Number 3

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,631 draws, 6 from 1–49.

330times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.47σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

68longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 330 times in 2,631 draws against 322.2 expected, +0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 330 times in 2,631 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 11 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 smallest272 · chance 264.2
2nd smallest55 · chance 62.9
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.9
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 23 43 14 37 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-26	2	2nd	2 3 6 8 19 36
2026-09-21	5	1st	3 8 9 13 35 37
2026-09-09	4	1st	3 5 10 19 26 34
2026-08-31	12	1st	3

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-24	2	1st	3 14 33 39 45 48
2025-09-20	9	1st	3 4 7 34 46 47
2025-08-30	3	1st	3 6 14 31 32 48
2025-08-23	16	1st	3 8 21 26 31 47
2025-07-16	6	1st	3 11 13 16 19 21
2025-07-02	18	1st	3 8 10 23 30 48
2025-05-21	10	1st	3 7 8 21 28 43
2025-04-28	4	1st	3 6 15 18 34 37
2025-04-19	2	1st	3 13 20 24 25 45
2025-04-14	19	1st	3 15 23 27 36 39
2025-03-01	11	1st	3 7 15 18 24 41
2025-02-03	9	1st	3 29 31 34 41 42
2025-01-13	16	1st	3 6 27 31 34 44
2024-12-07	6	1st	3 17 20 29 40 45
2024-11-23	4	2nd	1 3 6 26 27 31
2024-11-13	11	1st	3 31 32 42 45 49
2024-10-19	7	1st	3 12 14 19 26 44
2024-10-02	2	1st	3 20 23 30 34 47
2024-09-28	10	1st	3 9 15 18 29 32
2024-09-04	5	1st	3 11 25 27 36 43
2024-08-24	12	1st	3 5 8 10 30 41
2024-07-27	6	1st	3 7 16 19 28 34
2024-07-13	3	1st	3 5 26 27 41 43
2024-07-06	4	1st	3 4 24 30 33 34
2024-06-26	8	1st	3 6 8 13 30 40
2024-06-08	3	1st	3 16 32 36 39 43
2024-06-01	2	1st	3 12 19 21 34 44
2024-05-27	23	2nd	2 3 18 22 33 49
2024-04-03	2	1st	3 11 31 33 35 45
2024-03-30	3	1st	3 5 7 11 38 49
2024-03-23	4	1st	3 4 7 27 35 46
2024-03-13	6	1st	3 19 20 22 31 37
2024-02-28	8	1st	3 4 13 30 33 43
2024-02-10	1	1st	3 7 12 24 34 38
2024-02-07	4	1st	3 23 30 35 37 38
2024-01-29	2	2nd	1 3 33 39 41 43
2024-01-24	8	1st	3 10 15 25 35 40
2024-01-06	2	2nd	1 3 15 32 39 49
2024-01-01	9	1st	3 10 12 37 39 41
2023-12-11	1	1st	3 4 21 28 37 40
2023-12-09	13	1st	3 14 16 19 21 33
2023-11-08	3	1st	3 16 26 31 34 41
2023-11-01	5	1st	3 20 21 29 30 44
2023-10-21	9	1st	3 6 25 27 39 43
2023-09-30	19	1st	3 13 22 28 30 40
2023-08-16	7	1st	3 5 11 19 38 45
2023-07-31	3	1st	3 6 19 21 23 49
2023-07-24	7	1st	3 5 6 18 47 49
2023-07-08	20	2nd	2 3 16 20 40 47
2023-05-22	7	1st	3 22 27 38 41 49
2023-05-06	8	2nd	2 3 10 28 33 41
2023-04-17	1	1st	3 7 9 12 39 45
2023-04-15	7	1st	3 6 28 29 44 46
2023-03-29	10	1st	3 12 23 26 35 42
2023-03-06	1	2nd	1 3 14 26 37 48
2023-03-04	24	2nd	2 3 15 19 37 40
2023-01-07	3	1st	3 4 8 24 31 34
