Number 3

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,268 draws, 5 from 1–50.

349times drawn · chance expected 327 +1.29σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

73longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 349 times in 3,268 draws against 326.8 expected, +1.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 59 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 349 times in 3,268 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 73 · waiting 11 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 smallest302 · chance 293.8
2nd smallest46 · chance 53.4
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.8
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 28.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 48 49 28 7 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-05	8	2nd	1 3 15 38 41
2026-09-27	3	1st	3 7 27 29 44
2026-09-24	1	1st	3 15 17 28 36
2026-09-23	7	1st	3 17 21

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-12	17	1st	3 8 23 40 42
2026-03-26	2	1st	3 8 21 23 36
2026-03-24	3	1st	3 19 20 43 48
2026-03-21	8	1st	3 6 10 12 32
2026-03-13	8	1st	3 7 25 43 46
2026-03-05	10	1st	3 18 20 21 28
2026-02-23	7	1st	3 24 29 47 50
2026-02-16	47	2nd	1 3 6 9 22
2025-12-31	7	1st	3 6 14 19 43
2025-12-24	1	1st	3 23 26 35 36
2025-12-23	7	1st	3 14 17 37 38
2025-12-16	2	1st	3 5 7 18 43
2025-12-14	3	2nd	2 3 14 24 43
2025-12-11	28	1st	3 28 32 34 37
2025-11-13	6	1st	3 25 30 34 47
2025-11-07	9	2nd	2 3 29 44 47
2025-10-29	10	1st	3 5 13 25 34
2025-10-19	3	1st	3 7 26 36 48
2025-10-16	6	1st	3 31 33 35 48
2025-10-10	6	1st	3 22 36 38 49
2025-10-04	4	1st	3 11 13 34 40
2025-09-30	8	2nd	1 3 27 30 43
2025-09-22	3	1st	3 7 14 24 26
2025-09-19	12	1st	3 7 17 31 44
2025-09-07	1	1st	3 14 36 39 47
2025-09-06	11	1st	3 13 27 43 47
2025-08-26	1	1st	3 5 7 45 48
2025-08-25	26	1st	3 10 12 28 33
2025-07-30	22	1st	3 8 15 18 49
2025-07-08	8	1st	3 14 36 45 48
2025-06-30	41	1st	3 6 26 43 48
2025-05-14	7	2nd	2 3 13 21 36
2025-05-03	2	2nd	2 3 33 41 50
2025-05-01	1	1st	3 12 25 35 47
2025-04-30	2	1st	3 5 29 46 49
2025-04-26	3	1st	3 17 24 32 34
2025-04-23	2	1st	3 7 17 23 47
2025-04-19	1	2nd	2 3 11 22 31
2025-04-18	1	1st	3 5 27 40 46
2025-04-17	3	1st	3 11 14 47 50
2025-04-12	24	1st	3 11 14 31 37
2025-03-11	16	1st	3 11 16 41 50
2025-02-15	41	1st	3 4 23 28 45
2024-12-20	31	2nd	1 3 36 43 49
2024-11-07	8	1st	3 8 13 31 38
2024-10-26	3	1st	3 4 6 8 36
2024-10-23	1	1st	3 20 35 39 45
2024-10-22	10	1st	3 10 13 24 49
2024-10-08	8	1st	3 4 25 29 40
2024-09-26	16	2nd	2 3 19 25 42
2024-09-04	5	1st	3 7 30 33 45
2024-08-28	13	1st	3 9 13 43 48
2024-08-09	2	1st	3 6 26 36 43
2024-08-07	7	1st	3 8 32 33 48
2024-07-27	1	1st	3 14 20 27 32
2024-07-26	6	1st	3 9 20 26 46
2024-07-18	1	1st	3 7 19 22 26
