Number 26

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

246times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.02σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

41longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 246 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.02σ. 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 246 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 11.1
3rd smallest73 · chance 57.3
4th smallest92 · chance 109.8
5th smallest73 · chance 67.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 29 21 20 24 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-09-16	3	4th	1 4 21 26 30
2026-09-05	8	3rd	6 9 26 27 31
2026-08-08	13	3rd	2 3 26 32 33
2026-06-24	2	4th	2 12 13

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-02	1	5th	2 10 20 25 26
2025-03-29	3	4th	3 15 20 26 30
2025-03-19	11	5th	7 15 22 25 26
2025-02-08	9	3rd	11 20 26 28 34
2025-01-08	1	4th	5 15 25 26 33
2025-01-04	3	2nd	20 26 29 31 35
2024-12-25	5	3rd	14 24 26 32 33
2024-12-07	5	4th	7 10 20 26 35
2024-11-20	6	3rd	17 22 26 30 35
2024-10-30	6	5th	14 15 21 25 26
2024-10-09	3	5th	3 7 10 16 26
2024-09-28	2	5th	5 12 15 22 26
2024-09-21	5	3rd	6 16 26 30 31
2024-09-04	11	3rd	9 21 26 32 33
2024-07-27	14	5th	3 5 8 11 26
2024-06-08	13	5th	11 16 17 19 26
2024-04-24	23	3rd	5 13 26 32 33
2024-02-03	13	3rd	17 20 26 27 34
2023-12-20	7	2nd	25 26 30 31 35
2023-11-25	3	4th	10 12 14 26 29
2023-11-15	3	3rd	8 18 26 31 34
2023-11-04	6	5th	3 18 20 22 26
2023-10-14	4	5th	3 7 14 23 26
2023-09-30	7	3rd	5 20 26 33 35
2023-09-06	5	5th	8 10 17 24 26
2023-08-19	1	4th	4 8 19 26 27
2023-08-16	11	5th	3 5 19 24 26
2023-07-08	2	3rd	6 14 26 31 35
2023-07-01	21	4th	14 19 20 26 27
2023-04-19	5	5th	6 10 11 17 26
2023-04-01	7	4th	6 7 11 26 35
2023-03-08	6	3rd	9 11 26 30 31
2023-02-15	2	5th	5 9 11 22 26
2023-02-08	10	4th	1 9 16 26 29
2023-01-04	7	3rd	5 18 26 27 31
2022-12-10	20	5th	1 2 5 7 26
2022-10-01	5	4th	5 9 21 26 32
2022-09-14	8	3rd	20 22 26 29 30
2022-08-17	9	4th	5 12 21 26 33
2022-07-16	1	3rd	17 24 26 29 31
2022-07-13	5	2nd	4 26 27 30 33
2022-06-25	12	5th	9 12 16 18 26
2022-05-14	1	5th	3 7 14 24 26
2022-05-11	13	3rd	6 19 26 28 33
2022-03-26	5	3rd	1 20 26 31 33
2022-03-09	5	3rd	7 12 26 28 34
2022-02-19	20	5th	1 4 15 23 26
2021-12-11	3	4th	5 22 24 26 27
2021-12-01	2	3rd	6 17 26 27 31
2021-11-24	1	4th	7 8 11 26 28
2021-11-20	11	5th	6 13 18 21 26
2021-10-13	9	3rd	1 23 26 27 34
2021-09-11	4	4th	4 15 16 26 28
2021-08-28	11	3rd	9 13 26 28 34
2021-07-21	7	3rd	4 8 26 32 35
2021-06-26	6	4th	17 20 24 26 32
2021-06-05	4	3rd	4 21 26 28 35