2022-12-31	24	1st	3 6 19 25 43 48
2022-11-05	3	2nd	1 3 5 25 30 41
2022-10-29	19	1st	3 7 9 24 36 37
2022-09-14	9	3rd	1 2 3 4 13 37
2022-08-24	3	1st	3 14 21 26 39 45
2022-08-17	2	1st	3 5 14 29 31 39
2022-08-13	9	1st	3 6 35 38 42 48
2022-07-23	5	2nd	2 3 8 23 32 38
2022-07-11	40	1st	3 30 35 36 40 41
2022-04-09	6	1st	3 11 20 21 22 34
2022-03-26	14	1st	3 5 16 30 43 46
2022-02-21	52	1st	3 13 32 36 40 43
2021-10-23	10	1st	3 4 12 14 34 46
2021-09-29	1	1st	3 17 20 21 36 41
2021-09-27	7	1st	3 8 10 37 40 43
2021-09-11	15	1st	3 19 29 30 41 49
2021-08-07	4	1st	3 8 10 24 31 46
2021-07-28	14	2nd	1 3 17 29 36 39
2021-06-26	15	1st	3 12 17 23 25 46
2021-05-22	10	1st	3 22 33 35 36 37
2021-04-28	2	1st	3 5 17 33 35 49
2021-04-24	8	1st	3 20 32 35 37 42
2021-04-05	1	1st	3 10 11 12 34 46
2021-04-03	5	2nd	2 3 12 13 20 30
2021-03-22	8	1st	3 19 33 37 42 43
2021-03-03	6	1st	3 20 28 32 36 38
2021-02-17	2	1st	3 20 28 29 35 45
2021-02-13	2	1st	3 6 10 18 22 43
2021-02-08	12	1st	3 5 6 35 36 43
2021-01-11	15	1st	3 8 27 42 45 46
2020-12-07	8	1st	3 12 19 39 44 48
2020-11-18	5	1st	3 35 38 43 48 49
2020-11-07	4	1st	3 18 23 26 34 43
2020-10-28	3	1st	3 5 16 18 23 33
2020-10-21	24	1st	3 5 12 17 22 33
2020-08-26	26	1st	3 13 26 29 32 47
2020-06-27	1	1st	3 18 27 32 35 40
2020-06-24	24	1st	3 6 32 39 41 43
2020-04-29	4	1st	3 23 26 33 42 45
2020-04-20	1	2nd	1 3 5 7 31 39
2020-04-18	3	1st	3 5 13 16 28 34
2020-04-11	3	2nd	2 3 11 12 16 28
2020-04-04	10	2nd	1 3 15 26 35 43
2020-03-11	9	1st	3 13 14 23 31 48
2020-02-19	5	1st	3 4 13 17 41 48
2020-02-08	4	1st	3 5 9 15 30 47
2020-01-29	14	1st	3 5 22 23 35 42
2019-12-28	3	1st	3 8 12 18 22 49
2019-12-21	10	1st	3 5 16 24 28 32
2019-11-27	1	1st	3 20 28 33 39 48
2019-11-25	2	1st	3 25 27 36 43 47
2019-11-20	7	1st	3 6 14 22 47 48
2019-11-04	5	2nd	1 3 8 20 38 45
2019-10-23	5	1st	3 12 26 33 39 44
2019-10-12	1	1st	3 23 26 34 37 48
2019-10-09	13	2nd	2 3 8 14 30 49
2019-09-09	1	1st	3 10 21 23 27 43
2019-09-07	3	2nd	2 3 7 12 24 27
2019-08-31	4	1st	3 10 31 38 40 43
2019-08-21	20	1st	3 10 14 16 38 39
2019-07-06	50	1st	3 7 13 17 43 44
2019-03-11	4	1st	3 4 20 21 25 37
2019-03-02	2	1st	3 11 14 35 41 43
2019-02-25	3	1st	3 4 13 16 22 30
2019-02-18	14	1st	3 7 13 24 32 47
2019-01-16	4	2nd	2 3 20 29 40 45
2019-01-07	6	1st	3 17 22 23 37 39
2018-12-24	1	1st	3 30 36 37 45 48
2018-12-22	1	2nd	1 3 6 15 29 43
2018-12-19	2	1st	3 13 30 35 41 47
2018-12-15	1	1st	3 4 14 15 26 33
2018-12-12	5	1st	3 4 12 29 36 46
2018-12-01	8	1st	3 21 26 30 31 39
2018-11-12	29	1st	3 11 14 35 39 40
2018-09-05	8	1st	3 9 36 45 46 48
2018-08-18	5	1st	3 6 10 38 39 46
2018-08-06	23	2nd	2 3 9 14 16 38
2018-06-13	7	1st	3 5 33 45 46 48
2018-05-28	2	1st	3 14 20 38 41 49
2018-05-23	3	1st	3 9 23 35 36 49
2018-05-16	8	2nd	2 3 10 22 33 35
2018-04-28	11	1st	3 12 19 24 25 34
2018-04-02	3	2nd	1 3 5 30 45 48
