Number 26

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

150times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.99σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 150 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 8 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 smallest1 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest10 · chance 6.5
3rd smallest27 · chance 28.4
4th smallest46 · chance 54.5
5th smallest46 · chance 46.1
6th smallest20 · chance 13.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 24 5 37 15 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-07-11	6	3rd	5 21 26 34 37 38
2020-06-20	2	3rd	21 23 26 27 31 36
2020-06-13	10	5th	8 12 15 20 26 40
2020-05-09

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-02-16	8	2nd	3 26 28 30 36 38
2019-01-19	6	5th	12 15 16 22 26 34
2018-12-29	9	3rd	3 4 26 31 38 40
2018-11-28	2	6th	2 8 13 18 20 26
2018-11-21	1	2nd	6 26 29 34 36 38
2018-11-17	4	6th	5 9 14 18 21 26
2018-11-03	4	4th	1 3 9 26 27 39
2018-10-20	5	2nd	20 26 30 31 32 40
2018-10-03	1	4th	5 6 22 26 37 38
2018-09-29	3	6th	5 7 9 11 14 26
2018-09-19	7	4th	15 24 25 26 30 36
2018-08-25	4	5th	8 9 15 19 26 32
2018-08-11	1	5th	6 15 16 25 26 34
2018-08-08	5	3rd	2 9 26 36 39 40
2018-07-21	12	3rd	8 19 26 34 37 40
2018-06-09	6	6th	10 14 19 21 23 26
2018-05-19	7	4th	2 3 7 26 27 39
2018-04-25	1	4th	4 6 20 26 32 37
2018-04-21	35	6th	4 10 11 16 18 26
2017-12-20	18	2nd	15 26 31 32 34 35
2017-10-18	4	4th	9 15 16 26 29 31
2017-10-04	4	4th	12 19 22 26 34 40
2017-09-20	7	5th	9 10 12 22 26 36
2017-08-26	7	4th	1 3 14 26 31 36
2017-08-02	4	5th	2 16 17 25 26 38
2017-07-19	9	6th	1 3 4 18 23 26
2017-06-17	5	3rd	1 10 26 32 37 38
2017-05-31	20	3rd	13 20 26 29 33 38
2017-03-22	16	3rd	5 11 26 31 35 36
2017-01-25	9	6th	1 2 5 15 21 26
2016-12-24	1	1st	26 27 28 31 34 39
2016-12-21	10	2nd	6 26 31 33 36 37
2016-11-16	1	5th	2 15 19 22 26 29
2016-11-12	5	5th	6 15 19 24 26 37
2016-10-26	3	3rd	2 16 26 33 35 37
2016-10-15	7	4th	10 19 20 26 31 32
2016-09-21	13	4th	5 10 11 26 30 39
2016-08-06	9	5th	5 7 10 13 26 30
2016-07-06	2	4th	3 17 24 26 27 33
2016-06-29	2	6th	12 15 18 19 20 26
2016-06-22	3	5th	3 4 13 19 26 29
2016-06-11	3	6th	3 10 11 13 17 26
2016-06-01	2	5th	1 2 5 22 26 38
2016-05-25	11	4th	4 10 24 26 33 37
2016-04-16	10	6th	3 4 9 22 23 26
2016-03-12	6	6th	1 6 10 19 24 26
2016-02-20	4	3rd	9 17 26 29 30 34
2016-02-06	10	6th	8 11 12 22 23 26
2016-01-02	6	4th	6 18 25 26 28 32
2015-12-12	3	4th	1 7 18 26 32 33
2015-12-02	10	4th	7 12 25 26 29 35
2015-10-28	7	5th	3 5 11 22 26 38
