Number 26

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

234times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.64σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

41longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 234 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 234 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 22 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 6.7
2nd smallest42 · chance 41.8
3rd smallest89 · chance 88.4
4th smallest78 · chance 75.3
5th smallest20 · chance 21.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 6 11 35 3 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-19	23	3rd	4 18 26 33 40
2026-08-27	22	4th	13 23 25 26 45
2026-08-05	1	3rd	8 25 26 27 34
2026-08-04	16	2nd	17 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-08	3	2nd	20 26 33 35 40
2026-03-05	1	2nd	7 26 28 30 32
2026-03-04	9	3rd	1 20 26 34 39
2026-02-23	1	3rd	5 20 26 35 45
2026-02-22	13	4th	7 16 24 26 31
2026-02-09	3	4th	8 20 23 26 35
2026-02-06	2	4th	2 4 15 26 41
2026-02-04	17	4th	4 5 16 26 37
2026-01-18	5	1st	26 33 36 40 44
2026-01-13	15	2nd	18 26 27 33 43
2025-12-29	12	4th	1 6 22 26 34
2025-12-17	12	2nd	6 26 30 35 39
2025-12-05	3	4th	4 11 12 26 39
2025-12-02	1	4th	9 14 15 26 38
2025-12-01	25	4th	6 7 10 26 27
2025-11-05	16	3rd	9 15 26 27 40
2025-10-19	3	4th	15 19 21 26 27
2025-10-16	25	2nd	12 26 35 36 38
2025-09-21	3	4th	13 22 23 26 27
2025-09-18	18	4th	9 12 16 26 30
2025-08-31	20	5th	2 14 15 25 26
2025-08-11	16	3rd	11 24 26 36 41
2025-07-26	9	4th	11 14 23 26 33
2025-07-17	2	5th	8 9 11 18 26
2025-07-15	1	3rd	8 21 26 29 42
2025-07-14	2	3rd	10 24 26 33 44
2025-07-12	15	5th	6 7 11 14 26
2025-06-27	1	3rd	11 17 26 37 44
2025-06-26	2	3rd	8 20 26 34 45
2025-06-24	1	3rd	2 4 26 31 36
2025-06-23	6	4th	1 9 13 26 43
2025-06-17	4	4th	15 20 22 26 30
2025-06-13	8	3rd	8 25 26 28 34
2025-06-05	1	4th	4 7 22 26 43
2025-06-04	13	3rd	5 21 26 27 34
2025-05-22	14	3rd	14 25 26 33 40
2025-05-08	21	3rd	10 20 26 30 39
2025-04-17	11	3rd	14 25 26 30 43
2025-04-06	4	4th	1 15 23 26 34
2025-04-02	8	3rd	8 18 26 39 45
2025-03-25	6	3rd	20 22 26 36 38
2025-03-19	2	4th	6 13 24 26 29
2025-03-17	2	5th	20 21 23 25 26
2025-03-15	7	4th	5 16 21 26 41
2025-03-08	5	5th	1 7 8 19 26
2025-03-03	2	3rd	7 21 26 33 35
2025-03-01	6	4th	11 15 22 26 29
2025-02-23	12	2nd	19 26 31 32 37
2025-02-11	19	4th	2 6 11 26 34
2025-01-23	16	3rd	6 13 26 31 34
2025-01-07	17	4th	4 18 22 26 45
2024-12-21	3	3rd	6 10 26 36 44
2024-12-18	25	4th	7 22 23 26 31