2018-03-26	12	2nd	1 3 6 30 33 37
2018-02-26	21	2nd	2 3 9 13 39 48
2018-01-08	5	1st	3 12 19 24 44 46
2017-12-27	10	1st	3 4 22 33 36 42
2017-12-04	6	1st	3 7 8 14 26 45
2017-11-20	6	1st	3 13 15 28 29 32
2017-11-06	3	2nd	1 3 5 19 24 33
2017-10-30	9	1st	3 5 14 16 18 26
2017-10-09	2	1st	3 4 12 25 33 34
2017-10-04	10	1st	3 4 29 30 32 46
2017-09-11	13	1st	3 15 18 19 42 45
2017-08-12	4	1st	3 12 14 31 43 45
2017-08-02	4	2nd	2 3 4 15 17 23
2017-07-24	21	1st	3 7 17 30 31 35
2017-06-05	12	1st	3 14 22 27 45 49
2017-05-08	6	1st	3 22 23 30 46 47
2017-04-24	1	1st	3 7 10 13 17 44
2017-04-22	12	1st	3 5 22 23 34 39
2017-03-25	5	1st	3 7 14 23 31 38
2017-03-13	1	1st	3 29 31 35 44 47
2017-03-11	1	1st	3 6 9 11 37 40
2017-03-08	15	1st	3 6 10 11 12 24
2017-02-01	4	1st	3 4 12 13 16 19
2017-01-23	7	2nd	2 3 10 13 25 28
2017-01-07	4	1st	3 4 12 15 21 40
2016-12-28	6	1st	3 21 23 28 38 49
2016-12-14	6	1st	3 9 30 31 32 35
2016-11-30	25	1st	3 5 6 8 12 23
2016-10-03	6	1st	3 12 15 27 41 42
2016-09-19	2	1st	3 22 30 31 42 46
2016-09-14	4	1st	3 18 27 43 44 47
2016-09-05	9	1st	3 17 26 36 38 47
2016-08-15	7	1st	3 9 15 22 38 40
2016-07-30	2	1st	3 19 20 23 25 36
2016-07-25	10	2nd	2 3 5 12 13 18
2016-07-02	6	1st	3 7 11 15 33 42
2016-06-18	14	1st	3 10 23 24 26 28
2016-05-16	8	1st	3 17 31 38 40 49
2016-04-27	4	2nd	2 3 21 25 28 33
2016-04-18	2	1st	3 5 12 15 28 29
2016-04-13	18	2nd	1 3 7 11 33 39
2016-03-02	4	1st	3 5 19 24 35 44
2016-02-22	4	1st	3 10 36 39 44 49
2016-02-13	8	2nd	2 3 6 19 34 39
2016-01-25	3	1st	3 4 28 35 42 48
2016-01-18	5	1st	3 19 30 35 42 48
2016-01-06	3	1st	3 4 8 42 44 48
2015-12-30	2	2nd	2 3 6 21 23 40
2015-12-26	5	2nd	1 3 13 25 33 41
2015-12-14	1	1st	3 17 27 29 36 43
2015-12-12	7	1st	3 5 17 30 32 46
2015-11-25	8	3rd	1 2 3 26 34 36
2015-11-07	3	1st	3 8 14 18 42 44
2015-10-31	6	2nd	1 3 24 30 31 48
2015-10-17	6	1st	3 10 18 28 30 46
2015-10-03	4	2nd	2 3 6 7 21 23
2015-09-23	7	2nd	2 3 22 32 40 41
2015-09-07	1	2nd	1 3 17 26 41 46
2015-09-05	2	2nd	1 3 14 32 35 38
2015-08-31	1	1st	3 6 12 13 23 31
2015-08-29	12	1st	3 10 24 25 27 38
2015-08-01	7	1st	3 12 19 22 44 48
2015-07-15	11	1st	3 11 12 14 22 42
2015-06-20	10	2nd	1 3 26 29 31 37
2015-05-27	1	2nd	1 3 20 24 35 38
2015-05-25	4	1st	3 8 23 33 35 39
2015-05-16	2	1st	3 6 18 29 37 42
2015-05-11	2	1st	3 9 17 41 47 48
2015-05-06	9	1st	3 10 13 20 35 39
2015-04-15	12	1st	3 7 10 18 19 44
2015-03-18	3	1st	3 16 17 21 25 33
2015-03-11	17	1st	3 4 14 22 38 40
2015-01-31	7	1st	3 11 15 22 33 41
2015-01-14	2	1st	3 7 12 17 37 40
2015-01-10	12	1st	3 12 30 34 44 49
2014-12-13	10	1st	3 15 17 24 26 45
2014-11-19	8	1st	3 4 19 25 39 44
2014-11-01	8	1st	3 13 17 29 42 43
2014-10-13	2	1st	3 15 19 24 44 45
2014-10-08	5	1st	3 14 15 28 43 47
2014-09-27	20	1st	3 14 21 24 33 47
2014-08-11	14	1st	3 24 41 43 44 45
2014-07-09	20	1st	3 23 25 26 29 36
