Number 26

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

227times drawn · chance expected 222 +0.33σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

44longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 227 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 2 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 4.5
2nd smallest29 · chance 29.3
3rd smallest70 · chance 70.4
4th smallest76 · chance 77.1
5th smallest41 · chance 38.6
6th smallest10 · chance 7.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 23 45 3 33 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-05	3	2nd	16 26 28 36 41 45
2026-09-28	14	5th	13 16 21 23 26 33
2026-08-27	6	5th	1 12 19 25 26 37
2026-08-13	4	5th	6

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-06	6	4th	2 21 25 26 33 37
2025-02-13	22	2nd	12 26 37 41 43 46
2024-11-28	11	6th	1 3 10 17 23 26
2024-10-21	4	3rd	1 22 26 29 39 45
2024-10-07	7	4th	1 7 21 26 36 40
2024-09-12	2	3rd	14 19 26 36 40 42
2024-09-05	9	5th	7 14 15 24 26 32
2024-08-05	11	4th	12 13 23 26 45 46
2024-06-27	2	4th	3 10 13 26 32 33
2024-06-20	9	2nd	21 26 28 29 37 44
2024-05-20	2	3rd	4 14 26 29 36 39
2024-05-13	6	6th	2 3 4 12 20 26
2024-04-22	2	5th	4 6 8 22 26 45
2024-04-15	1	5th	2 8 15 22 26 40
2024-04-11	8	3rd	2 3 26 42 44 46
2024-03-14	4	3rd	3 23 26 29 32 41
2024-02-29	1	3rd	13 23 26 33 40 45
2024-02-26	6	4th	11 21 23 26 33 42
2024-02-05	7	3rd	15 22 26 28 33 38
2024-01-11	7	4th	2 5 13 26 28 45
2023-12-18	11	5th	6 7 16 17 26 39
2023-11-09	2	3rd	1 23 26 35 36 43
2023-11-02	3	3rd	13 16 26 27 39 42
2023-10-23	1	3rd	1 13 26 33 39 43
2023-10-19	15	4th	3 21 22 26 32 34
2023-08-28	19	4th	11 18 22 26 37 45
2023-06-22	1	3rd	17 25 26 28 31 45
2023-06-19	3	3rd	6 21 26 34 36 44
2023-06-08	1	4th	18 21 25 26 36 38
2023-06-05	8	2nd	21 26 28 37 38 44
2023-05-08	4	4th	2 7 23 26 36 38
2023-04-24	5	3rd	2 7 26 28 37 42
2023-04-06	6	4th	7 13 19 26 28 45
2023-03-16	8	2nd	14 26 30 32 42 45
2023-02-16	22	5th	3 7 17 18 26 42
2022-12-01	44	4th	8 23 24 26 32 46
2022-06-30	7	4th	5 15 18 26 29 37
2022-06-06	5	4th	4 10 15 26 32 42
2022-05-19	11	6th	3 5 10 22 24 26
2022-04-11	17	3rd	17 24 26 28 29 33
2022-02-10	7	4th	5 18 23 26 27 33
2022-01-17	1	5th	5 12 14 23 26 39
2022-01-13	1	6th	7 17 22 23 25 26
2022-01-10	12	3rd	23 25 26 38 40 43
2021-11-29	4	3rd	4 20 26 28 31 34
2021-11-15	9	2nd	10 26 38 40 41 49
2021-10-14	6	4th	7 15 16 26 27 32
2021-09-23	7	4th	2 4 13 26 37 41
2021-08-30	4	3rd	1 3 26 34 44 46
2021-08-16	5	3rd	11 21 26 29 47 48
2021-07-29	4	4th	3 9 13 26 32 33
2021-07-15	10	3rd	6 16 26 30 36 42
2021-06-10	5	5th	5 13 23 24 26 45
