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Star 3 In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/9 · Feb 2004 – May 2011 rules — 378 draws, 2 from 1–9 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 5/50 + 2/11 · May 2011 – Sep 2016 5/50 + 2/9 · Feb 2004 – May 2011 92 times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.99σ
6 draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number
4.0 average wait between appearances · chance says 4.5
13 longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 92 times in 378 draws against 84.0 expected, +0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 92 times in 378 draws · average wait 4.0 draws · longest completed wait 13 · waiting 6 draws now
1 draws: 2004-04-16 to 2004-04-23 6 draws: 2004-04-23 to 2004-06-04 4 draws: 2004-06-04 to 2004-07-02 3 draws: 2004-07-02 to 2004-07-23 13 draws: 2004-07-23 to 2004-10-22 3 draws: 2004-10-22 to 2004-11-12 3 draws: 2004-11-12 to 2004-12-03 5 draws: 2004-12-03 to 2005-01-07 1 draws: 2005-01-07 to 2005-01-14 11 draws: 2005-01-14 to 2005-04-01 1 draws: 2005-04-01 to 2005-04-08 1 draws: 2005-04-08 to 2005-04-15 11 draws: 2005-04-15 to 2005-07-01 2 draws: 2005-07-01 to 2005-07-15 5 draws: 2005-07-15 to 2005-08-19 2 draws: 2005-08-19 to 2005-09-02 2 draws: 2005-09-02 to 2005-09-16 3 draws: 2005-09-16 to 2005-10-07 3 draws: 2005-10-07 to 2005-10-28 2 draws: 2005-10-28 to 2005-11-11 1 draws: 2005-11-11 to 2005-11-18 11 draws: 2005-11-18 to 2006-02-03 3 draws: 2006-02-03 to 2006-02-24 1 draws: 2006-02-24 to 2006-03-03 9 draws: 2006-03-03 to 2006-05-05 3 draws: 2006-05-05 to 2006-05-26 3 draws: 2006-05-26 to 2006-06-16 7 draws: 2006-06-16 to 2006-08-04 7 draws: 2006-08-04 to 2006-09-22 3 draws: 2006-09-22 to 2006-10-13 1 draws: 2006-10-13 to 2006-10-20 2 draws: 2006-10-20 to 2006-11-03 1 draws: 2006-11-03 to 2006-11-10 5 draws: 2006-11-10 to 2006-12-15 1 draws: 2006-12-15 to 2006-12-22 1 draws: 2006-12-22 to 2006-12-29 2 draws: 2006-12-29 to 2007-01-12 10 draws: 2007-01-12 to 2007-03-23 2 draws: 2007-03-23 to 2007-04-06 1 draws: 2007-04-06 to 2007-04-13 1 draws: 2007-04-13 to 2007-04-20 8 draws: 2007-04-20 to 2007-06-15 2 draws: 2007-06-15 to 2007-06-29 2 draws: 2007-06-29 to 2007-07-13 6 draws: 2007-07-13 to 2007-08-24 2 draws: 2007-08-24 to 2007-09-07 5 draws: 2007-09-07 to 2007-10-12 6 draws: 2007-10-12 to 2007-11-23 3 draws: 2007-11-23 to 2007-12-14 3 draws: 2007-12-14 to 2008-01-04 12 draws: 2008-01-04 to 2008-03-28 4 draws: 2008-03-28 to 2008-04-25 8 draws: 2008-04-25 to 2008-06-20 3 draws: 2008-06-20 to 2008-07-11 8 draws: 2008-07-11 to 2008-09-05 1 draws: 2008-09-05 to 2008-09-12 3 draws: 2008-09-12 to 2008-10-03 5 draws: 2008-10-03 to 2008-11-07 1 draws: 2008-11-07 to 2008-11-14 1 draws: 2008-11-14 to 2008-11-21 8 draws: 2008-11-21 to 2009-01-16 3 draws: 2009-01-16 to 2009-02-06 12 draws: 2009-02-06 to 2009-05-01 4 draws: 2009-05-01 to 2009-05-29 7 draws: 2009-05-29 to 2009-07-17 2 draws: 2009-07-17 to 2009-07-31 2 draws: 2009-07-31 to 2009-08-14 1 draws: 2009-08-14 to 2009-08-21 2 draws: 2009-08-21 to 2009-09-04 3 draws: 2009-09-04 to 2009-09-25 3 draws: 2009-09-25 to 2009-10-16 4 draws: 2009-10-16 to 2009-11-13 3 draws: 2009-11-13 to 2009-12-04 2 draws: 2009-12-04 to 2009-12-18 1 draws: 2009-12-18 to 2009-12-25 6 draws: 2009-12-25 to 2010-02-05 2 draws: 2010-02-05 to 2010-02-19 2 draws: 2010-02-19 to 2010-03-05 5 draws: 2010-03-05 to 2010-04-09 1 draws: 2010-04-09 to 2010-04-16 2 draws: 2010-04-16 to 2010-04-30 2 draws: 2010-04-30 to 2010-05-14 2 draws: 2010-05-14 to 2010-05-28 6 draws: 2010-05-28 to 2010-07-09 2 draws: 2010-07-09 to 2010-07-23 8 draws: 2010-07-23 to 2010-09-17 4 draws: 2010-09-17 to 2010-10-15 1 draws: 2010-10-15 to 2010-10-22 8 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-12-17 10 draws: 2010-12-17 to 2011-02-25 4 draws: 2011-02-25 to 2011-03-25 Still waiting — at least 6 draws since 2011-03-25 2004-04-16 2004-04-23 2004-06-04 2004-07-02 2004-07-23 2004-10-22 2004-11-12 2004-12-03 2005-01-07 2005-01-14 2005-04-01 2005-04-08 2005-04-15 2005-07-01 2005-07-15 2005-08-19 2005-09-02 2005-09-16 2005-10-07 2005-10-28 2005-11-11 2005-11-18 2006-02-03 2006-02-24 2006-03-03 2006-05-05 2006-05-26 2006-06-16 2006-08-04 2006-09-22 2006-10-13 2006-10-20 2006-11-03 2006-11-10 2006-12-15 2006-12-22 2006-12-29 2007-01-12 2007-03-23 2007-04-06 2007-04-13 2007-04-20 2007-06-15 2007-06-29 2007-07-13 2007-08-24 2007-09-07 2007-10-12 2007-11-23 2007-12-14 2008-01-04 2008-03-28 2008-04-25 2008-06-20 2008-07-11 2008-09-05 2008-09-12 2008-10-03 2008-11-07 2008-11-14 2008-11-21 2009-01-16 2009-02-06 2009-05-01 2009-05-29 2009-07-17 2009-07-31 2009-08-14 2009-08-21 2009-09-04 2009-09-25 2009-10-16 2009-11-13 2009-12-04 2009-12-18 2009-12-25 2010-02-05 2010-02-19 2010-03-05 2010-04-09 2010-04-16 2010-04-30 2010-05-14 2010-05-28 2010-07-09 2010-07-23 2010-09-17 2010-10-15 2010-10-22 2010-12-17 2011-02-25 2011-03-25 2004-02-13 2011-05-06
1 draws: 19 times 2 draws: 20 times 3 draws: 17 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 6 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 1 time 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 74 · chance 69.0 2nd smallest 18 · chance 23.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 8 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 9. 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 ← star 2 Every number star 4 → 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 2/9 tonight whatever it did last week.