Number 26

In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

150times drawn · chance expected 145 +0.47σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

48longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, +0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 150 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 48 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 2.1
2nd smallest21 · chance 22.6
3rd smallest69 · chance 67.7
4th smallest59 · chance 57.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 25 29 16 15 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2022-02-21	2	3rd	2 25 26 28
2022-02-14	22	4th	7 10 24 26
2021-11-29	1	3rd	1 22 26 29
2021-11-25	2	4th	2 5 21 26

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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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