In Lotto 6aus49 under the 6/49 + 1/9 · since Sep 2024 rules — 217 draws, 1 from 0–9.
20times drawn · chance expected 22 −0.38σ
9draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number
10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
41longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 20 times in 217 draws against 21.7 expected, −0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3
Number 3, draw by draw
Drawn 20 times in 217 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 9 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 9 of the other 9 numbers; chance expects about 9 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 10. 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 1/10 tonight whatever it did last week.