Number 26

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

220times drawn · chance expected 215 +0.37σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

45longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 9 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 smallest6 · chance 2.1
2nd smallest21 · chance 21.3
3rd smallest76 · chance 69.7
4th smallest81 · chance 89.1
5th smallest36 · chance 37.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 12 27 3 5 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2020-08-24	2	3rd	12 16 26 28 39
2020-08-19	1	3rd	9 11 26 28 38
2020-08-17	1	2nd	1 26 30 37 38
2020-08-15	6	3rd	6 19 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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