Number 26

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

227times drawn · chance expected 245 −1.23σ

24draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

60longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −1.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 227 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 24 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 smallest11 · chance 9.3
2nd smallest53 · chance 49.0
3rd smallest85 · chance 88.2
4th smallest64 · chance 64.4
5th smallest14 · chance 16.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 16 31 38 8 29

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
2026-01-28	28	3rd	19 24 26 27 47
2025-12-31	2	1st	26 30 41 43 47
2025-12-29	2	5th	1 8 16 17 26
2025-12-27	41	4th	8 12 24

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-30	7	3rd	7 11 26 37 41
2025-06-23	2	4th	13 22 23 26 47
2025-06-21	3	4th	8 10 22 26 28
2025-06-18	8	4th	6 16 25 26 44
2025-06-10	30	2nd	10 26 30 41 44
2025-05-11	6	2nd	16 26 30 34 43
2025-05-05	1	2nd	3 26 30 32 39
2025-05-04	17	2nd	12 26 31 35 43
2025-04-17	2	4th	4 18 22 26 44
2025-04-15	44	3rd	10 19 26 30 48
2025-03-02	3	3rd	4 24 26 32 42
2025-02-27	33	4th	2 18 24 26 45
2025-01-25	1	2nd	8 26 28 38 46
2025-01-24	10	2nd	14 26 35 39 40
2025-01-14	2	4th	3 6 17 26 39
2025-01-12	1	4th	2 10 22 26 47
2025-01-11	13	3rd	21 22 26 27 48
2024-12-29	11	3rd	7 18 26 35 38
2024-12-18	24	2nd	19 26 30 31 41
2024-11-24	1	4th	7 11 14 26 48
2024-11-23	4	4th	11 20 21 26 31
2024-11-19	2	5th	7 10 17 24 26
2024-11-17	31	3rd	10 20 26 28 42
2024-10-17	7	2nd	23 26 29 36 47
2024-10-10	2	3rd	7 8 26 27 47
2024-10-08	2	4th	5 17 22 26 32
2024-10-06	27	4th	1 8 10 26 34
2024-09-09	16	2nd	16 26 30 35 46
2024-08-24	3	3rd	13 19 26 33 38
2024-08-21	11	3rd	9 16 26 42 45
2024-08-10	1	2nd	3 26 30 37 43
2024-08-09	4	2nd	19 26 36 42 43
2024-08-05	8	2nd	20 26 28 33 44
2024-07-28	9	4th	2 4 10 26 29
2024-07-19	3	4th	4 7 20 26 34
2024-07-16	22	2nd	21 26 31 34 40
2024-06-24	7	2nd	20 26 27 29 33
2024-06-17	22	2nd	15 26 32 38 46
2024-05-26	1	4th	2 17 25 26 43
2024-05-25	13	4th	2 4 21 26 42
2024-05-12	15	3rd	8 14 26 29 47
2024-04-27	23	3rd	16 22 26 31 34
2024-04-04	4	3rd	5 24 26 27 43
2024-03-31	12	4th	1 4 13 26 27
2024-03-19	8	4th	2 5 19 26 38
2024-03-11	1	2nd	24 26 31 38 42
2024-03-10	8	3rd	1 6 26 36 47
2024-03-02	6	4th	1 4 19 26 37
2024-02-25	20	5th	3 13 14 17 26
2024-02-05	4	2nd	7 26 39 43 46
