Number 3

In Spiel 77 under the 7/9 · since Sep 2024 rules — 213 draws, 7 from 0–9.

142times drawn · chance expected 149 −1.06σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

1.5average wait between appearances · chance says 1.4

7longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 213 draws against 149.1 expected, −1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 213 draws · average wait 1.5 draws · longest completed wait 7 · waiting 2 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 smallest24 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest39 · chance 30.4
3rd smallest51 · chance 76.1
4th smallest21 · chance 33.8
5th smallest7 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 94.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 8 4 2 7 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 9 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 10. 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
2026-10-03	1	1st	3 4 6 7 7 7 8
2026-09-30	1	3rd	0 1 3 4 5 6 8
2026-09-26	0	1st	3 4 5 5 8 8

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 7/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-27	1	1st	3 6 8 8 9
2026-06-24	0	1st	3 4 6 7 7 8
2026-06-24	2	1st	3 4 6 7 7 8
2026-06-17	1	3rd	0 1 3 4 7 9 9
2026-06-13	1	4th	0 2 2 3 5 7 7
2026-06-10	3	4th	1 2 2 3 4 8 9
2026-05-30	0	2nd	1 3 5 5 9 9
2026-05-30	2	2nd	1 3 5 5 9 9
2026-05-23	2	3rd	1 2 3 5 6 6 8
2026-05-16	0	2nd	2 3 4 5 7 9
2026-05-16	2	2nd	2 3 4 5 7 9
2026-05-09	1	3rd	0 1 3 4 5 6 9
2026-05-06	6	1st	3 4 5 7 8 8 9
2026-04-15	0	3rd	0 0 3 4 4 5
2026-04-15	1	3rd	0 0 3 4 4 5
2026-04-11	2	3rd	1 2 3 4 7 8 9
2026-04-04	3	3rd	0 1 3 4 4 4 8
2026-03-25	1	2nd	0 3 4 6 6 8 9
2026-03-21	1	2nd	1 3 7 7 8 8 9
2026-03-18	1	5th	0 0 1 2 3 4 8
2026-03-14	2	2nd	2 3 4 4 6 7 9
2026-03-07	4	2nd	2 3 5 5 8 9 9
2026-02-21	7	2nd	0 3 4 4 6 6 8
2026-01-28	1	2nd	1 3 4 5 6 6 7
2026-01-24	1	4th	0 1 1 3 6 8 8
2026-01-21	0	1st	3 4 6 7 8 9
2026-01-21	2	1st	3 4 6 7 8 9
2026-01-14	1	4th	0 0 0 3 6 7 8
2026-01-10	5	1st	3 5 5 6 7 7 7
2025-12-24	3	4th	1 2 2 3 7 9 9
2025-12-13	2	3rd	0 0 3 4 5 5 6
2025-12-06	1	5th	0 0 0 2 3 4 8
2025-12-03	1	3rd	0 2 3 5 7 8 9
2025-11-29	3	3rd	0 2 3 4 8 8 9
2025-11-19	2	2nd	0 3 4 4 7 8 8
2025-11-08	0	3rd	0 1 3 4 4 9
2025-11-08	1	3rd	0 1 3 4 4 9
2025-11-05	2	2nd	0 3 4 5 6 6 6
2025-10-29	0	2nd	2 3 5 8 8 9
2025-10-29	1	2nd	2 3 5 8 8 9
2025-10-25	0	3rd	1 2 3 6 6 7
2025-10-25	2	3rd	1 2 3 6 6 7