2024-07-17	1	1st	3 12 30 39 41
2024-07-16	14	1st	3 4 15 16 18
2024-06-26	12	1st	3 7 19 32 40
2024-06-08	2	1st	3 20 31 33 45
2024-06-06	9	1st	3 6 25 41 42
2024-05-24	3	2nd	2 3 7 16 24
2024-05-21	14	1st	3 4 5 41 43
2024-05-01	8	1st	3 14 26 27 38
2024-04-19	16	1st	3 15 21 28 45
2024-03-28	4	1st	3 27 31 43 50
2024-03-22	2	1st	3 8 19 37 45
2024-03-20	3	1st	3 12 21 25 41
2024-03-15	1	1st	3 20 23 24 46
2024-03-14	13	1st	3 30 35 37 44
2024-02-24	1	1st	3 19 29 32 36
2024-02-23	13	1st	3 6 7 11 14
2024-02-06	18	1st	3 13 25 28 39
2024-01-11	5	1st	3 11 32 35 37
2024-01-04	11	1st	3 5 39 46 48
2023-12-20	1	2nd	1 3 21 22 42
2023-12-19	14	1st	3 7 8 22 28
2023-11-29	19	1st	3 23 28 36 38
2023-11-02	17	1st	3 5 7 9 24
2023-10-10	5	1st	3 39 40 41 50
2023-10-03	48	1st	3 12 24 34 49
2023-07-27	15	1st	3 10 11 19 27
2023-07-06	13	1st	3 6 23 27 48
2023-06-17	1	1st	3 10 13 27 43
2023-06-16	40	1st	3 34 41 47 48
2023-04-21	2	1st	3 5 7 17 21
2023-04-19	5	1st	3 5 16 23 37
2023-04-12	1	1st	3 4 18 38 48
2023-04-11	28	1st	3 10 19 24 29
2023-03-02	3	3rd	1 2 3 33 50
2023-02-25	10	2nd	2 3 7 48 50
2023-02-11	24	1st	3 19 20 26 40
2023-01-10	1	1st	3 23 31 33 35
2023-01-07	25	1st	3 12 17 36 46
2022-12-03	23	1st	3 13 25 35 48
2022-11-02	13	2nd	1 3 5 32 38
2022-10-14	8	2nd	1 3 31 32 42
2022-10-04	7	1st	3 26 28 38 39
2022-09-23	3	1st	3 8 17 31 34
2022-09-20	2	1st	3 21 26 36 48
2022-09-16	5	1st	3 6 38 43 46
2022-09-09	1	1st	3 11 27 37 45
2022-09-08	2	1st	3 10 29 30 42
2022-09-06	5	1st	3 10 19 30 47
2022-08-30	14	1st	3 21 24 29 41
2022-08-10	3	1st	3 29 42 44 50
2022-08-05	6	2nd	2 3 15 24 38
2022-07-28	21	1st	3 6 21 44 46
2022-06-29	24	1st	3 13 21 28 38
2022-05-26	6	1st	3 19 20 48 49
2022-05-18	34	1st	3 5 38 39 47
2022-03-31	13	1st	3 17 18 32 44
2022-03-12	5	1st	3 5 21 30 36
2022-03-05	6	2nd	2 3 9 38 48
2022-02-25	8	1st	3 9 15 21 36
2022-02-15	2	1st	3 18 22 30 44
2022-02-11	7	1st	3 13 15 30 32
2022-02-02	1	1st	3 18 34 40 43
2022-02-01	22	1st	3 6 10 27 50
2021-12-31	35	1st	3 5 6 16 33
2021-11-12	15	1st	3 14 33 39 48
2021-10-22	5	1st	3 11 26 30 49
2021-10-15	7	1st	3 5 10 24 46
2021-10-06	7	2nd	1 3 9 22 33
2021-09-25	32	1st	3 6 9 16 28
2021-08-12	1	1st	3 9 20 34 49
2021-08-11	15	1st	3 10 12 15 31
2021-07-21	3	2nd	2 3 9 20 43
2021-07-16	3	1st	3 9 15 45 49
2021-07-13	22	2nd	2 3 5 9 10
2021-06-11	22	2nd	2 3 36 38 41
2021-05-12	17	1st	3 24 44 49 50
2021-04-17	9	1st	3 6 14 21 37
2021-04-06	4	2nd	1 3 10 14 50
2021-03-31	16	1st	3 7 17 27 43
2021-03-09	10	1st	3 14 27 33 35
2021-02-23	1	2nd	1 3 9 24 43
2021-02-20	19	1st	3 27 28 30 33
2021-01-26	14	1st	3 14 24 28 39
2021-01-06	9	1st	3 13 31 33 44
2020-12-24	16	1st	3 6 16 22 33
2020-12-02	2	1st	3 5 18 30 32
2020-11-28	12	1st	3 13 15 16 42
2020-11-12	19	1st	3 15 41 42 47
2020-10-16	7	1st	3 17 25 33 48
