Number 26

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

313times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.63σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

46longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 313 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, −0.63σ. 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 313 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest4 · chance 5.4
2nd smallest38 · chance 37.3
3rd smallest88 · chance 94.3
4th smallest114 · chance 108.4
5th smallest53 · chance 56.8
6th smallest16 · chance 10.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 14 22 9 12 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-03	1	1st	26 30 33 37 39 40
2026-09-30	1	3rd	10 13 26 29 38 39
2026-09-28	3	3rd	6 13 26 28 29 46
2026-09-21	2	4th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-18	10	4th	6 8 15 26 28 37
2025-05-26	3	2nd	21 26 32 37 39 40
2025-05-19	16	5th	5 8 21 22 26 45
2025-04-12	7	4th	6 13 24 26 37 45
2025-03-26	1	3rd	14 21 26 32 36 38
2025-03-24	2	5th	1 4 22 24 26 42
2025-03-19	7	4th	10 15 22 26 46 47
2025-03-03	3	4th	3 18 25 26 28 44
2025-02-24	15	2nd	16 26 31 36 46 48
2025-01-20	2	5th	1 12 14 23 26 33
2025-01-15	2	4th	12 21 24 26 30 34
2025-01-11	18	3rd	3 12 26 34 36 48
2024-11-30	1	5th	11 16 20 25 26 36
2024-11-27	1	4th	1 6 14 26 34 38
2024-11-25	3	4th	6 11 18 26 28 38
2024-11-18	2	6th	12 14 23 24 25 26
2024-11-13	14	2nd	19 26 30 42 45 46
2024-10-12	1	3rd	11 12 26 40 41 42
2024-10-09	16	5th	7 10 12 24 26 47
2024-09-02	24	2nd	9 26 27 32 36 42
2024-07-08	1	3rd	20 23 26 29 40 42
2024-07-06	9	6th	4 8 9 23 24 26
2024-06-15	2	4th	18 20 25 26 29 40
2024-06-10	3	3rd	3 9 26 31 37 43
2024-06-03	9	4th	14 19 20 26 28 48
2024-05-13	4	4th	3 14 18 26 28 29
2024-05-04	11	4th	9 10 15 26 30 44
2024-04-08	1	5th	10 20 22 25 26 45
2024-04-06	3	5th	5 9 13 20 26 31
2024-03-30	8	3rd	13 23 26 37 38 39
2024-03-11	3	5th	2 6 7 10 26 27
2024-03-04	7	6th	4 13 14 21 22 26
2024-02-17	1	3rd	1 19 26 38 46 47
2024-02-14	7	4th	1 15 18 26 28 44
2024-01-29	24	5th	4 9 10 19 26 41
2023-12-04	13	6th	3 10 15 16 21 26
2023-11-04	21	4th	2 13 25 26 27 47
2023-09-16	2	4th	13 14 22 26 34 39
2023-09-11	14	4th	4 21 24 26 32 41
2023-08-09	5	4th	13 21 25 26 36 44
2023-07-29	2	2nd	7 26 27 29 45 48
2023-07-24	1	5th	1 3 10 19 26 36
2023-07-22	9	3rd	11 17 26 28 45 48
2023-07-01	3	5th	4 7 13 17 26 39
2023-06-24	12	2nd	6 26 27 43 44 45
2023-05-27	4	6th	10 12 17 18 19 26
2023-05-17	6	3rd	13 14 26 39 40 41
2023-05-03	7	6th	1 2 4 7 24 26
2023-04-17	5	4th	1 7 25 26 36 41
2023-04-05	1	4th	5 6 19 26 31 41
2023-04-03	21	3rd	9 24 26 27 29 31
2023-02-13	3	3rd	5 18 26 30 40 41
2023-02-06	18	4th	1 7 21 26 38 47
