Number 37

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 868 draws, 5 from 1–54.

90times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.13σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

41longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

37 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 868 draws against 80.4 expected, +1.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 37, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 868 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 18 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 37 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 0.7
2nd smallest6 · chance 7.5
3rd smallest31 · chance 26.3
4th smallest34 · chance 37.3
5th smallest18 · chance 18.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 13 20 30 44 51

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 37 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 54. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 37 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-06-21	2	4th	13 17 23 37 44
2026-06-07	7	4th	10 19 29 37 54
2026-04-19	26	3rd	2 10 37 39 47
2025-10-19	13	3rd	9 10

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: 37 is drawn with probability 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-10-30	22	5th	5 18 21 30 37
2022-05-29	2	4th	5 13 27 37 41
2022-05-15	7	3rd	18 32 37 51 52
2022-03-27	19	5th	15 21 34 35 37
2021-11-14	7	3rd	5 28 37 50 53
2021-09-26	20	3rd	16 31 37 39 48
2021-05-09	11	4th	3 15 20 37 44
2021-02-21	1	3rd	8 16 37 40 46
2021-02-14	1	4th	2 20 33 37 53
2021-02-07	18	4th	6 8 26 37 50
2020-10-04	2	5th	3 6 13 23 37
2020-09-20	3	3rd	7 31 37 48 54
2020-08-30	3	4th	5 9 35 37 46
2020-08-09	2	3rd	10 34 37 42 49
2020-07-26	5	5th	9 30 34 36 37
2020-06-21	27	5th	10 14 20 25 37
2019-10-06	9	4th	3 14 18 37 51
2019-08-04	2	1st	37 39 43 48 49
2019-07-21	9	4th	3 17 21 37 43
2019-05-19	9	4th	19 20 24 37 45
2019-03-17	1	5th	19 20 34 36 37
2019-03-10	2	5th	15 19 35 36 37
2019-02-24	7	4th	4 15 31 37 49
2019-01-06	14	5th	7 12 13 15 37
2018-09-30	13	3rd	11 26 37 41 47
2018-07-01	14	3rd	20 25 37 45 46
2018-03-25	2	5th	3 8 9 20 37
2018-03-11	9	4th	4 9 31 37 48
2018-01-07	8	4th	5 25 29 37 52
2017-11-12	5	3rd	11 30 37 44 49
2017-10-08	8	4th	10 13 23 37 54
2017-08-13	14	4th	9 19 33 37 40
2017-05-07	11	3rd	2 21 37 51 53
2017-02-19	2	3rd	7 31 37 38 39
2017-02-05	8	5th	7 9 10 13 37
2016-12-11	12	4th	17 20 34 37 44
2016-09-18	26	4th	8 13 28 37 44
2016-03-20	4	4th	12 13 16 37 53
2016-02-21	27	3rd	15 34 37 49 51
2015-08-16	34	4th	30 31 35 37 41
2014-12-21	3	5th	16 20 21 32 37
2014-11-30	30	2nd	11 37 38 49 51
2014-05-04	3	4th	1 2 21 37 53
2014-04-13	1	4th	19 23 33 37 53
2014-04-06	2	3rd	11 30 37 43 46
2014-03-23	17	4th	9 20 30 37 44
2013-11-24	7	4th	9 17 21 37 41
2013-10-06	12	3rd	11 35 37 49 50
2013-07-14	1	4th	7 16 23 37 49
2013-07-07	3	4th	11 16 28 37 44
2013-06-16	1	2nd	22 37 40 52 54
2013-06-09	26	3rd	16 25 37 38 43
2012-12-09	41	3rd	10 35 37 41 49
2012-02-26	20	3rd	18 23 37 43 49
2011-10-09	2	3rd	27 36 37 46 47
2011-09-25	1	5th	6 12 14 24 37
2011-09-18	4	4th	12 14 27 37 48
2011-08-21	4	5th	5 6 21 26 37
2011-07-24	3	3rd	10 14 37 39 51
2011-07-03	33	2nd	26 37 44 47 51
2010-11-14	4	3rd	14 15 37 38 51
2010-10-17	11	4th	28 31 34 37 47
2010-08-01	12	4th	7 21 35 37 43
2010-05-09	3	5th	16 22 30 33 37
2010-04-18	8	5th	5 10 11 28 37
2010-02-21	—	3rd	17 26 37 41 50