Number 26

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

326times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.32σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

38longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 326 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 326 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 2 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 smallest2 · chance 2.4
2nd smallest27 · chance 27.1
3rd smallest101 · chance 97.7
4th smallest120 · chance 136.2
5th smallest76 · chance 62.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 25 4 8 27 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-18	9	2nd	25 26 29 34 35
2025-04-09	10	3rd	1 18 26 29 31
2025-03-30	29	5th	9 12 15 24 26
2025-03-01	6	3rd	1 4

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-10	2	4th	9 17 23 26 27
2024-10-08	16	4th	6 8 12 26 29
2024-09-22	14	4th	1 8 11 26 31
2024-09-08	4	3rd	1 14 26 29 33
2024-09-04	10	2nd	4 26 27 29 36
2024-08-25	7	5th	5 8 16 18 26
2024-08-18	6	3rd	7 23 26 35 37
2024-08-12	1	3rd	9 17 26 31 33
2024-08-11	9	5th	3 6 14 20 26
2024-08-02	2	4th	1 3 8 26 34
2024-07-31	3	4th	6 7 8 26 32
2024-07-28	5	2nd	13 26 28 29 37
2024-07-23	7	3rd	4 15 26 28 32
2024-07-16	1	3rd	4 7 26 27 38
2024-07-15	5	5th	5 8 16 25 26
2024-07-10	5	4th	5 19 21 26 38
2024-07-05	11	3rd	11 24 26 27 35
2024-06-24	12	4th	2 9 13 26 33
2024-06-12	6	3rd	17 22 26 29 36
2024-06-06	5	4th	9 13 21 26 38
2024-06-01	1	4th	5 7 21 26 31
2024-05-31	27	4th	5 14 18 26 28
2024-05-04	1	3rd	4 25 26 34 36
2024-05-03	4	3rd	19 23 26 31 37
2024-04-29	1	3rd	8 20 26 36 37
2024-04-28	24	3rd	2 13 26 32 37
2024-04-04	14	3rd	3 20 26 31 33
2024-03-21	4	4th	1 4 8 26 34
2024-03-17	7	2nd	19 26 27 34 35
2024-03-10	25	2nd	7 26 28 31 35
2024-02-14	1	5th	11 12 17 18 26
2024-02-13	2	4th	11 16 20 26 36
2024-02-11	2	4th	3 4 19 26 34
2024-02-09	14	3rd	5 19 26 28 35
2024-01-26	1	3rd	8 14 26 29 38
2024-01-25	34	4th	1 5 17 26 35
2023-12-22	10	4th	8 9 12 26 31
2023-12-12	5	4th	6 13 23 26 34
2023-12-07	3	4th	10 18 20 26 33
2023-12-04	1	3rd	13 16 26 32 37
2023-12-03	1	4th	5 6 16 26 27
2023-12-02	10	2nd	23 26 28 31 38
2023-11-22	5	5th	2 5 15 20 26
2023-11-17	6	3rd	7 16 26 28 29
2023-11-11	1	3rd	2 9 26 28 34
2023-11-10	6	3rd	1 12 26 27 38
2023-11-04	11	4th	3 5 6 26 28
2023-10-24	11	4th	14 16 25 26 34
2023-10-13	12	4th	3 8 24 26 36
2023-10-01	34	3rd	4 23 26 27 38
2023-08-28	3	2nd	8 26 27 32 34
2023-08-25	12	3rd	4 22 26 32 34
2023-08-13	23	4th	6 12 18 26 37
2023-07-21	1	4th	6 9 18 26 31
2023-07-20	25	5th	7 12 15 23 26
