Number 3

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

233times drawn · chance expected 248 −1.05σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

45longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 233 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, −1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 70 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 233 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 18 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 smallest197 · chance 182.5
2nd smallest33 · chance 48.0
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.5
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 26.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 16 45 7 11 13

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	6	1st	3 23 24 31 32 45
2026-07-17	1	1st	3 17 18 22 34 45
2026-07-15	28	1st	3 22 25 29 36 39
2026-05-11

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.

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