Number 3

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

183times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.27σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

51longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 183 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 183 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 21 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 smallest140 · chance 148.6
2nd smallest42 · chance 33.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.4
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 44 1 6 8 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-08	5	1st	3 5 18 22 40 44
2025-02-24	8	1st	3 31 37 39 40 44
2025-02-06	11	1st	3 6 27 36 37 40
2025-01-11

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-22	1	1st	3 5 8 23 26 42
2024-04-20	3	1st	3 29 31 34 37 50
2024-04-13	2	1st	3 14 24 29 43 44
2024-04-08	4	1st	3 4 7 11 18 32
2024-03-30	36	1st	3 6 10 11 29 50
2024-01-06	2	1st	3 4 8 27 35 49
2024-01-01	17	1st	3 22 32 36 42 44
2023-11-23	13	1st	3 5 7 29 33 50
2023-10-23	22	1st	3 10 19 35 46 50
2023-09-02	20	1st	3 7 14 23 26 44
2023-07-17	16	1st	3 7 15 17 24 42
2023-06-10	8	1st	3 9 14 21 22 39
2023-05-22	7	1st	3 13 19 28 45 47
2023-05-06	22	1st	3 6 11 20 25 50
2023-03-16	6	1st	3 6 20 23 36 41
2023-03-02	9	1st	3 13 27 29 31 34
2023-02-09	6	1st	3 10 25 43 46 49
2023-01-26	9	1st	3 10 11 19 25 50
2023-01-05	12	1st	3 6 26 31 37 41
2022-12-08	10	1st	3 4 11 27 45 46
2022-11-14	1	2nd	2 3 6 7 25 47
2022-11-12	20	1st	3 18 22 32 36 42
2022-09-26	34	1st	3 9 11 22 27 42
2022-07-09	6	1st	3 12 17 28 37 44
2022-06-25	4	1st	3 40 42 43 45 46
2022-06-16	16	1st	3 4 28 33 38 46
2022-05-09	2	1st	3 8 24 27 31 32
2022-05-05	23	2nd	1 3 12 19 38 44
2022-03-12	11	1st	3 16 28 30 32 35
2022-02-14	4	2nd	2 3 5 20 42 44
2022-02-05	2	1st	3 4 6 13 15 50
2022-01-31	22	1st	3 15 18 23 40 41
2021-12-11	5	2nd	2 3 30 33 37 44
2021-11-29	1	2nd	1 3 5 8 9 41
2021-11-27	4	1st	3 21 24 30 35 44
2021-11-18	8	1st	3 21 22 32 40 42
2021-10-30	2	1st	3 5 19 40 41 45
2021-10-25	6	1st	3 21 23 24 44 47
2021-10-11	2	2nd	2 3 16 17 23 31
2021-10-07	16	2nd	1 3 27 34 42 50
2021-08-30	24	2nd	1 3 8 10 30 39
2021-07-05	7	2nd	2 3 15 29 45 50
2021-06-19	6	1st	3 5 13 38 39 45
2021-06-05	16	1st	3 21 26 38 45 50
2021-04-29	19	1st	3 20 24 26 29 47
2021-03-15	4	1st	3 9 28 43 44 50
2021-03-06	1	2nd	2 3 16 19 29 33
2021-03-04	8	1st	3 17 18 28 33 42
2021-02-13	6	1st	3 8 14 23 32 45
2021-01-30	29	1st	3 18 28 33 42 48
2020-11-23	14	1st	3 19 25 35 39 52
2020-10-22	7	1st	3 5 8 21 43 49
2020-10-05	1	1st	3 6 8 14 16 41
2020-10-03	1	1st	3 7 26 28 31 39
2020-10-01	1	1st	3 9 16 26 47 52
2020-09-28	4	1st	3 4 6 13 44 46
2020-09-19	3	1st	3 15 25 29 36 42
2020-09-12	12	1st	3 14 26 38 43 46
2020-08-15	8	1st	3 13 22 30 34 49
2020-07-27	17	1st	3 7 12 25 35 36
2020-06-18	11	1st	3 6 12 24 49 51
2020-05-23	3	1st	3 38 39 41 43 46
2020-05-16	7	2nd	2 3 6 7 18 33
2020-04-30	10	1st	3 26 31 38 46 49
2020-04-06	2	2nd	1 3 6 23 24 35
2020-04-02	2	1st	3 7 16 24 34 42
2020-03-28	2	1st	3 4 16 23 49 50
2020-03-23	11	1st	3 36 37 43 44 48
