Number 26

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,669 draws, 5 from 1–39.

372times drawn · chance expected 342 +1.73σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

52longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 372 times in 2,669 draws against 342.2 expected, +1.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 372 times in 2,669 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 26 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 3.6
2nd smallest33 · chance 36.0
3rd smallest102 · chance 117.9
4th smallest148 · chance 150.7
5th smallest82 · chance 63.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 9 20 18 7 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-04	5	5th	13 14 20 25 26
2026-08-28	5	4th	7 19 24 26 30
2026-08-21	4	5th	3 9 18 25 26
2026-08-17	10	3rd	6 25 26 29

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-23	7	4th	4 5 13 26 32
2026-01-14	2	4th	1 15 19 26 28
2026-01-12	11	2nd	7 26 27 34 36
2025-12-26	4	4th	4 8 23 26 30
2025-12-22	8	2nd	21 26 27 38 39
2025-12-10	6	4th	10 11 18 26 30
2025-12-02	10	5th	6 11 13 16 26
2025-11-18	3	3rd	16 21 26 34 35
2025-11-13	8	5th	3 7 19 24 26
2025-11-03	7	5th	1 5 11 22 26
2025-10-23	6	5th	2 4 18 20 26
2025-10-15	1	4th	10 12 24 26 33
2025-10-14	14	4th	6 17 18 26 34
2025-09-24	2	3rd	23 25 26 31 35
2025-09-22	9	3rd	7 22 26 31 34
2025-09-09	5	4th	3 9 21 26 27
2025-09-02	5	5th	7 19 22 25 26
2025-08-26	8	3rd	11 23 26 31 39
2025-08-14	4	5th	1 3 12 21 26
2025-08-08	3	3rd	19 20 26 35 39
2025-08-05	4	3rd	4 13 26 30 37
2025-07-30	18	5th	7 14 15 18 26
2025-07-04	13	2nd	8 26 27 34 39
2025-06-17	3	4th	7 9 24 26 33
2025-06-12	3	5th	7 9 13 16 26
2025-06-09	3	4th	8 12 20 26 35
2025-06-04	6	4th	10 24 25 26 38
2025-05-27	4	4th	6 9 20 26 33
2025-05-21	4	5th	6 11 13 24 26
2025-05-15	2	4th	5 9 11 26 34
2025-05-13	2	4th	9 12 13 26 35
2025-05-09	9	5th	1 18 22 23 26
2025-04-28	5	4th	7 12 24 26 28
2025-04-21	7	4th	10 11 24 26 29
2025-04-10	7	3rd	3 17 26 35 37
2025-04-01	1	4th	5 9 22 26 29
2025-03-31	15	3rd	12 22 26 31 35
2025-03-10	1	4th	9 12 16 26 30
2025-03-07	5	3rd	8 21 26 28 34
2025-02-28	3	4th	5 8 13 26 39
2025-02-25	31	3rd	20 21 26 27 30
2025-01-13	3	3rd	8 22 26 31 34
2025-01-08	4	3rd	14 16 26 30 36
2025-01-02	13	4th	12 15 21 26 36
2024-12-16	4	4th	4 5 25 26 33
2024-12-10	1	5th	10 16 23 25 26
2024-12-09	5	2nd	18 26 29 33 35
