Number 3

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,821 draws, 5 from 1–49.

303times drawn · chance expected 288 +0.94σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 303 times in 2,821 draws against 287.9 expected, +0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 303 times in 2,821 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 10 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 smallest246 · chance 254.1
2nd smallest53 · chance 47.3
3rd smallest4 · chance 1.6
4th smallest0 · 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 25.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 1 40 31 41 15

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
2026-09-21	5	1st	3 6 15 29 43
2026-09-09	26	1st	3 20 23 32 38
2026-07-11	18	1st	3 16 34 35 38
2026-05-30	1	1st	3 10 31 34 47

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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-23	5	1st	3 5 15 20 35
2025-04-12	5	1st	3 10 13 18 47
2025-03-31	4	1st	3 4 16 28 38
2025-03-22	1	1st	3 20 23 36 49
2025-03-19	5	1st	3 12 14 15 45
2025-03-08	4	2nd	2 3 10 11 18
2025-02-26	4	1st	3 11 15 17 44
2025-02-17	9	1st	3 14 20 34 40
2025-01-27	6	1st	3 10 24 39 48
2025-01-13	3	1st	3 7 24 31 41
2025-01-06	14	1st	3 8 16 31 42
2024-12-04	4	1st	3 7 21 34 40
2024-11-25	3	1st	3 7 13 37 49
2024-11-18	30	1st	3 6 8 12 17
2024-09-09	6	1st	3 8 17 18 41
2024-08-26	2	1st	3 6 12 24 28
2024-08-21	2	1st	3 15 19 20 31
2024-08-17	7	1st	3 4 22 48 49
2024-07-31	9	1st	3 25 45 47 49
2024-07-10	4	1st	3 5 11 16 39
2024-07-01	8	1st	3 6 7 22 28
2024-06-12	5	1st	3 6 13 28 33
2024-06-01	10	2nd	2 3 27 43 48
2024-05-08	4	1st	3 6 7 34 36
2024-04-29	17	1st	3 20 30 47 49
2024-03-20	15	1st	3 22 24 32 46
2024-02-14	4	1st	3 15 28 36 46
2024-02-05	20	1st	3 33 34 36 42
2023-12-20	1	2nd	2 3 29 30 31
2023-12-18	24	1st	3 15 16 30 41
2023-10-23	1	1st	3 10 22 26 40
2023-10-21	1	1st	3 14 25 28 47
2023-10-18	7	1st	3 13 22 46 49
2023-10-02	10	1st	3 6 15 17 40
2023-09-09	8	1st	3 4 7 15 42
2023-08-21	3	1st	3 4 17 22 36
2023-08-14	2	1st	3 13 27 44 49
2023-08-09	13	1st	3 6 14 31 45
2023-07-10	7	1st	3 8 10 14 44
2023-06-24	7	2nd	2 3 21 30 40
2023-06-07	1	1st	3 4 23 28 41
2023-06-05	7	1st	3 10 13 25 46
2023-05-20	9	1st	3 8 18 25 37
2023-04-29	1	1st	3 22 36 40 48
2023-04-26	4	1st	3 11 14 18 24
2023-04-17	4	1st	3 13 18 42 43
2023-04-08	6	1st	3 19 35 42 48
