Number 26

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

162times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.60σ

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

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

35longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, +1.60σ. 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 162 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 2.0
2nd smallest21 · chance 17.9
3rd smallest51 · chance 53.8
4th smallest59 · chance 63.4
5th smallest30 · chance 24.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 8 35 34 4 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-10	10	5th	9 10 14 24 26
2026-09-30	26	3rd	5 10 26 34 36
2026-09-04	9	3rd	7 12 26 27 33
2026-08-26	3	4th	8 10 11 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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