2024-02-01	10	4th	16 21 23 26 45
2024-01-22	27	2nd	7 26 30 31 38
2023-12-26	18	2nd	8 26 27 29 33
2023-12-08	11	1st	26 28 31 33 37
2023-11-27	2	4th	6 20 22 26 38
2023-11-25	45	5th	3 6 9 21 26
2023-10-11	11	3rd	23 25 26 37 38
2023-09-30	3	2nd	23 26 38 43 45
2023-09-27	3	2nd	15 26 31 33 38
2023-09-24	10	3rd	6 25 26 28 31
2023-09-14	2	4th	9 19 23 26 47
2023-09-12	9	4th	3 11 13 26 45
2023-09-03	6	3rd	9 22 26 35 41
2023-08-28	3	3rd	5 19 26 40 48
2023-08-25	14	3rd	4 6 26 41 44
2023-08-11	2	3rd	5 8 26 32 40
2023-08-09	9	3rd	13 19 26 27 43
2023-07-31	26	2nd	8 26 28 30 35
2023-07-05	4	3rd	8 16 26 30 38
2023-07-01	11	2nd	3 26 27 29 48
2023-06-20	5	3rd	10 17 26 28 30
2023-06-15	3	3rd	6 7 26 44 47
2023-06-12	10	2nd	9 26 27 35 41
2023-06-02	9	3rd	17 22 26 31 48
2023-05-24	1	3rd	1 25 26 46 47
2023-05-23	22	4th	16 22 24 26 27
2023-05-01	5	5th	7 10 14 16 26
2023-04-26	30	2nd	20 26 28 38 43
2023-03-27	4	3rd	13 24 26 36 47
2023-03-23	6	4th	3 7 24 26 48
2023-03-17	20	1st	26 29 35 39 48
2023-02-25	3	1st	26 28 38 42 46
2023-02-22	27	2nd	7 26 37 39 47
2023-01-26	3	3rd	15 17 26 29 35
2023-01-23	14	3rd	1 2 26 36 38
2023-01-09	20	4th	3 5 24 26 31
2022-12-20	21	3rd	22 23 26 34 39
2022-11-29	11	3rd	17 18 26 27 48
2022-11-18	6	3rd	20 24 26 33 41
2022-11-12	9	3rd	2 12 26 29 35
2022-11-03	1	3rd	14 19 26 32 36
2022-11-02	14	4th	6 10 16 26 42
2022-10-19	5	3rd	1 6 26 28 31
2022-10-14	3	3rd	8 13 26 33 37
2022-10-11	21	5th	11 14 20 23 26
2022-09-20	12	2nd	5 26 28 37 42
2022-09-08	7	5th	4 11 17 25 26
2022-09-01	1	4th	1 10 24 26 30
2022-08-31	7	3rd	5 23 26 29 36
2022-08-24	8	2nd	23 26 30 38 40
2022-08-16	1	1st	26 33 41 45 46
2022-08-15	2	3rd	1 22 26 28 47
2022-08-13	1	2nd	13 26 34 37 48
2022-08-12	8	2nd	15 26 28 38 42
2022-08-04	2	3rd	16 21 26 43 45
2022-08-02	51	4th	5 20 24 26 33
2022-06-12	2	3rd	1 16 26 27 44
2022-06-10	2	3rd	12 18 26 37 39
2022-06-08	7	5th	5 14 16 25 26
2022-06-01	6	3rd	11 15 26 35 44
2022-05-26	2	2nd	24 26 27 39 46
2022-05-24	26	3rd	1 3 26 39 46
2022-04-28	9	4th	17 19 20 26 45
2022-04-19	6	2nd	1 26 38 41 42
2022-04-13	4	2nd	10 26 38 39 40
2022-04-09	16	4th	1 4 10 26 42
2022-03-24	2	4th	11 12 19 26 46
2022-03-22	2	3rd	9 11 26 34 36
2022-03-20	3	3rd	7 8 26 31 39
2022-03-17	9	2nd	10 26 28 42 45
2022-03-08	8	4th	1 8 17 26 41
2022-02-28	60	2nd	3 26 29 30 35
2021-12-30	9	4th	7 15 19 26 32
2021-12-21	6	4th	2 10 18 26 31
2021-12-15	9	3rd	10 23 26 30 39
2021-12-06	16	4th	1 8 11 26 39
2021-11-20	18	4th	12 22 24 26 30
