Number 36

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

86times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.21σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

38longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 3 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 0.2
2nd smallest3 · chance 3.0
3rd smallest16 · chance 17.2
4th smallest27 · chance 37.9
5th smallest40 · chance 27.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 3 10 16 41 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-01	2	4th	16 24 30 36 41
2026-09-24	11	5th	1 11 31 35 36
2026-08-17	1	5th	13 14 23 33 36
2026-08-13	13	5th	4 5 10 12

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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