Number 26

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

366times drawn · chance expected 358 +0.44σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

36longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 366 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, +0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 366 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 5 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 1.0
2nd smallest13 · chance 16.6
3rd smallest76 · chance 85.2
4th smallest174 · chance 163.4
5th smallest103 · chance 99.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 43.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 1 11 20 6 24

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
2026-09-28	5	4th	5 10 24 26 32
2026-09-16	6	3rd	13 16 26 31 33
2026-09-02	18	4th	1 4 24 26 30
2026-07-22	4	5th	2 12

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.

2025-11-28	22	5th	1 13 21 24 26
2025-10-08	1	4th	1 4 12 26 31
2025-10-06	3	4th	11 13 25 26 34
2025-09-29	7	5th	5 9 17 18 26
2025-09-12	4	3rd	10 18 26 28 29
2025-09-03	1	4th	5 6 14 26 35
2025-09-01	3	4th	2 16 25 26 33
2025-08-25	5	4th	15 17 21 26 29
2025-08-13	4	4th	4 14 16 26 31
2025-08-04	13	5th	8 12 14 25 26
2025-07-04	2	4th	1 6 20 26 33
2025-06-30	1	3rd	7 18 26 28 29
2025-06-27	6	4th	7 14 21 26 34
2025-06-13	2	4th	4 8 25 26 30
2025-06-09	2	5th	3 5 7 17 26
2025-06-04	18	4th	1 12 14 26 28
2025-04-23	7	4th	3 11 22 26 32
2025-04-07	2	2nd	23 26 27 28 33
2025-04-02	4	5th	9 10 11 17 26
2025-03-24	4	4th	11 17 20 26 31
2025-03-14	4	5th	4 8 9 16 26
2025-03-05	13	4th	3 6 18 26 33
2025-02-03	1	5th	10 14 19 22 26
2025-01-31	10	5th	1 4 11 25 26
2025-01-08	11	2nd	1 26 29 30 34
2024-12-13	2	4th	1 8 13 26 34
2024-12-09	4	4th	15 20 21 26 34
2024-11-29	1	4th	3 7 22 26 32
2024-11-27	2	4th	17 18 22 26 35
2024-11-22	26	3rd	7 11 26 27 32
2024-09-23	1	5th	14 16 22 24 26
2024-09-20	9	5th	4 8 17 20 26
2024-08-30	3	4th	4 11 15 26 29
2024-08-23	1	4th	6 8 10 26 34
2024-08-21	14	4th	5 16 19 26 33
2024-07-19	4	3rd	2 16 26 29 35
2024-07-10	5	5th	4 5 7 25 26
2024-06-28	6	3rd	1 5 26 27 33
2024-06-14	8	3rd	6 17 26 30 32
2024-05-27	2	4th	1 6 21 26 34
2024-05-22	1	4th	5 17 22 26 30
2024-05-20	1	4th	9 23 25 26 35
2024-05-17	27	2nd	12 26 27 31 32
2024-03-15	7	3rd	11 17 26 27 35
2024-02-28	5	3rd	7 16 26 32 33
