Number 36

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

93times drawn · chance expected 105 −1.22σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

43longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 93 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −1.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 93 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 22 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 0.4
2nd smallest5 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest27 · chance 23.8
4th smallest41 · chance 40.2
5th smallest20 · chance 23.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 26 35 19 41 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-07-24	9	4th	8 10 30 36 47
2026-06-23	12	3rd	3 33 36 45 46
2026-05-12	10	5th	4 26 32 35 36
2026-04-07	29	4th	11 14 19

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-29	7	4th	16 17 35 36 49
2024-03-05	19	5th	2 15 17 23 36
2023-12-29	13	4th	2 3 19 36 37
2023-11-14	18	3rd	13 16 36 44 50
2023-09-12	15	3rd	5 14 36 40 42
2023-07-21	5	5th	7 31 33 35 36
2023-07-04	1	4th	14 17 23 36 44
2023-06-30	6	5th	1 6 25 29 36
2023-06-09	18	3rd	18 26 36 41 50
2023-04-07	3	4th	5 26 28 36 46
2023-03-28	1	4th	16 21 34 36 44
2023-03-24	12	4th	5 12 25 36 46
2023-02-10	42	4th	3 13 25 36 47
2022-09-16	25	3rd	10 27 36 45 49
2022-06-21	3	3rd	6 23 36 39 47
2022-06-10	5	3rd	17 26 36 37 40
2022-05-24	7	4th	10 13 27 36 37
2022-04-29	2	4th	10 11 20 36 37
2022-04-22	23	5th	6 11 21 35 36
2022-02-01	3	3rd	1 19 36 38 49
2022-01-21	5	4th	5 14 35 36 39
2022-01-04	12	4th	18 28 35 36 41
2021-11-23	2	3rd	17 21 36 42 46
2021-11-16	2	5th	9 19 21 32 36
2021-11-09	6	5th	17 25 26 33 36
2021-10-19	4	3rd	4 20 36 40 41
2021-10-05	12	4th	11 13 14 36 45
2021-08-24	13	3rd	19 21 36 44 50
2021-07-09	4	3rd	6 19 36 37 49
2021-06-25	5	5th	1 29 30 33 36
2021-06-08	1	4th	2 11 26 36 47
2021-06-04	21	3rd	7 20 36 40 46
2021-03-23	11	4th	2 26 29 36 49
2021-02-12	4	5th	7 23 30 32 36
2021-01-29	33	4th	1 5 27 36 42
2020-10-06	17	3rd	4 21 36 41 47
2020-08-07	17	4th	5 20 21 36 41
2020-06-09	20	4th	5 15 27 36 46
2020-03-31	5	5th	12 17 24 30 36
2020-03-13	15	5th	3 11 21 27 36
2020-01-21	5	4th	10 11 24 36 46
2020-01-03	43	4th	5 15 20 36 47
2019-08-06	8	4th	12 13 29 36 38
2019-07-09	25	4th	7 29 32 36 41
2019-04-12	3	4th	1 28 35 36 46
2019-04-02	14	5th	2 9 16 26 36
2019-02-12	28	3rd	6 34 36 41 50
2018-11-06	8	3rd	14 24 36 40 43
2018-10-09	13	3rd	3 12 36 44 45
2018-08-24	4	4th	3 14 31 36 50
2018-08-10	1	3rd	18 20 36 43 44
2018-08-07	1	5th	16 28 29 30 36
2018-08-03	15	3rd	7 26 36 38 43
2018-06-12	35	4th	7 21 23 36 38
2018-02-09	2	3rd	22 31 36 38 44
2018-02-02	17	3rd	14 34 36 39 48
2017-12-05	5	2nd	11 36 43 44 48
2017-11-17	2	4th	20 26 35 36 42
2017-11-10	3	4th	13 22 29 36 37
2017-10-31	4	3rd	1 12 36 43 46
2017-10-17	2	5th	13 17 19 26 36
2017-10-10	19	4th	4 21 34 36 37
2017-08-04	20	3rd	29 30 36 40 41
2017-05-26	20	4th	5 7 26 36 39
2017-03-17	1	5th	6 10 19 29 36
2017-03-14	1	4th	3 5 21 36 44
2017-03-10	6	2nd	31 36 38 47 49
2017-02-17	27	4th	19 25 33 36 48
2016-11-15	—	3rd	7 15 36 42 48