Number 26

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

368times drawn · chance expected 384 −0.90σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

36longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 368 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, −0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 368 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 14 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 smallest1 · chance 1.5
2nd smallest22 · chance 21.1
3rd smallest87 · chance 94.9
4th smallest173 · chance 161.7
5th smallest85 · chance 88.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 28 1 8 2 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-09-28	5	5th	1 12 20 25 26
2026-09-23	1	5th	9 15 16 20 26
2026-09-22	6	4th	9 10 22 26 29
2026-09-16	19	4th	2 4 21 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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-10	11	4th	6 19 24 26 35
2026-03-30	5	4th	1 4 25 26 34
2026-03-25	14	4th	15 20 23 26 33
2026-03-11	15	2nd	15 26 31 34 35
2026-02-24	7	4th	16 17 21 26 35
2026-02-17	7	4th	3 17 24 26 31
2026-02-10	11	5th	3 7 21 22 26
2026-01-30	1	5th	8 11 23 24 26
2026-01-29	1	4th	5 8 15 26 28
2026-01-28	3	4th	3 8 19 26 29
2026-01-25	16	2nd	21 26 28 30 32
2026-01-09	6	3rd	2 12 26 27 31
2026-01-03	1	5th	6 10 11 23 26
2026-01-02	11	5th	9 10 21 25 26
2025-12-21	2	4th	10 17 21 26 33
2025-12-19	3	3rd	12 25 26 33 35
2025-12-16	5	4th	2 9 22 26 32
2025-12-11	4	4th	8 15 20 26 33
2025-12-07	3	4th	5 13 21 26 34
2025-12-04	1	4th	4 6 21 26 33
2025-12-03	3	5th	4 8 13 25 26
2025-11-30	3	5th	9 14 17 24 26
2025-11-27	2	4th	9 21 22 26 33
2025-11-25	7	4th	6 7 25 26 31
2025-11-18	5	5th	12 16 18 22 26
2025-11-13	1	3rd	4 14 26 28 31
2025-11-12	8	2nd	25 26 27 28 32
2025-11-04	15	2nd	20 26 27 28 31
2025-10-20	8	3rd	9 15 26 31 35
2025-10-12	8	4th	7 12 16 26 33
2025-10-04	1	4th	4 11 14 26 28
2025-10-03	1	3rd	14 25 26 31 35
2025-10-02	1	4th	10 11 14 26 34
2025-10-01	1	4th	1 20 24 26 27
2025-09-30	2	3rd	11 22 26 28 34
2025-09-28	7	5th	6 13 22 23 26
2025-09-21	2	5th	2 11 14 21 26
2025-09-19	3	4th	9 16 20 26 35
2025-09-16	3	5th	4 12 14 18 26
2025-09-13	2	4th	7 9 20 26 30
2025-09-11	17	4th	1 13 21 26 32
2025-08-25	8	5th	8 10 11 25 26
2025-08-17	1	3rd	5 19 26 29 30
2025-08-16	1	5th	5 9 18 23 26
2025-08-15	4	4th	14 15 24 26 35
