Number 26

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

228times drawn · chance expected 220 +0.60σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

38longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 228 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 228 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 1 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 3.4
2nd smallest19 · chance 24.9
3rd smallest68 · chance 66.4
4th smallest85 · chance 80.3
5th smallest45 · chance 44.2
6th smallest10 · chance 8.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 20 24 33 9 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-07	2	5th	16 20 21 23 26 40
2026-09-30	3	3rd	10 16 26 37 46 47
2026-09-19	9	4th	1 16 23 26 30 45
2026-08-19

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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