Number 3

In Lotto Poker under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 399 draws, 5 from 1–13.

149times drawn · chance expected 153 −0.46σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

2.6average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

13longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 399 draws against 153.5 expected, −0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 149 times in 399 draws · average wait 2.6 draws · longest completed wait 13 · waiting 4 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 smallest68 · chance 63.2
2nd smallest68 · chance 72.2
3rd smallest13 · chance 13.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 49.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 2 5 11 9 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-07	1	2nd	1 3 6 11 13
2026-10-03	1	1st	3 5 10 11 12
2026-09-30	1	1st	3 8 10 12 13
2026-09-26	1	1st	3 9 9

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-07-17	1	1st	3 4 8 9 11
2026-07-16	4	1st	3 5 5 6 9
2026-07-12	2	2nd	1 3 8 11 13
2026-07-10	11	2nd	1 3 6 12 13
2026-06-29	0	2nd	1 3 8 8
2026-06-29	7	2nd	1 3 8 8
2026-06-22	4	2nd	1 3 7 8 11
2026-06-18	1	2nd	2 3 5 6 12
2026-06-17	1	1st	3 4 6 11 12
2026-06-16	2	2nd	1 3 4 6 7
2026-06-14	6	2nd	2 3 4 5 10
2026-06-08	1	1st	3 5 8 11 12
2026-06-07	1	2nd	2 3 7 8 10
2026-06-06	1	1st	3 5 7 8 10
2026-06-05	2	2nd	1 3 4 10 12
2026-06-03	1	2nd	1 3 4 8 11
2026-06-02	0	2nd	1 3 5 13
2026-06-02	3	2nd	1 3 5 13
2026-05-30	0	1st	3 4 6 8
2026-05-30	1	1st	3 4 6 8
2026-05-29	4	1st	3 6 10 10 13
2026-05-25	1	1st	3 6 10 10 11
2026-05-24	1	2nd	2 3 9 12 12
2026-05-23	0	1st	3 4 7 11
2026-05-23	3	1st	3 4 7 11
2026-05-20	2	1st	3 4 5 9 10
2026-05-18	4	1st	3 4 9 10 13
2026-05-14	1	2nd	2 3 4 7 12
2026-05-13	1	1st	3 9 9 10 13
2026-05-12	5	2nd	2 3 5 6 7
2026-05-07	1	1st	3 4 6 7 9
2026-05-06	2	2nd	2 3 7 8 11
2026-05-04	1	1st	3 8 11 12 13
2026-05-03	2	2nd	2 3 8 10 13
2026-05-01	4	3rd	2 2 3 10 11
2026-04-27	4	3rd	1 2 3 5 10
2026-04-23	8	1st	3 9 12 13 13
2026-04-15	0	1st	3 4 5 9
2026-04-15	7	1st	3 4 5 9
2026-04-08	10	2nd	1 3 5 10 13
2026-03-29	2	1st	3 5 7 8 13
2026-03-27	2	3rd	2 2 3 5 7
2026-03-25	1	1st	3 4 5 7 13
2026-03-24	2	3rd	2 2 3 10 12
2026-03-22	2	3rd	1 2 3 5 8
2026-03-20	3	3rd	1 2 3 7 12
2026-03-17	1	1st	3 5 9 11 13
2026-03-16	4	2nd	1 3 4 12 13
2026-03-12	4	1st	3 6 7 11 12
2026-03-08	1	2nd	2 3 10 12 13
2026-03-07	2	1st	3 5 5 6 6
2026-03-05	4	1st	3 4 4 5 13
2026-03-01	0	1st	3 4 6 12
2026-03-01	1	1st	3 4 6 12
2026-02-28	0	2nd	2 3 7 7
2026-02-28	1	2nd	2 3 7 7
2026-02-27	0	2nd	2 3 5 9
2026-02-27	3	2nd	2 3 5 9
2026-02-24	4	1st	3 4 4 8 13
2026-02-20	4	3rd	1 2 3 7 13
2026-02-16	1	3rd	1 1 3 8 12
2026-02-15	3	1st	3 5 9 11 12
2026-02-12	4	2nd	1 3 4 6 8
2026-02-08	3	2nd	2 3 6 8 11
2026-02-05	3	1st	3 4 4 7 13
2026-02-02	9	1st	3 4 4 9 10
2026-01-24	1	1st	3 4 9 11 13
2026-01-23	3	2nd	2 3 4 4 5
2026-01-20	13	3rd	2 2 3 5 9
2026-01-07	9	1st	3 6 7 9 10
2025-12-29	9	2nd	2 3 9 12 13
2025-12-20	3	3rd	1 2 3 8 13
2025-12-17	0	2nd	2 3 5 8
2025-12-17	2	2nd	2 3 5 8
2025-12-15	1	2nd	2 3 9 9 11
2025-12-14	1	2nd	2 3 4 9 11
2025-12-13	4	2nd	2 3 10 11 11
2025-12-09	4	3rd	2 2 3 11 11
2025-12-05	6	2nd	2 3 4 8 12
2025-11-29	1	1st	3 6 8 10 13
2025-11-28	3	1st	3 4 4 6 7
2025-11-25	7	2nd	2 3 8 10 13
2025-11-18	3	1st	3 5 7 12 13
2025-11-15	1	2nd	1 3 10 11 12
2025-11-14	1	1st	3 7 8 11 11
2025-11-13	1	1st	3 5 7 9 9
2025-11-12	2	1st	3 4 5 8 10
2025-11-10	2	2nd	2 3 6 10 12
2025-11-08	1	2nd	1 3 6 8 11
2025-11-07	1	1st	3 4 6 11 13
2025-11-06	2	2nd	2 3 8 10 12
2025-11-04	1	2nd	1 3 4 8 9
2025-11-03	2	1st	3 6 7 9 9
2025-11-01	1	2nd	2 3 6 7 12
2025-10-31	0	1st	3 4 5 6
2025-10-31	1	1st	3 4 5 6
2025-10-30	2	2nd	1 3 5 9 11
2025-10-28	2	2nd	1 3 4 4 7
2025-10-26	12	2nd	2 3 6 7 11
2025-10-14	3	1st	3 4 8 8 12
2025-10-11	2	2nd	1 3 5 11 13
2025-10-09	5	2nd	2 3 4 9 10
2025-10-04	1	2nd	2 3 8 9 9
2025-10-03	2	2nd	1 3 4 10 11
2025-10-01	1	3rd	1 2 3 6 13
2025-09-30	2	1st	3 9 12 13 13
2025-09-28	0	1st	3 7 13 13
2025-09-28	6	1st	3 7 13 13
2025-09-22	0	2nd	2 3 5 11
2025-09-22	2	2nd	2 3 5 11
2025-09-20	1	2nd	2 3 9 10 11
2025-09-19	6	2nd	1 3 7 7 10
2025-09-13	8	1st	3 5 9 12 13
2025-09-05	3	1st	3 4 4 9 11
2025-09-02	1	1st	3 5 8 11 11
2025-09-01	0	2nd	1 3 4 5
2025-09-01	2	2nd	1 3 4 5
2025-08-30	3	2nd	1 3 4 5 11
2025-08-27	1	1st	3 5 8 11 13
2025-08-26	1	1st	3 8 8 9 10
2025-08-25	6	1st	3 4 5 7 8
2025-08-19	1	1st	3 4 5 10 13
2025-08-18	0	1st	3 4 4 9
2025-08-18	1	1st	3 4 4 9
2025-08-17	—	2nd	2 3 5 10 13