2023-06-25	12	5th	3 10 14 17 26
2023-06-13	14	3rd	7 8 26 29 31
2023-05-30	5	3rd	15 20 26 27 36
2023-05-25	5	5th	3 6 16 20 26
2023-05-20	5	5th	1 15 17 24 26
2023-05-15	2	5th	3 5 10 14 26
2023-05-13	7	4th	3 9 12 26 29
2023-05-06	16	3rd	9 10 26 30 34
2023-04-20	1	3rd	6 9 26 34 35
2023-04-19	18	4th	4 14 16 26 35
2023-04-01	2	2nd	25 26 31 33 38
2023-03-30	3	3rd	15 25 26 32 36
2023-03-27	2	3rd	3 13 26 29 31
2023-03-25	2	5th	9 13 18 24 26
2023-03-23	1	3rd	3 13 26 27 33
2023-03-22	1	5th	4 5 7 16 26
2023-03-21	22	3rd	1 2 26 27 37
2023-02-27	10	4th	2 20 21 26 38
2023-02-17	8	4th	10 14 24 26 28
2023-02-09	2	3rd	9 14 26 31 36
2023-02-07	12	3rd	10 13 26 33 35
2023-01-26	8	4th	5 20 23 26 33
2023-01-18	9	3rd	6 21 26 28 35
2023-01-09	6	5th	1 2 17 23 26
2023-01-03	2	3rd	13 22 26 29 38
2023-01-01	21	4th	5 17 24 26 27
2022-12-11	5	4th	15 16 23 26 29
2022-12-06	1	4th	4 7 25 26 27
2022-12-05	1	4th	2 9 16 26 34
2022-12-04	3	1st	26 27 28 29 38
2022-12-01	2	3rd	16 17 26 32 33
2022-11-29	3	4th	4 11 18 26 37
2022-11-26	3	4th	4 7 23 26 34
2022-11-23	5	3rd	5 21 26 27 31
2022-11-18	8	2nd	7 26 30 36 37
2022-11-10	14	4th	2 3 24 26 30
2022-10-27	6	4th	3 7 19 26 27
2022-10-21	3	2nd	19 26 33 34 36
2022-10-18	3	1st	26 30 34 36 37
2022-10-15	14	4th	10 15 25 26 37
2022-10-01	17	3rd	2 7 26 32 36
2022-09-14	1	4th	7 8 22 26 29
2022-09-13	12	4th	6 17 18 26 32
2022-09-01	5	4th	3 6 25 26 29
2022-08-27	4	5th	1 2 19 23 26
2022-08-23	5	4th	5 8 15 26 34
2022-08-18	1	5th	8 12 13 16 26
2022-08-17	2	4th	12 21 24 26 36
2022-08-15	2	4th	3 9 23 26 32
2022-08-13	2	4th	4 9 17 26 30
2022-08-11	1	3rd	6 14 26 27 31
2022-08-10	4	3rd	22 25 26 34 38
2022-08-06	4	4th	3 19 25 26 30
2022-08-02	3	4th	3 10 18 26 28
2022-07-30	2	2nd	9 26 29 32 35
2022-07-28	4	3rd	2 9 26 27 35
2022-07-24	7	4th	10 15 18 26 30
2022-07-17	7	4th	4 5 20 26 34
2022-07-10	7	3rd	4 9 26 37 38
2022-07-03	4	4th	7 10 11 26 32
2022-06-29	24	2nd	22 26 27 30 35
2022-06-05	11	3rd	5 14 26 29 36
2022-05-25	1	3rd	12 20 26 28 30
2022-05-24	13	3rd	14 19 26 27 37
2022-05-11	31	2nd	13 26 33 37 38
2022-04-10	13	4th	14 15 25 26 27
2022-03-28	5	3rd	10 16 26 35 38
2022-03-23	14	4th	2 6 12 26 31
2022-03-09	2	5th	7 12 17 24 26
2022-03-07	19	3rd	12 21 26 29 38
2022-02-16	8	4th	1 16 19 26 32
2022-02-08	3	2nd	14 26 29 35 38
2022-02-05	2	2nd	7 26 28 32 35
2022-02-03	7	3rd	8 15 26 33 36
2022-01-27	3	4th	4 5 14 26 32
2022-01-24	8	3rd	5 20 26 28 31
2022-01-16	2	4th	4 14 21 26 36
2022-01-14	13	4th	9 14 22 26 35
2022-01-01	1	5th	2 3 12 13 26
2021-12-31	3	4th	11 14 20 26 28
2021-12-28	3	5th	3 4 9 10 26
2021-12-25	4	3rd	4 17 26 31 33
2021-12-21	9	3rd	8 16 26 27 31
