Number 26

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

83times drawn · chance expected 103 −2.02σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

17.1average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

63longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −2.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 17.1 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 7 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 smallest11 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest31 · chance 31.4
3rd smallest34 · chance 27.6
4th smallest5 · chance 10.1
5th smallest2 · chance 1.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 47 18 38 39 61

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 26 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 26 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	18	3rd	5 15 26 29 30
2026-08-12	7	2nd	4 26 66 67 69
2026-07-27	11	2nd	6 26 46 58 65
2026-07-01	6	3rd	2 6 26 39

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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