2020-02-27	3	1st	3 4 13 20 39 42
2020-02-20	8	2nd	1 3 25 26 33 40
2020-02-01	10	2nd	1 3 6 8 23 47
2020-01-09	2	1st	3 14 16 18 28 49
2020-01-04	2	1st	3 6 21 23 30 34
2019-12-30	8	2nd	1 3 6 9 17 23
2019-12-12	10	1st	3 18 19 29 40 46
2019-11-18	9	1st	3 5 11 20 22 50
2019-10-28	2	1st	3 14 20 22 24 40
2019-10-24	16	1st	3 19 28 35 48 50
2019-09-16	1	1st	3 10 28 43 44 47
2019-09-14	2	2nd	1 3 12 16 19 37
2019-09-09	10	1st	3 12 15 22 43 47
2019-08-17	3	1st	3 16 22 28 46 49
2019-08-10	6	1st	3 34 44 48 50 52
2019-07-27	18	1st	3 8 9 17 25 52
2019-06-15	7	1st	3 13 14 20 38 45
2019-05-30	8	1st	3 5 12 26 38 51
2019-05-11	2	1st	3 25 26 28 47 52
2019-05-06	2	1st	3 10 18 35 39 49
2019-05-02	3	1st	3 6 8 16 34 49
2019-04-25	5	2nd	1 3 11 38 41 45
2019-04-13	3	1st	3 16 21 31 38 39
2019-04-06	1	1st	3 5 6 8 18 34
2019-04-04	14	2nd	1 3 10 23 31 49
2019-03-02	7	1st	3 12 22 25 28 29
2019-02-14	8	1st	3 12 14 19 22 42
2019-01-26	1	1st	3 8 9 17 20 39
2019-01-24	11	1st	3 8 10 21 43 50
2018-12-29	10	1st	3 10 32 41 47 50
2018-12-06	3	2nd	1 3 23 28 31 40
2018-11-29	10	2nd	2 3 36 40 46 48
2018-11-05	3	1st	3 5 28 40 41 51
2018-10-29	4	1st	3 4 5 18 27 40
2018-10-20	1	1st	3 13 22 23 27 46
2018-10-18	2	1st	3 13 23 24 50 51
2018-10-13	9	1st	3 12 13 24 36 49
2018-09-22	2	2nd	2 3 7 10 37 47
2018-09-17	4	2nd	1 3 16 18 26 47
2018-09-08	10	2nd	2 3 8 13 33 49
2018-08-16	33	1st	3 5 21 39 43 48
2018-05-31	51	1st	3 28 33 43 48 50
2018-02-01	1	1st	3 29 31 34 35 47
2018-01-29	1	1st	3 10 24 28 36 38
2018-01-27	44	1st	3 10 12 22 25 37
2017-10-16	2	1st	3 10 32 43 45 52
2017-10-12	4	1st	3 5 9 20 29 47
2017-10-02	4	2nd	2 3 7 21 31 36
2017-09-23	4	1st	3 38 43 46 50 52
2017-09-14	6	1st	3 8 29 37 46 48
2017-08-31	22	1st	3 5 8 19 39 50
2017-07-10	7	2nd	2 3 11 25 27 50
2017-06-24	7	1st	3 10 13 14 26 36
2017-06-08	6	1st	3 26 29 44 45 52
2017-05-25	2	1st	3 6 19 28 34 36
2017-05-20	13	1st	3 8 12 22 39 49
2017-04-20	3	1st	3 17 23 25 44 46
2017-04-13	11	1st	3 15 25 42 44 45
2017-03-18	2	2nd	1 3 14 20 30 35
2017-03-13	6	1st	3 9 26 28 44 49
2017-02-27	8	1st	3 19 20 21 24 52
2017-02-09	28	2nd	2 3 8 11 14 15
2016-12-05	20	1st	3 11 26 29 36 39
2016-10-20	36	1st	3 9 23 30 45 48
2016-07-28	12	2nd	2 3 10 23 25 29
2016-06-30	2	1st	3 12 20 35 37 50
2016-06-25	4	1st	3 4 13 21 23 29
2016-06-16	3	2nd	2 3 9 21 27 34
2016-06-09	3	1st	3 12 14 27 34 36
2016-06-02	3	2nd	1 3 4 6 17 40
2016-05-26	8	1st	3 6 9 18 21 41
2016-05-07	2	2nd	1 3 8 16 29 46
2016-05-02	3	2nd	2 3 5 17 18 34
2016-04-25	14	1st	3 16 22 24 37 38
2016-03-24	9	2nd	1 3 26 28 48 49
2016-03-03	21	1st	3 6 8 27 29 50
2016-01-14	17	1st	3 10 18 25 43 47
2015-12-05	11	1st	3 6 16 40 45 47
2015-11-09	10	1st	3 4 15 35 51 52
2015-10-17	8	2nd	1 3 7 16 36 52
2015-09-28	31	2nd	1 3 19 28 30 44
2015-07-18	2	1st	3 6 10 39 49 51
2015-07-13	8	1st	3 5 6 18 23 30
2015-06-25	7	1st	3 13 19 24 34 43
2015-06-08	24	1st	3 6 27 29 32 50
2015-04-13	11	1st	3 21 36 44 46 51
2015-03-19	1	3rd	1 2 3 13 16 26
2015-03-16	3	1st	3 5 27 33 36 51
2015-03-09	7	2nd	1 3 8 25 39 45
2015-02-21	3	1st	3 15 23 43 45 46
2015-02-14	—	1st	3 20 35 38 46 51