Number 26

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,401 draws, 5 from 1–45.

406times drawn · chance expected 378 +1.53σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

69longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 406 times in 3,401 draws against 377.9 expected, +1.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 406 times in 3,401 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 5 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 smallest16 · chance 11.6
2nd smallest74 · chance 72.5
3rd smallest155 · chance 153.4
4th smallest129 · chance 130.7
5th smallest32 · chance 37.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 31 35 24 27 44

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

The other 382 appearances

2026-05-08	37	3rd	1 8 26 43 44
2026-04-01	8	4th	7 18 20 26 42
2026-03-24	2	3rd	20 22 26 30 43
2026-03-22	5	4th	1 5 22 26 28
2026-03-17	11	3rd	8 22 26 30 40
2026-03-06	9	4th	17 18 23 26 27
2026-02-25	4	2nd	6 26 29 37 39
2026-02-21	2	4th	2 3 14 26 28
2026-02-19	8	3rd	2 11 26 27 40
2026-02-11	3	4th	14 19 22 26 34
2026-02-08	7	4th	10 21 25 26 31
2026-02-01	20	3rd	7 20 26 33 36
2026-01-12	5	2nd	19 26 33 40 45
2026-01-07	6	3rd	12 16 26 36 37
2026-01-01	1	3rd	6 24 26 32 38
2025-12-31	3	3rd	8 13 26 31 43
2025-12-28	4	3rd	2 4 26 34 36
2025-12-24	5	5th	7 9 15 21 26
2025-12-19	5	3rd	21 23 26 29 44
2025-12-14	4	4th	1 8 12 26 45
2025-12-10	4	4th	12 17 20 26 32
2025-12-06	4	3rd	5 25 26 27 43
2025-12-02	10	3rd	7 20 26 28 44
2025-11-22	6	2nd	14 26 36 37 42
2025-11-16	7	2nd	17 26 33 34 36
2025-11-09	22	3rd	10 12 26 32 45
2025-10-18	69	3rd	1 7 26 29 34
2025-08-10	1	3rd	19 24 26 32 40
2025-08-09	2	4th	8 10 15 26 33
2025-08-07	4	3rd	7 23 26 29 35
2025-08-03	10	3rd	6 21 26 35 42
2025-07-24	11	4th	3 18 20 26 40
2025-07-13	5	2nd	14 26 28 40 45
2025-07-08	11	3rd	4 16 26 30 45
2025-06-27	2	5th	13 16 19 21 26
2025-06-25	18	5th	4 12 15 25 26
2025-06-07	4	5th	3 11 17 22 26
2025-06-03	5	4th	7 12 19 26 37
2025-05-29	5	4th	6 13 19 26 43
2025-05-24	2	4th	2 15 19 26 30
2025-05-22	2	5th	5 9 11 21 26
2025-05-20	18	2nd	6 26 29 32 45
2025-05-02	11	4th	8 14 17 26 34
2025-04-21	15	1st	26 29 31 35 41
2025-04-06	3	3rd	15 21 26 30 42
2025-04-03	4	4th	3 14 18 26 34
2025-03-30	5	3rd	10 13 26 34 36
2025-03-25	7	4th	5 19 25 26 27
2025-03-18	2	4th	3 10 24 26 31
2025-03-16	3	4th	2 14 22 26 27
2025-03-13	1	3rd	19 21 26 35 43
2025-03-12	1	4th	1 6 14 26 35
2025-03-11	2	1st	26 28 30 34 38
2025-03-09	43	4th	5 9 10 26 34
2025-01-25	6	4th	16 18 20 26 40
2025-01-19	13	4th	6 12 13 26 43
2025-01-06	2	3rd	4 13 26 36 44
2025-01-04	8	4th	6 16 21 26 28
