Number 36

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

255times drawn · chance expected 234 +1.49σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

32longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 255 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, +1.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 255 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 21 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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.7
3rd smallest20 · chance 25.3
4th smallest75 · chance 76.0
5th smallest103 · chance 101.4
6th smallest52 · chance 48.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 24 27 37 40 10

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
2026-09-02	12	5th	4 9 13 26 36 38
2026-08-05	11	5th	2 6 16 35 36 41
2026-07-11	13	5th	1 3 14 15 36 40
2026-06-10	1	5th

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.

2025-04-26	3	6th	1 2 22 24 32 36
2025-04-19	15	5th	3 5 11 28 36 43
2025-03-15	1	5th	14 23 24 32 36 38
2025-03-12	5	4th	8 26 31 36 40 44
2025-03-01	1	5th	3 14 24 26 36 38
2025-02-26	9	5th	9 24 30 31 36 40
2025-02-05	2	6th	16 23 24 27 31 36
2025-02-01	2	5th	10 17 28 33 36 42
2025-01-27	1	4th	17 22 23 36 37 44
2025-01-25	10	6th	2 18 19 27 29 36
2025-01-01	15	5th	6 16 20 31 36 40
2024-11-27	9	4th	6 13 30 36 40 41
2024-11-06	2	5th	1 15 19 22 36 40
2024-11-02	4	5th	5 10 16 23 36 38
2024-10-23	2	5th	21 24 29 34 36 41
2024-10-19	6	5th	9 12 29 31 36 39
2024-10-05	29	5th	14 28 29 34 36 42
2024-07-29	17	6th	5 6 9 18 24 36
2024-06-19	6	4th	5 17 34 36 39 44
2024-06-05	6	5th	3 15 33 34 36 39
2024-05-22	12	6th	5 15 16 34 35 36
2024-04-24	3	5th	10 13 14 20 36 37
2024-04-17	4	5th	4 8 15 22 36 37
2024-04-08	10	6th	1 2 12 28 34 36
2024-03-16	15	4th	2 3 12 36 40 43
2024-02-10	27	5th	5 6 10 20 36 39
2023-12-09	14	3rd	4 10 36 38 40 41
2023-11-04	2	6th	4 10 16 31 33 36
2023-10-28	1	5th	8 15 19 31 36 38
2023-10-25	13	5th	1 4 24 25 36 47
2023-09-09	5	3rd	10 15 36 37 38 44
2023-08-23	23	5th	8 9 18 21 36 42
2023-06-03	3	6th	2 6 13 24 35 36
2023-05-24	4	5th	7 9 20 32 36 43
2023-05-10	11	5th	6 12 17 27 36 41
2023-04-01	15	5th	6 14 24 32 36 49
2023-02-08	1	4th	2 22 33 36 39 44
2023-02-04	10	6th	23 24 29 31 35 36
2022-12-31	2	5th	1 15 27 32 36 44
2022-12-24	9	5th	8 12 13 28 36 46
2022-11-23	1	5th	4 17 26 27 36 47
2022-11-19	4	5th	10 12 21 24 36 44
2022-11-05	11	6th	3 8 9 22 24 36
2022-09-28	8	6th	3 10 18 27 34 36
2022-08-31	3	4th	11 24 34 36 39 42
2022-08-20	10	3rd	2 29 36 37 39 44
2022-07-16	18	5th	6 21 27 34 36 43
2022-05-14	4	4th	13 26 29 36 44 46
2022-04-30	5	3rd	13 23 36 39 41 45
2022-04-13	16	5th	13 18 24 34 36 40
2022-02-16	3	4th	3 11 33 36 37 46
2022-02-05	7	4th	2 15 21 36 39 47
2022-01-12	7	6th	3 5 10 19 33 36
2021-12-18	9	5th	7 11 26 28 36 39
2021-11-17	3	4th	7 23 28 36 44 45
2021-11-06	2	4th	5 8 12 36 38 41
2021-10-30	1	4th	14 17 25 36 38 42
2021-10-27	5	4th	7 27 28 36 37 39
2021-10-09	2	6th	10 15 19 21 33 36
