Number 26

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

145times drawn · chance expected 170 −2.00σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

11.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

41longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 145 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −2.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 145 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 11.4 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 6 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest3 · chance 7.5
2nd smallest29 · chance 32.4
3rd smallest47 · chance 51.8
4th smallest45 · chance 38.4
5th smallest19 · chance 13.2
6th smallest2 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 55 8 20 5 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-19	12	3rd	1 17 26 27 32 49
2026-08-08	9	4th	2 9 24 26 28 35
2026-07-08	7	3rd	12 15 26 27 34 43
2026-06-13

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-08-02	23	4th	3 22 23 26 31 55
2023-05-13	30	3rd	10 15 26 31 38 44
2023-01-28	41	5th	5 16 22 24 26 54
2022-09-07	18	4th	1 4 16 26 35 48
2022-07-06	3	5th	2 10 17 24 26 39
2022-06-25	1	3rd	9 12 26 36 41 53
2022-06-22	6	2nd	2 26 29 33 34 37
2022-06-01	6	2nd	10 26 39 46 48 58
2022-05-11	6	3rd	15 17 26 29 31 54
2022-04-20	35	3rd	16 25 26 39 43 48
2021-12-18	15	2nd	11 26 35 39 44 52
2021-10-27	15	3rd	20 25 26 29 38 39
2021-09-04	2	3rd	5 22 26 30 43 50
2021-08-28	5	4th	3 4 18 26 39 40
2021-08-11	34	3rd	2 25 26 40 43 58
2021-04-14	7	2nd	8 26 34 41 44 48
2021-03-20	4	4th	13 17 20 26 32 33
2021-03-06	5	2nd	10 26 35 38 41 51
2021-02-17	8	5th	14 21 22 24 26 51
2021-01-20	41	2nd	23 26 42 52 54 55
2020-08-29	16	4th	8 22 23 26 39 58
2020-07-04	6	2nd	8 26 28 48 50 57
2020-06-13	6	2nd	19 26 30 37 40 41
2020-05-23	21	4th	10 17 20 26 33 53
2020-03-11	16	3rd	5 23 26 34 49 58
2020-01-15	2	4th	3 4 22 26 37 38
2020-01-08	14	2nd	7 26 37 47 48 49
2019-11-20	12	4th	3 4 5 26 36 48
2019-10-09	20	4th	8 14 18 26 33 38
2019-07-31	1	5th	2 7 20 23 26 47
2019-07-27	5	5th	5 7 19 25 26 47
2019-07-10	16	4th	4 8 24 26 38 43
2019-05-15	1	4th	6 16 17 26 29 48
2019-05-11	10	2nd	4 26 31 38 39 49
2019-04-06	17	5th	6 9 16 20 26 41
2019-02-06	17	2nd	24 26 33 35 37 52
2018-12-08	6	2nd	2 26 30 31 38 59
2018-11-17	1	2nd	17 26 30 37 47 50
2018-11-14	5	3rd	5 15 26 39 45 49
2018-10-27	4	3rd	5 13 26 28 42 51
2018-10-13	24	4th	12 15 20 26 39 58
2018-07-21	20	3rd	14 16 26 47 52 55
2018-05-12	15	2nd	1 26 40 42 47 55
2018-03-21	7	2nd	17 26 27 36 40 50
2018-02-24	2	3rd	7 25 26 29 37 43
2018-02-17	22	2nd	3 26 32 42 43 49
