Number 3

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

183times drawn · chance expected 184 −0.07σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

33longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 183 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 183 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 1 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 smallest135 · chance 141.6
2nd smallest45 · chance 39.3
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.1
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 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 1 24 13 30 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-17	13	1st	3 23 27 30 31 35
2022-10-03	2	2nd	2 3 17 30 40 43
2022-09-26	5	1st	3 5 7 21 26 37

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-04-29	8	1st	3 14 23 31 35 39
2021-04-01	8	1st	3 6 15 22 26 28
2021-03-04	7	1st	3 9 13 19 27 28
2021-02-08	1	1st	3 19 25 26 27 35
2021-02-04	8	2nd	1 3 14 20 25 39
2021-01-07	5	1st	3 5 9 18 22 37
2020-12-21	25	1st	3 5 8 25 31 42
2020-09-24	8	2nd	1 3 13 17 34 36
2020-08-27	2	1st	3 8 11 35 36 41
2020-08-20	15	2nd	1 3 4 24 33 40
2020-06-29	5	3rd	1 2 3 12 32 40
2020-06-11	2	1st	3 5 22 29 36 43
2020-06-04	2	1st	3 19 23 24 32 34
2020-05-28	6	2nd	2 3 9 17 30 41
2020-05-07	6	1st	3 11 15 18 34 37
2020-04-16	6	1st	3 13 16 24 29 34
2020-03-26	5	1st	3 6 15 19 26 41
2020-03-09	1	3rd	1 2 3 14 25 31
2020-03-05	8	2nd	1 3 17 28 35 43
2020-02-06	1	1st	3 9 19 21 26 27
2020-02-03	1	1st	3 31 33 37 41 42
2020-01-30	4	2nd	1 3 20 30 34 42
2020-01-16	8	2nd	2 3 8 30 38 42
2019-12-19	7	2nd	1 3 13 27 36 42
2019-11-25	3	2nd	2 3 12 16 19 25
2019-11-14	3	1st	3 11 15 18 24 30
2019-11-04	10	1st	3 15 20 39 41 42
2019-09-30	6	1st	3 18 28 30 35 38
2019-09-09	1	2nd	1 3 7 9 36 41
2019-09-05	9	2nd	2 3 12 20 21 28
2019-08-05	2	1st	3 7 8 13 26 30
2019-07-29	7	1st	3 8 22 38 39 42
2019-07-04	33	1st	3 5 7 11 18 43
2019-03-11	4	1st	3 6 7 30 33 37
2019-02-25	2	2nd	1 3 8 10 22 40
2019-02-18	3	2nd	2 3 4 6 23 32
2019-02-07	7	2nd	2 3 4 5 18 38
2019-01-14	4	1st	3 8 13 16 34 35
2018-12-31	4	1st	3 13 24 30 34 39
2018-12-17	7	1st	3 8 16 19 27 29
2018-11-22	3	1st	3 8 9 13 20 41
2018-11-12	29	2nd	2 3 4 28 32 34
2018-08-02	3	1st	3 5 11 16 27 30
2018-07-23	10	1st	3 5 8 16 20 23
2018-06-18	6	1st	3 20 22 28 34 37
2018-05-28	6	1st	3 17 26 28 32 42
2018-05-07	4	1st	3 4 9 21 23 39
2018-04-23	2	1st	3 5 8 11 24 32
2018-04-16	1	1st	3 7 16 27 28 33
2018-04-12	4	1st	3 9 10 14 22 41
2018-03-29	13	1st	3 7 14 18 22 27
2018-02-12	1	1st	3 5 15 18 38 42
2018-02-08	3	1st	3 11 26 30 33 38
2018-01-29	2	1st	3 19 26 30 36 39
2018-01-22	3	1st	3 5 21 29 40 42
2018-01-11	13	1st	3 7 10 23 27 42
2017-11-27	4	2nd	2 3 5 16 20 42
2017-11-13	2	1st	3 9 10 24 33 39
2017-11-06	1	1st	3 10 25 29 32 36
2017-11-02	9	2nd	1 3 4 10 26 33
2017-10-02	4	2nd	1 3 4 28 32 34
2017-09-18	32	2nd	1 3 15 22 40 41
2017-05-29	16	1st	3 5 17 22 26 28
2017-04-03	2	1st	3 7 13 16 21 37
2017-03-27	8	1st	3 4 11 12 17 41
2017-02-27	29	1st	3 5 8 23 30 40
2016-11-17	31	2nd	1 3 6 7 30 37
2016-08-01	3	3rd	1 2 3 9 38 41
