Number 36

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

159times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.22σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

28longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 5 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.7
4th smallest16 · chance 10.8
5th smallest47 · chance 57.8
6th smallest96 · chance 89.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 9 10 31 33 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-07-22	5	6th	2 4 9 18 33 36
2020-07-04	1	6th	2 12 13 25 32 36
2020-07-01	3	6th	15 20 21 28 35 36
2020-06-20	3

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-01-16	6	5th	5 13 15 16 36 37
2018-12-26	1	5th	10 11 17 27 36 37
2018-12-22	8	6th	10 15 17 25 35 36
2018-11-24	1	6th	9 11 16 30 33 36
2018-11-21	11	5th	6 26 29 34 36 38
2018-10-13	1	5th	5 10 30 31 36 40
2018-10-10	6	6th	2 12 24 31 33 36
2018-09-19	12	6th	15 24 25 26 30 36
2018-08-08	13	4th	2 9 26 36 39 40
2018-06-23	14	6th	9 10 11 28 29 36
2018-05-05	24	6th	14 16 22 29 34 36
2018-02-10	1	6th	4 5 21 22 32 36
2018-02-07	4	4th	5 24 35 36 38 40
2018-01-24	2	6th	2 4 25 32 35 36
2018-01-17	1	5th	6 19 23 30 36 39
2018-01-13	1	5th	6 31 34 35 36 37
2018-01-10	9	6th	3 11 12 14 34 36
2017-12-09	7	5th	7 8 10 28 36 39
2017-11-15	5	5th	8 18 19 27 36 39
2017-10-28	9	6th	11 20 28 29 30 36
2017-09-27	2	6th	3 14 23 28 31 36
2017-09-20	2	6th	9 10 12 22 26 36
2017-09-13	5	6th	2 12 25 31 33 36
2017-08-26	13	6th	1 3 14 26 31 36
2017-07-12	20	6th	2 7 11 12 13 36
2017-05-03	3	6th	8 12 20 21 30 36
2017-04-22	4	6th	5 17 21 34 35 36
2017-04-08	5	6th	2 8 16 23 31 36
2017-03-22	26	6th	5 11 26 31 35 36
2016-12-21	1	5th	6 26 31 33 36 37
2016-12-17	7	5th	11 21 25 33 36 40
2016-11-23	1	6th	1 6 18 23 32 36
2016-11-19	14	5th	20 27 31 35 36 37
2016-10-01	4	6th	1 6 19 27 33 36
2016-09-17	3	5th	4 7 9 35 36 39
2016-09-07	1	6th	9 12 21 22 27 36
2016-09-03	2	4th	2 4 11 36 37 39
2016-08-27	1	6th	5 10 16 31 33 36
2016-08-24	3	6th	9 11 16 24 35 36
2016-08-13	8	5th	8 14 20 22 36 39
2016-07-16	17	6th	7 10 13 25 33 36
2016-05-18	4	6th	6 7 11 28 32 36
2016-05-04	14	6th	9 13 17 18 33 36
2016-03-16	4	6th	9 13 27 30 34 36
2016-03-02	1	6th	4 10 15 21 24 36
2016-02-27	4	4th	13 25 28 36 38 39
2016-02-13	5	6th	8 14 29 30 35 36
2016-01-27	6	5th	7 17 18 30 36 40
2016-01-06	2	5th	23 24 25 35 36 38
2015-12-30	7	4th	1 18 27 36 37 38
2015-12-05	28	6th	17 20 22 34 35 36
2015-08-29	5	6th	1 6 19 27 29 36
2015-08-12	7	6th	1 10 11 22 26 36
2015-07-18	4	5th	7 10 15 22 36 39
2015-07-04	8	4th	16 21 31 36 39 40
2015-06-06	2	5th	6 15 23 27 36 39
2015-05-30	2	4th	1 16 17 36 37 38
2015-05-23	4	4th	3 8 14 36 38 40
