Number 36

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

83times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.40σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

41longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

36 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 36, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 21 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 0.4
2nd smallest7 · chance 5.0
3rd smallest20 · chance 21.2
4th smallest37 · chance 35.9
5th smallest19 · chance 20.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 16 18 8 9 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th most popular of 50. 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
2026-07-28	4	4th	3 12 27 36 47
2026-07-14	27	4th	9 13 21 36 40
2026-04-10	4	2nd	27 36 38 40 48
2026-03-27	20	5th	6 12 25 28

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-17	8	4th	5 18 29 36 49
2023-09-19	2	3rd	15 18 36 43 46
2023-09-12	1	4th	3 15 18 36 45
2023-09-08	3	5th	5 8 14 35 36
2023-08-29	17	4th	8 23 31 36 44
2023-06-30	13	4th	9 17 27 36 37
2023-05-16	24	4th	1 5 14 36 45
2023-02-21	7	4th	10 18 22 36 48
2023-01-27	12	3rd	27 34 36 40 50
2022-12-16	1	3rd	26 28 36 43 48
2022-12-13	8	3rd	16 23 36 43 46
2022-11-15	25	4th	5 7 16 36 41
2022-08-19	6	2nd	23 36 39 40 43
2022-07-29	4	5th	7 14 28 32 36
2022-07-15	29	3rd	3 9 36 44 50
2022-04-05	15	2nd	18 36 38 42 50
2022-02-11	5	4th	9 18 34 36 49
2022-01-25	2	5th	3 11 29 32 36
2022-01-18	18	2nd	9 36 44 45 46
2021-11-16	10	3rd	8 9 36 42 50
2021-10-12	31	4th	23 30 32 36 39
2021-06-25	8	4th	4 16 34 36 46
2021-05-28	21	3rd	31 33 36 38 44
2021-03-16	2	5th	11 20 21 32 36
2021-03-09	6	3rd	28 30 36 37 41
2021-02-16	7	4th	5 18 31 36 45
2021-01-22	3	3rd	11 14 36 37 44
2021-01-12	8	4th	11 13 28 36 37
2020-12-11	4	4th	13 18 25 36 49
2020-11-27	3	4th	13 29 34 36 49
2020-11-17	2	3rd	11 12 36 37 38
2020-11-10	2	5th	6 23 30 35 36
2020-11-03	1	4th	1 2 25 36 39
2020-10-30	2	3rd	4 27 36 46 49
2020-10-23	13	3rd	3 6 36 41 43
2020-09-08	2	4th	12 13 14 36 50
2020-09-01	18	4th	16 21 22 36 39
2020-06-30	2	4th	2 11 27 36 39
2020-06-23	10	4th	2 7 16 36 47
2020-05-19	6	4th	9 15 19 36 44
2020-04-28	11	4th	6 12 32 36 45
2020-03-20	8	5th	4 9 16 21 36
2020-02-21	1	5th	4 18 30 34 36
2020-02-18	6	4th	14 17 20 36 49
2020-01-28	9	4th	14 18 31 36 49
2019-12-27	2	4th	4 13 34 36 38
2019-12-20	19	4th	8 10 22 36 40
2019-10-15	2	3rd	10 34 36 39 50
2019-10-08	4	3rd	4 15 36 37 50
2019-09-24	7	4th	6 34 35 36 46
2019-08-30	34	3rd	8 14 36 40 47
2019-05-03	13	5th	13 18 20 35 36
2019-03-19	1	5th	3 16 32 33 36
2019-03-15	38	2nd	19 36 40 45 49
2018-11-02	8	3rd	2 30 36 42 47
2018-10-05	2	2nd	32 36 42 46 49
2018-09-28	17	4th	7 24 31 36 50
2018-07-31	1	5th	3 6 14 34 36
2018-07-27	—	5th	4 15 19 33 36