Number 26

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 938 draws, 5 from 1–42.

89times drawn · chance expected 112 −2.29σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

46longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 938 draws against 111.7 expected, −2.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 938 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 1 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 1.6
2nd smallest12 · chance 12.3
3rd smallest28 · chance 31.6
4th smallest33 · chance 32.3
5th smallest14 · chance 11.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 33 8 14 36 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-10	1	5th	2 14 16 24 26
2026-10-09	7	4th	3 12 23 26 29
2026-10-02	7	4th	3 9 24 26 30
2026-09-25	7	3rd	9 11

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-30	3	4th	2 3 12 26 35
2025-12-27	7	4th	10 11 15 26 40
2025-12-20	16	5th	5 8 11 17 26
2025-12-04	10	2nd	10 26 32 36 37
2025-11-24	4	3rd	7 14 26 27 36
2025-11-20	3	3rd	2 3 26 29 33
2025-11-17	3	3rd	8 25 26 35 39
2025-11-14	22	3rd	1 4 26 28 32
2025-10-23	5	4th	6 7 13 26 42
2025-10-18	12	5th	1 3 10 17 26
2025-10-06	10	3rd	7 9 26 33 39
2025-09-26	9	2nd	12 26 30 32 39
2025-09-17	8	5th	2 9 12 14 26
2025-09-09	2	4th	7 8 10 26 41
2025-09-07	4	2nd	17 26 27 38 41
2025-09-03	6	2nd	19 26 31 35 38
2025-08-28	9	4th	3 18 23 26 30
2025-08-19	1	5th	5 8 23 24 26
2025-08-18	11	4th	3 5 18 26 37
2025-08-07	10	2nd	10 26 34 36 42
2025-07-28	5	3rd	7 21 26 33 41
2025-07-23	4	5th	1 5 14 17 26
2025-07-19	1	4th	14 15 25 26 40
2025-07-18	21	3rd	15 22 26 30 36
2025-06-27	3	4th	3 9 24 26 41
2025-06-24	8	3rd	3 19 26 27 35
2025-06-16	3	4th	6 11 14 26 31
2025-06-13	6	3rd	2 9 26 28 32
2025-06-07	4	5th	6 11 15 22 26
2025-06-03	9	4th	11 14 23 26 39
2025-05-25	13	4th	8 13 17 26 30
2025-05-12	12	4th	10 18 20 26 30
2025-04-30	34	2nd	15 26 29 38 40
2025-03-27	16	3rd	5 22 26 27 39
2025-03-11	36	2nd	22 26 28 33 41
2025-02-03	12	3rd	6 21 26 32 37
2025-01-22	11	5th	3 7 16 18 26
2025-01-11	1	3rd	3 8 26 27 31
2025-01-10	10	4th	5 8 24 26 29
2024-12-31	31	3rd	12 20 26 33 42
2024-11-30	1	4th	7 13 22 26 36
2024-11-29	1	3rd	13 23 26 41 42
2024-11-28	4	3rd	4 24 26 32 42
2024-11-24	7	4th	6 9 25 26 31
2024-11-17	8	3rd	18 19 26 33 42
2024-11-09	11	4th	3 11 16 26 32
2024-10-29	2	1st	26 28 29 36 41
2024-10-27	9	4th	3 14 17 26 42
2024-10-18	1	3rd	13 14 26 38 40
2024-10-17	46	5th	5 12 17 18 26
2024-09-01	11	4th	14 22 25 26 39
2024-08-21	7	2nd	23 26 33 39 40
2024-08-14	1	4th	7 12 20 26 27
2024-08-13	1	4th	8 18 25 26 33
2024-08-12	10	3rd	15 21 26 30 32
2024-08-02	11	4th	2 10 13 26 30
2024-07-22	12	4th	3 4 9 26 28
2024-07-10	4	5th	6 7 8 22 26
2024-07-06	7	4th	6 21 24 26 37
2024-06-29	22	4th	8 17 19 26 38
2024-06-07	7	5th	3 17 18 21 26
2024-05-31	9	5th	1 2 10 16 26
2024-05-22	34	3rd	6 22 26 29 38
2024-04-18	3	4th	19 20 25 26 33
2024-04-15	—	4th	1 8 25 26 29