Number 26

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,019 draws, 6 from 1–54.

244times drawn · chance expected 224 +1.39σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

40longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 244 times in 2,019 draws against 224.3 expected, +1.39σ. 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 244 times in 2,019 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 8.4
2nd smallest57 · chance 43.5
3rd smallest82 · chance 83.6
4th smallest65 · chance 73.9
5th smallest33 · chance 30.1
6th smallest3 · chance 4.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 8 37 31 42 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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	8 17 25 26 27 45
2026-09-16	5	2nd	14 26 37 46 47 51
2026-09-05	4	4th	14 17 25 26 30 37
2026-08-26	6	4th

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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-16	15	4th	2 6 20 26 27 49
2025-06-11	13	2nd	17 26 47 52 53 54
2025-05-12	3	1st	26 28 32 36 39 41
2025-05-05	7	1st	26 28 30 40 47 54
2025-04-19	3	3rd	17 18 26 41 45 54
2025-04-12	7	3rd	3 14 26 35 42 44
2025-03-26	3	4th	9 11 18 26 33 48
2025-03-19	7	3rd	10 22 26 33 37 52
2025-03-03	1	3rd	7 10 26 35 44 54
2025-03-01	22	4th	10 16 20 26 27 45
2025-01-08	21	3rd	12 17 26 37 38 44
2024-11-20	5	4th	11 14 19 26 32 35
2024-11-09	10	2nd	3 26 27 29 34 54
2024-10-16	26	5th	6 13 14 23 26 44
2024-08-17	36	3rd	4 7 26 33 43 49
2024-05-25	1	2nd	15 26 28 31 44 51
2024-05-22	4	3rd	14 15 26 30 33 52
2024-05-13	3	4th	8 14 15 26 42 46
2024-05-06	1	2nd	14 26 27 32 38 46
2024-05-04	4	5th	3 15 17 25 26 42
2024-04-24	5	3rd	5 21 26 42 51 54
2024-04-13	5	3rd	7 8 26 28 36 39
2024-04-01	4	3rd	22 25 26 29 33 51
2024-03-23	6	3rd	7 9 26 42 44 51
2024-03-09	7	3rd	17 23 26 32 38 45
2024-02-21	2	3rd	6 18 26 42 44 53
2024-02-17	5	4th	3 11 14 26 35 41
2024-02-05	19	2nd	13 26 33 36 42 54
2023-12-23	16	4th	14 20 22 26 29 49
2023-11-15	5	4th	4 17 19 26 30 31
2023-11-04	20	5th	3 7 11 23 26 36
2023-09-18	1	2nd	13 26 27 32 34 39
2023-09-16	12	5th	6 12 16 25 26 34
2023-08-19	5	3rd	8 16 26 27 41 43
2023-08-07	5	4th	2 22 25 26 42 45
2023-07-26	24	3rd	10 23 26 30 37 45
2023-05-31	3	3rd	10 21 26 42 43 53
2023-05-24	25	4th	2 9 24 26 28 39
2023-03-27	6	4th	10 21 24 26 28 51
2023-03-13	7	2nd	23 26 31 33 39 40
2023-02-25	9	4th	1 4 15 26 28 32
2023-02-04	1	2nd	16 26 30 31 37 44
2023-02-01	16	4th	1 8 22 26 38 40
2022-12-26	1	3rd	5 20 26 46 48 49
2022-12-24	1	5th	5 6 9 21 26 42
2022-12-21	4	5th	2 4 8 13 26 47
2022-12-12	19	4th	3 7 23 26 42 47
2022-10-29	11	3rd	3 8 26 30 43 52
2022-10-03	3	3rd	2 14 26 34 44 49
2022-09-26	5	5th	6 11 13 25 26 31
2022-09-14	16	3rd	13 14 26 28 49 51
2022-08-08	7	2nd	11 26 28 40 48 49
2022-07-23	11	5th	6 7 14 20 26 31
2022-06-27	11	2nd	19 26 36 38 39 45
2022-06-01	1	4th	4 12 13 26 39 54
