Number 36

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

172times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.19σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

43longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 172 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 172 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 16 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 1.3
2nd smallest13 · chance 11.6
3rd smallest43 · chance 39.6
4th smallest55 · chance 62.2
5th smallest54 · chance 45.2
6th smallest7 · chance 12.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 55 27 57 8 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-15	15	5th	6 7 23 25 36 37
2026-06-24	1	4th	4 11 17 36 48 54
2026-06-20	8	5th	10 13 19 27 36 56
2026-05-23

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-01	5	3rd	15 20 36 41 51 52
2024-05-15	34	2nd	10 36 39 40 50 52
2024-01-17	14	5th	5 13 31 35 36 37
2023-11-29	28	3rd	20 21 36 41 54 59
2023-08-23	2	4th	7 22 24 36 40 53
2023-08-16	1	4th	3 4 19 36 43 55
2023-08-12	9	4th	23 32 35 36 39 44
2023-07-12	3	3rd	12 33 36 43 54 55
2023-07-01	13	4th	15 19 24 36 40 49
2023-05-17	3	4th	12 13 22 36 37 46
2023-05-06	7	3rd	7 16 36 44 46 53
2023-04-12	1	5th	23 24 25 34 36 37
2023-04-08	24	5th	10 15 22 33 36 41
2023-01-14	4	3rd	5 33 36 39 40 57
2022-12-31	3	5th	9 10 13 35 36 55
2022-12-21	8	4th	3 11 24 36 40 56
2022-11-23	2	3rd	10 22 36 37 39 55
2022-11-16	14	2nd	18 36 39 57 58 59
2022-09-28	3	5th	6 22 28 32 36 49
2022-09-17	1	3rd	16 27 36 40 41 55
2022-09-14	8	4th	8 16 18 36 54 59
2022-08-17	15	3rd	2 35 36 37 43 49
2022-06-25	35	4th	9 12 26 36 41 53
2022-02-23	14	3rd	13 15 36 46 53 57
2022-01-05	1	5th	8 15 17 32 36 47
2022-01-01	6	4th	3 20 23 36 45 57
2021-12-11	12	4th	16 27 28 36 45 56
2021-10-30	3	4th	23 27 30 36 50 57
2021-10-20	11	4th	7 12 32 36 52 53
2021-09-11	36	5th	17 19 21 24 36 47
2021-05-08	15	3rd	29 34 36 40 47 54
2021-03-17	5	4th	13 21 25 36 39 56
2021-02-27	6	6th	2 10 11 13 18 36
2021-02-06	12	4th	10 27 31 36 49 56
2020-12-26	10	4th	9 13 20 36 58 59
2020-11-21	1	2nd	27 36 40 43 45 53
2020-11-18	2	4th	6 9 31 36 43 49
2020-11-11	8	3rd	3 11 36 44 47 48
2020-10-14	6	3rd	10 35 36 42 54 55
2020-09-23	5	5th	11 14 22 29 36 46
2020-09-05	4	5th	2 19 21 27 36 54
2020-08-22	5	4th	6 25 33 36 55 57
2020-08-05	5	5th	7 9 20 29 36 56
2020-07-18	15	5th	3 10 12 25 36 47
2020-05-27	3	4th	4 22 27 36 49 55
2020-05-16	8	5th	6 8 13 30 36 58
2020-04-18	20	4th	1 19 29 36 45 56
2020-02-08	2	6th	10 29 32 33 34 36
2020-02-01	2	3rd	10 16 36 38 42 55
2020-01-25	1	5th	5 21 23 29 36 44
2020-01-22	11	3rd	1 15 36 41 44 50
2019-12-14	1	3rd	14 21 36 38 42 56
2019-12-11	5	5th	19 24 25 29 36 38
2019-11-23	1	6th	1 8 10 24 32 36
2019-11-20	25	5th	3 4 5 26 36 48
2019-08-24	11	3rd	7 24 36 46 52 55
2019-07-17	6	5th	4 7 19 34 36 59
2019-06-26	6	5th	6 15 25 28 36 49
2019-06-05	4	5th	8 18 28 31 36 54
2019-05-22	6	3rd	6 18 36 54 55 57
2019-05-01	10	5th	8 9 24 27 36 37
2019-03-27	1	2nd	34 36 38 40 41 55