2024-12-27	2	5th	4 5 17 24 26
2024-12-25	10	3rd	20 22 26 31 36
2024-12-15	5	3rd	15 17 26 27 29
2024-12-10	12	5th	1 15 16 23 26
2024-11-28	4	3rd	6 8 26 43 45
2024-11-24	28	4th	2 15 22 26 28
2024-10-27	3	4th	4 5 13 26 44
2024-10-24	10	4th	21 23 25 26 44
2024-10-14	13	4th	19 21 24 26 31
2024-10-01	9	4th	13 18 21 26 35
2024-09-22	5	3rd	6 17 26 41 44
2024-09-17	16	1st	26 29 33 35 45
2024-09-01	3	3rd	7 18 26 36 45
2024-08-29	19	3rd	21 23 26 44 45
2024-08-10	1	4th	6 13 20 26 42
2024-08-09	15	4th	1 11 13 26 31
2024-07-25	9	3rd	16 23 26 30 42
2024-07-16	15	4th	5 13 21 26 31
2024-07-01	4	2nd	11 26 27 41 45
2024-06-27	2	2nd	9 26 30 40 44
2024-06-25	10	5th	5 11 18 25 26
2024-06-15	8	4th	11 18 23 26 44
2024-06-07	4	4th	3 9 22 26 29
2024-06-03	12	3rd	15 18 26 27 37
2024-05-22	11	2nd	18 26 27 30 35
2024-05-11	4	1st	26 29 37 42 44
2024-05-07	9	4th	2 7 11 26 36
2024-04-28	6	2nd	1 26 36 42 43
2024-04-22	5	4th	6 21 23 26 37
2024-04-17	4	2nd	10 26 30 31 41
2024-04-13	4	4th	12 18 25 26 32
2024-04-09	1	4th	11 17 24 26 44
2024-04-08	3	3rd	1 17 26 35 45
2024-04-05	11	1st	26 31 32 33 40
2024-03-25	3	2nd	19 26 27 35 40
2024-03-22	11	2nd	13 26 30 35 42
2024-03-11	13	1st	26 30 31 32 43
2024-02-27	2	3rd	4 5 26 27 33
2024-02-25	18	3rd	1 3 26 27 28
2024-02-07	27	1st	26 36 38 40 41
2024-01-11	1	4th	2 20 25 26 41
2024-01-10	2	4th	1 14 17 26 38
2024-01-08	8	3rd	5 19 26 33 39
2023-12-31	16	3rd	3 14 26 29 39
2023-12-15	9	4th	12 15 21 26 32
2023-12-06	9	2nd	8 26 31 35 38
2023-11-27	4	2nd	15 26 27 35 38
2023-11-23	5	5th	12 13 17 25 26
2023-11-18	2	3rd	12 14 26 39 41
2023-11-16	1	2nd	11 26 40 43 45
2023-11-15	3	3rd	5 25 26 36 42
2023-11-12	6	3rd	5 9 26 36 38
2023-11-06	1	3rd	8 14 26 28 43
2023-11-05	3	2nd	15 26 32 35 37
2023-11-02	3	3rd	9 24 26 27 41
2023-10-30	9	4th	1 6 21 26 32
2023-10-21	2	4th	4 5 19 26 42
2023-10-19	34	3rd	2 14 26 28 36
2023-09-15	2	3rd	11 18 26 28 40
2023-09-13	19	4th	13 15 17 26 35
2023-08-25	1	4th	2 7 24 26 37
2023-08-24	3	4th	10 16 24 26 39
2023-08-21	5	3rd	16 24 26 29 33
2023-08-16	5	3rd	4 17 26 30 31
2023-08-11	3	4th	11 13 15 26 31
2023-08-08	9	3rd	2 9 26 38 39
2023-07-30	2	3rd	23 24 26 32 36
2023-07-28	26	4th	11 13 23 26 44
2023-07-02	10	3rd	10 22 26 35 39
2023-06-22	9	3rd	1 23 26 27 44
2023-06-13	7	3rd	11 15 26 28 45
2023-06-06	6	4th	14 17 19 26 41
2023-05-31	10	3rd	15 20 26 31 38
2023-05-21	11	3rd	8 17 26 39 45
2023-05-10	2	5th	1 7 20 25 26
2023-05-08	4	3rd	1 17 26 31 34
2023-05-04	1	3rd	5 16 26 37 38
2023-05-03	12	2nd	7 26 32 36 42
2023-04-21	9	4th	3 7 24 26 29
2023-04-12	4	3rd	7 18 26 30 44
2023-04-08	3	2nd	16 26 36 42 44
