Number 3

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

119times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.31σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

42longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 11 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 42 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest96 · chance 99.2
2nd smallest22 · chance 19.1
3rd smallest1 · chance 0.7
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 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 52 53 11 34 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-05	7	1st	3 4 10 20 49 51
2026-08-12	6	1st	3 14 22 24 34 54
2026-07-22	21	1st	3 9 12 23 32 53
2026-05-09	2	1st	3 11

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-27	1	1st	3 25 27 33 40 45
2024-07-24	10	1st	3 17 23 29 31 34
2024-06-19	3	1st	3 7 13 15 21 52
2024-06-08	19	1st	3 7 10 23 24 41
2024-04-03	2	1st	3 32 38 41 46 48
2024-03-27	9	2nd	1 3 22 27 42 48
2024-02-24	23	1st	3 4 11 20 36 56
2023-12-06	5	2nd	2 3 6 22 43 55
2023-11-18	11	1st	3 11 22 23 32 47
2023-10-11	2	1st	3 8 15 18 23 25
2023-10-04	8	1st	3 8 37 42 53 55
2023-09-06	16	1st	3 12 22 38 53 54
2023-07-12	6	1st	3 30 44 50 52 57
2023-06-21	4	2nd	1 3 4 7 8 15
2023-06-07	4	1st	3 4 12 35 55 56
2023-05-24	5	1st	3 4 10 13 14 36
2023-05-06	6	1st	3 23 33 36 54 55
2023-04-15	4	1st	3 13 17 21 35 58
2023-04-01	14	1st	3 7 13 40 43 47
2023-02-11	22	1st	3 5 37 46 47 57
2022-11-26	17	2nd	1 3 5 17 50 52
2022-09-28	6	1st	3 15 20 48 57 58
2022-09-07	5	1st	3 20 27 34 42 58
2022-08-20	15	1st	3 5 6 9 35 59
2022-06-29	4	1st	3 17 21 26 46 59
2022-06-15	11	1st	3 26 37 38 41 53
2022-05-07	9	1st	3 5 6 15 41 45
2022-04-06	4	1st	3 17 23 24 30 49
2022-03-23	4	1st	3 14 15 46 52 53
2022-03-09	14	1st	3 10 26 38 41 47
2022-01-19	4	1st	3 13 41 50 56 57
2022-01-05	2	1st	3 5 21 28 56 57
2021-12-29	15	1st	3 17 28 42 52 57
2021-11-06	17	1st	3 7 21 29 34 39
2021-09-08	2	1st	3 4 13 14 38 56
2021-09-01	8	1st	3 19 28 33 41 43
2021-08-04	5	1st	3 16 27 34 36 46
2021-07-17	3	1st	3 25 33 35 48 56
2021-07-07	9	2nd	2 3 7 20 40 52
2021-06-05	20	1st	3 6 33 39 46 57
2021-03-27	1	1st	3 5 18 22 26 49
2021-03-24	6	2nd	2 3 23 27 40 50
2021-03-03	3	2nd	2 3 8 23 40 54
2021-02-20	9	1st	3 16 18 24 36 56
2021-01-20	1	1st	3 5 7 13 25 57
2021-01-16	20	1st	3 15 38 45 48 53
2020-11-07	18	1st	3 33 45 50 52 56
2020-09-05	26	1st	3 11 28 36 38 47
2020-06-06	12	1st	3 6 12 17 35 40
2020-04-25	1	1st	3 9 21 25 28 59
2020-04-22	1	1st	3 8 18 47 50 59
2020-04-18	9	1st	3 6 31 43 46 53
2020-03-18	10	1st	3 7 11 19 27 52
2020-02-12	11	2nd	2 3 5 27 51 54
2020-01-04	29	1st	3 13 14 34 50 51
2019-09-25	5	1st	3 4 16 39 43 52
2019-09-07	29	1st	3 13 27 30 32 37
2019-05-29	17	1st	3 15 27 32 46 53
2019-03-30	11	1st	3 27 35 45 54 55
2019-02-20	4	1st	3 11 17 33 41 51
2019-02-06	8	1st	3 16 24 41 44 53
2019-01-09	8	1st	3 17 36 42 51 57
2018-12-12	20	1st	3 22 31 46 51 59
2018-10-03	2	1st	3 5 11 25 27 45
2018-09-26	7	1st	3 8 37 39 47 59
2018-09-01	5	1st	3 21 22 38 46 55
2018-08-15	1	1st	3 28 34 41 48 58
2018-08-11	18	2nd	1 3 10 18 19 37
2018-06-09	6	1st	3 17 20 55 56 58
2018-05-19	6	2nd	1 3 34 36 48 52
2018-04-28	10	1st	3 11 37 38 43 44
2018-03-24	4	1st	3 11 16 36 43 59
2018-03-10	8	1st	3 7 36 42 53 59
2018-02-10	19	1st	3 12 15 29 51 58
2017-12-06	12	1st	3 19 24 31 50 52
2017-10-25	1	2nd	1 3 11 37 49 58
2017-10-21	35	1st	3 31 37 41 44 59
2017-06-21	8	2nd	1 3 5 11 15 43
2017-05-24	2	1st	3 30 44 45 55 59
2017-05-17	10	1st	3 19 20 24 30 38
2017-04-12	7	1st	3 16 34 42 49 52
2017-03-18	27	1st	3 8 19 26 37 41
2016-12-14	3	1st	3 7 8 9 40 58
2016-12-03	6	1st	3 8 9 19 21 54
2016-11-12	7	1st	3 11 16 31 44 55
2016-10-19	12	2nd	2 3 4 32 54 59
2016-09-07	17	1st	3 10 12 29 30 44
2016-07-09	1	2nd	1 3 22 29 36 42
2016-07-06	1	2nd	1 3 20 24 38 39
2016-07-02	13	1st	3 9 16 19 24 43
2016-05-18	4	2nd	1 3 28 34 37 46
2016-05-04	42	3rd	1 2 3 4 20 21
2015-12-09	9	1st	3 8 14 28 34 53
2015-11-07	8	2nd	2 3 34 43 49 50
2015-10-10	—	2nd	2 3 16 32 53 54