2014-05-24	9	1st	3 12 15 18 24 40
2014-05-03	6	1st	3 9 19 39 44 49
2014-04-19	1	1st	3 5 6 7 9 22
2014-04-16	3	1st	3 11 12 24 37 44
2014-04-09	4	1st	3 5 10 21 38 43
2014-03-31	1	1st	3 11 13 14 23 27
2014-03-29	5	1st	3 8 16 30 36 42
2014-03-17	68	1st	3 7 12 29 30 39
2013-10-09	4	1st	3 18 19 23 42 47
2013-09-30	11	1st	3 11 25 28 36 40
2013-09-04	22	1st	3 12 14 43 44 46
2013-07-15	7	1st	3 8 22 29 30 34
2013-06-29	11	1st	3 4 16 18 22 32
2013-06-03	5	1st	3 18 23 34 40 48
2013-05-22	5	1st	3 25 27 32 34 40
2013-05-11	13	2nd	2 3 11 17 27 37
2013-04-10	7	1st	3 9 40 41 42 43
2013-03-25	5	1st	3 8 12 17 25 30
2013-03-13	9	1st	3 11 12 27 37 46
2013-02-20	2	1st	3 13 17 24 37 46
2013-02-16	21	1st	3 7 33 37 40 44
2012-12-29	12	1st	3 8 14 21 22 42
2012-12-01	4	2nd	2 3 13 33 40 48
2012-11-21	8	1st	3 10 16 32 35 37
2012-11-03	7	1st	3 6 18 22 24 43
2012-10-17	7	1st	3 9 19 24 39 47
2012-10-01	10	1st	3 7 11 16 29 37
2012-09-08	22	1st	3 19 22 33 41 43
2012-07-18	1	1st	3 9 15 32 47 49
2012-07-16	1	1st	3 14 16 31 35 39
2012-07-14	1	1st	3 4 18 19 24 43
2012-07-11	14	1st	3 23 24 34 37 44
2012-06-09	6	3rd	1 2 3 16 37 42
2012-05-26	4	1st	3 12 13 22 23 31
2012-05-16	4	1st	3 5 20 23 35 39
2012-05-07	3	2nd	2 3 29 30 33 44
2012-04-30	4	1st	3 8 17 23 33 43
2012-04-21	8	1st	3 11 30 37 39 41
2012-04-02	6	1st	3 6 12 26 34 45
2012-03-19	11	1st	3 4 23 29 32 37
2012-02-22	3	1st	3 12 20 22 38 48
2012-02-15	6	2nd	1 3 7 25 27 29
2012-02-01	4	1st	3 4 8 17 27 34
2012-01-23	27	1st	3 23 26 36 43 48
2011-11-21	3	1st	3 23 26 27 29 41
2011-11-14	1	1st	3 8 11 22 24 33
2011-11-12	10	1st	3 6 10 11 12 49
2011-10-19	3	1st	3 13 23 27 39 44
2011-10-12	1	1st	3 6 8 9 12 19
2011-10-10	9	1st	3 16 18 25 32 47
2011-09-19	4	1st	3 4 26 35 46 47
2011-09-10	3	2nd	1 3 19 24 26 48
2011-09-03	1	1st	3 9 11 20 31 45
2011-08-31	6	1st	3 4 7 16 34 48
2011-08-17	3	1st	3 6 24 36 38 43
2011-08-10	3	1st	3 6 11 13 14 38
2011-08-03	7	1st	3 19 32 38 39 41
2011-07-18	9	2nd	2 3 8 28 33 36
2011-06-27	1	1st	3 9 22 43 48 49
2011-06-25	1	1st	3 20 29 30 31 37
2011-06-22	3	2nd	1 3 15 23 26 41
2011-06-15	6	1st	3 11 27 31 46 47
2011-06-01	21	1st	3 12 13 14 25 41
2011-04-13	16	1st	3 13 14 25 42 46
2011-03-07	8	2nd	2 3 24 37 39 45
2011-02-16	1	1st	3 14 28 31 32 43
2011-02-14	21	1st	3 5 7 12 23 38
2010-12-27	15	1st	3 16 17 27 48 49
2010-11-22	2	2nd	1 3 12 25 40 42
2010-11-17	34	2nd	2 3 8 13 22 23
2010-08-30	7	1st	3 4 18 19 30 42
2010-08-14	1	1st	3 17 20 28 36 37
2010-08-11	3	1st	3 10 16 33 43 46
2010-08-04	21	1st	3 7 20 29 35 48
2010-06-16	1	1st	3 8 9 10 26 39
2010-06-14	3	1st	3 21 22 25 28 35
2010-06-07	2	1st	3 14 16 19 20 39
2010-06-02	1	1st	3 14 24 27 36 46
2010-05-31	1	1st	3 12 18 21 24 25
2010-05-29	1	1st	3 6 13 15 36 38
2010-05-26	19	1st	3 5 14 23 36 37
2010-04-12	27	1st	3 19 24 29 31 36
2010-02-08	—	1st	3 7 32 34 35 49