2025-08-11	13	3rd	10 12 26 29 34
2025-07-29	14	3rd	12 14 26 27 28
2025-07-15	1	4th	16 18 24 26 30
2025-07-14	10	3rd	6 17 26 29 32
2025-07-04	2	3rd	10 22 26 32 35
2025-07-02	7	3rd	11 16 26 28 36
2025-06-25	7	4th	2 3 13 26 28
2025-06-18	11	4th	3 13 19 26 27
2025-06-07	3	4th	2 7 13 26 33
2025-06-04	13	5th	2 10 11 12 26
2025-05-22	13	4th	1 6 23 26 33
2025-05-09	5	5th	1 2 11 15 26
2025-05-04	1	3rd	14 20 26 31 35
2025-05-03	18	4th	4 6 24 26 28
2025-04-15	7	4th	3 8 12 26 33
2025-04-08	6	4th	2 4 17 26 30
2025-04-02	4	5th	7 9 11 24 26
2025-03-29	10	5th	4 7 16 19 26
2025-03-19	27	3rd	8 18 26 29 35
2025-02-20	4	4th	3 6 25 26 35
2025-02-16	5	4th	7 16 24 26 30
2025-02-11	1	2nd	1 26 27 29 33
2025-02-10	3	5th	9 15 18 21 26
2025-02-07	5	5th	2 3 4 21 26
2025-02-02	2	3rd	14 19 26 31 35
2025-01-31	14	4th	1 3 8 26 28
2025-01-17	1	4th	11 14 18 26 31
2025-01-16	34	3rd	13 24 26 27 28
2024-12-12	10	3rd	16 19 26 27 36
2024-12-02	4	5th	2 8 10 16 26
2024-11-28	28	3rd	6 8 26 35 36
2024-10-31	1	3rd	6 8 26 27 31
2024-10-30	7	3rd	15 17 26 28 36
2024-10-23	1	4th	3 16 24 26 33
2024-10-22	1	4th	1 2 4 26 33
2024-10-21	3	5th	5 7 17 22 26
2024-10-18	5	5th	4 7 12 20 26
2024-10-13	2	4th	4 8 25 26 36
2024-10-11	1	5th	5 7 21 25 26
2024-10-10	27	4th	4 10 11 26 34
2024-09-13	5	3rd	4 17 26 28 29
2024-09-08	10	3rd	6 23 26 27 29
2024-08-29	1	3rd	1 16 26 29 35
2024-08-28	17	3rd	17 18 26 30 32
2024-08-11	1	5th	4 7 8 19 26
2024-08-10	11	4th	1 4 10 26 31
2024-07-30	11	5th	5 11 20 23 26
2024-07-19	1	4th	11 22 24 26 32
2024-07-18	8	3rd	4 25 26 32 36
2024-07-10	34	5th	12 14 19 21 26
2024-06-06	2	4th	11 15 23 26 34
2024-06-04	1	4th	2 11 20 26 27
2024-06-03	18	4th	2 10 17 26 36
2024-05-16	5	3rd	12 15 26 28 32
2024-05-11	2	3rd	6 8 26 27 30
2024-05-09	1	4th	3 15 24 26 33
2024-05-08	5	4th	8 18 22 26 28
2024-05-03	4	5th	2 5 18 24 26
2024-04-29	5	4th	7 9 25 26 36
2024-04-24	3	3rd	3 5 26 28 33
2024-04-21	7	5th	4 9 11 24 26
2024-04-14	3	3rd	2 7 26 31 34
2024-04-11	2	4th	2 5 9 26 34
2024-04-09	5	3rd	2 8 26 28 31
2024-04-04	18	4th	1 8 21 26 29
2024-03-17	18	4th	4 5 19 26 28
2024-02-28	3	3rd	4 17 26 27 29
2024-02-25	2	3rd	15 21 26 27 28
2024-02-23	4	4th	4 19 25 26 33
2024-02-19	6	4th	1 2 5 26 27
2024-02-13	20	4th	7 8 16 26 30
2024-01-24	16	4th	9 11 22 26 27
2024-01-08	9	5th	4 12 19 23 26
2023-12-30	30	5th	1 9 20 22 26
2023-11-29	3	3rd	18 19 26 31 35
