Number 26

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

206times drawn · chance expected 186 +1.52σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

37longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +1.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest6 · chance 5.8
2nd smallest32 · chance 32.8
3rd smallest69 · chance 68.4
4th smallest69 · chance 65.6
5th smallest25 · chance 28.8
6th smallest5 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 28 20 14 38 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-26	1	4th	12 18 23 26 29 39
2025-04-24	8	4th	7 12 14 26 31 42
2025-04-05	1	2nd	12 26 29 32 41 49
2025-04-03

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-01	15	5th	1 9 16 20 26 27
2024-05-27	15	4th	1 18 20 26 41 42
2024-04-22	3	5th	3 5 8 23 26 42
2024-04-15	2	3rd	2 21 26 34 44 45
2024-04-11	6	2nd	7 26 31 32 44 47
2024-03-28	2	4th	6 8 15 26 27 48
2024-03-23	19	2nd	14 26 27 37 45 46
2024-02-08	4	4th	15 19 22 26 27 30
2024-01-29	14	3rd	20 25 26 30 34 36
2023-12-28	4	4th	11 21 24 26 31 34
2023-12-18	14	2nd	2 26 35 40 45 47
2023-11-16	9	2nd	23 26 29 38 46 47
2023-10-26	16	4th	6 17 20 26 40 50
2023-09-18	3	4th	6 20 22 26 31 35
2023-09-11	3	4th	7 10 20 26 32 43
2023-09-04	1	3rd	21 25 26 39 41 43
2023-09-02	17	5th	3 7 14 23 26 44
2023-07-24	1	2nd	23 26 32 40 45 48
2023-07-22	16	3rd	11 21 26 28 29 45
2023-06-15	1	3rd	11 13 26 29 32 48
2023-06-12	4	3rd	1 7 26 30 32 41
2023-06-03	9	3rd	5 18 26 37 44 48
2023-05-13	1	3rd	14 15 26 28 32 47
2023-05-11	3	4th	11 16 25 26 29 36
2023-05-04	3	5th	4 11 22 25 26 36
2023-04-27	5	3rd	18 21 26 30 33 37
2023-04-15	4	2nd	22 26 28 32 44 48
2023-04-06	1	4th	17 18 20 26 30 41
2023-04-03	20	4th	1 15 22 26 36 46
2023-02-16	4	2nd	9 26 39 40 48 49
2023-02-06	3	3rd	4 25 26 28 40 50
2023-01-30	9	3rd	10 18 26 32 46 50
2023-01-09	2	4th	4 21 23 26 35 38
2023-01-05	4	3rd	3 6 26 31 37 41
2022-12-26	29	3rd	4 15 26 41 45 50
2022-10-20	1	4th	19 22 23 26 27 43
2022-10-17	6	4th	14 15 20 26 36 47
2022-10-03	13	3rd	9 21 26 32 36 46
2022-09-03	1	4th	9 17 23 26 28 39
2022-09-01	21	4th	5 7 15 26 27 37
2022-07-14	10	4th	4 11 24 26 42 49
2022-06-20	13	4th	2 4 19 26 28 43
2022-05-21	10	2nd	7 26 31 32 42 46
2022-04-28	23	4th	12 14 21 26 27 44
2022-03-05	4	3rd	10 16 26 40 46 47
2022-02-24	9	4th	1 2 21 26 34 42
2022-02-03	19	4th	1 2 11 26 38 40
