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Star 3 In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,064 draws, 1 from 1–14.
Main numbers Stars 253 times drawn · chance expected 219 +2.40σ
11 draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number
12.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
64 longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 253 times in 3,064 draws against 218.9 expected, +2.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 253 times in 3,064 draws · average wait 12.1 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 11 draws now
2 draws: 2010-01-20 to 2010-01-27 4 draws: 2010-01-27 to 2010-02-10 2 draws: 2010-02-10 to 2010-02-17 39 draws: 2010-02-17 to 2010-06-16 5 draws: 2010-06-16 to 2010-06-26 4 draws: 2010-06-26 to 2010-07-07 26 draws: 2010-07-07 to 2010-09-04 10 draws: 2010-09-04 to 2010-09-29 3 draws: 2010-09-29 to 2010-10-06 5 draws: 2010-10-06 to 2010-10-16 2 draws: 2010-10-16 to 2010-10-22 6 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-11-05 7 draws: 2010-11-05 to 2010-11-20 5 draws: 2010-11-20 to 2010-12-03 19 draws: 2010-12-03 to 2011-01-15 6 draws: 2011-01-15 to 2011-01-29 2 draws: 2011-01-29 to 2011-02-04 6 draws: 2011-02-04 to 2011-02-18 38 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-05-18 1 draws: 2011-05-18 to 2011-05-20 2 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-05-25 13 draws: 2011-05-25 to 2011-06-24 14 draws: 2011-06-24 to 2011-07-27 15 draws: 2011-07-27 to 2011-08-31 6 draws: 2011-08-31 to 2011-09-14 4 draws: 2011-09-14 to 2011-09-23 2 draws: 2011-09-23 to 2011-09-28 11 draws: 2011-09-28 to 2011-10-22 2 draws: 2011-10-22 to 2011-10-28 23 draws: 2011-10-28 to 2011-12-21 6 draws: 2011-12-21 to 2012-01-04 13 draws: 2012-01-04 to 2012-02-03 17 draws: 2012-02-03 to 2012-03-14 2 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-03-17 48 draws: 2012-03-17 to 2012-07-07 18 draws: 2012-07-07 to 2012-08-18 18 draws: 2012-08-18 to 2012-09-29 13 draws: 2012-09-29 to 2012-10-31 3 draws: 2012-10-31 to 2012-11-07 59 draws: 2012-11-07 to 2013-03-23 35 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-06-14 8 draws: 2013-06-14 to 2013-07-03 5 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-13 3 draws: 2013-07-13 to 2013-07-20 4 draws: 2013-07-20 to 2013-07-31 1 draws: 2013-07-31 to 2013-08-02 32 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-10-16 4 draws: 2013-10-16 to 2013-10-25 23 draws: 2013-10-25 to 2013-12-18 14 draws: 2013-12-18 to 2014-01-18 2 draws: 2014-01-18 to 2014-01-24 34 draws: 2014-01-24 to 2014-04-12 17 draws: 2014-04-12 to 2014-05-23 13 draws: 2014-05-23 to 2014-06-21 2 draws: 2014-06-21 to 2014-06-27 44 draws: 2014-06-27 to 2014-10-08 2 draws: 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-11 4 draws: 2014-10-11 to 2014-10-22 20 draws: 2014-10-22 to 2014-12-06 6 draws: 