In Lotto under the 6/50 + 1/25 · since Apr 2025 rules — 233 draws, 6 from 1–50.
24times drawn · chance expected 28 −0.80σ
2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number
10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.3
32longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 24 times in 233 draws against 28.0 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
26
Number 26, draw by draw
Drawn 24 times in 233 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 2 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.
Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 4 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 50. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/50 tonight whatever it did last week.