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Set for Life · every number · star deck

3

Star 3

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 795 draws, 1 from 1–10.

Main numbersStars
87times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.89σ
2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number
9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
79longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 87 times in 795 draws against 79.5 expected, +0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

3

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 87 times in 795 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 2 draws now

2 draws: 2019-03-28 to 2019-04-046 draws: 2019-04-04 to 2019-04-253 draws: 2019-04-25 to 2019-05-064 draws: 2019-05-06 to 2019-05-201 draws: 2019-05-20 to 2019-05-239 draws: 2019-05-23 to 2019-06-247 draws: 2019-06-24 to 2019-07-183 draws: 2019-07-18 to 2019-07-291 draws: 2019-07-29 to 2019-08-017 draws: 2019-08-01 to 2019-08-268 draws: 2019-08-26 to 2019-09-231 draws: 2019-09-23 to 2019-09-2679 draws: 2019-09-26 to 2020-06-2919 draws: 2020-06-29 to 2020-09-034 draws: 2020-09-03 to 2020-09-1711 draws: 2020-09-17 to 2020-10-2615 draws: 2020-10-26 to 2020-12-171 draws: 2020-12-17 to 2020-12-2116 draws: 2020-12-21 to 2021-02-1539 draws: 2021-02-15 to 2021-07-018 draws: 2021-07-01 to 2021-07-293 draws: 2021-07-29 to 2021-08-097 draws: 2021-08-09 to 2021-09-026 draws: 2021-09-02 to 2021-09-2312 draws: 2021-09-23 to 2021-11-041 draws: 2021-11-04 to 2021-11-084 draws: 2021-11-08 to 2021-11-221 draws: 2021-11-22 to 2021-11-258 draws: 2021-11-25 to 2021-12-231 draws: 2021-12-23 to 2021-12-275 draws: 2021-12-27 to 2022-01-1311 draws: 2022-01-13 to 2022-02-218 draws: 2022-02-21 to 2022-03-212 draws: 2022-03-21 to 2022-03-2829 draws: 2022-03-28 to 2022-07-078 draws: 2022-07-07 to 2022-08-048 draws: 2022-08-04 to 2022-09-012 draws: 2022-09-01 to 2022-09-0816 draws: 2022-09-08 to 2022-11-035 draws: 2022-11-03 to 2022-11-2114 draws: 2022-11-21 to 2023-01-0910 draws: 2023-01-09 to 2023-02-132 draws: 2023-02-13 to 2023-02-209 draws: 2023-02-20 to 2023-03-239 draws: 2023-03-23 to 2023-04-248 draws: 2023-04-24 to 2023-05-223 draws: 2023-05-22 to 2023-06-012 draws: 2023-06-01 to 2023-06-081 draws: 2023-06-08 to 2023-06-1211 draws: 2023-06-12 to 2023-07-201 draws: 2023-07-20 to 2023-07-241 draws: 2023-07-24 to 2023-07-271 draws: 2023-07-27 to 2023-07-311 draws: 2023-07-31 to 2023-08-036 draws: 2023-08-03 to 2023-08-245 draws: 2023-08-24 to 2023-09-115 draws: 2023-09-11 to 2023-09-282 draws: 2023-09-28 to 2023-10-0552 draws: 2023-10-05 to 2024-04-0412 draws: 2024-04-04 to 2024-05-163 draws: 2024-05-16 to 2024-05-275 draws: 2024-05-27 to 2024-06-139 draws: 2024-06-13 to 2024-07-153 draws: 2024-07-15 to 2024-07-2514 draws: 2024-07-25 to 2024-09-1210 draws: 2024-09-12 to 2024-10-1719 draws: 2024-10-17 to 2024-12-235 draws: 2024-12-23 to 2025-01-0911 draws: 2025-01-09 to 2025-02-173 draws: 2025-02-17 to 2025-02-274 draws: 2025-02-27 to 2025-03-1320 draws: 2025-03-13 to 2025-05-2230 draws: 2025-05-22 to 2025-09-045 draws: 2025-09-04 to 2025-09-2211 draws: 2025-09-22 to 2025-10-304 draws: 2025-10-30 to 2025-11-131 draws: 2025-11-13 to 2025-11-1710 draws: 2025-11-17 to 2025-12-2211 draws: 2025-12-22 to 2026-01-299 draws: 2026-01-29 to 2026-03-021 draws: 2026-03-02 to 2026-03-0532 draws: 2026-03-05 to 2026-06-251 draws: 2026-06-25 to 2026-06-2912 draws: 2026-06-29 to 2026-08-105 draws: 2026-08-10 to 2026-08-2715 draws: 2026-08-27 to 2026-10-19Still waiting — at least 2 draws since 2026-10-192019-03-282019-04-042019-04-252019-05-062019-05-202019-05-232019-06-242019-07-182019-07-292019-08-012019-08-262019-09-232019-09-262020-06-292020-09-032020-09-172020-10-262020-12-172020-12-212021-02-152021-07-012021-07-292021-08-092021-09-022021-09-232021-11-042021-11-082021-11-222021-11-252021-12-232021-12-272022-01-132022-02-212022-03-212022-03-282022-07-072022-08-042022-09-012022-09-082022-11-032022-11-212023-01-092023-02-132023-02-202023-03-232023-04-242023-05-222023-06-012023-06-082023-06-122023-07-202023-07-242023-07-272023-07-312023-08-032023-08-242023-09-112023-09-282023-10-052024-04-042024-05-162024-05-272024-06-132024-07-152024-07-252024-09-122024-10-172024-12-232025-01-092025-02-172025-02-272025-03-132025-05-222025-09-042025-09-222025-10-302025-11-132025-11-172025-12-222026-01-292026-03-022026-03-052026-06-252026-06-292026-08-102026-08-272026-10-192019-03-182026-10-26