2022-05-30	2	3rd	1 3 26 29 31 45
2022-05-25	8	3rd	19 20 26 37 38 44
2022-05-07	5	3rd	1 3 26 34 36 52
2022-04-25	18	3rd	12 13 26 31 39 43
2022-03-14	7	5th	5 17 19 24 26 33
2022-02-26	17	2nd	24 26 35 37 46 50
2022-01-17	15	4th	3 11 22 26 39 45
2021-12-13	2	4th	1 8 10 26 39 50
2021-12-08	6	4th	5 9 20 26 38 40
2021-11-24	11	2nd	18 26 30 41 44 51
2021-10-30	2	5th	3 7 12 14 26 45
2021-10-25	4	4th	20 23 25 26 44 45
2021-10-16	15	1st	26 27 32 36 37 42
2021-09-11	2	5th	9 13 16 21 26 33
2021-09-06	40	3rd	3 10 26 43 45 50
2021-04-28	16	4th	4 16 17 26 30 37
2021-03-03	5	2nd	6 26 30 32 35 47
2021-02-13	1	3rd	1 12 26 28 42 48
2021-02-10	7	1st	26 27 34 37 48 53
2021-01-16	9	5th	8 13 16 23 26 51
2020-12-16	5	2nd	1 26 34 37 44 51
2020-11-28	6	5th	9 13 17 20 26 28
2020-11-07	1	4th	15 17 23 26 43 52
2020-11-04	9	3rd	8 25 26 39 52 54
2020-10-03	9	4th	6 13 18 26 48 54
2020-09-02	25	3rd	7 13 26 32 46 54
2020-06-06	2	5th	8 9 14 17 26 31
2020-05-30	22	3rd	8 22 26 47 48 49
2020-03-14	40	3rd	7 13 26 28 40 48
2019-10-26	7	3rd	1 2 26 41 42 54
2019-10-02	2	2nd	9 26 39 42 47 49
2019-09-25	2	3rd	5 9 26 38 41 44
2019-09-18	4	3rd	3 24 26 29 45 50
2019-09-04	9	2nd	4 26 36 37 45 50
2019-08-03	8	5th	6 17 18 20 26 34
2019-07-06	3	4th	2 9 21 26 28 51
2019-06-26	8	3rd	1 19 26 34 35 41
2019-05-29	9	3rd	8 12 26 28 43 52
2019-04-27	1	3rd	1 14 26 32 35 37
2019-04-24	3	3rd	2 19 26 35 39 43
2019-04-13	7	6th	1 4 10 14 15 26
2019-03-20	24	3rd	14 15 26 29 40 42
2018-12-26	25	2nd	5 26 33 40 42 47
2018-09-29	12	3rd	4 11 26 34 38 43
2018-08-18	11	3rd	23 25 26 29 48 52
2018-07-11	1	3rd	17 20 26 28 31 46
2018-07-07	3	5th	6 7 10 22 26 52
2018-06-27	4	5th	8 12 17 20 26 47
2018-06-13	3	4th	5 6 11 26 32 53
2018-06-02	11	2nd	6 26 34 40 43 54
2018-04-25	7	4th	2 5 12 26 31 43
2018-03-31	4	3rd	8 16 26 27 44 51
2018-03-17	8	3rd	4 25 26 38 48 49
2018-02-17	18	5th	10 11 13 22 26 46
2017-12-16	8	5th	5 10 16 22 26 46
2017-11-18	15	6th	1 4 5 8 12 26
2017-09-27	5	3rd	2 6 26 32 42 49
2017-09-09	7	2nd	9 26 32 34 42 51
2017-08-16	3	6th	11 14 15 18 19 26
2017-08-05	17	2nd	7 26 27 29 35 36
2017-06-07	2	3rd	16 25 26 33 37 43
2017-05-31	14	2nd	11 26 33 40 47 53
2017-04-12	2	2nd	5 26 30 31 46 54
2017-04-05	15	4th	8 20 21 26 51 52
2017-02-11	2	3rd	24 25 26 29 41 53
2017-02-04	1	5th	8 13 19 25 26 29
2017-02-01	7	3rd	12 19 26 29 37 54
2017-01-07	8	5th	2 5 14 18 26 27
2016-12-10	3	4th	1 9 14 26 37 46
2016-11-30	11	2nd	22 26 36 45 47 49
2016-10-22	8	5th	2 5 14 25 26 30
2016-09-24	5	2nd	5 26 37 39 44 50
2016-09-07	10	3rd	9 12 26 28 33 40
2016-08-03	3	4th	17 18 24 26 28 35
2016-07-23	6	5th	8 12 19 25 26 30
2016-07-02	13	5th	1 8 12 22 26 37
2016-05-18	3	2nd	20 26 40 47 48 53
2016-05-07	5	3rd	11 21 26 28 44 45
2016-04-20	2	3rd	13 22 26 27 41 52
2016-04-13	17	5th	8 14 16 21 26 48
2016-02-13	3	3rd	8 25 26 32 37 51
2016-02-03	6	4th	7 15 21 26 27 49
2016-01-13	10	5th	3 8 14 15 26 41
