Number 3

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

227times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.92σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

36longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, +0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 43 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 227 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 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 smallest180 · chance 181.7
2nd smallest45 · chance 43.3
3rd smallest2 · chance 2.0
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 23.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 16 48 8 15 20

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	6	1st	3 8 11 20 33 49
2026-09-16	1	1st	3 5 19 32 46 48
2026-09-12	10	2nd	1 3 17 20 26 32
2026-08-08	11	1st	3 7 18 24 45 48
2026-07-01	8	1st	3 10 14 20 30 45
2026-06-03	3	1st	3 5 6 28 30 37
2026-05-23	19	1st	3 16 27 30 36 42
2026-03-18	7	1st	3 21 25 26 35 44
2026-02-21	5	1st	3 9 30 33 37 43
2026-02-04	8	1st	3 4 9 15 27 49
2026-01-07	1	1st	3 9 10 11 14 24
2026-01-03	9	1st	3 12 16 21 22 41
2025-12-03	22	2nd	1 3 13 25 38 49
2025-09-17	5	1st	3 12 23 27 33 45
2025-08-30	2	1st	3 5 6 11 36 38
2025-08-23	14	1st	3 10 12 14 36 41
2025-07-05	2	1st	3 6 15 33 39 42
2025-06-28	21	2nd	2 3 14 17 44 48
2025-04-16	7	1st	3 11 13 15 17 39
2025-03-22	4	2nd	1 3 13 16 26 32
2025-03-08	11	2nd	2 3 13 27 36 48
2025-01-29	5	1st	3 7 15 20 31 39
2025-01-11	8	1st	3 9 18 25 43 45
2024-12-14	5	1st	3 4 13 16 27 43

