Number 3

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2013 rules — 1,643 draws, 6 from 1–49.

204times drawn · chance expected 201 +0.21σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 204 times in 1,643 draws against 201.2 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 204 times in 1,643 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 7 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 smallest162 · chance 163.3
2nd smallest39 · chance 38.9
3rd smallest3 · chance 1.8
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 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 28 43 10 40 49

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
2026-09-26	5	1st	3 9 10 30 36 45
2026-09-14	1	1st	3 15 32 35 39 40
2026-09-12	3	1st	3 4 22 26 40 44
2026-09-05	13	1st	3

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.

2025-03-24	1	2nd	2 3 11 24 46 49
2025-03-22	1	1st	3 13 36 38 41 44
2025-03-20	6	1st	3 7 20 26 38 48
2025-03-06	24	1st	3 15 16 27 31 35
2025-01-09	13	1st	3 5 15 20 26 28
2024-12-09	3	2nd	1 3 9 27 28 43
2024-12-02	6	1st	3 16 36 40 43 46
2024-11-18	42	2nd	1 3 6 10 14 30
2024-08-12	1	1st	3 12 17 38 39 40
2024-08-10	27	1st	3 26 38 43 46 49
2024-06-08	6	1st	3 4 10 29 31 48
2024-05-25	2	2nd	1 3 15 16 20 21
2024-05-20	10	1st	3 10 14 16 28 35
2024-04-27	6	2nd	2 3 24 33 48 49
2024-04-13	4	2nd	2 3 10 19 26 35
2024-04-04	12	1st	3 9 23 31 34 37
2024-03-07	7	2nd	1 3 6 11 22 47
2024-02-19	5	1st	3 13 18 31 33 35
2024-02-08	1	2nd	1 3 6 15 26 44
2024-02-05	14	1st	3 5 15 34 39 42
2024-01-04	3	1st	3 7 8 17 18 35
2023-12-28	9	1st	3 11 23 45 47 48
2023-12-07	11	2nd	1 3 21 22 27 29
2023-11-11	13	1st	3 7 15 32 43 49
2023-10-12	4	2nd	1 3 22 24 31 44
2023-10-02	9	2nd	2 3 7 21 34 39
2023-09-11	6	1st	3 5 25 39 43 44
2023-08-28	4	1st	3 22 42 43 46 48
2023-08-19	7	2nd	2 3 12 26 31 42
2023-08-03	16	1st	3 8 12 13 29 31
2023-06-26	1	1st	3 5 18 32 34 36
2023-06-24	16	1st	3 7 10 28 39 48
2023-05-18	1	1st	3 8 9 18 46 49
2023-05-15	3	1st	3 6 16 25 34 42
2023-05-08	10	1st	3 13 17 24 28 45
2023-04-15	7	1st	3 9 19 20 22 46
2023-03-30	8	1st	3 9 12 14 26 45
2023-03-11	1	1st	3 16 19 23 37 44
2023-03-09	7	1st	3 18 31 35 41 49
2023-02-20	10	1st	3 13 22 29 38 42
2023-01-28	14	2nd	1 3 8 11 29 37
2022-12-26	2	1st	3 17 30 40 41 49
2022-12-22	35	1st	3 16 20 23 40 41
2022-10-01	3	2nd	2 3 8 32 37 45
2022-09-24	7	1st	3 5 7 14 47 48
2022-09-08	10	1st	3 10 15 28 34 39
2022-08-15	6	1st	3 12 23 40 41 43
2022-08-01	29	1st	3 17 18 33 43 49
2022-05-05	18	1st	3 8 21 22 26 40
2022-03-03	1	1st	3 10 15 20 22 48
2022-02-26	2	1st	3 15 32 38 40 42
2022-02-19	9	1st	3 9 22 29 33 34
2022-01-20	9	1st	3 11 17 18 39 46
2021-12-18	3	1st	3 4 27 29 32 45
2021-12-09	5	2nd	2 3 4 27 28 37
2021-11-20	8	1st	3 20 26 33 42 44
2021-10-23	5	2nd	1 3 12 15 29 47
2021-10-07	5	1st	3 14 24 34 41 46
2021-09-18	2	1st	3 28 31 34 43 46
2021-09-11	5	1st	3 7 12 22 24 39
2021-08-26	5	2nd	2 3 18 30 35 47
2021-08-07	1	2nd	2 3 15 22 36 40
2021-08-05	23	1st	3 11 19 30 33 35
2021-05-15	1	1st	3 8 19 20 44 45
2021-05-13	19	1st	3 14 23 29 35 48
2021-03-06	5	1st	3 5 11 16 17 40
2021-02-18	2	2nd	1 3 9 29 36 41
2021-02-11	4	2nd	2 3 8 10 39 48
2021-01-28	12	1st	3 26 31 35 46 49
2020-12-17	3	1st	3 11 24 38 40 43
2020-12-05	5	1st	3 14 28 31 40 49
2020-11-19	2	1st	3 6 12 30 44 46
2020-11-12	14	1st	3 21 27 36 37 46
2020-09-24	13	1st	3 10 13 15 31 48
2020-08-08	3	1st	3 9 12 14 15 46
2020-07-30	1	1st	3 13 33 34 45 47
2020-07-25	13	1st	3 16 33 37 43 45