2024-11-23	2	3rd	22 25 26 29 41
2024-11-21	11	3rd	11 15 26 28 38
2024-11-10	2	2nd	21 26 35 42 43
2024-11-08	18	4th	1 16 22 26 41
2024-10-21	5	3rd	16 22 26 41 45
2024-10-16	2	2nd	19 26 27 31 38
2024-10-14	3	4th	4 11 15 26 32
2024-10-11	26	3rd	6 17 26 33 45
2024-09-15	2	3rd	15 21 26 28 29
2024-09-13	3	2nd	17 26 28 36 45
2024-09-10	4	3rd	4 11 26 41 45
2024-09-06	4	2nd	24 26 35 37 44
2024-09-02	19	2nd	22 26 28 29 31
2024-08-14	3	4th	7 11 14 26 42
2024-08-11	2	3rd	9 23 26 35 36
2024-08-09	2	4th	2 5 19 26 28
2024-08-07	10	3rd	10 11 26 34 41
2024-07-28	2	2nd	8 26 28 34 43
2024-07-26	4	3rd	4 16 26 34 35
2024-07-22	2	3rd	1 3 26 29 36
2024-07-20	27	4th	5 15 18 26 40
2024-06-23	4	4th	3 6 20 26 38
2024-06-19	3	4th	7 21 24 26 30
2024-06-16	4	3rd	5 11 26 30 44
2024-06-12	17	4th	10 12 22 26 38
2024-05-26	6	3rd	1 14 26 29 39
2024-05-20	21	3rd	3 8 26 27 28
2024-04-29	5	1st	26 32 37 40 43
2024-04-24	1	5th	8 9 11 18 26
2024-04-23	5	4th	2 6 16 26 36
2024-04-18	10	3rd	11 21 26 30 33
2024-04-08	6	3rd	9 14 26 35 39
2024-04-02	10	2nd	5 26 39 41 42
2024-03-23	1	3rd	6 11 26 29 35
2024-03-22	10	3rd	4 20 26 28 29
2024-03-12	12	5th	13 18 20 21 26
2024-02-29	2	4th	8 17 19 26 36
2024-02-27	3	3rd	2 18 26 29 34
2024-02-24	28	4th	9 13 14 26 33
2024-01-27	3	3rd	8 24 26 33 34
2024-01-24	20	4th	5 10 21 26 37
2024-01-04	2	3rd	7 13 26 31 39
2024-01-02	13	3rd	8 25 26 27 44
2023-12-20	4	5th	6 7 10 20 26
2023-12-16	3	2nd	8 26 35 40 42
2023-12-13	17	4th	9 13 24 26 36
2023-11-26	7	4th	14 15 21 26 31
2023-11-19	1	3rd	7 20 26 31 43
2023-11-18	14	4th	3 6 19 26 37
2023-11-04	2	3rd	17 21 26 34 39
2023-11-02	9	4th	2 4 8 26 34
2023-10-24	23	3rd	3 5 26 27 38
2023-10-01	23	3rd	8 22 26 30 35
2023-09-08	1	2nd	25 26 29 42 44
2023-09-07	1	4th	1 8 20 26 44
2023-09-06	3	3rd	2 6 26 27 34
2023-09-03	7	3rd	5 18 26 29 37
2023-08-27	1	3rd	9 22 26 28 33
2023-08-26	1	3rd	6 8 26 39 40
2023-08-25	2	2nd	21 26 38 41 44
2023-08-23	2	4th	6 15 16 26 33
2023-08-21	1	2nd	11 26 38 44 45
2023-08-20	2	3rd	13 19 26 29 37
2023-08-18	2	3rd	4 11 26 34 39
2023-08-16	41	4th	1 5 13 26 44
2023-07-06	10	3rd	19 22 26 33 40
2023-06-26	34	5th	1 12 13 23 26
2023-05-23	4	3rd	9 13 26 35 40
2023-05-19	5	4th	3 14 23 26 36
2023-05-14	4	4th	5 10 21 26 31
2023-05-10	21	5th	3 8 15 25 26
2023-04-19	6	4th	5 7 17 26 33
2023-04-13	21	1st	26 27 38 40 41
2023-03-23	6	4th	3 5 19 26 28
2023-03-17	2	4th	7 11 18 26 45
2023-03-15	5	2nd	17 26 30 40 42
2023-03-10	19	4th	3 4 23 26 27
2023-02-19	3	4th	11 12 21 26 39