2024-02-16	21	4th	6 13 16 26 28
2023-12-29	6	4th	2 7 10 26 32
2023-12-15	9	5th	9 15 17 21 26
2023-11-24	5	3rd	4 20 26 27 29
2023-11-13	7	4th	1 13 18 26 35
2023-10-27	5	5th	8 9 10 17 26
2023-10-16	3	4th	6 13 24 26 35
2023-10-09	6	4th	2 3 20 26 33
2023-09-25	2	5th	12 13 14 20 26
2023-09-20	1	3rd	6 24 26 29 31
2023-09-18	9	4th	1 12 16 26 31
2023-08-28	10	4th	6 8 24 26 32
2023-08-04	8	3rd	3 18 26 31 33
2023-07-17	3	5th	2 9 11 25 26
2023-07-10	15	4th	6 19 23 26 30
2023-06-05	2	4th	5 9 15 26 27
2023-05-31	1	5th	6 10 18 21 26
2023-05-29	3	4th	3 5 18 26 33
2023-05-22	1	5th	1 11 23 25 26
2023-05-19	3	4th	10 11 25 26 28
2023-05-12	12	5th	6 9 13 24 26
2023-04-14	3	4th	4 8 13 26 31
2023-04-07	28	3rd	13 23 26 31 34
2023-02-01	6	5th	5 7 10 21 26
2023-01-18	12	2nd	12 26 32 33 35
2022-12-21	9	4th	1 13 24 26 31
2022-11-30	6	4th	17 21 25 26 35
2022-11-16	15	3rd	9 23 26 31 33
2022-10-12	5	3rd	2 17 26 33 35
2022-09-30	1	5th	4 11 12 16 26
2022-09-28	13	2nd	21 26 29 30 35
2022-08-29	10	5th	6 8 15 19 26
2022-08-05	12	2nd	16 26 28 34 35
2022-07-08	2	3rd	7 24 26 33 35
2022-07-04	30	5th	2 11 20 23 26
2022-04-25	1	5th	3 11 16 18 26
2022-04-22	3	5th	9 13 23 24 26
2022-04-15	1	5th	1 5 7 20 26
2022-04-13	22	5th	1 2 12 20 26
2022-02-21	8	5th	7 9 19 21 26
2022-02-02	2	4th	6 8 18 26 35
2022-01-28	17	5th	1 8 15 22 26
2021-12-20	7	3rd	4 23 26 32 33
2021-12-03	11	4th	2 5 19 26 28
2021-11-08	7	5th	6 13 17 20 26
2021-10-22	3	4th	2 3 12 26 30
2021-10-15	4	4th	10 20 23 26 28
2021-10-06	5	4th	7 10 18 26 34
2021-09-24	5	4th	2 12 18 26 27
2021-09-13	2	4th	3 15 16 26 31
2021-09-08	11	5th	3 6 12 14 26
2021-08-13	3	4th	6 11 16 26 27
2021-08-06	2	5th	5 6 15 18 26
2021-08-02	23	4th	9 12 25 26 28
2021-06-09	31	5th	16 19 21 25 26
2021-03-29	12	3rd	7 14 26 30 32
2021-03-01	4	4th	14 16 17 26 32
2021-02-19	9	5th	1 3 22 24 26
2021-01-29	2	3rd	7 14 26 32 33
2021-01-25	1	4th	12 15 24 26 30
2021-01-22	7	5th	6 7 18 19 26
2021-01-06	3	3rd	5 6 26 29 34
2020-12-30	14	3rd	7 10 26 27 35
2020-11-27	10	2nd	13 26 33 34 35
2020-11-04	10	3rd	8 11 26 34 35
2020-10-12	3	4th	3 9 13 26 33
2020-10-05	4	4th	10 15 18 26 35
2020-09-25	14	4th	2 3 12 26 32
2020-08-24	10	4th	8 12 24 26 32
2020-07-31	2	4th	1 13 25 26 27
2020-07-27	8	4th	7 13 24 26 35
2020-07-08	4	4th	20 21 23 26 34
2020-06-29	10	3rd	3 11 26 28 30
2020-06-05	2	4th	10 24 25 26 27
