Number 26

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

353times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.86σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

47longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 353 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +1.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 353 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 14 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 smallest10 · chance 6.9
2nd smallest48 · chance 45.6
3rd smallest116 · chance 109.5
4th smallest113 · chance 120.0
5th smallest55 · chance 60.0
6th smallest11 · chance 11.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 9 37 6 20 34

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
2026-09-09	6	5th	1 19 21 22 26 38
2026-08-26	3	6th	10 14 23 24 25 26
2026-08-19	7	3rd	3 23 26 32 34 37
2026-08-03

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.

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