Number 26

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

210times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.08σ

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

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

74longest completed wait · 1% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.08σ. 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 210 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 74 · 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 smallest4 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest32 · chance 27.1
3rd smallest60 · chance 65.2
4th smallest72 · chance 71.4
5th smallest35 · chance 35.7
6th smallest7 · chance 6.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 43 31 40 5 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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	6th	3 5 18 20 21 26
2026-09-23	1	4th	11 17 22 26 31 49
2026-09-19	11	4th	1 11 24 26 32 33
2026-08-12	14	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-13	20	5th	10 12 14 24 26 27
2024-09-04	1	4th	6 11 15 26 30 31
2024-08-31	2	3rd	10 23 26 30 32 40
2024-08-24	9	2nd	9 26 32 35 36 43
2024-07-24	2	3rd	13 14 26 44 45 49
2024-07-17	1	4th	6 8 14 26 33 37
2024-07-13	1	4th	3 9 12 26 30 33
2024-07-10	1	3rd	6 17 26 30 34 40
2024-07-06	17	3rd	4 13 26 32 41 46
2024-05-08	18	1st	26 34 37 38 39 40
2024-03-06	1	5th	2 4 14 19 26 35
2024-03-02	8	3rd	16 22 26 39 43 48
2024-02-03	4	4th	2 8 17 26 30 41
2024-01-20	2	3rd	6 7 26 33 42 47
2024-01-13	4	4th	1 3 6 26 42 49
2023-12-30	5	4th	5 8 14 26 32 45
2023-12-13	12	4th	1 16 19 26 44 47
2023-11-01	9	3rd	1 8 26 30 39 47
2023-09-30	10	4th	14 16 24 26 35 46
2023-08-26	5	4th	9 13 21 26 30 41
2023-08-09	1	4th	5 9 23 26 27 48
2023-08-05	1	2nd	11 26 34 35 43 46
2023-08-02	2	2nd	22 26 27 31 38 44
2023-07-26	23	5th	11 15 19 21 26 29
2023-05-06	2	3rd	3 18 26 27 36 37
2023-04-29	4	2nd	16 26 27 33 48 49
2023-04-15	19	4th	3 16 24 26 40 46
2023-02-08	14	4th	10 18 25 26 33 47
2022-12-21	1	5th	7 9 18 19 26 42
2022-12-17	2	3rd	18 20 26 28 30 34
2022-12-10	8	3rd	7 19 26 34 38 40
2022-11-12	6	4th	9 17 19 26 31 35
2022-10-22	15	2nd	17 26 34 43 44 47
2022-08-31	5	4th	4 6 22 26 35 46
2022-08-13	2	3rd	19 23 26 36 43 49
2022-08-06	5	4th	6 8 20 26 33 43
2022-07-20	22	4th	7 20 21 26 31 43
2022-05-04	5	5th	3 4 16 21 26 33
2022-04-16	12	3rd	1 5 26 31 42 43
2022-03-05	1	4th	5 8 25 26 31 39
2022-03-02	1	4th	2 5 12 26 43 48
2022-02-26	16	4th	6 8 12 26 27 34