2023-11-26	25	4th	1 7 15 26 27
2023-11-01	3	4th	9 13 17 26 29
2023-10-29	23	4th	12 13 20 26 34
2023-10-06	10	4th	5 12 14 26 27
2023-09-26	2	4th	2 7 10 26 27
2023-09-24	4	4th	8 9 15 26 28
2023-09-20	1	4th	7 9 18 26 31
2023-09-19	13	3rd	1 8 26 30 33
2023-09-06	6	5th	4 15 17 24 26
2023-08-31	4	4th	4 7 11 26 31
2023-08-27	17	4th	8 12 20 26 28
2023-08-10	1	5th	14 17 20 22 26
2023-08-09	10	4th	8 11 17 26 35
2023-07-30	3	5th	1 5 13 16 26
2023-07-27	5	3rd	4 8 26 29 32
2023-07-22	7	4th	1 13 16 26 29
2023-07-15	11	2nd	25 26 29 35 36
2023-07-04	4	2nd	11 26 28 33 34
2023-06-30	5	5th	2 11 12 25 26
2023-06-25	36	5th	7 15 20 25 26
2023-05-20	8	4th	11 14 16 26 28
2023-05-12	3	4th	13 22 23 26 34
2023-05-09	18	4th	1 11 13 26 36
2023-04-21	5	3rd	8 25 26 27 32
2023-04-16	6	2nd	23 26 30 35 36
2023-04-10	20	4th	10 14 16 26 28
2023-03-21	5	5th	4 7 9 24 26
2023-03-16	6	5th	5 18 20 21 26
2023-03-10	3	4th	2 4 24 26 34
2023-03-07	1	5th	1 2 6 18 26
2023-03-06	7	5th	7 17 22 23 26
2023-02-27	18	4th	4 17 23 26 33
2023-02-09	4	4th	10 18 23 26 34
2023-02-05	16	4th	5 21 22 26 30
2023-01-20	8	5th	6 8 10 23 26
2023-01-12	6	3rd	10 11 26 29 34
2023-01-06	3	3rd	1 24 26 32 33
2023-01-03	2	4th	16 17 19 26 34
2023-01-01	1	3rd	1 11 26 27 33
2022-12-31	1	4th	2 21 25 26 35
2022-12-30	6	4th	2 13 21 26 31
2022-12-23	2	3rd	1 12 26 27 29
2022-12-21	2	3rd	17 19 26 28 32
2022-12-19	4	5th	1 3 4 13 26
2022-12-15	3	5th	10 16 21 25 26
2022-12-12	2	5th	7 12 13 17 26
2022-12-10	1	2nd	20 26 30 35 36
2022-12-09	2	4th	9 17 21 26 35
2022-12-07	6	2nd	3 26 28 34 35
2022-12-01	4	5th	15 17 20 23 26
2022-11-27	11	2nd	15 26 27 30 35
2022-11-16	10	5th	4 5 19 24 26
2022-11-06	5	3rd	2 7 26 28 34
2022-11-01	1	3rd	8 21 26 35 36
2022-10-31	18	4th	7 14 25 26 28
2022-10-13	10	5th	15 18 19 20 26
2022-10-03	3	4th	4 13 14 26 34
2022-09-30	9	4th	1 11 23 26 32
2022-09-21	6	3rd	1 3 26 28 30
2022-09-15	3	4th	4 14 25 26 33
2022-09-12	5	5th	1 12 20 21 26
2022-09-07	1	5th	12 13 15 17 26
2022-09-06	4	5th	9 11 13 15 26
2022-09-02	4	5th	1 2 3 24 26
2022-08-29	7	3rd	10 21 26 29 34
2022-08-22	4	3rd	4 17 26 32 35
2022-08-18	4	4th	5 11 17 26 31
2022-08-14	9	4th	1 17 24 26 33
2022-08-05	1	4th	1 16 17 26 28
2022-08-04	2	4th	6 17 21 26 31
2022-08-02	10	4th	10 18 21 26 29
2022-07-23	19	4th	4 9 10 26 28
2022-07-04	1	4th	9 15 24 26 27
2022-07-03	14	5th	1 14 16 18 26
2022-06-19	5	4th	8 15 22 26 36
