Number 36

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

93times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.51σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

35longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 93 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.51σ. 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 19 times, counted separately.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 93 times in 847 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 6 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 0.2
2nd smallest5 · chance 2.5
3rd smallest14 · chance 13.2
4th smallest32 · chance 31.1
5th smallest35 · chance 33.2
6th smallest7 · chance 12.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 46 22 29 18 50

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 — 34th most popular of 52. 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
2025-08-30	12	4th	8 25 29 36 46 51
2025-07-19	12	5th	2 8 11 13 36 46
2025-06-07	1	3rd	1 16 36 40 42 50
2025-06-04	11	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-19	5	4th	1 5 29 36 39 41
2023-07-01	19	3rd	16 20 36 45 46 50
2023-04-26	3	2nd	25 36 38 39 47 51
2023-04-15	9	4th	3 18 35 36 39 42
2023-03-15	25	2nd	27 36 41 43 46 50
2022-12-17	20	5th	4 6 18 20 36 40
2022-10-08	4	5th	7 11 12 19 36 39
2022-09-24	14	5th	3 18 28 29 36 44
2022-08-06	3	4th	7 18 30 36 44 47
2022-07-27	12	3rd	1 7 36 41 49 51
2022-06-15	9	4th	2 19 24 36 45 50
2022-05-14	1	5th	10 13 22 27 36 40
2022-05-11	1	4th	20 22 25 36 50 51
2022-05-07	1	3rd	14 35 36 40 45 50
2022-05-04	25	5th	7 11 28 30 36 44
2022-02-05	2	5th	4 21 31 33 36 38
2022-01-29	14	5th	8 10 19 34 36 52
2021-12-08	25	3rd	13 30 36 41 44 46
2021-09-11	3	3rd	7 22 36 38 48 50
2021-09-01	9	5th	2 14 23 33 36 42
2021-07-31	15	3rd	24 29 36 37 39 45
2021-06-09	1	4th	11 15 34 36 48 50
2021-06-05	35	4th	9 26 35 36 40 46
2021-02-03	6	5th	7 10 18 22 36 51
2021-01-13	4	5th	1 3 15 25 36 48
2020-12-30	4	4th	2 10 19 36 38 42
2020-12-16	5	5th	1 2 29 33 36 50
2020-11-28	5	5th	6 12 15 24 36 37
2020-11-11	6	4th	16 19 23 36 45 46
2020-10-21	27	3rd	10 29 36 42 43 51
2020-07-18	2	5th	3 17 30 32 36 42
2020-07-11	7	4th	7 20 24 36 43 52
2020-06-17	3	4th	1 32 35 36 40 52
2020-06-06	5	4th	15 16 23 36 37 38
2020-05-20	7	6th	6 13 25 27 30 36
2020-04-25	3	3rd	4 24 36 39 44 48
2020-04-15	7	4th	24 28 33 36 48 51
2020-03-21	19	3rd	3 13 36 45 47 50
2020-01-15	35	4th	6 25 31 36 41 42
2019-09-11	6	5th	5 10 32 35 36 49
2019-08-21	8	6th	14 19 22 29 35 36
2019-07-24	19	4th	1 11 29 36 43 46
2019-05-18	2	5th	1 5 13 20 36 52
2019-05-11	9	4th	25 28 35 36 41 45
2019-04-10	3	5th	1 6 13 18 36 47
2019-03-30	6	5th	10 16 22 28 36 37
2019-03-09	3	4th	20 24 32 36 48 49
2019-02-27	6	5th	15 17 18 33 36 38
2019-02-06	22	5th	7 13 29 32 36 45
2018-11-21	2	4th	10 22 27 36 46 52
2018-11-14	15	6th	12 18 26 27 32 36
2018-09-22	10	3rd	4 30 36 43 44 52
2018-08-18	1	6th	1 18 29 31 35 36
2018-08-15	1	5th	5 13 16 25 36 50
2018-08-11	2	4th	17 24 25 36 37 51
2018-08-04	9	5th	2 14 21 28 36 42
2018-07-04	6	6th	1 6 7 17 31 36
2018-06-13	8	3rd	19 35 36 42 45 47
2018-05-16	2	5th	1 2 22 31 36 48
2018-05-09	2	5th	5 10 11 12 36 48
2018-05-02	5	4th	5 15 22 36 47 49
2018-04-14	3	4th	18 26 31 36 40 46
2018-04-04	9	4th	17 28 30 36 50 52
2018-03-03	3	4th	8 19 22 36 40 42
2018-02-21	27	5th	1 14 17 26 36 49
2017-11-18	1	2nd	3 36 38 39 43 52
2017-11-15	7	3rd	2 22 36 37 42 49
2017-10-21	16	4th	20 23 27 36 37 44
2017-08-26	—	5th	1 25 28 34 36 49