In MultiMatch under the 6/43 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 296 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).
41times drawn · chance expected 41 −0.05σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number
7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
20longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 41 times in 296 draws against 41.3 expected, −0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3
Number 3, draw by draw
Drawn 41 times in 296 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 20 · waiting 5 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.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 0.3 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 43. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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.