Number 26

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

190times drawn · chance expected 198 −0.62σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

58longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 190 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 190 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 3 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 smallest10 · chance 5.9
2nd smallest39 · chance 32.1
3rd smallest56 · chance 64.2
4th smallest58 · chance 59.0
5th smallest24 · chance 25.0
6th smallest3 · chance 3.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 46 2 40 51 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-09-30	18	4th	1 18 19 26 28 50
2026-07-29	1	3rd	7 15 26 35 44 48
2026-07-25	2	2nd	7 26 34 39 46 52
2026-07-18

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-05	2	3rd	11 18 26 37 42 51
2024-09-28	2	4th	3 11 20 26 39 42
2024-09-21	15	4th	3 11 25 26 33 37
2024-07-31	1	3rd	16 19 26 29 45 46
2024-07-27	4	2nd	24 26 35 39 43 51
2024-07-13	16	4th	6 16 17 26 27 51
2024-05-18	2	5th	7 16 18 20 26 41
2024-05-11	1	6th	2 11 15 16 18 26
2024-05-08	11	4th	3 11 17 26 50 53
2024-03-30	13	2nd	20 26 30 42 45 46
2024-02-14	16	3rd	18 24 26 28 30 32
2023-12-20	2	2nd	3 26 33 44 46 51
2023-12-13	10	3rd	2 7 26 40 47 51
2023-11-08	5	4th	3 17 18 26 39 53
2023-10-21	3	4th	3 8 10 26 36 48
2023-10-11	5	4th	5 9 15 26 46 53
2023-09-23	8	2nd	13 26 28 32 33 41
2023-08-26	7	4th	1 3 4 26 29 40
2023-08-02	1	1st	26 27 44 46 47 50
2023-07-29	31	4th	8 19 22 26 32 39
2023-04-12	7	5th	6 9 10 22 26 43
2023-03-18	3	3rd	14 21 26 38 45 49
2023-03-08	3	2nd	8 26 29 37 49 50
2023-02-25	23	5th	1 9 10 16 26 28
2022-12-07	17	4th	11 14 17 26 48 53
2022-10-08	18	5th	3 13 15 25 26 36
2022-08-06	3	4th	4 10 12 26 34 51
2022-07-27	20	4th	20 23 25 26 36 50
2022-05-18	11	3rd	5 13 26 29 34 45
2022-04-09	1	2nd	2 26 38 40 43 50
2022-04-06	13	4th	5 7 10 26 36 48
2022-02-19	5	2nd	15 26 36 43 44 53
2022-02-02	1	3rd	5 17 26 47 52 53
2022-01-29	20	3rd	17 22 26 33 39 47
2021-11-20	9	3rd	8 11 26 29 40 44
2021-10-20	6	2nd	14 26 27 38 40 45
2021-09-29	13	2nd	17 26 35 45 52 53
2021-08-14	28	3rd	10 18 26 37 43 53
2021-05-08	46	3rd	9 20 26 29 34 51
2020-11-28	14	5th	2 4 8 11 26 32
2020-10-10	3	4th	3 4 12 26 40 45
2020-09-30	17	3rd	2 15 26 32 34 41
2020-08-01	1	3rd	10 24 26 30 41 45
2020-07-29	5	2nd	6 26 28 35 43 51
2020-07-11	1	4th	2 20 24 26 38 48
2020-07-08	4	5th	7 12 13 19 26 45
2020-06-24	15	1st	26 33 38 42 44 49
2020-05-02	29	2nd	6 26 38 41 42 47
2020-01-22	2	5th	2 9 20 21 26 44
2020-01-15	11	2nd	2 26 27 29 46 51
2019-12-07	8	5th	1 2 10 17 26 30
2019-11-09	4	4th	12 15 25 26 47 51
2019-10-26	18	2nd	6 26 28 32 36 43
2019-08-24	21	4th	9 10 19 26 31 34
2019-06-12	3	3rd	12 18 26 32 36 43
2019-06-01	23	3rd	17 24 26 28 51 53
2019-03-13	1	4th	5 23 24 26 29 51
2019-03-09	1	3rd	3 16 26 30 34 48
2019-03-06	11	5th	8 9 19 23 26 27
2019-01-26	11	3rd	2 14 26 29 36 51
2018-12-19	9	5th	5 10 13 25 26 34
2018-11-17	2	3rd	4 18 26 30 45 51
2018-11-10	3	1st	26 30 35 39 45 46
2018-10-31	1	4th	6 7 16 26 44 45
2018-10-27	4	5th	1 7 9 22 26 30
2018-10-13	1	4th	12 14 20 26 32 52
2018-10-10	23	4th	16 23 24 26 27 28
2018-07-21	9	4th	6 12 20 26 27 34
2018-06-20	1	3rd	12 15 26 32 34 46
2018-06-16	1	5th	4 7 22 24 26 27
2018-06-13	1	4th	6 15 21 26 44 50
