Number 26

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

119times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.37σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −1.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 48 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest6 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest20 · chance 21.2
3rd smallest47 · chance 45.0
4th smallest40 · chance 38.3
5th smallest6 · chance 11.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 1 40 19 34 35

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
2026-10-12	2	2nd	3 26 30 38 40
2026-10-05	4	4th	1 15 23 26 40
2026-09-21	15	3rd	1 15 26 29 39
2026-07-30	29	4th	6 17 20

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.

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