2024-12-02	2	4th	5 7 9 26 31
2024-11-28	2	2nd	24 26 27 28 31
2024-11-26	20	4th	14 18 22 26 32
2024-10-29	19	2nd	12 26 28 32 38
2024-10-02	2	4th	11 22 23 26 35
2024-09-30	12	4th	2 8 19 26 31
2024-09-12	6	4th	3 12 16 26 29
2024-09-04	6	4th	18 19 22 26 39
2024-08-27	4	5th	3 8 9 24 26
2024-08-21	2	4th	3 6 17 26 30
2024-08-19	3	2nd	14 26 29 34 39
2024-08-14	19	4th	6 15 20 26 32
2024-07-18	2	5th	6 10 19 24 26
2024-07-16	2	4th	2 8 9 26 36
2024-07-12	2	4th	2 15 19 26 28
2024-07-10	2	5th	15 16 22 25 26
2024-07-08	5	5th	10 19 20 25 26
2024-07-01	3	3rd	5 7 26 28 39
2024-06-26	7	5th	6 13 16 19 26
2024-06-17	14	2nd	13 26 29 38 39
2024-05-28	7	5th	1 7 8 11 26
2024-05-17	1	4th	2 4 15 26 36
2024-05-16	1	2nd	22 26 29 34 36
2024-05-15	9	5th	9 14 16 18 26
2024-05-02	8	3rd	2 9 26 36 37
2024-04-22	4	5th	14 20 21 24 26
2024-04-16	9	3rd	8 15 26 37 38
2024-04-03	3	4th	3 20 22 26 29
2024-03-29	2	4th	1 11 24 26 30
2024-03-27	3	4th	8 13 15 26 32
2024-03-22	5	5th	3 20 24 25 26
2024-03-15	4	4th	12 14 16 26 33
2024-03-11	4	2nd	4 26 30 31 37
2024-03-05	7	4th	3 6 20 26 34
2024-02-23	4	4th	8 24 25 26 34
2024-02-19	2	5th	9 16 19 24 26
2024-02-15	10	5th	1 4 7 19 26
2024-02-01	2	2nd	12 26 28 30 34
2024-01-30	1	5th	4 9 23 24 26
2024-01-29	4	5th	1 12 16 18 26
2024-01-23	9	4th	3 12 23 26 39
2024-01-10	4	4th	1 9 23 26 33
2024-01-04	8	3rd	15 19 26 31 39
2023-12-25	1	3rd	5 9 26 36 37
2023-12-22	15	4th	15 20 24 26 31
2023-12-01	1	4th	2 22 23 26 34
2023-11-30	6	4th	11 18 23 26 39
2023-11-22	3	5th	9 17 19 20 26
2023-11-17	8	5th	3 9 14 22 26
2023-11-07	6	4th	11 19 25 26 27
2023-10-30	8	3rd	2 7 26 30 39
2023-10-18	1	4th	1 4 11 26 38
2023-10-17	3	2nd	12 26 27 29 38
2023-10-12	11	5th	6 12 14 18 26
2023-09-27	1	3rd	1 16 26 30 38
2023-09-26	6	3rd	4 7 26 29 37
2023-09-18	20	3rd	14 18 26 33 39
2023-08-21	5	3rd	2 6 26 29 34
2023-08-14	7	3rd	1 23 26 29 35
2023-08-03	3	2nd	2 26 29 36 39
2023-07-31	6	2nd	7 26 28 30 39
2023-07-21	2	3rd	8 10 26 29 36
2023-07-19	17	2nd	11 26 31 32 35
2023-06-26	9	4th	6 22 23 26 27
2023-06-13	7	4th	6 12 17 26 38
2023-06-02	3	5th	6 10 12 15 26
2023-05-30	3	3rd	7 12 26 34 37
2023-05-25	2	4th	11 14 21 26 39
2023-05-23	2	3rd	21 24 26 32 38
2023-05-19	5	4th	11 17 20 26 34
2023-05-12	9	4th	11 12 14 26 27
2023-05-01	2	3rd	7 22 26 35 37
2023-04-27	1	5th	2 3 9 15 26
2023-04-26	8	3rd	5 19 26 31 36
2023-04-14	52	5th	1 4 13 23 26
