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Star 26 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 54 times drawn · chance expected 55 −0.08σ
62 draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number
24.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
132 longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 54 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 62 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
26 Number 26, draw by draw Drawn 54 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 24.4 draws · longest completed wait 132 · waiting 62 draws now
16 draws: 2016-05-21 to 2016-07-16 81 draws: 2016-07-16 to 2017-04-26 21 draws: 2017-04-26 to 2017-07-08 16 draws: 2017-07-08 to 2017-09-02 5 draws: 2017-09-02 to 2017-09-20 17 draws: 2017-09-20 to 2017-11-18 14 draws: 2017-11-18 to 2018-01-06 11 draws: 2018-01-06 to 2018-02-14 46 draws: 2018-02-14 to 2018-07-25 2 draws: 2018-07-25 to 2018-08-01 35 draws: 2018-08-01 to 2018-12-01 3 draws: 2018-12-01 to 2018-12-12 3 draws: 2018-12-12 to 2018-12-22 15 draws: 2018-12-22 to 2019-02-13 25 draws: 2019-02-13 to 2019-05-11 2 draws: 2019-05-11 to 2019-05-18 52 draws: 2019-05-18 to 2019-11-16 13 draws: 2019-11-16 to 2020-01-01 60 draws: 2020-01-01 to 2020-07-29 24 draws: 2020-07-29 to 2020-10-21 10 draws: 2020-10-21 to 2020-11-25 55 draws: 2020-11-25 to 2021-06-05 21 draws: 2021-06-05 to 2021-08-18 4 draws: 2021-08-18 to 2021-08-28 29 draws: 2021-08-28 to 2021-11-03 42 draws: 2021-11-03 to 2022-02-09 27 draws: 2022-02-09 to 2022-04-13 1 draws: 2022-04-13 to 2022-04-16 16 draws: 2022-04-16 to 2022-05-23 17 draws: 2022-05-23 to 2022-07-02 11 draws: 2022-07-02 to 2022-07-27 28 draws: 2022-07-27 to 2022-10-01 41 draws: 2022-10-01 to 2023-01-04 6 draws: 2023-01-04 to 2023-01-18 16 draws: 2023-01-18 to 2023-02-25 38 draws: 2023-02-25 to 2023-05-24 10 draws: 2023-05-24 to 2023-06-17 24 draws: 2023-06-17 to 2023-08-12 7 draws: 2023-08-12 to 2023-08-28 30 draws: 2023-08-28 to 2023-11-06 18 draws: 2023-11-06 to 2023-12-18 33 draws: 2023-12-18 to 2024-03-04 55 draws: 2024-03-04 to 2024-07-10 3 draws: 2024-07-10 to 2024-07-17 53 draws: 2024-07-17 to 2024-11-18 19 draws: 2024-11-18 to 2025-01-01 132 draws: 2025-01-01 to 2025-11-05 12 draws: 2025-11-05 to 2025-12-03 12 draws: 2025-12-03 to 2025-12-31 36 draws: 2025-12-31 to 2026-03-25 9 draws: 2026-03-25 to 2026-04-15 2 draws: 2026-04-15 to 2026-04-20 14 draws: 2026-04-20 to 2026-05-23 Still waiting — at least 62 draws since 2026-05-23 2016-05-21 2016-07-16 2017-04-26 2017-07-08 2017-09-02 2017-09-20 2017-11-18 2018-01-06 2018-02-14 2018-07-25 2018-08-01 2018-12-01 2018-12-12 2018-12-22 2019-02-13 2019-05-11 2019-05-18 2019-11-16 2020-01-01 2020-07-29 2020-10-21 2020-11-25 2021-06-05 2021-08-18 2021-08-28 2021-11-03 2022-02-09 2022-04-13 2022-04-16 2022-05-23 2022-07-02 2022-07-27 2022-10-01 2023-01-04 2023-01-18 2023-02-25 2023-05-24 2023-06-17 2023-08-12 2023-08-28 2023-11-06 2023-12-18 2024-03-04 2024-07-10 2024-07-17 2024-11-18 2025-01-01 2025-11-05 2025-12-03 2025-12-31 2026-03-25 2026-04-15 2026-04-20 2026-05-23 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 54 · chance 54.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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 ← star 25 Every number Highest in the pool 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.