Number 26

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

174times drawn · chance expected 184 −0.79σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

30longest completed wait · 89% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 174 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −0.79σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 174 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 30 · 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.

1st smallest1 · chance 1.3
2nd smallest20 · chance 12.2
3rd smallest41 · chance 41.7
4th smallest48 · chance 64.0
5th smallest50 · chance 44.0
6th smallest14 · chance 10.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 7 17 39 35 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-14	10	6th	1 7 11 20 21 26
2022-10-10	1	5th	12 13 17 21 26 35
2022-10-06	3	2nd	4 26 29 35 37 39

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-08-13	19	4th	2 6 24 26 27 33
2020-06-08	7	5th	1 9 19 25 26 40
2020-05-14	1	4th	5 15 21 26 31 38
2020-05-11	13	2nd	2 26 38 39 40 42
2020-03-26	14	5th	3 6 15 19 26 41
2020-02-06	8	5th	3 9 19 21 26 27
2020-01-09	5	6th	1 4 8 10 22 26
2019-12-23	3	5th	1 11 12 18 26 28
2019-12-12	7	5th	5 8 9 16 26 35
2019-11-18	7	6th	2 8 14 15 18 26
2019-10-24	2	3rd	7 9 26 27 38 40
2019-10-17	3	6th	11 14 16 19 21 26
2019-10-07	10	2nd	4 26 27 28 29 34
2019-09-02	7	3rd	23 24 26 28 35 37
2019-08-08	1	5th	6 7 8 12 26 32
2019-08-05	11	5th	3 7 8 13 26 30
2019-06-27	1	3rd	16 24 26 28 41 43
2019-06-24	6	5th	1 7 23 25 26 29
2019-06-03	12	3rd	19 24 26 32 38 42
2019-04-22	7	5th	4 7 20 23 26 31
2019-03-28	10	2nd	21 26 35 39 40 41
2019-02-21	9	6th	9 10 11 13 18 26
2019-01-21	5	4th	1 11 12 26 29 39
2019-01-03	13	5th	1 8 12 19 26 30
2018-11-19	11	5th	17 21 22 25 26 35
2018-10-11	5	4th	8 15 24 26 29 36
2018-09-24	2	5th	8 13 16 23 26 38
2018-09-17	2	4th	1 20 22 26 36 42
2018-09-10	7	4th	13 17 23 26 32 33
2018-08-16	6	4th	5 12 20 26 29 42
2018-07-26	7	4th	7 10 13 26 35 36
2018-07-02	2	2nd	20 26 30 34 40 42
2018-06-25	4	5th	2 16 21 23 26 30
2018-06-11	4	3rd	24 25 26 36 37 40
2018-05-28	15	3rd	3 17 26 28 32 42
2018-04-05	6	2nd	21 26 27 32 33 42
2018-03-15	5	5th	8 9 16 25 26 35
2018-02-26	5	2nd	19 26 32 33 35 36
2018-02-08	2	3rd	3 11 26 30 33 38
2018-02-01	1	3rd	9 21 26 36 37 43
2018-01-29	25	3rd	3 19 26 30 36 39
2017-11-02	6	5th	1 3 4 10 26 33
2017-10-12	2	4th	5 9 11 26 38 39
2017-10-05	7	4th	1 6 17 26 35 41
2017-09-11	3	3rd	8 17 26 35 36 37
2017-08-31	2	3rd	7 9 26 33 39 41
2017-08-24	2	4th	2 12 13 26 34 35
2017-08-17	16	5th	7 17 18 23 26 37
2017-06-22	7	4th	7 9 12 26 32 41
2017-05-29	12	5th	3 5 17 22 26 28
2017-04-17	1	4th	10 14 16 26 36 39
2017-04-13	16	5th	1 6 17 23 26 35
2017-02-16	2	3rd	7 16 26 28 37 41
2017-02-09	3	6th	4 6 15 19 20 26
2017-01-30	20	2nd	6 26 29 32 39 40
2016-11-21	2	5th	4 6 11 19 26 33
2016-11-14	5	4th	9 19 22 26 35 42
2016-10-27	2	4th	1 16 18 26 41 42
2016-10-20	7	3rd	7 16 26 32 40 41
2016-09-26	3	2nd	23 26 28 31 38 40
2016-09-15	6	5th	1 7 14 18 26 37
2016-08-25	2	3rd	20 25 26 35 40 43
