Number 36

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

117times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.56σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

63longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −1.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 17 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 0.1
2nd smallest6 · chance 2.5
3rd smallest21 · chance 18.5
4th smallest45 · chance 50.8
5th smallest45 · chance 45.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 37 1 3 14 38

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
2026-08-13	19	4th	4 6 30 36 43
2026-06-08	1	5th	10 14 15 27 36
2026-06-04	21	4th	1 7 11 36 43
2026-03-23	10	5th	7 28 32

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.

2023-12-07	3	4th	2 8 15 36 37
2023-11-27	12	5th	3 11 16 21 36
2023-10-16	3	4th	11 31 32 36 43
2023-10-05	24	5th	6 16 19 26 36
2023-07-13	22	4th	10 11 30 36 38
2023-04-27	13	2nd	14 36 37 41 45
2023-03-13	2	5th	13 22 27 34 36
2023-03-06	11	5th	6 8 19 24 36
2023-01-26	3	3rd	3 35 36 39 41
2023-01-16	8	3rd	3 27 36 39 40
2022-12-19	2	5th	16 25 28 35 36
2022-12-12	42	4th	13 26 31 36 37
2022-07-18	15	5th	1 12 26 33 36
2022-05-26	1	4th	9 13 30 36 43
2022-05-23	29	4th	24 25 27 36 37
2022-02-10	6	2nd	6 36 38 39 41
2022-01-20	14	4th	4 13 30 36 39
2021-12-02	17	3rd	1 15 36 41 43
2021-10-04	23	2nd	31 36 37 43 45
2021-07-15	19	5th	8 17 18 32 36
2021-05-10	45	4th	1 8 18 36 39
2020-12-03	1	3rd	12 32 36 38 41
2020-11-30	7	4th	10 15 28 36 44
2020-11-05	2	4th	4 16 27 36 41
2020-10-29	29	5th	10 13 22 24 36
2020-07-20	2	4th	5 20 32 36 43
2020-07-13	12	4th	30 32 35 36 42
2020-06-01	10	3rd	5 21 36 37 38
2020-04-27	9	5th	3 6 14 26 36
2020-03-26	13	5th	3 7 25 26 36
2020-02-10	26	4th	3 6 28 36 44
2019-11-11	5	5th	4 14 15 19 36
2019-10-24	1	5th	1 9 24 35 36
2019-10-21	7	4th	8 18 19 36 37
2019-09-26	1	5th	11 21 31 34 36
2019-09-23	11	5th	5 12 26 29 36
2019-08-15	4	4th	5 33 35 36 44
2019-08-01	5	3rd	11 22 36 43 44
2019-07-15	3	4th	8 22 25 36 39
2019-07-04	2	4th	13 23 29 36 43
2019-06-27	17	5th	3 20 27 31 36
2019-04-29	3	2nd	14 36 38 41 45
2019-04-18	5	4th	20 21 26 36 42
2019-04-01	30	5th	10 20 22 25 36
2018-12-17	7	5th	3 5 8 28 36
2018-11-22	4	3rd	13 27 36 38 42
2018-11-08	1	4th	17 32 34 36 39
2018-11-05	2	4th	11 30 34 36 42
2018-10-29	5	3rd	7 17 36 42 45
2018-10-11	6	3rd	4 11 36 37 42
2018-09-20	5	3rd	3 35 36 37 38
2018-09-03	2	5th	13 27 28 34 36
2018-08-27	7	4th	1 17 28 36 38
2018-08-02	6	5th	3 12 20 30 36
2018-07-12	8	4th	13 19 30 36 38
2018-06-14	2	5th	4 11 12 25 36
2018-06-07	3	3rd	8 22 36 38 42
2018-05-28	6	4th	16 31 33 36 43
2018-05-07	2	4th	2 15 20 36 45
2018-04-30	7	4th	10 27 28 36 45
2018-04-05	27	5th	3 4 21 29 36
2018-01-01	12	3rd	5 29 36 39 40
2017-11-20	3	3rd	14 34 36 43 45
2017-11-09	12	3rd	2 19 36 42 44
2017-09-28	2	5th	3 8 26 34 36
2017-09-21	3	3rd	1 26 36 40 41
2017-09-11	1	5th	7 10 26 28 36
2017-09-07	7	4th	9 10 13 36 45
2017-08-14	15	3rd	6 7 36 37 38
2017-06-22	14	5th	1 15 19 20 36
2017-05-04	3	5th	2 4 8 24 36
2017-04-24	7	5th	12 19 20 34 36
2017-03-30	3	4th	1 2 26 36 40
2017-03-20	7	4th	13 27 29 36 37
2017-02-23	63	5th	14 24 27 29 36
2016-07-18	5	4th	23 28 33 36 37
2016-06-30	20	4th	10 27 33 36 37
2016-04-21	1	5th	6 9 31 33 36
2016-04-18	16	5th	1 21 30 31 36
2016-02-22	17	4th	20 30 33 36 45
2015-12-24	1	5th	19 23 24 34 36
2015-12-21	24	4th	1 25 29 36 44
2015-09-28	10	3rd	8 14 36 40 41
2015-08-24	1	5th	20 22 23 32 36
2015-08-20	4	3rd	1 24 36 40 43
2015-08-06	8	5th	4 10 11 27 36
2015-07-09	1	5th	2 5 21 35 36
2015-07-06	1	4th	11 23 24 36 45
2015-07-02	10	3rd	1 19 36 39 41
2015-05-25	1	5th	7 10 20 32 36
2015-05-21	12	5th	20 23 29 31 36
2015-04-09	4	4th	1 16 27 36 39
2015-03-26	—	4th	3 17 18 36 39