Number 26

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

235times drawn · chance expected 265 −1.98σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

62longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 235 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −1.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 235 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 1 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 smallest2 · chance 4.2
2nd smallest26 · chance 32.5
3rd smallest94 · chance 83.5
4th smallest85 · chance 85.4
5th smallest28 · chance 29.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 38 24 3 5 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-11	6	4th	9 19 25 26 32
2026-10-05	2	2nd	20 26 27 38 40
2026-10-03	12	3rd	19 24 26 29 30
2026-09-21	4	4th	6 17 24 26

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-03	5	3rd	2 14 26 34 41
2026-03-29	8	4th	7 18 19 26 36
2026-03-21	20	3rd	8 15 26 36 38
2026-03-01	5	1st	26 30 31 41 42
2026-02-24	1	2nd	4 26 30 31 42
2026-02-23	26	3rd	4 9 26 34 42
2026-01-28	21	5th	7 12 18 20 26
2026-01-07	21	5th	7 18 20 25 26
2025-12-17	4	4th	7 12 13 26 30
2025-12-13	13	3rd	5 7 26 32 34
2025-11-30	5	3rd	11 18 26 29 41
2025-11-25	6	4th	5 7 25 26 40
2025-11-19	11	5th	3 10 12 24 26
2025-11-08	3	4th	13 14 16 26 33
2025-11-05	31	4th	4 15 22 26 38
2025-10-05	2	4th	2 8 23 26 32
2025-10-03	15	3rd	12 16 26 27 38
2025-09-18	5	2nd	7 26 32 36 39
2025-09-13	3	3rd	15 24 26 28 32
2025-09-10	7	4th	3 5 19 26 30
2025-09-03	9	3rd	17 24 26 33 41
2025-08-25	3	2nd	16 26 33 36 39
2025-08-22	16	3rd	3 22 26 28 42
2025-08-06	12	4th	13 21 24 26 38
2025-07-25	11	5th	6 10 21 24 26
2025-07-14	1	4th	16 18 21 26 30
2025-07-13	8	2nd	15 26 27 35 41
2025-07-05	7	4th	2 15 16 26 29
2025-06-28	1	5th	1 9 12 13 26
2025-06-27	22	2nd	21 26 28 32 35
2025-06-05	13	2nd	13 26 29 30 36
2025-05-23	36	4th	5 12 13 26 27
2025-04-17	21	4th	2 20 24 26 28
2025-03-27	5	3rd	21 25 26 36 37
2025-03-22	6	4th	10 11 25 26 33
2025-03-16	18	3rd	18 23 26 38 41
2025-02-26	4	2nd	22 26 30 36 37
2025-02-22	11	3rd	11 18 26 38 39
2025-02-11	8	3rd	10 19 26 28 36
2025-02-03	2	4th	4 22 25 26 27
2025-02-01	19	3rd	12 17 26 27 36
2025-01-13	3	3rd	3 23 26 30 38
2025-01-10	3	3rd	1 9 26 28 30
2025-01-07	1	4th	4 6 11 26 32
2025-01-06	11	3rd	8 23 26 32 35
2024-12-26	10	4th	3 22 25 26 40
2024-12-16	5	4th	4 16 22 26 30
2024-12-11	30	5th	3 5 8 19 26
2024-11-11	18	4th	5 6 9 26 35
2024-10-24	17	4th	5 9 11 26 35
2024-10-07	2	3rd	15 17 26 29 40
2024-10-05	62	3rd	12 19 26 36 40