2020-10-07	2	1st	3 11 19 35 50
2020-10-03	11	1st	3 4 11 14 46
2020-09-18	1	1st	3 16 38 42 45
2020-09-17	5	1st	3 16 31 40 49
2020-09-10	5	1st	3 31 32 44 46
2020-09-03	1	1st	3 11 35 37 49
2020-09-02	3	1st	3 7 12 17 39
2020-08-28	1	1st	3 12 15 22 36
2020-08-27	27	1st	3 20 22 32 39
2020-07-21	17	2nd	1 3 16 22 41
2020-06-26	1	1st	3 20 31 36 38
2020-06-25	9	1st	3 9 31 43 47
2020-06-12	13	1st	3 5 15 24 49
2020-05-26	6	1st	3 15 19 31 50
2020-05-16	19	1st	3 6 8 11 45
2020-04-21	8	1st	3 12 24 27 32
2020-04-09	9	2nd	2 3 9 18 34
2020-03-27	3	1st	3 33 41 49 50
2020-03-24	26	2nd	1 3 10 31 34
2020-02-15	12	1st	3 5 19 26 28
2020-01-30	6	1st	3 7 24 42 46
2020-01-22	3	2nd	1 3 5 10 41
2020-01-17	1	1st	3 4 11 12 29
2020-01-16	8	1st	3 10 15 18 24
2020-01-04	5	1st	3 14 22 33 36
2019-12-28	1	2nd	1 3 9 18 40
2019-12-27	25	1st	3 6 23 30 43
2019-11-22	9	1st	3 14 31 36 42
2019-11-09	19	2nd	2 3 17 24 26
2019-10-15	14	1st	3 5 7 9 39
2019-09-25	2	1st	3 17 25 28 33
2019-09-21	73	1st	3 4 13 40 45
2019-06-12	15	1st	3 25 29 37 48
2019-05-22	3	1st	3 17 29 35 44
2019-05-17	13	1st	3 8 27 38 50
2019-04-30	2	1st	3 8 23 29 31
2019-04-26	7	1st	3 15 30 41 48
2019-04-17	5	2nd	1 3 40 42 47
2019-04-10	16	1st	3 14 21 23 50
2019-03-19	12	1st	3 15 18 32 40
2019-03-01	12	1st	3 6 7 15 23
2019-02-13	8	2nd	2 3 31 32 36
2019-02-01	5	1st	3 12 21 24 28
2019-01-25	8	1st	3 7 11 32 35
2019-01-15	2	1st	3 4 29 46 49
2019-01-11	15	1st	3 23 27 29 48
2018-12-21	4	1st	3 8 22 41 47
2018-12-15	6	1st	3 31 39 46 49
2018-12-07	20	1st	3 10 25 37 44
2018-11-09	1	1st	3 24 32 37 43
2018-11-08	13	1st	3 5 11 30 36
2018-10-20	8	1st	3 25 38 41 47
2018-10-10	3	2nd	1 3 20 28 50
2018-10-05	21	1st	3 5 10 23 49
2018-09-06	3	1st	3 5 6 17 50
2018-09-01	10	1st	3 29 30 36 46
2018-08-18	8	1st	3 20 26 43 48
2018-08-08	3	1st	3 17 18 33 50
2018-08-03	10	1st	3 5 10 27 50
2018-07-20	8	1st	3 12 20 41 49
2018-07-10	1	1st	3 28 46 47 50
2018-07-07	12	1st	3 5 22 33 38
2018-06-21	4	1st	3 12 17 37 47
2018-06-15	23	1st	3 4 16 36 50
2018-05-15	4	1st	3 16 21 28 37
2018-05-09	5	1st	3 16 27 32 36
2018-05-02	3	1st	3 14 32 38 49
2018-04-27	15	1st	3 17 19 35 38
2018-04-06	9	1st	3 12 19 22 38
2018-03-24	7	2nd	1 3 5 9 27
2018-03-15	2	1st	3 9 11 12 49
2018-03-13	9	1st	3 21 40 43 44
2018-02-28	3	1st	3 14 18 19 24
2018-02-23	3	1st	3 14 23 32 37
2018-02-20	2	1st	3 11 28 37 42
2018-02-16	2	1st	3 6 40 41 48
2018-02-14	6	1st	3 12 22 23 28
2018-02-06	1	1st	3 4 38 46 47
2018-02-03	14	1st	3 7 21 23 47
2018-01-16	2	1st	3 13 15 18 48
2018-01-12	7	1st	3 18 19 21 33
2018-01-03	3	1st	3 33 34 38 49
2017-12-29	2	1st	3 28 36 42 48
2017-12-27	1	1st	3 8 14 34 48
2017-12-26	5	1st	3 31 33 40 47
2017-12-19	3	1st	3 26 28 36 49
2017-12-14	6	1st	3 4 24 37 40
2017-12-06	26	1st	3 4 23 33 48
2017-10-31	1	1st	3 7 11 14 21
2017-10-28	7	1st	3 14 33 39 41
