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Number 36 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 104 times drawn · chance expected 100 +0.47σ
8 draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number
8.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
45 longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long
36 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 104 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, +0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
36 Number 36, draw by draw Drawn 104 times in 896 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 8 draws now
3 draws: 2009-10-23 to 2009-11-03 23 draws: 2009-11-03 to 2010-01-26 4 draws: 2010-01-26 to 2010-02-09 1 draws: 2010-02-09 to 2010-02-12 5 draws: 2010-02-12 to 2010-03-02 7 draws: 2010-03-02 to 2010-03-26 10 draws: 2010-03-26 to 2010-05-04 14 draws: 2010-05-04 to 2010-06-22 8 draws: 2010-06-22 to 2010-07-20 11 draws: 2010-07-20 to 2010-08-27 7 draws: 2010-08-27 to 2010-09-21 9 draws: 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-22 1 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-10-26 23 draws: 2010-10-26 to 2011-01-14 1 draws: 2011-01-14 to 2011-01-18 16 draws: 2011-01-18 to 2011-03-15 1 draws: 2011-03-15 to 2011-03-18 2 draws: 2011-03-18 to 2011-03-25 2 draws: 2011-03-25 to 2011-04-01 17 draws: 2011-04-01 to 2011-06-03 6 draws: 2011-06-03 to 2011-06-24 9 draws: 2011-06-24 to 2011-07-26 9 draws: 2011-07-26 to 2011-08-26 4 draws: 2011-08-26 to 2011-09-09 8 draws: 2011-09-09 to 2011-10-07 6 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2011-10-28 6 draws: 2011-10-28 to 2011-11-18 6 draws: 2011-11-18 to 2011-12-09 13 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2012-01-24 1 draws: 2012-01-24 to 2012-01-27 11 draws: 2012-01-27 to 2012-03-06 15 draws: 2012-03-06 to 2012-05-01 5 draws: 2012-05-01 to 2012-05-18 6 draws: 2012-05-18 to 2012-06-08 1 draws: 2012-06-08 to 2012-06-12 2 draws: 2012-06-12 to 2012-06-19 5 draws: 2012-06-19 to 2012-07-06 1 draws: 2012-07-06 to 2012-07-10 18 draws: 2012-07-10 to 2012-09-11 28 draws: 2012-09-11 to 2012-12-18 2 draws: 2012-12-18 to 2012-12-28 5 draws: 2012-12-28 to 2013-01-15 7 draws: 2013-01-15 to 2013-02-08 17 draws: 2013-02-08 to 2013-04-12 17 draws: 2013-04-12 to 2013-06-11 3 draws: 2013-06-11 to 2013-06-21 9 draws: 2013-06-21 to 2013-07-23 12 draws: 2013-07-23 to 2013-09-03 11 draws: 2013-09-03 to 2013-10-11 5 draws: 2013-10-11 to 2013-10-29 21 draws: 2013-10-29 to 2014-01-10 8 draws: 2014-01-10 to 2014-02-07 3 draws: 2014-02-07 to 2014-02-18 20 draws: 2014-02-18 to 2014-05-02 14 draws: 2014-05-02 to 2014-06-20 4 draws: 2014-06-20 to 2014-07-04 3 draws: 2014-07-04 to 2014-07-15 12 draws: 2014-07-15 to 2014-08-26 2 draws: 2014-08-26 to 2014-09-02 3 draws: 2014-09-02 to 2014-09-12 7 draws: 2014-09-12 to 2014-10-07 7 draws: 2014-10-07 to 2014-10-31 1 draws: 2014-10-31 to 2014-11-04 10 draws: 2014-11-04 to 2014-12-09 1 draws: 2014-12-09 to 2014-12-12 3 draws: 2014-12-12 to 2014-12-23 13 draws: 2014-12-23 to 2015-02-06 13 draws: 2015-02-06 to 2015-03-24 15 draws: 2015-03-24 to 2015-05-19 2 draws: 2015-05-19 to 2015-05-26 14 draws: 2015-05-26 to 2015-07-14 