2021-10-02	3	6th	4 11 12 13 30 36
2021-09-22	14	5th	6 12 13 25 36 37
2021-08-04	2	3rd	5 10 36 37 38 46
2021-07-28	19	6th	11 16 19 20 30 36
2021-05-22	1	4th	1 11 19 36 37 43
2021-05-19	3	4th	3 8 23 36 37 40
2021-05-08	3	4th	2 4 15 36 43 48
2021-04-28	18	6th	6 7 8 9 35 36
2021-02-24	1	6th	5 6 8 9 17 36
2021-02-20	8	6th	23 26 28 32 33 36
2021-01-23	9	5th	4 10 27 29 36 41
2020-12-23	1	5th	5 22 25 31 36 42
2020-12-19	15	3rd	12 13 36 37 38 40
2020-10-28	4	5th	4 7 13 18 36 49
2020-10-14	2	4th	10 19 24 36 42 49
2020-10-07	9	5th	3 11 27 32 36 49
2020-09-05	2	3rd	8 26 36 40 41 47
2020-08-29	1	4th	3 8 12 36 47 49
2020-08-26	7	4th	3 5 20 36 40 49
2020-08-01	7	6th	21 27 31 32 34 36
2020-07-08	5	5th	16 29 30 34 36 37
2020-06-20	4	3rd	8 30 36 38 39 45
2020-06-06	3	5th	4 11 22 31 36 47
2020-05-27	3	3rd	2 12 36 37 38 39
2020-05-16	9	5th	2 7 16 28 36 43
2020-04-15	8	3rd	5 28 36 37 44 49
2020-03-18	12	6th	4 7 8 15 35 36
2020-02-05	11	5th	1 2 25 35 36 40
2019-12-28	1	5th	12 15 21 29 36 40
2019-12-25	1	4th	7 8 31 36 38 42
2019-12-21	4	5th	2 3 21 24 36 38
2019-12-07	25	6th	9 12 15 16 34 36
2019-09-11	3	4th	2 9 12 36 47 48
2019-08-31	6	4th	3 24 29 36 37 45
2019-08-10	25	6th	2 4 18 20 34 36
2019-05-15	3	6th	2 28 31 34 35 36
2019-05-04	6	3rd	2 27 36 38 39 40
2019-04-13	4	3rd	6 13 36 39 42 44
2019-03-30	24	5th	13 19 24 27 36 39
2019-01-05	5	6th	6 9 11 25 35 36
2018-12-19	9	5th	7 26 31 35 36 41
2018-11-17	4	4th	2 17 23 36 40 48
2018-11-03	3	6th	2 5 10 28 35 36
2018-10-24	1	5th	5 8 9 25 36 37
2018-10-20	4	6th	10 12 13 27 30 36
2018-10-06	9	3rd	17 28 36 42 44 48
2018-09-05	5	6th	7 12 13 20 25 36
2018-08-18	1	5th	4 13 18 21 36 43
2018-08-15	1	5th	1 3 12 20 36 48
2018-08-11	1	5th	1 7 11 13 36 41
2018-08-08	3	6th	8 10 17 21 29 36
2018-07-28	18	6th	19 21 28 29 31 36
2018-05-26	7	5th	2 4 8 20 36 37
2018-05-02	6	5th	5 8 25 26 36 42
2018-04-11	7	5th	19 27 31 35 36 37
2018-03-17	1	5th	8 23 32 35 36 40
2018-03-14	12	4th	9 10 34 36 41 45
2018-01-31	1	5th	8 32 33 34 36 48
2018-01-27	2	4th	7 17 27 36 40 46
2018-01-20	3	4th	2 17 29 36 41 49
2018-01-10	2	4th	15 18 25 36 38 39
2018-01-03	10	3rd	2 5 36 40 44 48
2017-11-29	1	2nd	34 36 39 40 45 48
2017-11-25	1	4th	1 20 27 36 41 42
2017-11-22	4	5th	1 6 25 34 36 46
2017-11-08	9	4th	23 31 32 36 41 42
2017-10-07	8	4th	14 20 24 36 37 42
2017-09-09	16	5th	2 4 15 32 36 48
2017-07-15	2	5th	11 23 27 31 36 43
2017-07-08	1	4th	1 3 31 36 45 49
2017-07-05	13	3rd	19 27 36 37 38 42
2017-05-20	19	6th	5 22 27 29 35 36
2017-03-15	16	6th	2 4 10 21 25 36
2017-01-18	2	4th	17 30 33 36 40 43
2017-01-11	5	5th	22 24 25 35 36 43
2016-12-24	2	5th	4 6 10 20 36 47
2016-12-17	4	6th	8 11 13 17 34 36
2016-12-03	11	4th	3 10 15 36 40 47
2016-10-26	7	6th	3 7 14 27 32 36
2016-10-01	1	4th	3 7 26 36 43 44
2016-09-28	13	4th	22 28 34 36 40 49
2016-08-13	16	5th	12 25 31 33 36 43
2016-06-18	6	2nd	22 36 38 39 40 48
2016-05-28	9	4th	7 30 31 36 48 49
2016-04-27	15	4th	2 15 21 36 44 49
2016-03-05	4	4th	21 23 30 36 40 49