2020-06-01	6	3rd	13 25 26 31 35
2020-05-18	5	3rd	5 6 26 31 34
2020-05-06	11	4th	5 20 21 26 35
2020-04-10	9	5th	3 6 20 21 26
2020-03-20	6	3rd	15 16 26 27 30
2020-03-06	9	3rd	6 13 26 33 34
2020-02-14	2	5th	9 14 17 19 26
2020-02-10	11	4th	1 9 17 26 28
2020-01-15	5	5th	12 14 19 23 26
2020-01-03	14	5th	4 6 12 19 26
2019-12-02	14	3rd	14 20 26 27 31
2019-10-30	8	4th	2 3 23 26 33
2019-10-11	5	4th	5 6 25 26 30
2019-09-30	2	4th	16 23 25 26 30
2019-09-25	7	5th	2 6 9 14 26
2019-09-09	1	4th	1 3 16 26 34
2019-09-06	3	4th	10 11 24 26 28
2019-08-30	4	5th	5 19 21 24 26
2019-08-21	2	5th	8 13 14 24 26
2019-08-16	3	3rd	2 12 26 31 32
2019-08-09	1	4th	11 18 23 26 27
2019-08-07	5	5th	6 16 19 25 26
2019-07-26	22	4th	1 3 5 26 33
2019-06-05	4	5th	1 8 11 14 26
2019-05-27	12	3rd	9 15 26 27 31
2019-04-29	28	4th	3 11 16 26 32
2019-02-22	4	4th	3 5 20 26 31
2019-02-13	3	5th	2 11 16 20 26
2019-02-06	16	4th	4 12 18 26 27
2018-12-31	14	4th	14 22 25 26 29
2018-11-28	3	5th	7 13 16 20 26
2018-11-21	11	4th	1 4 23 26 32
2018-10-26	10	4th	5 16 25 26 35
2018-10-03	11	5th	6 9 11 12 26
2018-09-07	5	4th	3 4 15 26 30
2018-08-27	1	4th	2 8 21 26 27
2018-08-24	2	4th	4 16 25 26 29
2018-08-20	1	4th	6 7 9 26 29
2018-08-17	6	4th	5 21 24 26 29
2018-08-03	14	3rd	6 24 26 32 33
2018-07-02	6	4th	16 21 22 26 27
2018-06-18	5	5th	17 21 24 25 26
2018-06-06	14	3rd	5 18 26 33 34
2018-05-04	1	5th	6 8 9 24 26
2018-05-02	4	3rd	12 22 26 28 33
2018-04-23	7	3rd	1 24 26 28 30
2018-04-06	2	5th	4 6 10 20 26
2018-04-02	4	3rd	7 20 26 29 34
2018-03-23	2	5th	3 6 8 10 26
2018-03-19	2	5th	9 18 19 20 26
2018-03-14	13	2nd	11 26 27 30 34
2018-02-12	1	5th	12 16 17 23 26
2018-02-09	16	5th	2 10 12 14 26
2018-01-03	4	4th	8 9 23 26 29
2017-12-25	5	4th	6 20 24 26 35
2017-12-13	29	4th	5 7 12 26 30
2017-10-06	1	5th	1 3 7 17 26
2017-10-04	25	5th	3 18 23 25 26
2017-08-07	2	5th	10 11 12 19 26
2017-08-02	3	5th	5 7 9 17 26
2017-07-26	1	4th	1 3 15 26 33
2017-07-24	15	4th	7 8 20 26 28
2017-06-19	6	3rd	20 25 26 30 34
2017-06-05	1	3rd	20 25 26 28 35
2017-06-02	11	4th	19 21 23 26 35
2017-05-08	10	4th	2 14 20 26 33
2017-04-14	11	5th	1 21 23 24 26
2017-03-20	6	3rd	8 23 26 32 35
2017-03-06	5	4th	1 7 12 26 27
2017-02-22	1	4th	5 20 24 26 28
2017-02-20	2	5th	1 4 8 21 26
2017-02-15	8	5th	8 11 20 21 26
2017-01-27	3	3rd	7 8 26 29 30
2017-01-20	4	4th	7 10 15 26 28
