Number 3

In MegaDice Lotto under the 6/39 + 1/39 · since Sep 2024 rules — 733 draws, 6 from 1–39.

116times drawn · chance expected 113 +0.33σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

37longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 733 draws against 112.8 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 733 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 17 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 smallest102 · chance 87.1
2nd smallest13 · chance 27.2
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.7
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 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 26 14 15 12 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-24	4	1st	3 4 14 15 17 38
2026-09-20	1	2nd	1 3 10 14 22 36
2026-09-19	15	2nd	2 3 8 10 32 38
2026-09-04

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 6/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-22	13	1st	3 11 13 20 33 37
2026-05-09	8	2nd	1 3 11 12 16 31
2026-05-01	1	1st	3 8 16 24 26 31
2026-04-30	3	1st	3 9 10 11 33 35
2026-04-27	37	1st	3 11 13 24 27 33
2026-03-21	8	1st	3 7 16 20 29 32
2026-03-13	3	1st	3 9 16 21 26 32
2026-03-10	1	1st	3 4 16 18 23 36
2026-03-09	1	1st	3 19 33 36 37 38
2026-03-08	9	1st	3 5 21 23 27 37
2026-02-27	1	1st	3 21 24 25 30 31
2026-02-26	8	1st	3 13 16 17 26 36
2026-02-18	2	1st	3 4 23 26 30 39
2026-02-16	11	1st	3 12 16 18 24 28
2026-02-05	5	1st	3 14 16 26 31 32
2026-01-31	3	1st	3 8 15 25 34 37
2026-01-28	4	1st	3 15 16 19 24 25
2026-01-24	20	1st	3 4 9 16 26 29
2026-01-04	14	1st	3 22 26 32 33 37
2025-12-21	6	1st	3 12 14 34 37 39
2025-12-15	1	1st	3 10 29 33 34 36
2025-12-14	6	1st	3 10 12 28 31 36
2025-12-08	7	2nd	1 3 16 27 31 34
2025-12-01	4	1st	3 14 24 28 30 35
2025-11-27	12	1st	3 8 9 22 24 36
2025-11-07	23	1st	3 8 17 21 27 35
2025-10-14	4	2nd	2 3 11 18 26 28
2025-10-06	3	1st	3 5 28 32 38 39
2025-10-03	5	1st	3 5 22 24 25 34
2025-09-28	2	2nd	2 3 11 22 23 37
2025-09-26	13	1st	3 16 18 21 35 37
2025-09-13	12	1st	3 4 21 26 30 35
2025-09-01	1	1st	3 5 7 20 24 29
2025-08-31	5	1st	3 6 21 27 34 37
2025-08-26	1	1st	3 4 17 27 36 38
2025-08-25	3	2nd	2 3 10 12 14 22
2025-08-22	4	1st	3 9 10 15 20 27
2025-08-18	5	2nd	1 3 6 25 35 36
2025-08-13	4	1st	3 14 15 18 28 31
2025-08-09	2	1st	3 11 12 22 29 39
2025-08-07	8	1st	3 16 27 28 29 39
2025-07-30	7	1st	3 5 12 16 21 35
2025-07-23	6	1st	3 7 9 15 23 25
2025-07-17	9	1st	3 6 15 19 20 27
2025-07-08	1	1st	3 19 20 29 31 34
2025-07-07	4	1st	3 11 14 18 19 33
2025-07-03	9	1st	3 9 16 17 31 35
2025-06-24	2	1st	3 9 12 17 19 30
2025-06-22	1	1st	3 7 13 16 25 34
2025-06-21	4	1st	3 8 10 12 15 23
2025-06-17	16	1st	3 12 14 21 22 38
2025-06-01	8	1st	3 5 23 26 27 35
2025-05-24	3	1st	3 9 20 23 24 39
2025-05-21	12	1st	3 4 11 12 28 37
2025-05-09	27	1st	3 10 11 15 33 38
2025-04-12	10	1st	3 4 10 18 23 38
2025-04-02	1	1st	3 8 24 25 31 33
2025-04-01	5	1st	3 4 5 17 20 36
2025-03-27	5	1st	3 7 10 27 32 37
2025-03-22	9	1st	3 8 11 15 34 35
2025-03-13	4	1st	3 7 11 13 14 33
2025-03-09	4	1st	3 13 15 26 29 31
2025-03-05	5	1st	3 12 17 21 22 27
2025-02-28	1	1st	3 6 10 16 19 28
2025-02-27	12	1st	3 4 5 15 17 22
2025-02-15	4	2nd	1 3 14 27 28 35
2025-02-11	11	1st	3 10 14 15 20 33
2025-01-31	7	1st	3 4 17 26 37 38
2025-01-24	4	1st	3 6 13 19 25 38
2025-01-20	2	1st	3 5 15 18 19 36
2025-01-18	1	1st	3 4 15 22 32 34
2025-01-17	17	1st	3 18 21 26 28 30
2024-12-31	13	1st	3 4 5 10 16 30
2024-12-18	1	1st	3 6 12 17 26 37
2024-12-17	2	1st	3 7 12 18 24 38
2024-12-15	8	1st	3 4 5 7 19 22
2024-12-07	3	1st	3 7 26 34 35 38
2024-12-04	1	1st	3 15 18 22 25 39
2024-12-03	6	1st	3 11 14 26 31 39
2024-11-27	1	1st	3 13 15 26 29 36
2024-11-26	6	2nd	1 3 11 12 14 36
2024-11-20	6	2nd	1 3 8 10 23 37
2024-11-14	4	1st	3 14 17 20 27 37
2024-11-10	7	1st	3 8 15 19 27 28
2024-11-03	1	1st	3 13 21 29 33 37
2024-11-02	1	1st	3 5 9 33 34 37
2024-11-01	6	2nd	1 3 11 15 30 37
2024-10-26	7	1st	3 13 27 28 34 38
2024-10-19	7	1st	3 7 8 19 34 37
2024-10-12	4	1st	3 14 24 27 29 34
2024-10-08	5	1st	3 8 13 18 31 38
2024-10-03	—	1st	3 9 14 19 24 27