In Hoosier Lotto +PLUS under the 6/46 · since Apr 2022 rules — 469 draws, 6 from 1–46.
60times drawn · chance expected 61 −0.16σ
15draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number
7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
24longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 60 times in 469 draws against 61.2 expected, −0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
26
Number 26, draw by draw
Drawn 60 times in 469 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 15 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 45 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 46. 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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.