Number 26

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

89times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.31σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

34longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.31σ. 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 89 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest3 · chance 5.4
3rd smallest21 · chance 20.0
4th smallest32 · chance 32.8
5th smallest20 · chance 24.0
6th smallest13 · chance 6.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 11 16 6 10 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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	5	4th	11 16 25 26 30 35
2026-09-12	1	6th	6 7 15 22 24 26
2026-09-09	7	3rd	13 14 26 30 31 32
2026-08-15	5	4th	13

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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