2023-03-25	12	1st	3 7 11 29 34
2023-02-25	1	2nd	1 3 19 34 43
2023-02-22	18	1st	3 24 31 35 37
2023-01-11	3	1st	3 8 16 17 47
2023-01-04	3	1st	3 5 25 38 49
2022-12-28	18	2nd	1 3 8 29 35
2022-11-16	24	2nd	1 3 8 38 48
2022-09-21	2	1st	3 9 12 22 37
2022-09-17	3	2nd	1 3 12 17 20
2022-09-10	1	1st	3 8 24 25 49
2022-09-07	13	1st	3 20 29 30 35
2022-08-08	10	1st	3 22 37 40 41
2022-07-16	41	1st	3 4 14 33 49
2022-04-11	1	1st	3 17 18 22 32
2022-04-09	16	1st	3 13 15 29 40
2022-03-02	17	1st	3 4 22 43 46
2022-01-22	22	1st	3 17 26 30 39
2021-12-01	16	1st	3 18 26 46 49
2021-10-25	19	1st	3 31 37 43 48
2021-09-11	2	1st	3 5 15 33 49
2021-09-06	3	1st	3 13 31 36 40
2021-08-30	2	1st	3 18 32 34 44
2021-08-25	12	1st	3 9 19 26 29
2021-07-28	4	2nd	1 3 8 28 29
2021-07-19	4	2nd	2 3 4 15 28
2021-07-10	2	1st	3 38 42 43 46
2021-07-05	5	1st	3 32 36 43 45
2021-06-23	2	2nd	1 3 6 16 40
2021-06-19	1	1st	3 14 27 44 46
2021-06-16	6	1st	3 22 23 35 46
2021-06-02	1	1st	3 25 26 33 34
2021-05-31	5	1st	3 13 25 32 47
2021-05-19	1	1st	3 17 23 28 41
2021-05-17	26	1st	3 17 23 42 47
2021-03-17	5	1st	3 18 30 45 46
2021-03-06	5	1st	3 11 13 22 30
2021-02-22	12	1st	3 15 24 26 37
2021-01-25	13	1st	3 7 13 31 49
2020-12-26	1	2nd	2 3 31 35 40
2020-12-23	48	1st	3 5 31 38 39
2020-09-02	8	1st	3 14 21 23 47
2020-08-15	1	1st	3 5 15 41 42
2020-08-12	13	1st	3 17 30 44 47
2020-07-13	22	2nd	2 3 24 35 46
2020-05-23	5	1st	3 22 23 28 29
2020-05-11	11	1st	3 5 17 33 34
2020-04-15	6	2nd	1 3 16 31 48
2020-04-01	47	1st	3 28 41 42 48
2019-12-14	22	1st	3 4 17 38 48
2019-10-21	14	1st	3 13 40 42 48
2019-09-18	12	1st	3 5 6 16 36
2019-08-21	10	2nd	1 3 17 25 38
2019-07-29	6	1st	3 6 21 29 47
2019-07-15	6	2nd	1 3 10 13 19
2019-07-01	1	1st	3 17 23 38 41
2019-06-29	7	2nd	1 3 4 42 46
2019-06-12	17	1st	3 25 31 38 45
2019-05-04	4	1st	3 18 24 29 38
2019-04-24	11	1st	3 11 13 15 35
2019-03-30	4	2nd	2 3 15 41 44
2019-03-20	11	2nd	2 3 13 21 40
2019-02-23	6	1st	3 4 13 44 45
2019-02-09	22	1st	3 40 42 45 47
2018-12-19	2	1st	3 10 11 21 25
2018-12-15	6	2nd	1 3 30 32 38
2018-12-01	1	1st	3 6 15 23 39
2018-11-28	9	1st	3 10 15 30 38
2018-11-07	49	1st	3 6 20 27 33
2018-07-16	1	1st	3 9 16 31 36
2018-07-14	3	1st	3 20 37 45 47
2018-07-07	18	1st	3 10 11 34 41
2018-05-26	1	2nd	2 3 24 26 43
2018-05-23	30	1st	3 14 25 29 36
2018-03-14	5	1st	3 4 13 36 46
2018-03-03	7	2nd	2 3 4 8 31
2018-02-14	1	1st	3 5 13 19 44
2018-02-12	21	1st	3 27 32 35 48
