In MO Millions under the 6/42 · since Nov 2025 rules — 101 draws, 6 from 1–42.
8times drawn · chance expected 14 −1.83σ
7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number
12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
49longest completed wait · 0.4% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 8 times in 101 draws against 14.4 expected, −1.83σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3
Number 3, draw by draw
Drawn 8 times in 101 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 7 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 16 of the other 41 numbers; chance expects about 15 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 42. 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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.