Number 26

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 rules — 2,889 draws, 4 from 1–31 (an earlier era).

406times drawn · chance expected 373 +1.84σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

42longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 406 times in 2,889 draws against 372.8 expected, +1.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 406 times in 2,889 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 4 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 1.0
2nd smallest14 · chance 25.0
3rd smallest98 · chance 150.0
4th smallest293 · chance 230.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 3 4 27 1 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2024-10-11	17	4th	11 19 23 26
2024-09-24	7	3rd	11 20 26 31
2024-09-17	17	4th	12 19 21 26
2024-08-31	1	2nd	21 26 27 29

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-03	8	4th	6 10 14 26
2024-02-24	6	4th	12 17 23 26
2024-02-18	10	4th	7 9 16 26
2024-02-08	19	3rd	12 16 26 30
2024-01-20	6	4th	2 4 14 26
2024-01-14	2	3rd	4 8 26 27
2024-01-12	7	4th	5 18 22 26
2024-01-05	10	3rd	22 24 26 31
2023-12-26	11	4th	3 18 25 26
2023-12-15	2	4th	4 8 23 26
2023-12-13	2	4th	1 2 6 26
2023-12-11	6	4th	2 6 17 26
2023-12-05	8	3rd	2 16 26 31
2023-11-27	9	3rd	8 21 26 30
2023-11-18	12	3rd	2 25 26 30
2023-11-06	3	2nd	14 26 28 29
2023-11-03	4	3rd	3 16 26 30
2023-10-30	5	3rd	21 25 26 27
2023-10-25	14	3rd	3 21 26 28
2023-10-11	11	4th	5 8 24 26
2023-09-30	14	3rd	4 23 26 30
2023-09-16	4	3rd	6 18 26 27
2023-09-12	4	3rd	4 16 26 28
2023-09-08	4	4th	9 11 23 26
2023-09-04	4	4th	6 11 24 26
2023-08-31	1	4th	17 18 19 26
2023-08-30	4	4th	3 23 25 26
2023-08-26	2	4th	3 9 25 26
2023-08-24	6	4th	4 9 10 26
2023-08-18	1	4th	4 5 18 26
2023-08-17	3	2nd	11 26 27 30
2023-08-14	4	3rd	13 24 26 30
2023-08-10	1	4th	10 11 20 26
2023-08-09	7	4th	6 15 23 26
2023-08-02	4	4th	9 13 22 26
2023-07-29	27	3rd	5 14 26 28
2023-07-02	2	3rd	7 12 26 27
2023-06-30	3	3rd	3 19 26 30
2023-06-27	3	3rd	1 18 26 28
2023-06-24	12	4th	2 14 25 26
2023-06-12	2	3rd	5 24 26 28
2023-06-10	3	4th	2 18 22 26
2023-06-07	10	4th	5 12 13 26
2023-05-28	11	3rd	15 17 26 31
2023-05-17	2	4th	10 21 24 26
2023-05-15	1	3rd	19 20 26 30
2023-05-14	1	4th	3 6 24 26
2023-05-13	5	4th	8 14 19 26
2023-05-08	3	4th	3 13 16 26
2023-05-05	4	4th	3 13 21 26
2023-05-01	6	3rd	19 22 26 27
