Number 36

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

239times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.93σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

42longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 239 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 44 times, counted separately.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 239 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 4 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 36 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest3 · chance 3.5
3rd smallest23 · chance 23.8
4th smallest72 · chance 71.3
5th smallest103 · chance 95.0
6th smallest38 · chance 45.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 6 19 25 32 44

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, 36 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 36 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-23	21	6th	9 17 21 23 35 36
2015-07-11	24	4th	6 12 32 36 38 47
2015-04-18	10	4th	1 23 27 36 43 45
2015-03-14	17	6th

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: 36 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2013-10-09	5	5th	4 11 27 34 36 45
2013-09-21	20	3rd	11 15 36 37 38 45
2013-07-13	6	4th	12 15 24 36 45 49
2013-06-22	1	5th	8 24 26 28 36 43
2013-06-19	20	5th	6 9 13 35 36 47
2013-04-10	9	5th	3 16 27 33 36 42
2013-03-09	5	4th	12 19 25 36 44 46
2013-02-20	21	3rd	3 6 36 44 45 48
2012-12-08	5	4th	29 33 35 36 45 48
2012-11-21	4	5th	4 12 19 22 36 40
2012-11-07	2	4th	14 19 35 36 40 45
2012-10-31	2	4th	7 30 32 36 40 41
2012-10-24	3	4th	1 10 19 36 47 48
2012-10-13	6	5th	14 26 30 32 36 48
2012-09-22	6	5th	10 13 29 31 36 45
2012-09-01	5	3rd	15 30 36 39 41 49
2012-08-15	2	4th	10 14 35 36 37 46
2012-08-08	14	6th	6 14 19 22 30 36
2012-06-20	28	5th	6 10 12 30 36 49
2012-03-14	10	6th	14 15 18 26 31 36
2012-02-08	13	5th	7 13 16 31 36 44
2011-12-24	8	5th	1 15 23 32 36 43
2011-11-26	2	5th	13 16 25 26 36 46
2011-11-19	15	6th	1 29 31 32 34 36
2011-09-28	6	4th	15 19 25 36 44 45
2011-09-07	1	4th	4 29 31 36 38 48
2011-09-03	21	6th	4 17 20 26 29 36
2011-06-22	4	4th	16 22 23 36 45 48
2011-06-08	6	3rd	3 19 36 40 43 48
2011-05-18	5	4th	6 15 20 36 38 42
2011-04-30	2	5th	1 6 12 29 36 44
2011-04-23	16	4th	5 6 18 36 44 49
2011-02-26	4	6th	6 8 20 29 34 36
2011-02-12	1	6th	16 24 27 28 30 36
2011-02-09	3	5th	2 6 8 9 36 39
2011-01-29	7	5th	5 20 25 30 36 47
2011-01-05	1	4th	4 10 35 36 43 46
2011-01-01	21	5th	4 9 33 34 36 45
2010-10-20	17	4th	14 30 31 36 44 47
2010-08-21	13	6th	8 15 19 26 33 36
2010-07-07	2	4th	23 29 34 36 41 45
2010-06-30	9	6th	6 18 20 25 35 36
2010-05-29	3	3rd	2 17 36 39 42 48
2010-05-19	4	5th	15 23 24 34 36 47
2010-05-05	5	5th	3 6 8 10 36 47
2010-04-17	16	5th	3 10 29 31 36 44
2010-02-20	16	6th	8 24 27 31 34 36
2009-12-26	1	5th	2 8 23 25 36 42
2009-12-23	4	5th	15 18 26 32 36 37
