Star 3

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,049 draws, 2 from 1–12.

196times drawn · chance expected 175 +1.75σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

5.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

24longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 196 times in 1,049 draws against 174.8 expected, +1.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 196 times in 1,049 draws · average wait 5.3 draws · longest completed wait 24 · 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 160.4
2nd smallest34 · chance 35.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 9 5 8 4 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 11 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 12. 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
2026-09-18	5	2nd	2 3
2026-09-01	24	1st	3 5
2026-06-09	14	1st	3 5
2026-04-21	8	1st	3 4
2026-03-24	2	2nd	1 3
2026-03-17	14	1st	3 9
2026-01-27	1

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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-15	6	1st	3 9
2024-09-24	1	1st	3 5
2024-09-20	4	1st	3 7
2024-09-06	5	1st	3 4
2024-08-20	5	1st	3 12
2024-08-02	12	1st	3 12
2024-06-21	5	1st	3 12
2024-06-04	3	1st	3 4
2024-05-24	6	2nd	1 3
2024-05-03	4	1st	3 4
2024-04-19	1	2nd	1 3
2024-04-16	8	1st	3 7
2024-03-19	4	2nd	1 3
2024-03-05	4	1st	3 8
2024-02-20	8	1st	3 7
2024-01-23	4	1st	3 12
2024-01-09	1	2nd	1 3
2024-01-05	13	1st	3 8
2023-11-21	2	2nd	2 3
2023-11-14	5	1st	3 5
2023-10-27	3	1st	3 8
2023-10-17	2	1st	3 4
2023-10-10	9	1st	3 9
2023-09-08	8	1st	3 4
2023-08-11	1	1st	3 5
2023-08-08	1	1st	3 6
2023-08-04	22	2nd	1 3
2023-05-19	4	1st	3 9
2023-05-05	9	1st	3 7
2023-04-04	4	1st	3 8
2023-03-21	7	2nd	2 3
2023-02-24	3	2nd	1 3
2023-02-14	1	2nd	2 3
2023-02-10	1	1st	3 8
2023-02-07	1	1st	3 9
2023-02-03	1	1st	3 10
2023-01-31	6	1st	3 7
2023-01-10	2	1st	3 10
2023-01-03	2	1st	3 10
2022-12-27	5	1st	3 5
2022-12-09	5	2nd	1 3
2022-11-22	5	1st	3 11
2022-11-04	6	2nd	2 3
2022-10-14	3	1st	3 7
2022-10-04	1	1st	3 12
2022-09-30	1	1st	3 12
2022-09-27	1	2nd	1 3
2022-09-23	1	1st	3 8
2022-09-20	1	1st	3 12
2022-09-16	4	1st	3 4
2022-09-02	3	1st	3 12
2022-08-23	7	2nd	2 3
2022-07-29	7	1st	3 8
2022-07-05	1	1st	3 6
2022-07-01	5	1st	3 12
2022-06-14	4	1st	3 11
2022-05-31	1	1st	3 9
2022-05-27	2	1st	3 5
2022-05-20	4	1st	3 9
2022-05-06	1	1st	3 11
2022-05-03	1	1st	3 8
2022-04-29	17	1st	3 7
2022-03-01	2	1st	3 5
2022-02-22	5	1st	3 7
2022-02-04	13	1st	3 7
2021-12-21	2	2nd	2 3
2021-12-14	5	1st	3 6
2021-11-26	3	1st	3 7
2021-11-16	5	1st	3 4
2021-10-29	6	1st	3 9
2021-10-08	10	1st	3 5
2021-09-03	3	1st	3 7
2021-08-24	11	1st	3 10
2021-07-16	1	1st	3 11
2021-07-13	5	1st	3 4
2021-06-25	1	1st	3 12
2021-06-22	1	1st	3 8
2021-06-18	1	1st	3 5
2021-06-15	7	2nd	2 3
2021-05-21	16	1st	3 10
2021-03-26	1	1st	3 8
2021-03-23	8	1st	3 9
2021-02-23	11	2nd	1 3
2021-01-15	3	1st	3 11
2021-01-05	2	2nd	1 3
2020-12-29	1	1st	3 8
2020-12-25	4	1st	3 5
2020-12-11	12	1st	3 12
2020-10-30	1	1st	3 9
2020-10-27	1	1st	3 12
2020-10-23	1	1st	3 12
2020-10-20	1	1st	3 4
2020-10-16	4	1st	3 6
2020-10-02	12	1st	3 9
2020-08-21	3	1st	3 5
2020-08-11	11	1st	3 9
2020-07-03	4	1st	3 6
2020-06-19	4	1st	3 11
2020-06-05	9	1st	3 6
2020-05-05	11	2nd	2 3
2020-03-27	8	2nd	2 3
2020-02-28	6	1st	3 4
2020-02-07	5	1st	3 9
2020-01-21	1	1st	3 5
2020-01-17	7	1st	3 8
2019-12-24	1	1st	3 6
2019-12-20	8	1st	3 4
2019-11-22	13	1st	3 11
2019-10-08	8	1st	3 12
2019-09-10	8	1st	3 6
2019-08-13	4	2nd	2 3
2019-07-30	1	1st	3 6
2019-07-26	1	1st	3 10
2019-07-23	9	1st	3 7
2019-06-21	1	1st	3 7
2019-06-18	21	1st	3 7
2019-04-05	11	1st	3 5
2019-02-26	1	1st	3 4
2019-02-22	5	1st	3 7
2019-02-05	2	2nd	2 3
2019-01-29	4	1st	3 8
2019-01-15	7	1st	3 6
2018-12-21	3	1st	3 4
2018-12-11	5	2nd	1 3
2018-11-23	3	1st	3 10
2018-11-13	7	1st	3 6
2018-10-19	4	1st	3 12
2018-10-05	1	1st	3 11
2018-10-02	3	1st	3 11
2018-09-21	2	1st	3 4
2018-09-14	1	1st	3 4
2018-09-11	9	2nd	2 3
2018-08-10	5	1st	3 9
2018-07-24	1	1st	3 9
2018-07-20	5	1st	3 6
2018-07-03	1	1st	3 5
2018-06-29	12	1st	3 12
2018-05-18	7	1st	3 6
2018-04-24	17	1st	3 7
2018-02-23	6	1st	3 7
2018-02-02	5	2nd	2 3
2018-01-16	7	1st	3 12
2017-12-22	4	1st	3 6
2017-12-08	4	1st	3 4
2017-11-24	7	1st	3 10
2017-10-31	3	1st	3 5
2017-10-20	1	1st	3 8
2017-10-17	2	2nd	2 3
2017-10-10	3	1st	3 6
2017-09-29	2	1st	3 7
2017-09-22	1	2nd	1 3
2017-09-19	8	2nd	2 3
2017-08-22	13	1st	3 5
2017-07-07	3	1st	3 6
2017-06-27	1	2nd	1 3
2017-06-23	5	1st	3 7
2017-06-06	1	1st	3 7
2017-06-02	5	1st	3 9
2017-05-16	1	1st	3 8
2017-05-12	2	1st	3 9
2017-05-05	3	2nd	1 3
2017-04-25	11	1st	3 9
2017-03-17	1	1st	3 9
2017-03-14	6	1st	3 6
2017-02-21	2	1st	3 4
2017-02-14	6	1st	3 10
2017-01-24	1	1st	3 8
2017-01-20	6	1st	3 5
2016-12-30	3	2nd	1 3
2016-12-20	10	2nd	2 3
2016-11-15	3	1st	3 7
2016-11-04	—	1st	3 7