Number 26

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,904 draws, 6 from 1–49.

250times drawn · chance expected 233 +1.18σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

42longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 1,904 draws against 233.1 expected, +1.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 250 times in 1,904 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 6 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 smallest2 · chance 4.9
2nd smallest32 · chance 32.3
3rd smallest88 · chance 77.6
4th smallest77 · chance 85.0
5th smallest42 · chance 42.5
6th smallest9 · chance 7.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 41 13 23 44 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-28	11	3rd	20 21 26 32 39 44
2026-09-02	8	4th	4 9 13 26 36 38
2026-08-15	12	3rd	10 12 26 34 35 43
2026-07-18	1	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-08	3	4th	5 17 23 26 30 33
2025-03-01	2	4th	3 14 24 26 36 38
2025-02-24	9	6th	3 5 13 20 22 26
2025-02-03	7	4th	3 9 15 26 37 41
2025-01-18	16	4th	4 13 14 26 28 39
2024-12-11	3	2nd	19 26 30 31 32 34
2024-12-04	4	6th	1 5 6 7 19 26
2024-11-25	15	4th	7 12 24 26 29 41
2024-10-21	9	3rd	3 7 26 30 38 41
2024-09-30	1	6th	6 16 17 18 22 26
2024-09-28	4	2nd	23 26 29 32 33 40
2024-09-18	34	5th	3 6 12 16 26 37
2024-07-01	6	4th	4 6 8 26 29 42
2024-06-17	2	4th	4 18 22 26 29 31
2024-06-12	5	4th	3 10 19 26 33 37
2024-06-01	2	5th	2 17 22 25 26 43
2024-05-27	7	3rd	5 23 26 37 39 41
2024-05-11	2	2nd	20 26 29 30 34 41
2024-05-06	1	3rd	12 23 26 28 33 43
2024-05-04	1	4th	4 11 15 26 30 40
2024-05-01	12	3rd	17 21 26 29 37 42
2024-04-03	3	4th	2 7 9 26 30 33
2024-03-27	8	4th	10 12 23 26 31 38
2024-03-09	7	4th	4 9 23 26 39 40
2024-02-21	12	3rd	11 22 26 27 40 41
2024-01-24	5	4th	11 13 14 26 29 30
2024-01-13	7	4th	4 9 13 26 32 34
2023-12-27	7	5th	3 5 12 19 26 41
2023-12-11	14	3rd	4 25 26 30 38 41
2023-11-08	19	3rd	4 11 26 38 46 49
2023-09-02	15	6th	3 4 7 13 24 26
2023-07-12	20	4th	16 19 22 26 37 38
2023-05-03	3	3rd	8 14 26 38 42 44
2023-04-22	1	4th	14 21 23 26 38 40
2023-04-19	6	3rd	1 15 26 28 39 49
2023-03-29	1	3rd	22 24 26 35 47 49
2023-03-25	21	4th	10 16 21 26 33 34
2023-01-11	8	4th	2 16 22 26 46 47
2022-12-14	6	3rd	9 21 26 35 43 49
2022-11-23	7	3rd	4 17 26 27 36 47
2022-10-29	4	4th	15 21 23 26 33 41
2022-10-15	2	3rd	2 13 26 33 37 40
2022-10-08	1	3rd	15 20 26 29 35 40
2022-10-05	3	3rd	6 19 26 30 37 45
2022-09-24	4	3rd	10 17 26 28 37 45
2022-09-10	5	5th	3 10 15 17 26 38
2022-08-24	10	3rd	12 18 26 29 40 43
2022-07-20	19	3rd	11 21 26 42 43 44
2022-05-14	3	2nd	13 26 29 36 44 46
2022-05-04	24	3rd	14 22 26 27 46 47
2022-02-09	6	2nd	7 26 29 31 34 40
2022-01-19	4	4th	3 14 20 26 30 45
2022-01-05	5	4th	12 16 23 26 32 33
2021-12-18	2	3rd	7 11 26 28 36 39
2021-12-11	8	3rd	8 23 26 32 35 40
2021-11-13	1	3rd	6 11 26 32 37 44
2021-11-10	16	5th	3 6 14 22 26 31
2021-09-15	6	4th	2 10 22 26 46 47
