Number 26

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,787 draws, 5 from 1–43.

325times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.05σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

47longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 325 times in 2,787 draws against 324.1 expected, +0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 325 times in 2,787 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 10 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 smallest4 · chance 6.9
2nd smallest50 · chance 49.4
3rd smallest131 · chance 118.5
4th smallest114 · chance 113.5
5th smallest26 · chance 36.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 28 22 20 11 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-10-02	2	2nd	24 26 33 35 43
2026-09-30	1	2nd	23 26 27 31 42
2026-09-29	21	4th	2 11 19 26 35
2026-09-08	9	4th	20 24 25 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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-12	1	4th	17 23 24 26 35
2026-02-11	2	5th	2 4 7 20 26
2026-02-09	4	3rd	1 14 26 33 38
2026-02-05	13	3rd	3 5 26 36 37
2026-01-23	7	3rd	7 16 26 33 37
2026-01-16	10	4th	1 3 7 26 37
2026-01-06	1	3rd	15 23 26 29 32
2026-01-05	1	4th	1 19 24 26 39
2026-01-04	18	4th	14 20 21 26 34
2025-12-17	15	3rd	10 24 26 32 35
2025-12-02	3	3rd	8 24 26 27 35
2025-11-29	14	5th	5 11 12 17 26
2025-11-15	2	4th	2 19 23 26 39
2025-11-13	6	3rd	14 19 26 27 41
2025-11-07	1	3rd	2 6 26 42 43
2025-11-06	10	3rd	11 15 26 28 31
2025-10-27	20	3rd	14 16 26 33 39
2025-10-07	5	4th	1 18 25 26 43
2025-10-02	15	2nd	9 26 27 28 30
2025-09-17	5	3rd	16 19 26 32 35
2025-09-12	12	2nd	25 26 31 37 39
2025-08-31	4	4th	7 17 19 26 38
2025-08-27	10	5th	5 10 12 21 26
2025-08-17	1	3rd	11 13 26 30 32
2025-08-16	13	3rd	19 25 26 31 42
2025-08-03	4	4th	12 14 18 26 39
2025-07-30	2	4th	7 8 13 26 43
2025-07-28	4	2nd	11 26 34 37 41
2025-07-24	3	3rd	12 19 26 33 38
2025-07-21	1	2nd	24 26 31 32 39
2025-07-20	10	3rd	15 23 26 29 34
2025-07-10	38	4th	5 8 11 26 43
2025-06-02	3	3rd	14 21 26 34 43
2025-05-30	7	4th	4 5 23 26 42
2025-05-23	1	4th	3 20 22 26 31
2025-05-22	2	2nd	3 26 31 34 41
2025-05-20	10	3rd	11 15 26 27 32
2025-05-10	9	3rd	9 22 26 41 43
2025-05-01	7	3rd	14 18 26 35 38
2025-04-24	8	4th	5 9 16 26 34
2024-12-24	26	5th	6 11 13 24 26
2024-11-28	13	3rd	4 23 26 27 34
2024-11-15	14	4th	9 15 16 26 38
2024-11-01	2	3rd	3 4 26 28 29
2024-10-30	39	4th	9 18 25 26 32
2024-09-21	5	4th	8 17 22 26 39
2024-09-16	3	4th	11 16 22 26 39
2024-09-13	6	2nd	5 26 37 38 42
2024-09-07	7	4th	1 4 14 26 35
2024-08-31	5	3rd	6 13 26 30 40
2024-08-26	3	2nd	2 26 29 33 34
2024-08-23	1	3rd	19 21 26 37 38
