Number 26

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

215times drawn · chance expected 219 −0.28σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

58longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 215 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 215 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 18 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 3.7
2nd smallest19 · chance 25.6
3rd smallest60 · chance 64.8
4th smallest82 · chance 74.5
5th smallest48 · chance 39.0
6th smallest5 · chance 7.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 3 32 16 36 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-08-08	1	5th	5 11 15 23 26 44
2026-08-05	7	4th	4 7 18 26 29 36
2026-07-11	1	3rd	5 25 26 32 39 46
2026-07-08

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-29	3	5th	2 7 9 15 26 41
2025-01-18	6	2nd	20 26 27 28 36 37
2024-12-28	3	2nd	2 26 32 40 41 42
2024-12-18	1	3rd	15 24 26 30 35 40
2024-12-14	8	5th	2 13 16 20 26 32
2024-11-16	12	4th	2 18 22 26 32 39
2024-10-05	7	6th	5 15 19 23 25 26
2024-09-11	21	3rd	8 24 26 36 37 40
2024-06-29	16	4th	6 11 16 26 37 38
2024-05-04	9	4th	1 3 14 26 37 39
2024-04-03	2	4th	2 19 24 26 39 44
2024-03-27	2	3rd	15 25 26 33 41 46
2024-03-20	7	4th	10 16 20 26 27 33
2024-02-24	4	4th	1 9 10 26 31 32
2024-02-10	7	3rd	10 19 26 29 39 46
2024-01-17	8	3rd	3 20 26 29 37 42
2023-12-20	4	3rd	1 13 26 30 36 41
2023-12-06	5	4th	9 16 22 26 30 37
2023-11-18	4	4th	3 9 12 26 36 42
2023-11-04	8	5th	3 7 11 24 26 45
2023-10-07	1	5th	11 12 19 24 26 27
2023-10-04	6	5th	15 17 18 21 26 43
2023-09-13	3	2nd	11 26 27 28 29 35
2023-09-02	3	5th	1 2 13 20 26 44
2023-08-23	14	3rd	10 15 26 28 35 46
2023-07-05	12	4th	3 4 7 26 28 33
2023-05-24	5	4th	4 10 24 26 33 41
2023-05-06	11	2nd	19 26 29 31 32 36
2023-03-29	14	4th	6 19 20 26 31 45
2023-02-08	9	4th	9 18 21 26 29 30
2023-01-07	17	3rd	10 25 26 28 34 35
2022-11-09	6	4th	19 21 22 26 32 42
2022-10-19	19	4th	1 7 21 26 36 44
2022-08-13	4	4th	3 11 12 26 38 44
2022-07-30	15	4th	1 18 24 26 27 35
2022-06-08	18	1st	26 33 34 39 40 44
2022-04-06	9	5th	3 4 19 20 26 39
2022-03-05	3	2nd	1 26 30 32 34 42
2022-02-23	1	4th	13 21 25 26 28 29
2022-02-19	12	5th	4 9 13 17 26 38
2022-01-08	12	4th	13 15 18 26 28 32
2021-11-27	1	4th	4 6 15 26 40 43
2021-11-24	3	4th	15 18 22 26 29 33
2021-11-13	1	5th	2 9 16 17 26 35
2021-11-10	5	3rd	13 21 26 34 43 44
2021-10-23	3	4th	6 18 21 26 39 43
2021-10-13	1	6th	7 11 13 20 22 26
2021-10-09	15	4th	4 12 17 26 29 45
