Number 3

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

115times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.84σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

36longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 115 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 35 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 115 times in 928 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 4 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 smallest89 · chance 90.1
2nd smallest25 · chance 23.7
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.2
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 13.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 6 11 32 42 1

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
2026-09-12	6	1st	3 9 20 27 30 38
2026-08-01	6	1st	3 11 15 30 32 42
2026-06-20	5	1st	3 6 9 14 21 22
2026-05-16	3	1st

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-03	5	1st	3 11 19 22 23 29
2023-12-30	22	2nd	2 3 11 23 38 39
2023-07-29	32	1st	3 14 32 37 42 45
2022-12-17	5	1st	3 8 28 36 37 41
2022-11-12	2	1st	3 6 12 18 31 35
2022-10-29	8	1st	3 6 7 9 22 42
2022-09-03	1	1st	3 6 10 18 21 39
2022-08-27	5	2nd	2 3 6 23 41 42
2022-07-23	12	1st	3 20 24 32 38 40
2022-04-30	1	1st	3 8 10 20 36 42
2022-04-23	8	1st	3 23 31 33 39 45
2022-02-26	6	1st	3 7 16 23 26 34
2022-01-15	1	1st	3 11 19 33 38 42
2022-01-08	6	1st	3 17 20 24 27 29
2021-11-27	15	1st	3 5 27 34 41 45
2021-08-14	25	1st	3 9 13 19 24 28
2021-02-20	1	1st	3 5 9 26 35 41
2021-02-13	1	2nd	1 3 4 22 42 43
2021-02-06	1	1st	3 6 8 10 12 24
2021-01-30	12	1st	3 6 15 20 30 31
2020-11-07	2	2nd	1 3 7 8 15 35
2020-10-24	3	1st	3 23 30 31 38 45
2020-10-03	4	1st	3 11 21 24 29 38
2020-09-05	12	2nd	2 3 13 32 37 38
2020-06-13	1	1st	3 17 29 32 34 38
2020-06-06	1	1st	3 10 18 19 22 27
2020-05-30	5	1st	3 15 19 22 25 44
2020-04-25	4	1st	3 15 17 23 34 38
2020-03-28	3	1st	3 7 10 16 37 43
2020-03-07	1	1st	3 7 28 33 34 40
2020-02-29	2	1st	3 12 29 30 31 38
2020-02-15	4	1st	3 4 11 21 24 39
2020-01-18	24	1st	3 10 12 24 34 35
2019-08-03	30	1st	3 5 28 32 38 44
2019-01-05	9	1st	3 18 20 24 26 34
2018-11-03	3	1st	3 5 12 14 35 36
2018-10-13	4	1st	3 6 10 34 37 40
2018-09-15	30	2nd	1 3 7 15 44 45
2018-02-17	6	1st	3 8 13 30 31 35
2018-01-06	20	1st	3 12 31 32 35 44
2017-08-19	16	1st	3 9 23 30 39 45
2017-04-29	2	1st	3 10 23 29 34 37
2017-04-15	1	1st	3 15 26 32 40 44
2017-04-08	8	1st	3 7 25 27 32 38
2017-02-11	13	1st	3 18 41 42 43 45
2016-11-12	5	2nd	1 3 12 18 22 38
2016-10-08	3	2nd	2 3 6 21 26 38
2016-09-17	9	1st	3 8 9 12 18 27
2016-07-16	6	2nd	1 3 7 12 24 32
2016-06-04	4	1st	3 12 26 27 38 43
2016-05-07	2	2nd	1 3 14 24 31 35
2016-04-23	1	1st	3 10 27 32 34 36
2016-04-16	1	2nd	1 3 11 29 36 42
2016-04-09	4	1st	3 6 18 21 23 41
2016-03-12	2	2nd	1 3 8 16 28 37
2016-02-27	6	1st	3 5 18 21 22 38
2016-01-16	2	2nd	1 3 11 13 22 24
2016-01-02	2	1st	3 10 31 40 44 45
2015-12-19	11	1st	3 6 11 24 33 34
2015-10-03	11	1st	3 6 7 21 22 43
2015-07-18	14	1st	3 11 13 29 38 42
2015-04-11	5	1st	3 7 13 21 24 30
2015-03-07	21	1st	3 6 24 40 41 44
2014-10-11	8	1st	3 11 13 21 42 44
2014-08-16	5	2nd	2 3 15 16 18 24
2014-07-12	12	2nd	1 3 15 19 42 44
2014-04-19	6	1st	3 7 17 23 25 26
2014-03-08	11	1st	3 19 27 38 40 42
2013-12-21	2	2nd	1 3 10 17 20 35
2013-12-07	8	1st	3 7 28 31 38 41
2013-10-12	4	1st	3 9 33 34 39 41
2013-09-14	8	1st	3 11 20 28 34 40
2013-07-20	2	2nd	1 3 9 12 22 29
2013-07-06	7	1st	3 8 19 26 29 43
2013-05-18	8	1st	3 6 14 16 25 31
2013-03-23	35	2nd	2 3 12 13 16 30
2012-07-21	22	1st	3 6 7 9 23 43
2012-02-18	1	1st	3 13 14 32 37 38
2012-02-11	1	1st	3 13 17 21 25 35
2012-02-04	24	1st	3 10 20 28 40 41
2011-08-20	10	1st	3 24 26 30 32 39
2011-06-11	9	1st	3 11 17 30 36 38
2011-04-09	11	1st	3 4 11 13 41 45
2011-01-22	21	1st	3 15 17 21 34 43
2010-08-28	36	1st	3 9 11 29 30 34
2009-12-19	11	2nd	2 3 5 7 9 23
2009-10-03	20	1st	3 16 18 32 39 42
2009-05-16	3	1st	3 14 15 19 25 44
2009-04-25	1	1st	3 13 17 32 38 44
2009-04-18	4	1st	3 5 8 14 30 34
2009-03-21	—	1st	3 13 18 19 29 38