2022-12-26	12	4th	9 11 21 26 33 43
2022-11-28	1	3rd	10 25 26 28 34 48
2022-11-26	7	3rd	6 21 26 27 39 47
2022-11-09	3	3rd	4 6 26 36 37 47
2022-11-02	1	2nd	5 26 33 38 41 45
2022-10-31	17	5th	4 8 20 22 26 34
2022-09-21	20	5th	1 5 18 25 26 32
2022-08-06	9	4th	5 16 25 26 34 36
2022-07-16	11	4th	1 6 8 26 43 45
2022-06-20	9	5th	3 11 12 23 26 44
2022-05-30	6	3rd	9 17 26 38 40 46
2022-05-16	7	4th	6 16 18 26 46 48
2022-04-30	4	3rd	1 24 26 31 32 35
2022-04-20	2	3rd	19 20 26 33 42 47
2022-04-16	26	3rd	1 7 26 35 43 44
2022-02-14	11	5th	3 15 22 24 26 35
2022-01-19	31	5th	1 3 9 13 26 44
2021-11-08	1	6th	3 5 7 11 20 26
2021-11-06	9	4th	11 16 25 26 41 42
2021-10-16	8	6th	2 8 12 18 20 26
2021-09-27	10	5th	4 8 11 13 26 34
2021-09-04	1	5th	7 9 12 15 26 35
2021-09-01	1	4th	3 14 19 26 42 47
2021-08-30	1	6th	2 7 8 18 20 26
2021-08-28	7	5th	8 9 13 15 26 41
2021-08-11	24	3rd	9 16 26 36 40 47
2021-06-16	25	3rd	13 23 26 31 46 48
2021-04-19	1	5th	4 8 14 18 26 44
2021-04-17	8	2nd	23 26 35 38 41 45
2021-03-29	6	4th	12 18 24 26 28 45
2021-03-15	10	3rd	10 19 26 30 31 46
2021-02-20	3	4th	8 12 17 26 41 42
2021-02-13	11	3rd	4 25 26 38 40 44
2021-01-18	3	4th	1 9 19 26 30 45
2021-01-11	3	2nd	23 26 31 38 43 48
2021-01-04	22	4th	5 17 24 26 32 47
2020-11-14	19	4th	19 22 25 26 28 41
2020-09-30	5	2nd	1 26 35 38 41 44
2020-09-19	3	3rd	5 8 26 28 35 36
2020-09-12	6	3rd	1 14 26 27 28 34
2020-08-29	3	3rd	14 24 26 34 42 45
2020-08-22	3	5th	2 3 11 22 26 33
2020-08-15	21	5th	7 12 13 15 26 37
2020-06-27	4	3rd	9 22 26 33 44 45
2020-06-17	8	4th	8 16 23 26 31 42
2020-05-30	8	2nd	5 26 31 37 42 48
2020-05-11	11	2nd	17 26 29 30 38 42
2020-04-15	3	4th	2 5 7 26 41 45
2020-04-08	4	4th	6 8 13 26 29 30
2020-03-30	10	4th	3 7 23 26 27 46
2020-03-07	2	3rd	10 14 26 34 37 42
2020-03-02	6	3rd	4 23 26 45 46 47
2020-02-17	3	3rd	21 25 26 29 41 48
2020-02-10	16	3rd	4 22 26 35 38 39
2020-01-04	1	4th	11 14 15 26 33 43
2020-01-01	3	3rd	1 2 26 32 44 45
2019-12-25	1	4th	4 12 13 26 28 31
2019-12-23	3	4th	1 5 9 26 40 42
2019-12-16	1	3rd	8 23 26 30 32 43
2019-12-14	10	4th	4 5 6 26 37 45
2019-11-20	7	4th	2 8 10 26 38 48
2019-11-04	14	3rd	8 22 26 29 36 40
2019-10-02	8	4th	2 13 19 26 37 38
2019-09-14	2	4th	3 14 20 26 28 33
2019-09-09	6	3rd	5 22 26 33 39 47
2019-08-26	10	2nd	16 26 29 36 42 43
2019-08-03	8	3rd	16 17 26 29 31 42
2019-07-15	6	2nd	5 26 31 37 41 43
2019-07-01	1	2nd	10 26 27 34 40 46
2019-06-29	19	4th	8 14 18 26 42 43
2019-05-15	9	4th	9 21 23 26 35 43
2019-04-24	4	4th	11 14 20 26 31 35
2019-04-15	14	1st	26 29 32 35 37 38
2019-03-13	7	6th	11 17 21 24 25 26
2019-02-25	4	3rd	9 24 26 40 41 47
2019-02-16	8	4th	1 12 22 26 39 48
2019-01-28	3	5th	5 7 16 19 26 48
2019-01-21	8	4th	5 18 24 26 36 40
2019-01-02	4	4th	3 6 19 26 29 30
