Number 26

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,587 draws, 5 from 1–47.

286times drawn · chance expected 275 +0.69σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

55longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 286 times in 2,587 draws against 275.2 expected, +0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 286 times in 2,587 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 11 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 smallest17 · chance 10.5
2nd smallest47 · chance 58.3
3rd smallest105 · chance 110.4
4th smallest92 · chance 84.7
5th smallest25 · chance 22.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 7 27 24 1 2

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
2026-09-16	3	4th	9 15 21 26 29
2026-09-09	8	5th	7 11 17 23 26
2026-08-21	19	3rd	1 10 26 39 47
2026-07-08	2	3rd	11 24 26 40

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-08	7	3rd	1 16 26 32 45
2024-10-23	11	4th	4 16 24 26 27
2024-09-27	18	1st	26 30 38 44 46
2024-08-16	3	5th	1 4 16 24 26
2024-08-09	5	5th	3 12 15 24 26
2024-07-29	16	2nd	11 26 35 36 42
2024-06-21	22	3rd	18 24 26 27 40
2024-05-01	18	5th	5 13 17 23 26
2024-03-20	12	3rd	2 20 26 31 32
2024-02-21	7	4th	2 20 22 26 28
2024-02-05	16	4th	1 17 18 26 42
2023-12-29	4	4th	7 15 24 26 38
2023-12-20	7	2nd	7 26 29 32 39
2023-12-04	3	4th	1 14 24 26 46
2023-11-27	11	3rd	9 19 26 32 43
2023-11-01	5	5th	11 19 21 24 26
2023-10-20	6	3rd	3 9 26 27 39
2023-10-06	16	4th	10 20 23 26 34
2023-08-30	3	2nd	21 26 31 36 41
2023-08-23	2	3rd	16 21 26 38 45
2023-08-18	7	3rd	8 11 26 28 29
2023-08-02	1	2nd	11 26 29 41 43
2023-07-31	3	3rd	18 25 26 41 46
2023-07-24	7	4th	9 10 17 26 43
2023-07-07	10	2nd	16 26 29 40 46
2023-06-14	2	3rd	21 22 26 28 33
2023-06-09	1	2nd	21 26 30 37 45
2023-06-07	13	3rd	5 18 26 30 44
2023-05-08	18	3rd	2 20 26 32 38
2023-03-27	5	2nd	13 26 29 33 46
2023-03-15	1	4th	7 8 9 26 40
2023-03-13	13	3rd	12 20 26 33 43
2023-02-10	21	1st	26 31 36 37 43
2022-12-23	10	1st	26 27 29 45 47
2022-11-30	2	3rd	3 15 26 30 40
2022-11-25	4	4th	2 10 25 26 29
2022-11-16	5	3rd	2 15 26 43 45
2022-11-06	4	4th	17 19 24 26 30
2022-10-28	13	3rd	13 22 26 36 47
2022-09-28	35	3rd	2 17 26 34 36
2022-07-08	7	3rd	21 25 26 28 36
2022-06-22	8	3rd	1 13 26 29 30
2022-06-03	5	4th	6 21 25 26 41