2022-06-14	4	3rd	11 14 26 34 36
2022-06-10	12	4th	16 21 22 26 30
2022-05-29	1	2nd	18 26 28 29 31
2022-05-28	1	3rd	14 15 26 28 31
2022-05-27	4	3rd	8 19 26 27 30
2022-05-23	3	5th	3 7 13 21 26
2022-05-20	3	5th	5 6 7 14 26
2022-05-17	13	4th	7 22 25 26 27
2022-05-04	7	2nd	2 26 28 32 36
2022-04-27	27	4th	3 4 25 26 36
2022-03-31	5	4th	3 8 14 26 31
2022-03-26	1	5th	11 14 21 23 26
2022-03-25	3	3rd	2 10 26 34 36
2022-03-22	28	4th	9 11 14 26 31
2022-02-22	4	3rd	20 23 26 27 34
2022-02-18	7	3rd	15 17 26 28 32
2022-02-11	3	3rd	4 5 26 27 32
2022-02-08	6	4th	4 8 19 26 27
2022-02-02	27	3rd	1 12 26 30 35
2022-01-06	11	4th	5 9 20 26 36
2021-12-26	10	5th	3 11 17 25 26
2021-12-15	21	4th	15 19 24 26 32
2021-11-24	5	4th	1 8 18 26 34
2021-11-19	7	4th	6 17 22 26 32
2021-11-12	5	4th	14 19 20 26 36
2021-11-07	2	2nd	4 26 27 28 33
2021-11-05	13	4th	1 10 21 26 29
2021-10-23	14	3rd	10 25 26 30 32
2021-10-09	15	4th	18 20 25 26 32
2021-09-24	7	4th	1 13 18 26 27
2021-09-17	12	4th	9 10 19 26 34
2021-09-05	35	3rd	4 6 26 28 29
2021-08-01	1	4th	2 5 17 26 36
2021-07-31	1	3rd	10 13 26 30 34
2021-07-30	2	2nd	2 26 29 34 35
2021-07-28	15	4th	8 22 23 26 29
2021-07-13	8	5th	6 8 20 22 26
2021-07-05	1	2nd	5 26 32 33 36
2021-07-04	5	4th	9 16 25 26 30
2021-06-29	26	4th	19 21 24 26 27
2021-06-03	1	4th	4 6 16 26 31
2021-06-02	11	4th	11 15 23 26 36
2021-05-22	1	4th	2 5 10 26 30
2021-05-21	2	3rd	14 25 26 27 32
2021-05-19	4	5th	2 7 10 12 26
2021-05-15	16	5th	6 10 12 16 26
2021-04-29	4	4th	4 9 16 26 36
2021-04-25	4	5th	6 11 17 25 26
2021-04-21	6	5th	3 4 8 23 26
2021-04-15	15	5th	3 6 17 23 26
2021-03-31	11	4th	14 17 25 26 31
2021-03-20	7	4th	4 12 15 26 34
2021-03-13	8	3rd	5 18 26 33 36
2021-03-05	9	4th	4 8 14 26 34
2021-02-24	24	3rd	7 22 26 29 34
2021-01-31	6	3rd	2 18 26 30 31
2021-01-25	2	4th	4 10 14 26 31
2021-01-23	6	4th	1 23 24 26 34
2021-01-17	15	3rd	12 22 26 28 34
2021-01-02	8	4th	14 23 24 26 29
2020-12-24	2	3rd	10 15 26 28 33
2020-12-22	4	5th	4 6 11 12 26
2020-12-18	7	4th	6 17 21 26 27
2020-12-11	4	3rd	8 12 26 28 35
2020-12-07	2	4th	3 18 23 26 27
2020-12-05	8	4th	4 17 18 26 32
2020-11-27	5	3rd	1 12 26 28 32
2020-11-22	5	4th	11 20 25 26 36
2020-11-17	7	3rd	18 21 26 29 34
2020-11-10	12	1st	26 27 32 33 35
2020-10-29	7	4th	4 13 17 26 27
2020-10-22	13	4th	7 8 16 26 36
2020-10-09	3	3rd	7 25 26 31 32
2020-10-06	1	3rd	17 22 26 27 33
