Number 36

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

112times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.13σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

47longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, +0.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 19 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 smallest2 · chance 0.8
2nd smallest7 · chance 8.8
3rd smallest23 · chance 32.0
4th smallest52 · chance 46.9
5th smallest28 · chance 23.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 1 5 8 30 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-08-26	2	3rd	5 8 36 37 45
2026-08-22	4	3rd	20 23 36 42 50
2026-08-12	5	5th	1 9 27 32 36
2026-08-01	29	5th	14 17 27

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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