2022-05-23	3	4th	21 24 25 26 40
2022-05-16	1	5th	13 15 19 23 26
2022-05-13	12	3rd	3 14 26 40 42
2022-04-15	8	5th	5 19 20 25 26
2022-03-28	3	3rd	17 24 26 33 35
2022-03-21	7	5th	8 21 24 25 26
2022-03-04	10	3rd	10 14 26 27 44
2022-02-09	24	2nd	10 26 31 36 38
2021-12-15	6	4th	15 19 20 26 43
2021-12-01	14	3rd	20 23 26 45 46
2021-10-29	1	2nd	10 26 30 33 40
2021-10-27	1	4th	9 18 24 26 30
2021-10-25	1	5th	4 7 9 21 26
2021-10-22	1	2nd	2 26 28 32 47
2021-10-20	18	4th	5 20 21 26 28
2021-09-08	6	3rd	1 15 26 38 45
2021-08-25	8	3rd	6 25 26 40 41
2021-08-06	44	4th	8 16 25 26 30
2021-04-26	19	4th	3 24 25 26 42
2021-03-12	14	4th	2 7 10 26 43
2021-02-08	5	3rd	7 20 26 38 39
2021-01-27	6	1st	26 28 30 38 46
2021-01-13	21	1st	26 30 40 42 46
2020-11-25	17	5th	4 21 22 25 26
2020-10-16	7	4th	3 9 11 26 27
2020-09-30	8	4th	11 13 23 26 44
2020-09-11	2	4th	2 5 15 26 43
2020-09-07	3	4th	8 13 25 26 47
2020-08-31	3	4th	1 7 17 26 38
2020-08-24	28	2nd	17 26 30 44 45
2020-06-19	1	3rd	5 24 26 28 39
2020-06-17	2	4th	1 5 17 26 38
2020-06-12	5	3rd	6 12 26 31 47
2020-06-01	12	5th	2 5 20 21 26
2020-05-04	34	3rd	5 7 26 33 37
2020-02-14	13	3rd	19 22 26 41 46
2020-01-15	11	3rd	9 15 26 35 43
2019-12-20	23	4th	12 15 24 26 34
2019-10-28	10	4th	2 10 22 26 35
2019-10-04	14	5th	5 11 13 23 26
2019-09-02	6	3rd	14 16 26 30 36
2019-08-19	10	4th	3 4 18 26 31
2019-07-26	16	5th	7 14 15 21 26
2019-06-19	7	2nd	15 26 30 32 43
2019-06-03	11	3rd	5 19 26 30 35
2019-05-08	6	3rd	11 23 26 34 39
2019-04-24	1	1st	26 27 34 42 43
2019-04-22	5	4th	4 11 20 26 40
2019-04-10	4	5th	8 13 15 16 26
2019-04-01	33	3rd	16 18 26 31 33
2019-01-14	22	3rd	4 6 26 28 38
2018-11-23	5	3rd	1 20 26 33 34
2018-11-12	2	1st	26 28 35 41 45
2018-11-07	2	3rd	7 22 26 28 43
2018-11-02	5	2nd	23 26 27 30 37
2018-10-22	6	4th	7 8 20 26 30
2018-10-08	2	5th	8 9 14 24 26
2018-10-03	1	2nd	24 26 33 42 47
2018-10-01	4	3rd	14 16 26 39 45
2018-09-21	3	3rd	2 8 26 33 34
2018-09-14	55	4th	5 12 25 26 29
2018-05-09	2	4th	11 20 24 26 44
2018-05-04	9	3rd	16 23 26 27 28
2018-04-13	5	1st	26 27 29 40 46
2018-04-02	1	2nd	19 26 37 41 47
2018-03-30	29	4th	18 21 22 26 34
2018-01-22	1	4th	4 6 12 26 41
2018-01-19	2	2nd	5 26 33 36 45
2018-01-15	1	3rd	14 18 26 31 44
2018-01-12	6	4th	2 9 21 26 42
2017-12-29	3	3rd	6 19 26 27 40
2017-12-22	17	2nd	4 26 32 37 43
2017-11-13	1	3rd	13 25 26 27 29
