Number 26

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

97times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.08σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

37longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 3 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest3 · chance 2.7
2nd smallest18 · chance 15.4
3rd smallest31 · chance 32.2
4th smallest32 · chance 30.9
5th smallest11 · chance 13.6
6th smallest2 · chance 2.2

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.

42 1 23 16 25 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-09-10	2	2nd	19 26 28 35 37 46
2025-09-03	8	3rd	17 25 26 30 44 48
2025-08-06	10	4th	3 5 18 26 31 49
2025-07-02	9	3rd

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-04-01	4	1st	26 27 29 31 32 52
2023-03-18	5	3rd	5 8 26 31 47 50
2023-03-01	25	4th	23 24 25 26 34 35
2022-12-03	2	3rd	1 12 26 33 50 52
2022-11-26	13	4th	5 18 20 26 35 38
2022-10-12	2	4th	4 15 16 26 44 45
2022-10-05	1	4th	14 16 23 26 40 42
2022-10-01	25	5th	7 9 13 16 26 42
2022-07-06	22	3rd	11 16 26 34 38 42
2022-04-20	34	4th	1 6 25 26 39 47
2021-12-18	4	6th	4 12 17 22 23 26
2021-12-04	4	2nd	17 26 28 30 42 46
2021-11-20	7	4th	2 21 23 26 32 42
2021-10-27	4	2nd	1 26 31 38 44 48
2021-10-13	2	3rd	1 10 26 35 38 49
2021-10-06	12	4th	11 16 25 26 34 45
2021-08-25	5	2nd	11 26 28 30 33 50
2021-08-07	1	4th	3 13 25 26 31 50
2021-08-04	6	2nd	21 26 27 30 37 51
2021-07-14	2	3rd	13 22 26 44 46 52
2021-07-07	9	2nd	23 26 29 32 34 39
2021-06-05	1	2nd	9 26 35 36 40 46
2021-06-02	1	2nd	22 26 27 31 33 47
2021-05-29	2	5th	16 18 20 22 26 29
2021-05-22	4	3rd	1 10 26 35 46 50
2021-05-08	4	5th	2 12 15 24 26 43
2021-04-24	3	2nd	22 26 31 40 42 43
2021-04-14	9	5th	1 5 8 19 26 48
2021-03-13	3	4th	11 13 21 26 34 50
2021-03-03	5	3rd	8 11 26 34 49 50
2021-02-13	2	4th	5 18 25 26 29 42
2021-02-06	28	5th	5 14 15 17 26 33
2020-10-31	7	2nd	13 26 35 45 49 50
2020-10-07	1	4th	1 16 22 26 42 45
2020-10-03	1	3rd	3 23 26 27 42 51
2020-09-30	12	4th	9 18 25 26 28 33
2020-08-19	1	3rd	1 7 26 27 42 49
2020-08-15	5	5th	1 13 15 19 26 32
2020-07-29	16	4th	6 16 23 26 33 48
2020-06-03	7	4th	7 16 23 26 31 43
2020-05-09	3	1st	26 29 40 41 45 48
2020-04-29	16	3rd	9 25 26 30 33 43
2020-03-04	1	2nd	10 26 35 43 47 50
2020-02-29	30	3rd	9 23 26 28 30 34
2019-11-13	23	4th	1 17 22 26 28 34
2019-08-24	4	4th	3 13 18 26 33 47
2019-08-10	2	4th	6 20 21 26 45 48
2019-08-03	6	3rd	12 22 26 33 47 49
2019-07-13	2	4th	6 17 22 26 42 43
2019-07-06	3	3rd	1 21 26 29 38 41
2019-06-26	6	3rd	10 14 26 37 42 44
2019-06-05	18	3rd	9 15 26 39 46 50
2019-04-03	14	1st	26 29 32 45 49 51
2019-02-13	4	2nd	14 26 28 29 32 46
2019-01-30	6	3rd	21 23 26 38 44 48
2019-01-09	10	4th	3 8 15 26 32 43
2018-12-05	6	5th	2 8 11 25 26 28
2018-11-14	13	3rd	12 18 26 27 32 36
2018-09-29	4	3rd	20 23 26 41 42 51
2018-09-15	4	4th	4 9 16 26 41 43
2018-09-01	13	5th	1 11 14 25 26 29
2018-07-18	19	5th	8 12 17 21 26 46
2018-05-12	6	3rd	6 19 26 28 38 39
2018-04-21	2	4th	13 15 21 26 35 49
2018-04-14	5	2nd	18 26 31 36 40 46
2018-03-28	3	6th	1 6 17 18 22 26
2018-03-17	7	3rd	6 21 26 40 42 44
2018-02-21	6	4th	1 14 17 26 36 49
2018-01-31	15	3rd	18 19 26 34 40 42
2017-12-09	3	3rd	18 23 26 34 38 41
2017-11-29	2	2nd	20 26 32 34 39 41
2017-11-22	26	4th	3 16 25 26 29 48
2017-08-23	—	4th	1 6 7 26 27 40