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Number 26 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 91 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.61σ
0 draws waiting — it came up last time
8.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
42 longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long
26 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 91 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.
26 Number 26, draw by draw Drawn 91 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 42 · drawn in the most recent draw
2 draws: 2010-01-06 to 2010-01-13 14 draws: 2010-01-13 to 2010-03-03 1 draws: 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-06 8 draws: 2010-03-06 to 2010-04-03 8 draws: 2010-04-03 to 2010-05-01 5 draws: 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-19 5 draws: 2010-05-19 to 2010-06-05 1 draws: 2010-06-05 to 2010-06-09 11 draws: 2010-06-09 to 2010-07-17 1 draws: 2010-07-17 to 2010-07-21 6 draws: 2010-07-21 to 2010-08-11 1 draws: 2010-08-11 to 2010-08-14 2 draws: 2010-08-14 to 2010-08-21 7 draws: 2010-08-21 to 2010-09-15 16 draws: 2010-09-15 to 2010-11-10 1 draws: 2010-11-10 to 2010-11-13 7 draws: 2010-11-13 to 2010-12-08 8 draws: 2010-12-08 to 2011-01-08 5 draws: 2011-01-08 to 2011-01-26 4 draws: 2011-01-26 to 2011-02-09 3 draws: 2011-02-09 to 2011-02-19 7 draws: 2011-02-19 to 2011-03-16 3 draws: 2011-03-16 to 2011-03-26 42 draws: 2011-03-26 to 2011-08-20 6 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-09-10 3 draws: 2011-09-10 to 2011-09-21 7 draws: 2011-09-21 to 2011-10-15 18 draws: 2011-10-15 to 2011-12-17 2 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2011-12-24 23 draws: 2011-12-24 to 2012-03-14 13 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-04-28 12 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-06-09 8 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-07-07 6 draws: 2012-07-07 to 2012-07-28 10 draws: 2012-07-28 to 2012-09-01 13 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2012-10-17 26 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2013-01-16 4 draws: 2013-01-16 to 2013-01-30 3 draws: 2013-01-30 to 2013-02-09 12 draws: 2013-02-09 to 2013-03-23 14 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-05-11 1 draws: 2013-05-11 to 2013-05-15 10 draws: 2013-05-15 to 2013-06-19 4 draws: 2013-06-19 to 2013-07-03 5 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-20 8 draws: 2013-07-20 to 2013-08-17 32 draws: 2013-08-17 to 2013-12-07 5 draws: 2013-12-07 to 2013-12-28 4 draws: 2013-12-28 to 2014-01-11 29 draws: 2014-01-11 to 2014-04-23 2 draws: 2014-04-23 to 2014-04-30 1 draws: 2014-04-30 to 2014-05-03 7 draws: 2014-05-03 to 2014-05-28 2 draws: 2014-05-28 to 2014-06-04 20 draws: 2014-06-04 to 2014-08-13 14 draws: 2014-08-13 to 2014-10-01 2 draws: 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-08 2 draws: 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-15 14 draws: 2014-10-15 to 2014-12-03 3 draws: 2014-12-03 to 2014-12-13 14 draws: 2014-12-13 to 2015-01-31 12 draws: 2015-01-31 to 2015-03-14 6 draws: 2015-03-14 to 2015-04-04 3 draws: 2015-04-04 to 2015-04-15 11 draws: 2015-04-15 to 2015-05-23 13 draws: 2015-05-23 to 2015-07-08 41 draws: 2015-07-08 to 2015-11-28 17 draws: 2015-11-28 to 2016-01-27 8 draws: 2016-01-27 to 2016-02-24 5 draws: 2016-02-24 to 2016-03-12 12 draws: 2016-03-12 to 2016-04-23 1 draws: 2016-04-23 to 2016-04-27 11 draws: 2016-04-27 to 2016-06-04 3 draws: 2016-06-04 to 2016-06-15 25 draws: 2016-06-15 to 2016-09-10 6 draws: 2016-09-10 to 2016-10-01 5 draws: 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-19 4 draws: 2016-10-19 to 2016-11-02 21 draws: 2016-11-02 to 2017-01-14 23 draws: 2017-01-14 to 2017-04-05 2 draws: 2017-04-05 to 2017-04-12 2 draws: 2017-04-12 to 2017-04-19 1 draws: 2017-04-19 to 2017-04-22 5 draws: 2017-04-22 to 2017-05-10 1 draws: 2017-05-10 to 2017-05-13 6 draws: 2017-05-13 to 2017-06-03 6 draws: 2017-06-03 to 2017-06-24 2 draws: 2017-06-24 to 2017-07-01 4 draws: 2017-07-01 to 2017-07-15 4 draws: 2017-07-15 to 2017-07-29 2010-01-06 2010-01-13 2010-03-03 2010-03-06 2010-04-03 2010-05-01 2010-05-19 2010-06-05 2010-06-09 2010-07-17 2010-07-21 2010-08-11 2010-08-14 2010-08-21 2010-09-15 2010-11-10 2010-11-13 2010-12-08 2011-01-08 2011-01-26 2011-02-09 2011-02-19 2011-03-16 2011-03-26 2011-08-20 2011-09-10 2011-09-21 2011-10-15 2011-12-17 2011-12-24 2012-03-14 2012-04-28 2012-06-09 2012-07-07 2012-07-28 2012-09-01 2012-10-17 2013-01-16 2013-01-30 2013-02-09 2013-03-23 2013-05-11 2013-05-15 2013-06-19 2013-07-03 2013-07-20 2013-08-17 2013-12-07 2013-12-28 2014-01-11 2014-04-23 2014-04-30 2014-05-03 2014-05-28 2014-06-04 2014-08-13 2014-10-01 2014-10-08 2014-10-15 2014-12-03 2014-12-13 2015-01-31 2015-03-14 2015-04-04 2015-04-15 2015-05-23 2015-07-08 2015-11-28 2016-01-27 2016-02-24 2016-03-12 2016-04-23 2016-04-27 2016-06-04 2016-06-15 2016-09-10 2016-10-01 2016-10-19 2016-11-02 2017-01-14 2017-04-05 2017-04-12 2017-04-19 2017-04-22 2017-05-10 2017-05-13 2017-06-03 2017-06-24 2017-07-01 2017-07-15 2017-07-29 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 10 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 7 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 7 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 0 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 4 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 5 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 1 time 42 draws: 1 time 43 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 1 · chance 1.8 2nd smallest 13 · chance 11.8 3rd smallest 33 · chance 28.2 4th smallest 31 · chance 30.9 5th smallest 9 · chance 15.5 6th smallest 4 · chance 2.8 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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 ← number 25 Every number number 27 → 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.