Number 26

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

143times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.78σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

18.0average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

68longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 143 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 143 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 18.0 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 8 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 smallest43 · chance 42.4
2nd smallest71 · chance 64.8
3rd smallest24 · chance 31.1
4th smallest5 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 12 64 65 74 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 77. 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
2026-09-21	30	1st	26 40 54 74
2026-07-13	24	2nd	18 26 35 38
2026-05-18	11	1st	26 50 61 74
2026-04-22	13	2nd	1 26 36 40
2026-03-23	13	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-25	15	2nd	12 26 43 71
2023-08-21	2	1st	26 46 60 72
2023-08-16	11	1st	26 39 52 66
2023-07-22	19	1st	26 69 72 75
2023-06-07	18	3rd	3 7 26 73
2023-04-26	2	1st	26 40 41 63
2023-04-22	2	3rd	12 14 26 59
2023-04-17	10	1st	26 40 47 71
2023-03-25	20	2nd	4 26 55 62
2023-02-06	1	1st	26 30 34 58
2023-02-04	35	2nd	14 26 36 48
2022-11-14	5	1st	26 27 45 67
2022-11-02	68	3rd	14 24 26 72
2022-05-28	1	2nd	18 26 49 72
2022-05-25	24	3rd	14 17 26 56
2022-03-30	24	2nd	10 26 54 75
2022-02-02	2	4th	8 9 25 26
2022-01-29	57	2nd	15 26 28 57
2021-09-18	6	2nd	25 26 32 44
2021-09-04	15	2nd	6 26 52 64
2021-07-31	48	2nd	21 26 49 51
2021-04-10	10	1st	26 37 40 63
2021-03-17	10	1st	26 28 35 68
2021-02-22	14	1st	26 30 50 61
2021-01-20	40	2nd	19 26 34 47
2020-10-19	9	3rd	12 22 26 65
2020-09-28	59	2nd	21 26 41 60
2020-05-13	2	3rd	15 23 26 72
2020-05-09	44	2nd	5 26 33 51
2020-01-27	52	2nd	22 26 46 66
2019-09-28	6	3rd	7 9 26 72
2019-09-14	19	3rd	12 23 26 37
2019-07-31	7	2nd	21 26 41 43
2019-07-15	26	1st	26 30 67 73
2019-05-15	9	2nd	4 26 39 50
2019-04-24	11	1st	26 31 49 76
2019-03-30	8	1st	26 33 41 61
2019-03-11	6	3rd	1 2 26 36
2019-02-25	14	2nd	11 26 28 61
2019-01-23	14	2nd	11 26 56 74
2018-12-22	7	3rd	6 9 26 44
2018-12-05	3	2nd	16 26 56 76
2018-11-28	10	1st	26 32 47 68
2018-11-05	34	1st	26 45 65 73
2018-08-18	20	2nd	8 26 33 37
2018-07-02	2	1st	26 45 50 70
2018-06-27	9	3rd	6 10 26 49
2018-06-06	13	2nd	8 26 62 74
2018-05-07	17	1st	26 45 50 62
2018-03-28	9	2nd	14 26 71 73
2018-03-07	5	1st	26 27 33 42
2018-02-24	7	1st	26 29 44 49
2018-02-07	1	1st	26 34 45 51
2018-02-05	52	3rd	2 4 26 68
2017-10-07	3	1st	26 42 64 67
2017-09-30	18	3rd	12 20 26 77
2017-08-19	12	2nd	20 26 68 76
2017-07-22	30	2nd	9 26 36 60
2017-05-13	45	2nd	14 26 34 73
2017-01-28	4	2nd	24 26 52 70
2017-01-18	5	2nd	17 26 45 57
2017-01-07	8	1st	26 43 56 70
2016-12-19	5	2nd	21 26 67 72
2016-12-07	7	2nd	13 26 52 64
2016-11-21	55	4th	8 10 16 26
2016-07-16	18	2nd	10 26 53 74
2016-06-04	58	2nd	4 26 45 62
2016-01-20	59	1st	26 48 50 64
2015-09-05	2	1st	26 28 34 76
2015-08-31	24	4th	2 8 16 26
2015-07-06	16	2nd	20 26 30 72
2015-05-30	11	2nd	21 26 63 64
2015-05-04	12	1st	26 60 61 64
2015-04-06	2	1st	26 48 50 66
2015-04-01	24	2nd	12 26 74 76
2015-02-04	21	1st	26 34 51 63
2014-12-17	15	1st	26 50 52 64
2014-11-12	6	1st	26 33 64 67
2014-10-29	15	2nd	14 26 56 61
2014-09-24	4	1st	26 46 65 73
2014-09-15	6	2nd	24 26 27 64
2014-09-01	2	2nd	10 26 40 59
2014-08-27	6	3rd	5 22 26 62
2014-08-13	17	2nd	6 26 56 67
2014-07-05	15	2nd	13 26 35 38
2014-05-31	9	1st	26 27 52 67
2014-05-10	6	3rd	2 12 26 32
2014-04-26	6	2nd	15 26 33 54
2014-04-12	3	3rd	12 23 26 38
2014-04-05	18	3rd	18 25 26 74
2014-02-22	22	2nd	19 26 47 61
2014-01-01	31	2nd	20 26 33 36
2013-10-21	58	2nd	25 26 35 48
2013-06-08	9	2nd	17 26 30 65
2013-05-18	24	2nd	13 26 29 45
2013-03-23	44	3rd	16 17 26 65
2012-12-10	2	2nd	23 26 58 73
2012-12-05	6	1st	26 66 68 74
2012-11-21	36	2nd	6 26 28 29
2012-08-29	13	1st	26 27 30 68
2012-07-30	16	3rd	20 21 26 70
2012-06-23	17	2nd	7 26 51 55
2012-05-14	11	1st	26 55 59 76
2012-04-16	1	3rd	5 10 26 62
2012-04-14	25	2nd	22 26 47 61
2012-02-15	22	2nd	16 26 28 74
2011-12-26	10	2nd	23 26 40 52
2011-12-03	14	2nd	5 26 37 50
2011-10-31	24	1st	26 38 65 66
2011-09-05	9	1st	26 35 51 65
2011-08-15	26	2nd	12 26 62 64
2011-06-15	22	2nd	3 26 45 70
2011-04-25	13	1st	26 35 36 44
2011-03-26	4	2nd	24 26 27 75
2011-03-16	41	1st	26 38 56 65
2010-12-11	63	2nd	19 26 66 73
2010-07-17	8	2nd	15 26 57 73
2010-06-28	12	1st	26 37 53 56
2010-05-31	—	2nd	11 26 36 53