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Number 3 In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 249 times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.26σ
12 draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number
8.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
44 longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 249 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 46 times, counted separately.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 249 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 12 draws now
4 draws: 1994-11-19 to 1994-12-17 1 draws: 1994-12-17 to 1994-12-24 28 draws: 1994-12-24 to 1995-07-08 2 draws: 1995-07-08 to 1995-07-22 24 draws: 1995-07-22 to 1996-01-06 24 draws: 1996-01-06 to 1996-06-22 7 draws: 1996-06-22 to 1996-08-10 3 draws: 1996-08-10 to 1996-08-31 8 draws: 1996-08-31 to 1996-10-26 12 draws: 1996-10-26 to 1997-01-18 13 draws: 1997-01-18 to 1997-03-12 7 draws: 1997-03-12 to 1997-04-05 3 draws: 1997-04-05 to 1997-04-16 11 draws: 1997-04-16 to 1997-05-24 1 draws: 1997-05-24 to 1997-05-28 5 draws: 1997-05-28 to 1997-06-14 7 draws: 1997-06-14 to 1997-07-09 6 draws: 1997-07-09 to 1997-07-30 2 draws: 1997-07-30 to 1997-08-06 18 draws: 1997-08-06 to 1997-10-08 10 draws: 1997-10-08 to 1997-11-12 9 draws: 1997-11-12 to 1997-12-13 8 draws: 1997-12-13 to 1998-01-10 29 draws: 1998-01-10 to 1998-04-22 6 draws: 1998-04-22 to 1998-05-13 5 draws: 1998-05-13 to 1998-05-30 12 draws: 1998-05-30 to 1998-07-11 2 draws: 1998-07-11 to 1998-07-18 8 draws: 1998-07-18 to 1998-08-15 3 draws: 1998-08-15 to 1998-08-26 5 draws: 1998-08-26 to 1998-09-12 10 draws: 1998-09-12 to 1998-10-17 1 draws: 1998-10-17 to 1998-10-21 20 draws: 1998-10-21 to 1998-12-30 8 draws: 1998-12-30 to 1999-01-27 2 draws: 1999-01-27 to 1999-02-03 5 draws: 1999-02-03 to 1999-02-20 1 draws: 1999-02-20 to 1999-02-24 11 draws: 1999-02-24 to 1999-04-03 4 draws: 1999-04-03 to 1999-04-17 1 draws: 1999-04-17 to 1999-04-21 1 draws: 1999-04-21 to 1999-04-24 10 draws: 1999-04-24 to 1999-05-29 4 draws: 1999-05-29 to 1999-06-12 10 draws: 1999-06-12 to 1999-07-17 3 draws: 1999-07-17 to 1999-07-28 2 draws: 1999-07-28 to 1999-08-04 8 draws: 1999-08-04 to 1999-09-01 1 draws: 1999-09-01 to 1999-09-04 7 draws: 1999-09-04 to 1999-09-29 1 draws: 1999-09-29 to 1999-10-02 3 draws: 1999-10-02 to 1999-10-13 6 draws: 1999-10-13 to 1999-11-03 20 draws: 1999-11-03 to 2000-01-12 8 draws: 2000-01-12 to 2000-02-09 5 draws: 2000-02-09 to 2000-02-26 10 draws: 2000-02-26 to 2000-04-01 1 draws: 2000-04-01 to 2000-04-05 4 draws: 2000-04-05 to 2000-04-19 5 draws: 2000-04-19 to 2000-05-06 8 draws: 2000-05-06 to 2000-06-03 18 draws: 2000-06-03 to 2000-08-05 5 draws: 2000-08-05 to 2000-08-23 5 draws: 2000-08-23 to 2000-09-09 22 draws: 2000-09-09 to 2000-11-25 5 draws: 2000-11-25 to 2000-12-13 18 draws: 2000-12-13 to 2001-02-14 3 draws: 2001-02-14 to 2001-02-24 3 draws: 2001-02-24 to 2001-03-07 3 draws: 2001-03-07 to 2001-03-17 14 draws: 2001-03-17 to 2001-05-05 6 draws: 2001-05-05 to 2001-05-26 17 draws: 2001-05-26 to 2001-07-25 1 draws: 2001-07-25 to 2001-07-28 17 draws: 2001-07-28 to 2001-09-26 7 draws: 2001-09-26 to 2001-10-20 24 draws: 2001-10-20 to 2002-01-12 26 draws: 2002-01-12 to 2002-04-13 3 draws: 2002-04-13 to 2002-04-24 12 draws: 2002-04-24 to 2002-06-05 