2023-04-05	8	4th	3 16 22 26 40
2023-03-28	3	3rd	16 24 26 36 43
2023-03-25	10	2nd	15 26 28 42 44
2023-03-15	8	2nd	11 26 29 30 44
2023-03-07	6	2nd	18 26 30 35 42
2023-03-01	6	4th	6 7 14 26 35
2023-02-23	3	5th	2 4 7 8 26
2023-02-20	2	4th	5 8 25 26 33
2023-02-18	3	4th	4 22 25 26 30
2023-02-15	5	5th	4 19 20 24 26
2023-02-10	9	4th	4 8 15 26 45
2023-02-01	1	4th	6 18 21 26 36
2023-01-31	5	5th	5 17 23 25 26
2023-01-26	1	2nd	25 26 27 34 45
2023-01-25	2	3rd	15 22 26 27 39
2023-01-23	17	4th	12 18 20 26 37
2023-01-06	5	2nd	9 26 29 31 36
2023-01-01	2	3rd	18 20 26 31 33
2022-12-30	8	3rd	17 18 26 28 45
2022-12-22	2	3rd	9 17 26 31 37
2022-12-20	10	3rd	6 20 26 31 39
2022-12-10	2	2nd	11 26 31 40 43
2022-12-08	11	3rd	6 23 26 29 34
2022-11-27	26	4th	5 8 14 26 29
2022-11-01	7	4th	9 10 18 26 43
2022-10-25	14	4th	1 18 21 26 29
2022-10-11	1	3rd	14 24 26 32 38
2022-10-10	6	4th	12 21 25 26 30
2022-10-04	14	4th	2 19 22 26 41
2022-09-20	11	5th	8 9 18 20 26
2022-09-09	2	1st	26 28 32 33 41
2022-09-07	2	4th	6 9 25 26 41
2022-09-05	14	2nd	16 26 27 37 44
2022-08-22	5	3rd	9 14 26 35 44
2022-08-17	3	3rd	10 19 26 35 44
2022-08-14	10	4th	2 6 20 26 41
2022-08-04	48	2nd	13 26 33 34 40
2022-06-17	6	2nd	13 26 27 33 35
2022-06-11	9	4th	6 9 16 26 43
2022-06-02	14	3rd	11 14 26 40 45
2022-05-19	23	4th	6 16 19 26 31
2022-04-26	6	3rd	3 13 26 32 36
2022-04-20	4	5th	1 3 15 21 26
2022-04-16	35	1st	26 37 41 43 44
2022-03-12	6	3rd	12 24 26 34 35
2022-03-06	21	2nd	5 26 30 35 44
2022-02-13	12	4th	5 13 22 26 30
2022-02-01	4	4th	1 6 22 26 41
2022-01-28	15	4th	9 13 17 26 39
2022-01-13	13	3rd	3 23 26 27 29
2021-12-31	17	4th	10 19 24 26 40
2021-12-14	6	3rd	20 24 26 37 38
2021-12-08	2	5th	6 8 22 23 26
2021-12-06	8	4th	1 16 21 26 45
2021-11-28	3	3rd	1 11 26 38 45
2021-11-25	4	4th	19 23 24 26 27
2021-11-21	7	3rd	24 25 26 29 39
2021-11-14	2	2nd	19 26 31 40 42
2021-11-12	21	5th	2 10 12 17 26
2021-10-22	3	3rd	18 20 26 38 39
2021-10-19	1	2nd	9 26 29 31 35
2021-10-18	21	3rd	12 17 26 34 38
2021-09-27	3	3rd	2 11 26 30 44
2021-09-24	2	5th	9 10 12 23 26
2021-09-22	10	3rd	10 23 26 38 41
2021-09-12	9	5th	4 6 10 21 26
2021-09-03	9	5th	11 13 22 24 26
2021-08-25	8	3rd	2 19 26 29 39
2021-08-17	3	3rd	17 23 26 27 43
2021-08-14	10	2nd	25 26 27 33 37
2021-08-04	2	4th	5 9 18 26 33
2021-08-02	6	4th	1 13 20 26 32
2021-07-27	2	3rd	9 25 26 29 33
2021-07-25	6	3rd	1 17 26 40 43
2021-07-19	5	3rd	7 15 26 41 43
2021-07-14	18	2nd	19 26 27 41 45
2021-06-26	12	2nd	3 26 27 33 39
2021-06-14	2	2nd	10 26 31 39 44
2021-06-12	10	3rd	8 16 26 29 33
2021-06-02	11	5th	2 11 20 23 26
2021-05-22	4	3rd	3 18 26 32 39
2021-05-18	3	4th	6 7 22 26 41
