In Québec Max under the 7/52 · since Apr 2026 rules — 53 draws, 7 from 1–52.
9times drawn · chance expected 7 +0.75σ
4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number
5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4
14longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 9 times in 53 draws against 7.1 expected, +0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3
Number 3, draw by draw
Drawn 9 times in 53 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 14 · 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.
Never drawn alongside 16 of the other 51 numbers; chance expects about 18 such strangers 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 52. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 7/52 tonight whatever it did last week.