2017-12-02	7	3rd	2 3 26 40 41 55
2017-11-08	25	4th	2 15 20 26 43 44
2017-08-12	23	3rd	5 19 26 41 44 50
2017-05-24	2	4th	5 8 16 26 34 49
2017-05-17	1	4th	12 20 22 26 37 59
2017-05-13	8	2nd	4 26 33 35 54 55
2017-04-15	14	5th	4 7 12 17 26 55
2017-02-25	2	3rd	4 25 26 34 40 46
2017-02-18	27	2nd	9 26 28 34 36 57
2016-11-16	3	4th	2 21 25 26 40 57
2016-11-05	1	5th	5 11 15 23 26 42
2016-11-02	3	4th	9 21 24 26 50 54
2016-10-22	14	2nd	14 26 30 35 50 56
2016-09-03	5	3rd	3 9 26 34 48 59
2016-08-17	1	3rd	15 21 26 39 46 53
2016-08-13	1	4th	1 5 13 26 35 53
2016-08-10	5	5th	9 12 14 17 26 28
2016-07-23	1	2nd	3 26 27 53 55 58
2016-07-20	15	2nd	2 26 32 40 43 59
2016-05-28	3	4th	3 8 9 26 39 42
2016-05-18	4	2nd	19 26 42 47 49 59
2016-05-04	21	3rd	16 18 26 44 49 51
2016-02-20	12	3rd	2 24 26 36 43 55
2016-01-09	11	4th	1 10 13 26 33 53
2015-12-02	9	3rd	3 18 26 28 41 53
2015-10-31	6	5th	1 3 12 13 26 49
2015-10-10	26	3rd	2 17 26 39 40 41
2015-07-11	4	4th	17 18 20 26 39 41
2015-06-27	6	3rd	11 17 26 29 36 45
2015-06-06	4	3rd	16 22 26 35 50 54
2015-05-23	15	4th	15 16 17 26 49 55
2015-04-01	8	3rd	8 13 26 27 32 35
2015-03-04	1	2nd	5 26 34 36 44 57
2015-02-28	31	3rd	4 21 26 27 53 57
2014-11-12	1	3rd	7 20 26 27 40 52
2014-11-08	9	4th	2 17 23 26 50 58
2014-10-08	4	3rd	8 14 26 27 44 53
2014-09-24	22	4th	9 10 25 26 35 44
2014-07-09	13	4th	7 9 24 26 48 49
2014-05-24	6	3rd	15 17 26 37 43 57
2014-05-03	35	4th	6 19 21 26 41 57
2014-01-01	1	4th	9 14 24 26 35 55
2013-12-28	3	2nd	20 26 36 43 45 58
2013-12-18	2	3rd	10 14 26 33 39 48
2013-12-11	17	5th	1 8 15 17 26 56
2013-10-12	11	4th	8 13 22 26 44 58
2013-09-04	18	2nd	25 26 27 32 35 50
2013-07-03	4	4th	11 13 15 26 40 58
2013-06-19	6	5th	2 11 19 20 26 52
2013-05-29	12	4th	8 23 25 26 45 51
2013-04-17	7	3rd	9 19 26 33 34 51
2013-03-23	1	2nd	5 26 27 31 38 49
2013-03-20	3	4th	11 20 21 26 43 58
2013-03-09	18	3rd	5 23 26 27 30 53
2013-01-05	17	3rd	3 8 26 38 51 58
2012-11-07	5	5th	12 17 21 23 26 51
2012-10-20	4	4th	4 9 25 26 32 35
2012-10-06	14	1st	26 27 28 32 47 59
2012-08-18	14	5th	5 6 7 15 26 42
2012-06-30	2	4th	8 9 21 26 35 38
2012-06-23	13	4th	1 11 14 26 28 56
2012-05-09	2	4th	1 6 13 26 40 55
2012-05-02	12	3rd	2 8 26 41 47 55
2012-03-21	21	4th	1 3 25 26 49 52
2012-01-07	3	3rd	6 8 26 27 36 48
2011-12-28	8	3rd	21 24 26 41 53 57
2011-11-30	2	6th	10 11 15 17 23 26
2011-11-23	12	3rd	13 17 26 27 55 58
2011-10-12	6	3rd	4 25 26 36 47 55
2011-09-21	30	2nd	25 26 28 35 49 55
2011-06-08	17	3rd	11 14 26 29 33 44
2011-04-09	8	5th	11 19 20 23 26 38
2011-03-12	22	4th	13 15 16 26 38 44
2010-12-24	6	3rd	1 4 26 40 44 55
2010-12-04	—	4th	5 11 17 26 50 55