Number 3

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/43 · Sep 2014 – Jun 2020 rules — 2,104 draws, 5 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

236times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.59σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

50longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 236 times in 2,104 draws against 244.7 expected, −0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 236 times in 2,104 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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.

1st smallest191 · chance 192.7
2nd smallest43 · chance 41.7
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 18 14 40 26 8

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
2020-06-23	8	1st	3 5 11 19 29
2020-06-15	13	1st	3 4 16 23 33
2020-06-02	7	1st	3 7 12 17 27
2020-05-26	2	1st	3 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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-10-14	19	1st	3 8 12 15 18
2019-09-25	30	1st	3 16 27 35 41
2019-08-26	16	1st	3 10 28 32 40
2019-08-10	3	2nd	2 3 4 11 26
2019-08-07	25	1st	3 17 30 31 41
2019-07-13	30	1st	3 13 18 24 25
2019-06-13	3	2nd	1 3 4 6 31
2019-06-10	4	1st	3 4 17 18 39
2019-06-06	7	1st	3 10 24 29 39
2019-05-30	3	1st	3 4 7 16 18
2019-05-27	3	1st	3 4 10 12 28
2019-05-24	12	1st	3 19 26 32 40
2019-05-12	3	1st	3 5 14 18 35
2019-05-09	31	1st	3 21 37 40 41
2019-04-08	2	2nd	2 3 7 17 22
2019-04-06	3	1st	3 4 8 35 40
2019-04-03	2	2nd	2 3 6 31 38
2019-04-01	3	1st	3 16 17 35 41
2019-03-29	3	1st	3 16 19 24 31
2019-03-26	14	1st	3 6 8 22 36
2019-03-12	5	1st	3 5 24 40 42
2019-03-07	7	1st	3 16 18 29 34
2019-02-28	2	1st	3 10 16 18 43
2019-02-26	4	1st	3 26 29 30 32
2019-02-22	12	1st	3 13 17 20 32
2019-02-10	5	2nd	2 3 6 14 21
2019-02-05	21	1st	3 18 25 36 37
2019-01-15	13	2nd	2 3 27 28 32
2019-01-02	16	1st	3 10 33 39 40
2018-12-16	2	1st	3 18 19 29 36
2018-12-14	14	2nd	1 3 8 20 37
2018-11-30	3	1st	3 8 22 31 34
2018-11-27	17	1st	3 14 15 22 33
2018-11-10	26	1st	3 8 10 21 30
2018-10-15	6	1st	3 7 14 23 38
2018-10-09	12	2nd	1 3 7 15 35
2018-09-27	1	1st	3 13 36 37 41
2018-09-26	2	1st	3 12 17 20 22
2018-09-24	32	2nd	1 3 12 30 37
2018-08-23	3	1st	3 8 25 36 40
2018-08-20	3	1st	3 4 10 34 42
2018-08-17	3	2nd	2 3 22 27 35
2018-08-14	5	1st	3 4 6 29 30
2018-08-09	4	2nd	1 3 23 28 32
2018-08-05	6	1st	3 7 23 26 30
2018-07-30	26	1st	3 5 9 14 30
2018-07-04	1	1st	3 11 18 30 35
2018-07-03	14	1st	3 12 15 35 43
2018-06-19	7	1st	3 8 20 35 39