2016-02-20	12	6th	4 7 12 17 27 36
2016-01-09	2	3rd	7 31 36 40 47 48
2016-01-02	2	6th	13 24 25 31 34 36
2015-12-26	3	4th	7 27 34 36 38 46
2015-12-16	22	5th	13 16 21 29 36 46
2015-09-30	8	4th	1 23 33 36 41 49
2015-09-02	2	5th	6 9 15 32 36 47
2015-08-26	1	4th	12 16 27 36 47 49
2015-08-22	4	4th	5 18 29 36 44 49
2015-08-08	6	5th	1 11 12 24 36 47
2015-07-18	27	5th	17 18 19 26 36 43
2015-04-15	12	5th	15 27 30 34 36 44
2015-03-04	2	4th	5 7 11 36 46 49
2015-02-25	1	4th	13 17 30 36 39 47
2015-02-21	2	4th	2 29 33 36 42 49
2015-02-14	13	4th	1 3 25 36 41 46
2014-12-31	8	4th	12 23 25 36 38 40
2014-12-03	11	4th	6 25 35 36 41 46
2014-10-25	17	5th	1 5 18 30 36 43
2014-08-27	10	4th	6 23 26 36 39 45
2014-07-23	4	4th	16 22 35 36 38 45
2014-07-09	2	4th	2 6 29 36 42 46
2014-07-02	8	4th	6 9 33 36 38 41
2014-06-04	4	5th	2 5 18 28 36 46
2014-05-21	4	4th	11 14 29 36 45 47
2014-05-07	16	3rd	27 29 36 37 41 45
2014-03-12	6	4th	3 12 13 36 40 49
2014-02-19	10	2nd	24 36 43 45 48 49
2014-01-15	1	4th	3 14 16 36 40 46
2014-01-11	18	3rd	1 13 36 38 42 43
2013-11-09	1	3rd	19 34 36 39 42 48
2013-11-06	1	5th	17 24 27 31 36 41
2013-11-02	1	5th	9 19 21 28 36 45
2013-10-30	2	4th	6 27 29 36 38 43
2013-10-23	5	6th	9 14 15 19 32 36
2013-10-05	4	5th	1 21 22 29 36 37
2013-09-21	26	5th	8 16 24 33 36 42
2013-06-22	6	4th	9 23 24 36 37 42
2013-06-01	2	5th	14 17 29 35 36 47
2013-05-25	26	5th	5 9 18 32 36 41
2013-02-23	1	5th	11 22 24 30 36 44
2013-02-20	1	4th	12 14 20 36 37 40
2013-02-16	3	3rd	3 24 36 41 47 49
2013-02-06	1	5th	10 19 28 35 36 43
2013-02-02	11	5th	10 27 28 34 36 47
2012-12-26	26	2nd	31 36 37 38 41 46
2012-09-26	24	5th	22 25 29 30 36 37
2012-07-04	2	5th	2 16 23 35 36 38
2012-06-27	1	5th	5 15 31 34 36 42
2012-06-23	4	5th	10 11 31 33 36 47
2012-06-09	9	5th	18 19 24 27 36 37
2012-05-09	5	4th	12 15 23 36 45 49
2012-04-21	8	6th	1 11 16 20 32 36
2012-03-24	2	1st	36 43 44 47 48 49
2012-03-17	19	6th	2 3 7 10 13 36
2012-01-11	3	5th	7 26 32 35 36 45
2011-12-31	3	6th	17 18 26 30 32 36
2011-12-21	10	6th	17 18 24 33 35 36
2011-11-16	7	4th	1 9 11 36 39 41
2011-10-22	4	5th	1 3 19 23 36 49
2011-10-08	12	6th	2 3 4 13 32 36
2011-08-27	1	4th	1 12 35 36 42 48
2011-08-24	2	4th	15 19 35 36 41 43
2011-08-17	9	6th	6 14 18 21 32 36
2011-07-16	1	4th	6 17 26 36 37 46
2011-07-13	11	4th	9 11 29 36 42 43
2011-06-04	4	5th	2 30 31 32 36 40
2011-05-21	4	6th	10 21 23 24 29 36
2011-05-07	8	4th	6 9 33 36 41 42
2011-04-09	11	6th	9 10 18 19 26 36
2011-03-02	5	5th	6 9 13 25 36 45
2011-02-12	13	4th	13 19 21 36 44 47
2010-12-29	5	4th	1 21 29 36 39 46
2010-12-11	32	6th	10 12 16 18 26 36
2010-08-21	11	5th	3 6 27 32 36 37
2010-07-14	6	5th	4 8 15 33 36 37
2010-06-23	7	4th	12 18 27 36 44 45
2010-05-29	5	6th	2 8 13 16 26 36
2010-05-12	3	6th	2 5 11 12 18 36
2010-05-01	7	5th	7 10 21 33 36 41
2010-04-07	2	5th	3 4 17 27 36 38
2010-03-31	5	6th	8 22 27 28 29 36
2010-03-13	2	5th	3 13 16 35 36 49
2010-03-06	2	5th	16 17 24 35 36 37
2010-02-27	4	4th	2 20 23 36 47 49
2010-02-13	—	4th	7 9 26 36 41 43