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Number 3 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 101 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.48σ
15 draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number
7.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
34 longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 101 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 101 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 15 draws now
12 draws: 2010-01-06 to 2010-02-17 12 draws: 2010-02-17 to 2010-03-31 7 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-24 8 draws: 2010-04-24 to 2010-05-22 2 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-05-29 17 draws: 2010-05-29 to 2010-07-28 18 draws: 2010-07-28 to 2010-09-29 21 draws: 2010-09-29 to 2010-12-11 9 draws: 2010-12-11 to 2011-01-15 9 draws: 2011-01-15 to 2011-02-16 9 draws: 2011-02-16 to 2011-03-19 1 draws: 2011-03-19 to 2011-03-23 1 draws: 2011-03-23 to 2011-03-26 7 draws: 2011-03-26 to 2011-04-20 3 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-04-30 27 draws: 2011-04-30 to 2011-08-03 5 draws: 2011-08-03 to 2011-08-20 1 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-08-24 19 draws: 2011-08-24 to 2011-10-29 9 draws: 2011-10-29 to 2011-11-30 10 draws: 2011-11-30 to 2012-01-04 2 draws: 2012-01-04 to 2012-01-11 13 draws: 2012-01-11 to 2012-02-25 15 draws: 2012-02-25 to 2012-04-18 5 draws: 2012-04-18 to 2012-05-05 5 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-05-23 2 draws: 2012-05-23 to 2012-05-30 26 draws: 2012-05-30 to 2012-08-29 17 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-10-27 1 draws: 2012-10-27 to 2012-10-31 2 draws: 2012-10-31 to 2012-11-07 3 draws: 2012-11-07 to 2012-11-17 7 draws: 2012-11-17 to 2012-12-12 5 draws: 2012-12-12 to 2012-12-29 5 draws: 2012-12-29 to 2013-01-16 2 draws: 2013-01-16 to 2013-01-23 2 draws: 2013-01-23 to 2013-01-30 20 draws: 2013-01-30 to 2013-04-10 3 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-20 1 draws: 2013-04-20 to 2013-04-24 7 draws: 2013-04-24 to 2013-05-18 10 draws: 2013-05-18 to 2013-06-22 8 draws: 2013-06-22 to 2013-07-20 15 draws: 2013-07-20 to 2013-09-11 2 draws: 2013-09-11 to 2013-09-18 2 draws: 2013-09-18 to 2013-09-25 2 draws: 2013-09-25 to 2013-10-02 17 draws: 2013-10-02 to 2013-11-30 1 draws: 2013-11-30 to 2013-12-04 9 draws: 2013-12-04 to 2014-01-08 2 draws: 2014-01-08 to 2014-01-15 9 draws: 2014-01-15 to 2014-02-15 2 draws: 2014-02-15 to 2014-02-22 6 draws: 2014-02-22 to 2014-03-15 3 draws: 2014-03-15 to 2014-03-26 15 draws: 2014-03-26 to 2014-05-17 1 draws: 2014-05-17 to 2014-05-21 1 draws: 2014-05-21 to 2014-05-24 7 draws: 2014-05-24 to 2014-06-18 3 draws: 2014-06-18 to 2014-06-28 1 draws: 2014-06-28 to 2014-07-02 1 draws: 2014-07-02 to 2014-07-05 13 draws: 2014-07-05 to 2014-08-20 1 draws: 2014-08-20 to 2014-08-23 10 draws: 2014-08-23 to 2014-09-27 6 draws: 2014-09-27 to 2014-10-18 9 draws: 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-19 2 draws: 2014-11-19 to 2014-11-26 34 draws: 2014-11-26 to 2015-03-25 9 draws: 2015-03-25 to 2015-04-25 2 draws: 2015-04-25 to 2015-05-02 1 draws: 2015-05-02 to 2015-05-06 10 draws: 2015-05-06 to 2015-06-10 4 draws: 2015-06-10 to 2015-06-24 5 draws: 2015-06-24 to 2015-07-11 5 draws: 2015-07-11 to 2015-07-29 6 draws: 2015-07-29 to 2015-08-19 4 draws: 2015-08-19 to 2015-09-02 4 draws: 2015-09-02 to 2015-09-16 4 draws: 2015-09-16 to 2015-09-30 11 draws: 2015-09-30 to 2015-11-07 3 draws: 2015-11-07 to 2015-11-18 12 draws: 2015-11-18 to 2015-12-30 1 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-01-02 3 draws: 2016-01-02 to 2016-01-13 2 draws: 2016-01-13 to 2016-01-20 13 draws: 2016-01-20 to 2016-03-05 15 draws: 2016-03-05 to 2016-04-27 3 draws: 2016-04-27 to 2016-05-07 12 draws: 2016-05-07 to 2016-06-18 4 draws: 2016-06-18 to 2016-07-02 1 draws: 2016-07-02 to 2016-07-06 10 draws: 2016-07-06 to 2016-08-10 15 draws: 2016-08-10 to 2016-10-01 17 draws: 2016-10-01 to 2016-11-30 3 draws: 2016-11-30 to 2016-12-10 10 draws: 2016-12-10 to 2017-01-14 22 draws: 2017-01-14 to 2017-04-01 6 draws: 2017-04-01 to 2017-04-22 13 draws: 2017-04-22 to 2017-06-07 Still waiting — at least 15 draws since 2017-06-07 2010-01-06 2010-02-17 2010-03-31 2010-04-24 2010-05-22 2010-05-29 2010-07-28 2010-09-29 2010-12-11 2011-01-15 2011-02-16 2011-03-19 2011-03-23 2011-03-26 2011-04-20 2011-04-30 2011-08-03 2011-08-20 2011-08-24 2011-10-29 2011-11-30 2012-01-04 2012-01-11 2012-02-25 2012-04-18 2012-05-05 2012-05-23 2012-05-30 2012-08-29 2012-10-27 2012-10-31 2012-11-07 2012-11-17 2012-12-12 2012-12-29 2013-01-16 2013-01-23 2013-01-30 2013-04-10 2013-04-20 2013-04-24 2013-05-18 2013-06-22 2013-07-20 2013-09-11 2013-09-18 2013-09-25 2013-10-02 2013-11-30 2013-12-04 2014-01-08 2014-01-15 2014-02-15 2014-02-22 2014-03-15 2014-03-26 2014-05-17 2014-05-21 2014-05-24 2014-06-18 2014-06-28 2014-07-02 2014-07-05 2014-08-20 2014-08-23 2014-09-27 2014-10-18 2014-11-19 2014-11-26 2015-03-25 2015-04-25 2015-05-02 2015-05-06 2015-06-10 2015-06-24 2015-07-11 2015-07-29 2015-08-19 2015-09-02 2015-09-16 2015-09-30 2015-11-07 2015-11-18 2015-12-30 2016-01-02 2016-01-13 2016-01-20 2016-03-05 2016-04-27 2016-05-07 2016-06-18 2016-07-02 2016-07-06 2016-08-10 2016-10-01 2016-11-30 2016-12-10 2017-01-14 2017-04-01 2017-04-22 2017-06-07 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 14 times 2 draws: 14 times 3 draws: 9 times 4 draws: 5 times 5 draws: 7 times 6 draws: 4 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 8 times 10 draws: 6 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 4 times 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 5 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 4 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 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 78 · chance 80.9 2nd smallest 20 · chance 19.3 3rd smallest 3 · chance 0.9 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 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 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 ← 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.