Number 36

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.32σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

15.6average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

72longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 9 times, counted separately.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.6 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 2 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 7.0
2nd smallest33 · chance 24.5
3rd smallest27 · chance 32.7
4th smallest16 · chance 20.8
5th smallest5 · chance 6.3
6th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 75 22 71 72 76

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 — 38th most popular of 90. 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
2009-06-25	16	2nd	23 36 38 52 62 63
2009-05-19	17	1st	36 55 62 66 81 85
2009-04-09	7	3rd	2 23 36 62 75 79

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-01-16	25	5th	1 11 24 33 36 80
2006-11-18	1	1st	36 55 59 81 82 89
2006-11-16	2	1st	36 42 46 51 72 84
2006-11-11	10	2nd	22 36 40 44 46 76
2006-10-19	16	2nd	34 36 44 50 71 80
2006-09-12	23	3rd	8 22 36 43 76 77
2006-07-20	12	2nd	22 36 65 72 82 86
2006-06-22	13	3rd	8 22 36 48 53 55
2006-05-23	3	2nd	30 36 39 68 71 80
2006-05-16	72	5th	1 4 32 35 36 87
2005-11-29	4	4th	1 12 21 36 40 84
2005-11-19	28	4th	12 14 23 36 72 87
2005-09-15	5	2nd	19 36 44 46 51 89
2005-09-03	21	4th	3 11 26 36 45 75
2005-07-16	14	4th	8 22 28 36 74 85
2005-06-11	23	3rd	22 35 36 44 74 75
2005-03-23	5	3rd	11 32 36 52 63 66
2005-03-05	3	3rd	19 21 36 55 77 87
2005-02-23	4	3rd	8 17 36 37 60 65
2005-02-09	42	3rd	23 35 36 51 59 80
2004-09-15	18	2nd	8 36 49 59 70 87
2004-07-14	7	4th	8 18 26 36 41 52
2004-06-19	9	4th	4 8 11 36 55 83
2004-05-19	34	3rd	9 22 36 47 69 85
2004-01-21	5	2nd	3 36 53 64 80 90
2004-01-03	1	3rd	29 32 36 72 77 82
2003-12-31	2	4th	3 15 31 36 43 82
2003-12-24	1	4th	3 19 33 36 72 84
2003-12-20	32	2nd	3 36 40 42 54 59
2003-08-30	15	3rd	2 5 36 61 86 88
2003-07-09	41	1st	36 38 39 66 76 83
2003-02-15	5	4th	3 9 12 36 71 85
2003-01-29	16	5th	5 11 22 27 36 90
2002-12-14	5	3rd	14 35 36 47 58 69
2002-12-03	10	6th	4 5 11 26 34 36
2002-10-30	17	3rd	13 15 36 78 82 86
2002-08-31	9	4th	21 28 29 36 45 54
2002-07-31	18	3rd	8 12 36 62 68 81
2002-05-29	8	2nd	21 36 38 72 79 82
2002-05-02	21	5th	7 15 17 26 36 54
2002-02-16	28	2nd	6 36 37 59 61 62
2001-11-14	5	4th	3 4 16 36 74 89
2001-10-27	18	3rd	25 32 36 46 57 58
2001-08-25	24	4th	1 9 27 36 68 70
2001-06-04	4	1st	36 48 70 77 82 88
2001-05-19	16	2nd	6 36 52 68 80 81
2001-03-24	3	4th	2 8 24 36 80 84
2001-03-14	9	3rd	28 35 36 62 66 70
2001-02-10	15	2nd	4 36 41 49 56 82
2000-12-20	1	2nd	26 36 43 47 64 90
2000-12-16	37	3rd	23 33 36 55 76 79
2000-08-09	1	2nd	18 36 47 62 75 80
2000-08-05	51	2nd	23 36 56 78 80 83
2000-02-09	66	2nd	6 36 49 51 52 76
1999-06-23	5	2nd	31 36 37 71 86 90
1999-06-05	38	2nd	9 36 52 76 77 90
1999-01-23	7	1st	36 45 46 47 74 75
1998-12-30	8	2nd	30 36 45 49 63 89
1998-12-02	3	3rd	9 23 36 66 67 77
1998-11-21	26	2nd	32 36 43 56 66 89
1998-08-22	10	2nd	10 36 48 63 83 90
1998-07-18	15	2nd	1 36 42 71 72 88
1998-05-27	9	1st	36 48 56 65 71 73
1998-04-27	15	2nd	18 36 62 63 76 80
1998-03-04	17	2nd	28 36 59 79 84 88
1998-01-03	1	3rd	2 29 36 72 82 90
1997-12-31	8	2nd	34 36 71 76 86 89
1997-12-03	—	2nd	20 36 39 41 72 76