Number 36

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

141times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.27σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

34longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 141 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 141 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 10 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest7 · chance 6.1
4th smallest40 · chance 44.9
5th smallest94 · chance 89.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 33 10 26 19 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	1	5th	8 9 19 21 36
2026-09-30	25	5th	5 10 26 34 36
2026-09-05	15	4th	14 18 24 36 38
2026-08-21	3	4th	9 16 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-22	3	5th	2 26 28 33 36
2026-03-19	3	5th	4 8 15 20 36
2026-03-16	4	5th	7 20 22 26 36
2026-03-12	3	4th	10 17 24 36 39
2026-03-09	2	5th	9 10 12 28 36
2026-03-07	3	5th	8 17 26 33 36
2026-03-04	16	4th	15 26 35 36 39
2026-02-16	8	5th	9 10 21 24 36
2026-02-08	11	5th	5 8 16 35 36
2026-01-28	15	5th	6 19 20 26 36
2026-01-13	4	4th	17 23 25 36 38
2026-01-09	8	5th	13 15 25 33 36
2026-01-01	12	5th	7 10 16 31 36
2025-12-20	10	5th	8 17 19 25 36
2025-12-10	21	4th	18 28 33 36 37
2025-11-19	7	5th	2 14 27 29 36
2025-11-12	7	3rd	22 26 36 37 38
2025-11-05	2	4th	11 14 16 36 39
2025-11-03	5	4th	10 14 17 36 37
2025-10-29	3	5th	7 15 23 34 36
2025-10-26	2	5th	3 7 20 30 36
2025-10-24	26	4th	10 17 22 36 38
2025-09-28	2	4th	7 19 22 36 37
2025-09-26	13	5th	9 20 29 30 36
2025-09-13	16	5th	19 20 25 30 36
2025-08-28	1	5th	20 28 32 34 36
2025-08-27	1	4th	6 21 32 36 37
2025-08-26	16	3rd	10 32 36 37 39
2025-08-10	2	5th	6 13 19 32 36
2025-08-08	4	4th	13 29 32 36 40
2025-08-04	2	5th	10 12 14 19 36
2025-08-02	3	5th	11 12 14 34 36
2025-07-30	7	4th	5 11 14 36 40
2025-07-23	1	4th	7 14 16 36 40
2025-07-22	1	5th	4 15 17 31 36
2025-07-21	3	4th	1 28 30 36 38
2025-07-18	24	3rd	13 19 36 39 40
2025-06-24	5	5th	2 5 10 33 36
2025-06-19	15	5th	4 11 18 31 36
2025-06-04	2	4th	5 17 21 36 38
2025-06-02	13	5th	3 28 29 31 36
2025-05-20	20	4th	3 18 33 36 39
2025-04-30	6	5th	5 19 24 25 36
2025-04-24	2	4th	7 13 15 36 38
2025-04-22	16	5th	4 10 24 32 36
2025-04-06	6	5th	8 10 20 34 36
2025-03-31	16	5th	5 23 24 33 36
2025-03-15	1	4th	4 12 22 36 38
2025-03-14	2	5th	7 17 18 26 36
2025-03-12	3	4th	13 25 33 36 39
2025-03-09	3	5th	13 23 27 29 36
2025-03-06	4	5th	20 22 31 33 36
2025-03-02	10	4th	13 22 31 36 37
2025-02-20	18	5th	1 26 33 35 36
2025-02-02	4	5th	3 12 19 30 36
2025-01-29	11	4th	7 9 16 36 38
2025-01-18	2	5th	8 13 25 31 36
2025-01-16	5	4th	1 2 31 36 37
2025-01-11	25	5th	9 14 17 23 36
2024-12-17	10	5th	8 22 26 31 36
2024-12-07	3	4th	2 24 29 36 40
2024-12-04	21	5th	5 11 12 22 36
2024-11-13	9	5th	2 8 10 25 36
2024-11-04	2	5th	24 29 32 34 36
2024-11-02	6	5th	5 16 22 35 36
2024-10-27	5	4th	3 11 33 36 38
2024-10-22	20	3rd	10 13 36 37 39
2024-10-02	10	3rd	1 32 36 37 38
2024-09-22	3	5th	13 22 29 31 36
2024-09-19	3	4th	7 15 27 36 40
2024-09-16	1	5th	3 4 7 24 36
2024-09-15	33	5th	7 24 25 34 36
2024-08-13	6	5th	2 3 5 14 36
2024-08-07	4	5th	5 25 27 34 36
2024-08-03	4	5th	7 20 26 34 36
2024-07-30	14	5th	6 11 19 34 36
2024-07-16	8	5th	4 10 11 31 36
2024-07-08	20	5th	3 6 7 17 36
2024-06-18	3	5th	8 19 26 28 36
2024-06-15	9	3rd	14 30 36 39 40
2024-06-06	17	5th	2 6 9 21 36
2024-05-20	1	4th	7 9 16 36 40
2024-05-19	1	5th	4 10 23 35 36
2024-05-18	18	5th	1 12 18 27 36
2024-04-30	7	5th	2 7 13 22 36
2024-04-23	34	5th	8 23 28 35 36
2024-03-20	3	4th	11 12 30 36 39
2024-03-17	33	5th	12 14 24 30 36
2024-02-13	2	5th	7 8 22 28 36
2024-02-11	5	5th	6 7 17 32 36
2024-02-06	3	5th	8 20 34 35 36
2024-02-03	3	5th	6 21 32 33 36
2024-01-31	5	5th	10 18 30 34 36
2024-01-26	12	4th	16 20 26 36 39
2024-01-14	5	5th	15 29 32 33 36
2024-01-09	3	5th	6 22 32 33 36
2024-01-06	2	5th	9 20 24 28 36
2024-01-04	3	5th	4 16 25 29 36
2024-01-01	4	5th	2 15 28 34 36
2023-12-28	1	4th	9 19 30 36 37
2023-12-27	21	5th	1 6 11 24 36
2023-12-06	8	5th	4 24 26 35 36
2023-11-28	1	4th	7 8 19 36 39
2023-11-27	1	3rd	6 25 36 37 39
2023-11-26	4	4th	1 22 32 36 37
2023-11-22	1	5th	10 26 33 34 36
2023-11-21	8	5th	4 18 19 23 36
2023-11-13	2	4th	6 22 24 36 38
2023-11-11	4	4th	7 18 35 36 38
2023-11-07	17	5th	3 13 19 22 36
2023-10-21	20	5th	6 11 14 15 36
2023-10-01	16	5th	7 19 27 33 36
2023-09-15	2	5th	6 15 22 35 36
2023-09-13	1	5th	2 6 15 32 36
2023-09-12	19	4th	25 31 32 36 37
2023-08-24	4	4th	11 12 33 36 40
2023-08-20	—	5th	2 3 27 32 36