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Star 3 In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 792 draws, 1 from 1–10.
Main numbers Stars 86 times drawn · chance expected 79 +0.81σ
14 draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number
9.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
79 longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 86 times in 792 draws against 79.2 expected, +0.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 86 times in 792 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 14 draws now
2 draws: 2019-03-28 to 2019-04-04 6 draws: 2019-04-04 to 2019-04-25 3 draws: 2019-04-25 to 2019-05-06 4 draws: 2019-05-06 to 2019-05-20 1 draws: 2019-05-20 to 2019-05-23 9 draws: 2019-05-23 to 2019-06-24 7 draws: 2019-06-24 to 2019-07-18 3 draws: 2019-07-18 to 2019-07-29 1 draws: 2019-07-29 to 2019-08-01 7 draws: 2019-08-01 to 2019-08-26 8 draws: 2019-08-26 to 2019-09-23 1 draws: 2019-09-23 to 2019-09-26 79 draws: 2019-09-26 to 2020-06-29 19 draws: 2020-06-29 to 2020-09-03 4 draws: 2020-09-03 to 2020-09-17 11 draws: 2020-09-17 to 2020-10-26 15 draws: 2020-10-26 to 2020-12-17 1 draws: 2020-12-17 to 2020-12-21 16 draws: 2020-12-21 to 2021-02-15 39 draws: 2021-02-15 to 2021-07-01 8 draws: 2021-07-01 to 2021-07-29 3 draws: 2021-07-29 to 2021-08-09 7 draws: 2021-08-09 to 2021-09-02 6 draws: 2021-09-02 to 2021-09-23 12 draws: 2021-09-23 to 2021-11-04 1 draws: 2021-11-04 to 2021-11-08 4 draws: 2021-11-08 to 2021-11-22 1 draws: 2021-11-22 to 2021-11-25 8 draws: 2021-11-25 to 2021-12-23 1 draws: 2021-12-23 to 2021-12-27 5 draws: 2021-12-27 to 2022-01-13 11 draws: 2022-01-13 to 2022-02-21 8 draws: 2022-02-21 to 2022-03-21 2 draws: 2022-03-21 to 2022-03-28 29 draws: 2022-03-28 to 2022-07-07 8 draws: 2022-07-07 to 2022-08-04 8 draws: 2022-08-04 to 2022-09-01 2 draws: 2022-09-01 to 2022-09-08 16 draws: 2022-09-08 to 2022-11-03 5 draws: 2022-11-03 to 2022-11-21 14 draws: 2022-11-21 to 2023-01-09 10 draws: 2023-01-09 to 2023-02-13 2 draws: 2023-02-13 to 2023-02-20 9 draws: 2023-02-20 to 2023-03-23 9 draws: 2023-03-23 to 2023-04-24 8 draws: 2023-04-24 to 2023-05-22 3 draws: 2023-05-22 to 2023-06-01 2 draws: 2023-06-01 to 2023-06-08 1 draws: 2023-06-08 to 2023-06-12 11 draws: 2023-06-12 to 2023-07-20 1 draws: 2023-07-20 to 2023-07-24 1 draws: 2023-07-24 to 2023-07-27 1 draws: 2023-07-27 to 2023-07-31 1 draws: 2023-07-31 to 2023-08-03 6 draws: 2023-08-03 to 2023-08-24 5 draws: 2023-08-24 to 2023-09-11 5 draws: 2023-09-11 to 2023-09-28 2 draws: 2023-09-28 to 2023-10-05 52 draws: 2023-10-05 to 2024-04-04 12 draws: 2024-04-04 to 2024-05-16 3 draws: 2024-05-16 to 2024-05-27 5 draws: 2024-05-27 to 2024-06-13 9 draws: 2024-06-13 to 2024-07-15 3 draws: 2024-07-15 to 2024-07-25 14 draws: 2024-07-25 to 2024-09-12 10 draws: 2024-09-12 to 2024-10-17 19 draws: 2024-10-17 to 2024-12-23 5 draws: 2024-12-23 to 2025-01-09 11 draws: 2025-01-09 to 2025-02-17 3 draws: 2025-02-17 to 2025-02-27 4 draws: 2025-02-27 to 2025-03-13 20 draws: 2025-03-13 to 2025-05-22 30 draws: 2025-05-22 to 2025-09-04 5 draws: 2025-09-04 to 2025-09-22 11 draws: 2025-09-22 to 2025-10-30 4 draws: 2025-10-30 to 2025-11-13 1 draws: 2025-11-13 to 2025-11-17 10 draws: 2025-11-17 to 2025-12-22 11 draws: 2025-12-22 to 2026-01-29 9 draws: 2026-01-29 to 2026-03-02 1 draws: 2026-03-02 to 2026-03-05 32 draws: 2026-03-05 to 2026-06-25 1 draws: 2026-06-25 to 2026-06-29 12 draws: 2026-06-29 to 2026-08-10 5 draws: 2026-08-10 to 2026-08-27 Still waiting — at least 14 draws since 2026-08-27 2019-03-28 2019-04-04 2019-04-25 2019-05-06 2019-05-20 2019-05-23 2019-06-24 2019-07-18 2019-07-29 2019-08-01 2019-08-26 2019-09-23 2019-09-26 2020-06-29 2020-09-03 2020-09-17 2020-10-26 2020-12-17 2020-12-21 2021-02-15 2021-07-01 2021-07-29 2021-08-09 2021-09-02 2021-09-23 2021-11-04 2021-11-08 2021-11-22 2021-11-25 2021-12-23 2021-12-27 2022-01-13 2022-02-21 2022-03-21 2022-03-28 2022-07-07 2022-08-04 2022-09-01 2022-09-08 2022-11-03 2022-11-21 2023-01-09 2023-02-13 2023-02-20 2023-03-23 2023-04-24 2023-05-22 2023-06-01 2023-06-08 2023-06-12 2023-07-20 2023-07-24 2023-07-27 2023-07-31 2023-08-03 2023-08-24 2023-09-11 2023-09-28 2023-10-05 2024-04-04 2024-05-16 2024-05-27 2024-06-13 2024-07-15 2024-07-25 2024-09-12 2024-10-17 2024-12-23 2025-01-09 2025-02-17 2025-02-27 2025-03-13 2025-05-22 2025-09-04 2025-09-22 2025-10-30 2025-11-13 2025-11-17 2025-12-22 2026-01-29 2026-03-02 2026-03-05 2026-06-25 2026-06-29 2026-08-10 2026-08-27 2019-03-18 2026-10-15
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1st smallest 86 · chance 86.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 9 of the other 9 numbers; chance expects about 9 such strangers 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 10. 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 The other 62 appearances ← star 2 Every number star 4 → 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 1/10 tonight whatever it did last week.