2023-02-01	16	4th	6 11 21 26 38
2023-01-10	24	3rd	7 11 26 34 39
2022-12-07	3	3rd	3 9 26 27 37
2022-12-02	4	3rd	6 8 26 29 38
2022-11-28	6	4th	7 14 16 26 30
2022-11-18	9	4th	10 19 23 26 34
2022-11-07	13	4th	1 20 25 26 36
2022-10-19	11	5th	3 8 12 23 26
2022-10-04	1	4th	5 8 18 26 29
2022-10-03	9	3rd	1 7 26 36 37
2022-09-20	12	5th	5 17 23 24 26
2022-09-02	14	2nd	7 26 28 29 38
2022-08-15	5	1st	26 29 32 35 37
2022-08-08	5	3rd	5 14 26 32 39
2022-08-01	21	3rd	5 12 26 32 33
2022-07-01	9	4th	10 12 16 26 34
2022-06-20	12	3rd	10 18 26 30 31
2022-06-02	1	5th	3 8 9 15 26
2022-06-01	11	4th	7 9 22 26 32
2022-05-17	3	4th	1 7 8 26 36
2022-05-12	6	3rd	2 21 26 29 37
2022-05-04	19	4th	4 8 22 26 38
2022-04-07	19	4th	1 21 22 26 31
2022-03-11	6	3rd	1 13 26 29 38
2022-03-03	5	2nd	2 26 27 31 35
2022-02-24	7	5th	2 12 21 24 26
2022-02-15	2	3rd	2 20 26 30 36
2022-02-11	5	5th	7 14 21 23 26
2022-02-04	22	3rd	7 22 26 36 37
2022-01-05	13	4th	4 11 13 26 27
2021-12-17	1	4th	3 9 19 26 28
2021-12-16	3	5th	5 18 19 21 26
2021-12-13	22	5th	4 17 18 20 26
2021-11-11	2	4th	10 17 18 26 34
2021-11-09	2	3rd	14 22 26 30 33
2021-11-05	5	3rd	1 9 26 37 38
2021-10-29	7	4th	5 9 14 26 28
2021-10-20	6	5th	15 17 18 22 26
2021-10-12	7	4th	9 19 21 26 35
2021-10-01	2	4th	3 5 19 26 32
2021-09-29	1	3rd	9 16 26 30 34
2021-09-28	9	5th	2 5 12 20 26
2021-09-15	16	3rd	1 16 26 34 38
2021-08-24	1	4th	6 19 23 26 32
2021-08-23	15	4th	8 15 17 26 29
2021-08-02	6	4th	9 14 15 26 38
2021-07-23	7	5th	9 13 20 22 26
2021-07-14	1	3rd	1 20 26 31 32
2021-07-13	15	3rd	5 11 26 35 39
2021-06-22	10	4th	1 13 22 26 34
2021-06-08	6	4th	13 17 21 26 33
2021-05-31	10	3rd	4 10 26 27 29
2021-05-17	6	5th	1 12 15 16 26
2021-05-07	3	5th	7 8 16 22 26
2021-05-04	6	4th	4 9 19 26 30
2021-04-26	17	3rd	12 16 26 27 35
2021-04-01	6	5th	2 3 13 25 26
2021-03-24	2	4th	2 8 22 26 36
2021-03-22	4	4th	16 18 22 26 31
2021-03-16	2	3rd	12 15 26 34 37
2021-03-12	2	5th	1 4 18 25 26
2021-03-10	6	4th	2 5 21 26 39
2021-03-02	1	4th	13 23 24 26 37
2021-03-01	10	3rd	2 13 26 31 37
2021-02-15	11	3rd	6 18 26 36 39
2021-01-29	2	3rd	2 8 26 28 31
2021-01-27	7	5th	2 16 17 20 26
2021-01-18	2	3rd	3 17 26 32 35
2021-01-14	18	3rd	3 6 26 28 39
2020-12-21	7	3rd	9 18 26 35 38
2020-12-10	1	2nd	12 26 28 30 38
2020-12-09	3	3rd	19 20 26 29 38
2020-12-04	1	4th	2 4 22 26 31
2020-12-03	2	4th	5 13 24 26 31
2020-12-01	3	4th	13 17 24 26 38
2020-11-26	3	4th	5 21 23 26 37
