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Number 3 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 91 times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.91σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number
9.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
47 longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 91 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 91 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 3 draws now
12 draws: 2010-01-26 to 2010-03-09 42 draws: 2010-03-09 to 2010-08-06 9 draws: 2010-08-06 to 2010-09-07 2 draws: 2010-09-07 to 2010-09-14 4 draws: 2010-09-14 to 2010-09-28 2 draws: 2010-09-28 to 2010-10-05 1 draws: 2010-10-05 to 2010-10-08 15 draws: 2010-10-08 to 2010-11-30 9 draws: 2010-11-30 to 2010-12-31 7 draws: 2010-12-31 to 2011-01-25 9 draws: 2011-01-25 to 2011-02-25 9 draws: 2011-02-25 to 2011-03-29 14 draws: 2011-03-29 to 2011-05-20 21 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-08-02 4 draws: 2011-08-02 to 2011-08-16 9 draws: 2011-08-16 to 2011-09-16 12 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-10-28 12 draws: 2011-10-28 to 2011-12-09 7 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2012-01-03 20 draws: 2012-01-03 to 2012-03-13 5 draws: 2012-03-13 to 2012-03-30 6 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-24 8 draws: 2012-04-24 to 2012-05-22 9 draws: 2012-05-22 to 2012-06-22 4 draws: 2012-06-22 to 2012-07-06 14 draws: 2012-07-06 to 2012-08-24 13 draws: 2012-08-24 to 2012-10-09 12 draws: 2012-10-09 to 2012-11-20 17 draws: 2012-11-20 to 2013-01-22 7 draws: 2013-01-22 to 2013-02-15 27 draws: 2013-02-15 to 2013-05-24 2 draws: 2013-05-24 to 2013-05-31 8 draws: 2013-05-31 to 2013-06-28 9 draws: 2013-06-28 to 2013-07-30 7 draws: 2013-07-30 to 2013-08-23 12 draws: 2013-08-23 to 2013-10-04 12 draws: 2013-10-04 to 2013-11-15 25 draws: 2013-11-15 to 2014-02-11 9 draws: 2014-02-11 to 2014-03-14 4 draws: 2014-03-14 to 2014-03-28 2 draws: 2014-03-28 to 2014-04-04 4 draws: 2014-04-04 to 2014-04-22 8 draws: 2014-04-22 to 2014-05-20 3 draws: 2014-05-20 to 2014-05-30 5 draws: 2014-05-30 to 2014-06-17 25 draws: 2014-06-17 to 2014-09-12 4 draws: 2014-09-12 to 2014-09-26 13 draws: 2014-09-26 to 2014-11-11 1 draws: 2014-11-11 to 2014-11-14 17 draws: 2014-11-14 to 2015-01-13 2 draws: 2015-01-13 to 2015-01-20 33 draws: 2015-01-20 to 2015-05-19 47 draws: 2015-05-19 to 2015-10-30 12 draws: 2015-10-30 to 2015-12-11 2 draws: 2015-12-11 to 2015-12-18 1 draws: 2015-12-18 to 2015-12-22 9 draws: 2015-12-22 to 2016-01-26 8 draws: 2016-01-26 to 2016-02-23 5 draws: 2016-02-23 to 2016-03-11 13 draws: 2016-03-11 to 2016-04-26 1 draws: 2016-04-26 to 2016-04-29 2 draws: 2016-04-29 to 2016-05-06 2 draws: 2016-05-06 to 2016-05-13 5 draws: 2016-05-13 to 2016-05-31 2 draws: 2016-05-31 to 2016-06-07 1 draws: 2016-06-07 to 2016-06-10 3 draws: 2016-06-10 to 2016-06-21 13 draws: 2016-06-21 to 2016-08-05 14 draws: 2016-08-05 to 2016-09-23 1 draws: 2016-09-23 to 2016-09-27 13 draws: 2016-09-27 to 2016-11-11 38 draws: 2016-11-11 to 2017-03-24 8 draws: 2017-03-24 to 2017-04-21 6 draws: 2017-04-21 to 2017-05-12 25 draws: 2017-05-12 to 2017-08-08 10 draws: 2017-08-08 to 2017-09-12 10 draws: 2017-09-12 to 2017-10-17 5 draws: 2017-10-17 to 2017-11-03 10 draws: 2017-11-03 to 2017-12-08 3 draws: 2017-12-08 to 2017-12-19 3 draws: 2017-12-19 to 2017-12-29 6 draws: 2017-12-29 to 2018-01-19 1 draws: 2018-01-19 to 2018-01-23 17 draws: 2018-01-23 to 2018-03-23 4 draws: 2018-03-23 to 2018-04-06 3 draws: 2018-04-06 to 2018-04-17 6 draws: 2018-04-17 to 2018-05-08 4 draws: 2018-05-08 to 2018-05-22 5 draws: 2018-05-22 to 2018-06-08 1 draws: 2018-06-08 to 2018-06-12 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2018-06-12 2010-01-26 2010-03-09 2010-08-06 2010-09-07 2010-09-14 2010-09-28 2010-10-05 2010-10-08 2010-11-30 2010-12-31 2011-01-25 2011-02-25 2011-03-29 2011-05-20 2011-08-02 2011-08-16 2011-09-16 2011-10-28 2011-12-09 2012-01-03 2012-03-13 2012-03-30 2012-04-24 2012-05-22 2012-06-22 2012-07-06 2012-08-24 2012-10-09 2012-11-20 2013-01-22 2013-02-15 2013-05-24 2013-05-31 2013-06-28 2013-07-30 2013-08-23 2013-10-04 2013-11-15 2014-02-11 2014-03-14 2014-03-28 2014-04-04 2014-04-22 2014-05-20 2014-05-30 2014-06-17 2014-09-12 2014-09-26 2014-11-11 2014-11-14 2015-01-13 2015-01-20 2015-05-19 2015-10-30 2015-12-11 2015-12-18 2015-12-22 2016-01-26 2016-02-23 2016-03-11 2016-04-26 2016-04-29 2016-05-06 2016-05-13 2016-05-31 2016-06-07 2016-06-10 2016-06-21 2016-08-05 2016-09-23 2016-09-27 2016-11-11 2017-03-24 2017-04-21 2017-05-12 2017-08-08 2017-09-12 2017-10-17 2017-11-03 2017-12-08 2017-12-19 2017-12-29 2018-01-19 2018-01-23 2018-03-23 2018-04-06 2018-04-17 2018-05-08 2018-05-22 2018-06-08 2018-06-12 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
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1st smallest 72 · chance 75.0 2nd smallest 18 · chance 15.4 3rd smallest 1 · chance 0.6 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 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 44 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 45. 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.