2024-08-22	20	4th	11 22 25 26 30
2024-08-02	11	3rd	16 22 26 31 36
2024-07-22	2	3rd	10 23 26 37 40
2024-07-20	2	3rd	3 22 26 30 41
2024-07-18	1	4th	5 14 18 26 38
2024-07-17	6	2nd	4 26 30 35 40
2024-07-11	5	3rd	2 6 26 33 37
2024-07-06	13	3rd	5 7 26 34 38
2024-06-23	30	5th	11 17 21 22 26
2024-05-24	2	2nd	7 26 31 38 41
2024-05-22	1	3rd	12 22 26 28 42
2024-05-21	9	4th	19 20 23 26 33
2024-05-12	2	3rd	10 13 26 28 32
2024-05-10	4	3rd	17 22 26 33 39
2024-05-06	9	5th	1 4 9 22 26
2024-04-27	6	4th	11 20 21 26 28
2024-04-21	2	3rd	3 23 26 40 42
2024-04-19	3	4th	1 10 20 26 37
2024-04-16	31	4th	4 13 18 26 28
2024-03-16	4	4th	10 16 21 26 36
2024-03-12	2	4th	19 22 24 26 42
2024-03-10	6	4th	1 6 25 26 43
2024-03-04	13	3rd	20 23 26 33 34
2024-02-20	1	3rd	4 10 26 28 42
2024-02-19	4	3rd	1 6 26 35 38
2024-02-15	4	2nd	10 26 27 28 41
2024-02-11	5	4th	19 22 25 26 37
2024-02-06	3	5th	6 7 11 19 26
2024-02-03	12	2nd	2 26 30 34 36
2024-01-22	19	4th	6 8 17 26 32
2024-01-03	12	4th	7 13 25 26 41
2023-12-22	10	1st	26 27 29 37 42
2023-12-12	17	3rd	5 6 26 28 30
2023-11-25	11	4th	1 7 20 26 30
2023-11-14	10	5th	5 12 17 25 26
2023-11-04	4	3rd	1 5 26 29 39
2023-10-31	13	4th	2 15 23 26 38
2023-10-18	14	2nd	23 26 33 34 37
2023-10-04	11	3rd	19 20 26 29 33
2023-09-23	15	4th	15 20 25 26 32
2023-09-08	14	5th	2 13 15 22 26
2023-08-25	9	5th	6 19 22 23 26
2023-08-16	7	2nd	10 26 27 33 42
2023-08-09	7	3rd	13 19 26 27 40
2023-08-02	4	3rd	13 22 26 28 43
2023-07-29	16	3rd	8 24 26 36 40
2023-07-13	6	5th	9 13 16 22 26
2023-07-07	1	2nd	21 26 27 35 43
2023-07-06	5	3rd	17 18 26 38 42
2023-07-01	24	3rd	10 22 26 37 39
2023-06-07	2	2nd	14 26 31 33 36
2023-06-05	5	3rd	3 6 26 29 39
2023-05-31	5	4th	9 22 24 26 35
2023-05-26	9	3rd	14 22 26 28 40
2023-05-17	7	2nd	19 26 32 42 43
2023-05-10	7	2nd	9 26 37 39 42
2023-05-03	20	3rd	13 18 26 37 41
2023-04-13	17	4th	2 12 23 26 39
2023-03-27	17	2nd	17 26 27 29 39
2023-03-10	13	4th	10 22 23 26 37
2023-02-25	21	3rd	4 14 26 31 35
2023-02-04	5	3rd	4 15 26 35 41
2023-01-30	5	3rd	3 17 26 30 34
2023-01-25	1	3rd	11 22 26 34 40
2023-01-24	2	4th	8 12 17 26 40
2023-01-22	2	3rd	17 23 26 31 40
2023-01-20	1	3rd	16 17 26 28 33
2023-01-19	13	4th	1 8 20 26 34
2023-01-06	3	3rd	10 22 26 27 37
2023-01-03	6	4th	2 14 22 26 33
2022-12-28	1	3rd	11 25 26 27 32
2022-12-27	4	4th	11 19 20 26 34
2022-12-23	10	4th	10 17 20 26 32
2022-12-13	6	3rd	7 25 26 31 42
2022-12-07	4	5th	2 15 21 25 26
2022-12-03	13	5th	12 13 17 21 26
2022-11-20	3	3rd	9 10 26 30 35
2022-11-17	4	4th	8 20 24 26 30
2022-11-13	1	3rd	7 18 26 37 43
2022-11-12	4	4th	10 11 20 26 38
2022-11-08	8	4th	1 14 21 26 39
2022-10-31	4	5th	12 14 15 17 26
2022-10-27	8	4th	5 9 20 26 43