2020-10-05	24	5th	8 9 18 24 26
2020-09-11	11	4th	2 16 25 26 32
2020-08-31	8	4th	1 18 22 26 36
2020-08-23	3	4th	7 16 21 26 36
2020-08-20	15	2nd	24 26 30 31 32
2020-08-05	1	5th	3 8 11 12 26
2020-08-04	8	4th	6 9 11 26 35
2020-07-27	5	4th	14 19 23 26 35
2020-07-22	4	5th	1 5 16 22 26
2020-07-18	12	4th	1 2 9 26 35
2020-07-06	12	5th	1 8 9 12 26
2020-06-24	11	3rd	18 25 26 27 31
2020-06-13	1	5th	3 8 19 22 26
2020-06-12	9	4th	3 5 25 26 35
2020-06-03	6	5th	13 21 24 25 26
2020-05-28	8	5th	9 12 20 25 26
2020-05-20	15	3rd	16 24 26 28 33
2020-05-05	1	4th	3 6 21 26 29
2020-05-04	1	4th	7 10 25 26 33
2020-05-03	1	5th	12 18 22 24 26
2020-05-02	8	4th	4 17 21 26 31
2020-04-24	9	4th	1 13 20 26 28
2020-04-15	9	4th	3 15 23 26 36
2020-04-06	2	3rd	8 22 26 33 35
2020-04-04	6	4th	1 2 19 26 33
2020-03-29	31	5th	4 6 13 25 26
2020-02-27	8	5th	3 5 19 25 26
2020-02-19	8	4th	4 6 14 26 29
2020-02-11	30	4th	12 13 15 26 28
2020-01-12	5	2nd	22 26 29 33 35
2020-01-07	1	4th	2 3 24 26 35
2020-01-06	3	4th	8 14 25 26 28
2020-01-03	3	4th	9 14 18 26 30
2019-12-31	29	4th	2 4 5 26 29
2019-12-01	1	4th	3 4 14 26 30
2019-11-30	4	3rd	16 22 26 29 34
2019-11-26	11	4th	2 7 15 26 35
2019-11-15	1	4th	5 7 16 26 31
2019-11-14	3	5th	8 12 15 21 26
2019-11-11	23	3rd	9 13 26 31 34
2019-10-19	15	4th	8 11 16 26 30
2019-10-04	2	4th	1 3 9 26 32
2019-10-02	12	3rd	2 17 26 32 33
2019-09-20	9	3rd	7 23 26 31 34
2019-09-11	5	4th	1 16 21 26 32
2019-09-06	4	4th	6 10 25 26 27
2019-09-02	3	4th	14 17 24 26 33
2019-08-30	2	3rd	17 24 26 33 36
2019-08-28	4	4th	14 20 22 26 31
2019-08-24	3	3rd	16 23 26 27 33
2019-08-21	4	4th	6 13 21 26 32
2019-08-17	4	5th	2 5 8 16 26
2019-08-13	2	3rd	2 12 26 28 33
2019-08-11	4	4th	5 14 20 26 34
2019-08-07	15	5th	7 9 15 16 26
2019-07-23	7	4th	2 6 17 26 34
2019-07-16	2	5th	8 11 18 25 26
2019-07-14	4	3rd	11 23 26 27 33
2019-07-10	7	4th	7 9 23 26 27
2019-07-03	2	5th	1 7 9 24 26
2019-07-01	5	4th	2 10 13 26 33
2019-06-26	5	2nd	15 26 32 33 36
2019-06-21	1	3rd	7 14 26 27 35
2019-06-20	19	3rd	19 23 26 28 33
2019-06-01	11	4th	12 14 19 26 34
2019-05-21	4	3rd	2 12 26 28 34
2019-05-17	7	4th	10 15 20 26 29
2019-05-10	5	4th	5 9 19 26 31
2019-05-05	1	2nd	5 26 29 32 34
2019-05-04	6	5th	11 15 17 25 26
2019-04-28	14	2nd	18 26 30 32 34
2019-04-14	12	5th	3 17 23 24 26
2019-04-02	14	4th	5 21 22 26 32
2019-03-19	5	5th	7 9 11 19 26
2019-03-14	—	4th	1 5 9 26 32