 45
2018-10-04	4	3rd	6 8 26 34 42
2018-09-20	1	1st	26 32 47 49 51
2018-09-17	1	3rd	12 13 26 43 54
2018-09-13	6	2nd	21 26 42 51 59
2018-08-23	4	3rd	5 23 26 31 51
2018-08-09	33	3rd	1 24 26 48 60
2018-04-16	8	4th	8 11 15 26 50
2018-03-19	7	2nd	3 26 30 51 53
2018-02-22	10	1st	26 28 38 47 51
2018-01-18	33	1st	26 36 42 58 60
2017-09-25	2	2nd	7 26 53 55 56
2017-09-18	2	3rd	4 21 26 35 42
2017-09-11	15	1st	26 34 42 48 57
2017-07-20	10	1st	26 37 40 42 50
2017-06-15	43	4th	1 9 17 26 55
2017-01-16	4	5th	3 15 16 19 26
2017-01-02	23	1st	26 31 37 38 41
2016-10-13	23	4th	3 19 21 26 43
2016-07-25	5	4th	11 12 23 26 43
2016-07-07	12	3rd	4 8 26 41 55
2016-05-26	1	3rd	4 13 26 34 43
2016-05-23	14	3rd	4 19 26 33 58
2016-04-04	10	2nd	5 26 32 36 58
2016-02-29	21	3rd	3 17 26 47 58
2015-12-17	29	1st	26 49 52 54 56
2015-09-07	11	3rd	4 21 26 45 46
2015-07-30	2	3rd	15 16 26 27 51
2015-07-23	8	2nd	8 26 28 41 52
2015-06-25	1	2nd	3 26 27 29 58
2015-06-22	—	2nd	5 26 27 51 59