Number 3

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

99times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.22σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

30longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 12 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 1 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 3 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest79 · chance 76.0
2nd smallest19 · chance 21.7
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.3
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 29 26 37 22 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 3 is picked about 1.48× as often as an indifferent choice — 2nd 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 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
Culturally lucky numbers 3, 8, 9 ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 3 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-04-07	9	1st	3 8 15 19 23 29 37
2026-03-06	1	1st	3 6 12 21 28 35 41
2026-03-03	5	2nd	1 3 4 18 20 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: 3 is drawn with probability 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-25	24	1st	3 15 23 24 31 33 47
2024-08-02	2	1st	3 18 26 28 37 39 40
2024-07-26	2	1st	3 8 15 29 34 38 39
2024-07-19	7	2nd	1 3 17 18 20 23 29
2024-06-25	4	1st	3 11 28 40 43 44 45
2024-06-11	1	1st	3 30 39 44 45 47 49
2024-06-07	9	2nd	2 3 12 15 32 33 36
2024-05-07	1	1st	3 22 32 43 46 47 48
2024-05-03	2	1st	3 5 16 20 31 34 38
2024-04-26	11	2nd	2 3 23 36 38 40 48
2024-03-19	2	1st	3 16 19 21 24 40 46
2024-03-12	1	1st	3 15 20 21 23 24 34
2024-03-08	18	2nd	1 3 6 19 21 33 47
2024-01-05	2	1st	3 6 11 24 29 45 50
2023-12-29	3	1st	3 6 9 25 30 36 42
2023-12-19	4	2nd	2 3 4 13 21 35 38
2023-12-05	13	1st	3 4 8 10 38 43 47
2023-10-20	7	1st	3 18 19 21 25 46 50
2023-09-26	21	1st	3 7 13 20 22 25 47
2023-07-14	30	1st	3 11 23 27 39 44 48
2023-03-31	9	2nd	1 3 26 28 36 47 50
2023-02-28	13	2nd	1 3 8 24 35 42 43
2023-01-13	7	1st	3 16 17 23 35 37 47
2022-12-20	4	1st	3 8 9 20 22 36 50
2022-12-06	3	3rd	1 2 3 14 17 19 41
2022-11-25	2	1st	3 6 7 10 25 30 37
2022-11-18	7	1st	3 5 11 17 26 42 49
2022-10-25	4	1st	3 6 19 23 26 28 43
2022-10-11	13	1st	3 19 33 36 39 40 42
2022-08-26	9	1st	3 11 22 26 29 46 48
2022-07-26	9	1st	3 8 9 15 21 27 31
2022-06-24	14	1st	3 9 17 19 20 44 50
2022-05-06	3	1st	3 6 11 18 19 28 41
2022-04-26	4	1st	3 10 15 31 35 38 42
2022-04-12	5	1st	3 5 7 19 32 34 50
2022-03-25	3	1st	3 7 16 18 27 32 37
2022-03-15	6	1st	3 7 12 17 23 38 40
2022-02-22	1	1st	3 13 26 27 28 36 45
2022-02-18	6	2nd	2 3 8 11 12 37 49
2022-01-28	5	1st	3 7 8 10 34 43 47
2022-01-11	5	2nd	1 3 24 25 27 36 47
2021-12-24	3	1st	3 11 24 25 29 32 42
2021-12-14	25	1st	3 21 22 26 28 44 49
2021-09-17	5	1st	3 6 10 26 29 35 45
2021-08-31	25	1st	3 11 23 26 31 42 50
2021-06-04	6	2nd	2 3 16 28 31 42 47
2021-05-14	6	1st	3 18 19 24 26 27 45
2021-04-23	13	2nd	1 3 4 11 19 24 42
2021-03-09	4	1st	3 7 16 22 29 31 42
2021-02-23	29	1st	3 13 14 20 30 45 49
2020-11-13	9	1st	3 4 7 19 44 48 49
2020-10-13	17	1st	3 10 13 19 21 45 49
2020-08-14	9	1st	3 22 37 39 41 43 44
2020-07-14	3	1st	3 9 21 35 44 47 48
2020-07-03	3	1st	3 4 21 33 38 44 45
2020-06-23	1	2nd	2 3 6 13 37 42 46
2020-06-19	1	1st	3 12 17 22 29 31 48
2020-06-16	11	2nd	1 3 22 30 31 37 40
2020-05-08	2	1st	3 4 10 11 26 28 40
2020-05-01	5	1st	3 12 25 36 37 42 49
2020-04-14	1	1st	3 6 9 22 29 38 39
2020-04-10	4	1st	3 9 10 14 15 19 20
2020-03-27	11	1st	3 4 13 14 30 36 41
2020-02-18	4	1st	3 6 19 23 33 40 45
2020-02-04	8	1st	3 12 18 25 43 46 50
2020-01-07	2	1st	3 8 12 14 17 18 29
2019-12-31	9	1st	3 4 11 19 30 39 40
2019-11-29	6	1st	3 8 14 15 24 33 48
2019-11-08	6	1st	3 5 10 18 26 33 46
2019-10-18	2	1st	3 21 29 37 40 43 44
2019-10-11	4	2nd	1 3 11 13 19 22 46
2019-09-27	1	1st	3 9 25 26 28 34 38
2019-09-24	21	1st	3 22 26 32 38 42 43
2019-07-12	15	1st	3 13 19 25 28 30 37
2019-05-21	—	2nd	2 3 8 18 31 39 50