2024-08-04	5	4th	5 11 21 26 40
2024-07-30	3	3rd	5 24 26 28 30
2024-07-27	4	5th	8 14 15 25 26
2024-07-23	15	4th	7 19 21 26 39
2024-07-08	2	3rd	18 21 26 32 33
2024-07-06	16	3rd	10 23 26 36 38
2024-06-20	2	4th	4 18 23 26 38
2024-06-18	2	3rd	3 17 26 27 39
2024-06-16	4	4th	4 7 24 26 28
2024-06-12	4	3rd	5 22 26 32 38
2024-06-08	44	4th	1 3 6 26 41
2024-04-25	3	4th	9 11 17 26 37
2024-04-22	19	3rd	10 25 26 37 38
2024-04-03	2	3rd	18 22 26 35 36
2024-04-01	1	4th	3 15 16 26 37
2024-03-31	7	3rd	5 17 26 33 41
2024-03-24	18	2nd	8 26 38 39 41
2024-03-06	17	4th	6 17 18 26 35
2024-02-18	8	2nd	15 26 28 33 42
2024-02-10	18	3rd	1 24 26 27 38
2024-01-23	20	4th	6 9 17 26 34
2024-01-03	18	3rd	2 24 26 27 41
2023-12-16	4	4th	12 16 25 26 28
2023-12-12	6	2nd	8 26 27 28 29
2023-12-06	1	3rd	2 4 26 29 40
2023-12-05	8	4th	13 15 20 26 35
2023-11-27	3	4th	5 19 20 26 30
2023-11-24	10	3rd	5 23 26 36 40
2023-11-14	10	4th	2 4 22 26 41
2023-11-04	8	3rd	1 3 26 39 40
2023-10-27	3	4th	13 20 24 26 38
2023-10-24	1	2nd	24 26 31 35 36
2023-10-23	8	4th	1 8 24 26 35
2023-10-15	17	3rd	11 24 26 33 38
2023-09-28	9	4th	4 7 16 26 28
2023-09-19	24	4th	9 13 20 26 32
2023-08-26	10	5th	1 5 12 18 26
2023-08-16	10	4th	4 8 18 26 36
2023-08-06	12	4th	6 11 13 26 28
2023-07-25	3	3rd	10 21 26 33 34
2023-07-22	16	4th	9 19 23 26 40
2023-07-06	6	5th	7 12 15 21 26
2023-06-30	6	3rd	10 12 26 36 41
2023-06-24	1	3rd	6 20 26 31 34
2023-06-23	2	2nd	24 26 30 40 42
2023-06-21	16	3rd	11 18 26 34 39
2023-06-05	1	3rd	3 16 26 33 40
2023-06-04	6	4th	2 3 22 26 39
2023-05-29	7	5th	1 7 16 22 26
2023-05-22	5	4th	19 22 23 26 42
2023-05-17	10	3rd	4 23 26 27 36
2023-05-07	2	2nd	18 26 32 37 38
2023-05-05	21	3rd	6 9 26 34 41
2023-04-14	17	2nd	18 26 33 36 39
2023-03-28	9	2nd	18 26 27 36 41
2023-03-19	9	4th	5 8 22 26 41
2023-03-10	5	3rd	2 22 26 35 41
2023-03-05	15	2nd	22 26 34 35 40
2023-02-18	61	3rd	3 25 26 31 36
2022-12-19	4	3rd	17 20 26 27 38
2022-12-15	2	4th	3 13 21 26 32
2022-12-13	10	3rd	13 18 26 27 41
2022-12-03	2	4th	7 10 14 26 36
2022-12-01	4	4th	5 16 23 26 28
2022-11-27	5	3rd	9 14 26 32 34
2022-11-22	4	3rd	3 5 26 41 42
2022-11-18	8	3rd	1 7 26 34 39
2022-11-10	5	4th	6 17 23 26 37
2022-11-05	15	4th	4 5 22 26 29
2022-10-21	26	3rd	1 21 26 32 41
2022-09-25	7	3rd	7 9 26 35 41
2022-09-18	2	3rd	2 18 26 32 39
2022-09-16	6	5th	3 4 19 23 26
2022-09-10	14	5th	9 22 24 25 26
2022-08-27	12	4th	3 13 25 26 35
2022-08-15	6	5th	8 9 14 19 26
2022-08-09	5	3rd	3 25 26 27 41
2022-08-04	2	4th	1 12 20 26 35
2022-08-02	7	4th	3 9 16 26 38
