Number 3

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

166times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.10σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

2.6average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

18longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.6 draws · longest completed wait 18 · waiting 5 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 smallest84 · chance 70.4
2nd smallest59 · chance 80.5
3rd smallest22 · chance 15.1
4th smallest1 · 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 55.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 1 11 8 4 9

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
2026-10-06	4	1st	3 5 7 9 13
2026-10-02	1	2nd	1 3 6 10 11
2026-10-01	7	1st	3 4 5 7 8
2026-09-24	3	1st	3 4 5

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.

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