Number 36

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

243times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.15σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

64longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 1 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 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 10.5
3rd smallest46 · chance 53.5
4th smallest126 · chance 107.0
5th smallest63 · chance 71.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 29 4 32 8 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-20	1	4th	10 24 30 36 42
2026-02-19	3	5th	6 10 16 27 36
2026-02-16	10	3rd	6 29 36 43 46
2026-02-06	1	4th	17 21 29

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-22	1	3rd	14 31 36 39 44
2025-04-21	19	4th	12 25 29 36 47
2025-04-02	1	4th	18 22 35 36 43
2025-04-01	2	4th	9 20 29 36 41
2025-03-30	11	4th	19 20 27 36 39
2025-03-19	12	3rd	17 21 36 40 45
2025-03-07	23	5th	2 7 25 28 36
2025-02-12	10	4th	8 29 34 36 42
2025-02-02	1	5th	5 6 17 27 36
2025-02-01	17	3rd	4 34 36 42 47
2025-01-15	5	4th	19 31 33 36 46
2025-01-10	21	5th	3 9 21 33 36
2024-12-20	3	5th	9 20 21 35 36
2024-12-17	2	4th	4 18 29 36 37
2024-12-15	9	4th	9 12 22 36 45
2024-12-06	6	4th	1 3 33 36 39
2024-11-30	5	4th	21 22 32 36 48
2024-11-25	16	5th	7 10 14 33 36
2024-11-09	5	4th	4 7 19 36 39
2024-11-04	4	4th	8 18 28 36 43
2024-10-31	6	5th	29 30 31 33 36
2024-10-25	7	5th	1 3 15 33 36
2024-10-18	1	4th	10 31 32 36 38
2024-10-17	6	4th	23 26 29 36 47
2024-10-11	2	5th	3 18 29 33 36
2024-10-09	12	4th	11 15 31 36 45
2024-09-27	3	5th	4 7 9 24 36
2024-09-24	21	4th	6 9 18 36 38
2024-09-03	25	2nd	25 36 38 39 48
2024-08-09	8	3rd	19 26 36 42 43
2024-08-01	8	3rd	3 25 36 41 42
2024-07-24	3	5th	15 18 21 25 36
2024-07-21	11	4th	2 5 20 36 39
2024-07-10	14	5th	2 14 19 22 36
2024-06-26	25	3rd	5 12 36 39 40
2024-06-01	29	4th	22 29 33 36 40
2024-05-03	3	5th	15 19 32 34 36
2024-04-30	7	4th	7 8 19 36 41
2024-04-23	1	4th	11 31 32 36 44
2024-04-22	9	2nd	33 36 39 40 47
2024-04-13	10	4th	15 20 34 36 43
2024-04-03	4	2nd	30 36 41 42 45
2024-03-30	12	3rd	17 29 36 38 47
2024-03-18	6	4th	8 20 35 36 38
2024-03-12	2	4th	3 13 24 36 44
2024-03-10	2	4th	1 6 26 36 47
2024-03-08	2	3rd	24 32 36 40 48
2024-03-06	5	4th	13 24 28 36 38
2024-03-01	7	4th	1 7 29 36 44
2024-02-23	6	5th	7 11 30 35 36
2024-02-17	1	3rd	21 31 36 37 44
2024-02-16	5	4th	4 12 15 36 46
2024-02-11	5	5th	1 2 11 24 36
2024-02-06	7	4th	16 32 34 36 47
2024-01-30	3	4th	1 10 23 36 38
2024-01-27	8	3rd	9 34 36 39 45
2024-01-19	2	4th	17 30 33 36 41
2024-01-17	4	5th	3 13 16 29 36