2014-12-06 to 2014-12-20 4 draws: 2014-12-20 to 2014-12-31 21 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-02-18 5 draws: 2015-02-18 to 2015-02-28 16 draws: 2015-02-28 to 2015-04-08 3 draws: 2015-04-08 to 2015-04-15 4 draws: 2015-04-15 to 2015-04-24 16 draws: 2015-04-24 to 2015-05-30 5 draws: 2015-05-30 to 2015-06-12 10 draws: 2015-06-12 to 2015-07-04 7 draws: 2015-07-04 to 2015-07-22 18 draws: 2015-07-22 to 2015-09-02 40 draws: 2015-09-02 to 2015-12-04 48 draws: 2015-12-04 to 2016-03-25 12 draws: 2016-03-25 to 2016-04-22 8 draws: 2016-04-22 to 2016-05-11 8 draws: 2016-05-11 to 2016-05-28 7 draws: 2016-05-28 to 2016-06-15 4 draws: 2016-06-15 to 2016-06-24 3 draws: 2016-06-24 to 2016-07-01 10 draws: 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-23 4 draws: 2016-07-23 to 2016-08-03 10 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-08-26 13 draws: 2016-08-26 to 2016-09-24 1 draws: 2016-09-24 to 2016-09-28 10 draws: 2016-09-28 to 2016-10-21 1 draws: 2016-10-21 to 2016-10-22 8 draws: 2016-10-22 to 2016-11-11 3 draws: 2016-11-11 to 2016-11-18 5 draws: 2016-11-18 to 2016-11-30 29 draws: 2016-11-30 to 2017-02-04 4 draws: 2017-02-04 to 2017-02-15 4 draws: 2017-02-15 to 2017-02-24 8 draws: 2017-02-24 to 2017-03-15 8 draws: 2017-03-15 to 2017-04-01 24 draws: 2017-04-01 to 2017-05-27 10 draws: 2017-05-27 to 2017-06-21 5 draws: 2017-06-21 to 2017-07-01 23 draws: 2017-07-01 to 2017-08-25 35 draws: 2017-08-25 to 2017-11-15 18 draws: 2017-11-15 to 2017-12-27 11 draws: 2017-12-27 to 2018-01-20 9 draws: 2018-01-20 to 2018-02-07 7 draws: 2018-02-07 to 2018-02-20 7 draws: 2018-02-20 to 2018-03-03 2 draws: 2018-03-03 to 2018-03-07 27 draws: 2018-03-07 to 2018-04-24 8 draws: 2018-04-24 to 2018-05-08 8 draws: 2018-05-08 to 2018-05-22 32 draws: 2018-05-22 to 2018-07-17 3 draws: 2018-07-17 to 2018-07-21 5 draws: 2018-07-21 to 2018-07-31 7 draws: 2018-07-31 to 2018-08-11 18 draws: 2018-08-11 to 2018-09-12 1 draws: 2018-09-12 to 2018-09-14 4 draws: 2018-09-14 to 2018-09-21 6 draws: 2018-09-21 to 2018-10-02 6 draws: 2018-10-02 to 2018-10-12 16 draws: 2018-10-12 to 2018-11-09 7 draws: 2018-11-09 to 2018-11-21 1 draws: 2018-11-21 to 2018-11-23 39 draws: 2018-11-23 to 2019-01-30 11 draws: 2019-01-30 to 2019-02-19 3 draws: 2019-02-19 to 2019-02-23 9 draws: 2019-02-23 to 2019-03-12 13 draws: 2019-03-12 to 2019-04-03 4 draws: 2019-04-03 to 2019-04-10 3 draws: 2019-04-10 to 2019-04-16 6 draws: 2019-04-16 to 2019-04-26 3 draws: 2019-04-26 to 2019-05-01 3 draws: 2019-05-01 to 2019-05-07 2 draws: 2019-05-07 to 2019-05-10 13 draws: 2019-05-10 to 2019-06-01 64 draws: 2019-06-01 to 2019-09-21 2 draws: 2019-09-21 to 2019-09-25 1 draws: 2019-09-25 to 2019-09-27 3 draws: 2019-09-27 to 2019-10-02 4 draws: 2019-10-02 to 2019-10-09 14 draws: 2019-10-09 to 2019-11-02 31 draws: 2019-11-02 to 2019-12-27 5 draws: 2019-12-27 to 2020-01-04 7 draws: 