2021-12-12	5	5th	2 3 18 24 26
2021-12-07	7	4th	4 11 14 26 32
2021-11-30	1	3rd	9 18 26 27 37
2021-11-29	6	4th	1 20 24 26 36
2021-11-23	19	3rd	6 22 26 36 38
2021-11-04	1	4th	4 8 15 26 27
2021-11-03	7	3rd	8 17 26 31 36
2021-10-27	11	5th	16 17 20 25 26
2021-10-16	6	5th	6 13 14 23 26
2021-10-10	8	4th	1 2 3 26 30
2021-10-02	8	4th	8 12 25 26 38
2021-09-24	16	3rd	4 14 26 35 38
2021-09-08	5	2nd	20 26 28 31 35
2021-09-03	4	5th	2 3 4 8 26
2021-08-30	3	4th	4 7 24 26 38
2021-08-27	5	3rd	4 17 26 28 32
2021-08-22	5	4th	12 16 20 26 31
2021-08-17	5	2nd	5 26 33 35 37
2021-08-12	3	3rd	1 19 26 33 38
2021-08-09	6	5th	1 6 9 24 26
2021-08-03	18	3rd	7 17 26 27 31
2021-07-16	1	2nd	2 26 27 29 34
2021-07-15	1	5th	1 7 20 25 26
2021-07-14	7	4th	3 4 14 26 35
2021-07-07	4	3rd	1 15 26 32 34
2021-07-03	2	4th	13 23 25 26 33
2021-07-01	3	4th	1 4 23 26 31
2021-06-28	29	3rd	4 25 26 33 36
2021-05-30	12	2nd	18 26 27 30 37
2021-05-18	7	3rd	10 24 26 28 30
2021-05-11	19	3rd	8 9 26 32 36
2021-04-22	29	5th	6 12 16 25 26
2021-03-24	1	5th	3 12 13 24 26
2021-03-23	10	5th	10 11 18 25 26
2021-03-13	6	5th	8 14 19 25 26
2021-03-07	3	2nd	18 26 29 30 37
2021-03-04	4	3rd	11 24 26 32 38
2021-02-28	1	4th	10 11 19 26 33
2021-02-27	1	4th	6 11 21 26 38
2021-02-26	17	3rd	2 21 26 30 34
2021-02-09	8	3rd	7 8 26 27 34
2021-02-01	21	4th	7 8 11 26 34
2021-01-11	5	4th	7 18 25 26 34
2021-01-06	2	4th	12 16 25 26 36
2021-01-04	5	2nd	9 26 27 34 37
2020-12-30	1	4th	13 18 20 26 33
2020-12-29	4	3rd	4 6 26 28 31
2020-12-25	3	4th	2 7 17 26 32
2020-12-22	4	5th	13 14 22 24 26
2020-12-18	6	3rd	5 8 26 27 34
2020-12-12	2	3rd	4 8 26 27 29
2020-12-10	4	3rd	4 23 26 32 36
2020-12-06	7	4th	3 21 23 26 32
2020-11-29	6	3rd	8 9 26 36 38
2020-11-23	1	3rd	18 19 26 30 32
2020-11-22	13	5th	8 9 18 22 26
2020-11-09	5	5th	11 17 24 25 26
2020-11-04	5	4th	1 3 8 26 28
2020-10-30	20	5th	19 20 21 24 26
2020-10-10	8	4th	8 9 21 26 29
2020-10-02	6	4th	6 16 25 26 31
2020-09-26	2	3rd	5 17 26 27 35
2020-09-24	3	3rd	16 24 26 32 36
2020-09-21	7	5th	1 9 11 13 26
2020-09-14	17	5th	9 11 21 22 26
2020-08-28	1	4th	4 5 20 26 28
2020-08-27	3	4th	2 21 22 26 29
2020-08-24	1	2nd	8 26 29 35 36
2020-08-23	38	4th	5 10 24 26 37
2020-07-16	8	5th	13 16 17 21 26
2020-06-30	2	5th	9 14 19 23 26
2020-06-25	3	4th	14 16 25 26 28
2020-06-18	1	3rd	21 23 26 28 29
2020-06-16	16	4th	5 10 19 26 29
2020-05-09	10	3rd	12 19 26 29 34
2020-04-16	10	5th	3 10 11 13 26
2020-03-24	5	4th	4 7 12 26 31
2020-03-12	10	2nd	3 26 27 28 35
2020-02-18	1	4th	15 19 25 26 30
2020-02-15	5	4th	1 8 21 26 27
2020-02-04	5	5th	6 18 19 24 26
2020-01-23	7	4th	9 10 25 26 29