The other 203 appearances

2024-11-27	1	2nd	2 3 6 14 34 44
2024-11-23	12	1st	3 4 6 11 27 39
2024-10-12	19	1st	3 16 21 28 39 43
2024-08-07	1	1st	3 6 16 35 41 42
2024-08-03	9	1st	3 11 18 32 39 42
2024-07-03	7	2nd	2 3 7 22 28 31
2024-06-08	5	1st	3 6 26 28 39 40
2024-05-22	6	1st	3 18 20 25 39 43
2024-05-01	1	1st	3 18 30 34 36 39
2024-04-27	20	1st	3 6 18 26 36 42
2024-02-17	11	1st	3 17 25 29 36 46
2024-01-10	4	1st	3 18 25 31 35 39
2023-12-27	13	1st	3 11 21 40 46 48
2023-11-11	7	1st	3 17 25 26 41 42
2023-10-18	12	1st	3 4 9 27 30 37
2023-09-06	2	1st	3 10 31 38 39 41
2023-08-30	2	1st	3 16 22 25 27 46
2023-08-23	2	1st	3 13 14 19 26 36
2023-08-16	7	2nd	2 3 6 7 17 27
2023-07-22	5	1st	3 7 8 25 35 48
2023-07-05	12	1st	3 4 10 12 30 34
2023-05-24	5	1st	3 7 37 43 45 46
2023-05-06	18	1st	3 19 23 30 37 42
2023-03-04	1	1st	3 9 19 22 37 43
2023-03-01	2	1st	3 8 10 14 34 35
2023-02-22	1	1st	3 19 24 25 27 43
2023-02-18	1	1st	3 5 7 10 26 39
2023-02-15	24	2nd	1 3 8 37 41 43
2022-11-23	14	1st	3 14 19 20 28 47
2022-10-05	5	1st	3 6 10 19 28 31
2022-09-17	27	1st	3 9 15 21 33 49
2022-06-15	22	1st	3 5 9 12 16 29
2022-03-30	4	1st	3 7 15 21 35 40
2022-03-16	1	2nd	1 3 8 14 15 16
2022-03-12	11	1st	3 8 20 24 37 47
2022-02-02	4	1st	3 7 9 23 26 32
2022-01-19	8	1st	3 12 19 37 39 45
2021-12-22	10	3rd	1 2 3 11 15 43
2021-11-17	5	1st	3 4 18 23 27 28
2021-10-30	1	1st	3 5 7 23 42 46
2021-10-27	1	1st	3 9 14 36 40 46
2021-10-23	7	2nd	1 3 9 40 42 44
2021-09-29	1	1st	3 5 38 39 41 48
2021-09-25	7	1st	3 8 10 35 46 48
2021-09-01	5	1st	3 4 14 18 19 42
2021-08-14	3	1st	3 8 11 34 40 47
2021-08-04	16	1st	3 8 21 38 42 49
2021-06-09	7	2nd	1 3 15 26 28 39
2021-05-15	13	1st	3 6 12 28 39 46
2021-03-31	2	1st	3 7 8 12 37 40
2021-03-24	6	1st	3 4 27 43 45 48
2021-03-03	9	1st	3 11 33 34 36 43
2021-01-30	16	1st	3 23 26 35 42 44
2020-12-05	2	1st	3 10 13 21 27 45
2020-11-28	9	1st	3 4 16 23 26 44
2020-10-28	14	2nd	2 3 16 25 34 46
2020-09-09	3	1st	3 5 9 19 29 37
2020-08-29	7	1st	3 13 21 24 29 40
2020-08-05	15	1st	3 14 23 30 38 43
2020-06-13	1	1st	3 31 34 38 45 48
2020-06-10	8	1st	3 13 25 33 34 45
2020-05-13	8	1st	3 10 21 35 38 48
2020-04-15	6	2nd	1 3 7 13 22 47
2020-03-25	14	1st	3 19 31 38 45 47
2020-02-05	2	2nd	1 3 6 24 29 45
2020-01-29	5	1st	3 14 16 23 41 43
2020-01-11	11	2nd	2 3 7 18 24 26
2019-12-04	5	2nd	2 3 4 10 21 43
2019-11-16	17	2nd	2 3 4 11 27 47
2019-09-18	7	1st	3 10 15 23 45 47
2019-08-24	4	1st	3 7 8 14 20 24
2019-08-10	4	2nd	2 3 20 33 48 49
2019-07-27	22	2nd	1 3 5 34 38 43
2019-05-11	2	1st	3 12 26 27 34 46
2019-05-04	12	1st	3 4 12 21 41 49
2019-03-23	5	1st	3 6 20 22 23 24
2019-03-06	5	2nd	1 3 18 19 22 37
2019-02-16	5	1st	3 9 10 20 21 35
2019-01-30	1	1st	3 7 27 37 43 48
2019-01-26	1	1st	3 7 10 12 14 25
2019-01-23	16	1st	3 19 20 26 31 38
2018-11-28	14	1st	3 17 21 29 47 49
2018-10-10	6	1st	3 15 16 20 22 23
2018-09-19	1	1st	3 9 15 17 23 45
2018-09-15	6	1st	3 4 18 24 32 36
2018-08-25	1	1st	3 6 12 24 43 49
2018-08-22	5	1st	3 4 19 30 37 40
2018-08-04	5	1st	3 9 11 21 24 45
2018-07-18	3	1st	3 14 16 19 44 48
2018-07-07	2	2nd	1 3 25 40 44 47
2018-06-30	23	2nd	2 3 7 11 16 20
2018-04-11	3	1st	3 7 10 32 41 43
2018-03-31	9	1st	3 7 22 26 43 47
2018-02-28	1	1st	3 14 36 38 40 48
2018-02-24	5	1st	3 13 19 26 33 44
2018-02-07	10	1st	3 8 11 18 28 45
2018-01-03	4	1st	3 13 20 35 37 39
2017-12-20	13	1st	3 4 28 30 34 41
2017-11-04	4	2nd	1 3 6 21 22 33
2017-10-21	34	1st	3 24 26 30 34 49
2017-06-24	4	1st	3 11 16 40 43 46
2017-06-10	3	1st	3 4 21 31 33 48
2017-05-31	2	2nd	1 3 8 9 12 40