2020-06-11	1	2nd	1 3 28 30 38 40
2020-06-06	8	1st	3 7 9 28 30 48
2020-03-07	2	1st	3 5 16 22 29 33
2020-02-29	3	1st	3 17 28 36 41 47
2020-02-20	1	1st	3 15 18 23 31 39
2020-02-15	6	1st	3 7 9 30 44 45
2020-01-25	5	1st	3 20 27 28 44 46
2020-01-09	14	1st	3 19 34 36 44 48
2019-11-21	9	1st	3 5 11 27 34 37
2019-10-19	11	1st	3 10 17 26 39 49
2019-09-12	2	1st	3 10 16 27 34 37
2019-09-05	2	1st	3 10 11 13 19 31
2019-08-29	1	3rd	1 2 3 28 40 43
2019-08-24	3	1st	3 27 29 36 37 47
2019-08-15	15	1st	3 5 10 21 26 49
2019-06-22	10	3rd	1 2 3 12 18 27
2019-05-18	5	1st	3 16 19 30 36 47
2019-05-02	6	1st	3 6 11 15 22 24
2019-04-11	5	1st	3 22 36 39 45 47
2019-03-23	4	1st	3 8 20 25 30 38
2019-03-09	2	1st	3 23 25 37 43 46
2019-03-02	5	1st	3 5 19 35 40 47
2019-02-14	9	1st	3 10 28 34 40 42
2019-01-12	24	1st	3 6 7 32 41 43
2018-10-20	2	1st	3 12 19 20 24 39
2018-10-13	11	1st	3 11 15 17 21 40
2018-09-06	33	1st	3 11 21 27 28 34
2018-05-12	8	1st	3 9 15 23 27 37
2018-04-14	23	1st	3 17 20 22 24 34
2018-01-25	8	1st	3 6 25 31 32 40
2017-12-28	2	1st	3 5 21 26 28 34
2017-12-21	4	1st	3 15 27 35 36 45
2017-12-07	1	2nd	1 3 4 7 14 45
2017-12-02	3	1st	3 11 16 19 22 47
2017-11-23	1	1st	3 9 11 35 43 45
2017-11-18	6	1st	3 7 12 29 31 44
2017-10-28	29	1st	3 17 21 35 37 38
2017-07-20	3	1st	3 5 22 35 43 46
2017-07-08	1	1st	3 16 21 25 26 39
2017-07-06	4	1st	3 5 9 20 29 49
2017-06-22	1	1st	3 15 30 37 38 41
2017-06-17	1	1st	3 13 16 21 28 43
2017-06-15	9	1st	3 7 11 20 22 30
2017-05-13	4	1st	3 9 28 29 41 42
2017-04-29	6	1st	3 12 22 24 35 46
2017-04-08	6	1st	3 19 40 44 47 48
2017-03-18	3	1st	3 5 14 21 28 43
2017-03-09	6	1st	3 4 24 30 36 44
2017-02-16	9	1st	3 16 25 29 35 40
2017-01-14	3	2nd	2 3 6 10 25 43
2017-01-05	1	1st	3 9 12 23 27 49
2016-12-31	8	2nd	2 3 14 29 36 40
2016-12-03	2	1st	3 5 8 13 21 43
2016-11-26	15	1st	3 14 15 19 20 28
2016-10-06	24	1st	3 19 23 26 30 41
2016-07-14	14	1st	3 10 17 26 36 41
2016-05-26	8	1st	3 11 13 23 32 47
2016-04-28	3	1st	3 10 33 35 43 44
2016-04-16	11	2nd	2 3 12 16 32 40
2016-03-10	5	1st	3 8 24 31 32 49
2016-02-20	1	1st	3 11 17 41 45 47
2016-02-18	4	1st	3 10 28 35 47 49
2016-02-04	12	1st	3 5 22 33 39 40
2015-12-24	13	1st	3 18 26 37 39 42
2015-11-07	5	1st	3 4 20 24 29 49
2015-10-22	9	2nd	2 3 8 21 27 41
2015-09-19	5	2nd	2 3 12 16 29 37
2015-09-03	4	1st	3 7 15 37 38 46
2015-08-20	3	1st	3 10 12 23 35 39
2015-08-08	7	1st	3 9 13 15 25 28
2015-07-16	11	2nd	2 3 4 7 21 38
2015-06-06	1	1st	3 28 30 31 36 41
2015-06-04	6	1st	3 10 13 30 33 47
2015-05-14	5	1st	3 8 12 22 29 49
2015-04-25	31	1st	3 29 33 43 47 48
2015-01-08	9	2nd	2 3 10 38 40 43
2014-12-06	7	1st	3 10 11 15 21 37
2014-11-13	2	2nd	2 3 31 32 34 39
2014-11-06	15	1st	3 5 18 22 25 30
2014-09-13	6	1st	3 12 13 18 38 44
2014-08-23	10	1st	3 18 27 28 32 45
2014-07-19	4	1st	3 12 21 37 42 47
2014-07-05	4	1st	3 6 14 41 43 45
2014-06-21	7	1st	3 6 35 36 39 49
2014-05-29	3	1st	3 5 12 34 46 49
2014-05-17	1	1st	3 7 33 37 47 49
2014-05-15	6	1st	3 14 18 23 28 45
2014-04-24	12	1st	3 12 19 26 42 48
2014-03-13	12	1st	3 12 22 23 25 43
2014-01-30	1	2nd	2 3 18 33 36 41
2014-01-25	2	1st	3 6 7 21 34 49
2014-01-18	42	2nd	1 3 24 27 36 46
2013-08-24	1	1st	3 7 9 11 15 18
2013-08-22	5	2nd	1 3 8 9 29 36
2013-08-03	11	3rd	1 2 3 7 14 20
2013-06-27	8	1st	3 4 19 20 21 36
2013-05-30	2	1st	3 10 13 34 38 39
2013-05-23	14	1st	3 14 31 36 38 44
2013-04-04	15	2nd	1 3 9 11 29 31
2013-02-09	3	2nd	1 3 15 24 43 44
2013-01-31	5	1st	3 9 13 24 32 49
2013-01-12	3	2nd	2 3 19 20 29 37
2013-01-03	—	1st	3 15 23 26 34 38