Number 26

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

110times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.08σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

53longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 53 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest13 · chance 6.6
2nd smallest16 · chance 28.6
3rd smallest44 · chance 42.9
4th smallest29 · chance 26.3
5th smallest8 · chance 5.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

51 1 40 3 4 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-10-12	12	3rd	4 22 26 40 45
2026-09-14	20	3rd	1 10 26 47 52
2026-07-29	6	4th	11 12 20 26 33
2026-07-15	3	1st	26 29 41

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-04	26	3rd	1 6 26 41 51
2025-04-05	7	2nd	17 26 37 40 51
2025-03-19	11	3rd	4 8 26 34 36
2025-02-22	53	3rd	3 24 26 34 35
2024-10-21	6	5th	1 4 20 24 26
2024-10-07	22	2nd	8 26 28 39 45
2024-08-17	8	2nd	4 26 38 42 50
2024-07-29	16	2nd	1 26 44 51 52
2024-06-22	3	2nd	1 26 37 39 44
2024-06-15	2	1st	26 31 32 36 49
2024-06-10	9	5th	5 11 14 25 26
2024-05-20	3	4th	13 15 24 26 27
2024-05-13	5	4th	1 15 16 26 47
2024-05-01	30	4th	14 19 24 26 40
2024-02-21	41	3rd	2 6 26 40 43
2023-11-18	1	4th	9 18 22 26 34
2023-11-15	4	3rd	15 16 26 34 51
2023-11-06	2	3rd	13 15 26 44 46
2023-11-01	12	4th	6 19 21 26 29
2023-10-04	2	4th	4 5 8 26 42
2023-09-30	17	3rd	4 5 26 27 35
2023-08-21	3	3rd	7 10 26 40 50
2023-08-14	1	2nd	1 26 31 33 50
2023-08-12	14	3rd	3 16 26 29 30
2023-07-10	10	2nd	3 26 30 47 51
2023-06-17	1	3rd	4 23 26 35 36
2023-06-14	3	3rd	2 15 26 29 30
2023-06-07	12	5th	9 12 21 22 26
2023-05-10	8	5th	9 13 14 17 26
2023-04-22	29	5th	5 9 12 24 26
2023-02-13	16	5th	2 17 21 22 26
2023-01-07	5	1st	26 28 32 36 49
2022-12-26	17	3rd	4 11 26 49 51
2022-11-16	2	3rd	3 19 26 43 50
2022-11-12	5	4th	8 20 21 26 38
2022-10-31	2	3rd	4 23 26 48 51
2022-10-26	5	3rd	1 10 26 35 39
2022-10-15	18	4th	3 16 24 26 50
2022-09-03	4	4th	6 8 13 26 30
2022-08-24	13	3rd	20 22 26 27 49
2022-07-25	5	1st	26 31 37 48 52
2022-07-13	1	4th	1 18 21 26 39
2022-07-09	6	3rd	6 11 26 32 35
2022-06-18	11	1st	26 28 32 46 48
2022-05-11	20	1st	26 29 32 36 48
2022-03-02	23	4th	8 17 24 26 38
2021-12-11	2	4th	8 10 17 26 41
2021-12-04	17	3rd	8 23 26 34 50
2021-10-06	23	2nd	11 26 40 44 49
2021-07-17	16	1st	26 30 37 40 45
2021-05-22	5	1st	26 36 47 48 52
2021-05-05	3	3rd	1 12 26 36 52
2021-04-24	18	4th	5 20 21 26 27
2021-02-20	15	3rd	7 18 26 31 39
2020-12-30	19	3rd	18 25 26 30 49
2020-10-24	4	2nd	22 26 43 50 51
2020-10-10	19	4th	2 10 19 26 31
2020-08-05	7	3rd	6 23 26 29 43
2020-07-11	7	4th	3 12 22 26 31
2020-06-17	1	4th	12 19 21 26 48
2020-06-13	17	3rd	3 16 26 29 40
2020-04-15	2	3rd	3 19 26 45 51
2020-04-08	5	4th	2 7 18 26 40
2020-03-21	13	3rd	5 21 26 47 50
2020-02-05	10	4th	1 2 18 26 36
2020-01-01	13	2nd	3 26 30 44 48
2019-11-16	28	3rd	5 15 26 46 48
2019-08-10	5	3rd	3 15 26 43 46
2019-07-24	19	1st	26 28 33 34 42
2019-05-18	7	3rd	2 22 26 28 40
2019-04-24	15	4th	3 14 15 26 46
2019-03-02	5	4th	2 10 15 26 49
2019-02-13	13	4th	5 6 18 26 45
2018-12-29	14	2nd	25 26 33 49 50
2018-11-10	1	4th	10 17 21 26 45
2018-11-07	18	2nd	19 26 30 36 42
2018-09-05	2	3rd	13 20 26 30 41
2018-08-29	2	4th	10 17 20 26 52
2018-08-22	5	4th	20 22 25 26 51
2018-08-04	28	3rd	15 16 26 45 52
2018-04-28	7	1st	26 27 29 34 40
2018-04-04	4	4th	15 16 18 26 39
2018-03-21	21	4th	6 18 25 26 28
2018-01-06	12	3rd	9 13 26 38 48
2017-11-25	2	5th	1 7 16 25 26
2017-11-18	—	3rd	4 25 26 41 47