2021-12-20	6	1st	26 29 30 35 41 43
2021-12-06	10	3rd	1 15 26 27 31 40
2021-11-13	1	3rd	6 25 26 29 46 48
2021-11-11	11	5th	4 8 9 12 26 27
2021-10-16	3	5th	1 6 13 20 26 42
2021-10-09	3	4th	4 10 13 26 27 47
2021-10-02	11	4th	1 14 18 26 39 49
2021-09-06	6	3rd	11 22 26 35 37 38
2021-08-23	1	3rd	11 23 26 28 31 45
2021-08-21	4	3rd	4 18 26 31 41 43
2021-08-12	19	5th	4 8 21 22 26 42
2021-06-28	10	4th	16 18 20 26 40 48
2021-06-05	6	3rd	3 21 26 38 45 50
2021-05-22	4	5th	2 4 11 20 26 50
2021-05-13	6	2nd	17 26 34 35 47 50
2021-04-29	29	4th	3 20 24 26 29 47
2021-02-20	4	3rd	7 20 26 32 36 52
2021-02-11	9	4th	2 5 21 26 34 41
2021-01-21	2	5th	12 16 22 25 26 45
2021-01-16	1	1st	26 28 32 36 39 52
2021-01-14	12	3rd	5 13 26 38 43 48
2020-12-17	11	2nd	9 26 30 33 35 49
2020-11-21	4	3rd	1 17 26 28 51 52
2020-11-12	17	3rd	16 20 26 28 35 36
2020-10-03	1	3rd	3 7 26 28 31 39
2020-10-01	7	4th	3 9 16 26 47 52
2020-09-14	1	2nd	23 26 35 42 47 48
2020-09-12	4	3rd	3 14 26 38 43 46
2020-09-03	3	2nd	24 26 27 32 41 44
2020-08-27	7	5th	16 19 22 24 26 44
2020-08-10	7	4th	1 15 17 26 34 48
2020-07-25	1	4th	12 15 18 26 27 41
2020-07-23	1	2nd	4 26 28 33 43 51
2020-07-20	1	3rd	10 17 26 27 38 41
2020-07-18	10	4th	1 2 20 26 43 44
2020-06-25	15	4th	8 13 14 26 28 32
2020-05-21	9	4th	6 12 21 26 40 41
2020-04-30	5	2nd	3 26 31 38 46 49
2020-04-18	14	4th	5 7 12 26 34 40
2020-03-16	1	3rd	7 22 26 31 37 39
2020-03-14	8	4th	2 11 14 26 28 37
2020-02-24	2	3rd	8 21 26 30 31 37
2020-02-20	11	4th	1 3 25 26 33 40
2020-01-25	15	4th	1 7 13 26 41 42
2019-12-21	2	3rd	4 9 26 29 32 45
2019-12-16	13	3rd	17 25 26 31 42 50
2019-11-16	6	5th	7 14 15 17 26 36
2019-11-02	5	4th	5 9 19 26 38 52
2019-10-21	35	5th	4 12 15 21 26 45
2019-08-01	10	4th	4 15 18 26 30 39
2019-07-08	12	2nd	4 26 34 37 41 44
2019-06-10	3	4th	16 21 25 26 42 43
2019-06-03	1	2nd	4 26 30 39 45 48
2019-06-01	1	2nd	16 26 44 45 50 52
2019-05-30	3	4th	3 5 12 26 38 51
2019-05-23	4	3rd	1 22 26 39 42 52
2019-05-13	1	4th	14 20 22 26 29 51
2019-05-11	5	3rd	3 25 26 28 47 52
2019-04-29	6	2nd	15 26 35 38 40 47
2019-04-15	17	4th	1 6 20 26 45 46
2019-03-07	11	4th	12 19 21 26 29 37
2019-02-09	1	2nd	8 26 31 32 38 50
2019-02-07	15	4th	5 6 17 26 28 52
2019-01-03	17	2nd	21 26 28 30 39 43
2018-11-24	9	3rd	11 23 26 28 48 51
2018-11-03	4	3rd	5 20 26 32 37 44
2018-10-25	9	2nd	5 26 27 35 45 49