2022-01-01	5	3rd	2 19 26 35 36 38
2021-12-15	3	2nd	18 26 32 36 40 46
2021-12-04	16	4th	3 15 17 26 28 40
2021-10-09	3	5th	9 14 16 23 26 37
2021-09-29	2	5th	1 12 13 22 26 30
2021-09-22	4	6th	1 7 11 20 23 26
2021-09-08	13	3rd	13 18 26 28 34 44
2021-07-24	6	5th	2 3 19 22 26 30
2021-07-03	6	5th	2 4 6 12 26 42
2021-06-12	7	3rd	13 24 26 32 34 43
2021-05-19	12	3rd	14 15 26 27 31 42
2021-04-07	9	4th	5 15 16 26 34 37
2021-03-06	1	3rd	13 21 26 35 44 49
2021-03-03	13	2nd	22 26 28 32 33 36
2021-01-16	5	4th	4 18 19 26 34 41
2020-12-30	10	3rd	17 20 26 31 37 48
2020-11-25	1	2nd	14 26 29 41 43 48
2020-11-21	3	6th	5 8 12 17 24 26
2020-11-11	10	3rd	17 19 26 28 31 47
2020-10-07	9	3rd	12 23 26 37 38 44
2020-09-05	4	6th	5 8 9 16 25 26
2020-08-22	8	4th	15 16 17 26 42 44
2020-07-25	14	4th	16 17 25 26 29 34
2020-06-06	74	5th	2 6 9 10 26 29
2019-09-21	2	5th	2 4 9 16 26 28
2019-09-14	2	4th	11 18 19 26 46 47
2019-09-07	24	2nd	15 26 31 44 46 49
2019-06-15	2	4th	6 16 17 26 33 43
2019-06-08	1	2nd	18 26 28 31 39 44
2019-06-05	10	5th	4 8 17 18 26 40
2019-05-01	13	4th	4 13 14 26 38 42
2019-03-16	10	1st	26 28 31 40 42 48
2019-02-09	3	3rd	9 21 26 31 35 47
2019-01-30	15	5th	4 6 8 13 26 41
2018-12-08	2	6th	5 7 10 16 24 26
2018-12-01	9	2nd	21 26 28 29 36 39
2018-10-31	3	2nd	14 26 32 37 39 44
2018-10-20	6	5th	1 2 3 5 26 44
2018-09-29	4	4th	6 17 18 26 44 47
2018-09-15	13	2nd	14 26 27 37 41 43
2018-08-01	32	2nd	11 26 35 38 42 43
2018-04-11	2	5th	1 6 10 22 26 47
2018-04-04	3	3rd	16 17 26 36 37 40
2018-03-24	1	3rd	15 25 26 31 35 46
2018-03-21	13	4th	1 8 16 26 30 43
2018-02-03	18	5th	1 6 9 10 26 36
2017-12-02	12	5th	1 2 18 20 26 31
2017-10-21	7	3rd	5 23 26 40 44 47
2017-09-27	6	4th	19 23 24 26 37 48
2017-09-06	3	4th	5 15 20 26 30 35
2017-08-26	20	4th	1 16 17 26 34 40
2017-06-17	14	2nd	20 26 30 35 39 45
2017-04-29	17	3rd	5 19 26 35 40 41
2017-03-01	2	2nd	19 26 28 37 38 39
2017-02-22	2	3rd	12 17 26 27 35 49
2017-02-15	2	3rd	1 23 26 33 39 41
2017-02-08	1	3rd	2 16 26 29 43 47
2017-02-04	6	3rd	5 6 26 27 32 41
2017-01-14	2	4th	4 5 20 26 32 40
2017-01-07	1	5th	7 18 22 23 26 49
2017-01-04	8	6th	5 7 10 15 25 26
2016-12-07	1	3rd	1 17 26 27 35 43
2016-12-03	1	1st	26 34 35 39 46 47
2016-11-30	1	4th	7 10 13 26 32 46
2016-11-26	1	4th	1 12 16 26 33 42
2016-11-23	5	3rd	1 6 26 37 38 46
2016-11-05	11	2nd	6 26 37 38 40 44
2016-09-28	30	6th	2 14 16 17 19 26
2016-06-15	1	3rd	7 18 26 34 41 46
2016-06-11	4	2nd	19 26 32 36 37 48
2016-05-28	8	4th	1 2 11 26 30 31
2016-04-30	13	4th	1 13 18 26 27 37