2021-08-25	7	3rd	2 20 26 31 42 49
2021-07-31	7	3rd	13 22 26 32 33 44
2021-07-07	3	5th	10 12 13 18 26 27
2021-06-26	24	4th	16 17 18 26 41 45
2021-04-03	5	4th	3 4 14 26 29 48
2021-03-17	7	3rd	7 19 26 30 34 49
2021-02-20	22	2nd	23 26 28 32 33 36
2020-12-05	7	5th	1 3 15 18 26 47
2020-11-11	2	2nd	10 26 37 39 47 48
2020-11-04	3	3rd	18 22 26 33 35 37
2020-10-24	14	2nd	13 26 28 42 46 49
2020-09-05	9	2nd	8 26 36 40 41 47
2020-08-05	9	3rd	3 20 26 28 40 47
2020-07-04	5	3rd	11 14 26 27 31 44
2020-06-17	5	4th	7 9 24 26 30 41
2020-05-30	11	3rd	5 11 26 32 42 43
2020-04-22	5	5th	10 12 18 23 26 41
2020-04-04	9	5th	1 2 7 24 26 32
2020-03-04	15	3rd	15 24 26 30 31 47
2020-01-11	16	4th	1 21 24 26 29 37
2019-11-16	26	3rd	18 19 26 31 40 46
2019-08-17	6	5th	2 5 10 20 26 49
2019-07-27	15	2nd	2 26 27 29 35 47
2019-06-05	2	3rd	1 13 26 32 34 45
2019-05-29	5	2nd	3 26 30 32 40 45
2019-05-11	1	4th	3 6 19 26 31 33
2019-05-08	2	5th	11 17 19 23 26 27
2019-05-01	2	2nd	6 26 28 29 38 40
2019-04-24	6	3rd	6 12 26 28 29 35
2019-04-03	4	5th	5 6 7 23 26 49
2019-03-20	7	3rd	6 13 26 29 39 44
2019-02-23	12	2nd	12 26 38 39 46 48
2019-01-12	6	3rd	15 20 26 27 41 49
2018-12-22	1	4th	18 23 24 26 38 49
2018-12-19	8	2nd	7 26 31 35 36 41
2018-11-21	32	4th	11 15 25 26 35 39
2018-08-01	6	3rd	13 15 26 27 31 34
2018-07-11	4	4th	4 10 23 26 43 45
2018-06-27	4	6th	1 7 18 19 25 26
2018-06-13	2	3rd	14 21 26 27 39 47
2018-06-06	6	4th	11 19 22 26 30 38
2018-05-16	1	4th	4 8 16 26 41 47
2018-05-12	2	4th	14 15 18 26 29 44
2018-05-05	1	3rd	13 25 26 34 41 44
2018-05-02	16	4th	5 8 25 26 36 42
2018-03-07	9	1st	26 28 31 37 41 44
2018-02-03	5	4th	4 15 16 26 41 47
2018-01-17	13	3rd	4 22 26 37 39 43
2017-12-02	4	6th	2 5 14 15 23 26
2017-11-18	6	4th	9 14 20 26 30 43
2017-10-28	1	2nd	4 26 33 40 41 44
2017-10-25	2	5th	4 5 12 21 26 38
2017-10-18	10	2nd	4 26 27 28 29 49
2017-09-13	2	4th	2 8 13 26 39 43
2017-09-06	5	2nd	1 26 39 40 41 47
2017-08-19	4	3rd	15 24 26 40 43 48
2017-08-05	1	2nd	13 26 28 32 35 43
2017-08-02	6	5th	9 11 20 23 26 46
2017-07-12	42	5th	1 4 5 13 26 47
2017-02-15	1	3rd	1 25 26 27 34 47
2017-02-11	3	3rd	17 24 26 33 34 39
2017-02-01	14	4th	9 11 25 26 30 49
2016-12-14	1	4th	1 5 21 26 27 31
2016-12-10	7	3rd	17 21 26 37 41 43
2016-11-16	4	2nd	22 26 27 40 41 44
2016-11-02	9	2nd	18 26 37 41 42 46
2016-10-01	5	3rd	3 7 26 36 43 44
2016-09-14	11	5th	3 18 19 22 26 45
2016-08-06	10	5th	1 3 4 12 26 44
2016-07-02	20	4th	7 16 21 26 40 42
2016-04-23	3	4th	8 12 24 26 33 43
2016-04-13	2	4th	5 9 18 26 42 44
2016-04-06	17	5th	5 10 11 12 26 35
2016-02-06	2	3rd	13 23 26 30 31 34
2016-01-30	15	1st	26 31 35 37 42 46
2015-12-09	5	2nd	6 26 32 43 44 48
2015-11-21	4	3rd	16 23 26 35 41 48
2015-11-07	1	3rd	7 25 26 39 41 44
2015-11-04	5	6th	7 9 17 23 25 26
2015-10-17	1	4th	5 19 21 26 28 30
2015-10-14	5	5th	18 22 24 25 26 41
2015-09-26	2	5th	4 10 11 25 26 35
2015-09-19	6	5th	11 14 19 25 26 37
2015-08-29	10	3rd	13 18 26 27 41 48