2009-12-09	1	4th	5 13 31 36 40 41
2009-12-05	2	3rd	8 20 36 43 45 49
2009-11-28	2	5th	3 4 27 30 36 47
2009-11-21	12	5th	9 24 30 32 36 40
2009-10-10	2	2nd	17 36 37 40 43 45
2009-10-03	1	5th	14 21 23 32 36 46
2009-09-30	7	5th	2 10 15 28 36 41
2009-09-05	4	5th	12 19 22 26 36 41
2009-08-22	4	4th	18 23 24 36 43 44
2009-08-08	15	6th	9 17 26 32 33 36
2009-06-17	1	6th	8 10 11 14 28 36
2009-06-13	20	4th	1 13 18 36 43 48
2009-04-04	4	5th	11 18 28 32 36 39
2009-03-21	13	5th	1 31 32 33 36 38
2009-02-04	5	5th	4 24 31 33 36 40
2009-01-17	4	5th	1 7 9 33 36 38
2009-01-03	1	3rd	9 19 36 37 39 49
2008-12-31	3	5th	3 11 15 33 36 45
2008-12-20	30	5th	3 9 11 23 36 44
2008-09-06	2	6th	4 6 9 13 35 36
2008-08-30	19	5th	2 14 27 31 36 44
2008-06-25	8	6th	11 12 22 23 24 36
2008-05-28	7	4th	10 25 28 36 45 48
2008-05-03	29	5th	2 15 17 32 36 42
2008-01-23	10	6th	4 12 13 15 30 36
2007-12-19	5	5th	11 13 21 33 36 47
2007-12-01	7	4th	12 24 33 36 39 42
2007-11-07	7	6th	2 6 9 13 17 36
2007-10-13	1	4th	7 11 12 36 38 39
2007-10-10	7	5th	1 9 24 27 36 45
2007-09-15	15	6th	3 7 12 21 25 36
2007-07-25	18	5th	3 18 21 24 36 38
2007-05-23	1	5th	3 19 31 32 36 40
2007-05-19	10	5th	17 19 20 32 36 48
2007-04-14	12	5th	13 16 23 29 36 49
2007-03-03	17	6th	1 5 11 19 28 36
2007-01-03	22	4th	4 6 30 36 43 44
2006-10-18	3	3rd	6 12 36 39 41 48
2006-10-07	42	6th	4 13 23 24 26 36
2006-05-13	1	5th	3 15 21 22 36 47
2006-05-10	3	5th	8 13 28 32 36 46
2006-04-29	9	5th	10 29 31 32 36 47
2006-03-29	5	4th	2 6 18 36 37 44
2006-03-11	6	6th	4 9 13 29 31 36
2006-02-18	14	5th	9 23 32 35 36 40
2005-12-31	8	5th	6 9 11 33 36 49
2005-12-03	3	5th	2 10 11 28 36 47
2005-11-23	17	3rd	14 33 36 39 42 46
2005-09-24	6	5th	2 11 27 29 36 44
2005-09-03	9	5th	14 26 34 35 36 45
2005-08-03	6	4th	2 10 30 36 37 43
2005-07-13	2	3rd	3 25 36 39 42 47
2005-07-06	24	4th	3 12 17 36 44 49
2005-04-13	2	3rd	14 23 36 40 41 48
2005-04-06	12	3rd	22 26 36 43 45 49
2005-02-23	5	5th	17 25 30 32 36 37
2005-02-05	12	4th	19 22 33 36 43 44
2004-12-24	7	4th	15 19 24 36 37 49
2004-12-01	3	5th	7 18 27 31 36 49
2004-11-20	1	6th	1 4 8 26 28 36
2004-11-17	3	6th	11 14 20 24 28 36
2004-11-06	1	4th	2 26 29 36 39 40
2004-11-03	5	5th	5 25 33 35 36 39
2004-10-16	17	4th	25 32 33 36 45 46
2004-08-18	9	5th	6 11 12 13 36 42
2004-07-17	29	6th	1 3 11 16 23 36
2004-04-07	32	4th	9 25 33 36 46 49
2003-12-17	5	5th	4 6 13 21 36 46
2003-11-29	33	6th	9 23 25 26 33 36
2003-08-06	13	5th	1 8 13 22 36 45
2003-06-21	10	3rd	12 20 36 39 44 45
2003-05-17	38	5th	8 12 15 22 36 48
2003-01-04	2	4th	19 32 33 36 40 45
2002-12-28	6	5th	2 18 20 32 36 37
2002-12-07	3	6th	2 19 29 34 35 36
2002-11-27	10	4th	11 25 35 36 42 47
2002-10-23	3	3rd	11 26 36 43 44 46
2002-10-12	2	4th	16 18 35 36 39 48
2002-10-05	11	4th	15 16 18 36 37 49
2002-08-28	7	5th	4 7 9 17 36 46
2002-08-03	10	5th	6 11 19 35 36 44
2002-06-29	3	4th	4 25 28 36 42 49
2002-06-19	1	4th	18 21 32 36 39 41