2023-04-25	6	2nd	12 26 27 29
2023-04-19	13	2nd	10 26 28 31
2023-04-06	2	4th	7 10 13 26
2023-04-04	2	3rd	4 5 26 28
2023-04-02	11	3rd	4 8 26 30
2023-03-22	1	4th	4 11 19 26
2023-03-21	17	1st	26 28 29 31
2023-03-04	29	4th	10 20 22 26
2023-02-03	2	3rd	10 11 26 27
2023-02-01	11	4th	1 3 10 26
2023-01-21	3	4th	3 15 16 26
2023-01-18	9	4th	3 13 22 26
2023-01-09	6	2nd	23 26 29 31
2023-01-03	6	3rd	21 25 26 27
2022-12-28	6	3rd	1 25 26 30
2022-12-22	18	3rd	14 15 26 30
2022-12-04	2	4th	5 16 25 26
2022-12-02	25	4th	2 16 21 26
2022-11-07	3	3rd	6 12 26 31
2022-11-04	2	4th	10 22 25 26
2022-11-02	1	3rd	7 9 26 27
2022-11-01	12	4th	2 15 23 26
2022-10-20	2	2nd	21 26 28 30
2022-10-18	4	4th	3 5 18 26
2022-10-14	3	4th	15 18 23 26
2022-10-11	16	4th	5 12 23 26
2022-09-25	7	3rd	4 20 26 27
2022-09-18	6	4th	5 7 19 26
2022-09-12	3	3rd	15 25 26 27
2022-09-09	1	4th	4 6 16 26
2022-09-08	1	4th	16 22 23 26
2022-09-07	15	4th	1 10 11 26
2022-08-23	20	4th	11 15 23 26
2022-08-03	3	4th	2 8 24 26
2022-07-31	5	3rd	14 22 26 31
2022-07-26	1	4th	13 14 18 26
2022-07-25	29	2nd	10 26 27 31
2022-06-26	3	3rd	14 19 26 29
2022-06-23	29	2nd	13 26 27 31
2022-05-25	2	4th	13 14 19 26
2022-05-23	14	3rd	11 24 26 28
2022-05-09	5	4th	2 6 21 26
2022-05-04	1	4th	12 15 18 26
2022-05-03	35	4th	10 13 20 26
2022-03-29	1	4th	1 7 21 26
2022-03-28	1	4th	2 4 24 26
2022-03-27	2	3rd	2 24 26 28
2022-03-25	11	3rd	1 5 26 28
2022-03-14	2	4th	11 16 19 26
2022-03-12	8	3rd	4 18 26 28
2022-03-04	16	3rd	3 6 26 31
2022-02-16	7	3rd	4 24 26 28
2022-02-09	3	4th	4 16 19 26
2022-02-06	3	4th	3 13 20 26
2022-02-03	4	4th	3 17 22 26
2022-01-30	8	3rd	11 22 26 28
2022-01-22	9	3rd	9 25 26 27
2022-01-13	16	4th	7 8 14 26
2021-12-28	3	3rd	21 23 26 30
2021-12-25	6	3rd	10 13 26 28
2021-12-19	22	4th	1 11 22 26
2021-11-27	18	4th	1 3 23 26
2021-11-09	16	3rd	1 19 26 30
2021-10-24	5	4th	3 10 12 26
2021-10-19	1	3rd	5 8 26 31
2021-10-18	1	4th	1 11 17 26
2021-10-17	2	3rd	2 24 26 29
2021-10-15	1	4th	2 12 22 26
2021-10-14	20	3rd	1 8 26 27
2021-09-24	5	4th	6 8 25 26
2021-09-19	6	4th	14 23 24 26
2021-09-13	3	4th	6 13 20 26
2021-09-10	5	3rd	2 20 26 27
2021-09-05	3	4th	3 10 17 26
2021-09-02	10	4th	1 15 22 26
2021-08-23	2	3rd	14 19 26 31
2021-08-21	6	4th	6 9 23 26
2021-08-15	2	3rd	19 25 26 29
2021-08-13	2	4th	10 12 15 26
2021-08-11	2	2nd	6 26 27 28
2021-08-09	3	4th	3 15 19 26
2021-08-06	4	4th	2 7 20 26
2021-08-02	7	4th	13 15 22 26
