Number 26

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

169times drawn · chance expected 174 −0.41σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

38longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 169 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 169 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 15 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 0.6
2nd smallest6 · chance 7.3
3rd smallest38 · chance 32.1
4th smallest59 · chance 61.4
5th smallest49 · chance 52.0
6th smallest17 · chance 15.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 2 20 29 30 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-08-19	1	2nd	7 26 27 31 34 38
2026-08-15	6	4th	16 17 19 26 29 36
2026-07-25	1	5th	1 2 5 21 26 33
2026-07-22

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-02	3	5th	1 13 18 19 26 29
2024-10-23	13	6th	1 5 10 15 17 26
2024-09-07	2	3rd	13 15 26 32 38 40
2024-08-31	12	5th	2 10 15 21 26 31
2024-07-20	2	4th	5 7 25 26 29 32
2024-07-13	7	3rd	6 24 26 33 34 38
2024-06-19	13	6th	2 7 21 22 23 26
2024-05-04	6	4th	2 4 23 26 31 38
2024-04-13	3	3rd	6 9 26 29 34 38
2024-04-03	1	5th	2 6 12 21 26 28
2024-03-30	1	4th	2 5 20 26 30 39
2024-03-27	4	4th	10 12 24 26 34 38
2024-03-13	9	4th	7 20 22 26 35 39
2024-02-10	6	4th	1 10 23 26 28 34
2024-01-20	11	3rd	12 23 26 31 32 38
2023-12-13	2	5th	9 10 15 24 26 38
2023-12-06	8	3rd	1 19 26 27 28 32
2023-11-08	1	3rd	15 19 26 28 34 38
2023-11-04	20	5th	3 8 10 25 26 30
2023-08-26	3	4th	6 11 12 26 30 36
2023-08-16	3	6th	3 12 15 17 19 26
2023-08-05	2	3rd	6 12 26 31 37 39
2023-07-29	23	5th	7 10 17 21 26 38
2023-05-10	5	6th	1 2 15 18 22 26
2023-04-22	6	4th	13 17 25 26 33 39
2023-04-01	25	5th	1 3 10 25 26 30
2023-01-04	1	5th	13 15 16 24 26 35
2022-12-31	4	5th	13 15 23 24 26 27
2022-12-17	7	6th	1 3 6 9 10 26
2022-11-23	5	5th	9 18 22 24 26 33
2022-11-05	1	2nd	17 26 31 32 34 37
2022-11-02	1	3rd	8 24 26 29 32 39
2022-10-29	11	4th	5 19 23 26 34 39
2022-09-21	11	3rd	8 22 26 29 32 35
2022-08-13	2	3rd	14 19 26 27 36 37
2022-08-06	6	5th	2 4 16 22 26 40
2022-07-16	1	4th	2 5 8 26 27 30
2022-07-13	8	3rd	7 11 26 27 31 39
2022-06-15	4	3rd	2 19 26 33 35 36
2022-06-01	9	4th	3 10 13 26 34 36
2022-04-30	38	4th	1 21 24 26 28 32
2021-12-18	6	4th	7 8 12 26 38 39
2021-11-27	16	4th	4 5 17 26 27 32
2021-10-02	5	3rd	3 10 26 29 31 38
2021-09-15	5	3rd	4 24 26 27 30 31
2021-08-28	11	5th	2 3 4 21 26 34
2021-07-21	1	6th	6 8 9 16 23 26
2021-07-17	18	5th	1 19 20 23 26 40
2021-05-15	2	5th	5 6 13 22 26 37
2021-05-08	22	3rd	18 20 26 32 35 39
2021-02-20	14	3rd	9 13 26 30 35 37
2021-01-02	5	6th	8 13 16 20 22 26
2020-12-16	8	4th	1 18 21 26 29 30
2020-11-18	7	4th	17 23 24 26 35 39
2020-10-24	1	4th	1 12 25 26 35 38
2020-10-21	3	4th	1 5 19 26 35 38
2020-10-10	1	3rd	15 20 26 33 34 39
2020-10-07	1	4th	4 18 23 26 38 40
2020-10-03	7	3rd	11 14 26 30 36 38
2020-09-09	8	5th	2 4 17 20 26 40