2017-11-10	4	5th	6 20 21 22 26
2017-11-01	18	4th	1 7 20 26 36
2017-09-20	3	3rd	18 23 26 35 46
2017-09-13	1	3rd	13 22 26 35 41
2017-09-11	6	4th	5 21 23 26 33
2017-08-28	21	3rd	14 19 26 33 46
2017-07-10	6	4th	1 6 25 26 45
2017-06-26	10	4th	3 7 18 26 27
2017-06-02	7	3rd	5 23 26 42 43
2017-05-17	1	4th	11 16 18 26 27
2017-05-15	2	2nd	5 26 36 37 42
2017-05-10	29	3rd	4 13 26 45 46
2017-03-03	5	3rd	4 20 26 30 31
2017-02-20	5	4th	11 15 24 26 29
2017-02-08	17	3rd	7 15 26 29 46
2016-12-30	3	4th	2 8 16 26 41
2016-12-23	23	1st	26 35 37 40 43
2016-10-31	4	4th	8 16 21 26 38
2016-10-21	16	4th	12 15 22 26 47
2016-09-14	16	4th	4 10 21 26 44
2016-08-08	3	3rd	8 22 26 31 36
2016-08-01	16	4th	1 4 6 26 34
2016-06-24	24	3rd	10 25 26 27 29
2016-04-29	10	3rd	4 23 26 27 47
2016-04-06	15	4th	1 3 5 26 41
2016-03-02	24	3rd	1 12 26 34 45
2016-01-06	3	2nd	14 26 27 34 43
2015-12-30	3	4th	2 10 17 26 28
2015-12-23	1	4th	4 7 14 26 33
2015-12-21	2	4th	1 11 19 26 46
2015-12-16	12	4th	2 6 23 26 41
2015-11-18	1	3rd	18 25 26 35 40
2015-11-16	1	2nd	11 26 30 39 43
2015-11-13	1	3rd	2 7 26 28 41
2015-11-11	31	4th	1 6 18 26 37
2015-08-31	2	2nd	10 26 37 38 40
2015-08-26	3	3rd	7 25 26 33 47
2015-08-19	5	5th	2 3 4 11 26
2015-08-07	3	4th	5 11 22 26 41
2015-07-31	1	4th	10 13 14 26 32
2015-07-29	3	3rd	12 14 26 33 36
2015-07-22	4	3rd	6 10 26 40 46
2015-07-13	4	3rd	12 24 26 35 46
2015-07-03	3	1st	26 30 35 42 43
2015-06-26	5	2nd	20 26 27 31 43
2015-06-15	3	4th	4 5 9 26 27
2015-06-08	6	4th	2 8 22 26 32
2015-05-25	10	5th	11 12 24 25 26
2015-05-01	21	5th	1 14 16 22 26
2015-03-13	12	4th	14 20 25 26 40
2015-02-13	19	3rd	10 25 26 43 45
2014-12-31	5	3rd	16 23 26 28 36
2014-12-19	10	3rd	9 12 26 39 47
2014-11-26	13	5th	7 15 23 25 26
2014-10-27	17	2nd	25 26 39 43 46
2014-09-17	1	3rd	12 18 26 27 31
2014-09-15	1	3rd	5 15 26 32 37
2014-09-12	5	2nd	13 26 30 38 41
2014-09-01	1	3rd	1 5 26 27 47
2014-08-29	25	5th	12 13 19 24 26
2014-07-02	3	2nd	23 26 39 42 44
2014-06-25	5	4th	2 23 24 26 42
2014-06-13	4	3rd	23 25 26 34 43
2014-06-04	1	5th	2 3 21 24 26
2014-06-02	7	1st	26 29 36 42 47
2014-05-16	7	2nd	8 26 39 40 43
2014-04-30	2	2nd	16 26 32 37 40
2014-04-25	5	3rd	7 23 26 37 39
2014-04-14	6	1st	26 27 38 45 47
2014-03-31	29	4th	17 19 20 26 37
2014-01-22	1	4th	7 13 17 26 32
2014-01-20	4	4th	1 6 7 26 45
2014-01-10	1	3rd	9 20 26 37 41
