Number 36

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

112times drawn · chance expected 124 −1.13σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

39longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −1.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 44 times, counted separately.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 928 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 9 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 smallest0 · chance 0.5
3rd smallest5 · chance 5.2
4th smallest23 · chance 24.3
5th smallest46 · chance 48.6
6th smallest38 · chance 33.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 10 22 6 18 33

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.

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
2026-08-08	6	6th	6 22 26 28 33 36
2026-06-27	4	5th	15 17 24 28 36 37
2026-05-30	11	6th	8 10 12 19 28 36
2026-03-14	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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-04-01	15	4th	5 10 25 36 39 45
2022-12-17	25	4th	3 8 28 36 37 41
2022-06-25	8	6th	6 16 18 20 25 36
2022-04-30	11	5th	3 8 10 20 36 42
2022-02-12	8	3rd	13 35 36 37 42 43
2021-12-18	12	5th	1 19 25 29 36 44
2021-09-25	1	5th	6 28 29 33 36 40
2021-09-18	6	5th	5 6 15 18 36 43
2021-08-07	6	6th	5 11 12 22 28 36
2021-06-26	39	6th	1 24 26 32 34 36
2020-09-26	2	5th	1 7 22 28 36 42
2020-09-12	23	5th	12 27 28 31 36 39
2020-04-04	8	5th	11 19 22 33 36 39
2020-02-08	2	4th	17 19 24 36 38 44
2020-01-25	11	5th	10 17 19 24 36 38
2019-11-09	5	6th	1 10 25 27 28 36
2019-10-05	4	6th	4 12 20 33 34 36
2019-09-07	1	6th	1 8 10 14 23 36
2019-08-31	7	5th	7 14 15 17 36 41
2019-07-13	5	5th	5 16 18 22 36 41
2019-06-08	3	4th	1 22 24 36 39 42
2019-05-18	4	4th	2 6 8 36 39 45
2019-04-20	12	6th	9 14 16 18 20 36
2019-01-26	12	4th	8 18 19 36 38 42
2018-11-03	9	6th	3 5 12 14 35 36
2018-09-01	12	5th	5 10 14 16 36 43
2018-06-09	14	6th	7 10 22 25 26 36
2018-03-03	7	5th	2 21 29 35 36 45
2018-01-13	5	5th	1 6 16 19 36 45
2017-12-09	2	6th	14 17 28 30 34 36
2017-11-25	21	5th	4 6 18 31 36 44
2017-07-01	15	6th	6 10 18 19 32 36
2017-03-18	1	5th	1 10 15 23 36 43
2017-03-11	2	5th	1 10 15 31 36 39
2017-02-25	3	5th	7 22 29 33 36 44
2017-02-04	7	5th	4 16 22 34 36 38
2016-12-17	1	5th	8 17 18 29 36 42
2016-12-10	14	6th	5 20 25 33 34 36
2016-09-03	19	5th	7 23 28 32 36 40
2016-04-23	1	6th	3 10 27 32 34 36
2016-04-16	2	5th	1 3 11 29 36 42
2016-04-02	12	6th	7 11 12 23 29 36
2016-01-09	2	6th	2 18 20 25 30 36
2015-12-26	18	6th	5 9 25 34 35 36
2015-08-22	1	6th	4 13 18 27 30 36
2015-08-15	9	6th	6 12 23 26 28 36
2015-06-13	2	3rd	8 20 36 38 43 45
2015-05-30	17	4th	16 20 23 36 38 43
2015-01-31	8	6th	9 15 19 26 33 36
2014-12-06	1	4th	1 5 13 36 38 39
2014-11-29	5	4th	18 28 31 36 41 42
2014-10-25	4	4th	11 12 17 36 38 44
2014-09-27	8	6th	1 6 16 20 25 36
2014-08-02	8	6th	7 10 12 26 30 36
2014-06-07	3	4th	1 19 20 36 38 41
2014-05-17	6	5th	8 9 22 25 36 42
2014-04-05	3	5th	1 22 24 29 36 39
2014-03-15	7	3rd	13 33 36 38 39 43
2014-01-25	10	3rd	30 35 36 37 42 43
2013-11-16	10	5th	5 8 15 32 36 39
2013-09-07	15	6th	1 11 12 15 25 36
2013-05-25	15	6th	1 15 16 20 31 36
2013-02-09	2	5th	8 29 30 33 36 41
2013-01-26	7	4th	6 12 25 36 39 43
2012-12-08	16	5th	6 13 16 33 36 41
2012-08-18	5	6th	10 11 15 30 34 36
2012-07-14	4	3rd	17 30 36 41 42 45
2012-06-16	2	5th	16 18 25 35 36 40
2012-06-02	1	5th	6 17 18 31 36 43
2012-05-26	23	4th	10 13 22 36 37 38
2011-12-17	4	6th	6 11 12 24 26 36
2011-11-19	19	6th	9 18 23 24 33 36
2011-07-09	4	4th	15 32 34 36 41 45
2011-06-11	34	5th	3 11 17 30 36 38
2010-10-16	1	4th	15 19 28 36 39 41
2010-10-09	4	6th	1 11 24 26 32 36
2010-09-11	1	4th	5 11 15 36 42 44
2010-09-04	20	5th	1 20 28 35 36 44
2010-04-17	8	5th	5 6 22 32 36 43
2010-02-20	5	5th	1 13 18 33 36 37
2010-01-16	1	5th	14 27 32 33 36 41
2010-01-09	6	5th	6 8 18 20 36 45
2009-11-28	2	4th	11 19 28 36 37 40
2009-11-14	1	6th	2 9 13 23 26 36
2009-11-07	10	6th	1 14 21 29 33 36
2009-08-29	11	5th	4 23 30 35 36 43
2009-06-13	1	5th	13 19 22 29 36 42
2009-06-06	—	4th	19 20 31 36 43 45