In Revancha under the 5/35 + 1/10 · since Jun 2025 rules — 212 draws, 5 from 1–35.
32times drawn · chance expected 30 +0.34σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number
6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
21longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 32 times in 212 draws against 30.3 expected, +0.34σ. 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 32 times in 212 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 21 · 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 34 numbers; chance expects about 0.8 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 35. 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.