2017-12-25	11	1st	3 6 10 29 31
2017-11-29	7	1st	3 8 12 13 20
2017-11-13	8	1st	3 24 29 30 43
2017-10-25	7	1st	3 9 19 41 43
2017-10-09	4	1st	3 6 15 30 47
2017-09-30	24	1st	3 16 27 38 44
2017-08-05	4	1st	3 13 25 30 37
2017-07-26	6	1st	3 13 25 35 44
2017-07-12	39	1st	3 16 18 31 43
2017-04-12	1	1st	3 18 28 40 48
2017-04-10	3	2nd	1 3 11 14 20
2017-04-03	12	1st	3 9 16 34 44
2017-03-06	3	1st	3 6 10 26 41
2017-02-27	4	1st	3 16 17 37 47
2017-02-18	23	2nd	1 3 23 32 49
2016-12-26	3	1st	3 16 27 29 37
2016-12-19	8	1st	3 17 26 40 41
2016-11-30	4	1st	3 9 31 33 40
2016-11-21	5	1st	3 7 12 18 45
2016-11-09	8	1st	3 8 14 22 47
2016-10-22	5	1st	3 29 35 41 43
2016-10-10	10	1st	3 9 18 19 48
2016-09-17	10	1st	3 4 12 25 34
2016-08-24	7	1st	3 4 34 41 42
2016-08-08	6	3rd	1 2 3 26 36
2016-07-25	7	2nd	1 3 5 29 46
2016-07-09	18	1st	3 6 15 39 46
2016-05-28	27	2nd	1 3 13 14 19
2016-03-26	2	2nd	1 3 14 17 20
2016-03-21	9	1st	3 10 34 37 42
2016-02-29	13	2nd	1 3 13 24 45
2016-01-30	3	2nd	1 3 11 31 49
2016-01-23	2	1st	3 15 33 41 42
2016-01-18	2	3rd	1 2 3 5 10
2016-01-13	18	1st	3 11 30 33 35
2015-12-02	22	1st	3 9 10 39 45
2015-10-12	12	2nd	1 3 4 16 49
2015-09-14	2	1st	3 37 43 48 49
2015-09-09	18	1st	3 10 19 41 44
2015-07-29	17	2nd	2 3 22 36 42
2015-06-20	5	1st	3 8 13 32 37
2015-06-08	3	1st	3 8 9 41 44
2015-06-01	13	1st	3 4 12 38 49
2015-05-02	17	1st	3 19 30 33 46
2015-03-23	4	2nd	1 3 20 48 49
2015-03-14	3	1st	3 8 14 30 39
2015-03-07	5	1st	3 9 18 43 48
2015-02-23	1	1st	3 4 22 28 40
2015-02-21	31	1st	3 13 27 45 47
2014-12-10	11	1st	3 8 11 16 27
2014-11-15	25	1st	3 16 23 28 39
2014-09-17	5	1st	3 6 10 18 23
2014-09-06	10	1st	3 13 14 15 42
2014-08-13	10	1st	3 13 18 28 43
2014-07-21	2	1st	3 9 10 21 27
2014-07-16	5	1st	3 28 36 42 49
2014-07-05	6	1st	3 7 11 25 33
2014-06-21	2	1st	3 11 29 30 32
2014-06-16	5	1st	3 5 16 37 42
2014-06-04	4	1st	3 8 22 36 43
2014-05-26	13	1st	3 8 32 39 40
2014-04-26	1	2nd	2 3 14 38 43
2014-04-23	43	1st	3 10 29 30 39
2014-01-13	24	1st	3 20 29 33 47
2013-11-18	10	1st	3 28 29 36 46
2013-10-26	20	1st	3 35 40 42 47
2013-09-09	4	1st	3 5 22 23 35
2013-08-31	5	2nd	2 3 14 26 33
2013-08-19	5	2nd	2 3 25 40 46
2013-08-07	22	1st	3 16 33 40 45
2013-06-17	2	2nd	1 3 17 38 39
2013-06-12	1	1st	3 20 40 44 46
2013-06-10	8	1st	3 13 15 32 35
2013-05-22	5	2nd	2 3 13 17 34
2013-05-11	9	1st	3 16 26 45 49
2013-04-20	4	1st	3 9 24 28 42
2013-04-10	27	1st	3 9 18 28 45
