Number 26

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,879 draws, 6 from 1–42.

251times drawn · chance expected 268 −1.15σ

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

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

35longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 251 times in 1,879 draws against 268.4 expected, −1.15σ. 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 251 times in 1,879 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest1 · chance 1.5
2nd smallest8 · chance 15.2
3rd smallest59 · chance 56.3
4th smallest90 · chance 92.4
5th smallest77 · chance 67.8
6th smallest16 · chance 17.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 18 34 2 29 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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	8	5th	3 17 21 25 26 35
2026-09-19	10	4th	1 15 16 26 37 40
2026-08-26	22	5th	4 9 12 22 26 34
2026-07-06	16	3rd	12

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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