2017-01-11	2	4th	1 10 18 26 34
2017-01-06	6	5th	1 13 17 22 26
2016-12-23	7	4th	4 12 22 26 27
2016-12-07	1	4th	3 6 19 26 31
2016-12-05	3	4th	3 18 25 26 32
2016-11-28	6	5th	7 10 12 17 26
2016-11-14	5	3rd	10 22 26 30 33
2016-11-02	2	5th	5 9 16 19 26
2016-10-28	2	4th	5 16 19 26 28
2016-10-24	8	4th	3 9 10 26 35
2016-10-05	15	5th	4 5 17 24 26
2016-08-31	2	4th	13 20 23 26 28
2016-08-26	7	3rd	8 21 26 27 29
2016-08-10	3	4th	11 22 24 26 33
2016-08-03	10	4th	3 10 23 26 32
2016-07-11	4	5th	1 9 18 20 26
2016-07-01	1	3rd	5 17 26 31 35
2016-06-29	26	3rd	13 25 26 29 34
2016-04-29	1	5th	4 5 19 20 26
2016-04-27	10	3rd	13 19 26 29 30
2016-04-04	28	2nd	8 26 27 30 31
2016-01-29	4	3rd	16 23 26 31 32
2016-01-20	1	5th	4 17 18 21 26
2016-01-18	1	3rd	11 24 26 30 31
2016-01-15	3	3rd	3 12 26 30 34
2016-01-08	11	4th	5 21 24 26 33
2015-12-14	4	4th	4 9 20 26 30
2015-12-04	6	5th	2 5 13 15 26
2015-11-20	14	3rd	10 16 26 30 34
2015-10-19	2	4th	5 8 12 26 28
2015-10-14	11	3rd	11 19 26 27 35
2015-09-18	1	5th	7 10 18 19 26
2015-09-16	2	4th	4 10 12 26 35
2015-09-11	5	4th	2 11 22 26 30
2015-08-31	1	5th	2 9 14 17 26
2015-08-28	1	5th	4 12 15 20 26
2015-08-26	12	5th	5 19 23 25 26
2015-07-29	8	3rd	4 22 26 33 34
2015-07-10	7	4th	1 7 19 26 27
2015-06-24	6	4th	5 11 21 26 31
2015-06-10	6	2nd	20 26 27 28 32
2015-05-27	15	3rd	2 25 26 27 33
2015-04-22	11	5th	5 10 13 16 26
2015-03-27	7	4th	5 14 15 26 33
2015-03-11	6	4th	5 18 21 26 30
2015-02-25	1	4th	1 5 11 26 34
2015-02-23	8	4th	1 11 25 26 33
2015-02-04	8	5th	5 11 19 20 26
2015-01-16	2	4th	17 22 23 26 27
2015-01-12	1	4th	2 17 21 26 35
2015-01-09	1	4th	6 17 19 26 34
2015-01-07	2	5th	3 12 16 17 26
2015-01-02	8	4th	2 15 24 26 35
2014-12-15	2	4th	8 15 16 26 28
2014-12-10	1	4th	2 10 20 26 31
2014-12-08	1	3rd	10 17 26 28 29
2014-12-05	10	5th	4 6 7 13 26
2014-11-12	8	3rd	8 10 26 27 29
2014-10-24	5	5th	4 15 16 24 26
2014-10-13	25	4th	2 7 19 26 27
2014-08-15	3	5th	1 4 5 22 26
2014-08-08	2	4th	1 7 13 26 28
2014-08-04	5	5th	2 7 9 17 26
2014-07-23	13	5th	1 11 16 21 26
2014-06-23	15	3rd	11 20 26 31 34
2014-05-19	1	4th	4 11 22 26 34
2014-05-16	25	4th	6 8 14 26 31
2014-03-19	3	3rd	17 19 26 32 33
2014-03-12	36	5th	1 4 6 7 26
2013-12-18	2	4th	1 6 14 26 31
2013-12-13	25	4th	2 14 19 26 30
2013-10-16	21	5th	2 4 14 15 26
2013-08-28	5	3rd	15 17 26 28 33
2013-08-16	8	3rd	5 17 26 27 34
2013-07-29	3	2nd	24 26 29 33 35