2018-12-24	2	5th	9 10 12 20 26 37
2018-12-19	2	3rd	12 15 26 27 37 43
2018-12-15	6	4th	14 20 23 26 27 42
2018-12-01	44	2nd	20 26 30 36 39 44
2018-08-20	26	4th	3 8 16 26 31 45
2018-06-20	8	3rd	12 22 26 30 34 47
2018-06-02	6	4th	7 9 12 26 37 44
2018-05-19	4	2nd	15 26 28 33 39 45
2018-05-09	2	4th	1 4 15 26 27 37
2018-05-05	4	3rd	21 24 26 32 33 35
2018-04-25	9	4th	9 10 12 26 27 41
2018-04-04	12	3rd	11 24 26 36 38 48
2018-03-07	4	4th	1 3 21 26 33 35
2018-02-26	3	3rd	5 11 26 35 40 45
2018-02-19	2	5th	1 7 20 21 26 45
2018-02-14	1	2nd	22 26 28 33 36 41
2018-02-12	5	4th	4 10 21 26 37 41
2018-01-31	26	2nd	21 26 34 41 43 44
2017-12-02	1	2nd	23 26 28 30 33 35
2017-11-29	5	4th	5 18 21 26 28 35
2017-11-18	5	3rd	11 20 26 41 42 47
2017-11-06	3	5th	7 12 14 18 26 34
2017-10-30	14	2nd	12 26 27 29 31 46
2017-09-27	12	6th	10 12 14 15 17 26
2017-08-30	20	5th	10 19 24 25 26 40
2017-07-15	1	4th	4 17 21 26 41 47
2017-07-12	1	6th	9 13 14 17 25 26
2017-07-10	7	5th	3 5 8 13 26 39
2017-06-24	4	4th	8 10 11 26 36 46
2017-06-14	11	4th	5 7 16 26 35 45
2017-05-20	16	4th	1 2 25 26 37 43
2017-04-12	1	4th	1 2 22 26 40 47
2017-04-10	7	4th	9 12 17 26 35 43
2017-03-25	1	4th	8 13 24 26 28 31
2017-03-22	2	4th	10 15 23 26 39 40
2017-03-18	19	4th	7 11 17 26 29 32
2017-02-01	4	3rd	3 13 26 27 30 35
2017-01-23	4	5th	12 14 17 22 26 35
2017-01-14	3	4th	7 11 21 26 32 45
2017-01-07	2	3rd	13 20 26 34 35 47
2017-01-02	6	3rd	16 19 26 34 39 48
2016-12-19	2	4th	9 11 18 26 39 47
2016-12-14	2	4th	8 21 23 26 36 39
2016-12-10	6	4th	2 18 21 26 27 47
2016-11-26	3	3rd	7 18 26 33 38 40
2016-11-19	1	4th	8 12 14 26 38 43
2016-11-16	1	2nd	11 26 31 38 41 43
2016-11-14	11	5th	5 14 21 24 26 39
2016-10-19	3	4th	9 10 22 26 38 40
2016-10-12	21	6th	9 14 17 22 24 26
2016-08-24	3	3rd	14 22 26 31 36 44
2016-08-17	6	3rd	5 23 26 42 43 46
2016-08-03	8	2nd	22 26 27 38 39 43
2016-07-16	7	5th	3 7 13 23 26 43
2016-06-29	4	3rd	7 9 26 33 40 45
2016-06-20	26	4th	5 9 13 26 27 43
2016-04-20	41	4th	4 19 24 26 34 35
2016-01-16	6	5th	2 7 10 21 26 28
2016-01-02	3	3rd	22 25 26 27 42 48
2015-12-26	22	5th	1 2 7 9 26 44
2015-11-04	8	4th	4 9 21 26 42 45
2015-10-17	7	5th	11 17 18 20 26 28
2015-09-30	5	5th	2 3 8 22 26 39
2015-09-19	6	3rd	6 8 26 33 45 48
2015-09-05	9	1st	26 27 36 37 40 48
2015-08-15	11	4th	14 21 23 26 34 37
2015-07-20	19	4th	3 21 22 26 30 35
2015-06-06	10	3rd	22 25 26 30 34 42
2015-05-13	4	4th	8 10 17 26 37 38
2015-05-04	11	2nd	3 26 32 34 41 48
2015-04-08	28	4th	2 5 7 26 28 31
2015-02-02	7	4th	11 13 19 26 42 46
2015-01-17	2	5th	4 8 23 24 26 36
2015-01-12	3	4th	8 19 25 26 29 48
2015-01-05	5	3rd	10 18 26 33 38 46
2014-12-24	6	2nd	8 26 27 28 33 36
2014-12-10	3	3rd	13 14 26 33 35 45
2014-12-03	14	3rd	6 22 26 28 33 44
2014-11-01	1	3rd	2 18 26 40 42 43
