Number 26

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

139times drawn · chance expected 141 −0.18σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

52longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, −0.18σ. 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 139 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest3 · chance 2.1
2nd smallest22 · chance 17.3
3rd smallest41 · chance 47.9
4th smallest58 · chance 52.5
5th smallest15 · chance 19.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 35 16 41 7 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-18	7	1st	26 31 33 35 36
2017-06-11	3	4th	5 7 13 26 38
2017-06-08	8	3rd	9 17 26 33 36
2017-05-31	1	4th	7 16 21

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-11-16	15	4th	4 10 25 26 27
2016-11-01	2	3rd	14 17 26 27 28
2016-10-30	18	4th	5 11 25 26 33
2016-10-12	8	2nd	9 26 28 30 35
2016-10-04	7	4th	3 15 24 26 31
2016-09-27	6	4th	7 13 18 26 39
2016-09-21	5	4th	1 8 18 26 27
2016-09-16	2	4th	5 20 22 26 38
2016-09-14	14	3rd	9 14 26 32 35
2016-08-31	8	4th	2 6 19 26 30
2016-08-23	1	2nd	6 26 27 31 32
2016-08-22	2	4th	4 15 24 26 33
2016-08-20	2	5th	4 11 15 22 26
2016-08-18	3	4th	10 14 19 26 27
2016-08-15	14	3rd	1 8 26 30 36
2016-08-01	4	4th	6 18 20 26 31
2016-07-28	3	3rd	8 10 26 30 36
2016-07-25	8	5th	17 20 24 25 26
2016-07-17	10	4th	6 11 16 26 39
2016-07-07	4	4th	5 7 10 26 30
2016-07-03	5	3rd	9 21 26 37 40
2016-06-28	23	3rd	6 7 26 38 40
2016-06-05	6	4th	13 15 22 26 36
2016-05-30	6	3rd	8 24 26 27 37
2016-05-24	3	5th	4 14 15 18 26
2016-05-21	6	3rd	11 20 26 32 41
2016-05-15	2	4th	1 16 21 26 40
2016-05-13	16	3rd	8 16 26 38 41
2016-04-27	28	4th	6 7 24 26 41
2016-03-30	14	3rd	16 23 26 33 34
2016-03-16	3	4th	3 20 23 26 39
2016-03-13	3	3rd	5 22 26 29 31
2016-03-10	3	4th	15 16 25 26 35
2016-03-07	6	3rd	2 23 26 29 35
2016-03-01	1	2nd	2 26 29 35 41
2016-02-29	18	3rd	11 14 26 39 40
2016-02-11	4	3rd	2 6 26 29 37
2016-02-07	3	2nd	4 26 34 36 40
2016-02-04	1	4th	8 14 15 26 27
2016-02-03	4	4th	11 12 18 26 40
2016-01-30	13	4th	6 9 14 26 32
2016-01-17	1	4th	3 20 23 26 40
2016-01-16	16	5th	7 18 22 24 26
2015-12-31	12	4th	4 5 8 26 34
2015-12-19	1	5th	4 14 18 25 26
2015-12-18	2	5th	4 5 8 10 26
2015-12-16	2	5th	4 16 23 24 26
2015-12-14	12	4th	2 24 25 26 29
2015-12-02	1	4th	12 18 21 26 29
2015-12-01	10	5th	7 10 11 19 26
2015-11-21	1	5th	7 12 16 18 26
2015-11-20	3	4th	3 8 23 26 29
2015-11-17	1	2nd	4 26 36 37 40
2015-11-16	8	2nd	1 26 28 33 37
2015-11-08	13	4th	9 16 23 26 35
2015-10-26	2	3rd	3 10 26 32 35
2015-10-24	13	3rd	1 11 26 35 41
2015-10-11	3	3rd	5 9 26 35 37
2015-10-08	6	2nd	7 26 32 33 41
2015-10-02	1	2nd	12 26 31 34 38
2015-10-01	12	4th	1 22 24 26 35
2015-09-19	12	1st	26 31 34 37 41
2015-09-07	15	4th	13 22 24 26 27
2015-08-23	8	2nd	18 26 36 37 39
2015-08-15	8	4th	7 12 13 26 28
2015-08-07	1	5th	5 15 16 20 26
2015-08-06	7	4th	3 7 21 26 29
2015-07-30	26	3rd	2 18 26 28 30
2015-07-04	12	2nd	16 26 31 36 39
2015-06-22	9	1st	26 32 33 39 41
2015-06-13	12	4th	1 15 17 26 36
2015-06-01	2	4th	4 15 21 26 41
2015-05-30	23	5th	4 6 13 25 26
2015-05-07	8	4th	18 19 21 26 37
2015-04-28	4	4th	2 17 23 26 31
2015-04-24	4	3rd	15 17 26 30 37
2015-04-20	31	5th	5 11 21 22 26
2015-03-20	7	2nd	8 26 30 38 40
2015-03-13	5	4th	7 9 10 26 29
2015-03-08	15	3rd	5 24 26 28 38
2015-02-21	5	3rd	5 23 26 30 38
2015-02-16	11	2nd	16 26 32 39 40
2015-02-05	9	2nd	23 26 27 39 41
2015-01-27	22	4th	5 16 18 26 34
2015-01-05	7	3rd	3 20 26 34 37
2014-12-29	3	4th	3 14 17 26 31
2014-12-26	3	2nd	8 26 32 37 40
2014-12-23	4	4th	4 22 23 26 32
2014-12-19	2	3rd	10 16 26 35 41
2014-12-17	3	3rd	11 18 26 36 37
2014-12-14	6	3rd	3 6 26 39 41
2014-12-08	7	4th	5 24 25 26 38
2014-12-01	26	3rd	7 20 26 34 39
2014-11-05	6	4th	2 18 23 26 41
2014-10-30	5	3rd	12 20 26 35 36
2014-10-25	7	3rd	10 24 26 33 37
2014-10-18	13	4th	4 14 18 26 27
2014-10-05	6	4th	15 17 25 26 30
2014-09-29	4	3rd	11 17 26 32 41
2014-09-25	2	4th	7 19 25 26 37
2014-09-23	12	2nd	21 26 32 34 35
2014-09-11	52	2nd	12 26 27 30 33
2014-07-21	16	2nd	20 26 27 28 41
2014-07-05	5	4th	8 10 11 26 29
2014-06-30	12	4th	3 13 14 26 33
2014-06-18	8	5th	4 6 19 22 26
2014-06-10	3	3rd	15 16 26 28 33
2014-06-07	24	5th	12 13 18 25 26
2014-05-14	7	2nd	18 26 35 38 40
2014-05-07	3	2nd	19 26 30 34 39
2014-05-04	1	3rd	14 16 26 28 41
2014-05-03	9	4th	2 15 17 26 33
2014-04-24	3	4th	9 20 25 26 28
2014-04-21	1	3rd	11 16 26 32 33
2014-04-20	—	3rd	19 23 26 32 39