2021-05-24	1	3rd	3 20 26 34 43 49
2021-05-20	2	5th	10 16 20 25 26 32
2021-05-13	2	5th	7 10 15 21 26 46
2021-05-06	14	3rd	1 13 26 31 32 33
2021-03-18	15	2nd	7 26 28 30 48 49
2021-01-25	4	4th	3 18 22 26 37 43
2021-01-11	6	3rd	21 25 26 36 37 42
2020-12-21	1	4th	8 13 24 26 28 33
2020-12-17	18	4th	9 11 19 26 43 49
2020-10-15	2	4th	4 5 16 26 27 30
2020-10-08	4	5th	4 7 8 24 26 40
2020-09-24	8	4th	8 11 22 26 40 41
2020-08-27	13	5th	2 10 12 18 26 37
2020-07-13	9	2nd	21 26 40 41 46 48
2020-06-11	5	2nd	23 26 31 35 38 42
2020-05-25	4	4th	3 4 16 26 32 47
2020-05-11	24	2nd	18 26 29 43 46 47
2020-02-17	5	3rd	12 20 26 27 47 49
2020-01-30	7	5th	1 6 12 19 26 49
2020-01-06	2	3rd	2 7 26 31 43 45
2019-12-30	1	4th	13 15 24 26 43 48
2019-12-26	8	3rd	13 16 26 30 35 37
2019-11-28	5	4th	14 16 18 26 31 43
2019-11-11	5	5th	1 7 10 14 26 49
2019-10-24	4	3rd	7 20 26 27 41 47
2019-10-10	3	2nd	14 26 31 32 36 41
2019-09-30	8	3rd	14 22 26 29 36 48
2019-09-02	5	4th	13 17 25 26 38 41
2019-08-15	2	4th	2 6 10 26 38 39
2019-08-08	3	3rd	2 20 26 32 34 45
2019-07-29	5	3rd	20 21 26 28 40 41
2019-07-11	6	6th	1 2 3 10 18 26
2019-06-20	2	2nd	9 26 27 46 47 49
2019-06-13	24	4th	10 22 23 26 33 48
2019-03-21	5	3rd	23 25 26 32 42 45
2019-03-04	10	6th	5 17 18 19 22 26
2019-01-28	2	4th	3 19 25 26 28 36
2019-01-21	3	5th	2 4 9 20 26 30
2019-01-10	4	4th	7 18 24 26 29 40
2018-12-27	38	4th	16 17 23 26 27 49
2018-08-16	2	2nd	1 26 35 42 44 46
2018-08-09	4	3rd	1 16 26 41 45 46
2018-07-26	9	3rd	3 24 26 27 44 48
2018-06-25	7	2nd	18 26 29 30 36 40
2018-05-31	6	5th	9 17 22 25 26 30
2018-05-10	3	4th	11 12 22 26 40 43
2018-04-30	2	4th	13 14 17 26 35 48
2018-04-23	14	4th	2 5 17 26 35 42
2018-03-05	2	4th	7 16 24 26 33 44
2018-02-26	4	2nd	14 26 28 41 43 45
2018-02-12	11	4th	9 16 25 26 29 43
2018-01-04	10	3rd	6 17 26 35 38 41
2017-11-30	8	4th	8 17 21 26 28 40
2017-11-02	5	4th	6 11 17 26 33 44
2017-10-16	3	3rd	9 20 26 27 43 44
2017-10-05	11	4th	5 8 15 26 28 37
2017-08-28	14	5th	9 12 21 22 26 43
2017-07-10	3	4th	6 13 25 26 30 39
2017-06-29	2	3rd	22 25 26 41 43 45
2017-06-22	26	4th	2 10 11 26 38 45
2017-03-23	11	3rd	7 17 26 31 35 44
2017-02-13	7	6th	5 9 10 18 21 26
2017-01-19	4	3rd	5 23 26 31 38 39
2017-01-05	5	2nd	14 26 39 40 42 47
2016-12-19	8	3rd	3 23 26 29 33 43
2016-11-21	6	3rd	11 16 26 33 35 43
2016-10-31	6	5th	3 18 20 24 26 46
2016-10-10	10	1st	26 28 33 34 42 45
2016-09-05	4	4th	11 17 19 26 36 49
2016-08-22	1	4th	3 15 23 26 42 45
2016-08-18	2	5th	9 16 21 22 26 46
2016-08-11	4	4th	1 16 25 26 34 47
2016-07-28	17	5th	3 8 23 25 26 31
2016-05-30	7	4th	12 15 18 26 39 47
2016-05-05	9	2nd	1 26 41 42 43 47
