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3

Star 3

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,755 draws, 1 from 1–27.

Main numbersStars
83times drawn · chance expected 65 +2.28σ
29draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number
21.0average wait between appearances · chance says 27.0
92longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 1,755 draws against 65.0 expected, +2.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 29 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

3

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 1,755 draws · average wait 21.0 draws · longest completed wait 92 · waiting 29 draws now

63 draws: 2010-01-20 to 2010-08-281 draws: 2010-08-28 to 2010-09-0140 draws: 2010-09-01 to 2011-01-193 draws: 2011-01-19 to 2011-01-2922 draws: 2011-01-29 to 2011-04-1611 draws: 2011-04-16 to 2011-05-2536 draws: 2011-05-25 to 2011-09-2814 draws: 2011-09-28 to 2011-11-1673 draws: 2011-11-16 to 2012-07-2818 draws: 2012-07-28 to 2012-09-295 draws: 2012-09-29 to 2012-10-1750 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2013-04-1036 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-08-1429 draws: 2013-08-14 to 2013-11-2353 draws: 2013-11-23 to 2014-05-287 draws: 2014-05-28 to 2014-06-2112 draws: 2014-06-21 to 2014-08-024 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-1610 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-09-2035 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2015-01-2128 draws: 2015-01-21 to 2015-04-295 draws: 2015-04-29 to 2015-05-1626 draws: 2015-05-16 to 2015-08-1522 draws: 2015-08-15 to 2015-10-317 draws: 2015-10-31 to 2015-11-2525 draws: 2015-11-25 to 2016-02-2030 draws: 2016-02-20 to 2016-06-048 draws: 2016-06-04 to 2016-07-0226 draws: 2016-07-02 to 2016-10-0145 draws: 2016-10-01 to 2017-03-0823 draws: 2017-03-08 to 2017-05-2736 draws: 2017-05-27 to 2017-09-3011 draws: 2017-09-30 to 2017-11-084 draws: 2017-11-08 to 2017-11-2211 draws: 2017-11-22 to 2017-12-306 draws: 2017-12-30 to 2018-01-2015 draws: 2018-01-20 to 2018-03-143 draws: 2018-03-14 to 2018-03-241 draws: 2018-03-24 to 2018-03-2830 draws: 2018-03-28 to 2018-07-1115 draws: 2018-07-11 to 2018-09-0162 draws: 2018-09-01 to 2019-04-0619 draws: 2019-04-06 to 2019-06-1222 draws: 2019-06-12 to 2019-08-2851 draws: 2019-08-28 to 2020-02-228 draws: 2020-02-22 to 2020-03-2121 draws: 2020-03-21 to 2020-06-0341 draws: 2020-06-03 to 2020-10-2450 draws: 2020-10-24 to 2021-04-1718 draws: 2021-04-17 to 2021-06-1919 draws: 2021-06-19 to 2021-08-2511 draws: 2021-08-25 to 2021-10-024 draws: 2021-10-02 to 2021-10-164 draws: 2021-10-16 to 2021-10-306 draws: 2021-10-30 to 2021-11-2011 draws: 2021-11-20 to 2021-12-2920 draws: 2021-12-29 to 2022-03-0918 draws: 2022-03-09 to 2022-05-111 draws: 2022-05-11 to 2022-05-1417 draws: 2022-05-14 to 2022-07-135 draws: 2022-07-13 to 2022-07-3092 draws: 2022-07-30 to 2023-06-174 draws: 2023-06-17 to 2023-07-0112 draws: 2023-07-01 to 2023-08-128 draws: 2023-08-12 to 2023-09-094 draws: 2023-09-09 to 2023-09-236 draws: 2023-09-23 to 2023-10-144 draws: 2023-10-14 to 2023-10-286 draws: 2023-10-28 to 2023-11-1835 draws: 2023-11-18 to 2024-03-207 draws: 2024-03-20 to 2024-04-1312 draws: 2024-04-13 to 2024-05-2538 draws: 2024-05-25 to 2024-10-056 draws: 2024-10-05 to 2024-10-2629 draws: 2024-10-26 to 2025-02-0510 draws: 2025-02-05 to 2025-03-1274 draws: 2025-03-12 to 2025-11-2616 draws: 2025-11-26 to 2026-01-219 draws: 2026-01-21 to 2026-02-213 draws: 2026-02-21 to 2026-03-041 draws: 2026-03-04 to 2026-03-0737 draws: 2026-03-07 to 2026-07-15Still waiting — at least 29 draws since 2026-07-152010-01-202010-08-282010-09-012011-01-192011-01-292011-04-162011-05-252011-09-282011-11-162012-07-282012-09-292012-10-172013-04-102013-08-142013-11-232014-05-282014-06-212014-08-022014-08-162014-09-202015-01-212015-04-292015-05-162015-08-152015-10-312015-11-252016-02-202016-06-042016-07-022016-10-012017-03-082017-05-272017-09-302017-11-082017-11-222017-12-302018-01-202018-03-142018-03-242018-03-282018-07-112018-09-012019-04-062019-06-122019-08-282020-02-222020-03-212020-06-032020-10-242021-04-172021-06-192021-08-252021-10-022021-10-162021-10-302021-11-202021-12-292022-03-092022-05-112022-05-142022-07-132022-07-302023-06-172023-07-012023-08-122023-09-092023-09-232023-10-142023-10-282023-11-182024-03-202024-04-132024-05-252024-10-052024-10-262025-02-052025-03-122025-11-262026-01-212026-02-212026-03-042026-03-072026-07-152010-01-022026-10-24