2021-07-26	38	4th	2 9 15 26
2021-06-18	9	3rd	4 6 26 27
2021-06-09	3	4th	2 7 14 26
2021-06-06	5	2nd	2 26 27 29
2021-06-01	5	3rd	6 17 26 31
2021-05-27	13	4th	3 4 23 26
2021-05-14	6	3rd	4 20 26 28
2021-05-08	1	4th	3 19 24 26
2021-05-07	10	4th	6 8 21 26
2021-04-27	5	4th	16 22 24 26
2021-04-22	9	4th	2 4 21 26
2021-04-13	3	4th	8 20 25 26
2021-04-10	8	3rd	18 23 26 27
2021-04-02	4	4th	9 12 19 26
2021-03-29	12	4th	1 8 22 26
2021-03-17	6	2nd	25 26 27 28
2021-03-11	22	3rd	4 13 26 28
2021-02-17	2	4th	4 8 17 26
2021-02-15	3	4th	3 10 25 26
2021-02-12	30	4th	2 8 18 26
2021-01-13	1	4th	6 14 19 26
2021-01-12	1	4th	3 11 25 26
2021-01-11	15	4th	7 17 24 26
2020-12-27	3	4th	1 5 19 26
2020-12-24	2	4th	4 6 13 26
2020-12-22	3	4th	11 17 22 26
2020-12-19	8	3rd	13 24 26 27
2020-12-11	8	3rd	22 24 26 27
2020-12-03	4	4th	4 21 23 26
2020-11-29	4	3rd	1 9 26 28
2020-11-25	1	4th	4 18 22 26
2020-11-24	2	3rd	8 15 26 27
2020-11-22	9	4th	1 15 23 26
2020-11-13	5	3rd	15 20 26 27
2020-11-08	15	3rd	8 21 26 27
2020-10-24	19	3rd	2 11 26 28
2020-10-05	9	4th	15 21 23 26
2020-09-26	6	4th	15 19 25 26
2020-09-20	9	4th	13 14 15 26
2020-09-11	3	4th	1 12 15 26
2020-09-08	1	3rd	15 24 26 28
2020-09-07	2	4th	7 17 19 26
2020-09-05	11	4th	10 13 23 26
2020-08-25	3	4th	5 11 12 26
2020-08-22	21	4th	9 22 24 26
2020-08-01	4	4th	1 2 11 26
2020-07-28	4	4th	6 14 18 26
2020-07-24	8	3rd	6 21 26 28
2020-07-16	4	4th	2 9 20 26
2020-07-12	2	4th	5 11 18 26
2020-07-10	2	4th	1 2 10 26
2020-07-08	21	3rd	1 11 26 28
2020-06-17	8	4th	2 15 16 26
2020-06-09	3	4th	1 10 24 26
2020-06-06	1	4th	15 16 25 26
2020-06-05	6	4th	8 11 17 26
2020-05-30	1	4th	5 8 17 26
2020-05-29	5	4th	5 9 20 26
2020-05-24	5	4th	7 8 11 26
2020-05-19	2	4th	13 16 19 26
2020-05-17	4	3rd	7 21 26 28
2020-05-13	1	3rd	8 21 26 27
2020-05-12	10	4th	5 12 18 26
2020-05-02	4	3rd	1 2 26 27
2020-04-28	1	3rd	13 14 26 27
2020-04-27	3	3rd	18 24 26 27
2020-04-24	30	4th	3 18 20 26
2020-03-25	8	4th	7 12 17 26
2020-03-17	7	4th	10 12 25 26
2020-03-10	8	3rd	4 19 26 27
2020-03-02	1	4th	2 3 22 26
2020-03-01	3	4th	6 12 21 26
2020-02-27	13	4th	1 10 25 26
2020-02-14	4	3rd	4 8 26 27
2020-02-10	4	4th	9 14 18 26
2020-02-06	13	4th	4 7 15 26
2020-01-24	5	4th	2 10 18 26
2020-01-19	7	4th	10 13 22 26
2020-01-12	3	4th	10 24 25 26
2020-01-09	42	4th	1 2 10 26
2019-11-28	9	4th	1 3 20 26
2019-11-19	4	4th	1 9 18 26
