Number 26

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

177times drawn · chance expected 188 −0.86σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

37longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 177 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −0.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 4 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 smallest3 · chance 1.3
2nd smallest15 · chance 14.7
3rd smallest46 · chance 53.1
4th smallest84 · chance 74.0
5th smallest29 · chance 33.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 31 27 16 18 19

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
2026-10-07	19	2nd	5 26 27 36 37
2026-09-18	7	4th	5 18 24 26 31
2026-09-11	5	5th	3 5 14 23 26
2026-09-06	4	4th	9

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.

2026-04-29	9	3rd	12 18 26 36 38
2026-04-20	7	4th	13 20 22 26 28
2026-04-13	1	4th	14 20 22 26 35
2026-04-12	5	5th	5 7 17 24 26
2026-04-07	27	5th	9 17 21 25 26
2026-03-11	1	4th	17 19 23 26 32
2026-03-10	9	2nd	23 26 34 35 36
2026-03-01	19	5th	1 5 16 20 26
2026-02-10	2	3rd	7 8 26 27 36
2026-02-08	2	5th	5 8 19 20 26
2026-02-06	13	2nd	22 26 27 29 30
2026-01-24	2	4th	5 12 19 26 32
2026-01-22	35	5th	8 9 10 20 26
2025-12-18	16	3rd	4 17 26 29 38
2025-12-02	3	4th	2 9 18 26 27
2025-11-29	2	3rd	17 18 26 31 33
2025-11-27	4	3rd	16 20 26 30 33
2025-11-23	3	2nd	7 26 33 34 38
2025-11-20	18	4th	7 19 23 26 33
2025-11-02	3	2nd	22 26 30 36 38
2025-10-30	5	4th	8 13 19 26 36
2025-10-25	2	4th	9 12 24 26 36
2025-10-23	1	3rd	1 5 26 28 29
2025-10-22	23	3rd	23 25 26 31 33
2025-09-29	1	4th	5 8 21 26 30
2025-09-28	2	4th	3 20 25 26 34
2025-09-26	1	4th	2 19 21 26 34
2025-09-25	5	3rd	21 23 26 30 33
2025-09-20	17	5th	1 3 20 23 26
2025-09-03	25	4th	5 16 18 26 37
2025-08-09	5	5th	12 16 20 22 26
2025-08-04	3	5th	18 20 24 25 26
2025-08-01	4	3rd	22 23 26 37 38
2025-07-28	15	3rd	15 20 26 29 37
2025-07-13	5	5th	9 13 16 22 26
2025-07-08	1	4th	1 3 5 26 30
2025-07-07	11	4th	6 16 22 26 36
2025-06-26	3	3rd	7 24 26 28 35
2025-06-23	11	4th	9 13 16 26 32
2025-06-12	7	2nd	19 26 31 34 37
2025-06-05	3	4th	18 20 22 26 31
2025-06-02	16	4th	13 19 20 26 29
2025-05-17	21	4th	16 22 23 26 34
2025-04-26	34	4th	4 7 14 26 27
2025-03-23	9	4th	1 2 14 26 27
2025-03-14	4	4th	1 9 21 26 37
2025-03-10	2	4th	6 16 24 26 31
2025-03-08	16	1st	26 27 31 36 38
2025-02-20	14	3rd	6 18 26 36 38
2025-02-06	8	4th	8 9 11 26 27
2025-01-29	3	1st	26 27 32 35 36
2025-01-26	29	5th	3 10 11 13 26
2024-12-28	2	4th	2 17 22 26 29
2024-12-26	5	2nd	18 26 27 28 30
2024-12-21	6	3rd	13 16 26 34 35
2024-12-15	5	5th	1 13 14 15 26
2024-12-10	3	3rd	4 15 26 30 34
2024-12-07	3	5th	14 15 19 20 26
2024-12-04	1	5th	2 11 15 19 26
2024-12-03	4	1st	26 30 33 35 38
2024-11-29	1	5th	6 12 17 18 26
2024-11-28	5	3rd	19 25 26 27 36
2024-11-23	1	4th	5 9 25 26 36
