Number 26

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

119times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.11σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 60% for any number

5.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

24longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 697 draws · average wait 5.8 draws · longest completed wait 24 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest4 · chance 4.9
3rd smallest18 · chance 19.6
4th smallest41 · chance 37.6
5th smallest39 · chance 36.5
6th smallest15 · chance 17.0
7th smallest2 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 39 7 14 1 12

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
2022-04-12	5	5th	2 14 23 25 26 27 30
2022-03-08	2	4th	7 14 24 26 35 44 45
2022-02-22	4	2nd	14 26 32 34 38 39

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 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-02-11	5	6th	8 19 20 21 24 26 31
2020-01-07	5	4th	10 15 17 26 28 34 45
2019-12-03	1	2nd	11 26 28 30 37 42 45
2019-11-26	4	5th	1 2 8 9 26 35 42
2019-10-29	5	5th	1 14 20 21 26 41 44
2019-09-24	2	4th	12 17 24 26 36 38 45
2019-09-10	13	5th	12 14 17 23 26 28 35
2019-06-11	3	3rd	2 7 26 30 34 37 43
2019-05-21	4	3rd	2 18 26 33 36 40 45
2019-04-23	9	6th	4 6 7 16 23 26 33
2019-02-19	3	4th	9 15 17 26 30 34 42
2019-01-29	1	4th	4 19 22 26 27 35 38
2019-01-22	3	4th	4 7 25 26 32 35 36
2019-01-01	12	4th	11 20 23 26 30 32 44
2018-10-09	3	3rd	4 25 26 30 32 41 45
2018-09-18	6	3rd	20 23 26 32 33 39 42
2018-08-07	1	5th	14 15 21 24 26 31 40
2018-07-31	6	6th	1 7 10 13 25 26 40
2018-06-19	11	6th	10 16 18 20 22 26 35
2018-04-03	7	4th	2 13 24 26 36 37 42
2018-02-13	4	3rd	2 3 26 35 37 40 42
2018-01-16	1	5th	4 7 9 23 26 30 37
2018-01-09	1	4th	1 8 9 26 40 43 45
2018-01-02	2	4th	1 8 12 26 28 30 43
2017-12-19	2	3rd	5 18 26 34 35 37 44
2017-12-05	2	4th	4 9 22 26 28 34 45
2017-11-21	2	5th	14 15 16 23 26 33 45
2017-11-07	5	4th	4 12 13 26 30 37 45
2017-10-03	14	4th	7 9 14 26 30 36 43
2017-06-27	4	5th	3 6 8 22 26 40 41
2017-05-30	13	5th	1 4 13 19 26 31 35
2017-02-28	10	3rd	2 17 26 27 33 37 42
2016-12-20	5	4th	14 16 25 26 29 36 45
2016-11-15	7	6th	7 11 15 16 18 26 27
2016-09-27	7	4th	3 13 21 26 32 36 45
2016-08-09	13	5th	2 11 13 18 26 33 41
2016-05-10	6	4th	20 21 22 26 27 36 44
2016-03-29	9	4th	3 9 12 26 33 38 39
2016-01-26	5	5th	5 13 23 24 26 35 41
2015-12-22	5	3rd	10 20 26 27 29 34 44
2015-11-17	6	4th	5 16 19 26 29 32 39
2015-10-06	1	5th	2 7 13 21 26 36 42
2015-09-29	10	5th	1 3 10 12 26 34 42
2015-07-21	8	5th	3 13 20 21 26 30 33
2015-05-26	7	2nd	9 26 32 39 40 42 44
2015-04-07	5	5th	10 11 14 22 26 36 42
2015-03-03	9	5th	5 19 20 23 26 31 43
2014-12-30	18	4th	4 7 19 26 35 41 43
2014-08-26	9	6th	2 3 4 12 17 26 32
2014-06-24	5	3rd	8 12 26 32 36 40 41
2014-05-20	1	5th	4 5 7 16 26 31 39
2014-05-13	14	6th	4 6 14 20 23 26 35
2014-02-04	1	4th	3 5 22 26 39 43 44
2014-01-28	6	5th	4 14 22 25 26 31 36
2013-12-17	3	4th	17 20 24 26 34 36 39
2013-11-26	12	5th	5 6 12 24 26 31 40
2013-09-03	2	5th	8 18 22 23 26 28 31
2013-08-20	10	4th	7 9 17 26 36 38 45
2013-06-11	1	5th	3 6 24 25 26 29 38
2013-06-04	1	6th	2 5 17 18 22 26 41
2013-05-28	2	4th	1 14 25 26 30 31 35
2013-05-14	2	6th	1 9 12 13 22 26 41
2013-04-30	6	3rd	6 12 26 27 32 39 44
2013-03-19	2	4th	1 7 11 26 33 37 40
2013-03-05	15	5th	2 3 5 11 26 27 44
2012-11-20	3	3rd	19 24 26 34 39 43 44
2012-10-30	7	6th	4 5 8 16 21 26 31
2012-09-11	2	6th	1 9 10 12 20 26 32
2012-08-28	11	3rd	12 25 26 28 35 39 42
2012-06-12	13	4th	7 8 10 26 33 42 45
2012-03-13	24	3rd	3 23 26 29 32 33 42
2011-09-27	5	4th	15 21 23 26 32 34 40
2011-08-23	2	5th	7 9 12 18 26 27 39
2011-08-09	8	3rd	6 14 26 27 29 33 39
2011-06-14	4	7th	1 3 4 13 15 21 26
2011-05-17	9	4th	10 11 14 26 29 33 39
2011-03-15	3	5th	8 15 16 25 26 28 41
2011-02-22	2	5th	2 5 16 18 26 28 39
2011-02-08	7	5th	14 15 18 23 26 30 41
2010-12-21	3	4th	7 8 13 26 35 38 42
2010-11-30	2	6th	7 8 20 22 25 26 39
2010-11-16	6	2nd	12 26 28 33 36 38 43
2010-10-05	1	4th	3 8 23 26 27 29 41
2010-09-28	9	4th	6 15 25 26 32 33 40
2010-07-27	7	5th	1 8 12 19 26 30 40
2010-06-08	11	4th	5 15 21 26 35 40 43
2010-03-23	3	5th	6 9 14 23 26 30 44
2010-03-02	2	5th	1 2 19 24 26 37 43
2010-02-16	6	5th	1 19 20 21 26 37 44
2010-01-05	12	5th	3 6 10 11 26 35 39
2009-10-13	3	3rd	10 14 26 27 30 39 44
2009-09-22	11	7th	7 18 19 20 21 24 26
2009-07-07	13	3rd	1 8 26 31 34 35 44
2009-04-07	5	5th	7 12 13 21 26 35 41
2009-03-03	—	4th	3 8 11 26 29 33 35