2020-08-12	2	4th	3 15 20 26 27 30
2020-08-05	7	3rd	1 6 26 31 34 35
2020-07-11	3	4th	15 21 24 26 31 37
2020-07-01	4	3rd	4 22 26 28 29 39
2020-06-17	2	5th	9 16 17 20 26 35
2020-06-10	3	4th	4 18 19 26 30 38
2020-05-30	3	4th	2 13 21 26 32 40
2020-05-20	6	3rd	1 3 26 35 36 40
2020-04-29	3	4th	4 6 20 26 32 39
2020-04-18	8	5th	7 9 18 21 26 39
2020-03-21	1	5th	8 10 12 13 26 30
2020-03-18	14	5th	2 20 23 24 26 28
2020-01-29	11	5th	5 13 15 17 26 34
2019-12-21	1	4th	9 11 25 26 34 40
2019-12-18	1	4th	2 5 14 26 29 31
2019-12-14	4	5th	4 7 13 22 26 36
2019-11-30	2	4th	11 18 20 26 29 35
2019-11-23	1	2nd	8 26 27 29 32 34
2019-11-20	16	5th	1 7 8 13 26 34
2019-09-25	13	5th	7 17 19 25 26 29
2019-08-10	5	3rd	2 13 26 28 30 36
2019-07-24	2	3rd	14 21 26 27 30 40
2019-07-17	4	3rd	4 10 26 31 36 39
2019-07-03	9	4th	4 18 22 26 32 39
2019-06-01	8	4th	3 13 22 26 31 34
2019-05-04	26	3rd	14 22 26 29 32 39
2019-02-02	17	6th	1 3 9 12 22 26
2018-12-05	6	4th	4 9 20 26 29 34
2018-11-14	3	4th	11 16 19 26 30 37
2018-11-03	4	5th	1 6 19 25 26 29
2018-10-20	1	6th	6 8 9 14 18 26
2018-10-17	4	3rd	20 23 26 31 32 39
2018-10-03	1	5th	5 8 9 10 26 31
2018-09-29	15	4th	6 17 24 26 36 39
2018-08-08	4	4th	14 17 20 26 28 30
2018-07-25	19	5th	7 9 15 22 26 36
2018-05-19	4	4th	2 12 14 26 29 30
2018-05-05	4	3rd	7 11 26 29 36 38
2018-04-21	4	2nd	23 26 27 30 36 37
2018-04-07	9	4th	1 10 12 26 33 38
2018-03-07	8	5th	4 12 14 20 26 35
2018-02-07	2	4th	10 14 23 26 27 34
2018-01-31	7	6th	4 13 14 20 24 26
2018-01-06	7	4th	2 18 24 26 27 36
2017-12-13	3	4th	1 17 25 26 28 30
2017-12-02	19	6th	1 3 8 15 20 26
2017-09-27	12	4th	2 6 17 26 38 40
2017-08-16	10	5th	4 9 10 12 26 34
2017-07-12	1	4th	1 2 9 26 36 39
2017-07-08	5	4th	3 19 23 26 28 34
2017-06-21	7	4th	13 14 23 26 28 37
2017-05-27	11	4th	5 6 16 26 27 28
2017-04-19	1	5th	4 6 7 18 26 28
2017-04-15	6	5th	4 14 21 25 26 38
2017-03-25	1	6th	3 9 14 22 23 26
2017-03-22	5	5th	13 14 19 22 26 27
2017-03-04	2	5th	1 6 7 8 26 30
2017-02-25	3	5th	15 19 20 23 26 28
2017-02-15	6	3rd	2 24 26 29 30 35
2017-01-25	7	4th	4 21 25 26 35 40
2016-12-31	13	3rd	1 5 26 30 36 37
2016-11-16	1	6th	6 9 13 16 21 26
2016-11-12	5	5th	1 5 7 25 26 40
2016-10-26	4	4th	3 16 25 26 37 39
2016-10-12	1	4th	12 18 21 26 30 34
2016-10-08	6	5th	11 15 20 22 26 28
2016-09-17	4	3rd	7 15 26 31 33 37
2016-09-03	17	3rd	2 18 26 29 34 39
2016-07-06	3	4th	14 23 25 26 31 40
2016-06-25	3	6th	4 8 9 18 20 26
2016-06-15	3	2nd	17 26 27 29 34 35
2016-06-04	14	6th	7 22 23 24 25 26
2016-04-16	1	5th	3 9 12 14 26 27
2016-04-13	2	5th	6 7 11 16 26 35
2016-04-06	4	2nd	21 26 30 32 33 35
2016-03-23	5	5th	2 10 18 19 26 34
2016-03-05	8	4th	9 11 13 26 36 38
2016-02-06	7	3rd	17 20 26 33 34 36
2016-01-13	6	4th	12 13 17 26 29 35
2015-12-23	9	3rd	5 13 26 29 34 38
2015-11-21	3	4th	15 16 23 26 29 32
2015-11-11	13	5th	2 8 24 25 26 40
2015-09-26	4	4th	5 9 10 26 30 38
2015-09-12	1	5th	6 8 12 19 26 37
2015-09-09	—	4th	12 16 25 26 33 38