Number 36

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

128times drawn · chance expected 116 +1.19σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

38longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 12 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 0.9
2nd smallest13 · chance 8.7
3rd smallest40 · chance 29.4
4th smallest42 · chance 46.3
5th smallest20 · chance 33.6
6th smallest12 · chance 9.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 39 23 45 54 59

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-25	4	4th	2 6 29 36 55 59
2026-07-11	7	4th	9 13 22 36 40 45
2026-06-17	6	3rd	26 31 36 41 45 51
2026-05-27	3	2nd	33 36

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-09	3	2nd	33 36 43 44 50 56
2024-10-30	9	2nd	27 36 41 43 54 57
2024-09-28	13	3rd	18 23 36 38 39 54
2024-08-14	14	4th	7 15 30 36 45 48
2024-06-26	35	4th	8 27 34 36 37 56
2024-02-24	3	5th	3 4 11 20 36 56
2024-02-14	14	4th	9 11 32 36 45 54
2023-12-27	16	6th	2 23 24 29 33 36
2023-11-01	37	3rd	9 15 36 37 42 43
2023-06-24	4	4th	17 18 22 36 39 53
2023-06-10	5	3rd	13 29 36 39 44 56
2023-05-24	1	6th	3 4 10 13 14 36
2023-05-20	4	4th	7 24 34 36 44 51
2023-05-06	19	4th	3 23 33 36 54 55
2023-03-01	12	3rd	5 28 36 39 48 49
2023-01-18	27	4th	11 23 26 36 37 44
2022-10-15	3	5th	11 13 18 25 36 55
2022-10-05	22	3rd	23 31 36 48 51 54
2022-07-20	4	6th	12 14 17 32 33 36
2022-07-06	4	3rd	9 25 36 41 44 54
2022-06-22	1	2nd	21 36 40 46 48 54
2022-06-18	38	3rd	11 14 36 39 42 59
2022-02-05	3	3rd	8 24 36 39 46 56
2022-01-26	5	3rd	5 26 36 53 57 58
2022-01-08	28	4th	21 28 33 36 43 46
2021-10-02	2	3rd	32 35 36 37 40 51
2021-09-25	6	5th	13 15 31 32 36 56
2021-09-04	7	4th	1 14 21 36 39 41
2021-08-11	2	3rd	13 32 36 37 39 46
2021-08-04	2	5th	3 16 27 34 36 46
2021-07-28	4	4th	23 26 34 36 44 59
2021-07-14	8	5th	12 27 29 35 36 41
2021-06-16	1	4th	6 22 28 36 48 53
2021-06-12	4	5th	9 11 16 27 36 52
2021-05-29	1	4th	1 10 16 36 46 55
2021-05-26	2	3rd	28 33 36 45 49 51
2021-05-19	17	2nd	18 36 50 53 57 58
2021-03-20	1	5th	12 15 24 34 36 51
2021-03-17	5	5th	7 16 26 28 36 58
2021-02-27	2	3rd	4 33 36 39 45 49
2021-02-20	6	5th	3 16 18 24 36 56
2021-01-30	7	4th	4 28 31 36 51 55
2021-01-06	1	3rd	2 8 36 51 52 54
2021-01-02	5	4th	6 8 9 36 39 57
2020-12-16	10	4th	2 28 30 36 38 43
2020-11-11	9	2nd	6 36 46 49 50 59
2020-10-10	8	3rd	11 21 36 45 49 56
2020-09-12	2	3rd	5 23 36 37 42 52
2020-09-05	5	4th	3 11 28 36 38 47
2020-08-19	32	4th	21 22 32 36 45 50
2020-04-29	15	4th	16 17 32 36 40 47
2020-03-07	4	4th	5 29 35 36 40 44
2020-02-22	9	5th	21 23 25 27 36 47
2020-01-22	9	6th	19 23 25 29 30 36
2019-12-21	1	4th	12 27 33 36 42 45
2019-12-18	5	3rd	13 15 36 44 50 56
2019-11-30	14	4th	8 16 24 36 40 57
2019-10-12	14	4th	23 27 30 36 40 42
2019-08-24	5	2nd	27 36 39 45 46 55
2019-08-07	5	3rd	7 11 36 44 52 58
2019-07-20	11	5th	14 18 23 28 36 37
2019-06-12	3	4th	6 16 34 36 37 53
2019-06-01	3	3rd	8 26 36 39 40 47
2019-05-22	12	4th	7 27 31 36 37 50
2019-04-10	1	3rd	20 22 36 42 48 49
2019-04-06	16	5th	5 8 22 33 36 43
2019-02-09	9	4th	25 27 31 36 38 47
2019-01-09	9	3rd	3 17 36 42 51 57
2018-12-08	3	3rd	6 23 36 38 43 48
2018-11-28	17	1st	36 39 45 46 48 52
2018-09-29	30	2nd	17 36 40 44 54 58
2018-06-16	7	3rd	10 18 36 37 41 46
2018-05-23	1	5th	1 15 17 32 36 45
2018-05-19	14	4th	1 3 34 36 48 52
2018-03-31	2	6th	6 8 20 26 35 36
2018-03-24	4	4th	3 11 16 36 43 59
2018-03-10	21	3rd	3 7 36 42 53 59
2017-12-27	1	2nd	18 36 48 57 58 59
2017-12-23	9	3rd	20 32 36 44 47 56
2017-11-22	1	5th	2 16 17 27 36 37
2017-11-18	1	4th	1 20 24 36 54 58
2017-11-15	4	4th	2 11 22 36 51 59
2017-11-01	30	6th	13 14 18 19 21 36
2017-07-19	5	6th	2 6 14 16 25 36
2017-07-01	6	3rd	2 19 36 52 54 59
2017-06-10	1	5th	10 18 28 35 36 50
2017-06-07	9	4th	6 8 12 36 37 41
2017-05-06	2	3rd	5 34 36 38 39 48
2017-04-29	6	4th	24 29 30 36 46 48
2017-04-08	24	3rd	14 23 36 45 47 50
2017-01-14	2	4th	14 19 21 36 53 54
2017-01-07	25	4th	8 16 33 36 45 51
2016-10-12	16	5th	2 22 29 30 36 58
2016-08-17	2	4th	4 15 27 36 37 59
2016-08-10	7	4th	11 17 35 36 40 59
2016-07-16	2	5th	10 14 17 32 36 50
2016-07-09	5	5th	1 3 22 29 36 42
2016-06-22	6	3rd	11 25 36 39 40 57
2016-06-01	1	3rd	23 27 36 39 41 49
2016-05-28	6	3rd	8 10 36 40 52 57
2016-05-07	27	6th	4 14 17 27 34 36
2016-02-03	4	4th	23 25 34 36 37 54
2016-01-20	24	2nd	18 36 37 38 54 57
2015-10-28	—	2nd	26 36 41 46 49 52