2021-08-18	4	5th	3 10 14 25 26 42
2021-08-04	15	4th	9 15 22 26 32 44
2021-06-12	17	3rd	8 17 26 38 39 41
2021-04-14	8	4th	6 8 24 26 36 39
2021-03-17	3	5th	10 15 17 24 26 29
2021-03-06	7	5th	9 13 14 15 26 36
2021-02-10	6	5th	15 17 23 25 26 44
2021-01-20	5	2nd	21 26 34 39 40 42
2021-01-02	1	3rd	2 19 26 31 37 43
2020-12-30	5	3rd	4 5 26 30 40 45
2020-12-12	2	5th	19 22 24 25 26 36
2020-12-05	2	3rd	3 9 26 36 45 46
2020-11-28	1	3rd	12 16 26 35 36 40
2020-11-25	22	5th	5 10 17 20 26 33
2020-09-09	3	3rd	3 4 26 29 37 39
2020-08-29	1	3rd	8 23 26 35 40 45
2020-08-26	3	2nd	15 26 28 41 44 46
2020-08-15	3	2nd	20 26 34 35 40 43
2020-08-05	1	6th	3 6 8 9 14 26
2020-08-01	9	4th	5 7 19 26 42 46
2020-07-01	1	5th	11 13 17 21 26 38
2020-06-27	2	4th	2 5 10 26 34 36
2020-06-20	20	4th	1 7 16 26 34 41
2020-04-11	5	4th	5 9 20 26 30 44
2020-03-25	5	3rd	2 4 26 27 33 40
2020-03-07	36	3rd	13 24 26 31 35 46
2019-11-02	2	4th	3 17 21 26 28 41
2019-10-26	10	2nd	16 26 28 32 36 44
2019-09-21	2	5th	6 10 12 23 26 29
2019-09-14	2	2nd	15 26 28 32 36 38
2019-09-07	2	4th	13 15 18 26 32 45
2019-08-31	12	3rd	7 14 26 27 39 43
2019-07-20	1	5th	1 10 16 23 26 40
2019-07-17	7	2nd	7 26 27 31 43 46
2019-06-22	21	5th	7 10 19 24 26 45
2019-04-10	3	3rd	2 10 26 29 41 45
2019-03-30	7	5th	1 6 15 18 26 29
2019-03-06	5	3rd	9 20 26 34 42 43
2019-02-16	16	3rd	19 25 26 32 39 43
2018-12-22	1	4th	5 14 15 26 30 38
2018-12-19	14	4th	3 16 19 26 29 30
2018-10-31	20	5th	11 18 22 24 26 39
2018-08-22	2	4th	2 15 18 26 27 36
2018-08-15	14	5th	2 5 8 9 26 46
2018-06-27	1	3rd	12 15 26 29 38 45
2018-06-23	2	4th	9 16 20 26 31 44
2018-06-16	11	5th	6 8 9 16 26 36
2018-05-09	4	6th	4 7 8 15 22 26
2018-04-25	16	4th	3 17 23 26 39 45
2018-02-28	16	5th	2 21 22 25 26 32
2018-01-03	5	5th	2 13 15 17 26 31
2017-12-16	6	4th	11 19 21 26 41 43
2017-11-25	12	4th	1 3 10 26 27 29
2017-10-14	10	5th	8 9 16 20 26 30
2017-09-09	4	3rd	5 9 26 27 36 41
2017-08-26	18	3rd	7 24 26 37 45 46
2017-06-24	5	4th	2 12 15 26 27 31
2017-06-07	5	5th	6 15 16 24 26 29
2017-05-20	2	4th	3 4 15 26 33 38
2017-05-13	5	3rd	3 16 26 27 30 35
2017-04-26	32	5th	7 11 12 25 26 36
2017-01-04	6	3rd	10 21 26 27 42 46
2016-12-14	8	3rd	17 19 26 32 36 40
2016-11-16	30	2nd	12 26 27 31 35 38
2016-08-03	16	5th	5 7 11 17 26 35
2016-06-08	10	4th	5 9 20 26 35 46
2016-05-04	14	4th	1 10 15 26 37 46
2016-03-16	1	3rd	9 11 26 29 35 36
2016-03-12	8	4th	10 16 18 26 39 42
2016-02-13	23	5th	1 7 14 25 26 41
2015-11-25	2	4th	12 20 23 26 28 32