2019-11-15	10	4th	3 24 25 26
2019-11-05	2	3rd	13 21 26 28
2019-11-03	7	4th	2 14 25 26
2019-10-27	11	4th	19 22 23 26
2019-10-16	2	4th	1 10 25 26
2019-10-14	5	4th	1 2 21 26
2019-10-09	1	3rd	5 23 26 28
2019-10-08	1	4th	9 12 13 26
2019-10-07	6	4th	16 19 25 26
2019-10-01	13	4th	8 9 23 26
2019-09-18	4	3rd	17 18 26 27
2019-09-14	8	4th	9 12 20 26
2019-09-06	9	4th	4 8 19 26
2019-08-28	11	4th	10 18 25 26
2019-08-17	1	4th	6 16 23 26
2019-08-16	14	4th	11 19 20 26
2019-08-02	3	4th	10 19 21 26
2019-07-30	16	4th	3 8 18 26
2019-07-14	4	4th	1 5 15 26
2019-07-10	10	4th	16 20 25 26
2019-06-30	4	3rd	3 17 26 28
2019-06-26	2	4th	14 22 23 26
2019-06-24	12	4th	5 8 14 26
2019-06-12	1	3rd	14 16 26 28
2019-06-11	3	4th	14 15 18 26
2019-06-08	2	4th	2 8 18 26
2019-06-06	1	4th	6 18 22 26
2019-06-05	4	4th	2 9 10 26
2019-06-01	1	4th	8 12 17 26
2019-05-31	4	4th	9 10 16 26
2019-05-27	13	4th	11 12 17 26
2019-05-14	13	4th	5 13 20 26
2019-05-01	1	4th	9 18 21 26
2019-04-30	2	4th	11 12 20 26
2019-04-28	11	4th	4 21 25 26
2019-04-17	3	4th	3 18 19 26
2019-04-14	2	4th	1 7 17 26
2019-04-12	2	4th	5 14 20 26
2019-04-10	5	4th	12 16 22 26
2019-04-05	29	4th	9 10 17 26
2019-03-07	5	4th	4 10 11 26
2019-03-02	8	4th	17 18 19 26
2019-02-22	10	4th	3 20 25 26
2019-02-12	5	4th	11 17 21 26
2019-02-07	2	3rd	9 24 26 27
2019-02-05	6	4th	5 19 24 26
2019-01-30	17	4th	8 19 23 26
2019-01-13	5	4th	7 19 22 26
2019-01-08	1	3rd	6 7 26 28
2019-01-07	2	4th	4 12 16 26
2019-01-05	4	4th	14 22 24 26
2019-01-01	9	4th	12 18 25 26
2018-12-23	20	4th	6 14 23 26
2018-12-03	7	4th	16 18 25 26
2018-11-26	3	4th	2 12 22 26
2018-11-23	1	4th	6 17 21 26
2018-11-22	18	4th	5 18 25 26
2018-11-04	3	4th	5 9 20 26
2018-11-01	4	4th	2 3 11 26
2018-10-28	8	4th	1 4 15 26
2018-10-20	5	3rd	2 11 26 27
2018-10-15	5	4th	1 3 22 26
2018-10-10	4	4th	18 20 21 26
2018-10-06	15	4th	5 10 11 26
2018-09-21	7	4th	6 12 23 26
2018-09-14	10	4th	4 12 24 26
2018-09-04	3	4th	11 15 24 26
2018-09-01	4	4th	7 8 25 26
2018-08-28	6	4th	1 3 23 26
2018-08-22	14	4th	10 11 16 26
2018-08-08	14	4th	10 14 15 26
2018-07-25	8	4th	3 14 17 26
2018-07-17	1	3rd	12 21 26 27
2018-07-16	1	4th	2 14 21 26
2018-07-15	16	4th	3 16 20 26
2018-06-29	1	3rd	1 2 26 27
2018-06-28	12	3rd	4 14 26 27
2018-06-16	3	3rd	3 15 26 28
2018-06-13	8	4th	1 7 9 26
2018-06-05	9	4th	2 17 20 26
2018-05-27	10	4th	9 12 15 26
2018-05-17	3	3rd	14 23 26 28
2018-05-14	12	4th	9 13 16 26
