Number 26

In Powerball Double Play under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Aug 2021 rules — 804 draws, 5 from 1–69.

64times drawn · chance expected 58 +0.78σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

12.4average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

67longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 64 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 64 times in 804 draws · average wait 12.4 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 3 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 smallest7 · chance 9.7
2nd smallest25 · chance 24.2
3rd smallest20 · chance 21.3
4th smallest12 · chance 7.8
5th smallest0 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 52 1 11 43 64

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 2 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 — 15th 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 ×1.22

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	2	3rd	1 7 26 37 52
2026-09-28	3	3rd	11 20 26 43 46
2026-09-21	25	4th	3 9 16 26 32
2026-07-25	3	3rd	20 21

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.

2025-02-12	49	3rd	11 24 26 31 39
2024-10-21	16	4th	2 3 7 26 34
2024-09-14	9	2nd	1 26 38 52 55
2024-08-24	67	2nd	1 26 32 64 65
2024-03-20	20	4th	7 9 10 26 43
2024-02-03	6	2nd	23 26 30 35 39
2024-01-20	6	2nd	13 26 30 40 50
2024-01-06	28	3rd	9 14 26 27 32
2023-11-01	6	2nd	9 26 49 58 61
2023-10-18	7	1st	26 59 62 64 65
2023-10-02	4	2nd	11 26 35 40 43
2023-09-23	9	3rd	14 16 26 41 57
2023-09-02	6	4th	3 7 14 26 52
2023-08-19	3	2nd	19 26 39 65 68
2023-08-12	2	2nd	10 26 27 48 52
2023-08-07	28	1st	26 29 37 49 63
2023-06-03	7	2nd	8 26 34 58 69
2023-05-17	9	2nd	21 26 37 52 53
2023-04-26	8	2nd	18 26 31 49 51
2023-04-08	14	2nd	15 26 44 49 51
2023-03-06	6	3rd	10 19 26 47 55
2023-02-20	3	3rd	2 13 26 51 55
2023-02-13	29	3rd	12 17 26 61 69
2022-12-07	9	3rd	16 25 26 37 48
2022-11-16	30	2nd	5 26 41 59 66
2022-09-07	16	2nd	4 26 28 29 42
2022-08-01	5	2nd	11 26 27 55 57
2022-07-20	6	3rd	4 14 26 30 52
2022-07-06	3	4th	2 5 20 26 31
2022-06-29	4	2nd	11 26 28 34 60
2022-06-20	38	2nd	4 26 27 43 56
2022-03-23	7	4th	15 18 24 26 62
2022-03-07	27	3rd	17 24 26 41 43
2022-01-03	6	3rd	4 19 26 64 65
2021-12-20	22	2nd	8 26 36 37 47
2021-10-30	1	1st	26 29 35 39 46
2021-10-27	1	4th	9 17 21 26 35
2021-10-25	4	2nd	1 26 29 46 67
2021-10-16	3	1st	26 33 42 44 45
2021-10-09	—	2nd	1 26 37 38 62