2021-05-22	2	4th	5 11 21 26 32
2021-05-15	1	4th	1 12 19 26 32
2021-05-12	2	4th	7 23 25 26 28
2021-05-05	10	3rd	7 17 26 29 30
2021-03-31	6	3rd	3 16 26 29 32
2021-03-10	8	3rd	16 18 26 33 35
2021-02-10	2	5th	10 14 17 18 26
2021-02-03	14	4th	6 7 9 26 31
2020-12-16	7	5th	5 10 22 24 26
2020-11-21	18	5th	2 10 13 23 26
2020-09-19	8	3rd	12 18 26 28 31
2020-08-22	7	3rd	1 19 26 27 32
2020-07-29	2	5th	7 9 14 16 26
2020-07-22	7	3rd	7 22 26 32 33
2020-06-27	5	4th	13 16 24 26 28
2020-06-10	1	4th	4 5 21 26 30
2020-06-06	7	4th	1 11 23 26 27
2020-05-13	27	5th	6 9 15 21 26
2020-02-08	10	5th	1 20 21 24 26
2020-01-04	6	3rd	1 21 26 27 30
2019-12-14	9	4th	8 15 19 26 30
2019-11-13	4	3rd	2 23 26 28 30
2019-10-30	13	4th	10 14 22 26 27
2019-09-14	19	5th	12 15 22 24 26
2019-07-10	9	4th	9 23 25 26 34
2019-06-08	8	3rd	20 21 26 32 34
2019-05-11	2	3rd	10 11 26 28 32
2019-05-04	3	5th	15 16 21 25 26
2019-04-24	2	4th	7 22 23 26 29
2019-04-17	7	5th	1 2 16 25 26
2019-03-23	6	4th	3 4 22 26 31
2019-03-02	3	4th	7 22 23 26 29
2019-02-20	11	4th	1 3 25 26 29
2019-01-12	10	4th	12 21 23 26 32
2018-12-08	2	2nd	15 26 27 29 31
2018-12-01	3	5th	3 6 7 20 26
2018-11-21	3	5th	6 7 17 20 26
2018-11-10	1	4th	3 9 21 26 29
2018-11-07	6	3rd	8 23 26 28 33
2018-10-17	10	4th	7 23 24 26 27
2018-09-12	41	4th	4 16 22 26 31
2018-04-21	2	5th	7 8 16 21 26
2018-04-14	3	3rd	11 22 26 28 29
2018-04-04	4	4th	3 13 14 26 33
2018-03-21	39	4th	2 11 20 26 34
2017-11-04	2	3rd	5 24 26 31 35
2017-10-28	1	5th	2 4 15 21 26
2017-10-25	2	4th	11 15 21 26 29
2017-10-18	6	3rd	9 22 26 31 35
2017-09-27	4	5th	2 15 23 25 26
2017-09-13	7	4th	15 22 25 26 34
2017-08-19	1	4th	3 14 21 26 33
2017-08-16	27	4th	13 15 18 26 35
2017-05-13	1	4th	2 11 18 26 32
2017-05-10	8	4th	2 5 21 26 27
2017-04-12	4	5th	3 10 20 25 26
2017-03-29	6	5th	8 9 15 20 26
2017-03-08	1	4th	13 14 18 26 35
2017-03-04	4	4th	8 22 24 26 35
2017-02-18	1	4th	13 14 19 26 28
2017-02-15	7	4th	7 13 16 26 29
2017-01-21	14	3rd	1 4 26 31 35
2016-12-03	4	3rd	9 15 26 27 29
2016-11-19	2	4th	9 13 20 26 31
2016-11-12	28	4th	6 12 17 26 32
2016-08-06	1	5th	13 21 23 25 26
2016-08-03	6	4th	5 20 21 26 35
2016-07-13	7	4th	12 16 25 26 35
2016-06-18	6	2nd	1 26 28 29 32
2016-05-28	15	5th	12 14 18 23 26
2016-04-06	2	4th	4 9 17 26 31
2016-03-30	6	4th	2 4 19 26 31
2016-03-09	14	4th	14 22 24 26 30
2016-01-20	3	3rd	8 20 26 27 31
2016-01-09	25	5th	5 6 10 21 26
2015-10-14	9	2nd	17 26 28 31 33
2015-09-12	12	4th	4 6 24 26 34
2015-08-01	19	3rd	22 25 26 28 29
2015-05-27	1	3rd	24 25 26 31 32
2015-05-23	3	4th	3 14 19 26 35
2015-05-13	7	4th	1 9 23 26 33
2015-04-18	2	5th	3 8 18 24 26
