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Number 3 In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 · Apr 2010 – Apr 2022 rules — 1,257 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).
5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2023 5/41 + 1/0 · Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 5/41 · Apr 2010 – Apr 2022 164 times drawn · chance expected 153 +0.92σ
12 draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number
7.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
35 longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 164 times in 1,257 draws against 153.3 expected, +0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 164 times in 1,257 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 12 draws now
8 draws: 2010-04-07 to 2010-05-05 10 draws: 2010-05-05 to 2010-06-09 9 draws: 2010-06-09 to 2010-07-10 1 draws: 2010-07-10 to 2010-07-14 7 draws: 2010-07-14 to 2010-08-07 12 draws: 2010-08-07 to 2010-09-18 1 draws: 2010-09-18 to 2010-09-22 6 draws: 2010-09-22 to 2010-10-13 1 draws: 2010-10-13 to 2010-10-16 7 draws: 2010-10-16 to 2010-11-10 1 draws: 2010-11-10 to 2010-11-13 3 draws: 2010-11-13 to 2010-11-24 3 draws: 2010-11-24 to 2010-12-04 11 draws: 2010-12-04 to 2011-01-12 17 draws: 2011-01-12 to 2011-03-12 7 draws: 2011-03-12 to 2011-04-06 4 draws: 2011-04-06 to 2011-04-20 9 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-21 2 draws: 2011-05-21 to 2011-05-28 4 draws: 2011-05-28 to 2011-06-11 6 draws: 2011-06-11 to 2011-07-02 15 draws: 2011-07-02 to 2011-08-24 8 draws: 2011-08-24 to 2011-09-21 7 draws: 2011-09-21 to 2011-10-15 9 draws: 2011-10-15 to 2011-11-16 6 draws: 2011-11-16 to 2011-12-07 5 draws: 2011-12-07 to 2011-12-24 2 draws: 2011-12-24 to 2011-12-31 16 draws: 2011-12-31 to 2012-02-25 28 draws: 2012-02-25 to 2012-06-02 16 draws: 2012-06-02 to 2012-07-28 1 draws: 2012-07-28 to 2012-08-01 1 draws: 2012-08-01 to 2012-08-04 18 draws: 2012-08-04 to 2012-10-10 4 draws: 2012-10-10 to 2012-10-24 35 draws: 2012-10-24 to 2013-02-23 8 draws: 2013-02-23 to 2013-03-23 13 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-05-08 12 draws: 2013-05-08 to 2013-06-19 2 draws: 2013-06-19 to 2013-06-26 25 draws: 2013-06-26 to 2013-09-21 9 draws: 2013-09-21 to 2013-10-23 25 draws: 2013-10-23 to 2014-01-18 1 draws: 2014-01-18 to 2014-01-22 1 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-01-25 1 draws: 2014-01-25 to 2014-01-29 7 draws: 2014-01-29 to 2014-02-22 1 draws: 2014-02-22 to 2014-02-26 3 draws: 2014-02-26 to 2014-03-08 9 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-04-09 3 draws: 2014-04-09 to 2014-04-19 14 draws: 2014-04-19 to 2014-06-07 18 draws: 2014-06-07 to 2014-08-09 12 draws: 2014-08-09 to 2014-09-20 5 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-10-08 1 draws: 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-11 18 draws: 2014-10-11 to 2014-12-13 6 draws: 2014-12-13 to 2015-01-03 6 draws: 2015-01-03 to 2015-01-24 2 draws: 2015-01-24 to 2015-01-31 3 draws: 2015-01-31 to 2015-02-11 4 draws: 2015-02-11 to 2015-02-25 24 draws: 2015-02-25 to 2015-05-20 12 draws: 2015-05-20 to 