2023-02-16	5	4th	6 11 15 26 42
2023-02-11	10	4th	3 4 6 26 41
2023-02-01	4	4th	1 3 9 26 41
2023-01-28	2	4th	3 10 11 26 36
2023-01-26	10	3rd	12 13 26 39 40
2023-01-16	1	3rd	15 21 26 27 29
2023-01-15	11	4th	8 10 15 26 36
2023-01-04	5	3rd	10 22 26 43 44
2022-12-30	1	5th	6 8 11 25 26
2022-12-29	15	3rd	10 15 26 29 35
2022-12-14	5	2nd	6 26 29 30 40
2022-12-09	5	2nd	8 26 36 39 41
2022-12-04	5	3rd	19 25 26 35 37
2022-11-29	13	4th	6 13 24 26 45
2022-11-16	2	4th	15 16 17 26 30
2022-11-14	24	5th	6 14 19 23 26
2022-09-10	17	3rd	9 25 26 28 40
2022-07-13	3	3rd	2 22 26 36 42
2022-07-02	13	2nd	15 26 27 36 38
2022-05-18	9	2nd	5 26 27 29 43
2022-04-16	6	3rd	12 25 26 27 45
2022-03-26	5	1st	26 28 33 37 40
2022-03-09	7	5th	4 11 12 21 26
2022-02-12	12	4th	4 9 20 26 41
2022-01-01	13	5th	3 6 12 25 26
2021-11-17	1	4th	4 22 24 26 39
2021-11-13	11	3rd	5 22 26 32 41
2021-10-06	25	4th	10 12 25 26 35
2021-07-10	11	2nd	10 26 28 29 42
2021-06-02	5	3rd	4 19 26 30 40
2021-05-15	3	2nd	17 26 27 34 42
2021-05-05	2	3rd	3 11 26 36 45
2021-04-28	7	3rd	17 19 26 28 33
2021-04-03	4	4th	9 13 16 26 30
2021-03-20	5	3rd	1 23 26 29 32
2021-03-03	11	4th	9 11 16 26 28
2021-01-23	1	2nd	17 26 35 37 45
2021-01-20	10	5th	3 5 17 24 26
2020-12-16	17	3rd	3 14 26 29 33
2020-10-17	29	3rd	19 24 26 30 40
2020-07-08	22	5th	1 8 19 22 26
2020-04-22	1	4th	7 22 25 26 34
2020-04-18	4	5th	3 15 17 19 26
2020-04-04	5	3rd	8 18 26 35 37
2020-03-18	2	3rd	1 3 26 35 43
2020-03-11	3	3rd	11 15 26 33 40
2020-02-29	15	2nd	6 26 29 33 38
2020-01-08	11	4th	13 14 19 26 30
2019-11-30	1	4th	3 18 21 26 43
2019-11-27	7	3rd	7 14 26 39 42
2019-11-02	5	4th	1 6 11 26 28
2019-10-16	25	4th	3 4 13 26 38
2019-07-20	4	4th	14 20 22 26 43
2019-07-06	10	2nd	5 26 31 39 42
2019-06-01	2	2nd	25 26 29 33 34
2019-05-25	2	4th	12 20 25 26 45
2019-05-18	34	4th	3 6 15 26 39
2019-01-19	29	4th	5 17 24 26 33
2018-10-10	4	4th	1 6 19 26 33
2018-09-26	28	3rd	3 23 26 40 45
2018-06-20	4	3rd	1 24 26 33 37
2018-06-06	4	5th	3 6 14 19 26
2018-05-23	1	3rd	7 19 26 36 44
2018-05-19	1	2nd	8 26 27 34 43
2018-05-16	7	3rd	8 16 26 38 39
2018-04-21	7	2nd	8 26 36 40 41
2018-03-28	6	2nd	18 26 31 40 42
2018-03-07	8	4th	2 6 15 26 34
2018-02-07	2	3rd	4 25 26 31 37
2018-01-31	1	3rd	1 3 26 34 43
2018-01-27	3	3rd	15 17 26 31 42
2018-01-17	2	2nd	16 26 35 38 42
2018-01-10	8	1st	26 29 35 36 44
2017-12-13	23	4th	3 20 25 26 35
2017-09-23	10	3rd	3 11 26 32 37
2017-08-19	18	2nd	8 26 30 35 38
2017-06-17	2	3rd	2 24 26 40 42
2017-06-10	14	4th	8 20 25 26 44
2017-04-22	—	2nd	5 26 31 34 39