2015-04-11	15	3rd	4 14 26 29 31
2015-02-18	1	4th	3 11 13 26 31
2015-02-14	6	5th	4 8 13 20 26
2015-01-24	8	4th	11 18 22 26 29
2014-12-27	4	4th	11 21 25 26 34
2014-12-13	2	3rd	3 14 26 29 35
2014-12-06	1	3rd	18 22 26 29 32
2014-12-03	9	3rd	9 18 26 29 30
2014-11-01	9	4th	2 15 16 26 31
2014-10-01	4	5th	4 14 21 22 26
2014-09-17	3	5th	4 20 21 22 26
2014-09-06	4	3rd	7 8 26 27 29
2014-08-23	7	4th	15 16 25 26 27
2014-07-30	6	3rd	1 15 26 33 35
2014-07-09	4	3rd	7 17 26 27 31
2014-06-25	2	5th	3 4 17 22 26
2014-06-18	9	4th	8 14 21 26 29
2014-05-17	7	5th	1 12 24 25 26
2014-04-23	2	5th	7 18 23 24 26
2014-04-16	1	4th	3 4 25 26 29
2014-04-12	11	5th	1 15 22 23 26
2014-03-05	9	4th	13 15 24 26 28
2014-02-01	2	3rd	3 21 26 30 31
2014-01-25	2	5th	2 23 24 25 26
2014-01-18	1	3rd	3 23 26 27 28
2014-01-15	10	4th	6 20 21 26 29
2013-12-11	1	4th	13 23 24 26 34
2013-12-07	2	5th	9 17 21 25 26
2013-11-30	1	2nd	14 26 27 29 35
2013-11-27	5	4th	2 4 20 26 33
2013-11-09	8	3rd	7 24 26 29 33
2013-10-12	8	5th	7 11 12 24 26
2013-09-14	16	4th	1 9 12 26 33
2013-07-20	7	4th	10 12 14 26 30
2013-06-26	2	4th	11 20 22 26 27
2013-06-19	7	4th	3 4 13 26 30
2013-05-25	7	3rd	4 6 26 29 33
2013-05-01	1	5th	2 9 12 25 26
2013-04-27	7	3rd	6 10 26 34 35
2013-04-03	7	2nd	20 26 27 33 34
2013-03-09	6	3rd	7 8 26 30 31
2013-02-16	6	3rd	8 14 26 28 34
2013-01-26	5	4th	6 8 22 26 29
2013-01-09	14	5th	1 8 9 19 26
2012-11-21	1	3rd	17 20 26 34 35
2012-11-17	6	3rd	6 7 26 32 34
2012-10-27	6	4th	8 9 17 26 32
2012-10-06	8	4th	6 10 22 26 31
2012-09-08	6	5th	1 6 14 23 26
2012-08-18	5	3rd	7 9 26 29 35
2012-08-01	6	4th	8 12 16 26 33
2012-07-11	8	4th	16 21 25 26 29
2012-06-13	3	3rd	14 22 26 29 35
2012-06-02	1	5th	2 15 17 22 26
2012-05-30	2	5th	1 10 13 19 26
2012-05-23	2	4th	3 4 11 26 28
2012-05-16	3	3rd	6 22 26 29 32
2012-05-05	9	4th	1 10 16 26 32
2012-04-04	1	4th	19 23 24 26 34
2012-03-31	10	4th	2 3 9 26 30
2012-02-25	8	5th	1 5 8 10 26
2012-01-28	6	4th	6 10 17 26 28
2012-01-07	31	4th	14 16 25 26 34
2011-09-21	3	3rd	11 22 26 27 30
2011-09-10	16	3rd	16 21 26 29 35
2011-07-16	15	5th	7 9 11 16 26
2011-05-25	2	3rd	10 22 26 29 30
2011-05-18	4	4th	11 12 24 26 35
2011-05-04	4	3rd	18 22 26 32 33
2011-04-20	15	5th	11 14 16 20 26
2011-02-26	2	5th	15 17 21 23 26
2011-02-19	3	4th	4 22 24 26 34
2011-02-09	22	5th	4 10 15 18 26
2010-11-24	5	4th	9 16 22 26 32
2010-11-06	2	5th	3 13 17 19 26
2010-10-30	15	5th	7 15 17 24 26
2010-09-08	1	5th	16 18 20 24 26
2010-09-04	3	3rd	18 19 26 28 32
2010-08-25	7	4th	8 23 25 26 30
2010-07-31	3	5th	1 13 15 23 26
2010-07-21	22	4th	3 15 25 26 31
2010-05-05	3	5th	7 20 21 24 26
2010-04-24	—	5th	5 14 18 20 26