Number 26

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,754 draws, 6 from 1–49.

209times drawn · chance expected 215 −0.42σ

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

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,754 draws against 214.8 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 34 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,754 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 smallest9 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest20 · chance 27.0
3rd smallest59 · chance 64.8
4th smallest72 · chance 71.0
5th smallest40 · chance 35.5
6th smallest9 · chance 6.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 20 3 9 23 27

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
2026-10-17	1	4th	5 22 23 26 29 37
2026-10-14	9	3rd	5 25 26 27 29 46
2026-09-12	24	5th	1 3 17 20 26 32
2026-06-20	1

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.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

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 smallest9 · chance 4.1

2nd smallest20 · chance 27.0

3rd smallest59 · chance 64.8

4th smallest72 · chance 71.0

5th smallest40 · chance 35.5

6th smallest9 · chance 6.5

How many people play it

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-10-17

4th

5 22 23 26 29 37

2026-10-14

3rd

5 25 26 27 29 46

2026-09-12

5th

1 3 17 20 26 32

2026-06-20

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