2016-07-21	7	1st	3 4 20 23 29 38
2016-06-27	1	1st	3 9 33 35 39 40
2016-06-23	4	1st	3 18 33 34 38 42
2016-06-09	5	1st	3 4 19 24 31 32
2016-05-23	4	1st	3 23 29 30 39 43
2016-05-09	1	1st	3 6 15 20 27 30
2016-05-05	4	1st	3 19 20 21 23 33
2016-04-21	1	2nd	1 3 26 32 35 36
2016-04-18	2	1st	3 11 12 19 21 32
2016-04-11	17	1st	3 11 13 24 34 37
2016-02-11	9	1st	3 20 24 27 33 34
2016-01-11	1	1st	3 11 17 33 35 43
2016-01-07	17	2nd	1 3 4 7 11 16
2015-11-09	3	2nd	1 3 23 31 39 42
2015-10-29	9	1st	3 12 17 28 35 41
2015-09-28	12	1st	3 8 16 17 19 20
2015-08-17	6	1st	3 10 14 18 24 25
2015-07-27	10	1st	3 13 15 24 27 38
2015-06-22	1	1st	3 5 7 16 18 21
2015-06-18	14	1st	3 17 19 29 34 36
2015-04-30	1	2nd	1 3 14 28 31 37
2015-04-27	12	1st	3 17 24 30 35 38
2015-03-16	8	1st	3 9 13 20 26 38
2015-02-16	2	2nd	2 3 17 20 25 32
2015-02-09	5	2nd	2 3 4 7 17 19
2015-01-22	15	1st	3 4 12 25 31 40
2014-12-01	7	1st	3 16 17 29 33 37
2014-11-06	3	1st	3 6 9 34 35 43
2014-10-27	8	1st	3 9 13 14 33 41
2014-09-29	7	2nd	1 3 19 20 29 40
2014-09-04	13	1st	3 12 15 24 31 36
2014-07-21	1	2nd	1 3 20 24 30 31
2014-07-17	5	1st	3 5 11 22 26 35
2014-06-30	19	1st	3 21 26 29 37 38
2014-04-24	1	1st	3 4 14 21 25 29
2014-04-21	2	1st	3 18 23 24 35 42
2014-04-14	8	2nd	1 3 16 22 32 38
2014-03-17	22	2nd	2 3 4 33 38 40
2013-12-30	9	1st	3 16 21 27 38 42
2013-11-28	1	1st	3 6 9 17 23 24
2013-11-25	16	1st	3 8 11 16 20 41
2013-09-30	15	1st	3 14 21 23 25 41
2013-08-08	5	1st	3 15 22 28 30 41
2013-07-22	4	2nd	2 3 17 25 28 32
2013-07-08	13	1st	3 5 11 12 15 19
2013-05-23	1	2nd	1 3 13 20 21 39
2013-05-20	5	2nd	1 3 5 13 28 31
2013-05-02	27	1st	3 6 21 24 32 43
2013-01-28	7	1st	3 5 10 24 25 32
2013-01-03	9	2nd	2 3 17 18 24 37
2012-12-03	2	1st	3 5 13 26 28 39
2012-11-26	4	1st	3 16 24 37 39 41
2012-11-12	3	1st	3 26 31 35 38 42
2012-11-01	11	1st	3 5 7 41 42 43
2012-09-24	1	1st	3 5 7 16 29 43
2012-09-20	19	1st	3 10 14 27 30 38
2012-07-16	2	1st	3 13 17 25 36 37
2012-07-09	8	1st	3 7 17 18 23 38
2012-06-11	5	1st	3 5 8 20 28 29
2012-05-24	1	1st	3 7 10 13 24 35
2012-05-21	2	1st	3 9 10 20 32 43
2012-05-14	28	1st	3 10 17 22 32 40
2012-02-02	8	1st	3 13 17 18 29 36
2012-01-05	9	1st	3 6 9 10 22 34
2011-12-05	1	1st	3 10 17 29 33 39
2011-12-01	5	1st	3 27 33 34 40 43
2011-11-14	3	1st	3 10 14 15 17 43
2011-11-03	12	1st	3 6 11 18 25 37
2011-09-22	13	1st	3 17 24 26 41 42
2011-08-08	6	1st	3 4 10 11 22 42
2011-07-18	4	1st	3 18 19 27 42 43
2011-07-04	1	1st	3 9 11 12 24 38
2011-06-30	16	1st	3 14 22 29 36 38
2011-05-05	11	1st	3 7 18 28 33 36
2011-03-28	6	1st	3 11 14 26 28 43
2011-03-07	6	1st	3 8 14 17 23 34
2011-02-14	3	1st	3 7 9 26 31 36
2011-02-03	3	1st	3 7 11 23 24 29
2011-01-24	11	1st	3 11 14 33 42 43
2010-12-16	4	2nd	1 3 17 24 34 43
2010-12-02	14	1st	3 7 15 23 29 30
2010-10-14	3	1st	3 17 29 36 37 43
2010-10-04	5	1st	3 9 27 28 30 39
2010-09-16	3	2nd	2 3 4 6 22 41
2010-09-06	17	1st	3 10 21 32 33 36
2010-07-08	3	1st	3 8 13 17 21 33
2010-06-28	5	1st	3 6 13 17 24 26
2010-06-10	8	1st	3 5 9 25 31 32
2010-05-13	4	2nd	2 3 12 13 14 41
2010-04-29	2	1st	3 31 33 34 39 41
2010-04-22	—	2nd	1 3 9 19 28 30