2017-10-19	4	1st	3 9 16 28 31
2017-10-13	5	1st	3 25 36 38 45
2017-10-06	7	1st	3 7 23 28 31
2017-09-27	1	1st	3 8 14 17 28
2017-09-26	13	1st	3 4 12 13 15
2017-09-07	15	1st	3 24 29 48 49
2017-08-17	9	1st	3 5 12 40 47
2017-08-04	17	2nd	2 3 12 21 31
2017-07-12	6	1st	3 9 14 40 42
2017-07-04	4	1st	3 5 8 20 40
2017-06-28	13	1st	3 10 15 21 33
2017-06-09	34	1st	3 5 17 28 49
2017-04-22	9	2nd	2 3 10 37 39
2017-04-11	9	1st	3 17 27 36 47
2017-03-29	6	1st	3 12 21 35 43
2017-03-21	16	1st	3 28 30 44 46
2017-02-25	3	1st	3 7 10 21 36
2017-02-22	2	1st	3 12 30 32 37
2017-02-18	16	2nd	2 3 18 20 44
2017-01-27	8	1st	3 4 17 23 38
2017-01-17	7	1st	3 32 33 48 49
2017-01-06	6	1st	3 10 34 36 42
2016-12-29	17	1st	3 27 32 36 44
2016-12-06	12	1st	3 9 22 34 47
2016-11-18	7	2nd	2 3 23 37 42
2016-11-09	5	1st	3 17 20 30 33
2016-11-02	4	2nd	2 3 4 6 42
2016-10-27	7	2nd	2 3 30 35 37
2016-10-18	6	1st	3 6 16 26 37
2016-10-08	31	2nd	1 3 8 19 21
2016-08-26	2	1st	3 7 10 11 33
2016-08-24	8	1st	3 4 16 25 41
2016-08-09	8	1st	3 4 15 21 41
2016-07-28	11	1st	3 26 28 31 41
2016-07-13	2	1st	3 15 33 44 49
2016-07-09	18	1st	3 18 26 31 46
2016-06-15	12	1st	3 20 21 28 46
2016-05-28	6	1st	3 24 25 35 49
2016-05-20	4	1st	3 6 9 36 42
2016-05-14	1	1st	3 24 35 39 47
2016-05-13	8	1st	3 14 22 26 35
2016-05-03	17	1st	3 38 48 49 50
2016-04-08	6	2nd	2 3 25 33 46
2016-03-31	3	1st	3 31 32 35 48
2016-03-26	7	2nd	1 3 5 15 32
2016-03-17	15	1st	3 13 34 37 49
2016-02-25	12	1st	3 9 40 45 46
2016-02-09	16	1st	3 14 19 25 26
2016-01-16	6	2nd	2 3 14 35 47
2016-01-08	1	1st	3 7 28 33 39
2016-01-07	7	1st	3 4 11 18 48
2015-12-26	4	1st	3 25 27 48 49
2015-12-19	18	1st	3 12 16 27 39
2015-11-25	21	2nd	2 3 13 19 36
2015-10-24	2	1st	3 9 11 20 28
2015-10-21	5	1st	3 6 19 33 48
2015-10-08	4	1st	3 23 29 36 46
2015-09-30	8	1st	3 4 6 35 46
2015-09-10	1	1st	3 8 17 27 46
2015-09-09	2	1st	3 7 19 40 41
2015-09-03	34	1st	3 15 19 31 37
2015-05-20	3	1st	3 6 9 23 37
2015-05-09	14	1st	3 19 21 31 49
2015-03-21	1	1st	3 5 14 22 30
2015-03-18	6	1st	3 6 21 32 34
2015-02-25	1	1st	3 16 17 38 43
2015-02-21	2	1st	3 11 28 31 48
2015-02-14	13	1st	3 19 26 29 46
2014-12-31	14	1st	3 14 18 20 41
2014-11-12	12	1st	3 4 19 29 30
2014-10-01	3	1st	3 8 12 42 50
2014-09-20	1	1st	3 7 26 28 41
2014-09-17	6	1st	3 15 16 23 30
2014-08-27	3	1st	3 6 7 16 47
2014-08-16	9	1st	3 7 36 39 47
2014-07-16	2	1st	3 11 22 28 35
2014-07-09	11	1st	3 16 25 36 43
2014-05-31	9	1st	3 4 23 40 48
2014-04-30	7	1st	3 14 16 24 25
2014-04-05	6	1st	3 25 34 42 49
2014-03-15	10	1st	3 17 30 32 33
2014-02-08	4	1st	3 7 19 31 41
2014-01-25	7	1st	3 5 7 11 44
2014-01-01	7	1st	3 29 31 38 48
2013-12-07	8	1st	3 7 25 34 46
2013-11-09	6	1st	3 10 24 40 48
2013-10-19	34	1st	3 15 35 40 41
2013-06-22	2	1st	3 12 34 39 49
2013-06-15	—	1st	3 10 21 38 47