2017-05-24	14	1st	3 5 9 22 37 46
2017-04-05	2	1st	3 10 19 30 44 48
2017-03-29	2	1st	3 12 16 17 22 30
2017-03-22	12	2nd	2 3 5 27 40 46
2017-02-08	11	1st	3 4 8 12 13 46
2016-12-31	6	1st	3 5 14 18 26 28
2016-12-10	2	1st	3 37 40 41 47 49
2016-12-03	5	1st	3 4 7 19 30 48
2016-11-16	11	1st	3 5 6 9 33 47
2016-10-08	1	1st	3 27 33 38 42 48
2016-10-05	6	2nd	1 3 31 32 39 49
2016-09-14	5	1st	3 5 17 18 35 46
2016-08-27	4	1st	3 14 16 33 47 48
2016-08-13	20	1st	3 4 15 17 38 47
2016-06-04	11	1st	3 4 6 10 18 26
2016-04-27	6	1st	3 18 28 29 37 43
2016-04-06	6	2nd	1 3 5 8 13 31
2016-03-16	2	2nd	1 3 7 16 17 37
2016-03-09	30	1st	3 5 11 16 21 45
2015-11-25	2	3rd	1 2 3 4 29 48
2015-11-18	3	1st	3 8 25 27 36 38
2015-11-07	2	2nd	2 3 9 17 20 21
2015-10-31	8	1st	3 14 20 28 40 44
2015-10-03	25	2nd	1 3 15 27 31 36
2015-07-08	16	1st	3 8 41 43 46 47
2015-05-13	23	1st	3 16 24 40 41 48
2015-02-21	1	1st	3 4 9 14 23 48
2015-02-18	6	1st	3 6 11 15 20 37
2015-01-28	2	1st	3 4 5 8 33 38
2015-01-21	8	1st	3 15 17 35 44 46
2014-12-24	6	2nd	1 3 21 24 31 46
2014-12-03	5	2nd	1 3 4 24 28 36
2014-11-15	2	2nd	1 3 23 35 41 46
2014-11-08	2	1st	3 9 10 28 34 40
2014-11-01	6	1st	3 5 26 37 39 45
2014-10-11	7	1st	3 4 6 17 30 34
2014-09-17	5	1st	3 8 10 19 31 33
2014-08-30	14	1st	3 24 25 33 40 48
2014-07-12	10	2nd	2 3 7 14 41 42
2014-06-07	11	1st	3 24 28 40 43 48
2014-04-30	1	1st	3 9 25 32 35 45
2014-04-26	3	1st	3 11 12 19 21 29
2014-04-16	7	1st	3 16 26 40 41 49
2014-03-22	6	1st	3 6 12 14 25 28
2014-03-01	5	1st	3 8 16 23 34 44
2014-02-12	2	1st	3 12 16 20 28 31
2014-02-05	7	1st	3 16 18 21 28 47
2014-01-11	14	1st	3 11 15 21 23 33
2013-11-23	3	1st	3 5 13 16 44 48
2013-11-13	5	1st	3 8 15 17 29 33
2013-10-26	2	1st	3 5 16 20 27 45
2013-10-19	1	1st	3 4 6 23 33 44
2013-10-16	21	1st	3 10 17 18 19 23
2013-08-03	2	2nd	2 3 9 17 29 40
2013-07-27	2	1st	3 15 17 20 27 43
2013-07-20	7	1st	3 20 24 26 37 47
2013-06-26	1	2nd	1 3 23 33 40 48
2013-06-22	36	1st	3 4 5 12 23 33
2013-02-16	15	1st	3 5 13 33 34 44
2012-12-26	8	1st	3 5 26 27 37 39
2012-11-28	3	1st	3 6 13 29 36 38
2012-11-17	19	1st	3 4 20 31 41 48
2012-09-12	4	1st	3 29 33 36 39 45
2012-08-29	7	1st	3 5 8 14 24 34
2012-08-04	8	1st	3 8 23 25 29 47
2012-07-07	13	1st	3 20 27 29 38 44
2012-05-23	2	2nd	2 3 7 13 32 40
2012-05-16	26	2nd	2 3 12 15 19 49
2012-02-15	9	1st	3 19 21 41 43 47
2012-01-14	8	2nd	1 3 7 11 38 40
2011-12-17	2	1st	3 5 24 27 38 46
2011-12-10	6	1st	3 7 15 35 36 40
2011-11-19	2	1st	3 4 14 18 28 31
2011-11-12	3	1st	3 4 20 34 39 48
2011-11-02	11	1st	3 22 32 40 45 48
2011-09-24	17	1st	3 8 15 16 20 46
2011-07-27	1	2nd	2 3 15 23 41 46
2011-07-23	7	1st	3 5 11 23 33 34
2011-06-29	18	1st	3 15 23 33 39 47
2011-04-27	4	1st	3 8 31 42 44 48
2011-04-13	2	1st	3 8 15 20 26 45
2011-04-06	6	2nd	1 3 23 26 35 38
2011-03-16	5	2nd	1 3 15 19 36 37
2011-02-26	4	1st	3 16 17 31 33 46
2011-02-12	4	1st	3 15 22 31 43 47
2011-01-29	7	1st	3 4 16 35 40 44
2011-01-05	4	2nd	1 3 8 12 32 47
2010-12-22	10	1st	3 5 10 11 35 45
2010-11-17	10	1st	3 12 14 16 29 38
2010-10-13	9	2nd	2 3 23 29 34 36
2010-09-11	7	1st	3 9 11 13 27 45
2010-08-18	2	1st	3 7 12 25 28 37
2010-08-11	5	1st	3 10 12 20 26 27
2010-07-24	5	1st	3 6 26 32 43 49
2010-07-07	7	1st	3 8 18 34 44 49
2010-06-12	8	1st	3 11 14 20 41 47
2010-05-15	6	1st	3 5 8 15 33 35
2010-04-24	5	1st	3 10 14 36 38 40
2010-04-07	7	1st	3 10 13 22 34 43
2010-03-13	—	1st	3 13 15 28 41 47

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.

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