2018-06-12	15	1st	3 5 35 36 40
2018-05-28	2	1st	3 24 31 38 39
2018-05-26	7	3rd	1 2 3 25 37
2018-05-19	18	2nd	2 3 12 26 35
2018-05-01	17	1st	3 6 21 22 23
2018-04-14	10	1st	3 7 12 25 28
2018-04-04	1	1st	3 10 18 28 37
2018-04-03	35	1st	3 7 20 28 39
2018-02-27	2	1st	3 17 18 19 38
2018-02-25	10	1st	3 13 19 20 25
2018-02-15	6	1st	3 14 20 25 28
2018-02-09	7	1st	3 10 20 22 29
2018-02-02	10	1st	3 12 16 18 30
2018-01-23	34	1st	3 25 31 33 41
2017-12-19	8	2nd	1 3 41 42 43
2017-12-11	1	1st	3 8 22 25 37
2017-12-10	16	1st	3 16 25 35 39
2017-11-24	14	2nd	1 3 16 22 27
2017-11-10	1	1st	3 14 15 32 34
2017-11-09	7	1st	3 7 14 21 34
2017-11-01	4	1st	3 13 25 27 39
2017-10-28	11	1st	3 14 15 27 41
2017-10-17	7	1st	3 6 11 26 32
2017-10-10	9	1st	3 18 19 35 36
2017-10-01	2	1st	3 5 9 14 28
2017-09-29	8	1st	3 4 7 15 40
2017-09-21	3	1st	3 6 35 36 39
2017-09-18	8	1st	3 8 21 30 40
2017-09-10	17	1st	3 8 23 27 32
2017-08-24	2	1st	3 18 23 30 42
2017-08-22	3	1st	3 7 18 31 33
2017-08-19	6	1st	3 5 15 19 31
2017-08-13	22	1st	3 8 17 27 39
2017-07-22	1	1st	3 5 11 13 37
2017-07-21	8	1st	3 7 18 31 40
2017-07-13	1	1st	3 11 18 30 38
2017-07-12	2	1st	3 4 14 17 35
2017-07-10	13	1st	3 8 13 18 26
2017-06-27	3	1st	3 4 26 35 42
2017-06-24	5	1st	3 21 24 34 40
2017-06-19	2	1st	3 12 21 22 36
2017-06-17	34	1st	3 5 23 25 40
2017-05-14	6	1st	3 5 8 24 37
2017-05-08	16	1st	3 14 19 20 42
2017-04-22	13	1st	3 31 34 36 43
2017-04-09	3	1st	3 5 10 28 41
2017-04-05	20	1st	3 14 32 34 38
2017-03-15	3	1st	3 4 8 22 38
2017-03-12	10	1st	3 17 20 21 38
2017-03-02	4	1st	3 16 17 22 29
2017-02-25	13	2nd	2 3 9 23 41
2017-02-12	10	1st	3 4 13 25 43
2017-02-02	6	1st	3 11 14 24 39
2017-01-27	7	1st	3 6 8 11 27
2017-01-20	1	1st	3 9 18 30 36
2017-01-19	2	1st	3 11 17 30 41
2017-01-17	6	1st	3 4 16 18 43
2017-01-11	23	1st	3 7 14 19 41
2016-12-18	1	1st	3 17 24 26 33
2016-12-17	4	1st	3 6 11 36 41
2016-12-13	19	2nd	2 3 21 32 42
2016-11-24	1	1st	3 6 30 31 42
2016-11-23	6	1st	3 12 19 21 37
2016-11-17	3	1st	3 5 22 24 40
2016-11-14	14	2nd	2 3 20 28 42
2016-10-31	3	2nd	1 3 17 20 32
2016-10-28	1	1st	3 19 27 37 41
2016-10-27	31	1st	3 5 8 10 15
2016-09-26	12	1st	3 11 17 25 37
2016-09-14	4	1st	3 4 17 38 39
2016-09-10	6	1st	3 7 8 21 33
2016-09-04	5	1st	3 14 26 39 40
2016-08-30	7	1st	3 4 9 20 26
2016-08-23	17	1st	3 5 20 29 31
2016-08-06	2	1st	3 11 19 22 37
2016-08-04	9	1st	3 12 15 31 36
2016-07-26	6	1st	3 8 9 10 26
2016-07-20	9	2nd	2 3 7 22 40
2016-07-11	2	1st	3 9 19 32 40
2016-07-09	3	2nd	2 3 12 14 27
2016-07-06	9	1st	3 14 19 34 38
