Number 3

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

174times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.89σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

2.5average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

15longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 174 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, +0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 174 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.5 draws · longest completed wait 15 · waiting 3 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 73.8
2nd smallest65 · chance 84.4
3rd smallest15 · chance 15.8
4th smallest3 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 58.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 9 4 11 10 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-08	1	2nd	1 3 4 8 12
2026-10-07	1	3rd	2 2 3 10 13
2026-10-06	1	2nd	1 3 5 8 10
2026-10-05	1	2nd	2 3 6

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-07-14	2	2nd	2 3 8 8 12
2026-07-12	3	2nd	1 3 7 10 13
2026-07-09	1	2nd	2 3 7 9 13
2026-07-08	1	2nd	2 3 4 12 12
2026-07-07	0	1st	3 7 9 11
2026-07-07	3	1st	3 7 9 11
2026-07-04	3	2nd	2 3 4 4 11
2026-07-01	2	1st	3 6 8 8 11
2026-06-29	2	2nd	1 3 4 6 13
2026-06-27	2	1st	3 5 7 11 11
2026-06-25	2	2nd	1 3 10 11 13
2026-06-23	2	2nd	1 3 4 11 12
2026-06-21	1	2nd	2 3 7 7 8
2026-06-20	1	2nd	2 3 7 8 12
2026-06-19	0	1st	3 4 10 11
2026-06-19	1	1st	3 4 10 11
2026-06-18	1	1st	3 8 10 12 13
2026-06-17	4	1st	3 4 4 8 12
2026-06-13	3	2nd	2 3 8 9 13
2026-06-10	3	2nd	2 3 4 5 11
2026-06-07	4	2nd	1 3 6 12 13
2026-06-03	2	1st	3 8 10 12 13
2026-06-01	2	1st	3 6 8 11 12
2026-05-30	0	1st	3 11 12 13
2026-05-30	3	1st	3 11 12 13
2026-05-27	2	2nd	1 3 4 6 12
2026-05-25	3	2nd	2 3 4 9 12
2026-05-22	0	2nd	1 3 7 9
2026-05-22	1	2nd	1 3 7 9
2026-05-21	1	2nd	2 3 4 10 11
2026-05-20	3	2nd	2 3 5 10 12
2026-05-17	2	2nd	2 3 10 13 13
2026-05-15	1	4th	1 2 2 3 8
2026-05-14	4	1st	3 5 6 10 13
2026-05-10	1	2nd	1 3 4 4 8
2026-05-09	2	1st	3 4 9 10 13
2026-05-07	4	1st	3 8 9 10 11
2026-05-03	3	2nd	2 3 4 5 7
2026-04-30	3	1st	3 4 6 10 12
2026-04-27	3	2nd	1 3 4 9 12
2026-04-24	3	1st	3 5 6 10 12
2026-04-21	1	2nd	2 3 5 9 12
2026-04-20	2	1st	3 5 7 9 12
2026-04-18	2	1st	3 4 5 10 12
2026-04-16	1	1st	3 7 9 12 12
2026-04-15	1	1st	3 6 9 11 11
2026-04-14	4	1st	3 9 10 12 13
2026-04-10	2	2nd	2 3 4 6 13
2026-04-08	6	3rd	1 1 3 10 11
2026-04-02	1	1st	3 5 8 12 13
2026-04-01	3	1st	3 7 8 10 13
2026-03-29	7	1st	3 7 8 10 13
2026-03-22	1	1st	3 4 7 11 12
2026-03-21	2	2nd	1 3 9 10 12
2026-03-19	7	1st	3 7 8 10 11
2026-03-12	2	1st	3 4 7 10 13
2026-03-10	1	3rd	2 2 3 7 13