2015-11-18	4	4th	3 8 11 26 35 38
2015-11-04	8	4th	5 11 16 26 37 47
2015-10-07	5	3rd	7 24 26 32 34 47
2015-09-19	6	4th	3 16 17 26 34 48
2015-08-29	1	5th	6 7 14 17 26 34
2015-08-26	15	3rd	1 23 26 34 41 44
2015-07-04	1	3rd	3 20 26 38 42 45
2015-07-01	15	4th	1 2 7 26 34 44
2015-05-09	3	4th	7 13 22 26 30 42
2015-04-29	6	3rd	12 15 26 33 34 45
2015-04-08	4	4th	6 15 25 26 42 44
2015-03-25	2	5th	4 7 11 24 26 34
2015-03-18	14	4th	14 16 19 26 28 42
2015-01-28	4	4th	1 19 20 26 31 32
2015-01-14	5	4th	3 6 18 26 30 31
2014-12-27	8	3rd	4 22 26 27 31 48
2014-11-29	23	2nd	8 26 32 34 35 36
2014-09-10	10	4th	4 15 19 26 37 47
2014-08-06	20	4th	7 18 22 26 41 44
2014-05-28	3	3rd	18 22 26 30 32 40
2014-05-17	5	4th	9 10 14 26 41 42
2014-04-30	7	4th	12 21 24 26 31 33
2014-04-05	7	2nd	20 26 31 40 42 44
2014-03-12	4	5th	3 12 20 25 26 41
2014-02-26	6	4th	6 13 14 26 32 40
2014-02-05	4	2nd	7 26 27 35 45 47
2014-01-22	29	5th	4 21 22 23 26 31
2013-10-12	1	5th	1 8 15 24 26 40
2013-10-09	58	3rd	8 13 26 27 32 36
2013-03-20	10	4th	13 18 23 26 29 34
2013-02-13	4	4th	1 6 16 26 41 48
2013-01-30	6	3rd	6 9 26 31 44 48
2013-01-09	13	2nd	1 26 37 40 44 45
2012-11-24	2	4th	11 17 19 26 37 45
2012-11-17	18	6th	10 14 16 20 24 26
2012-09-15	10	3rd	11 22 26 35 41 47
2012-08-11	3	3rd	10 16 26 31 37 45
2012-08-01	18	3rd	3 4 26 33 35 37
2012-05-30	1	3rd	16 24 26 34 38 41
2012-05-26	10	4th	5 22 24 26 31 48
2012-04-21	15	5th	1 2 10 12 26 35
2012-02-29	12	5th	6 9 11 20 26 38
2012-01-18	3	5th	6 13 16 19 26 42
2012-01-07	20	4th	3 19 24 26 41 46
2011-10-29	5	5th	5 17 19 23 26 48
2011-10-12	10	3rd	3 25 26 38 39 43
2011-09-07	1	2nd	6 26 31 36 43 46
2011-09-03	1	4th	2 6 7 26 37 38
2011-08-31	3	3rd	9 12 26 32 33 46
2011-08-20	9	3rd	15 23 26 38 39 47
2011-07-20	7	4th	1 3 22 26 31 43
2011-06-25	3	3rd	14 16 26 30 36 39
2011-06-15	6	3rd	3 19 26 27 31 32
2011-05-25	2	4th	5 8 14 26 29 31
2011-05-18	3	3rd	19 20 26 30 42 47
2011-05-07	5	3rd	3 18 26 32 33 38
2011-04-20	1	3rd	3 19 26 45 46 48
2011-04-16	11	3rd	1 4 26 33 39 44
2011-03-09	1	3rd	10 16 26 32 33 37
2011-03-05	4	4th	3 18 20 26 27 48
2011-02-19	25	4th	2 4 25 26 32 46
2010-11-24	3	4th	5 13 18 26 30 33
2010-11-13	3	5th	1 12 22 25 26 34
2010-11-03	14	4th	5 20 22 26 27 37
2010-09-15	11	5th	7 15 18 25 26 45
2010-08-07	2	4th	17 18 22 26 29 40
2010-07-31	6	4th	8 13 15 26 27 39
2010-07-10	15	3rd	1 18 26 30 31 44
2010-05-19	20	4th	8 20 24 26 32 47
2010-03-10	10	3rd	1 18 26 33 36 45
2010-02-03	6	5th	14 15 23 24 26 31
2010-01-13	—	4th	3 4 20 26 45 48