3 draws: 2002-06-05 to 2002-06-15 31 draws: 2002-06-15 to 2002-10-02 12 draws: 2002-10-02 to 2002-11-13 14 draws: 2002-11-13 to 2003-01-01 7 draws: 2003-01-01 to 2003-01-25 11 draws: 2003-01-25 to 2003-03-05 11 draws: 2003-03-05 to 2003-04-12 6 draws: 2003-04-12 to 2003-05-03 3 draws: 2003-05-03 to 2003-05-14 9 draws: 2003-05-14 to 2003-06-14 10 draws: 2003-06-14 to 2003-07-19 16 draws: 2003-07-19 to 2003-09-13 1 draws: 2003-09-13 to 2003-09-17 4 draws: 2003-09-17 to 2003-10-01 3 draws: 2003-10-01 to 2003-10-11 16 draws: 2003-10-11 to 2003-12-06 6 draws: 2003-12-06 to 2003-12-27 7 draws: 2003-12-27 to 2004-01-21 8 draws: 2004-01-21 to 2004-02-18 13 draws: 2004-02-18 to 2004-04-03 3 draws: 2004-04-03 to 2004-04-14 1 draws: 2004-04-14 to 2004-04-17 2 draws: 2004-04-17 to 2004-04-24 1 draws: 2004-04-24 to 2004-04-28 23 draws: 2004-04-28 to 2004-07-17 4 draws: 2004-07-17 to 2004-07-31 10 draws: 2004-07-31 to 2004-09-04 3 draws: 2004-09-04 to 2004-09-15 3 draws: 2004-09-15 to 2004-09-25 5 draws: 2004-09-25 to 2004-10-13 5 draws: 2004-10-13 to 2004-10-30 25 draws: 2004-10-30 to 2005-01-26 1 draws: 2005-01-26 to 2005-01-29 9 draws: 2005-01-29 to 2005-03-02 4 draws: 2005-03-02 to 2005-03-16 11 draws: 2005-03-16 to 2005-04-23 11 draws: 2005-04-23 to 2005-06-01 10 draws: 2005-06-01 to 2005-07-06 2 draws: 2005-07-06 to 2005-07-13 1 draws: 2005-07-13 to 2005-07-16 4 draws: 2005-07-16 to 2005-07-30 2 draws: 2005-07-30 to 2005-08-06 3 draws: 2005-08-06 to 2005-08-17 44 draws: 2005-08-17 to 2006-01-18 5 draws: 2006-01-18 to 2006-02-04 21 draws: 2006-02-04 to 2006-04-19 7 draws: 2006-04-19 to 2006-05-13 1 draws: 2006-05-13 to 2006-05-17 23 draws: 2006-05-17 to 2006-08-05 8 draws: 2006-08-05 to 2006-09-02 5 draws: 2006-09-02 to 2006-09-20 2 draws: 2006-09-20 to 2006-09-27 14 draws: 2006-09-27 to 2006-11-15 39 draws: 2006-11-15 to 2007-03-31 12 draws: 2007-03-31 to 2007-05-12 3 draws: 2007-05-12 to 2007-05-23 1 draws: 2007-05-23 to 2007-05-26 4 draws: 2007-05-26 to 2007-06-09 7 draws: 2007-06-09 to 2007-07-04 2 draws: 2007-07-04 to 2007-07-11 3 draws: 2007-07-11 to 2007-07-21 1 draws: 2007-07-21 to 2007-07-25 2 draws: 2007-07-25 to 2007-08-01 2 draws: 2007-08-01 to 2007-08-08 7 draws: 2007-08-08 to 2007-09-01 4 draws: 2007-09-01 to 2007-09-15 2 draws: 2007-09-15 to 2007-09-22 12 draws: 2007-09-22 to 2007-11-03 18 draws: 2007-11-03 to 2008-01-05 23 draws: 2008-01-05 to 2008-03-26 14 draws: 2008-03-26 to 2008-05-14 1 draws: 2008-05-14 to 2008-05-17 2 draws: 2008-05-17 to 2008-05-24 11 draws: 2008-05-24 to 2008-07-02 2 draws: 2008-07-02 to 2008-07-09 2 draws: 2008-07-09 to 2008-07-16 3 draws: 2008-07-16 to 2008-07-26 6 draws: 2008-07-26 to 2008-08-16 5 draws: 2008-08-16 to 2008-09-03 4 draws: 2008-09-03 to 2008-09-17 9 draws: 2008-09-17 to 2008-10-18 11 draws: 2008-10-18 to 2008-11-26 7 draws: 2008-11-26 to 2008-12-20 3 draws: 2008-12-20 to 2008-12-31 4 draws: 2008-12-31 to 2009-01-14 2 draws: 2009-01-14 to 2009-01-21 5 draws: 2009-01-21 to 2009-02-07 7 draws: 2009-02-07 to 2009-03-04 8 draws: 2009-03-04 to 2009-04-01 20 draws: 2009-04-01 to 2009-06-10 3 draws: 2009-06-10 to 2009-06-20 11 draws: 2009-06-20 to 2009-07-29 8 draws: 2009-07-29 to 2009-08-26 9 draws: 2009-08-26 to 2009-09-26 17 draws: 2009-09-26 to 2009-11-25 1 draws: 2009-11-25 to 2009-11-28 4 draws: 2009-11-28 to 