2018-10-04	7	3rd	5 23 26 35 39 52
2018-09-17	10	5th	1 3 16 18 26 47
2018-08-25	32	4th	5 8 24 26 27 43
2018-06-11	2	5th	7 14 20 21 26 39
2018-06-07	1	4th	11 12 18 26 40 42
2018-06-04	10	4th	8 18 20 26 39 41
2018-05-12	8	3rd	16 23 26 38 42 43
2018-04-23	14	4th	2 14 25 26 38 49
2018-03-22	3	4th	2 12 21 26 36 51
2018-03-15	13	3rd	6 21 26 33 40 49
2018-02-12	9	5th	4 5 8 14 26 44
2018-01-22	3	3rd	11 19 26 28 48 49
2018-01-15	9	3rd	6 9 26 32 33 51
2017-12-25	2	6th	13 14 15 19 21 26
2017-12-21	6	4th	2 8 13 26 34 51
2017-12-07	6	4th	6 19 23 26 32 35
2017-11-23	3	2nd	5 26 27 39 40 47
2017-11-16	1	4th	13 19 21 26 27 38
2017-11-13	9	4th	4 13 14 26 28 37
2017-10-23	37	2nd	9 26 33 39 47 48
2017-07-29	4	4th	6 12 21 26 37 51
2017-07-20	2	2nd	25 26 42 43 49 50
2017-07-15	1	3rd	8 9 26 27 34 37
2017-07-13	8	3rd	11 19 26 31 37 40
2017-06-24	7	5th	3 10 13 14 26 36
2017-06-08	14	2nd	3 26 29 44 45 52
2017-05-06	3	3rd	6 20 26 27 30 35
2017-04-29	3	3rd	11 14 26 35 42 47
2017-04-22	7	3rd	5 16 26 27 28 52
2017-04-06	5	5th	7 22 23 24 26 49
2017-03-25	5	3rd	2 23 26 28 38 42
2017-03-13	4	3rd	3 9 26 28 44 49
2017-03-04	7	5th	5 7 8 16 26 32
2017-02-16	17	6th	4 6 11 20 21 26
2017-01-07	1	1st	26 28 36 43 46 48
2017-01-05	3	1st	26 34 35 43 44 50
2016-12-29	8	3rd	13 21 26 39 45 50
2016-12-10	2	2nd	18 26 29 34 41 49
2016-12-05	30	3rd	3 11 26 29 36 39
2016-09-26	13	4th	7 19 21 26 34 38
2016-08-27	7	4th	1 11 18 26 28 48
2016-08-11	4	3rd	11 15 26 28 30 35
2016-08-01	24	4th	11 16 19 26 38 44
2016-06-06	10	3rd	13 21 26 31 43 47
2016-05-14	4	1st	26 29 33 38 50 52
2016-05-05	8	3rd	12 20 26 32 40 45
2016-04-16	7	4th	9 14 16 26 28 29
2016-03-31	3	5th	1 2 5 15 26 43
2016-03-24	31	3rd	1 3 26 28 48 49
2016-01-11	1	3rd	11 15 26 36 38 45
2016-01-09	6	3rd	7 16 26 30 51 52
2015-12-26	17	4th	1 6 9 26 43 49
2015-11-16	1	3rd	14 20 26 40 50 52
2015-11-14	10	3rd	8 16 26 35 42 44
2015-10-22	5	3rd	5 19 26 28 38 42
2015-10-10	8	5th	2 10 22 24 26 27
2015-09-21	10	2nd	15 26 29 38 41 47
2015-08-29	3	3rd	2 7 26 40 48 49
2015-08-22	4	5th	2 11 14 18 26 48
2015-08-13	34	3rd	18 24 26 36 43 47
2015-05-25	9	4th	14 19 20 26 37 50
2015-05-04	11	4th	13 19 24 26 34 50
2015-04-09	2	6th	1 12 14 19 24 26
2015-04-04	7	3rd	19 23 26 30 46 47
2015-03-19	9	6th	1 2 3 13 16 26
2015-02-26	12	3rd	13 14 26 34 36 41
2015-01-29	4	3rd	6 13 26 30 39 52
2015-01-19	—	4th	10 18 21 26 35 49