2021-05-15	1	3rd	1 7 26 31 38
2021-05-14	29	5th	1 3 7 20 26
2021-04-15	13	4th	13 17 22 26 38
2021-04-02	2	4th	14 17 24 26 31
2021-03-31	10	2nd	17 26 37 42 43
2021-03-21	4	3rd	12 19 26 30 32
2021-03-17	1	5th	3 8 15 18 26
2021-03-16	15	3rd	17 20 26 30 38
2021-03-01	10	4th	12 19 25 26 40
2021-02-19	37	3rd	5 6 26 29 41
2021-01-13	12	3rd	17 24 26 31 44
2021-01-01	1	4th	4 7 18 26 29
2020-12-31	16	4th	16 18 24 26 42
2020-12-15	2	2nd	1 26 35 37 38
2020-12-13	18	4th	3 9 13 26 32
2020-11-25	4	3rd	5 11 26 33 38
2020-11-21	15	3rd	3 9 26 30 35
2020-11-06	1	4th	2 7 24 26 44
2020-11-05	9	4th	6 9 19 26 28
2020-10-27	9	4th	2 4 18 26 40
2020-10-18	6	5th	4 7 12 24 26
2020-10-12	8	3rd	6 24 26 29 31
2020-10-04	2	3rd	10 21 26 28 34
2020-10-02	9	2nd	1 26 35 37 44
2020-09-23	5	2nd	14 26 27 30 43
2020-09-18	1	3rd	5 14 26 40 43
2020-09-17	3	3rd	11 15 26 41 45
2020-09-14	17	5th	2 11 13 24 26
2020-08-28	3	3rd	7 18 26 37 45
2020-08-25	12	2nd	1 26 27 28 30
2020-08-13	8	3rd	8 9 26 34 38
2020-08-05	7	3rd	13 22 26 28 29
2020-07-29	2	4th	4 13 17 26 35
2020-07-27	4	4th	4 6 19 26 42
2020-07-23	3	4th	3 13 25 26 42
2020-07-20	6	4th	8 14 21 26 27
2020-07-14	5	3rd	5 16 26 30 41
2020-07-09	2	4th	2 3 14 26 30
2020-07-07	3	2nd	23 26 29 31 45
2020-07-04	8	3rd	2 8 26 28 30
2020-06-26	1	3rd	9 15 26 28 33
2020-06-25	1	4th	7 12 15 26 38
2020-06-24	33	3rd	10 25 26 28 32
2020-05-22	5	2nd	23 26 34 37 40
2020-05-17	9	2nd	20 26 31 36 38
2020-05-08	1	2nd	14 26 32 36 40
2020-05-07	6	3rd	8 25 26 38 40
2020-05-01	25	3rd	3 24 26 35 36
2020-04-06	17	3rd	8 14 26 29 31
2020-03-20	14	3rd	12 24 26 36 42
2020-03-06	1	2nd	15 26 37 44 45
2020-03-05	1	3rd	8 13 26 31 39
2020-03-04	1	4th	5 20 24 26 31
2020-03-03	5	4th	8 13 22 26 40
2020-02-27	2	3rd	3 7 26 27 41
2020-02-25	6	5th	19 20 22 23 26
2020-02-19	6	2nd	14 26 27 33 44
2020-02-13	6	4th	16 20 25 26 42
2020-02-07	3	1st	26 30 37 40 44
2020-02-04	19	4th	3 4 18 26 31
2020-01-16	6	4th	1 9 20 26 28
2020-01-10	9	2nd	23 26 34 44 45
2020-01-01	3	1st	26 33 34 36 40
2019-12-29	10	3rd	9 21 26 37 43
2019-12-19	4	4th	16 22 24 26 44
2019-12-15	8	3rd	5 12 26 27 28
2019-12-07	15	3rd	1 18 26 29 31
2019-11-22	2	4th	10 18 24 26 38
2019-11-20	4	3rd	2 18 26 33 45
2019-11-16	8	3rd	4 9 26 27 44
2019-11-08	5	4th	6 18 24 26 36
2019-11-03	10	3rd	14 25 26 42 45
2019-10-24	10	3rd	1 21 26 29 32
2019-10-14	14	4th	7 10 17 26 32
2019-09-30	3	2nd	25 26 41 43 45
2019-09-27	26	2nd	9 26 31 36 41
2019-09-01	15	3rd	1 20 26 39 41
2019-08-17	1	3rd	6 8 26 29 43
2019-08-16	4	4th	3 4 16 26 44
2019-08-12	3	3rd	17 23 26 29 31
2019-08-09	7	3rd	7 21 26 33 36
2019-08-02	14	2nd	18 26 30 33 42
2019-07-19	18	4th	3 6 16 26 38