2009-12-12 12 draws: 2009-12-12 to 2010-01-23 2 draws: 2010-01-23 to 2010-01-30 1 draws: 2010-01-30 to 2010-02-03 1 draws: 2010-02-03 to 2010-02-06 3 draws: 2010-02-06 to 2010-02-17 2 draws: 2010-02-17 to 2010-02-24 8 draws: 2010-02-24 to 2010-03-24 7 draws: 2010-03-24 to 2010-04-17 5 draws: 2010-04-17 to 2010-05-05 19 draws: 2010-05-05 to 2010-07-10 14 draws: 2010-07-10 to 2010-08-28 16 draws: 2010-08-28 to 2010-10-23 1 draws: 2010-10-23 to 2010-10-27 6 draws: 2010-10-27 to 2010-11-17 12 draws: 2010-11-17 to 2010-12-29 32 draws: 2010-12-29 to 2011-04-20 4 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-04 7 draws: 2011-05-04 to 2011-05-28 3 draws: 2011-05-28 to 2011-06-08 3 draws: 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-18 17 draws: 2011-06-18 to 2011-08-17 1 draws: 2011-08-17 to 2011-08-20 8 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-09-17 25 draws: 2011-09-17 to 2011-12-14 25 draws: 2011-12-14 to 2012-03-10 2 draws: 2012-03-10 to 2012-03-17 3 draws: 2012-03-17 to 2012-03-28 9 draws: 2012-03-28 to 2012-04-28 7 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-05-23 7 draws: 2012-05-23 to 2012-06-16 2 draws: 2012-06-16 to 2012-06-23 3 draws: 2012-06-23 to 2012-07-04 14 draws: 2012-07-04 to 2012-08-22 12 draws: 2012-08-22 to 2012-10-03 18 draws: 2012-10-03 to 2012-12-05 6 draws: 2012-12-05 to 2012-12-26 5 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-01-12 11 draws: 2013-01-12 to 2013-02-20 4 draws: 2013-02-20 to 2013-03-06 5 draws: 2013-03-06 to 2013-03-23 5 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-04-10 1 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-13 10 draws: 2013-04-13 to 2013-05-18 3 draws: 2013-05-18 to 2013-05-29 5 draws: 2013-05-29 to 2013-06-15 7 draws: 2013-06-15 to 2013-07-10 3 draws: 2013-07-10 to 2013-07-20 4 draws: 2013-07-20 to 2013-08-03 1 draws: 2013-08-03 to 2013-08-07 4 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-08-21 17 draws: 2013-08-21 to 2013-10-19 8 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-11-16 25 draws: 2013-11-16 to 2014-02-12 4 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-02-26 11 draws: 2014-02-26 to 2014-04-05 10 draws: 2014-04-05 to 2014-05-10 12 draws: 2014-05-10 to 2014-06-21 5 draws: 2014-06-21 to 2014-07-09 1 draws: 2014-07-09 to 2014-07-12 10 draws: 2014-07-12 to 2014-08-16 12 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-09-27 10 draws: 2014-09-27 to 2014-11-01 6 draws: 2014-11-01 to 2014-11-22 19 draws: 2014-11-22 to 2015-01-28 3 draws: 2015-01-28 to 2015-02-07 7 draws: 2015-02-07 to 2015-03-04 6 draws: 2015-03-04 to 2015-03-25 1 draws: 2015-03-25 to 2015-03-28 9 draws: 2015-03-28 to 2015-04-29 20 draws: 2015-04-29 to 2015-07-08 14 draws: 2015-07-08 to 2015-08-26 Still waiting — at least 12 draws since 2015-08-26 1994-11-19 1994-12-17 1994-12-24 1995-07-08 1995-07-22 1996-01-06 1996-06-22 1996-08-10 1996-08-31 1996-10-26 1997-01-18 1997-03-12 1997-04-05 1997-04-16 1997-05-24 1997-05-28 1997-06-14 1997-07-09 1997-07-30 1997-08-06 1997-10-08 1997-11-12 1997-12-13 1998-01-10 1998-04-22 1998-05-13 1998-05-30 1998-07-11 1998-07-18 1998-08-15 1998-08-26 1998-09-12 1998-10-17 1998-10-21 1998-12-30 1999-01-27 1999-02-03 1999-02-20 1999-02-24 1999-04-03 1999-04-17 1999-04-21 1999-04-24 1999-05-29 1999-06-12 1999-07-17 1999-07-28 