2016-04-04	10	5th	8 9 12 19 26 47
2016-02-29	11	3rd	1 21 26 32 38 45
2016-01-21	1	5th	10 13 17 19 26 47
2016-01-18	5	2nd	12 26 29 34 36 44
2015-12-31	8	3rd	2 12 26 28 34 44
2015-12-03	4	4th	1 8 17 26 39 44
2015-11-19	11	5th	3 9 13 24 26 40
2015-10-12	35	4th	3 4 24 26 28 38
2015-06-11	5	4th	9 17 19 26 27 28
2015-05-25	7	3rd	1 13 26 31 32 33
2015-04-30	3	2nd	11 26 35 36 45 46
2015-04-20	7	2nd	24 26 31 37 39 46
2015-03-26	12	3rd	1 25 26 31 35 46
2015-02-12	13	3rd	1 25 26 31 35 45
2014-12-29	5	4th	8 14 21 26 31 45
2014-12-11	1	4th	3 5 17 26 41 46
2014-12-08	2	3rd	2 23 26 32 47 48
2014-12-01	4	5th	3 11 14 19 26 38
2014-11-17	1	3rd	13 18 26 28 40 44
2014-11-13	8	3rd	3 25 26 30 34 42
2014-10-16	15	5th	1 2 14 25 26 31
2014-08-25	4	4th	2 10 21 26 32 33
2014-08-11	4	3rd	13 18 26 33 40 49
2014-07-28	19	6th	4 6 13 19 22 26
2014-05-22	5	6th	3 14 16 19 25 26
2014-05-05	43	4th	5 19 24 26 31 45
2013-12-05	30	3rd	1 22 26 33 43 45
2013-08-22	3	3rd	4 11 26 31 33 35
2013-08-12	2	4th	11 13 15 26 29 30
2013-08-05	12	4th	1 8 25 26 35 46
2013-06-24	5	2nd	16 26 30 43 44 49
2013-06-06	13	5th	6 9 17 22 26 46
2013-04-22	6	5th	18 21 22 24 26 32
2013-04-01	2	3rd	3 22 26 29 38 39
2013-03-25	3	3rd	6 25 26 35 47 49
2013-03-14	7	4th	2 6 16 26 37 46
2013-02-18	2	4th	7 12 16 26 29 30
2013-02-11	3	3rd	21 23 26 38 44 45
2013-01-31	1	5th	3 17 23 24 26 47
2013-01-28	12	4th	2 11 15 26 29 31
2012-12-17	4	3rd	4 17 26 28 35 49
2012-12-03	5	4th	2 4 25 26 43 47
2012-11-15	9	5th	13 14 20 24 26 40
2012-10-15	7	4th	7 14 19 26 30 34
2012-09-20	5	5th	2 8 9 15 26 41
2012-09-03	10	3rd	11 14 26 27 32 33
2012-07-30	5	4th	5 10 13 26 32 49
2012-07-12	3	3rd	18 20 26 31 33 38
2012-07-02	4	2nd	8 26 30 31 35 40
2012-06-18	14	3rd	10 21 26 28 37 49
2012-04-30	12	3rd	8 18 26 28 29 46
2012-03-19	28	4th	8 12 18 26 31 46
2011-12-12	2	3rd	6 12 26 34 45 49
2011-12-05	8	4th	17 23 24 26 33 49
2011-11-07	2	5th	14 18 21 24 26 40
2011-10-31	1	5th	10 13 17 23 26 37
2011-10-27	10	2nd	2 26 33 43 45 48
2011-09-22	9	6th	7 13 19 24 25 26
2011-08-22	11	4th	16 21 22 26 38 42
2011-07-14	1	4th	4 9 18 26 35 43
2011-07-11	21	2nd	24 26 38 39 45 48
2011-04-28	9	4th	3 9 13 26 43 46
2011-03-28	2	3rd	1 21 26 30 32 42
2011-03-21	5	4th	10 20 25 26 40 47
2011-03-03	40	5th	1 14 17 20 26 43
2010-10-14	3	3rd	4 14 26 27 37 46
2010-10-04	1	3rd	3 4 26 28 31 47
2010-09-30	9	3rd	1 12 26 33 39 47
2010-08-30	9	2nd	9 26 31 33 45 48
2010-07-29	2	3rd	7 25 26 38 42 46
2010-07-22	18	4th	10 11 12 26 27 46
2010-05-20	21	4th	1 5 15 26 30 31
2010-03-08	8	4th	6 10 11 26 40 43
2010-02-08	6	5th	1 3 11 12 26 40
2010-01-18	—	4th	6 10 23 26 32 38