2020-11-23	23	5th	11 15 20 21 26
2020-10-21	5	4th	15 16 20 26 27
2020-10-14	1	3rd	3 24 26 29 39
2020-10-13	8	3rd	8 18 26 33 34
2020-10-01	21	4th	2 18 20 26 33
2020-09-02	18	3rd	2 14 26 33 34
2020-08-07	25	5th	5 12 16 19 26
2020-06-26	6	5th	1 7 9 15 26
2020-06-12	11	3rd	10 24 26 29 36
2020-05-18	5	4th	2 4 11 26 39
2020-05-06	16	4th	1 11 19 26 35
2020-03-30	6	5th	12 18 22 25 26
2020-03-16	6	4th	8 20 24 26 35
2020-03-02	4	4th	18 20 24 26 35
2020-02-21	9	4th	5 10 11 26 35
2020-01-31	5	4th	12 14 23 26 35
2020-01-20	4	4th	4 8 19 26 33
2020-01-10	1	4th	6 9 20 26 27
2020-01-08	7	4th	2 4 9 26 28
2019-12-23	1	4th	8 14 21 26 32
2019-12-20	8	4th	4 7 8 26 37
2019-12-02	6	4th	8 19 21 26 33
2019-11-18	16	5th	2 12 13 21 26
2019-10-11	7	3rd	12 22 26 28 35
2019-09-25	24	4th	2 7 20 26 35
2019-07-31	24	3rd	7 13 26 33 35
2019-06-05	2	3rd	10 12 26 35 38
2019-05-31	2	4th	6 19 20 26 32
2019-05-27	2	5th	2 4 5 8 26
2019-05-22	7	3rd	12 24 26 34 37
2019-05-06	7	4th	9 14 15 26 39
2019-04-19	2	4th	3 9 25 26 31
2019-04-15	3	3rd	11 12 26 30 35
2019-04-08	3	5th	12 13 17 21 26
2019-04-01	10	3rd	6 19 26 32 38
2019-03-08	4	3rd	9 12 26 32 39
2019-02-27	12	3rd	20 24 26 29 31
2019-01-30	3	4th	8 14 18 26 33
2019-01-23	5	3rd	3 20 26 28 31
2019-01-11	1	4th	3 8 16 26 34
2019-01-09	32	2nd	7 26 27 32 35
2018-10-26	4	4th	8 13 18 26 34
2018-10-17	4	2nd	24 26 27 32 36
2018-10-08	4	4th	6 20 21 26 31
2018-09-28	3	5th	1 7 13 20 26
2018-09-21	7	4th	2 14 18 26 28
2018-09-05	26	3rd	3 5 26 32 39
2018-07-06	3	5th	2 8 20 25 26
2018-06-29	2	5th	1 5 6 24 26
2018-06-25	27	5th	10 14 17 19 26
2018-04-23	8	3rd	3 17 26 33 39
2018-04-04	2	4th	4 16 20 26 28
2018-03-30	20	4th	16 18 23 26 39
2018-02-12	20	4th	7 13 16 26 39
2017-12-27	9	4th	6 15 16 26 38
2017-12-04	8	3rd	7 15 26 28 34
2017-11-15	5	4th	5 8 10 26 36
2017-11-03	1	2nd	24 26 28 29 32
2017-11-01	10	1st	26 27 29 30 34
2017-10-09	19	5th	5 11 13 19 26
2017-08-25	1	4th	4 15 18 26 39
2017-08-23	9	5th	1 4 5 20 26
2017-08-02	7	3rd	10 23 26 31 32
2017-07-17	17	3rd	6 23 26 35 36
2017-06-07	7	4th	9 20 22 26 31
2017-05-22	5	2nd	2 26 30 35 36
2017-05-10	5	2nd	17 26 32 37 38
2017-04-28	12	5th	2 3 15 22 26
2017-03-31	4	5th	7 15 18 20 26
2017-03-22	9	4th	2 10 23 26 32
2017-03-01	3	4th	12 17 23 26 29
2017-02-22	23	3rd	12 25 26 32 38
2016-12-30	3	4th	2 17 23 26 32
2016-12-23	2	3rd	10 17 26 27 34
2016-12-19	18	4th	1 6 16 26 39