2015-07-01 9 draws: 2015-07-01 to 2015-08-01 7 draws: 2015-08-01 to 2015-08-26 3 draws: 2015-08-26 to 2015-09-05 3 draws: 2015-09-05 to 2015-09-16 1 draws: 2015-09-16 to 2015-09-19 15 draws: 2015-09-19 to 2015-11-11 1 draws: 2015-11-11 to 2015-11-14 6 draws: 2015-11-14 to 2015-12-05 1 draws: 2015-12-05 to 2015-12-09 2 draws: 2015-12-09 to 2015-12-16 15 draws: 2015-12-16 to 2016-02-06 1 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-02-10 2 draws: 2016-02-10 to 2016-02-17 13 draws: 2016-02-17 to 2016-04-02 1 draws: 2016-04-02 to 2016-04-06 5 draws: 2016-04-06 to 2016-04-23 3 draws: 2016-04-23 to 2016-05-04 13 draws: 2016-05-04 to 2016-06-18 6 draws: 2016-06-18 to 2016-07-09 2 draws: 2016-07-09 to 2016-07-16 5 draws: 2016-07-16 to 2016-08-03 8 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-08-31 19 draws: 2016-08-31 to 2016-11-05 13 draws: 2016-11-05 to 2016-12-21 2 draws: 2016-12-21 to 2016-12-28 1 draws: 2016-12-28 to 2016-12-31 11 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-02-08 6 draws: 2017-02-08 to 2017-03-01 2 draws: 2017-03-01 to 2017-03-08 6 draws: 2017-03-08 to 2017-03-29 6 draws: 2017-03-29 to 2017-04-19 6 draws: 2017-04-19 to 2017-05-10 2 draws: 2017-05-10 to 2017-05-17 5 draws: 2017-05-17 to 2017-06-03 12 draws: 2017-06-03 to 2017-07-15 6 draws: 2017-07-15 to 2017-08-05 10 draws: 2017-08-05 to 2017-09-09 9 draws: 2017-09-09 to 2017-10-11 5 draws: 2017-10-11 to 2017-10-28 7 draws: 2017-10-28 to 2017-11-22 18 draws: 2017-11-22 to 2018-01-24 10 draws: 2018-01-24 to 2018-02-28 11 draws: 2018-02-28 to 2018-04-07 10 draws: 2018-04-07 to 2018-05-12 1 draws: 2018-05-12 to 2018-05-16 14 draws: 2018-05-16 to 2018-07-04 24 draws: 2018-07-04 to 2018-09-26 2 draws: 2018-09-26 to 2018-10-03 3 draws: 2018-10-03 to 2018-10-13 1 draws: 2018-10-13 to 2018-10-17 10 draws: 2018-10-17 to 2018-11-21 4 draws: 2018-11-21 to 2018-12-05 1 draws: 2018-12-05 to 2018-12-08 4 draws: 2018-12-08 to 2018-12-22 4 draws: 2018-12-22 to 2019-01-05 2 draws: 2019-01-05 to 2019-01-12 2 draws: 2019-01-12 to 2019-01-19 3 draws: 2019-01-19 to 2019-01-30 3 draws: 2019-01-30 to 2019-02-09 1 draws: 2019-02-09 to 2019-02-13 2 draws: 2019-02-13 to 2019-02-20 12 draws: 2019-02-20 to 2019-04-03 1 draws: 2019-04-03 to 2019-04-06 1 draws: 2019-04-06 to 2019-04-10 2 draws: 2019-04-10 to 2019-04-17 23 draws: 2019-04-17 to 2019-07-06 7 draws: 2019-07-06 to 2019-07-31 10 draws: 2019-07-31 to 2019-09-04 1 draws: 2019-09-04 to 2019-09-07 7 draws: 2019-09-07 to 2019-10-02 4 draws: 2019-10-02 to 2019-10-16 2 draws: 2019-10-16 to 2019-10-23 2 draws: 2019-10-23 to 2019-10-30 23 draws: 2019-10-30 to 2020-01-18 4 draws: 2020-01-18 to 2020-02-01 21 draws: 2020-02-01 to 2020-04-15 4 draws: 2020-04-15 to 2020-04-29 3 draws: 2020-04-29 to 2020-05-09 5 draws: 2020-05-09 to 2020-05-27 6 draws: 2020-05-27 to 2020-06-17 6 draws: 2020-06-17 to 2020-07-08 12 draws: 2020-07-08 to 2020-08-19 4 draws: 2020-08-19 to 2020-09-02 1 draws: 2020-09-02 to 2020-09-05 4 draws: 2020-09-05 to 2020-09-19 13 draws: 2020-09-19 to 2020-11-04 1 draws: 2020-11-04 to 2020-11-07 27 draws: 2020-11-07 to 2021-02-10 12 draws: 2021-02-10 to 