Number 26

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

116times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.48σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

63longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −0.48σ. 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 116 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 63 · 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 3.3
2nd smallest25 · chance 20.7
3rd smallest39 · chance 43.8
4th smallest35 · chance 37.3
5th smallest14 · chance 10.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 32 10 43 23 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	4	3rd	5 24 26 28 38
2026-10-03	1	3rd	16 22 26 34 35
2026-10-02	9	3rd	2 16 26 31 38
2026-09-23	7	3rd	1 14 26 28

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-15	4	4th	3 4 24 26 32
2026-02-11	12	2nd	18 26 28 42 45
2026-01-30	3	2nd	12 26 32 34 39
2026-01-27	20	2nd	20 26 27 37 39
2026-01-07	63	3rd	4 15 26 30 41
2025-11-05	12	4th	1 4 25 26 43
2025-10-24	2	4th	1 6 23 26 37
2025-10-22	3	5th	5 9 10 19 26
2025-10-19	3	3rd	2 16 26 32 39
2025-10-16	2	4th	2 22 23 26 43
2025-10-14	2	3rd	4 23 26 32 43
2025-10-12	13	4th	7 15 22 26 28
2025-09-29	1	4th	16 22 23 26 33
2025-09-28	8	3rd	11 15 26 39 44
2025-09-20	16	3rd	20 23 26 28 33
2025-09-04	10	1st	26 28 32 41 44
2025-08-25	17	3rd	10 14 26 33 35
2025-08-08	2	5th	3 7 8 21 26
2025-08-06	13	5th	9 10 16 19 26
2025-07-24	5	4th	5 16 23 26 36
2025-07-19	3	2nd	10 26 38 41 44
2025-07-16	2	3rd	15 16 26 32 35
2025-07-14	6	5th	2 4 7 17 26
2025-07-08	15	1st	26 37 40 43 44
2025-06-23	10	3rd	5 22 26 32 41
2025-06-13	14	2nd	7 26 35 37 43
2025-05-30	3	4th	5 14 21 26 27
2025-05-27	8	3rd	4 10 26 27 32
2025-05-19	3	3rd	1 8 26 34 42
2025-05-16	8	2nd	18 26 27 31 32
2025-05-08	1	4th	3 10 19 26 43
2025-05-07	14	4th	1 5 19 26 27
2025-04-23	3	2nd	13 26 28 34 42
2025-04-20	9	5th	8 10 13 21 26
2025-04-11	2	2nd	13 26 37 41 42
2025-04-09	11	4th	6 13 21 26 32
2025-03-29	10	2nd	12 26 35 36 38
2025-03-19	2	2nd	23 26 32 39 41
2025-03-17	1	3rd	15 19 26 29 31
2025-03-16	9	4th	1 8 20 26 38
2025-03-07	3	3rd	23 25 26 41 44
2025-03-04	9	3rd	17 25 26 36 44
2025-02-23	4	4th	13 19 25 26 30
2025-02-19	10	3rd	16 18 26 36 41
2025-02-09	7	4th	2 16 23 26 35
2025-02-02	22	3rd	9 25 26 41 42
2025-01-11	10	2nd	18 26 28 41 45
2025-01-01	2	3rd	7 15 26 30 45
2024-12-30	13	4th	1 7 15 26 27
2024-12-17	7	4th	1 7 9 26 39
2024-12-10	25	4th	4 5 18 26 28
2024-11-15	5	2nd	16 26 31 32 41
2024-11-10	7	4th	5 13 15 26 27
2024-11-03	30	2nd	1 26 28 38 39
2024-10-04	22	3rd	10 14 26 29 43
2024-09-12	8	2nd	10 26 32 38 39
2024-09-04	7	4th	8 11 23 26 41
2024-08-28	6	3rd	16 18 26 33 43
2024-08-22	1	3rd	21 25 26 37 38
2024-08-21	24	4th	7 16 23 26 38
2024-07-28	26	3rd	13 15 26 34 41
2024-07-02	3	2nd	23 26 28 43 44
2024-06-29	12	4th	6 9 23 26 37
2024-06-17	5	5th	1 9 15 17 26
2024-06-12	7	5th	10 14 15 16 26
2024-06-05	9	2nd	11 26 29 30 33
2024-05-27	8	3rd	20 24 26 31 43
2024-05-19	4	2nd	13 26 30 32 35
2024-05-15	6	3rd	4 12 26 28 29
2024-05-09	10	3rd	17 19 26 36 38
2024-04-29	4	3rd	19 20 26 36 39
2024-04-25	1	2nd	17 26 28 30 35
2024-04-24	10	5th	1 22 23 24 26
2024-04-14	8	4th	4 5 16 26 36
2024-04-06	2	1st	26 28 29 30 32
2024-04-04	2	4th	3 11 12 26 40
2024-04-02	1	3rd	4 25 26 38 43
2024-04-01	34	4th	2 10 23 26 40
2024-02-27	12	2nd	14 26 27 33 42
2024-02-15	4	3rd	4 5 26 32 34
2024-02-11	1	4th	9 20 24 26 35
2024-02-10	6	3rd	13 25 26 27 32
2024-02-04	28	3rd	4 11 26 29 38
2024-01-07	11	5th	1 10 18 25 26
2023-12-27	9	4th	7 10 11 26 39
2023-12-18	3	5th	3 8 10 12 26
2023-12-15	5	3rd	13 21 26 35 43
2023-12-10	13	2nd	12 26 32 35 38
2023-11-27	7	2nd	6 26 30 34 38
2023-11-20	16	4th	16 18 24 26 35
2023-11-04	4	4th	7 10 19 26 43
2023-10-31	—	4th	3 9 13 26 39