Number 36

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

118times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.56σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

73longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 73 · waiting 2 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 smallest4 · chance 5.9
2nd smallest29 · chance 27.7
3rd smallest44 · chance 45.5
4th smallest34 · chance 31.3
5th smallest7 · chance 7.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 6 62 32 9 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 36 is picked about 0.93× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th most popular of 69. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

No documented preference lifts or lowers it — the model treats it as an even pick.

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 36 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	29	4th	16 23 32 36 54
2026-07-29	2	2nd	30 36 40 42 57
2026-07-25	5	4th	3 4 24 36 47
2026-07-13	30	3rd	5 25 36 40

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-24	4	3rd	5 6 36 53 69
2024-06-15	5	2nd	4 36 48 54 56
2024-06-03	4	4th	19 29 35 36 45
2024-05-25	3	4th	6 33 35 36 64
2024-05-18	16	2nd	19 36 37 42 59
2024-04-10	14	5th	6 7 12 24 36
2024-03-09	2	2nd	30 36 49 52 63
2024-03-04	1	1st	36 42 50 52 67
2024-03-02	8	4th	3 18 27 36 53
2024-02-12	60	2nd	17 36 43 53 67
2023-09-25	28	4th	10 12 22 36 50
2023-07-22	14	3rd	25 27 36 37 63
2023-06-19	2	1st	36 39 52 57 69
2023-06-14	16	3rd	3 20 36 42 64
2023-05-08	7	4th	15 20 33 36 43
2023-04-22	4	2nd	17 36 47 63 68
2023-04-12	1	2nd	9 36 41 44 59
2023-04-10	6	3rd	9 10 36 46 52
2023-03-27	11	3rd	19 26 36 43 58
2023-03-01	13	4th	2 9 28 36 53
2023-01-30	10	4th	1 4 12 36 49
2023-01-07	10	2nd	35 36 44 45 67
2022-12-14	5	1st	36 51 59 66 68
2022-12-03	14	4th	6 13 33 36 37
2022-10-31	2	3rd	13 19 36 39 59
2022-10-26	4	2nd	19 36 37 46 56
2022-10-17	12	3rd	19 30 36 46 60
2022-09-19	1	3rd	7 15 36 46 67
2022-09-17	4	3rd	5 25 36 51 61
2022-09-07	4	5th	3 16 30 33 36
2022-08-29	12	2nd	13 36 43 61 69
2022-08-01	6	4th	15 21 31 36 65
2022-07-18	2	3rd	14 34 36 50 58
2022-07-13	3	3rd	22 23 36 47 63
2022-07-06	14	2nd	32 36 49 62 69
2022-06-04	8	3rd	14 16 36 52 60
2022-05-16	8	4th	7 15 22 36 64
2022-04-27	26	2nd	11 36 61 62 68
2022-02-26	2	3rd	15 32 36 48 64
2022-02-21	13	2nd	2 36 37 45 69
2022-01-22	6	4th	8 14 33 36 67
2022-01-08	5	3rd	20 21 36 60 65
2021-12-27	29	1st	36 38 45 62 64
2021-10-20	14	3rd	7 29 36 41 43
2021-09-18	11	2nd	5 36 39 45 57
2021-08-23	1	2nd	17 36 47 60 61
2021-08-21	1	3rd	16 28 36 39 59
2021-08-18	3	2nd	35 36 51 55 61
2021-08-07	1	3rd	7 24 36 54 60
2021-08-04	27	4th	5 21 32 36 58
2021-05-01	2	2nd	35 36 47 61 63
2021-04-24	58	2nd	22 36 48 59 61
2020-10-03	1	3rd	18 31 36 43 47
2020-09-30	1	3rd	14 18 36 49 67
2020-09-26	10	4th	11 21 27 36 62
2020-08-22	3	3rd	19 30 36 42 66
2020-08-12	3	4th	2 6 18 36 37
2020-08-01	2	3rd	6 25 36 43 48
2020-07-25	1	3rd	5 21 36 61 62
2020-07-22	4	3rd	16 25 36 44 55
2020-07-08	3	4th	3 10 34 36 62
2020-06-27	21	2nd	9 36 49 56 62
2020-04-15	14	4th	10 12 33 36 41
2020-02-26	3	4th	8 27 29 36 47
2020-02-15	6	4th	16 32 35 36 46
2020-01-25	32	4th	2 9 17 36 67
2019-10-05	4	3rd	6 14 36 51 54
2019-09-21	2	4th	1 9 22 36 68
2019-09-14	16	4th	11 27 31 36 67
2019-07-20	25	3rd	5 26 36 64 69
2019-04-24	12	4th	6 32 35 36 65
2019-03-13	17	2nd	18 36 45 47 69
2019-01-12	11	2nd	7 36 48 57 58
2018-12-05	40	3rd	9 11 36 37 38
2018-07-18	11	5th	1 10 27 28 36
2018-06-09	10	5th	6 10 15 25 36
2018-05-05	17	3rd	14 29 36 57 61
2018-03-07	1	4th	6 13 19 36 51
2018-03-03	3	4th	13 17 25 36 40
2018-02-21	15	5th	7 15 31 34 36
2017-12-30	6	2nd	28 36 41 51 58
2017-12-09	2	2nd	25 36 37 55 60
2017-12-02	33	4th	28 30 32 36 58
2017-08-09	13	3rd	12 30 36 47 62
2017-06-24	22	4th	10 22 32 36 58
2017-04-08	2	2nd	23 36 51 53 60
2017-04-01	1	3rd	9 32 36 44 65
2017-03-29	67	4th	8 15 31 36 62
2016-08-06	12	3rd	20 33 36 47 52
2016-06-25	4	3rd	3 27 36 56 69
2016-06-11	34	3rd	20 27 36 41 58
2016-02-13	2	5th	7 15 18 19 36
2016-02-06	11	4th	4 13 31 36 52
2015-12-30	—	2nd	12 36 38 54 61