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Number 26 In Lotto under the 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 601 draws, 6 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 88 times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.94σ
2 draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number
6.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5
30 longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 88 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 12 times, counted separately.
26 Number 26, draw by draw Drawn 88 times in 601 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 2 draws now
8 draws: 2010-02-10 to 2010-03-10 2 draws: 2010-03-10 to 2010-03-17 5 draws: 2010-03-17 to 2010-04-03 4 draws: 2010-04-03 to 2010-04-17 9 draws: 2010-04-17 to 2010-05-19 1 draws: 2010-05-19 to 2010-05-22 7 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-06-16 4 draws: 2010-06-16 to 2010-06-30 19 draws: 2010-06-30 to 2010-09-04 2 draws: 2010-09-04 to 2010-09-11 3 draws: 2010-09-11 to 2010-09-22 2 draws: 2010-09-22 to 2010-09-29 30 draws: 2010-09-29 to 2011-01-12 1 draws: 2011-01-12 to 2011-01-15 8 draws: 2011-01-15 to 2011-02-12 7 draws: 2011-02-12 to 2011-03-09 19 draws: 2011-03-09 to 2011-05-14 2 draws: 2011-05-14 to 2011-05-21 8 draws: 2011-05-21 to 2011-06-18 11 draws: 2011-06-18 to 2011-07-27 3 draws: 2011-07-27 to 2011-08-06 7 draws: 2011-08-06 to 2011-08-31 17 draws: 2011-08-31 to 2011-10-29 9 draws: 2011-10-29 to 2011-11-30 5 draws: 2011-11-30 to 2011-12-17 7 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2012-01-11 1 draws: 2012-01-11 to 2012-01-14 5 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-01 7 draws: 2012-02-01 to 2012-02-25 4 draws: 2012-02-25 to 2012-03-10 1 draws: 2012-03-10 to 2012-03-14 6 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-04-04 1 draws: 2012-04-04 to 2012-04-07 1 draws: 2012-04-07 to 2012-04-11 3 draws: 2012-04-11 to 2012-04-21 14 draws: 2012-04-21 to 2012-06-09 6 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-06-30 4 draws: 2012-06-30 to 2012-07-14 9 draws: 2012-07-14 to 2012-08-15 4 draws: 2012-08-15 to 2012-08-29 8 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-09-26 2 draws: 2012-09-26 to 2012-10-03 1 draws: 2012-10-03 to 2012-10-06 3 draws: 2012-10-06 to 2012-10-17 5 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2012-11-03 3 draws: 2012-11-03 to 2012-11-14 6 draws: 2012-11-14 to 2012-12-05 3 draws: 2012-12-05 to 2012-12-15 2 draws: 2012-12-15 to 2012-12-22 8 draws: 2012-12-22 to 2013-01-19 19 draws: 2013-01-19 to 2013-03-27 3 draws: 2013-03-27 to 2013-04-06 6 draws: 2013-04-06 to 2013-04-27 1 draws: 2013-04-27 to 2013-05-01 13 draws: 2013-05-01 to 2013-06-15 5 draws: 2013-06-15 to 2013-07-03 1 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-06 13 draws: 2013-07-06 to 2013-08-21 1 draws: 2013-08-21 to 2013-08-24 21 draws: 2013-08-24 to 2013-11-06 11 draws: 2013-11-06 to 2013-12-14 9 draws: 2013-12-14 to 2014-01-15 27 draws: 2014-01-15 to 2014-04-19 3 draws: 2014-04-19 to 2014-04-30 16 draws: 2014-04-30 to 2014-06-25 3 draws: 2014-06-25 to 2014-07-05 5 draws: 2014-07-05 to 2014-07-23 3 draws: 2014-07-23 to 2014-08-02 4 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-16 9 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-09-17 2 draws: 2014-09-17 to 2014-09-24 2 draws: 2014-09-24 to 2014-10-01 15 draws: 2014-10-01 to 2014-11-22 11 draws: 2014-11-22 to 2014-12-31 1 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-01-03 1 draws: 2015-01-03 to 2015-01-07 8 draws: 2015-01-07 to 2015-02-05 6 draws: 2015-02-05 to 2015-02-25 9 draws: 2015-02-25 to 2015-03-28 3 draws: 2015-03-28 to 2015-04-08 20 draws: 2015-04-08 to 2015-06-17 15 draws: 2015-06-17 to 2015-08-08 6 draws: 2015-08-08 to 2015-08-29 2 draws: 2015-08-29 to 2015-09-05 1 draws: 2015-09-05 to 2015-09-09 3 draws: 2015-09-09 to 2015-09-19 2 draws: 2015-09-19 to 2015-09-26 Still waiting — at least 2 draws since 2015-09-26 2010-02-10 2010-03-10 2010-03-17 2010-04-03 2010-04-17 2010-05-19 2010-05-22 2010-06-16 2010-06-30 2010-09-04 2010-09-11 2010-09-22 2010-09-29 2011-01-12 2011-01-15 2011-02-12 2011-03-09 2011-05-14 2011-05-21 2011-06-18 2011-07-27 2011-08-06 2011-08-31 2011-10-29 2011-11-30 2011-12-17 2012-01-11 2012-01-14 2012-02-01 2012-02-25 2012-03-10 2012-03-14 2012-04-04 2012-04-07 2012-04-11 2012-04-21 2012-06-09 2012-06-30 2012-07-14 2012-08-15 2012-08-29 2012-09-26 2012-10-03 2012-10-06 2012-10-17 2012-11-03 2012-11-14 2012-12-05 2012-12-15 2012-12-22 2013-01-19 2013-03-27 2013-04-06 2013-04-27 2013-05-01 2013-06-15 2013-07-03 2013-07-06 2013-08-21 2013-08-24 2013-11-06 2013-12-14 2014-01-15 2014-04-19 2014-04-30 2014-06-25 2014-07-05 2014-07-23 2014-08-02 2014-08-16 2014-09-17 2014-09-24 2014-10-01 2014-11-22 2014-12-31 2015-01-03 2015-01-07 2015-02-05 2015-02-25 2015-03-28 2015-04-08 2015-06-17 2015-08-08 2015-08-29 2015-09-05 2015-09-09 2015-09-19 2015-09-26 2010-01-02 2015-10-03
1 draws: 13 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 12 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 6 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 6 times 10 draws: 0 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 0 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 3 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 3 · chance 0.9 2nd smallest 9 · chance 7.9 3rd smallest 20 · chance 23.6 4th smallest 31 · chance 31.9 5th smallest 21 · chance 19.5 6th smallest 4 · chance 4.3 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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 ← number 25 Every number number 27 → 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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.