Number 26

In Fantasy 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,098 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

277times drawn · chance expected 269 +0.52σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

35longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 277 times in 2,098 draws against 269.0 expected, +0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 277 times in 2,098 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 18 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 smallest3 · chance 2.7
2nd smallest30 · chance 26.8
3rd smallest96 · chance 87.8
4th smallest95 · chance 112.2
5th smallest53 · chance 47.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 37 10 28 2 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2015-09-15	20	3rd	5 25 26 27 33
2015-08-26	2	3rd	19 21 26 29 33
2015-08-24	16	3rd	7 21 26 27 32
2015-08-08	5	4th	7 17

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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