2013-07-22	4	5th	3 16 17 19 26
2013-07-12	1	4th	12 13 15 26 33
2013-07-10	4	5th	12 14 19 25 26
2013-07-01	1	4th	10 13 24 26 29
2013-06-28	4	5th	1 7 8 10 26
2013-06-19	3	5th	6 12 14 20 26
2013-06-12	6	4th	12 15 25 26 27
2013-05-29	7	4th	8 18 21 26 27
2013-05-13	3	4th	3 20 21 26 31
2013-05-06	8	4th	1 16 18 26 31
2013-04-17	22	4th	8 14 21 26 27
2013-02-25	6	4th	7 11 16 26 27
2013-02-11	5	4th	2 17 21 26 27
2013-01-30	14	2nd	2 26 27 31 33
2012-12-28	1	4th	1 15 18 26 28
2012-12-26	4	4th	4 10 18 26 34
2012-12-17	3	4th	2 5 15 26 34
2012-12-10	11	4th	4 6 12 26 29
2012-11-14	6	3rd	11 15 26 31 33
2012-10-31	4	4th	1 4 11 26 28
2012-10-22	7	5th	4 6 7 13 26
2012-10-05	6	4th	8 20 21 26 30
2012-09-21	11	4th	3 11 20 26 34
2012-08-27	11	4th	1 4 11 26 32
2012-08-01	31	5th	7 9 11 25 26
2012-05-21	3	4th	7 10 24 26 35
2012-05-14	4	4th	7 17 19 26 27
2012-05-04	11	4th	10 18 22 26 31
2012-04-09	2	4th	9 24 25 26 33
2012-04-04	1	4th	6 24 25 26 35
2012-04-02	13	3rd	15 25 26 27 30
2012-03-02	1	5th	15 20 21 22 26
2012-02-29	1	5th	15 21 23 25 26
2012-02-27	9	4th	3 6 18 26 34
2012-02-06	3	3rd	10 14 26 29 32
2012-01-30	7	5th	2 3 21 25 26
2012-01-13	4	3rd	12 17 26 30 31
2012-01-04	1	4th	1 17 24 26 30
2012-01-02	11	5th	2 9 17 24 26
2011-12-07	4	4th	7 11 24 26 34
2011-11-28	1	4th	16 17 18 26 29
2011-11-25	1	5th	2 5 13 25 26
2011-11-23	1	4th	20 23 24 26 28
2011-11-21	1	4th	3 11 20 26 34
2011-11-18	5	4th	5 13 20 26 29
2011-11-07	11	4th	1 15 24 26 33
2011-10-12	1	4th	10 12 16 26 34
2011-10-10	6	4th	2 3 5 26 32
2011-09-26	7	4th	4 13 17 26 34
2011-09-09	1	5th	8 11 13 23 26
2011-09-07	4	3rd	4 8 26 27 29
2011-08-29	4	4th	2 5 23 26 30
2011-08-19	7	3rd	2 15 26 29 34
2011-08-03	10	3rd	15 24 26 30 34
2011-07-11	4	4th	13 14 23 26 32
2011-07-01	12	3rd	15 24 26 27 30
2011-06-03	11	4th	1 13 23 26 34
2011-05-09	1	5th	11 13 22 24 26
2011-05-06	9	4th	2 21 25 26 29
2011-04-15	1	5th	7 10 12 16 26
2011-04-13	2	4th	5 20 25 26 31
2011-04-08	3	4th	14 18 24 26 31
2011-04-01	6	4th	2 3 21 26 28
2011-03-18	4	5th	2 4 5 15 26
2011-03-09	13	5th	1 2 4 10 26
2011-02-07	10	5th	5 11 12 13 26
2011-01-14	8	3rd	21 23 26 27 35
2010-12-27	6	5th	8 15 18 22 26
2010-12-13	11	3rd	15 19 26 27 29
2010-11-17	6	3rd	1 3 26 30 35
2010-11-03	8	3rd	6 12 26 27 31
2010-10-15	2	4th	1 2 4 26 35
2010-10-11	3	3rd	9 25 26 31 35
2010-10-04	—	4th	1 10 23 26 27