2025-10-18	4	1st	3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2025-10-04	0	5th	1 2 2 2 3 6
2025-10-04	1	5th	1 2 2 2 3 6
2025-10-01	0	4th	2 2 2 3 4 7
2025-10-01	1	4th	2 2 2 3 4 7
2025-09-27	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 5 5 8
2025-09-24	1	1st	3 6 6 7 7 9 9
2025-09-20	4	3rd	0 0 3 4 5 7 8
2025-09-06	1	3rd	2 2 3 5 6 7 9
2025-09-03	3	3rd	1 1 3 5 5 6 7
2025-08-23	1	3rd	0 1 3 4 4 5 8
2025-08-20	4	4th	0 1 2 3 5 6 8
2025-08-06	1	2nd	0 3 6 6 7 8 9
2025-08-02	0	3rd	1 2 3 5 7 9
2025-08-02	3	3rd	1 2 3 5 7 9
2025-07-23	0	3rd	0 2 3 8 8 9
2025-07-23	7	3rd	0 2 3 8 8 9
2025-06-28	1	2nd	1 3 5 6 6 7 7
2025-06-25	1	4th	0 1 2 3 4 7 9
2025-06-21	0	2nd	1 3 4 5 6 8
2025-06-21	1	2nd	1 3 4 5 6 8
2025-06-18	0	4th	1 2 2 3 8 9
2025-06-18	2	4th	1 2 2 3 8 9
2025-06-11	3	2nd	0 3 4 6 6 8 8
2025-05-31	0	4th	0 0 0 3 4 6
2025-05-31	3	4th	0 0 0 3 4 6
2025-05-21	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 7 8 9
2025-05-17	1	3rd	0 2 3 6 6 9 9
2025-05-14	0	3rd	1 2 3 5 6 8
2025-05-14	1	3rd	1 2 3 5 6 8
2025-05-10	1	4th	0 1 2 3 5 6 6
2025-05-07	0	2nd	0 3 5 5 6 7
2025-05-07	1	2nd	0 3 5 5 6 7
2025-05-03	1	1st	3 4 4 4 6 7 8
2025-04-30	4	3rd	1 2 3 4 4 5 8
2025-04-16	5	3rd	0 2 3 9 9 9 9
2025-03-29	0	2nd	0 3 5 5 6 7
2025-03-29	1	2nd	0 3 5 5 6 7
2025-03-26	4	2nd	0 3 4 6 8 8 8
2025-03-12	2	1st	3 6 7 8 8 9 9
2025-03-05	1	4th	1 1 2 3 4 8 9
2025-03-01	2	2nd	1 3 4 5 6 9 9
2025-02-22	1	2nd	1 3 4 5 6 6 7
2025-02-19	0	3rd	2 2 3 6 6
2025-02-19	0	3rd	2 2 3 6 6
2025-02-19	4	3rd	2 2 3 6 6
2025-02-05	0	2nd	1 3 5 6 6 8
2025-02-05	1	2nd	1 3 5 6 6 8
2025-02-01	2	3rd	0 0 3 5 6 8 9
2025-01-25	2	2nd	1 3 4 7 7 7 8
2025-01-18	0	2nd	2 3 4 5 8 9
2025-01-18	2	2nd	2 3 4 5 8 9
2025-01-11	0	3rd	1 1 3 7 8 9
2025-01-11	1	3rd	1 1 3 7 8 9
2025-01-08	4	1st	3 4 4 5 5 6 8
2024-12-25	4	2nd	2 3 4 4 6 7 8
2024-12-11	0	1st	3 5 6 7 9 9
2024-12-11	3	1st	3 5 6 7 9 9
2024-11-30	1	4th	0 1 2 3 5 7 9
2024-11-27	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 5 7 7
2024-11-23	0	2nd	2 3 4 5 7 9
2024-11-23	2	2nd	2 3 4 5 7 9
2024-11-16	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 4 5 9
2024-11-13	1	4th	0 1 2 3 8 9 9
2024-11-09	1	2nd	2 3 6 6 7 9 9
2024-11-06	1	3rd	1 2 3 6 6 7 8
2024-11-02	0	3rd	0 1 3 4 6 6
2024-11-02	2	3rd	0 1 3 4 6 6
2024-10-26	1	5th	0 1 2 2 3 4 7
2024-10-23	1	4th	0 2 2 3 4 9 9
2024-10-19	1	4th	0 1 2 3 4 7 9
2024-10-16	4	5th	1 1 2 2 3 6 9
2024-10-02	0	1st	3 4 6 7 7 9
2024-10-02	1	1st	3 4 6 7 7 9
2024-09-28	1	1st	3 5 6 7 7 8 9
2024-09-25	—	3rd	0 1 3 4 6 7 9