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

1 draws: 4 times2 draws: 0 times3 draws: 3 times4 draws: 7 times5 draws: 3 times6 draws: 5 times7 draws: 3 times8 draws: 3 times9 draws: 1 time10 draws: 2 times11 draws: 5 times12 draws: 3 times13 draws: 0 times14 draws: 1 time15 draws: 2 times16 draws: 1 time17 draws: 1 time18 draws: 3 times19 draws: 2 times20 draws: 1 time21 draws: 1 time22 draws: 3 times23 draws: 1 time24 draws: 0 times25 draws: 1 time26 draws: 2 times27 draws: 0 times28 draws: 1 time29 draws: 2 times30 draws: 2 times31 draws: 0 times32 draws: 0 times33 draws: 0 times34 draws: 0 times35 draws: 2 times36 draws: 3 times37 draws: 1 time38 draws: 1 time39 draws: 0 times40 draws: 1 time41 draws: 1 time42 draws: 0 times43 draws: 0 times44 draws: 0 times45 draws: 1 time46 draws: 0 times47 draws: 0 times48 draws: 0 times49 draws: 0 times50 draws: 2 times51 draws: 1 time52 draws: 0 times53 draws: 1 time54 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: 1 time63 draws: 1 time64 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: 1 time74 draws: 1 time75 draws: 0 times76 draws: 0 times77 draws: 0 times78 draws: 0 times79 draws: 0 times80 draws: 0 times81 draws: 0 times82 draws: 0 times83 draws: 0 times84 draws: 0 times85 draws: 0 times86 draws: 0 times87 draws: 0 times88 draws: 0 times89 draws: 0 times90 draws: 0 times91 draws: 0 times92 draws: 1 time93 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 smallest83 · chance 83.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 26 of the other 26 numbers; chance expects about 26 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 27. 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
2026-07-15371st3
2026-03-0711st3
2026-03-0431st3
2026-02-2191st3
2026-01-21161st3
2025-11-26741st3
2025-03-12101st3
2025-02-05291st3
2024-10-26
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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 1/27 tonight whatever it did last week.

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1st
3
2024-10-05381st3
2024-05-25121st3
2024-04-1371st3
2024-03-20351st3
2023-11-1861st3
2023-10-2841st3
2023-10-1461st3
2023-09-2341st3
2023-09-0981st3
2023-08-12121st3
2023-07-0141st3
2023-06-17921st3
2022-07-3051st3
2022-07-13171st3
2022-05-1411st3
The other 59 appearances
2022-05-11181st3
2022-03-09201st3
2021-12-29111st3
2021-11-2061st3
2021-10-3041st3
2021-10-1641st3
2021-10-02111st3
2021-08-25191st3
2021-06-19181st3
2021-04-17501st3
2020-10-24411st3
2020-06-03211st3
2020-03-2181st3
2020-02-22511st3
2019-08-28221st3
2019-06-12191st3
2019-04-06621st3
2018-09-01151st3
2018-07-11301st3
2018-03-2811st3
2018-03-2431st3
2018-03-14151st3
2018-01-2061st3
2017-12-30111st3
2017-11-2241st3
2017-11-08111st3
2017-09-30361st3
2017-05-27231st3
2017-03-08451st3
2016-10-01261st3
2016-07-0281st3
2016-06-04301st3
2016-02-20251st3
2015-11-2571st3
2015-10-31221st3
2015-08-15261st3
2015-05-1651st3
2015-04-29281st3
2015-01-21351st3
2014-09-20101st3
2014-08-1641st3
2014-08-02121st3
2014-06-2171st3
2014-05-28531st3
2013-11-23291st3
2013-08-14361st3
2013-04-10501st3
2012-10-1751st3
2012-09-29181st3
2012-07-28731st3
2011-11-16141st3
2011-09-28361st3
2011-05-25111st3
2011-04-16221st3
2011-01-2931st3
2011-01-19401st3
2010-09-0111st3
2010-08-28631st3
2010-01-20—1st3