2018-05-02	7	4th	2 10 16 26
2018-04-25	7	4th	3 5 9 26
2018-04-18	9	4th	6 15 22 26
2018-04-09	5	4th	8 15 17 26
2018-04-04	9	4th	3 11 14 26
2018-03-26	4	4th	4 9 14 26
2018-03-22	2	4th	7 11 21 26
2018-03-20	5	3rd	1 16 26 28
2018-03-15	1	4th	2 13 21 26
2018-03-14	3	4th	14 21 23 26
2018-03-11	4	4th	1 5 10 26
2018-03-07	16	4th	16 22 25 26
2018-02-19	25	4th	5 15 23 26
2018-01-25	18	4th	7 11 15 26
2018-01-07	6	4th	1 17 24 26
2018-01-01	11	4th	6 11 18 26
2017-12-21	4	4th	2 4 5 26
2017-12-17	4	4th	3 14 23 26
2017-12-13	5	4th	6 19 21 26
2017-12-08	6	4th	16 18 23 26
2017-12-02	2	4th	15 22 23 26
2017-11-30	10	4th	2 11 16 26
2017-11-20	10	4th	3 8 11 26
2017-11-10	3	4th	5 9 10 26
2017-11-07	2	4th	12 22 25 26
2017-11-05	14	3rd	5 10 26 27
2017-10-21	24	4th	8 12 21 26
2017-09-26	4	4th	5 24 25 26
2017-09-22	1	3rd	11 12 26 28
2017-09-21	1	4th	7 13 19 26
2017-09-20	9	4th	9 11 17 26
2017-09-11	7	4th	2 4 16 26
2017-09-04	1	4th	5 6 24 26
2017-09-03	2	4th	1 3 21 26
2017-09-01	3	4th	6 10 22 26
2017-08-29	1	4th	12 14 25 26
2017-08-28	8	4th	2 21 24 26
2017-08-20	9	4th	4 13 24 26
2017-08-11	2	4th	4 7 21 26
2017-08-09	8	4th	4 14 17 26
2017-08-01	4	4th	4 14 15 26
2017-07-28	2	4th	17 20 22 26
2017-07-26	11	4th	9 11 17 26
2017-07-15	6	4th	1 10 15 26
2017-07-09	2	4th	3 4 16 26
2017-07-07	3	3rd	23 24 26 28
2017-07-04	14	4th	2 6 11 26
2017-06-20	8	4th	2 17 24 26
2017-06-12	6	4th	20 22 25 26
2017-06-06	1	4th	3 7 9 26
2017-06-05	10	4th	8 16 21 26
2017-05-26	21	4th	2 7 13 26
2017-05-05	9	4th	8 16 24 26
2017-04-26	7	4th	8 10 18 26
2017-04-19	3	4th	1 3 17 26
2017-04-16	4	4th	2 5 23 26
2017-04-12	7	4th	13 14 20 26
2017-04-05	8	4th	9 15 16 26
2017-03-28	3	4th	4 7 20 26
2017-03-25	21	4th	5 7 8 26
2017-03-04	4	4th	2 7 22 26
2017-02-28	2	4th	14 15 19 26
2017-02-26	2	4th	2 6 10 26
2017-02-24	2	4th	8 12 13 26
2017-02-22	2	3rd	18 24 26 27
2017-02-20	16	3rd	15 16 26 27
2017-02-04	1	4th	14 19 21 26
2017-02-03	9	2nd	14 26 27 28
2017-01-25	1	4th	12 16 18 26
2017-01-24	8	4th	12 16 23 26
2017-01-16	1	4th	4 14 19 26
2017-01-15	3	3rd	4 7 26 28
2017-01-12	1	4th	18 20 22 26
2017-01-11	6	3rd	6 19 26 27
2017-01-05	13	4th	6 7 15 26
2016-12-23	1	4th	3 9 19 26
2016-12-22	3	4th	1 8 22 26
2016-12-19	14	4th	1 6 24 26
2016-12-05	6	4th	16 17 22 26
2016-11-29	7	4th	7 13 22 26
2016-11-22	1	4th	4 10 11 26
2016-11-21	5	4th	14 16 22 26
2016-11-16	—	3rd	1 3 26 27