2014-01-08	16	3rd	18 22 26 34 36
2013-12-02	3	3rd	3 14 26 28 32
2013-11-25	8	4th	13 17 23 26 42
2013-11-06	9	5th	2 11 18 23 26
2013-10-16	10	4th	6 11 24 26 40
2013-09-23	7	3rd	19 21 26 32 33
2013-09-06	4	2nd	8 26 27 28 30
2013-08-28	3	2nd	13 26 27 29 41
2013-08-21	2	4th	10 13 16 26 38
2013-08-16	1	3rd	1 7 26 36 47
2013-08-14	6	1st	26 31 34 42 45
2013-07-31	4	4th	9 11 13 26 47
2013-07-22	30	4th	14 15 24 26 27
2013-05-13	7	3rd	1 6 26 33 42
2013-04-26	4	2nd	2 26 32 36 47
2013-04-17	8	4th	3 6 12 26 41
2013-03-29	10	3rd	8 13 26 41 45
2013-03-06	2	4th	9 14 16 26 36
2013-03-01	1	2nd	10 26 32 40 41
2013-02-27	44	2nd	6 26 38 45 47
2012-11-16	2	2nd	7 26 27 31 46
2012-11-12	7	4th	1 3 23 26 35
2012-10-26	9	2nd	19 26 28 39 46
2012-10-05	4	4th	3 5 14 26 46
2012-09-26	1	4th	2 14 23 26 42
2012-09-24	9	3rd	9 21 26 33 35
2012-09-03	16	4th	3 17 24 26 32
2012-07-27	12	4th	8 17 24 26 34
2012-06-29	8	3rd	9 20 26 28 46
2012-06-11	5	4th	12 17 19 26 45
2012-05-30	11	2nd	16 26 27 32 42
2012-05-04	8	4th	3 5 13 26 30
2012-04-16	9	3rd	2 22 26 31 46
2012-03-26	1	4th	11 12 23 26 42
2012-03-23	12	3rd	18 22 26 40 44
2012-02-24	5	3rd	4 25 26 42 47
2012-02-13	5	4th	3 9 11 26 46
2012-02-01	4	4th	4 14 23 26 34
2012-01-23	5	2nd	25 26 32 34 35
2012-01-11	9	3rd	10 16 26 28 39
2011-12-21	4	4th	6 9 21 26 38
2011-12-12	3	4th	11 22 23 26 37
2011-12-05	4	3rd	14 16 26 44 46
2011-11-25	14	2nd	14 26 34 46 47
2011-10-24	5	4th	2 11 12 26 35
2011-10-12	8	4th	6 20 22 26 44
2011-09-23	8	2nd	7 26 28 31 40
2011-09-05	5	3rd	7 10 26 28 32
2011-08-24	1	2nd	12 26 35 37 47
2011-08-22	1	2nd	25 26 39 43 47
2011-08-19	2	2nd	19 26 28 30 33
2011-08-15	9	3rd	3 22 26 31 43
2011-07-25	1	3rd	13 22 26 36 40
2011-07-22	11	1st	26 27 29 43 47
2011-06-27	7	4th	9 16 23 26 46
2011-06-10	5	4th	1 2 24 26 29
2011-05-30	8	1st	26 33 35 39 45
2011-05-11	28	4th	11 12 17 26 29
2011-03-07	7	1st	26 33 35 37 39
2011-02-18	7	5th	8 10 14 19 26
2011-02-02	14	3rd	1 20 26 30 35
2010-12-31	5	4th	7 15 16 26 42
2010-12-20	27	3rd	10 11 26 33 39
2010-10-18	8	3rd	15 23 26 32 45
2010-09-29	4	3rd	23 24 26 28 32
2010-09-20	11	3rd	10 16 26 36 40
2010-08-25	4	1st	26 32 35 38 44
2010-08-16	6	3rd	8 17 26 30 33
2010-08-02	8	2nd	2 26 33 36 41
2010-07-14	6	3rd	13 22 26 37 44
2010-06-30	24	2nd	3 26 28 41 43
2010-05-05	3	2nd	1 26 32 41 43
2010-04-28	—	4th	14 22 23 26 27