2022-10-19	2	2nd	23 26 27 32 42
2022-10-17	24	5th	6 8 9 12 26
2022-09-23	5	3rd	6 7 26 35 42
2022-09-18	6	2nd	25 26 27 33 39
2022-09-12	1	3rd	11 14 26 33 41
2022-09-11	5	3rd	2 24 26 27 39
2022-09-06	30	4th	2 4 5 26 40
2022-08-07	27	3rd	4 15 26 33 37
2022-07-11	4	3rd	8 14 26 27 39
2022-07-07	9	4th	6 11 13 26 40
2022-06-28	3	4th	8 21 25 26 38
2022-06-25	2	3rd	1 23 26 37 39
2022-06-23	9	3rd	2 20 26 39 41
2022-06-14	7	4th	9 12 17 26 28
2022-06-07	2	3rd	15 24 26 34 38
2022-06-05	2	2nd	25 26 30 31 41
2022-06-03	1	4th	13 18 20 26 28
2022-06-02	8	5th	1 5 8 15 26
2022-05-25	8	2nd	8 26 28 39 43
2022-05-17	1	4th	2 4 16 26 28
2022-05-16	15	2nd	24 26 30 33 39
2022-05-01	11	4th	6 15 17 26 36
2022-04-20	33	3rd	13 25 26 30 41
2022-03-18	20	3rd	15 22 26 28 30
2022-02-26	1	3rd	16 25 26 28 34
2022-02-25	1	3rd	5 11 26 28 31
2022-02-24	11	2nd	20 26 29 35 36
2022-02-13	9	2nd	19 26 28 41 43
2022-02-04	4	4th	6 11 18 26 38
2022-01-31	14	3rd	10 17 26 28 38
2022-01-17	1	2nd	9 26 34 38 39
2022-01-16	5	3rd	16 17 26 27 36
2022-01-11	9	3rd	16 18 26 41 42
2022-01-02	1	4th	16 17 18 26 29
2022-01-01	2	4th	2 17 22 26 36
2021-12-30	5	4th	4 15 22 26 32
2021-12-25	3	3rd	9 15 26 27 43
2021-12-22	8	3rd	7 21 26 31 33
2021-12-14	2	2nd	20 26 27 33 37
2021-12-12	1	4th	13 14 20 26 42
2021-12-11	18	3rd	6 14 26 27 37
2021-11-23	3	2nd	4 26 27 29 30
2021-11-20	2	3rd	14 24 26 38 43
2021-11-18	5	3rd	2 6 26 31 42
2021-11-13	6	3rd	4 20 26 28 41
2021-11-07	22	5th	14 18 22 25 26
2021-10-16	8	4th	8 12 17 26 32
2021-10-08	3	4th	3 22 24 26 31
2021-10-05	2	4th	3 8 23 26 32
2021-10-03	18	3rd	2 8 26 33 43
2021-09-15	9	4th	3 20 24 26 30
2021-09-06	6	2nd	16 26 28 32 39
2021-08-31	9	4th	6 12 13 26 30
2021-08-22	10	4th	1 7 13 26 29
2021-08-12	1	3rd	20 24 26 29 31
2021-08-11	4	3rd	12 18 26 32 36
2021-08-07	13	4th	9 23 24 26 41
2021-07-25	20	4th	13 15 24 26 32
2021-07-05	3	2nd	8 26 29 30 40
2021-07-02	1	3rd	16 23 26 31 37
2021-07-01	5	3rd	3 11 26 27 32
2021-06-26	15	2nd	23 26 28 29 40
2021-06-11	4	4th	4 11 12 26 35
2021-06-07	11	3rd	1 4 26 36 38
2021-05-27	5	2nd	17 26 31 33 37
2021-05-22	20	4th	7 11 14 26 29
2021-05-02	5	4th	8 9 12 26 38
2021-04-27	3	3rd	10 23 26 35 36
2021-04-24	8	4th	5 20 22 26 42
2021-04-16	2	4th	14 20 25 26 41
2021-04-14	3	2nd	21 26 29 33 35
2021-04-11	2	4th	9 14 22 26 35
2021-04-09	3	4th	12 16 22 26 29
2021-04-06	5	3rd	3 8 26 27 39
2021-04-01	19	4th	2 7 21 26 30
2021-03-13	27	5th	5 11 20 21 26
2021-02-14	29	4th	6 9 19 26 43
2021-01-16	22	2nd	16 26 28 36 42
2020-12-25	7	4th	3 9 24 26 33
2020-12-18	8	4th	14 20 24 26 34
2020-12-10	10	5th	6 11 13 19 26
2020-11-30	1	3rd	19 23 26 37 42
2020-11-29	16	3rd	1 20 26 28 34
