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Number 36 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 82 times drawn · chance expected 97 −1.59σ
6 draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number
9.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
47 longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long
36 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 82 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −1.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.
36 Number 36, draw by draw Drawn 82 times in 789 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 6 draws now
25 draws: 2010-02-24 to 2010-05-22 25 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-08-18 7 draws: 2010-08-18 to 2010-09-11 12 draws: 2010-09-11 to 2010-10-23 47 draws: 2010-10-23 to 2011-04-09 6 draws: 2011-04-09 to 2011-04-30 9 draws: 2011-04-30 to 2011-06-01 14 draws: 2011-06-01 to 2011-07-20 11 draws: 2011-07-20 to 2011-08-27 7 draws: 2011-08-27 to 2011-09-21 13 draws: 2011-09-21 to 2011-11-05 11 draws: 2011-11-05 to 2011-12-14 2 draws: 2011-12-14 to 2011-12-21 4 draws: 2011-12-21 to 2012-01-04 1 draws: 2012-01-04 to 2012-01-07 4 draws: 2012-01-07 to 2012-01-21 23 draws: 2012-01-21 to 2012-04-11 15 draws: 2012-04-11 to 2012-06-02 6 draws: 2012-06-02 to 2012-06-23 19 draws: 2012-06-23 to 2012-08-29 10 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-10-03 1 draws: 2012-10-03 to 2012-10-06 28 draws: 2012-10-06 to 2013-01-12 4 draws: 2013-01-12 to 2013-01-26 18 draws: 2013-01-26 to 2013-03-30 2 draws: 2013-03-30 to 2013-04-06 14 draws: 2013-04-06 to 2013-05-25 1 draws: 2013-05-25 to 2013-05-29 3 draws: 2013-05-29 to 2013-06-08 4 draws: 2013-06-08 to 2013-06-22 18 draws: 2013-06-22 to 2013-08-24 7 draws: 2013-08-24 to 2013-09-18 7 draws: 2013-09-18 to 2013-10-12 7 draws: 2013-10-12 to 2013-11-06 2 draws: 2013-11-06 to 2013-11-13 13 draws: 2013-11-13 to 2014-01-01 7 draws: 2014-01-01 to 2014-01-25 1 draws: 2014-01-25 to 2014-01-29 16 draws: 2014-01-29 to 2014-03-26 1 draws: 2014-03-26 to 2014-03-29 3 draws: 2014-03-29 to 2014-04-09 2 draws: 2014-04-09 to 2014-04-16 19 draws: 2014-04-16 to 2014-06-21 1 draws: 2014-06-21 to 2014-06-25 1 draws: 2014-06-25 to 2014-06-28 6 draws: 2014-06-28 to 2014-07-19 6 draws: 2014-07-19 to 2014-08-09 12 draws: 2014-08-09 to 2014-09-20 3 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-10-01 7 draws: 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-25 2 draws: 2014-10-25 to 2014-11-01 8 draws: 2014-11-01 to 2014-11-29 3 draws: 2014-11-29 to 2014-12-10 11 draws: 2014-12-10 to 2015-01-17 1 draws: 2015-01-17 to 2015-01-21 20 draws: 2015-01-21 to 2015-04-01 7 draws: 2015-04-01 to 2015-04-25 9 draws: 2015-04-25 to 2015-05-27 5 draws: 2015-05-27 to 2015-06-13 3 draws: 2015-06-13 to 2015-06-24 6 draws: 2015-06-24 to 2015-07-15 13 draws: 2015-07-15 to 2015-08-29 19 draws: 2015-08-29 to 2015-11-04 8 draws: 2015-11-04 to 2015-12-02 9 draws: 2015-12-02 to 2016-01-02 17 draws: 2016-01-02 to 2016-03-02 19 draws: 2016-03-02 to 2016-05-07 13 draws: 2016-05-07 to 2016-06-22 2 draws: 2016-06-22 to 2016-06-29 6 draws: 2016-06-29 to 2016-07-20 1 draws: 2016-07-20 to 2016-07-23 23 draws: 2016-07-23 to 2016-10-12 7 draws: 2016-10-12 to 2016-11-05 3 draws: 2016-11-05 to 2016-11-16 10 draws: 2016-11-16 to 2016-12-21 6 draws: 2016-12-21 to 2017-01-11 3 draws: 2017-01-11 to 2017-01-21 8 draws: 2017-01-21 to 2017-02-18 7 draws: 2017-02-18 to 2017-03-15 27 draws: 2017-03-15 to 2017-06-17 6 draws: 2017-06-17 to 2017-07-08 Still waiting — at least 6 draws since 2017-07-08 2010-02-24 2010-05-22 2010-08-18 2010-09-11 2010-10-23 2011-04-09 2011-04-30 2011-06-01 2011-07-20 2011-08-27 2011-09-21 2011-11-05 2011-12-14 2011-12-21 2012-01-04 2012-01-07 2012-01-21 2012-04-11 2012-06-02 2012-06-23 2012-08-29 2012-10-03 2012-10-06 2013-01-12 2013-01-26 2013-03-30 2013-04-06 2013-05-25 2013-05-29 2013-06-08 2013-06-22 2013-08-24 2013-09-18 2013-10-12 2013-11-06 2013-11-13 2014-01-01 2014-01-25 2014-01-29 2014-03-26 2014-03-29 2014-04-09 2014-04-16 2014-06-21 2014-06-25 2014-06-28 2014-07-19 2014-08-09 2014-09-20 2014-10-01 2014-10-25 2014-11-01 2014-11-29 2014-12-10 2015-01-17 2015-01-21 2015-04-01 2015-04-25 2015-05-27 2015-06-13 2015-06-24 2015-07-15 2015-08-29 2015-11-04 2015-12-02 2016-01-02 2016-03-02 2016-05-07 2016-06-22 2016-06-29 2016-07-20 2016-07-23 2016-10-12 2016-11-05 2016-11-16 2016-12-21 2017-01-11 2017-01-21 2017-02-18 2017-03-15 2017-06-17 2017-07-08 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 9 times 2 draws: 6 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 4 times 5 draws: 1 time 6 draws: 8 times 7 draws: 10 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 4 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 1 time 48 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 0 · chance 0.1 2nd smallest 1 · chance 1.2 3rd smallest 8 · chance 8.1 4th smallest 26 · chance 24.4 5th smallest 31 · chance 32.6 6th smallest 16 · chance 15.5 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 36 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 35 Every number number 37 → 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.