2021-11-02	34	3rd	8 19 26 38 39
2021-09-29	11	2nd	9 26 40 41 45
2021-09-18	17	3rd	4 10 26 30 47
2021-09-01	17	4th	7 21 23 26 36
2021-08-15	2	3rd	16 23 26 29 46
2021-08-13	7	4th	6 10 16 26 31
2021-08-06	6	5th	1 4 6 25 26
2021-07-31	3	2nd	7 26 29 36 42
2021-07-28	2	3rd	17 20 26 44 48
2021-07-26	2	2nd	8 26 39 42 46
2021-07-24	12	3rd	12 13 26 33 42
2021-06-24	14	2nd	23 26 31 35 46
2021-05-06	7	3rd	5 13 26 32 47
2021-04-12	2	4th	1 12 16 26 36
2021-04-05	10	4th	2 5 16 26 39
2021-03-01	6	4th	5 11 17 26 47
2021-02-08	3	5th	2 12 22 24 26
2021-01-28	2	4th	2 19 24 26 31
2021-01-21	5	3rd	11 15 26 34 47
2021-01-04	8	4th	2 12 21 26 46
2020-12-07	10	4th	3 18 22 26 35
2020-11-02	17	3rd	7 24 26 33 42
2020-09-03	25	4th	1 4 13 26 37
2020-06-08	1	1st	26 29 31 34 40
2020-06-04	6	4th	9 18 24 26 29
2020-05-14	11	2nd	20 26 29 34 41
2020-04-06	6	3rd	2 25 26 30 37
2020-03-16	10	4th	3 7 24 26 42
2020-02-10	50	5th	3 7 21 25 26
2019-08-19	7	3rd	8 17 26 28 40
2019-07-25	4	1st	26 29 35 37 48
2019-07-11	9	4th	5 19 23 26 42
2019-06-10	6	1st	26 34 39 40 43
2019-05-20	1	1st	26 27 29 36 46
2019-05-16	3	3rd	9 18 26 28 32
2019-05-06	13	3rd	13 14 26 36 39
2019-03-21	7	3rd	9 24 26 27 38
2019-02-25	3	2nd	24 26 31 45 48
2019-02-14	16	2nd	24 26 32 38 42
2018-12-20	3	3rd	8 21 26 40 41
2018-12-10	1	3rd	16 20 26 28 47
2018-12-06	11	3rd	5 14 26 28 31
2018-10-29	31	3rd	14 16 26 29 43
2018-07-12	17	5th	4 8 14 20 26
2018-05-14	3	2nd	11 26 33 36 42
2018-05-03	5	3rd	5 22 26 29 47
2018-04-16	8	3rd	9 11 26 33 38
2018-03-19	3	2nd	17 26 31 32 45
2018-03-08	2	3rd	20 24 26 34 39
2018-03-01	11	3rd	7 10 26 44 46
2018-01-22	31	3rd	5 13 26 30 35
2017-10-05	18	4th	12 13 21 26 36
2017-08-03	3	2nd	11 26 30 37 44
2017-07-24	5	2nd	16 26 27 36 37
2017-07-06	8	4th	3 4 10 26 36
2017-06-08	41	3rd	12 13 26 29 46
2017-01-16	3	5th	5 6 24 25 26
2017-01-05	20	3rd	10 11 26 41 47
2016-10-27	5	2nd	15 26 34 40 44
2016-10-10	38	3rd	14 23 26 43 48
2016-05-30	6	3rd	2 6 26 34 36
2016-05-09	4	4th	2 3 9 26 28
2016-04-25	7	4th	2 6 13 26 32
2016-03-31	9	3rd	17 22 26 32 37
2016-02-29	3	2nd	19 26 31 34 40
2016-02-18	9	4th	5 16 21 26 41
2016-01-18	2	3rd	2 12 26 41 48
2016-01-11	14	2nd	21 26 28 35 47
2015-11-23	7	4th	1 12 16 26 42
2015-10-29	10	4th	2 4 21 26 36
2015-09-24	12	4th	2 18 24 26 28
2015-08-13	5	3rd	6 24 26 27 43
2015-07-27	21	3rd	8 21 26 33 34
2015-05-14	2	4th	22 23 24 26 38
2015-05-07	12	4th	4 14 19 26 40
2015-03-26	—	1st	26 31 33 45 46