2021-03-24 14 draws: 2021-03-24 to 2021-05-12 19 draws: 2021-05-12 to 2021-07-17 13 draws: 2021-07-17 to 2021-09-01 13 draws: 2021-09-01 to 2021-10-16 10 draws: 2021-10-16 to 2021-11-20 4 draws: 2021-11-20 to 2021-12-04 1 draws: 2021-12-04 to 2021-12-08 10 draws: 2021-12-08 to 2022-01-12 1 draws: 2022-01-12 to 2022-01-15 16 draws: 2022-01-15 to 2022-03-12 Still waiting — at least 12 draws since 2022-03-12 2010-04-07 2010-05-05 2010-06-09 2010-07-10 2010-07-14 2010-08-07 2010-09-18 2010-09-22 2010-10-13 2010-10-16 2010-11-10 2010-11-13 2010-11-24 2010-12-04 2011-01-12 2011-03-12 2011-04-06 2011-04-20 2011-05-21 2011-05-28 2011-06-11 2011-07-02 2011-08-24 2011-09-21 2011-10-15 2011-11-16 2011-12-07 2011-12-24 2011-12-31 2012-02-25 2012-06-02 2012-07-28 2012-08-01 2012-08-04 2012-10-10 2012-10-24 2013-02-23 2013-03-23 2013-05-08 2013-06-19 2013-06-26 2013-09-21 2013-10-23 2014-01-18 2014-01-22 2014-01-25 2014-01-29 2014-02-22 2014-02-26 2014-03-08 2014-04-09 2014-04-19 2014-06-07 2014-08-09 2014-09-20 2014-10-08 2014-10-11 2014-12-13 2015-01-03 2015-01-24 2015-01-31 2015-02-11 2015-02-25 2015-05-20 2015-07-01 2015-08-01 2015-08-26 2015-09-05 2015-09-16 2015-09-19 2015-11-11 2015-11-14 2015-12-05 2015-12-09 2015-12-16 2016-02-06 2016-02-10 2016-02-17 2016-04-02 2016-04-06 2016-04-23 2016-05-04 2016-06-18 2016-07-09 2016-07-16 2016-08-03 2016-08-31 2016-11-05 2016-12-21 2016-12-28 2016-12-31 2017-02-08 2017-03-01 2017-03-08 2017-03-29 2017-04-19 2017-05-10 2017-05-17 2017-06-03 2017-07-15 2017-08-05 2017-09-09 2017-10-11 2017-10-28 2017-11-22 2018-01-24 2018-02-28 2018-04-07 2018-05-12 2018-05-16 2018-07-04 2018-09-26 2018-10-03 2018-10-13 2018-10-17 2018-11-21 2018-12-05 2018-12-08 2018-12-22 2019-01-05 2019-01-12 2019-01-19 2019-01-30 2019-02-09 2019-02-13 2019-02-20 2019-04-03 2019-04-06 2019-04-10 2019-04-17 2019-07-06 2019-07-31 2019-09-04 2019-09-07 2019-10-02 2019-10-16 2019-10-23 2019-10-30 2020-01-18 2020-02-01 2020-04-15 2020-04-29 2020-05-09 2020-05-27 2020-06-17 2020-07-08 2020-08-19 2020-09-02 2020-09-05 2020-09-19 2020-11-04 2020-11-07 2021-02-10 2021-03-24 2021-05-12 2021-07-17 2021-09-01 2021-10-16 2021-11-20 2021-12-04 2021-12-08 2022-01-12 2022-01-15 2022-03-12 2010-04-07 2022-04-23
1 draws: 28 times 2 draws: 17 times 3 draws: 12 times 4 draws: 13 times 5 draws: 7 times 6 draws: 14 times 7 draws: 9 times 8 draws: 4 times 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 8 times 11 draws: 3 times 12 draws: 8 times 13 draws: 7 times 14 draws: 3 times 15 draws: 3 times 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 4 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 2 times 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 1 time 36 draws: 0 times its own waits draws 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 smallest 135 · chance 132.5 2nd smallest 28 · chance 30.3 3rd smallest 1 · chance 1.3 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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 ← number 2 Every number number 4 → 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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.