Number 3

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

101times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.71σ

42draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

11.5average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

63longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 42 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.5 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 42 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 smallest91 · chance 87.5
2nd smallest10 · chance 13.1
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.3
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 32 41 45 11 9

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-31	8	1st	3 24 32 45
2026-07-17	35	1st	3 18 34 45
2026-05-16	3	1st	3 10 32 39
2026-05-11	9	1st	3 11 12 25
2026-04-25	1	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 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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