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 15 times2 draws: 6 times3 draws: 7 times4 draws: 5 times5 draws: 8 times6 draws: 3 times7 draws: 3 times8 draws: 7 times9 draws: 5 times10 draws: 3 times11 draws: 6 times12 draws: 3 times13 draws: 0 times14 draws: 2 times15 draws: 2 times16 draws: 2 times17 draws: 0 times18 draws: 0 times19 draws: 2 times20 draws: 1 time21 draws: 0 times22 draws: 0 times23 draws: 0 times24 draws: 0 times25 draws: 0 times26 draws: 0 times27 draws: 0 times28 draws: 0 times29 draws: 1 time30 draws: 1 time31 draws: 0 times32 draws: 1 time33 draws: 0 times34 draws: 0 times35 draws: 0 times36 draws: 0 times37 draws: 0 times38 draws: 0 times39 draws: 1 time40 draws: 0 times41 draws: 0 times42 draws: 0 times43 draws: 0 times44 draws: 0 times45 draws: 0 times46 draws: 0 times47 draws: 0 times48 draws: 0 times49 draws: 0 times50 draws: 0 times51 draws: 0 times52 draws: 1 time53 draws: 0 times54 draws: 0 times55 draws: 0 times56 draws: 0 times57 draws: 0 times58 draws: 0 times59 draws: 0 times60 draws: 0 times61 draws: 0 times62 draws: 0 times63 draws: 0 times64 draws: 0 times65 draws: 0 times66 draws: 0 times67 draws: 0 times68 draws: 0 times69 draws: 0 times70 draws: 0 times71 draws: 0 times72 draws: 0 times73 draws: 0 times74 draws: 0 times75 draws: 0 times76 draws: 0 times77 draws: 0 times78 draws: 0 times79 draws: 1 time80 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws 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 smallest87 · chance 87.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

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.

  • 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-10-19151st3
2026-08-2751st3
2026-08-10121st3
2026-06-2911st3
2026-06-25321st3
2026-03-0511st3
2026-03-0291st3
2026-01-29111st3
2025-12-22101st3
2025-11-1711st3
2025-11-1341st3
2025-10-30111st3
2025-09-2251st3
2025-09-04301st3
2025-05-22201st3
2025-03-1341st3
2025-02-2731st3
2025-02-17111st3
2025-01-0951st3
2024-12-23191st3
2024-10-17101st3
2024-09-12141st3
2024-07-2531st3
2024-07-1591st3
The other 63 appearances
2024-06-1351st3
2024-05-2731st3
2024-05-16121st3
2024-04-04521st3
2023-10-0521st3
2023-09-2851st3
2023-09-1151st3
2023-08-2461st3
2023-08-0311st3
2023-07-31
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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 1/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

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1st
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2023-07-2711st3
2023-07-2411st3
2023-07-20111st3
2023-06-1211st3
2023-06-0821st3
2023-06-0131st3
2023-05-2281st3
2023-04-2491st3
2023-03-2391st3
2023-02-2021st3
2023-02-13101st3
2023-01-09141st3
2022-11-2151st3
2022-11-03161st3
2022-09-0821st3
2022-09-0181st3
2022-08-0481st3
2022-07-07291st3
2022-03-2821st3
2022-03-2181st3
2022-02-21111st3
2022-01-1351st3
2021-12-2711st3
2021-12-2381st3
2021-11-2511st3
2021-11-2241st3
2021-11-0811st3
2021-11-04121st3
2021-09-2361st3
2021-09-0271st3
2021-08-0931st3
2021-07-2981st3
2021-07-01391st3
2021-02-15161st3
2020-12-2111st3
2020-12-17151st3
2020-10-26111st3
2020-09-1741st3
2020-09-03191st3
2020-06-29791st3
2019-09-2611st3
2019-09-2381st3
2019-08-2671st3
2019-08-0111st3
2019-07-2931st3
2019-07-1871st3
2019-06-2491st3
2019-05-2311st3
2019-05-2041st3
2019-05-0631st3
2019-04-2561st3
2019-04-0421st3
2019-03-28—1st3