Number 36

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

146times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.18σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

31longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 146 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 146 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 31 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 0.1
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.2
3rd smallest25 · chance 23.0
4th smallest58 · chance 63.4
5th smallest59 · chance 56.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 13 5 17 23 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-10	3	5th	1 5 13 31 36
2026-09-30	6	4th	9 26 30 36 44
2026-09-09	1	4th	7 15 35 36 38
2026-09-05	23	4th	19 33 35

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-16	1	4th	13 26 28 36 40
2025-04-12	23	4th	12 24 26 36 41
2025-01-22	20	4th	7 20 29 36 42
2024-11-13	6	4th	3 12 25 36 42
2024-10-23	1	5th	3 12 13 32 36
2024-10-19	9	5th	10 21 25 27 36
2024-09-18	7	5th	4 18 23 34 36
2024-08-24	22	4th	9 10 18 36 39
2024-06-08	1	3rd	13 21 36 39 43
2024-06-05	11	4th	13 18 34 36 38
2024-04-27	6	5th	1 10 22 33 36
2024-04-06	13	2nd	21 36 37 39 44
2024-02-21	9	5th	22 27 29 35 36
2024-01-20	2	4th	2 17 23 36 42
2024-01-13	7	5th	5 8 15 35 36
2023-12-20	7	4th	6 14 17 36 38
2023-11-25	2	4th	9 22 34 36 38
2023-11-18	4	5th	11 13 21 33 36
2023-11-04	15	4th	3 27 31 36 44
2023-09-13	7	4th	5 9 13 36 39
2023-08-19	28	4th	5 23 30 36 41
2023-05-13	4	3rd	2 10 36 37 44
2023-04-29	9	5th	7 14 20 35 36
2023-03-29	10	5th	5 8 13 31 36
2023-02-22	2	5th	7 8 11 20 36
2023-02-15	1	5th	4 25 31 33 36
2023-02-11	6	3rd	20 29 36 42 45
2023-01-21	2	5th	15 24 27 28 36
2023-01-14	19	4th	11 12 27 36 41
2022-11-09	12	5th	9 19 25 34 36
2022-09-28	4	5th	20 23 29 31 36
2022-09-14	1	3rd	6 23 36 38 45
2022-09-10	26	2nd	32 36 40 43 45
2022-06-11	6	5th	14 18 27 28 36
2022-05-21	17	5th	10 20 27 28 36
2022-03-23	6	3rd	6 27 36 40 41
2022-03-02	14	4th	2 17 22 36 37
2022-01-12	1	5th	1 6 7 21 36
2022-01-08	15	3rd	4 16 36 38 39
2021-11-17	28	3rd	9 26 36 42 45
2021-08-11	7	4th	11 14 15 36 38
2021-07-17	21	4th	17 21 30 36 42
2021-05-05	18	3rd	11 28 36 39 42
2021-03-03	1	5th	7 24 31 35 36
2021-02-27	7	4th	15 31 34 36 38
2021-02-03	20	5th	1 25 29 33 36
2020-11-25	31	3rd	7 28 36 37 41
2020-08-08	3	5th	5 17 22 33 36
2020-07-29	30	5th	12 17 21 22 36
2020-04-15	4	5th	6 13 24 26 36
2020-04-01	2	4th	6 21 30 36 37
2020-03-25	1	3rd	8 19 36 39 45
2020-03-21	6	5th	5 9 16 34 36
2020-02-29	5	5th	4 18 19 32 36
2020-02-12	3	4th	5 15 19 36 40
2020-02-01	2	5th	11 13 31 34 36
2020-01-25	13	4th	1 13 22 36 40
2019-12-11	2	4th	9 15 28 36 39
2019-12-04	6	5th	2 7 22 33 36
2019-11-13	11	4th	5 23 32 36 40
2019-10-05	4	5th	14 26 27 35 36
2019-09-21	6	3rd	20 23 36 43 45
2019-08-31	8	3rd	17 25 36 38 39
2019-08-03	8	3rd	10 30 36 41 42
2019-07-06	7	3rd	14 22 36 41 45
2019-06-12	7	5th	3 9 13 18 36
2019-05-18	7	5th	3 9 12 14 36
2019-04-24	10	5th	20 21 22 26 36
2019-03-20	7	3rd	9 35 36 38 43
2019-02-23	2	4th	6 11 33 36 41
2019-02-16	8	3rd	12 19 36 38 45
2019-01-19	14	4th	24 26 29 36 43
2018-12-01	5	4th	6 28 31 36 44
2018-11-14	1	5th	1 14 23 34 36
2018-11-10	8	4th	14 20 28 36 38
2018-10-13	18	3rd	11 24 36 37 38
2018-08-11	4	4th	26 29 34 36 41
2018-07-28	11	3rd	16 17 36 37 40
2018-06-20	8	3rd	12 18 36 39 40
2018-05-23	9	4th	18 23 28 36 37
2018-04-21	6	4th	15 23 28 36 39
2018-03-31	13	4th	11 20 24 36 45
2018-02-14	19	5th	4 7 14 17 36
2017-12-09	16	5th	7 25 26 31 36
2017-10-14	3	4th	13 24 34 36 37
2017-10-04	11	5th	5 13 26 33 36
2017-08-26	11	5th	5 22 26 31 36
2017-07-19	1	4th	5 24 28 36 38
2017-07-15	12	5th	8 11 23 30 36
2017-06-03	3	4th	3 15 20 36 38
2017-05-24	5	5th	14 22 27 33 36
2017-05-06	4	5th	2 12 25 30 36
2017-04-22	15	4th	10 15 29 36 37
2017-03-01	5	4th	4 10 22 36 43
2017-02-11	11	5th	2 4 16 32 36
2017-01-04	6	5th	7 17 30 34 36
2016-12-14	11	3rd	3 12 36 44 45
2016-11-05	4	4th	3 10 19 36 44
2016-10-22	7	5th	1 5 6 10 36
2016-09-28	4	5th	5 9 19 23 36
2016-09-14	14	4th	24 29 30 36 44
2016-07-27	23	5th	5 9 11 20 36
2016-05-07	6	5th	4 6 7 30 36
2016-04-16	15	5th	10 14 15 35 36
2016-02-24	9	4th	8 17 29 36 45
2016-01-23	4	5th	10 17 21 33 36
2016-01-09	1	5th	5 8 27 29 36
2016-01-06	4	4th	14 25 31 36 40
2015-12-23	20	2nd	20 36 38 39 43
2015-10-14	10	4th	5 20 24 36 38
2015-09-09	14	5th	6 17 18 32 36
2015-07-22	11	2nd	13 36 38 39 43
2015-06-13	2	4th	21 28 35 36 41
2015-06-06	17	3rd	3 33 36 38 44
2015-04-08	3	4th	13 18 29 36 40
2015-03-28	8	5th	6 10 13 28 36
2015-02-28	11	5th	7 20 27 28 36
2015-01-21	15	3rd	1 8 36 38 41
2014-11-29	7	4th	21 26 33 36 38
2014-11-05	10	4th	11 17 23 36 45
2014-10-01	3	5th	6 26 27 33 36
2014-09-20	—	5th	7 19 26 30 36