Number 26

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

142times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.18σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

60longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 3 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 smallest7 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest26 · chance 25.3
3rd smallest52 · chance 53.7
4th smallest41 · chance 45.7
5th smallest16 · chance 13.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 30 14 13 21 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-30	1	2nd	9 26 30 36 44
2026-09-26	2	4th	6 20 24 26 29
2026-09-19	16	3rd	9 14 26 28 35
2026-07-25	2	3rd	20 21 26

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-07	6	2nd	9 26 34 37 43
2024-08-17	3	4th	6 20 21 26 28
2024-08-07	1	5th	4 10 18 24 26
2024-08-03	7	3rd	4 11 26 29 30
2024-07-10	6	3rd	8 24 26 37 44
2024-06-19	14	4th	8 13 24 26 34
2024-05-01	9	2nd	20 26 27 33 39
2024-03-30	1	4th	4 11 17 26 30
2024-03-27	34	3rd	9 23 26 34 37
2023-11-29	8	4th	3 20 23 26 38
2023-11-01	2	2nd	23 26 27 38 43
2023-10-25	2	4th	1 5 6 26 29
2023-10-18	4	4th	1 2 20 26 40
2023-10-04	2	3rd	1 8 26 27 38
2023-09-27	2	3rd	11 15 26 31 32
2023-09-20	18	3rd	14 17 26 28 31
2023-07-19	14	5th	3 7 17 21 26
2023-05-31	4	4th	7 22 25 26 45
2023-05-17	2	3rd	16 22 26 27 35
2023-05-10	10	1st	26 32 38 42 43
2023-04-05	8	3rd	19 25 26 27 28
2023-03-08	5	4th	10 19 22 26 29
2023-02-18	4	1st	26 31 39 41 45
2023-02-04	21	4th	5 6 8 26 30
2022-11-23	5	2nd	10 26 32 38 41
2022-11-05	60	2nd	14 26 30 40 41
2022-04-09	3	2nd	25 26 29 35 43
2022-03-30	10	2nd	4 26 29 31 43
2022-02-23	6	1st	26 27 31 32 44
2022-02-02	4	4th	12 13 21 26 31
2022-01-19	6	3rd	7 19 26 27 39
2021-12-29	12	5th	12 21 22 25 26
2021-11-17	12	2nd	9 26 36 42 45
2021-10-06	14	5th	5 6 16 19 26
2021-08-18	4	3rd	1 8 26 29 39
2021-08-04	11	4th	7 12 18 26 37
2021-06-26	2	4th	9 14 25 26 31
2021-06-19	1	4th	6 12 14 26 39
2021-06-16	11	3rd	1 13 26 27 35
2021-05-08	31	4th	13 22 24 26 38
2021-01-20	8	5th	7 12 13 14 26
2020-12-23	9	5th	2 10 11 24 26
2020-11-21	20	3rd	4 5 26 35 37
2020-09-12	6	5th	10 11 17 21 26
2020-08-22	12	5th	8 12 13 18 26
2020-07-11	2	4th	11 13 15 26 27
2020-07-04	17	4th	6 9 22 26 35
2020-05-06	6	4th	1 10 23 26 43
2020-04-15	14	4th	6 13 24 26 36
2020-02-26	13	3rd	9 15 26 40 44
2020-01-11	1	4th	1 13 23 26 41
2020-01-08	2	3rd	21 22 26 29 43
2020-01-01	25	4th	4 18 20 26 30
2019-10-05	3	2nd	14 26 27 35 36
2019-09-25	29	4th	2 11 12 26 38
2019-06-15	3	4th	1 2 20 26 39
2019-06-05	7	1st	26 27 32 43 44
2019-05-11	5	1st	26 30 35 38 41
2019-04-24	2	4th	20 21 22 26 36
2019-04-17	3	4th	14 22 24 26 43
2019-04-06	3	4th	4 10 23 26 39
2019-03-27	1	3rd	2 9 26 27 34
2019-03-23	11	5th	3 5 8 15 26
2019-02-13	7	4th	3 8 24 26 35
2019-01-19	5	2nd	24 26 29 36 43
2019-01-02	3	2nd	24 26 31 40 43
2018-12-22	3	2nd	19 26 35 39 42
2018-12-12	4	3rd	8 19 26 43 45
2018-11-28	27	4th	7 21 24 26 37
2018-08-25	4	3rd	1 17 26 27 34
2018-08-11	22	1st	26 29 34 36 41
2018-05-26	3	3rd	19 22 26 29 45
2018-05-16	6	5th	13 15 18 21 26
2018-04-25	23	3rd	5 14 26 34 38
2018-02-03	3	3rd	4 8 26 31 40
2018-01-24	1	1st	26 29 37 39 44
2018-01-20	4	2nd	14 26 27 28 29
2018-01-06	8	3rd	8 21 26 35 42
2017-12-09	19	3rd	7 25 26 31 36
2017-10-04	8	3rd	5 13 26 33 36
2017-09-06	3	3rd	3 14 26 34 41
2017-08-26	31	3rd	5 22 26 31 36
2017-05-10	14	3rd	1 13 26 30 35
2017-03-22	4	3rd	8 18 26 40 41
2017-03-08	5	5th	4 14 17 19 26
2017-02-18	14	2nd	10 26 27 30 37
2016-12-31	4	3rd	15 20 26 30 41
2016-12-17	8	3rd	1 11 26 30 33
2016-11-19	20	4th	3 4 11 26 30
2016-09-10	10	2nd	8 26 35 37 41
2016-08-06	2	3rd	14 16 26 27 37
2016-07-30	5	3rd	22 25 26 30 35
2016-07-13	8	4th	2 9 24 26 43
2016-06-15	3	2nd	20 26 29 30 31
2016-06-04	23	3rd	12 21 26 31 40
2016-03-16	3	5th	7 16 17 22 26
2016-03-05	40	4th	12 21 22 26 38
2015-10-17	6	2nd	14 26 37 39 42
2015-09-26	8	3rd	20 23 26 33 41
2015-08-29	14	5th	1 4 17 24 26
2015-07-11	12	3rd	7 19 26 30 34
2015-05-30	6	3rd	15 25 26 27 32
2015-05-09	13	4th	7 8 19 26 38
2015-03-25	6	2nd	21 26 33 37 44
2015-03-04	6	4th	2 8 21 26 27
2015-02-11	1	3rd	11 12 26 28 33
2015-02-07	6	3rd	2 9 26 28 33
2015-01-17	1	3rd	1 20 26 39 40
2015-01-14	11	4th	5 13 25 26 43
2014-12-06	2	4th	6 11 21 26 34
2014-11-29	11	2nd	21 26 33 36 38
2014-10-22	1	3rd	5 25 26 30 34
2014-10-18	3	3rd	3 24 26 31 41
2014-10-08	2	5th	1 12 16 23 26
2014-10-01	3	2nd	6 26 27 33 36
2014-09-20	25	3rd	7 19 26 30 36
2014-06-25	5	4th	9 12 14 26 34
2014-06-07	—	4th	9 15 25 26 30