2015-10-03	11	5th	3 22 23 24 26 38
2015-08-26	4	5th	2 7 8 23 26 37
2015-08-12	6	5th	1 10 11 22 26 36
2015-07-22	18	3rd	5 18 26 31 38 39
2015-05-20	1	4th	2 3 21 26 30 39
2015-05-16	1	5th	8 18 22 24 26 40
2015-05-13	5	3rd	14 24 26 28 29 37
2015-04-25	9	4th	9 20 21 26 34 35
2015-03-25	11	4th	2 18 24 26 28 33
2015-02-14	33	3rd	7 22 26 28 29 37
2014-10-22	4	5th	8 13 22 25 26 36
2014-10-08	7	5th	9 10 14 19 26 28
2014-09-13	6	4th	7 12 18 26 34 36
2014-08-23	1	5th	4 6 16 20 26 30
2014-08-20	19	3rd	8 23 26 32 34 39
2014-06-14	5	3rd	4 8 26 29 31 38
2014-05-28	5	4th	8 15 16 26 27 32
2014-05-10	8	5th	3 10 14 21 26 40
2014-04-12	14	5th	11 16 21 23 26 38
2014-02-22	2	4th	7 10 17 26 32 33
2014-02-15	23	4th	3 10 24 26 32 39
2013-11-23	1	3rd	7 10 26 35 37 40
2013-11-20	7	3rd	5 13 26 27 30 31
2013-10-26	1	4th	1 11 19 26 34 39
2013-10-23	19	5th	5 7 24 25 26 37
2013-08-17	2	5th	1 2 18 24 26 40
2013-08-10	12	4th	3 16 25 26 28 30
2013-06-29	15	5th	3 5 13 16 26 37
2013-05-08	1	6th	8 16 19 24 25 26
2013-05-04	3	5th	5 9 10 25 26 28
2013-04-24	30	4th	14 15 22 26 31 38
2013-01-09	2	3rd	13 21 26 28 31 38
2013-01-02	5	3rd	9 11 26 27 33 37
2012-12-15	6	5th	5 11 14 24 26 36
2012-11-24	6	6th	7 12 15 18 23 26
2012-11-03	2	2nd	19 26 27 31 36 40
2012-10-27	1	5th	1 5 12 15 26 37
2012-10-24	2	5th	2 10 16 24 26 30
2012-10-17	10	5th	5 22 24 25 26 28
2012-09-12	5	6th	5 14 15 17 24 26
2012-08-25	2	3rd	21 23 26 28 29 38
2012-08-18	15	3rd	1 10 26 27 34 37
2012-06-27	3	2nd	23 26 28 30 34 39
2012-06-16	3	3rd	17 19 26 27 36 37
2012-06-06	17	6th	1 5 6 10 18 26
2012-04-07	5	4th	7 10 25 26 29 38
2012-03-21	8	5th	1 5 15 25 26 33
2012-02-22	1	4th	14 19 25 26 35 37
2012-02-18	10	4th	10 20 24 26 30 35
2012-01-14	1	5th	10 15 22 24 26 38
2012-01-11	1	4th	10 13 16 26 27 29
2012-01-07	10	3rd	13 15 26 27 28 36
2011-12-03	7	4th	7 8 9 26 33 37
2011-11-09	11	4th	1 9 18 26 33 36
2011-10-01	3	3rd	3 15 26 27 32 35
2011-09-21	8	3rd	18 24 26 32 37 39
2011-08-24	1	3rd	3 24 26 27 31 36
2011-08-20	2	5th	6 12 15 20 26 35
2011-08-13	31	4th	5 16 25 26 29 34
2011-04-27	7	5th	2 6 20 22 26 39
2011-04-02	14	4th	2 6 25 26 36 39
2011-02-12	1	4th	9 17 18 26 28 40
2011-02-09	9	6th	1 4 7 15 16 26
2011-01-08	4	6th	7 17 22 23 24 26
2010-12-22	10	4th	12 14 17 26 34 40
2010-11-17	8	5th	2 3 13 16 26 33
2010-10-20	14	4th	6 10 22 26 28 32
2010-09-01	7	4th	6 18 20 26 31 40
2010-08-07	1	5th	5 16 23 25 26 37
2010-08-04	4	5th	8 18 19 24 26 39
2010-07-21	2	5th	1 4 11 15 26 30
2010-07-14	16	5th	2 11 19 22 26 34
2010-05-19	6	4th	4 8 10 26 28 29
2010-04-28	—	6th	1 3 4 8 24 26