2013-02-06	18	1st	3 7 25 33 40
2012-12-26	16	2nd	2 3 5 17 31
2012-11-19	4	2nd	1 3 6 16 41
2012-11-10	13	1st	3 17 19 43 46
2012-10-10	13	1st	3 16 19 35 37
2012-09-10	22	1st	3 19 25 28 43
2012-07-21	2	2nd	1 3 22 40 44
2012-07-16	14	1st	3 6 19 32 37
2012-06-13	9	1st	3 8 20 33 48
2012-05-23	4	2nd	1 3 19 35 49
2012-05-14	5	1st	3 11 22 26 43
2012-05-02	5	1st	3 26 29 35 38
2012-04-21	1	1st	3 18 31 41 48
2012-04-18	2	1st	3 5 20 24 34
2012-04-14	5	2nd	1 3 22 40 45
2012-04-02	13	1st	3 19 23 33 39
2012-03-03	5	2nd	2 3 24 27 39
2012-02-20	21	1st	3 9 31 34 35
2012-01-02	16	1st	3 16 24 30 36
2011-11-26	5	1st	3 16 31 39 47
2011-11-14	8	1st	3 18 22 25 43
2011-10-26	3	2nd	2 3 6 20 35
2011-10-19	4	1st	3 23 35 38 44
2011-10-10	5	1st	3 15 16 45 47
2011-09-28	9	1st	3 8 16 36 42
2011-09-07	4	1st	3 12 13 40 41
2011-08-29	2	1st	3 10 12 30 46
2011-08-24	3	1st	3 4 17 36 47
2011-08-17	1	1st	3 8 29 45 49
2011-08-15	1	2nd	1 3 4 8 23
2011-08-13	8	1st	3 4 5 13 41
2011-07-25	8	1st	3 11 22 38 41
2011-07-06	10	1st	3 9 10 24 33
2011-06-13	4	1st	3 17 18 22 28
2011-06-04	3	1st	3 4 15 27 35
2011-05-28	6	3rd	1 2 3 5 43
2011-05-14	2	1st	3 31 35 38 42
2011-05-09	1	1st	3 13 22 26 48
2011-05-07	11	1st	3 28 37 38 42
2011-04-11	9	1st	3 13 22 32 47
2011-03-21	5	1st	3 23 28 31 40
2011-03-09	3	1st	3 9 15 29 43
2011-03-02	13	2nd	2 3 20 22 40
2011-01-31	3	1st	3 10 13 20 43
2011-01-24	19	1st	3 6 9 39 48
2010-12-11	19	1st	3 9 11 28 38
2010-10-27	25	1st	3 13 15 32 46
2010-08-30	17	1st	3 16 22 28 49
2010-07-21	15	1st	3 9 21 43 45
2010-06-16	9	1st	3 9 15 40 48
2010-05-26	1	1st	3 6 22 35 47
2010-05-24	10	1st	3 8 12 29 35
2010-05-01	3	1st	3 6 28 39 42
2010-04-24	30	1st	3 17 27 34 41
2010-02-13	12	2nd	1 3 7 14 38
2010-01-16	11	1st	3 21 32 33 38
2009-12-21	12	1st	3 27 28 38 42
2009-11-23	6	1st	3 12 13 30 37
2009-11-09	1	3rd	1 2 3 29 48
2009-11-07	5	2nd	1 3 13 18 41
2009-10-26	3	2nd	1 3 42 47 49
2009-10-19	4	1st	3 4 6 11 31
2009-10-10	5	2nd	1 3 16 23 38
2009-09-28	3	1st	3 16 20 30 44
2009-09-21	23	1st	3 4 7 38 46
2009-07-29	2	1st	3 14 16 25 35
2009-07-25	12	1st	3 14 27 33 40
2009-06-27	4	1st	3 4 6 13 41
2009-06-17	9	1st	3 8 27 37 41
2009-05-27	1	1st	3 5 7 23 48
2009-05-25	1	1st	3 6 25 40 46
2009-05-23	1	1st	3 13 25 33 38
2009-05-20	27	1st	3 15 23 28 35
2009-03-18	4	1st	3 20 34 39 42
2009-03-09	6	1st	3 5 27 32 40
2009-02-23	6	1st	3 14 22 31 34
2009-02-09	8	1st	3 13 17 31 46
2009-01-21	—	1st	3 10 32 35 47