2024-01-13	16	4th	3 25 32 36 48
2023-12-28	1	4th	12 18 31 36 46
2023-12-27	11	3rd	8 12 36 38 45
2023-12-16	13	4th	12 17 27 36 44
2023-12-03	12	4th	11 15 28 36 40
2023-11-21	7	3rd	23 30 36 37 47
2023-11-14	13	3rd	20 35 36 44 48
2023-11-01	47	4th	16 18 32 36 47
2023-09-15	28	4th	2 3 24 36 47
2023-08-18	10	4th	7 8 25 36 46
2023-08-08	12	4th	9 11 19 36 45
2023-07-27	19	4th	19 25 32 36 40
2023-07-08	12	4th	17 30 33 36 44
2023-06-26	15	5th	1 8 24 29 36
2023-06-11	14	4th	14 23 24 36 47
2023-05-28	10	4th	2 10 21 36 44
2023-05-18	15	4th	10 16 23 36 38
2023-05-03	4	4th	4 8 12 36 46
2023-04-29	6	4th	17 19 34 36 37
2023-04-23	17	5th	16 21 31 33 36
2023-04-06	7	5th	3 10 17 33 36
2023-03-30	3	4th	10 27 34 36 48
2023-03-27	6	4th	13 24 26 36 47
2023-03-21	13	3rd	7 25 36 38 43
2023-03-08	19	4th	1 16 31 36 44
2023-02-17	6	3rd	24 33 36 42 47
2023-02-11	19	4th	1 12 13 36 48
2023-01-23	22	4th	1 2 26 36 38
2023-01-01	8	5th	1 4 7 14 36
2022-12-24	7	5th	4 7 15 25 36
2022-12-17	5	3rd	8 12 36 39 47
2022-12-12	14	4th	13 15 29 36 44
2022-11-28	3	4th	17 21 35 36 42
2022-11-25	10	4th	1 6 23 36 42
2022-11-15	1	5th	17 28 33 34 36
2022-11-14	4	4th	4 15 19 36 43
2022-11-10	1	4th	12 30 34 36 43
2022-11-09	3	4th	3 5 9 36 41
2022-11-06	2	5th	1 7 17 32 36
2022-11-04	1	4th	7 14 15 36 43
2022-11-03	64	5th	14 19 26 32 36
2022-08-31	26	5th	5 23 26 29 36
2022-08-05	16	3rd	19 27 36 39 42
2022-07-20	2	2nd	6 36 38 46 47
2022-07-18	3	4th	4 9 16 36 43
2022-07-15	14	5th	4 5 10 22 36
2022-07-01	10	4th	13 28 30 36 37
2022-06-21	5	5th	2 19 22 27 36
2022-06-16	10	4th	6 14 23 36 40
2022-06-06	7	5th	9 21 24 29 36
2022-05-30	12	5th	7 24 32 34 36
2022-05-18	17	3rd	13 28 36 37 42
2022-05-01	6	4th	7 8 19 36 38
2022-04-25	17	4th	8 18 32 36 43
2022-04-08	5	4th	6 16 20 36 39
2022-04-03	3	5th	10 20 21 32 36
2022-03-31	9	3rd	8 20 36 41 45
2022-03-22	43	5th	9 11 26 34 36
2022-02-07	4	3rd	6 28 36 39 41
2022-02-03	2	5th	6 14 16 25 36
2022-02-01	7	5th	4 10 20 25 36
2022-01-25	7	4th	19 30 32 36 41
2022-01-18	3	3rd	4 31 36 37 43
2022-01-15	1	5th	2 9 25 28 36
2022-01-14	12	4th	2 12 14 36 40
2022-01-02	1	4th	3 5 12 36 40
2022-01-01	1	4th	10 13 19 36 48
2021-12-31	21	2nd	19 36 37 39 41
2021-12-10	9	4th	23 29 35 36 39
2021-12-01	6	4th	4 6 32 36 40
2021-11-25	7	4th	10 12 14 36 41
2021-11-18	5	3rd	10 32 36 42 46
2021-11-13	2	4th	1 29 33 36 38
2021-11-11	12	4th	21 27 34 36 47
2021-10-30	27	4th	5 19 22 36 37
2021-10-03	16	3rd	15 35 36 39 46
2021-09-17	12	4th	8 12 35 36 45
2021-09-05	2	4th	4 21 23 36 42
2021-09-03	2	4th	7 16 28 36 44
2021-09-01	1	5th	7 21 23 26 36