2015-07-25	2	4th	12 15 22 26 40 45
2015-07-18	11	4th	17 18 19 26 36 43
2015-06-10	23	5th	2 5 7 16 26 42
2015-03-21	36	4th	4 16 18 26 34 42
2014-11-15	1	3rd	15 22 26 35 44 46
2014-11-12	4	2nd	7 26 30 35 42 48
2014-10-29	2	3rd	16 18 26 28 42 47
2014-10-22	6	4th	8 17 25 26 30 35
2014-10-01	8	4th	10 19 25 26 27 30
2014-09-03	2	4th	5 11 20 26 27 29
2014-08-27	12	3rd	6 23 26 36 39 45
2014-07-16	5	2nd	15 26 30 37 42 49
2014-06-28	3	2nd	19 26 27 35 38 44
2014-06-18	16	3rd	17 21 26 28 32 44
2014-04-23	2	3rd	10 13 26 33 38 48
2014-04-16	6	4th	17 22 24 26 30 48
2014-03-26	6	3rd	2 19 26 28 31 39
2014-03-05	2	2nd	2 26 37 42 44 45
2014-02-26	1	4th	6 12 16 26 39 47
2014-02-22	3	3rd	14 22 26 30 33 48
2014-02-12	6	3rd	3 5 26 29 30 47
2014-01-22	4	5th	4 20 21 23 26 38
2014-01-08	11	2nd	13 26 27 35 41 46
2013-11-30	4	3rd	11 25 26 28 45 47
2013-11-16	6	4th	13 22 25 26 33 37
2013-10-26	7	4th	1 10 23 26 33 39
2013-10-02	2	6th	1 12 16 17 21 26
2013-09-25	5	4th	5 19 24 26 35 44
2013-09-07	3	2nd	25 26 31 32 33 35
2013-08-28	9	3rd	20 22 26 29 30 39
2013-07-27	6	3rd	12 25 26 27 32 40
2013-07-06	13	3rd	8 23 26 34 40 49
2013-05-22	1	5th	9 13 17 24 26 45
2013-05-18	2	5th	3 13 17 21 26 47
2013-05-11	11	4th	19 21 23 26 45 48
2013-04-03	1	4th	1 8 15 26 33 41
2013-03-30	35	3rd	3 20 26 30 37 48
2012-11-28	1	3rd	2 24 26 27 30 32
2012-11-24	7	5th	3 4 16 25 26 28
2012-10-31	2	2nd	24 26 35 39 48 49
2012-10-24	11	4th	1 8 19 26 44 45
2012-09-15	6	3rd	2 9 26 30 34 49
2012-08-25	3	4th	1 10 23 26 27 47
2012-08-15	7	4th	10 15 18 26 30 45
2012-07-21	9	3rd	5 20 26 41 46 47
2012-06-20	1	3rd	12 17 26 28 38 41
2012-06-16	8	3rd	10 17 26 28 29 43
2012-05-19	9	4th	2 13 14 26 30 44
2012-04-18	26	4th	8 12 23 26 32 35
2012-01-18	2	5th	9 18 23 25 26 46
2012-01-11	2	2nd	7 26 32 35 36 45
2012-01-04	1	3rd	2 21 26 38 39 42
2011-12-31	27	3rd	17 18 26 30 32 36
2011-09-28	1	4th	10 11 16 26 29 30
2011-09-24	3	3rd	13 17 26 40 44 48
2011-09-14	15	3rd	3 20 26 34 41 42
2011-07-23	1	5th	10 11 14 16 26 49
2011-07-20	1	5th	7 8 18 25 26 38
2011-07-16	2	3rd	6 17 26 36 37 46
2011-07-09	1	5th	10 13 14 23 26 43
2011-07-06	3	3rd	3 13 26 43 44 45
2011-06-25	5	3rd	14 17 26 35 38 42
2011-06-08	3	4th	5 8 24 26 33 49
2011-05-28	4	3rd	16 23 26 28 30 42
2011-05-14	1	3rd	20 21 26 29 32 44
2011-05-11	9	3rd	13 15 26 29 34 47
2011-04-09	5	5th	9 10 18 19 26 36
2011-03-23	14	6th	2 9 19 20 21 26
2011-02-02	6	3rd	8 15 26 27 41 45
2011-01-12	2	4th	7 13 15 26 30 33
2011-01-05	7	4th	2 13 19 26 39 44
2010-12-11	5	5th	10 12 16 18 26 36
2010-11-24	11	4th	12 13 18 26 31 35
2010-10-16	12	5th	5 6 12 14 26 33
2010-09-04	1	4th	9 10 22 26 27 28
2010-09-01	1	3rd	5 12 26 34 35 48
2010-08-28	4	4th	6 7 21 26 28 29
2010-08-14	1	4th	18 24 25 26 27 31
2010-08-11	2	3rd	2 25 26 39 42 45
2010-08-04	14	5th	1 6 9 10 26 44
2010-06-16	5	5th	12 14 20 25 26 37
2010-05-29	21	5th	2 8 13 16 26 36
2010-03-17	9	4th	8 15 21 26 42 49
2010-02-13	—	3rd	7 9 26 36 41 43