Number 3

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 794 draws, 5 from 1–47.

100times drawn · chance expected 84 +1.79σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

50longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 794 draws against 84.5 expected, +1.79σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 794 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 22 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 smallest82 · chance 83.2
2nd smallest18 · chance 16.2
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.6
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 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 34 21 29 36 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-06	9	1st	3 4 5 18 37
2026-07-06	12	1st	3 4 15 26 45
2026-05-25	2	1st	3 14 21 28 44
2026-05-18	9	1st	3 21 22 28

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-21	2	1st	3 12 13 35 43
2024-11-14	9	2nd	1 3 17 30 39
2024-10-14	11	1st	3 15 28 32 34
2024-09-05	1	1st	3 5 23 32 44
2024-09-02	12	1st	3 9 21 22 31
2024-07-22	13	2nd	1 3 9 26 32
2024-06-06	12	1st	3 24 29 31 41
2024-04-25	3	1st	3 27 43 46 47
2024-04-15	2	2nd	1 3 21 22 27
2024-04-08	5	1st	3 5 6 36 43
2024-03-21	7	1st	3 4 11 14 18
2024-02-26	6	1st	3 10 21 24 39
2024-02-05	1	1st	3 4 8 10 28
2024-02-01	16	1st	3 7 11 23 29
2023-12-07	7	2nd	2 3 37 39 45
2023-11-13	16	1st	3 11 33 38 45
2023-09-18	3	2nd	1 3 11 28 43
2023-09-07	6	1st	3 9 21 26 42
2023-08-17	15	2nd	2 3 26 33 36
2023-06-26	3	1st	3 30 33 36 44
2023-06-15	9	1st	3 13 35 37 46
2023-05-15	12	1st	3 23 25 33 36
2023-04-03	4	1st	3 4 6 36 39
2023-03-20	2	1st	3 24 30 35 44
2023-03-13	2	1st	3 15 17 18 33
2023-03-06	17	1st	3 20 24 42 45
2023-01-05	1	1st	3 29 36 40 42
2023-01-02	2	1st	3 4 7 15 26
2022-12-26	5	1st	3 5 7 16 21
2022-12-08	5	2nd	1 3 21 38 42
2022-11-21	6	1st	3 12 18 31 33
2022-10-31	3	1st	3 5 13 17 24
2022-10-20	4	1st	3 8 13 29 36
2022-10-06	6	1st	3 4 24 40 45
2022-09-15	5	1st	3 13 20 23 38
2022-08-29	1	1st	3 8 14 31 47
2022-08-25	8	2nd	1 3 21 27 34
2022-07-28	11	1st	3 6 15 26 33
2022-06-20	7	2nd	1 3 40 44 47
2022-05-26	4	2nd	2 3 34 39 46
2022-05-12	3	1st	3 13 15 19 36
2022-05-02	6	1st	3 27 31 44 46
2022-04-11	6	1st	3 11 25 42 47
2022-03-21	10	1st	3 8 23 30 32
2022-02-14	4	1st	3 9 14 27 38
2022-01-31	17	1st	3 4 7 29 34
2021-12-02	3	1st	3 29 32 38 43
2021-11-22	4	1st	3 14 26 30 39
2021-11-08	3	1st	3 7 19 24 35
2021-10-28	2	1st	3 9 21 29 45
2021-10-21	14	2nd	2 3 4 12 29
2021-09-02	50	2nd	2 3 16 24 38
2021-03-11	22	1st	3 11 20 21 26
2020-12-24	5	1st	3 13 14 36 38
2020-12-07	4	1st	3 11 14 21 44
2020-11-23	1	1st	3 10 15 29 30
2020-11-19	5	2nd	1 3 15 18 29
2020-11-02	11	1st	3 16 41 42 44
2020-09-24	1	1st	3 8 17 22 36
2020-09-21	1	1st	3 7 26 37 41
2020-09-17	24	1st	3 7 17 34 44
2020-06-25	5	1st	3 16 18 20 45
2020-06-08	3	1st	3 12 16 22 47
2020-05-28	1	1st	3 5 13 23 31
2020-05-25	1	2nd	1 3 24 42 44
2020-05-21	15	1st	3 4 19 45 46
2020-03-30	23	2nd	2 3 4 36 41
2020-01-09	9	1st	3 11 39 44 46
2019-12-09	32	1st	3 11 13 34 43
2019-08-19	2	1st	3 4 5 7 34
2019-08-12	12	1st	3 20 26 27 32
2019-07-01	1	1st	3 11 21 35 45
2019-06-27	14	1st	3 6 34 43 47
2019-05-09	6	1st	3 6 9 32 47
2019-04-18	8	1st	3 6 16 24 29
2019-03-21	—	2nd	2 3 4 25 46