2024-11-22	6	4th	10 15 17 26 33
2024-11-16	7	3rd	7 8 26 29 38
2024-11-09	5	3rd	6 24 26 29 38
2024-11-04	2	4th	4 14 15 26 31
2024-11-02	4	3rd	11 22 26 28 31
2024-10-29	20	4th	1 10 23 26 33
2024-10-09	5	3rd	10 15 26 31 36
2024-10-04	4	4th	3 8 12 26 31
2024-09-30	20	4th	5 9 13 26 34
2024-09-10	10	4th	9 12 14 26 33
2024-08-31	35	3rd	2 15 26 27 29
2024-07-27	1	4th	1 6 18 26 37
2024-07-26	15	4th	7 19 25 26 29
2024-07-11	12	4th	2 8 18 26 30
2024-06-29	1	5th	11 12 20 23 26
2024-06-28	8	3rd	16 25 26 28 34
2024-06-20	4	4th	5 8 9 26 31
2024-06-16	2	4th	8 12 18 26 30
2024-06-14	1	3rd	4 25 26 27 34
2024-06-13	5	4th	14 16 25 26 31
2024-06-08	2	5th	6 8 9 13 26
2024-06-06	16	2nd	20 26 27 28 30
2024-05-21	4	4th	12 19 25 26 36
2024-05-17	8	3rd	11 22 26 27 36
2024-05-09	13	4th	7 8 20 26 31
2024-04-26	7	4th	9 16 24 26 36
2024-04-19	12	4th	5 7 19 26 27
2024-04-07	1	4th	2 9 16 26 35
2024-04-06	1	5th	2 3 12 22 26
2024-04-05	3	4th	7 10 17 26 27
2024-04-02	11	4th	10 13 20 26 37
2024-03-22	12	5th	9 11 13 20 26
2024-03-10	5	2nd	20 26 27 32 33
2024-03-05	5	4th	10 15 18 26 29
2024-02-29	13	4th	11 14 21 26 35
2024-02-16	2	3rd	5 7 26 28 37
2024-02-14	6	3rd	2 17 26 32 35
2024-02-08	37	4th	12 18 24 26 37
2024-01-02	2	2nd	11 26 29 34 35
2023-12-31	5	3rd	8 19 26 28 34
2023-12-26	17	3rd	15 17 26 33 36
2023-12-09	5	4th	16 17 18 26 38
2023-12-04	2	4th	3 13 20 26 33
2023-12-02	6	4th	3 7 12 26 32
2023-11-26	2	5th	3 10 19 20 26
2023-11-24	5	4th	6 21 23 26 32
2023-11-19	1	4th	1 6 19 26 31
2023-11-18	5	5th	9 15 18 25 26
2023-11-13	9	5th	1 11 21 24 26
2023-11-04	7	4th	7 15 16 26 36
2023-10-28	1	5th	6 10 15 21 26
2023-10-27	7	4th	18 21 23 26 38
2023-10-20	13	4th	9 10 12 26 35
2023-10-07	6	4th	6 10 12 26 34
2023-10-01	34	3rd	9 12 26 29 36
2023-08-28	12	5th	4 13 22 23 26
2023-08-16	3	4th	4 8 17 26 37
2023-08-13	9	5th	2 13 22 23 26
2023-08-04	11	3rd	6 8 26 31 32
2023-07-24	14	3rd	5 6 26 28 38
2023-07-10	22	3rd	16 19 26 30 37
2023-06-18	9	4th	1 3 15 26 34
2023-06-09	8	3rd	8 16 26 28 38
2023-06-01	2	4th	8 21 22 26 30
2023-05-30	7	2nd	16 26 31 36 38
2023-05-23	10	4th	13 14 23 26 38
2023-05-13	8	3rd	8 19 26 28 32
2023-05-05	1	4th	18 21 22 26 33
2023-05-04	11	4th	2 3 8 26 35
2023-04-23	1	4th	8 10 21 26 32
2023-04-22	13	3rd	4 12 26 31 38
2023-04-09	5	3rd	8 10 26 29 37
2023-04-04	8	4th	6 22 23 26 31
2023-03-27	9	4th	8 11 19 26 33
2023-03-18	3	3rd	7 14 26 31 36
2023-03-15	7	2nd	2 26 29 31 35
2023-03-08	13	4th	5 15 18 26 31
2023-02-23	2	4th	5 20 21 26 37
2023-02-21	3	3rd	9 18 26 28 33
2023-02-18	3	4th	1 8 16 26 34
2023-02-15	6	4th	14 18 19 26 27
2023-02-09	12	4th	4 6 16 26 38
2023-01-28	7	4th	5 8 16 26 36
2023-01-21	3	4th	5 7 21 26 31
2023-01-18	8	4th	9 10 17 26 32
2023-01-10	14	4th	2 5 19 26 27
2022-12-27	7	4th	2 6 8 26 37
2022-12-20	26	3rd	1 17 26 31 37
2022-11-24	10	3rd	8 16 26 36 37
2022-11-14	—	4th	4 11 17 26 34