2019-07-01	7	2nd	13 26 32 38 39
2019-06-24	8	2nd	24 26 34 35 36
2019-06-16	25	3rd	3 4 26 32 37
2019-05-22	1	2nd	7 26 32 33 44
2019-05-21	5	4th	1 3 9 26 43
2019-05-16	5	5th	13 19 21 24 26
2019-05-11	16	3rd	8 13 26 29 40
2019-04-25	7	2nd	1 26 31 32 42
2019-04-18	4	4th	3 7 16 26 27
2019-04-14	2	3rd	5 14 26 29 35
2019-04-12	2	4th	2 7 13 26 27
2019-04-10	31	3rd	10 14 26 30 35
2019-03-10	24	2nd	3 26 35 36 41
2019-02-14	1	3rd	10 24 26 28 45
2019-02-13	8	3rd	7 15 26 27 36
2019-02-05	1	4th	5 19 20 26 39
2019-02-04	5	2nd	19 26 33 36 44
2019-01-30	2	4th	8 10 20 26 35
2019-01-28	8	3rd	3 14 26 28 30
2019-01-20	12	3rd	17 21 26 40 45
2019-01-08	4	2nd	15 26 31 35 40
2019-01-04	6	2nd	23 26 31 36 38
2018-12-29	2	3rd	2 15 26 30 33
2018-12-27	13	4th	1 11 17 26 45
2018-12-14	17	2nd	20 26 28 30 33
2018-11-27	1	5th	12 15 19 23 26
2018-11-26	2	3rd	20 23 26 34 36
2018-11-24	1	2nd	4 26 30 33 35
2018-11-23	14	3rd	4 10 26 31 40
2018-11-09	1	3rd	7 19 26 29 37
2018-11-08	15	3rd	11 21 26 40 43
2018-10-24	18	3rd	8 22 26 41 45
2018-10-06	17	3rd	12 24 26 32 45
2018-09-19	11	5th	5 7 13 19 26
2018-09-08	7	3rd	19 24 26 35 41
2018-09-01	21	3rd	6 15 26 39 43
2018-08-11	4	3rd	3 25 26 29 44
2018-08-07	21	4th	2 3 25 26 35
2018-07-17	1	3rd	14 17 26 41 42
2018-07-16	2	3rd	2 10 26 31 44
2018-07-14	1	1st	26 27 29 31 38
2018-07-13	2	2nd	16 26 28 32 42
2018-07-11	7	2nd	8 26 28 29 35
2018-07-04	25	4th	9 12 15 26 34
2018-06-09	1	3rd	11 23 26 32 40
2018-06-08	6	4th	2 13 23 26 43
2018-06-02	6	4th	7 8 11 26 40
2018-05-27	12	4th	10 14 18 26 36
2018-05-15	1	2nd	25 26 30 35 39
2018-05-14	4	5th	6 13 19 24 26
2018-05-10	38	3rd	2 10 26 33 41
2018-04-02	7	4th	1 11 21 26 28
2018-03-26	14	3rd	13 22 26 33 35
2018-03-12	8	4th	3 8 22 26 34
2018-03-04	3	5th	3 7 20 24 26
2018-03-01	7	4th	10 16 25 26 36
2018-02-22	8	3rd	10 15 26 35 38
2018-02-14	13	3rd	19 20 26 27 36
2018-02-01	30	3rd	7 9 26 27 45
2018-01-02	21	3rd	10 24 26 39 42
2017-12-12	4	4th	9 19 23 26 29
2017-12-08	1	3rd	3 11 26 27 30
2017-12-07	8	2nd	16 26 27 41 44
2017-11-29	9	3rd	18 19 26 36 38
2017-11-20	1	2nd	11 26 34 39 40
2017-11-19	43	4th	12 13 18 26 31
2017-10-06	12	1st	26 28 36 38 39
2017-09-23	22	4th	11 18 23 26 42
2017-09-01	2	4th	9 14 21 26 44
2017-08-30	17	2nd	14 26 32 42 45
2017-08-13	8	3rd	6 21 26 28 35
2017-08-05	28	3rd	22 23 26 28 37
2017-07-08	2	3rd	12 24 26 38 40
2017-07-06	2	4th	10 22 25 26 30
2017-07-04	1	4th	3 8 19 26 38
2017-07-03	1	4th	11 13 16 26 31
2017-07-02	5	5th	3 5 8 15 26
2017-06-27	—	2nd	16 26 29 34 36

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.

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