2016-11-07	23	4th	9 16 17 26 36
2016-09-14	11	1st	26 27 33 35 36
2016-08-19	2	3rd	6 18 26 31 34
2016-08-15	1	3rd	9 25 26 32 37
2016-08-12	3	3rd	13 15 26 27 29
2016-08-05	10	5th	7 10 20 23 26
2016-07-13	8	5th	6 12 21 25 26
2016-06-24	9	4th	9 16 22 26 27
2016-06-03	1	4th	1 12 18 26 34
2016-06-01	5	1st	26 28 30 38 39
2016-05-20	2	2nd	16 26 33 37 39
2016-05-16	3	5th	2 3 5 12 26
2016-05-09	11	3rd	1 5 26 37 39
2016-04-13	3	4th	3 21 24 26 30
2016-04-06	7	2nd	5 26 29 37 38
2016-03-21	4	4th	12 18 23 26 35
2016-03-11	3	5th	3 15 19 25 26
2016-03-04	6	4th	1 19 22 26 31
2016-02-19	4	4th	17 21 23 26 30
2016-02-10	4	3rd	1 22 26 27 34
2016-02-01	2	4th	5 8 13 26 34
2016-01-27	1	3rd	17 22 26 28 35
2016-01-25	7	4th	2 10 16 26 39
2016-01-08	22	4th	15 16 20 26 36
2015-11-18	22	4th	6 10 24 26 36
2015-09-28	10	3rd	23 24 26 29 30
2015-09-04	13	3rd	7 18 26 36 38
2015-08-05	8	2nd	9 26 30 31 35
2015-07-17	6	3rd	8 13 26 27 38
2015-07-03	8	2nd	24 26 30 33 36
2015-06-15	1	2nd	14 26 30 34 38
2015-06-12	2	2nd	11 26 28 30 32
2015-06-08	8	4th	11 16 22 26 34
2015-05-20	11	5th	5 12 15 22 26
2015-04-24	8	4th	15 17 23 26 37
2015-04-06	7	4th	5 7 11 26 38
2015-03-20	3	3rd	11 25 26 29 30
2015-03-13	13	5th	3 13 17 19 26
2015-02-11	4	3rd	20 25 26 27 29
2015-02-02	2	4th	18 24 25 26 35
2015-01-28	21	4th	11 12 15 26 31
2014-12-10	1	5th	1 6 7 14 26
2014-12-08	2	3rd	7 11 26 36 39
2014-12-03	3	4th	8 13 19 26 39
2014-11-26	3	5th	11 17 21 22 26
2014-11-19	9	4th	8 12 24 26 32
2014-10-29	4	3rd	1 20 26 33 38
2014-10-20	6	1st	26 28 30 35 36
2014-10-06	2	3rd	23 24 26 30 33
2014-10-01	9	4th	8 10 21 26 37
2014-09-10	1	5th	2 5 16 24 26
2014-09-08	7	5th	7 8 18 19 26
2014-08-22	1	5th	6 13 19 20 26
2014-08-20	12	3rd	5 20 26 27 30
2014-07-23	3	3rd	9 22 26 30 34
2014-07-16	5	1st	26 27 31 33 39
2014-07-04	4	4th	6 11 22 26 29
2014-06-25	13	3rd	6 9 26 27 37
2014-05-26	2	4th	5 13 17 26 27
2014-05-21	6	4th	1 10 25 26 38
2014-05-07	8	4th	5 11 23 26 32
2014-04-18	1	3rd	3 18 26 31 34
2014-04-16	13	5th	15 20 22 24 26
2014-03-17	12	4th	11 17 25 26 27
2014-02-17	2	2nd	14 26 31 32 34
2014-02-12	1	4th	3 5 20 26 28
2014-02-10	3	3rd	8 19 26 29 36
2014-02-03	1	5th	1 4 7 24 26
2014-01-31	1	4th	9 12 13 26 28
2014-01-29	9	3rd	6 13 26 27 39
2014-01-08	6	4th	2 13 15 26 27
2013-12-25	3	4th	1 17 18 26 39
2013-12-18	1	4th	6 9 23 26 36
2013-12-16	6	4th	12 16 24 26 36
2013-12-02	—	2nd	1 26 28 29 33