2016-06-27	6	1st	3 12 34 36 42
2016-06-21	2	1st	3 5 14 30 41
2016-06-19	5	3rd	1 2 3 12 28
2016-06-14	16	1st	3 4 9 21 39
2016-05-29	4	2nd	2 3 24 27 41
2016-05-25	2	1st	3 14 23 26 31
2016-05-23	1	1st	3 15 26 29 42
2016-05-22	5	1st	3 4 17 23 31
2016-05-17	6	1st	3 6 27 31 32
2016-05-11	3	2nd	1 3 9 28 37
2016-05-08	5	2nd	1 3 22 26 39
2016-05-03	4	1st	3 4 8 24 40
2016-04-29	11	1st	3 15 29 42 43
2016-04-18	7	1st	3 18 21 29 30
2016-04-11	10	1st	3 18 28 30 31
2016-04-01	10	1st	3 4 7 15 34
2016-03-22	20	1st	3 9 13 17 28
2016-03-02	12	1st	3 7 19 25 30
2016-02-19	1	2nd	1 3 5 9 34
2016-02-18	8	1st	3 5 27 38 43
2016-02-10	4	1st	3 6 12 18 24
2016-02-06	2	1st	3 5 15 34 35
2016-02-04	5	1st	3 9 26 28 41
2016-01-30	1	1st	3 13 19 22 37
2016-01-29	8	2nd	1 3 12 19 41
2016-01-21	4	2nd	1 3 9 11 32
2016-01-17	21	2nd	2 3 26 30 39
2015-12-27	20	1st	3 28 29 35 39
2015-12-06	3	2nd	1 3 15 23 26
2015-12-03	1	1st	3 13 14 16 21
2015-12-02	16	2nd	1 3 22 28 36
2015-11-16	5	2nd	2 3 4 29 41
2015-11-11	3	2nd	2 3 19 21 28
2015-11-08	1	1st	3 36 37 39 43
2015-11-07	1	1st	3 25 26 29 32
2015-11-06	9	1st	3 4 31 36 40
2015-10-28	6	1st	3 9 33 39 40
2015-10-22	1	1st	3 4 18 19 25
2015-10-21	3	1st	3 8 33 34 43
2015-10-18	2	1st	3 6 18 25 40
2015-10-16	2	2nd	2 3 21 26 33
2015-10-14	21	2nd	2 3 8 13 40
2015-09-23	7	2nd	1 3 23 35 37
2015-09-16	6	1st	3 17 31 42 43
2015-09-10	4	1st	3 26 37 40 43
2015-09-06	32	1st	3 15 19 24 40
2015-08-05	5	2nd	1 3 13 18 43
2015-07-31	1	1st	3 5 11 17 38
2015-07-30	3	2nd	2 3 13 20 28
2015-07-27	4	1st	3 8 13 39 42
2015-07-23	6	1st	3 10 13 31 33
2015-07-17	2	2nd	2 3 5 23 34
2015-07-15	4	1st	3 5 7 12 24
2015-07-11	3	2nd	1 3 11 26 42
2015-07-08	50	1st	3 15 18 30 37
2015-05-19	10	1st	3 10 12 16 31
2015-05-09	5	1st	3 20 22 38 40
2015-05-04	1	1st	3 13 33 36 41
2015-05-02	1	1st	3 13 15 28 34
2015-05-01	15	1st	3 23 34 36 40
2015-04-16	2	2nd	1 3 4 9 43
2015-04-14	26	1st	3 5 6 26 29
2015-03-19	4	2nd	1 3 17 28 42
2015-03-15	10	1st	3 11 17 41 42
2015-03-05	11	1st	3 8 13 19 42
2015-02-22	13	1st	3 6 14 15 24
2015-02-09	15	1st	3 7 9 15 34
2015-01-25	21	1st	3 15 20 31 38
2015-01-04	4	1st	3 14 16 20 32
2014-12-31	4	1st	3 14 20 38 39
2014-12-27	14	1st	3 7 11 32 40
2014-12-12	12	1st	3 18 25 33 38
2014-11-30	2	1st	3 19 27 41 43
2014-11-28	4	1st	3 26 37 39 41
2014-11-24	21	1st	3 14 22 29 33
2014-11-03	7	1st	3 19 20 37 43
2014-10-27	6	2nd	2 3 12 21 32
2014-10-21	1	1st	3 4 6 12 36
2014-10-20	7	1st	3 10 14 24 37
2014-10-13	2	1st	3 4 37 39 42
2014-10-11	5	1st	3 10 16 36 41
2014-10-06	—	1st	3 4 29 32 34