2021-08-31	5	4th	6 15 27 36 37
2021-08-26	6	4th	9 12 31 36 45
2021-08-20	15	3rd	8 24 36 39 45
2021-08-05	1	3rd	5 15 36 44 46
2021-08-04	2	4th	1 25 30 36 37
2021-08-02	2	4th	4 5 24 36 38
2021-07-31	10	4th	7 26 29 36 42
2021-07-21	6	3rd	5 30 36 42 44
2021-07-05	12	5th	2 5 6 20 36
2021-05-24	3	4th	3 6 7 36 48
2021-05-13	9	5th	3 7 25 31 36
2021-04-12	3	5th	1 12 16 26 36
2021-04-01	35	3rd	5 27 36 42 47
2020-11-30	3	4th	11 18 21 36 38
2020-11-19	21	5th	5 16 27 35 36
2020-09-07	3	5th	4 7 25 30 36
2020-08-27	4	5th	7 8 12 21 36
2020-08-13	9	4th	9 33 34 36 40
2020-07-13	3	4th	9 13 34 36 46
2020-07-02	10	4th	2 10 15 36 47
2020-05-28	5	3rd	1 13 36 41 44
2020-05-11	12	4th	1 24 28 36 45
2020-03-30	7	4th	2 22 29 36 40
2020-03-05	2	4th	6 8 9 36 47
2020-02-27	2	4th	19 20 32 36 48
2020-02-20	5	3rd	24 27 36 41 47
2020-02-03	24	4th	2 9 34 36 48
2019-11-11	50	5th	3 5 22 23 36
2019-05-20	4	4th	26 27 29 36 46
2019-05-06	45	4th	13 14 26 36 39
2018-11-29	11	4th	1 4 11 36 41
2018-10-22	4	2nd	7 36 37 41 46
2018-10-08	5	4th	5 34 35 36 48
2018-09-20	4	4th	8 10 17 36 40
2018-09-06	5	4th	14 27 29 36 39
2018-08-20	6	3rd	4 16 36 44 48
2018-07-30	3	4th	8 15 34 36 37
2018-07-19	11	4th	14 27 29 36 40
2018-06-11	2	4th	4 5 25 36 46
2018-06-04	6	5th	1 5 20 33 36
2018-05-14	25	4th	11 26 33 36 42
2018-02-15	8	3rd	1 11 36 38 46
2018-01-18	20	5th	5 15 21 28 36
2017-11-09	10	2nd	10 36 40 41 42
2017-10-05	10	5th	12 13 21 26 36
2017-08-31	4	3rd	19 20 36 42 47
2017-08-17	3	4th	12 17 31 36 37
2017-08-07	4	4th	7 12 22 36 37
2017-07-24	3	4th	16 26 27 36 37
2017-07-13	2	4th	6 15 18 36 47
2017-07-06	6	5th	3 4 10 26 36
2017-06-15	9	3rd	9 19 36 40 45
2017-05-15	6	4th	15 17 30 36 45
2017-04-24	4	4th	2 12 32 36 42
2017-04-10	7	3rd	13 34 36 41 43
2017-03-16	12	4th	1 9 25 36 39
2017-02-02	1	3rd	31 32 36 46 48
2017-01-30	13	4th	6 8 28 36 42
2016-12-15	32	5th	4 9 27 30 36
2016-08-25	9	4th	8 30 35 36 42
2016-07-25	1	4th	15 20 32 36 47
2016-07-21	6	3rd	3 27 36 43 46
2016-06-30	6	4th	11 27 29 36 39
2016-06-09	2	4th	2 7 25 36 40
2016-06-02	1	3rd	11 19 36 37 42
2016-05-30	27	5th	2 6 26 34 36
2016-02-25	4	5th	14 15 31 34 36
2016-02-11	15	5th	11 27 29 31 36
2015-12-21	5	3rd	7 32 36 41 48
2015-12-03	1	4th	8 27 29 36 45
2015-11-30	8	3rd	10 19 36 41 44
2015-11-02	1	2nd	32 36 37 39 48
2015-10-29	2	5th	2 4 21 26 36
2015-10-22	13	3rd	24 32 36 39 44
2015-09-07	11	5th	16 17 21 32 36
2015-07-30	6	3rd	29 33 36 47 48
2015-07-09	2	4th	5 7 8 36 47
2015-07-02	17	5th	1 17 22 35 36
2015-05-04	17	3rd	10 28 36 45 48
2015-03-05	2	4th	15 17 22 36 43
2015-02-26	—	5th	3 4 19 22 36