2019-03-23	5	5th	7 18 19 33 36 57
2019-03-06	2	6th	5 8 11 14 32 36
2019-02-27	4	4th	12 18 22 36 41 48
2019-02-13	1	4th	3 10 17 36 50 57
2019-02-09	3	5th	3 9 12 23 36 53
2019-01-30	8	3rd	1 22 36 44 49 59
2019-01-02	31	4th	22 23 34 36 49 55
2018-09-15	9	4th	25 28 33 36 37 59
2018-08-15	9	2nd	2 36 42 53 54 55
2018-07-14	13	5th	18 27 31 35 36 45
2018-05-30	4	3rd	1 25 36 40 56 57
2018-05-16	2	4th	3 16 27 36 48 57
2018-05-09	11	2nd	19 36 48 51 52 54
2018-03-31	3	3rd	5 18 36 37 41 57
2018-03-21	18	4th	17 26 27 36 40 50
2018-01-17	10	5th	5 8 22 31 36 50
2017-12-13	33	3rd	1 2 36 49 57 59
2017-08-19	19	5th	10 25 30 31 36 58
2017-06-14	7	4th	4 19 27 36 46 50
2017-05-20	17	5th	13 14 24 35 36 50
2017-03-22	9	5th	8 20 27 32 36 54
2017-02-18	35	5th	9 26 28 34 36 57
2016-10-19	8	4th	2 17 25 36 40 46
2016-09-21	19	5th	4 8 13 30 36 58
2016-07-16	3	4th	14 21 27 36 53 56
2016-07-06	1	3rd	23 25 36 43 46 48
2016-07-02	15	4th	16 27 33 36 43 58
2016-05-11	18	5th	8 30 31 32 36 49
2016-03-09	2	5th	15 22 23 30 36 38
2016-03-02	3	3rd	27 35 36 43 52 54
2016-02-20	7	4th	2 24 26 36 43 55
2016-01-27	38	2nd	10 36 46 48 54 56
2015-09-16	1	3rd	2 31 36 40 46 51
2015-09-12	9	2nd	13 36 39 40 41 46
2015-08-12	13	5th	6 9 16 21 36 44
2015-06-27	2	5th	11 17 26 29 36 45
2015-06-20	9	5th	4 21 24 34 36 54
2015-05-20	22	4th	5 8 18 36 48 53
2015-03-04	10	4th	5 26 34 36 44 57
2015-01-28	12	3rd	19 24 36 37 47 53
2014-12-17	43	3rd	3 14 36 42 45 48
2014-07-19	34	3rd	28 32 36 37 39 47
2014-03-22	7	4th	2 7 24 36 53 57
2014-02-26	5	4th	8 12 33 36 47 55
2014-02-08	5	5th	1 5 20 35 36 40
2014-01-22	7	4th	5 8 16 36 51 52
2013-12-28	8	3rd	20 26 36 43 45 58
2013-11-30	18	5th	13 25 33 35 36 59
2013-09-28	6	5th	1 3 13 28 36 41
2013-09-07	22	5th	2 14 18 29 36 55
2013-06-22	6	2nd	19 36 37 44 54 55
2013-06-01	5	4th	4 5 19 36 43 47
2013-05-15	11	4th	3 16 34 36 47 50
2013-04-06	13	3rd	13 15 36 46 47 53
2013-02-20	4	5th	7 15 18 24 36 41
2013-02-06	7	6th	1 16 17 22 27 36
2013-01-12	10	3rd	5 25 36 44 47 49
2012-12-08	23	5th	15 23 24 31 36 41
2012-09-19	2	2nd	9 36 38 43 46 49
2012-09-12	13	4th	11 20 30 36 53 54
2012-07-28	5	3rd	12 19 36 43 47 51
2012-07-11	7	4th	23 25 31 36 42 59
2012-06-16	1	3rd	20 34 36 40 41 51
2012-06-13	16	2nd	23 36 38 39 42 44
2012-04-18	21	4th	11 27 30 36 46 49
2012-02-04	4	4th	3 6 33 36 51 56
2012-01-21	4	3rd	8 21 36 39 58 59
2012-01-07	16	5th	6 8 26 27 36 48
2011-11-12	9	4th	8 24 32 36 40 42
2011-10-12	1	4th	4 25 26 36 47 55
2011-10-08	3	5th	1 23 24 25 36 52
2011-09-28	17	5th	2 11 12 21 36 50
2011-07-30	5	5th	5 10 19 22 36 39
2011-07-13	16	3rd	11 22 36 39 45 50
2011-05-18	1	6th	4 8 11 13 31 36
2011-05-14	1	4th	17 30 34 36 42 57
2011-05-11	1	5th	4 14 17 23 36 53
2011-05-07	13	5th	13 15 20 28 36 56
2011-03-23	11	4th	4 21 30 36 40 46
2011-02-12	1	4th	8 16 21 36 41 44
2011-02-09	1	5th	17 18 32 33 36 50
2011-02-05	4	5th	4 11 13 19 36 51
2011-01-22	1	3rd	7 16 36 50 52 57
2011-01-19	9	4th	16 23 29 36 38 57
2010-12-18	1	3rd	23 34 36 40 52 53
2010-12-15	—	6th	4 21 27 32 33 36