2015-12-09	1	2nd	10 26 28 31 37 45
2015-12-05	3	2nd	21 26 34 41 43 44
2015-11-25	3	2nd	22 26 31 32 43 45
2015-11-14	3	3rd	6 15 26 31 37 54
2015-11-04	7	3rd	1 14 26 29 38 46
2015-10-10	8	4th	2 6 14 26 36 50
2015-09-12	4	2nd	16 26 29 35 37 42
2015-08-29	4	4th	12 17 18 26 40 54
2015-08-15	1	4th	3 15 19 26 32 52
2015-08-12	9	3rd	6 8 26 34 40 47
2015-07-11	39	2nd	11 26 29 36 37 47
2015-02-25	10	4th	4 22 23 26 44 54
2015-01-21	22	4th	2 3 11 26 31 49
2014-11-05	3	2nd	1 26 34 38 45 49
2014-10-25	11	2nd	3 26 29 48 52 54
2014-09-17	1	3rd	5 14 26 30 32 38
2014-09-13	12	4th	2 9 24 26 31 36
2014-08-02	1	3rd	7 9 26 31 35 43
2014-07-30	8	2nd	10 26 40 41 49 50
2014-07-02	1	2nd	18 26 32 35 43 45
2014-06-28	7	4th	6 9 24 26 42 51
2014-06-04	2	4th	3 7 12 26 44 50
2014-05-28	4	2nd	10 26 36 41 53 54
2014-05-14	11	2nd	2 26 41 49 52 54
2014-04-05	16	3rd	15 24 26 37 49 52
2014-02-08	9	4th	7 16 17 26 42 51
2014-01-08	4	4th	8 19 25 26 30 39
2013-12-25	1	2nd	25 26 31 40 46 50
2013-12-21	4	5th	1 8 14 22 26 34
2013-12-07	8	3rd	4 22 26 37 50 54
2013-11-09	11	3rd	7 15 26 31 51 54
2013-10-02	11	4th	5 13 21 26 44 45
2013-08-24	14	5th	5 16 18 24 26 42
2013-07-06	1	5th	12 21 23 25 26 30
2013-07-03	2	4th	5 6 14 26 43 53
2013-06-26	4	4th	2 11 18 26 29 41
2013-06-12	6	2nd	10 26 32 33 48 54
2013-05-22	7	2nd	11 26 35 37 40 52
2013-04-27	4	4th	14 21 23 26 42 46
2013-04-13	4	5th	4 13 14 18 26 38
2013-03-30	15	3rd	10 24 26 29 38 39
2013-02-06	2	4th	11 18 22 26 29 37
2013-01-30	5	2nd	6 26 33 39 43 50
2013-01-12	1	3rd	1 12 26 32 34 54
2013-01-09	16	4th	9 16 18 26 47 53
2012-11-14	6	4th	9 21 25 26 38 53
2012-10-24	7	3rd	1 3 26 31 38 51
2012-09-29	5	5th	14 15 16 20 26 42
2012-09-12	2	5th	8 14 17 21 26 50
2012-09-05	11	3rd	4 19 26 28 35 50
2012-07-28	5	2nd	25 26 40 43 46 51
2012-07-11	18	3rd	5 8 26 32 40 49
2012-05-09	1	2nd	7 26 27 39 43 44
2012-05-05	24	4th	1 6 14 26 33 42
2012-02-11	1	3rd	10 13 26 40 41 53
2012-02-08	15	2nd	24 26 30 35 42 49
2011-12-17	7	2nd	12 26 43 45 48 52
2011-11-23	4	4th	12 13 18 26 52 53
2011-11-09	9	3rd	2 25 26 31 32 45
2011-10-08	3	4th	13 17 19 26 37 44
2011-09-28	9	3rd	3 13 26 39 44 50
2011-08-27	22	4th	12 14 25 26 36 46
2011-06-11	1	4th	5 13 22 26 34 40
2011-06-08	4	3rd	1 14 26 41 49 53
2011-05-25	6	4th	5 9 20 26 36 45
2011-05-04	2	4th	1 5 9 26 29 49
2011-04-27	10	4th	7 10 16 26 41 54
2011-03-23	6	3rd	14 16 26 33 47 53
2011-03-02	14	2nd	23 26 29 38 39 47
2011-01-12	1	3rd	5 15 26 40 50 52
2011-01-08	1	3rd	15 17 26 34 35 50
2011-01-05	7	2nd	17 26 33 35 43 54
2010-12-11	10	3rd	19 22 26 27 28 35
2010-11-06	12	3rd	18 20 26 33 35 52
2010-09-25	23	3rd	1 7 26 43 46 51
2010-07-07	10	3rd	3 25 26 34 39 50
2010-06-02	5	4th	7 20 25 26 39 48
2010-05-15	1	4th	8 17 22 26 28 42
2010-05-12	6	3rd	10 13 26 27 36 37
2010-04-21	13	3rd	15 20 26 41 50 51
2010-03-06	17	2nd	19 26 39 40 43 52
2010-01-06	—	4th	5 12 22 26 40 50