2016-03-16	23	4th	9 16 23 26 40 47
2015-12-26	15	3rd	2 6 26 31 44 46
2015-11-04	1	3rd	7 20 26 30 41 48
2015-10-31	2	2nd	19 26 34 38 39 46
2015-10-24	5	4th	5 15 23 26 31 40
2015-10-07	1	4th	1 5 24 26 31 39
2015-10-03	6	2nd	23 26 42 43 44 49
2015-09-12	5	5th	1 4 7 18 26 37
2015-08-26	3	4th	6 10 12 26 46 47
2015-08-15	9	4th	3 6 10 26 38 43
2015-07-15	19	4th	1 10 15 26 38 40
2015-05-09	13	2nd	22 26 31 32 39 40
2015-03-25	9	2nd	4 26 29 31 35 41
2015-02-21	4	4th	1 5 25 26 33 41
2015-02-07	6	5th	3 8 16 25 26 38
2015-01-17	2	3rd	13 22 26 34 43 47
2015-01-10	15	2nd	1 26 35 37 42 45
2014-11-19	3	3rd	7 18 26 28 34 45
2014-11-08	14	5th	3 8 10 13 26 31
2014-09-20	2	5th	8 13 20 22 26 49
2014-09-13	13	2nd	9 26 29 36 40 47
2014-07-30	2	3rd	2 23 26 33 44 48
2014-07-23	8	5th	13 15 21 24 26 34
2014-06-25	29	4th	3 7 20 26 40 47
2014-03-15	11	4th	17 18 23 26 40 49
2014-02-05	7	3rd	7 21 26 31 36 47
2014-01-11	22	3rd	9 22 26 34 42 46
2013-10-26	18	4th	4 5 13 26 34 39
2013-08-24	4	3rd	4 19 26 27 40 44
2013-08-10	1	2nd	18 26 28 29 35 39
2013-08-07	1	2nd	5 26 28 32 33 45
2013-08-03	5	4th	7 13 19 26 33 40
2013-07-17	3	4th	18 24 25 26 43 44
2013-07-06	3	2nd	2 26 39 40 46 48
2013-06-26	5	3rd	9 15 26 30 34 36
2013-06-08	11	5th	8 12 15 19 26 45
2013-05-01	10	3rd	11 13 26 39 44 45
2013-03-27	14	4th	11 21 24 26 33 46
2013-02-06	4	3rd	5 9 26 28 34 42
2013-01-23	2	4th	1 5 22 26 36 44
2013-01-16	4	3rd	21 23 26 27 40 46
2013-01-02	1	4th	19 20 24 26 32 38
2012-12-29	5	5th	9 19 21 25 26 43
2012-12-12	5	4th	17 18 23 26 34 44
2012-11-24	2	5th	1 2 11 19 26 43
2012-11-17	3	3rd	3 6 26 31 43 45
2012-11-07	10	3rd	9 15 26 30 36 45
2012-10-03	40	5th	2 11 20 22 26 41
2012-05-16	6	3rd	6 12 26 36 38 41
2012-04-25	3	2nd	10 26 30 33 34 39
2012-04-14	18	2nd	22 26 39 43 48 49
2012-02-11	8	4th	6 8 25 26 33 46
2012-01-14	4	2nd	17 26 27 28 37 42
2011-12-31	13	3rd	7 21 26 27 28 30
2011-11-16	4	5th	5 10 24 25 26 37
2011-11-02	22	3rd	7 16 26 38 46 49
2011-08-17	2	4th	8 14 20 26 38 46
2011-08-10	13	3rd	8 11 26 30 37 43
2011-06-25	13	3rd	18 23 26 30 36 38
2011-05-11	2	3rd	12 13 26 29 32 36
2011-05-04	8	2nd	9 26 28 31 42 48
2011-04-06	1	3rd	23 25 26 35 39 42
2011-04-02	33	5th	1 4 22 25 26 31
2010-12-08	24	4th	3 4 12 26 30 37
2010-09-15	9	4th	3 14 22 26 32 46
2010-08-14	2	4th	3 14 25 26 27 47
2010-08-07	2	4th	1 12 20 26 36 43
2010-07-31	2	4th	1 2 7 26 32 45
2010-07-24	11	4th	2 6 15 26 40 49
2010-06-16	5	4th	2 3 16 26 27 28
2010-05-29	4	4th	2 7 10 26 27 39
2010-05-15	—	3rd	3 10 26 36 45 47