2016-08-18	2	5th	4 11 23 24 26 41
2016-08-11	1	6th	7 8 13 19 21 26
2016-08-08	6	5th	1 9 13 21 26 39
2016-07-18	9	2nd	11 26 34 35 36 40
2016-06-16	16	2nd	25 26 29 33 36 42
2016-04-21	10	3rd	1 3 26 32 35 36
2016-03-17	3	5th	7 10 11 19 26 39
2016-03-07	10	4th	1 2 22 26 31 38
2016-02-01	9	3rd	13 21 26 29 39 42
2015-12-31	12	3rd	5 18 26 36 40 42
2015-11-19	20	5th	2 13 15 17 26 27
2015-09-10	21	5th	2 12 13 19 26 37
2015-06-29	10	6th	1 5 11 15 17 26
2015-05-25	1	3rd	4 10 26 28 30 35
2015-05-21	15	4th	9 12 13 26 41 43
2015-03-30	3	6th	2 4 5 7 16 26
2015-03-19	1	3rd	15 21 26 30 33 35
2015-03-16	5	5th	3 9 13 20 26 38
2015-02-26	12	5th	7 8 17 19 26 28
2015-01-15	16	4th	6 8 9 26 36 43
2014-11-20	13	5th	16 17 21 22 26 27
2014-10-06	4	4th	4 8 12 26 39 42
2014-09-22	3	5th	7 11 12 13 26 41
2014-09-11	5	5th	1 2 7 25 26 40
2014-08-25	5	3rd	9 12 26 29 39 41
2014-08-07	3	4th	6 21 23 26 29 41
2014-07-28	3	5th	2 7 12 17 26 40
2014-07-17	3	5th	3 5 11 22 26 35
2014-07-07	2	4th	11 17 23 26 37 43
2014-06-30	17	3rd	3 21 26 29 37 38
2014-05-01	16	5th	1 9 17 23 26 39
2014-03-06	21	2nd	21 26 27 29 41 42
2013-12-23	2	6th	4 5 9 15 22 26
2013-12-16	7	4th	8 11 24 26 35 41
2013-11-21	26	4th	17 19 22 26 32 41
2013-08-22	5	4th	15 22 23 26 37 43
2013-08-05	10	2nd	9 26 27 39 40 43
2013-07-01	3	4th	4 9 23 26 29 31
2013-06-20	17	3rd	8 17 26 27 30 37
2013-04-22	4	4th	16 18 25 26 32 35
2013-04-08	4	5th	6 7 14 18 26 29
2013-03-25	1	6th	4 5 15 18 25 26
2013-03-21	8	4th	9 23 25 26 29 32
2013-02-21	23	5th	6 12 17 25 26 32
2012-12-03	4	4th	3 5 13 26 28 39
2012-11-19	2	3rd	14 16 26 33 39 41
2012-11-12	4	2nd	3 26 31 35 38 42
2012-10-29	1	4th	1 23 25 26 34 37
2012-10-25	12	3rd	6 25 26 27 37 39
2012-09-13	7	3rd	22 25 26 31 40 43
2012-08-20	24	2nd	25 26 28 31 39 40
2012-05-28	3	4th	8 23 24 26 39 41
2012-05-17	3	4th	2 15 22 26 31 33
2012-05-07	4	3rd	13 18 26 30 31 42
2012-04-23	6	6th	2 10 14 16 20 26
2012-04-02	8	2nd	18 26 31 38 41 43
2012-03-05	2	5th	2 6 13 20 26 41
2012-02-27	1	5th	7 9 10 23 26 34
2012-02-23	3	5th	7 16 22 23 26 33
2012-02-09	1	5th	11 12 18 23 26 40
2012-02-06	30	4th	11 13 17 26 31 37
2011-10-24	9	3rd	15 23 26 28 32 43
2011-09-22	10	4th	3 17 24 26 41 42
2011-08-18	12	6th	9 10 13 19 24 26
2011-07-07	6	4th	7 9 16 26 28 42
2011-06-16	5	5th	10 14 15 19 26 39
2011-05-30	1	4th	10 15 25 26 30 33
2011-05-26	5	5th	17 20 22 25 26 38
2011-05-09	5	3rd	9 23 26 27 33 41
2011-04-21	6	2nd	13 26 27 34 36 38
2011-03-31	1	4th	2 6 13 26 36 43
2011-03-28	5	4th	3 11 14 26 28 43
2011-03-10	2	3rd	1 4 26 38 39 43
2011-03-03	5	4th	11 17 20 26 32 37
2011-02-14	2	4th	3 7 9 26 31 36
2011-02-07	3	3rd	6 14 26 27 31 32
2011-01-27	3	5th	1 5 17 25 26 33
2011-01-17	14	5th	13 16 20 23 26 40
2010-11-29	14	5th	5 6 8 15 26 29
2010-10-11	13	5th	7 11 21 22 26 29
2010-08-26	1	4th	10 14 17 26 33 35
2010-08-23	3	4th	10 14 17 26 33 35
2010-08-12	3	4th	5 17 20 26 38 39
2010-08-02	8	3rd	13 14 26 33 34 37
2010-07-05	2	5th	4 13 18 21 26 27
2010-06-28	9	6th	3 6 13 17 24 26
2010-05-27	12	3rd	10 25 26 34 38 40
2010-04-15	—	2nd	1 26 31 32 35 42