4 draws: 2015-07-14 to 2015-07-28 2 draws: 2015-07-28 to 2015-08-04 45 draws: 2015-08-04 to 2016-01-12 13 draws: 2016-01-12 to 2016-02-26 11 draws: 2016-02-26 to 2016-04-05 13 draws: 2016-04-05 to 2016-05-20 14 draws: 2016-05-20 to 2016-07-08 9 draws: 2016-07-08 to 2016-08-09 3 draws: 2016-08-09 to 2016-08-19 12 draws: 2016-08-19 to 2016-09-30 3 draws: 2016-09-30 to 2016-10-11 5 draws: 2016-10-11 to 2016-10-28 2 draws: 2016-10-28 to 2016-11-04 2 draws: 2016-11-04 to 2016-11-11 3 draws: 2016-11-11 to 2016-11-22 10 draws: 2016-11-22 to 2016-12-27 6 draws: 2016-12-27 to 2017-01-17 16 draws: 2017-01-17 to 2017-03-14 5 draws: 2017-03-14 to 2017-03-31 13 draws: 2017-03-31 to 2017-05-16 8 draws: 2017-05-16 to 2017-06-13 14 draws: 2017-06-13 to 2017-08-01 6 draws: 2017-08-01 to 2017-08-22 8 draws: 2017-08-22 to 2017-09-19 4 draws: 2017-09-19 to 2017-10-03 8 draws: 2017-10-03 to 2017-10-31 5 draws: 2017-10-31 to 2017-11-17 17 draws: 2017-11-17 to 2018-01-16 5 draws: 2018-01-16 to 2018-02-02 6 draws: 2018-02-02 to 2018-02-23 3 draws: 2018-02-23 to 2018-03-06 23 draws: 2018-03-06 to 2018-05-25 Still waiting — at least 8 draws since 2018-05-25 2009-10-23 2009-11-03 2010-01-26 2010-02-09 2010-02-12 2010-03-02 2010-03-26 2010-05-04 2010-06-22 2010-07-20 2010-08-27 2010-09-21 2010-10-22 2010-10-26 2011-01-14 2011-01-18 2011-03-15 2011-03-18 2011-03-25 2011-04-01 2011-06-03 2011-06-24 2011-07-26 2011-08-26 2011-09-09 2011-10-07 2011-10-28 2011-11-18 2011-12-09 2012-01-24 2012-01-27 2012-03-06 2012-05-01 2012-05-18 2012-06-08 2012-06-12 2012-06-19 2012-07-06 2012-07-10 2012-09-11 2012-12-18 2012-12-28 2013-01-15 2013-02-08 2013-04-12 2013-06-11 2013-06-21 2013-07-23 2013-09-03 2013-10-11 2013-10-29 2014-01-10 2014-02-07 2014-02-18 2014-05-02 2014-06-20 2014-07-04 2014-07-15 2014-08-26 2014-09-02 2014-09-12 2014-10-07 2014-10-31 2014-11-04 2014-12-09 2014-12-12 2014-12-23 2015-02-06 2015-03-24 2015-05-19 2015-05-26 2015-07-14 2015-07-28 2015-08-04 2016-01-12 2016-02-26 2016-04-05 2016-05-20 2016-07-08 2016-08-09 2016-08-19 2016-09-30 2016-10-11 2016-10-28 2016-11-04 2016-11-11 2016-11-22 2016-12-27 2017-01-17 2017-03-14 2017-03-31 2017-05-16 2017-06-13 2017-08-01 2017-08-22 2017-09-19 2017-10-03 2017-10-31 2017-11-17 2018-01-16 2018-02-02 2018-02-23 2018-03-06 2018-05-25 2009-10-23 2018-06-22 a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
1 draws: 9 times 2 draws: 9 times 3 draws: 10 times 4 draws: 5 times 5 draws: 9 times 6 draws: 8 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 5 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 6 times 14 draws: 5 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 4 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 3 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 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: 1 time 46 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 2.3 3rd smallest 16 · chance 16.4 4th smallest 44 · chance 45.1 5th smallest 43 · chance 40.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 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 44 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 45. 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.