Number 36

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

74times drawn · chance expected 80 −0.73σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

51longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 74 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, −0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 74 times in 866 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 4 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 smallest1 · chance 0.8
2nd smallest8 · chance 7.2
3rd smallest22 · chance 23.0
4th smallest29 · chance 29.8
5th smallest14 · chance 13.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 9 11 34 50 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 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 54. 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
2026-09-13	29	3rd	5 25 36 39 54
2026-02-22	8	2nd	24 36 41 46 53
2025-12-28	11	4th	11 19 20 36 38
2025-10-12	12	3rd	3 22

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-08-25	23	5th	17 24 31 34 36
2019-03-17	1	4th	19 20 34 36 37
2019-03-10	7	4th	15 19 35 36 37
2019-01-20	15	4th	3 7 24 36 42
2018-10-07	7	3rd	27 35 36 40 45
2018-08-19	10	4th	7 11 17 36 44
2018-06-10	29	5th	5 8 29 35 36
2017-11-19	9	4th	9 11 12 36 53
2017-09-17	29	3rd	10 23 36 38 41
2017-02-26	14	4th	3 23 32 36 51
2016-11-20	11	3rd	16 22 36 41 51
2016-09-04	3	3rd	7 14 36 47 49
2016-08-14	4	5th	4 7 8 16 36
2016-07-17	13	4th	1 14 15 36 52
2016-04-17	7	4th	9 10 15 36 47
2016-02-28	22	4th	9 17 25 36 38
2015-09-27	1	4th	17 28 34 36 38
2015-09-20	3	5th	7 8 19 21 36
2015-08-30	15	5th	4 9 11 27 36
2015-05-17	8	3rd	21 34 36 48 52
2015-03-22	17	3rd	11 15 36 42 48
2014-11-23	4	4th	13 17 25 36 50
2014-10-26	1	2nd	35 36 38 48 50
2014-10-19	5	2nd	14 36 39 42 45
2014-09-14	1	5th	9 10 13 24 36
2014-09-07	1	3rd	10 19 36 39 48
2014-08-31	29	4th	8 10 14 36 48
2014-02-09	7	5th	14 23 26 31 36
2013-12-22	5	3rd	11 24 36 43 47
2013-11-17	24	4th	13 15 34 36 50
2013-06-02	2	5th	10 13 19 35 36
2013-05-19	7	4th	3 28 33 36 48
2013-03-31	30	4th	12 20 27 36 45
2012-09-02	15	3rd	29 31 36 40 53
2012-05-20	4	4th	5 30 31 36 50
2012-04-22	3	3rd	23 33 36 40 48
2012-04-01	19	4th	2 21 27 36 38
2011-11-20	6	2nd	33 36 44 48 53
2011-10-09	8	2nd	27 36 37 46 47
2011-08-14	8	3rd	12 29 36 39 51
2011-06-19	12	3rd	14 33 36 41 45
2011-03-27	31	3rd	8 11 36 44 51
2010-08-22	10	5th	9 13 17 22 36
2010-06-13	1	2nd	20 36 40 50 54
2010-06-06	1	3rd	23 32 36 40 50
2010-05-30	4	5th	4 10 13 32 36
2010-05-02	4	4th	4 8 22 36 51
2010-04-04	1	3rd	15 32 36 45 47
2010-03-28	2	4th	2 12 28 36 46
2010-03-14	—	3rd	15 30 36 40 43