2026-03-09	1	3rd	1 2 3 5 5
2026-03-08	0	1st	3 6 9 10
2026-03-08	6	1st	3 6 9 10
2026-03-02	1	1st	3 5 6 7 13
2026-03-01	3	2nd	2 3 4 6 11
2026-02-26	3	2nd	1 3 6 6 11
2026-02-23	1	2nd	2 3 9 11 13
2026-02-22	2	2nd	1 3 10 12 13
2026-02-20	2	1st	3 4 9 10 12
2026-02-18	3	2nd	1 3 4 7 9
2026-02-15	1	1st	3 4 4 9 11
2026-02-14	4	1st	3 7 8 10 10
2026-02-10	0	2nd	2 3 9 12
2026-02-10	1	2nd	2 3 9 12
2026-02-09	1	2nd	1 3 5 9 12
2026-02-08	1	2nd	1 3 4 9 10
2026-02-07	4	2nd	1 3 4 6 6
2026-02-03	3	2nd	2 3 5 7 9
2026-01-31	6	1st	3 7 8 10 12
2026-01-25	2	1st	3 10 11 12 13
2026-01-23	1	1st	3 4 5 11 13
2026-01-22	1	2nd	2 3 6 11 12
2026-01-21	2	1st	3 4 4 5 11
2026-01-19	1	1st	3 5 11 12 13
2026-01-18	1	3rd	2 2 3 12 12
2026-01-17	0	1st	3 7 10 11
2026-01-17	4	1st	3 7 10 11
2026-01-13	0	1st	3 9 10 13
2026-01-13	2	1st	3 9 10 13
2026-01-11	3	3rd	1 2 3 12 12
2026-01-08	4	2nd	2 3 4 6 12
2026-01-04	2	4th	1 1 2 3 4
2026-01-02	1	1st	3 6 6 9 9
2026-01-01	3	1st	3 11 11 12 13
2025-12-29	4	1st	3 5 11 11 13
2025-12-25	10	1st	3 6 7 10 11
2025-12-15	1	1st	3 5 7 7 12
2025-12-14	2	2nd	1 3 5 9 10
2025-12-12	3	1st	3 8 9 11 12
2025-12-09	1	2nd	1 3 4 8 13
2025-12-08	5	1st	3 6 7 12 13
2025-12-03	1	1st	3 4 8 13 13
2025-12-02	3	3rd	1 2 3 11 13
2025-11-29	0	1st	3 6 10 12
2025-11-29	3	1st	3 6 10 12
2025-11-26	2	1st	3 6 10 11 13
2025-11-24	1	2nd	1 3 8 10 13
2025-11-23	3	1st	3 4 7 8 9
2025-11-20	2	2nd	1 3 6 10 12
2025-11-18	1	1st	3 4 5 9 11
2025-11-17	5	1st	3 6 7 10 13
2025-11-12	1	2nd	1 3 5 8 9
2025-11-11	3	1st	3 4 6 9 12
2025-11-08	1	1st	3 7 9 9 10
2025-11-07	4	3rd	1 2 3 9 13
2025-11-03	2	2nd	2 3 6 7 7
2025-11-01	4	1st	3 4 6 6 6
2025-10-28	1	1st	3 5 6 7 8
2025-10-27	2	1st	3 7 7 9 11
2025-10-25	1	3rd	1 2 3 5 8
2025-10-24	1	2nd	1 3 4 5 10
2025-10-23	2	1st	3 6 8 11 13
2025-10-21	3	2nd	2 3 11 13 13
2025-10-18	2	2nd	2 3 6 9 12
2025-10-16	2	1st	3 6 10 12 12
2025-10-14	2	1st	3 4 6 7 9
2025-10-12	0	1st	3 5 6 9
2025-10-12	3	1st	3 5 6 9
2025-10-09	1	1st	3 10 10 11 12
2025-10-08	10	2nd	2 3 7 8 11
2025-09-28	1	1st	3 4 8 11 13
2025-09-27	2	1st	3 9 9 12 13
2025-09-25	1	2nd	1 3 8 8 10
2025-09-24	3	1st	3 4 4 4 12
2025-09-21	2	1st	3 6 10 13 13
2025-09-19	1	2nd	1 3 9 12 12
2025-09-18	4	1st	3 5 8 8 9
2025-09-14	2	1st	3 4 4 8 9
2025-09-12	2	2nd	2 3 8 8 10
2025-09-10	10	1st	3 7 8 12 13
2025-08-31	2	2nd	2 3 4 5 13
2025-08-29	1	2nd	1 3 9 9 11
2025-08-28	1	3rd	1 2 3 6 8
2025-08-27	1	1st	3 6 11 12 13
2025-08-26	0	1st	3 7 8 12
2025-08-26	1	1st	3 7 8 12
2025-08-25	2	2nd	2 3 4 9 12
2025-08-23	2	1st	3 4 6 11 11
2025-08-21	5	1st	3 5 7 11 12
2025-08-16	1	1st	3 4 7 8 8
2025-08-15	2	2nd	2 3 6 8 9
2025-08-13	4	3rd	1 2 3 6 7
2025-08-09	—	3rd	1 1 3 6 12