2002-06-15	2	6th	3 13 14 23 30 36
2002-06-08	2	5th	15 16 18 28 36 47
2002-06-01	18	4th	13 19 27 36 41 44
2002-03-30	1	4th	8 14 25 36 38 47
2002-03-27	11	6th	6 9 20 24 35 36
2002-02-16	3	4th	10 20 24 36 37 44
2002-02-06	11	4th	2 13 20 36 37 40
2001-12-29	1	5th	11 19 31 32 36 45
2001-12-26	16	5th	10 17 26 29 36 37
2001-10-31	19	5th	4 5 6 18 36 49
2001-08-25	4	5th	1 10 14 30 36 43
2001-08-11	4	4th	18 19 25 36 38 40
2001-07-28	35	5th	3 13 29 31 36 45
2001-03-28	5	5th	2 25 34 35 36 39
2001-03-10	11	5th	2 4 12 21 36 37
2001-01-31	4	4th	1 16 33 36 38 45
2001-01-17	1	5th	10 13 24 31 36 47
2001-01-13	5	5th	12 23 28 34 36 40
2000-12-27	20	4th	9 24 26 36 37 42
2000-10-18	13	6th	4 6 11 19 32 36
2000-09-02	6	5th	11 12 21 31 36 40
2000-08-12	1	4th	6 31 35 36 43 46
2000-08-09	19	5th	10 14 32 35 36 43
2000-06-03	3	5th	3 8 19 35 36 48
2000-05-24	6	4th	6 8 21 36 38 46
2000-05-03	2	4th	5 6 24 36 38 48
2000-04-26	10	5th	4 9 14 28 36 39
2000-03-22	4	5th	6 18 20 33 36 40
2000-03-08	20	5th	6 18 22 32 36 46
1999-12-29	8	4th	16 26 33 36 39 47
1999-12-01	4	2nd	28 36 37 38 42 47
1999-11-17	3	6th	2 6 23 31 33 36
1999-11-06	17	5th	8 10 23 34 36 46
1999-09-08	4	5th	8 10 17 22 36 38
1999-08-25	6	5th	1 8 20 22 36 48
1999-08-04	9	6th	3 4 9 29 31 36
1999-07-03	6	4th	11 17 28 36 42 44
1999-06-12	3	5th	3 18 21 23 36 49
1999-06-02	10	5th	17 23 27 34 36 37
1999-04-28	5	4th	15 23 24 36 43 49
1999-04-10	4	6th	10 18 25 32 35 36
1999-03-27	5	4th	9 25 30 36 44 48
1999-03-10	2	5th	8 18 27 32 36 49
1999-03-03	39	5th	20 22 24 25 36 40
1998-10-17	9	3rd	3 25 36 37 41 45
1998-09-16	15	4th	18 25 28 36 40 45
1998-07-25	5	3rd	18 25 36 38 43 44
1998-07-08	14	6th	12 13 21 23 33 36
1998-05-20	6	5th	11 15 31 35 36 42
1998-04-29	1	5th	12 15 28 34 36 40
1998-04-25	3	3rd	17 22 36 38 43 48
1998-04-15	4	6th	1 12 18 26 29 36
1998-04-01	5	4th	1 2 24 36 37 38
1998-03-14	5	5th	2 15 18 26 36 38
1998-02-25	10	4th	9 21 27 36 42 48
1998-01-21	4	5th	5 12 24 35 36 38
1998-01-07	4	5th	7 14 25 32 36 38
1997-12-24	2	5th	5 6 11 29 36 41
1997-12-17	4	3rd	17 35 36 43 46 49
1997-12-03	6	3rd	1 8 36 39 47 49
1997-11-12	11	5th	3 6 8 27 36 45
1997-10-04	8	4th	12 19 28 36 40 46
1997-09-07	4	4th	20 22 26 36 40 41
1997-08-23	1	4th	4 10 25 36 44 47
1997-08-20	9	5th	8 20 27 28 36 41
1997-07-19	4	3rd	7 19 36 44 45 47
1997-07-05	2	4th	1 4 11 36 43 44
1997-06-28	9	4th	2 9 14 36 43 48
1997-05-28	17	5th	3 19 24 25 36 48
1997-03-29	9	4th	17 19 31 36 39 40
1997-02-26	2	3rd	2 34 36 38 44 46
1997-02-19	3	4th	9 11 19 36 39 41
1997-02-08	2	5th	9 13 27 30 36 47
1997-02-01	18	5th	12 16 20 28 36 48
1996-09-28	7	5th	19 23 26 31 36 39
1996-08-10	1	3rd	3 23 36 38 41 45
1996-08-03	9	6th	13 17 26 28 31 36
1996-06-01	34	3rd	24 35 36 37 39 45
1995-10-07	24	5th	10 22 28 30 36 37
1995-04-22	7	5th	8 18 20 33 36 38
1995-03-04	2	5th	11 12 17 26 36 42
1995-02-18	7	5th	16 19 21 29 36 45
1994-12-31	—	4th	9 17 32 36 42 44