2018-06-09	14	3rd	17 20 26 44 47 50
2018-04-21	2	2nd	16 26 30 32 36 45
2018-04-14	6	3rd	4 8 26 27 28 50
2018-03-24	11	2nd	17 26 30 40 45 49
2018-02-14	1	4th	1 2 14 26 32 38
2018-02-10	5	3rd	5 7 26 30 37 46
2018-01-24	14	5th	4 17 20 21 26 39
2017-12-06	1	3rd	14 16 26 39 44 45
2017-12-02	12	4th	9 12 14 26 31 50
2017-10-21	7	4th	2 8 23 26 37 40
2017-09-27	5	3rd	16 20 26 31 49 53
2017-09-09	12	4th	1 12 17 26 35 45
2017-07-29	9	5th	1 3 14 22 26 44
2017-06-28	14	3rd	4 11 26 48 49 53
2017-05-10	3	4th	20 22 23 26 35 51
2017-04-29	4	1st	26 31 32 43 44 45
2017-04-15	15	5th	12 19 22 23 26 29
2017-02-22	11	3rd	4 25 26 29 31 33
2017-01-14	9	3rd	14 25 26 35 41 44
2016-12-14	2	3rd	4 5 26 32 37 38
2016-12-07	4	4th	1 13 20 26 29 31
2016-11-23	12	4th	2 4 10 26 29 31
2016-10-12	7	1st	26 30 41 43 46 48
2016-09-17	16	3rd	14 21 26 31 35 49
2016-07-23	10	3rd	13 24 26 27 45 49
2016-06-18	11	2nd	17 26 31 38 45 52
2016-05-11	7	4th	1 4 25 26 34 53
2016-04-16	58	5th	8 17 20 23 26 47
2015-09-26	5	3rd	3 22 26 32 40 47
2015-09-09	5	4th	7 20 25 26 31 42
2015-08-22	7	2nd	16 26 29 39 45 46
2015-07-29	2	4th	4 16 21 26 41 52
2015-07-22	1	2nd	10 26 29 38 42 46
2015-07-18	19	4th	8 10 18 26 40 49
2015-05-13	1	5th	7 12 15 21 26 43
2015-05-09	7	1st	26 31 36 40 52 53
2015-04-15	2	4th	2 13 15 26 27 34
2015-04-08	40	3rd	12 15 26 37 38 52
2014-11-19	6	4th	13 16 17 26 39 41
2014-10-29	19	4th	2 12 23 26 39 52
2014-08-23	4	3rd	3 24 26 29 44 51
2014-08-09	15	3rd	14 17 26 32 45 46
2014-06-18	6	5th	10 15 21 25 26 36
2014-05-28	14	4th	13 14 18 26 37 45
2014-04-09	7	2nd	11 26 32 44 45 51
2014-03-15	3	3rd	16 24 26 40 41 45
2014-03-05	7	3rd	1 7 26 40 42 46
2014-02-08	38	3rd	12 16 26 34 42 47
2013-09-28	5	2nd	9 26 34 40 42 49
2013-09-11	31	2nd	3 26 36 37 43 44
2013-05-25	4	3rd	1 21 26 30 46 48
2013-05-11	13	3rd	20 23 26 32 41 46
2013-03-27	11	4th	19 24 25 26 28 44
2013-02-16	8	3rd	8 21 26 27 30 40
2013-01-19	16	4th	12 13 21 26 46 48
2012-11-24	9	1st	26 28 36 41 50 51
2012-10-24	1	4th	8 11 21 26 28 38
2012-10-20	5	3rd	16 25 26 27 40 53
2012-10-03	13	4th	13 14 25 26 37 39
2012-08-18	4	2nd	4 26 39 42 45 47
2012-08-04	7	2nd	2 26 36 37 40 43
2012-07-11	1	3rd	16 19 26 31 39 50
2012-07-07	2	4th	2 6 17 26 31 40
2012-06-30	7	2nd	13 26 50 51 52 53
2012-06-06	9	4th	4 12 14 26 36 46
2012-05-05	9	4th	2 13 20 26 45 53
2012-04-04	4	3rd	4 15 26 28 35 47
2012-03-21	8	6th	2 3 4 10 18 26
2012-02-22	12	5th	6 12 17 21 26 42
2012-01-11	5	2nd	11 26 36 45 46 52
2011-12-24	5	6th	2 11 15 19 24 26
2011-12-07	3	3rd	5 9 26 30 34 39
2011-11-26	15	5th	2 9 13 22 26 37
2011-10-05	7	2nd	24 26 28 29 42 50
2011-09-10	1	4th	1 11 25 26 45 50
2011-09-07	3	2nd	21 26 32 35 39 44
2011-08-27	2	5th	9 15 17 18 26 28
2011-08-20	28	1st	26 33 40 44 46 52
2011-05-14	5	5th	5 6 9 11 26 39
2011-04-27	20	3rd	16 20 26 27 37 53
2011-02-16	13	4th	8 16 17 26 45 47
2011-01-01	10	3rd	5 16 26 41 48 53
2010-11-27	14	3rd	19 23 26 28 49 52
2010-10-09	6	4th	10 16 17 26 42 47
2010-09-18	8	4th	6 12 19 26 30 31
2010-08-21	4	1st	26 31 32 34 36 52
2010-08-07	1	4th	11 12 21 26 35 48
2010-08-04	6	3rd	6 8 26 28 36 50
2010-07-14	2	4th	13 21 25 26 37 46
2010-07-07	4	5th	2 5 9 20 26 38
2010-06-23	10	5th	1 7 19 22 26 29
2010-05-19	5	2nd	5 26 38 43 50 53
2010-05-01	7	4th	1 10 22 26 29 32
2010-04-07	25	3rd	11 19 26 28 31 47
2010-01-09	—	2nd	22 26 34 35 40 47