Number 36

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 · Apr 2010 – Apr 2022 rules — 1,257 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

128times drawn · chance expected 153 −2.18σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

64longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,257 draws against 153.3 expected, −2.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,257 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 13 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 smallest1 · chance 0.5
3rd smallest10 · chance 8.3
4th smallest43 · chance 45.8
5th smallest74 · chance 73.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 3 10 4 20 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2022-03-09	12	5th	4 15 29 31 36
2022-01-26	4	4th	5 15 27 36 39
2022-01-12	5	4th	3 18 26 36 41
2021-12-25	17	5th	4

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-01-25	9	4th	18 19 22 36 37
2019-12-25	26	4th	9 14 21 36 41
2019-09-25	3	5th	10 20 27 34 36
2019-09-14	7	4th	7 26 35 36 41
2019-08-21	8	5th	24 25 28 35 36
2019-07-24	3	5th	5 18 32 33 36
2019-07-13	18	4th	7 8 34 36 41
2019-05-11	5	5th	7 14 16 20 36
2019-04-24	16	5th	10 14 25 27 36
2019-02-27	1	5th	1 14 25 34 36
2019-02-23	12	5th	13 16 27 34 36
2019-01-12	11	4th	3 4 32 36 38
2018-12-05	2	5th	1 3 20 30 36
2018-11-28	5	4th	18 21 29 36 40
2018-11-10	6	5th	2 9 14 27 36
2018-10-20	7	5th	4 7 10 20 36
2018-09-26	7	5th	3 4 10 20 36
2018-09-01	15	5th	4 12 21 26 36
2018-07-11	6	5th	10 14 20 26 36
2018-06-20	18	5th	4 5 15 23 36
2018-04-18	19	5th	2 14 32 35 36
2018-02-10	29	2nd	11 36 38 39 40
2017-11-01	31	5th	17 19 26 27 36
2017-07-15	1	4th	3 10 13 36 37
2017-07-12	22	4th	1 12 28 36 41
2017-04-26	3	5th	2 4 10 34 36
2017-04-15	10	5th	9 16 29 31 36
2017-03-11	7	5th	8 20 31 33 36
2017-02-15	5	4th	28 33 34 36 37
2017-01-28	38	4th	9 29 34 36 38
2016-09-17	1	3rd	10 35 36 39 41
2016-09-14	8	5th	6 19 33 35 36
2016-08-17	5	4th	15 24 30 36 38
2016-07-30	6	4th	7 16 18 36 40
2016-07-09	8	4th	3 10 31 36 38
2016-06-11	8	4th	4 5 34 36 41
2016-05-14	3	3rd	5 10 36 37 40
2016-05-04	7	3rd	3 19 36 39 41
2016-04-09	2	5th	14 24 26 34 36
2016-04-02	22	3rd	3 19 36 37 40
2016-01-16	4	5th	6 17 29 34 36
2016-01-02	23	4th	7 10 17 36 41
2015-10-14	15	4th	5 14 34 36 37
2015-08-22	15	4th	1 16 22 36 41
2015-07-01	64	5th	3 9 21 35 36
2014-11-19	1	4th	6 22 23 36 40
2014-11-15	8	5th	5 6 23 29 36
2014-10-18	3	4th	5 10 21 36 41
2014-10-08	3	5th	3 7 23 32 36
2014-09-27	1	4th	9 12 24 36 37
2014-09-24	2	4th	6 8 25 36 41
2014-09-17	25	5th	1 30 33 35 36
2014-06-21	11	4th	13 14 23 36 41
2014-05-14	23	4th	16 21 27 36 38
2014-02-22	7	3rd	3 20 36 38 39
2014-01-29	3	5th	1 3 11 17 36
2014-01-18	8	5th	3 9 10 26 36
2013-12-21	8	3rd	22 35 36 37 41
2013-11-23	11	4th	16 17 25 36 38
2013-10-16	6	4th	15 18 35 36 40
2013-09-25	8	5th	5 30 31 33 36
2013-08-28	6	5th	12 15 16 21 36
2013-08-07	11	5th	5 9 11 25 36
2013-06-29	13	5th	10 13 15 18 36
2013-05-15	6	5th	25 32 33 34 36
2013-04-24	8	5th	11 20 26 35 36
2013-03-27	6	4th	4 5 9 36 39
2013-03-06	7	5th	8 20 21 31 36
2013-02-09	25	5th	9 18 25 29 36
2012-11-14	1	3rd	25 27 36 37 40
2012-11-10	12	4th	17 18 28 36 37
2012-09-29	19	5th	8 14 19 26 36
2012-07-21	3	5th	9 25 31 32 36
2012-07-11	3	4th	20 24 32 36 38
2012-06-30	5	5th	16 18 20 22 36
2012-06-13	2	5th	5 8 29 30 36
2012-06-06	6	4th	11 15 32 36 41
2012-05-16	4	5th	1 13 26 30 36
2012-05-02	6	5th	19 21 31 35 36
2012-04-11	1	5th	11 17 26 34 36
2012-04-07	2	5th	4 6 13 21 36
2012-03-31	5	5th	4 19 26 27 36
2012-03-14	1	5th	18 30 34 35 36
2012-03-10	32	5th	14 20 27 28 36
2011-11-19	11	5th	7 22 24 26 36
2011-10-12	13	5th	4 12 23 30 36
2011-08-27	4	5th	4 13 21 24 36
2011-08-13	1	5th	11 29 31 35 36
2011-08-10	14	3rd	2 26 36 38 40
2011-06-22	10	5th	5 11 12 33 36
2011-05-18	7	4th	1 10 22 36 38
2011-04-23	2	4th	4 26 34 36 41
2011-04-16	19	5th	20 24 26 27 36
2011-02-09	3	4th	8 10 16 36 41
2011-01-29	2	3rd	13 31 36 40 41
2011-01-22	17	4th	11 21 31 36 39
2010-11-24	3	5th	3 17 28 30 36
2010-11-13	5	5th	3 21 25 27 36
2010-10-27	15	5th	1 15 17 22 36
2010-09-04	16	5th	10 15 17 24 36
2010-07-10	3	4th	3 8 17 36 39
2010-06-30	5	5th	16 22 28 31 36
2010-06-12	5	4th	12 14 32 36 41
2010-05-26	—	5th	4 20 27 34 36