2020-11-13	5	4th	5 10 13 26 41
2020-11-08	4	3rd	19 23 26 33 40
2020-11-04	3	4th	5 7 22 26 37
2020-11-01	30	4th	10 13 21 26 32
2020-10-02	3	4th	1 5 15 26 40
2020-09-29	1	3rd	4 20 26 28 39
2020-09-28	5	4th	8 12 19 26 34
2020-09-23	7	3rd	9 15 26 33 37
2020-09-16	13	3rd	9 25 26 27 33
2020-09-03	1	2nd	25 26 30 37 41
2020-09-02	12	3rd	4 17 26 33 37
2020-08-21	5	3rd	15 17 26 38 39
2020-08-16	12	3rd	4 10 26 29 36
2020-08-04	33	3rd	1 16 26 36 41
2020-07-02	11	3rd	9 14 26 35 40
2020-06-21	14	3rd	4 21 26 32 35
2020-06-07	1	4th	3 13 24 26 31
2020-06-06	1	4th	11 13 19 26 35
2020-06-05	10	4th	12 16 21 26 28
2020-05-26	13	4th	8 16 19 26 36
2020-05-13	1	5th	4 13 14 24 26
2020-05-12	1	3rd	9 10 26 38 41
2020-05-11	22	4th	4 18 21 26 42
2020-04-19	1	4th	11 18 23 26 39
2020-04-18	21	3rd	10 13 26 41 42
2020-03-28	20	4th	2 12 20 26 27
2020-03-08	6	2nd	9 26 29 37 38
2020-03-02	10	3rd	4 13 26 36 39
2020-02-21	1	2nd	11 26 29 30 34
2020-02-20	9	4th	3 12 13 26 35
2020-02-11	5	3rd	14 19 26 29 33
2020-02-06	3	3rd	8 9 26 36 39
2020-02-03	4	2nd	7 26 28 33 35
2020-01-30	11	4th	1 10 13 26 32
2020-01-19	7	3rd	7 11 26 29 40
2020-01-12	5	4th	13 15 22 26 41
2020-01-07	8	4th	10 13 16 26 29
2019-12-30	22	2nd	7 26 30 33 39
2019-12-08	2	4th	11 12 17 26 35
2019-12-06	3	5th	8 15 23 25 26
2019-12-03	15	3rd	12 24 26 27 34
2019-11-18	4	2nd	6 26 33 36 39
2019-11-14	47	4th	9 20 21 26 41
2019-09-28	5	3rd	1 5 26 29 35
2019-09-23	10	3rd	1 15 26 28 35
2019-09-13	2	4th	6 12 23 26 41
2019-09-11	8	2nd	12 26 30 37 41
2019-09-03	1	5th	9 14 16 22 26
2019-09-02	9	4th	5 18 24 26 29
2019-08-24	19	3rd	18 19 26 28 33
2019-08-05	4	2nd	24 26 27 31 41
2019-08-01	4	3rd	3 21 26 31 33
2019-07-28	2	2nd	24 26 36 40 41
2019-07-26	4	4th	18 19 25 26 32
2019-07-22	3	5th	7 11 14 24 26
2019-07-19	2	3rd	1 9 26 30 36
2019-07-17	15	4th	2 9 16 26 35
2019-07-02	22	3rd	5 20 26 32 39
2019-06-10	20	3rd	15 24 26 28 29
2019-05-21	8	3rd	8 11 26 31 37
2019-05-13	10	3rd	4 8 26 35 43
2019-05-03	7	4th	2 20 25 26 33
2019-04-26	18	4th	2 12 15 26 31
2019-04-08	1	2nd	11 26 28 29 32
2019-04-07	22	3rd	1 2 26 29 32
2019-03-16	4	2nd	4 26 29 42 43
2019-03-12	3	2nd	4 26 27 36 43
2019-03-09	11	4th	2 9 17 26 40
2019-02-26	4	3rd	15 19 26 41 42
2019-02-22	3	3rd	3 6 26 33 40
2019-02-19	1	3rd	3 15 26 28 29
2019-02-18	8	3rd	14 20 26 37 39
2019-02-10	3	3rd	8 22 26 32 43
2019-02-07	9	4th	6 10 22 26 38
2019-01-29	17	1st	26 27 33 36 43
2019-01-12	9	3rd	6 24 26 28 30
2019-01-03	5	4th	7 11 21 26 32
2018-12-29	6	3rd	10 12 26 27 28
2018-12-23	1	5th	3 19 22 24 26
2018-12-22	5	3rd	13 18 26 27 43
2018-12-17	5	1st	26 27 28 33 40
2018-12-12	18	3rd	9 22 26 39 42
2018-11-24	—	3rd	21 23 26 27 30