2020-01-07	4	4th	1 18 23 26 27
2019-12-28	6	4th	11 15 19 26 33
2019-12-14	2	3rd	12 22 26 31 32
2019-12-10	2	4th	10 11 13 26 30
2019-12-05	11	5th	6 9 18 25 26
2019-11-09	7	3rd	6 10 26 31 34
2019-10-24	5	5th	1 7 9 21 26
2019-10-12	6	5th	1 11 23 25 26
2019-09-28	3	4th	1 3 23 26 28
2019-09-21	18	5th	9 19 22 25 26
2019-08-10	3	5th	3 7 18 20 26
2019-08-03	4	4th	10 13 21 26 33
2019-07-25	1	2nd	9 26 28 31 32
2019-07-23	13	4th	1 16 25 26 28
2019-06-22	7	4th	11 15 21 26 32
2019-06-06	10	4th	7 12 14 26 34
2019-05-14	13	2nd	13 26 29 31 35
2019-04-13	6	5th	3 7 10 15 26
2019-03-30	15	5th	1 5 12 15 26
2019-02-23	4	5th	10 14 19 25 26
2019-02-14	4	5th	2 15 16 24 26
2019-02-05	1	5th	3 12 14 16 26
2019-02-02	8	5th	6 7 14 17 26
2019-01-15	1	5th	1 9 10 13 26
2019-01-12	1	5th	8 9 11 24 26
2019-01-10	11	2nd	7 26 30 31 33
2018-12-15	1	3rd	24 25 26 28 29
2018-12-13	9	4th	14 19 25 26 32
2018-11-22	9	3rd	9 15 26 32 34
2018-11-01	9	5th	10 11 15 22 26
2018-10-11	7	3rd	2 4 26 28 30
2018-09-25	5	3rd	18 19 26 32 35
2018-09-13	2	4th	4 9 18 26 28
2018-09-08	7	4th	16 23 25 26 30
2018-08-23	4	3rd	14 25 26 28 31
2018-08-14	8	3rd	15 25 26 27 34
2018-07-26	12	4th	7 8 18 26 29
2018-06-28	8	5th	1 3 15 25 26
2018-06-09	12	4th	4 11 13 26 32
2018-05-12	3	5th	2 10 11 24 26
2018-05-05	25	5th	1 3 5 17 26
2018-03-08	2	3rd	6 8 26 30 34
2018-03-03	5	5th	5 15 21 23 26
2018-02-20	1	4th	8 14 15 26 34
2018-02-17	2	4th	2 14 16 26 34
2018-02-13	1	5th	1 12 22 23 26
2018-02-10	5	5th	3 10 11 20 26
2018-01-30	16	3rd	1 4 26 27 35
2017-12-23	3	4th	4 8 18 26 28
2017-12-16	1	4th	17 19 25 26 33
2017-12-14	1	5th	8 11 22 25 26
2017-12-12	1	5th	15 21 24 25 26
2017-12-09	4	5th	6 9 10 13 26
2017-11-30	1	4th	1 16 18 26 28
2017-11-28	2	3rd	7 20 26 27 32
2017-11-23	5	5th	1 3 12 13 26
2017-11-11	13	4th	6 11 16 26 33
2017-10-12	4	3rd	9 10 26 29 32
2017-10-03	3	5th	9 10 18 20 26
2017-09-26	4	5th	9 19 21 22 26
2017-09-16	1	4th	2 22 24 26 29
2017-09-14	25	4th	18 19 23 26 27
2017-07-18	4	4th	1 4 12 26 32
2017-07-08	1	3rd	11 13 26 28 30
2017-07-06	14	4th	6 11 24 26 30
2017-06-03	11	4th	18 22 24 26 31
2017-05-09	1	5th	8 12 16 25 26
2017-05-06	1	5th	4 12 19 21 26
2017-05-04	3	3rd	10 22 26 30 31
2017-04-27	8	3rd	20 21 26 27 30
2017-04-08	7	5th	2 5 11 21 26
2017-03-23	16	5th	1 4 12 25 26
2017-02-14	1	4th	1 2 25 26 35
2017-02-11	1	4th	12 15 20 26 29
2017-02-09	1	5th	6 19 24 25 26
2017-02-07	2	5th	4 7 8 18 26
2017-02-02	9	3rd	1 19 26 31 35
2017-01-12	1	3rd	9 18 26 28 33
2017-01-10	2	4th	10 23 24 26 28
2017-01-05	3	3rd	6 21 26 27 29
2016-12-29	13	4th	1 13 14 26 34
2016-11-29	—	5th	1 10 16 17 26