2022-07-26	5	4th	9 16 24 26 36
2022-07-21	23	2nd	25 26 27 31 38
2022-06-28	14	3rd	8 17 26 29 38
2022-06-14	3	2nd	20 26 31 35 36
2022-06-11	15	4th	6 11 25 26 27
2022-05-27	2	3rd	3 21 26 29 41
2022-05-25	4	3rd	6 11 26 28 38
2022-05-21	2	5th	5 7 8 15 26
2022-05-19	8	5th	2 12 15 17 26
2022-05-11	13	3rd	9 25 26 32 42
2022-04-28	7	3rd	17 22 26 36 41
2022-04-21	1	5th	3 12 19 24 26
2022-04-20	2	3rd	4 9 26 30 37
2022-04-18	1	3rd	14 18 26 31 32
2022-04-17	11	4th	7 10 14 26 34
2022-04-06	2	4th	2 22 23 26 38
2022-04-04	12	5th	3 11 15 24 26
2022-03-23	4	4th	14 19 24 26 27
2022-03-19	6	4th	8 13 24 26 41
2022-03-13	14	4th	4 6 21 26 33
2022-02-27	6	4th	1 5 9 26 39
2022-02-21	19	5th	1 4 10 22 26
2022-02-02	2	5th	8 15 16 21 26
2022-01-31	6	3rd	3 17 26 32 41
2022-01-25	7	5th	16 22 23 24 26
2022-01-18	9	2nd	18 26 36 37 41
2022-01-09	9	3rd	3 5 26 33 35
2021-12-31	4	4th	15 20 24 26 38
2021-12-27	1	4th	13 20 23 26 37
2021-12-26	16	2nd	25 26 29 32 33
2021-12-10	4	3rd	4 13 26 39 42
2021-12-06	8	4th	2 14 19 26 31
2021-11-28	8	3rd	5 15 26 27 37
2021-11-20	1	3rd	9 10 26 33 42
2021-11-19	29	4th	3 12 15 26 30
2021-10-21	3	4th	7 16 19 26 33
2021-10-18	2	5th	5 14 15 21 26
2021-10-16	1	5th	11 12 18 25 26
2021-10-15	2	5th	10 14 16 23 26
2021-10-13	5	2nd	11 26 30 38 41
2021-10-08	1	3rd	7 8 26 35 36
2021-10-07	10	5th	6 10 14 20 26
2021-09-27	1	3rd	14 21 26 35 41
2021-09-26	25	3rd	5 15 26 38 39
2021-09-01	16	4th	17 24 25 26 31
2021-08-16	10	4th	1 10 23 26 31
2021-08-06	3	3rd	1 11 26 31 41
2021-08-03	5	3rd	3 8 26 28 39
2021-07-29	4	3rd	10 11 26 30 40
2021-07-25	1	4th	5 18 21 26 41
2021-07-24	4	3rd	9 21 26 29 40
2021-07-20	1	3rd	21 24 26 35 42
2021-07-19	2	4th	2 6 21 26 41
2021-07-17	7	4th	6 10 18 26 40
2021-07-10	43	3rd	13 14 26 40 41
2021-05-28	33	3rd	5 16 26 40 42
2021-04-25	3	3rd	4 8 26 31 37
2021-04-22	3	2nd	19 26 37 38 40
2021-04-19	18	3rd	2 23 26 30 38
2021-04-01	10	3rd	7 21 26 29 38
2021-03-22	31	4th	5 11 17 26 28
2021-02-19	1	4th	2 3 4 26 34
2021-02-18	9	2nd	2 26 34 41 42
2021-02-09	3	5th	2 10 22 25 26
2021-02-06	2	3rd	2 22 26 28 34
2021-02-04	7	3rd	18 24 26 39 40
2021-01-28	14	3rd	3 9 26 33 41
2021-01-14	3	4th	4 13 14 26 29
2021-01-11	2	4th	7 10 19 26 36
2021-01-09	4	5th	14 17 24 25 26
2021-01-05	15	3rd	17 19 26 28 30
2020-12-21	31	4th	7 13 16 26 31
2020-11-20	31	3rd	3 12 26 30 40
2020-10-20	4	1st	26 30 34 35 39
2020-10-16	15	4th	11 12 14 26 28
2020-10-01	1	4th	18 19 20 26 29
2020-09-30	7	4th	1 8 10 26 37
2020-09-23	1	3rd	23 24 26 32 39
2020-09-22	16	3rd	6 22 26 30 37
2020-09-06	—	2nd	3 26 28 31 42