2014-10-29	3	4th	5 22 24 26 42 45
2014-10-22	15	3rd	5 23 26 31 32 33
2014-09-17	11	4th	8 10 24 26 27 48
2014-08-23	21	3rd	19 22 26 43 47 48
2014-07-05	6	2nd	24 26 33 38 40 43
2014-06-21	12	3rd	19 22 26 29 31 42
2014-05-24	30	4th	12 19 25 26 34 36
2014-03-15	5	5th	8 16 22 25 26 44
2014-03-03	12	4th	3 11 17 26 31 45
2014-02-03	9	2nd	6 26 32 39 42 48
2014-01-13	5	2nd	8 26 32 35 40 46
2014-01-01	1	3rd	8 22 26 29 35 47
2013-12-30	22	5th	6 12 14 25 26 32
2013-11-09	4	4th	1 3 12 26 27 39
2013-10-30	8	3rd	8 15 26 36 42 47
2013-10-12	3	5th	5 8 10 25 26 46
2013-10-05	11	3rd	21 22 26 28 38 39
2013-09-09	3	3rd	3 4 26 33 46 48
2013-09-02	10	5th	9 12 19 22 26 46
2013-08-10	10	4th	12 21 23 26 36 45
2013-07-17	13	4th	2 4 12 26 37 38
2013-06-17	5	4th	5 8 21 26 30 43
2013-06-05	1	4th	8 9 16 26 27 42
2013-06-03	10	5th	3 5 17 23 26 30
2013-05-11	6	4th	1 2 3 26 37 40
2013-04-27	1	2nd	23 26 35 36 37 48
2013-04-24	14	3rd	14 20 26 29 31 41
2013-03-23	2	3rd	14 24 26 31 33 48
2013-03-18	2	3rd	12 24 26 34 44 46
2013-03-13	10	3rd	9 16 26 41 46 47
2013-02-18	8	3rd	9 17 26 28 32 35
2013-01-30	30	5th	8 12 18 25 26 31
2012-11-21	18	4th	6 19 20 26 32 45
2012-10-10	1	4th	8 23 24 26 32 44
2012-10-08	5	3rd	11 24 26 28 29 39
2012-09-26	5	3rd	3 7 26 35 38 43
2012-09-15	2	4th	5 19 20 26 33 36
2012-09-10	27	4th	2 17 25 26 46 47
2012-07-09	18	5th	8 10 20 25 26 29
2012-05-28	5	3rd	6 9 26 29 37 41
2012-05-16	46	3rd	24 25 26 31 35 39
2012-01-28	1	4th	3 17 22 26 29 47
2012-01-25	6	2nd	8 26 29 35 37 45
2012-01-11	12	4th	13 23 25 26 29 38
2011-12-14	7	2nd	17 26 28 33 43 47
2011-11-28	5	3rd	16 25 26 36 46 47
2011-11-16	4	3rd	8 9 26 34 47 48
2011-11-07	17	3rd	14 21 26 32 37 41
2011-09-28	17	4th	2 4 16 26 33 40
2011-08-20	11	4th	8 21 23 26 27 44
2011-07-25	4	2nd	19 26 30 40 41 46
2011-07-16	6	4th	4 11 14 26 29 31
2011-07-02	4	4th	15 24 25 26 28 42
2011-06-22	19	4th	9 15 20 26 30 46
2011-05-09	3	5th	5 15 16 24 26 43
2011-05-02	1	4th	7 12 24 26 27 44
2011-04-30	5	2nd	2 26 32 39 40 46
2011-04-18	20	3rd	8 17 26 37 45 48
2011-03-02	8	2nd	22 26 28 29 32 43
2011-02-12	3	6th	2 3 11 22 23 26
2011-02-05	16	4th	4 14 18 26 34 47
2010-12-29	9	3rd	9 14 26 30 37 46
2010-12-08	6	3rd	1 6 26 28 30 31
2010-11-24	1	4th	10 18 19 26 35 38
2010-11-22	2	4th	3 6 18 26 27 43
2010-11-17	11	3rd	1 19 26 35 47 48
2010-10-23	15	2nd	5 26 27 30 34 36
2010-09-18	2	5th	4 13 19 24 26 28
2010-09-13	18	3rd	5 14 26 35 40 44
2010-08-02	1	2nd	12 26 28 31 34 35
2010-07-31	4	5th	8 12 13 19 26 46
2010-07-21	11	5th	4 16 17 19 26 31
2010-06-26	8	3rd	6 9 26 35 45 48
2010-06-07	3	6th	3 4 5 15 25 26
2010-05-31	7	5th	1 12 18 19 26 39
2010-05-15	1	2nd	6 26 35 44 46 47
2010-05-12	1	4th	6 10 23 26 36 47
2010-05-10	—	6th	10 16 17 20 23 26