1999-08-04 1999-09-01 1999-09-04 1999-09-29 1999-10-02 1999-10-13 1999-11-03 2000-01-12 2000-02-09 2000-02-26 2000-04-01 2000-04-05 2000-04-19 2000-05-06 2000-06-03 2000-08-05 2000-08-23 2000-09-09 2000-11-25 2000-12-13 2001-02-14 2001-02-24 2001-03-07 2001-03-17 2001-05-05 2001-05-26 2001-07-25 2001-07-28 2001-09-26 2001-10-20 2002-01-12 2002-04-13 2002-04-24 2002-06-05 2002-06-15 2002-10-02 2002-11-13 2003-01-01 2003-01-25 2003-03-05 2003-04-12 2003-05-03 2003-05-14 2003-06-14 2003-07-19 2003-09-13 2003-09-17 2003-10-01 2003-10-11 2003-12-06 2003-12-27 2004-01-21 2004-02-18 2004-04-03 2004-04-14 2004-04-17 2004-04-24 2004-04-28 2004-07-17 2004-07-31 2004-09-04 2004-09-15 2004-09-25 2004-10-13 2004-10-30 2005-01-26 2005-01-29 2005-03-02 2005-03-16 2005-04-23 2005-06-01 2005-07-06 2005-07-13 2005-07-16 2005-07-30 2005-08-06 2005-08-17 2006-01-18 2006-02-04 2006-04-19 2006-05-13 2006-05-17 2006-08-05 2006-09-02 2006-09-20 2006-09-27 2006-11-15 2007-03-31 2007-05-12 2007-05-23 2007-05-26 2007-06-09 2007-07-04 2007-07-11 2007-07-21 2007-07-25 2007-08-01 2007-08-08 2007-09-01 2007-09-15 2007-09-22 2007-11-03 2008-01-05 2008-03-26 2008-05-14 2008-05-17 2008-05-24 2008-07-02 2008-07-09 2008-07-16 2008-07-26 2008-08-16 2008-09-03 2008-09-17 2008-10-18 2008-11-26 2008-12-20 2008-12-31 2009-01-14 2009-01-21 2009-02-07 2009-03-04 2009-04-01 2009-06-10 2009-06-20 2009-07-29 2009-08-26 2009-09-26 2009-11-25 2009-11-28 2009-12-12 2010-01-23 2010-01-30 2010-02-03 2010-02-06 2010-02-17 2010-02-24 2010-03-24 2010-04-17 2010-05-05 2010-07-10 2010-08-28 2010-10-23 2010-10-27 2010-11-17 2010-12-29 2011-04-20 2011-05-04 2011-05-28 2011-06-08 2011-06-18 2011-08-17 2011-08-20 2011-09-17 2011-12-14 2012-03-10 2012-03-17 2012-03-28 2012-04-28 2012-05-23 2012-06-16 2012-06-23 2012-07-04 2012-08-22 2012-10-03 2012-12-05 2012-12-26 2013-01-12 2013-02-20 2013-03-06 2013-03-23 2013-04-10 2013-04-13 2013-05-18 2013-05-29 2013-06-15 2013-07-10 2013-07-20 2013-08-03 2013-08-07 2013-08-21 2013-10-19 2013-11-16 2014-02-12 2014-02-26 2014-04-05 2014-05-10 2014-06-21 2014-07-09 2014-07-12 2014-08-16 2014-09-27 2014-11-01 2014-11-22 2015-01-28 2015-02-07 2015-03-04 2015-03-25 2015-03-28 2015-04-29 2015-07-08 2015-08-26 1994-11-19 2015-10-07
1 draws: 28 times 2 draws: 21 times 3 draws: 29 times 4 draws: 18 times 5 draws: 21 times 6 draws: 11 times 7 draws: 18 times 8 draws: 14 times 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 12 times 11 draws: 11 times 12 draws: 11 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 7 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 5 times 18 draws: 5 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 4 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 3 times 24 draws: 3 times 25 draws: 4 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 1 time 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 1 time 45 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 199 · chance 199.3 2nd smallest 49 · chance 47.5 3rd smallest 1 · chance 2.2 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 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 48 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 49. 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 ← number 2 Every number number 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.