2015-05-09	3	6th	7 9 17 22 25 36
2015-04-29	3	5th	9 11 17 22 36 38
2015-04-18	11	5th	6 8 17 32 36 37
2015-03-11	13	5th	15 16 18 29 36 40
2015-01-24	4	4th	9 19 34 36 37 38
2015-01-10	11	4th	2 14 27 36 37 38
2014-12-03	12	6th	3 7 8 27 31 36
2014-10-22	11	6th	8 13 22 25 26 36
2014-09-13	9	6th	7 12 18 26 34 36
2014-08-13	5	5th	11 17 18 25 36 39
2014-07-26	6	6th	5 7 9 31 35 36
2014-07-05	26	6th	12 18 19 21 24 36
2014-04-05	25	5th	3 5 7 8 36 38
2014-01-08	5	6th	1 6 10 22 34 36
2013-12-18	2	4th	23 24 25 36 38 39
2013-12-11	17	6th	1 7 15 23 35 36
2013-10-12	15	6th	1 13 17 25 35 36
2013-08-21	22	6th	4 20 23 29 31 36
2013-06-05	4	6th	1 3 9 14 22 36
2013-05-22	7	6th	12 15 24 28 35 36
2013-04-27	4	6th	8 9 15 23 28 36
2013-04-13	7	6th	4 9 16 28 35 36
2013-03-20	6	6th	6 9 24 33 35 36
2013-02-27	2	5th	7 8 12 13 36 39
2013-02-20	4	6th	10 14 15 16 21 36
2013-02-06	1	5th	14 21 27 35 36 40
2013-02-02	12	6th	5 12 16 17 31 36
2012-12-22	2	6th	3 6 7 14 15 36
2012-12-15	12	6th	5 11 14 24 26 36
2012-11-03	7	5th	19 26 27 31 36 40
2012-10-10	3	5th	13 18 19 35 36 40
2012-09-29	3	5th	7 9 21 23 36 38
2012-09-19	3	5th	1 19 25 35 36 37
2012-09-08	3	6th	4 13 24 25 28 36
2012-08-29	6	5th	3 17 32 33 36 37
2012-08-08	2	6th	6 10 13 23 29 36
2012-08-01	11	6th	7 22 24 25 34 36
2012-06-23	2	6th	7 10 17 24 33 36
2012-06-16	5	5th	17 19 26 27 36 37
2012-05-30	2	6th	3 14 24 25 34 36
2012-05-23	3	5th	3 19 20 25 36 37
2012-05-12	18	6th	8 9 16 18 31 36
2012-03-10	3	5th	6 12 30 31 36 40
2012-02-29	6	5th	5 10 24 33 36 37
2012-02-08	1	6th	10 21 22 28 35 36
2012-02-04	8	6th	6 15 17 19 21 36
2012-01-07	3	6th	13 15 26 27 28 36
2011-12-28	1	6th	5 13 15 29 30 36
2011-12-24	2	5th	5 11 21 34 36 40
2011-12-17	1	6th	3 4 16 24 30 36
2011-12-14	10	6th	5 13 24 29 31 36
2011-11-09	3	6th	1 9 18 26 33 36
2011-10-29	5	6th	3 12 13 14 22 36
2011-10-12	12	6th	9 20 27 33 35 36
2011-08-31	2	5th	9 10 11 18 36 39
2011-08-24	7	6th	3 24 26 27 31 36
2011-07-30	10	6th	7 11 22 24 28 36
2011-06-25	7	5th	5 9 10 28 36 38
2011-06-01	2	6th	3 17 25 31 33 36
2011-05-25	3	6th	8 12 15 27 28 36
2011-05-14	3	6th	1 3 4 11 30 36
2011-05-04	9	6th	1 6 11 24 33 36
2011-04-02	4	5th	2 6 25 26 36 39
2011-03-19	26	5th	2 5 7 33 36 40
2010-12-15	2	4th	11 16 23 36 38 40
2010-12-08	2	6th	5 10 12 14 17 36
2010-12-01	2	6th	2 3 18 22 27 36
2010-11-24	1	6th	8 13 15 18 23 36
2010-11-20	5	5th	3 5 20 35 36 37
2010-11-03	1	6th	1 17 19 22 33 36
2010-10-30	2	6th	6 12 23 25 34 36
2010-10-23	5	5th	6 24 29 30 36 39
2010-10-06	2	6th	2 13 15 27 30 36
2010-09-29	2	6th	10 14 21 25 33 36
2010-09-22	9	6th	2 4 10 12 13 36
2010-08-21	22	6th	1 7 19 22 33 36
2010-06-05	—	4th	14 17 22 36 37 40