Number 26

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

88times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.74σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

15.9average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

63longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.9 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 30 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 16.2
2nd smallest37 · chance 33.7
3rd smallest28 · chance 26.5
4th smallest11 · chance 9.8
5th smallest2 · chance 1.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 1 22 53 4 25

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.6 such strangers 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 90. 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
2009-04-21	22	3rd	19 22 26 59 61 71
2009-02-28	31	2nd	6 26 56 65 69 82
2008-12-18	18	2nd	9 26 29 31 58 70

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-05-11	26	4th	14 19 20 26 79 82
2006-03-11	7	1st	26 28 55 61 62 85
2006-02-23	16	2nd	17 26 70 76 82 90
2006-01-17	2	1st	26 27 31 69 78 85
2006-01-12	8	1st	26 30 38 55 69 75
2005-12-24	4	1st	26 47 49 66 86 88
2005-12-15	12	2nd	6 26 42 51 60 79
2005-11-17	32	2nd	20 26 30 39 40 55
2005-09-03	19	3rd	3 11 26 36 45 75
2005-07-21	43	4th	2 7 16 26 34 80
2005-03-09	5	1st	26 31 50 71 85 87
2005-02-19	63	2nd	22 26 32 38 42 86
2004-07-14	10	3rd	8 18 26 36 41 52
2004-06-09	4	3rd	1 2 26 31 42 64
2004-05-26	33	1st	26 65 73 76 81 90
2004-01-31	6	3rd	4 11 26 53 63 66
2004-01-10	25	3rd	15 25 26 32 51 61
2003-10-15	2	2nd	11 26 30 34 43 73
2003-10-08	4	3rd	1 8 26 41 70 84
2003-09-24	28	2nd	3 26 39 41 56 61
2003-06-18	12	3rd	2 12 26 30 65 74
2003-05-07	3	5th	1 2 4 19 26 89
2003-04-26	2	3rd	10 18 26 39 62 68
2003-04-19	29	2nd	11 26 45 53 69 75
2003-01-08	1	2nd	5 26 49 50 73 90
2003-01-04	14	3rd	16 17 26 28 37 85
2002-12-03	2	4th	4 5 11 26 34 36
2002-11-27	2	4th	10 16 20 26 48 56
2002-11-20	25	2nd	18 26 44 51 63 90
2002-08-24	6	3rd	8 25 26 38 66 79
2002-08-03	21	2nd	23 26 32 52 71 75
2002-05-22	2	2nd	12 26 27 42 66 89
2002-05-15	4	2nd	23 26 34 35 71 84
2002-05-02	17	4th	7 15 17 26 36 54
2002-03-02	14	2nd	19 26 28 45 86 88
2002-01-12	5	2nd	12 26 45 75 82 84
2001-12-29	1	2nd	24 26 49 53 68 83
2001-12-27	27	3rd	20 21 26 53 80 90
2001-09-22	34	2nd	22 26 27 28 72 73
2001-05-26	6	2nd	5 26 37 43 45 64
2001-05-05	5	3rd	9 22 26 67 71 89
2001-04-18	15	2nd	10 26 32 41 42 54
2001-02-24	15	2nd	25 26 75 78 79 80
2001-01-03	1	3rd	15 25 26 33 41 62
2000-12-30	3	3rd	1 8 26 33 47 70
2000-12-20	10	1st	26 36 43 47 64 90
2000-11-15	19	3rd	1 25 26 28 53 79
2000-09-09	36	4th	3 6 10 26 43 72
2000-05-06	8	2nd	23 26 34 56 66 85
2000-04-08	3	3rd	3 12 26 47 54 87
2000-03-29	46	4th	1 6 12 26 57 70
1999-10-20	14	2nd	22 26 58 60 67 88
1999-09-01	12	3rd	5 19 26 32 67 87
1999-07-21	34	3rd	11 19 26 58 67 89
1999-03-24	9	2nd	4 26 34 61 76 81
1999-02-20	4	2nd	4 26 59 63 69 74
1999-02-06	13	3rd	9 10 26 30 44 54
1998-12-23	17	4th	3 9 14 26 47 79
1998-10-24	11	2nd	4 26 27 74 77 84
1998-09-16	27	2nd	22 26 29 37 75 76
1998-06-13	38	2nd	13 26 30 34 83 86
1998-01-31	3	3rd	6 13 26 33 34 78
1998-01-21	7	3rd	22 25 26 49 59 85
1997-12-27	—	2nd	8 26 35 43 55 67