2020-01-04 to 2020-01-17 12 draws: 2020-01-17 to 2020-02-07 28 draws: 2020-02-07 to 2020-03-27 17 draws: 2020-03-27 to 2020-04-25 7 draws: 2020-04-25 to 2020-05-08 12 draws: 2020-05-08 to 2020-05-29 20 draws: 2020-05-29 to 2020-07-03 10 draws: 2020-07-03 to 2020-07-21 9 draws: 2020-07-21 to 2020-08-05 10 draws: 2020-08-05 to 2020-08-22 45 draws: 2020-08-22 to 2020-11-10 6 draws: 2020-11-10 to 2020-11-20 1 draws: 2020-11-20 to 2020-11-21 10 draws: 2020-11-21 to 2020-12-09 38 draws: 2020-12-09 to 2021-02-13 1 draws: 2021-02-13 to 2021-02-16 2 draws: 2021-02-16 to 2021-02-19 36 draws: 2021-02-19 to 2021-04-23 10 draws: 2021-04-23 to 2021-05-11 11 draws: 2021-05-11 to 2021-05-29 3 draws: 2021-05-29 to 2021-06-04 20 draws: 2021-06-04 to 2021-07-09 34 draws: 2021-07-09 to 2021-09-07 22 draws: 2021-09-07 to 2021-10-15 14 draws: 2021-10-15 to 2021-11-09 10 draws: 2021-11-09 to 2021-11-26 30 draws: 2021-11-26 to 2022-01-18 1 draws: 2022-01-18 to 2022-01-19 21 draws: 2022-01-19 to 2022-02-25 2 draws: 2022-02-25 to 2022-03-01 2 draws: 2022-03-01 to 2022-03-04 6 draws: 2022-03-04 to 2022-03-15 3 draws: 2022-03-15 to 2022-03-19 21 draws: 2022-03-19 to 2022-04-26 4 draws: 2022-04-26 to 2022-05-03 42 draws: 2022-05-03 to 2022-07-15 58 draws: 2022-07-15 to 2022-10-25 5 draws: 2022-10-25 to 2022-11-02 9 draws: 2022-11-02 to 2022-11-18 22 draws: 2022-11-18 to 2022-12-27 1 draws: 2022-12-27 to 2022-12-28 5 draws: 2022-12-28 to 2023-01-06 20 draws: 2023-01-06 to 2023-02-10 2 draws: 2023-02-10 to 2023-02-14 7 draws: 2023-02-14 to 2023-02-25 5 draws: 2023-02-25 to 2023-03-07 9 draws: 2023-03-07 to 2023-03-22 23 draws: 2023-03-22 to 2023-05-02 8 draws: 2023-05-02 to 2023-05-16 5 draws: 2023-05-16 to 2023-05-24 14 draws: 2023-05-24 to 2023-06-17 12 draws: 2023-06-17 to 2023-07-08 14 draws: 2023-07-08 to 2023-08-02 24 draws: 2023-08-02 to 2023-09-13 3 draws: 2023-09-13 to 2023-09-19 7 draws: 2023-09-19 to 2023-09-30 1 draws: 2023-09-30 to 2023-10-03 24 draws: 2023-10-03 to 2023-11-14 17 draws: 2023-11-14 to 2023-12-13 6 draws: 2023-12-13 to 2023-12-23 3 draws: 2023-12-23 to 2023-12-29 3 draws: 2023-12-29 to 2024-01-03 6 draws: 2024-01-03 to 2024-01-13 30 draws: 2024-01-13 to 2024-03-06 12 draws: 2024-03-06 to 2024-03-27 3 draws: 2024-03-27 to 2024-04-02 14 draws: 2024-04-02 to 2024-04-26 19 draws: 2024-04-26 to 2024-05-29 8 draws: 2024-05-29 to 2024-06-12 3 draws: 2024-06-12 to 2024-06-18 19 draws: 2024-06-18 to 2024-07-20 5 draws: 2024-07-20 to 2024-07-30 17 draws: 2024-07-30 to 2024-08-28 3 draws: 2024-08-28 to 2024-09-03 23 draws: 2024-09-03 to 2024-10-12 10 draws: 2024-10-12 to 2024-10-30 10 draws: 2024-10-30 to 2024-11-16 24 draws: 2024-11-16 to 2024-12-28 38 draws: 2024-12-28 to 2025-03-05 9 draws: 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-21 4 draws: 2025-03-21 to 2025-03-28 6 draws: 2025-03-28 to 2025-04-08 1 draws: 2025-04-08 to 2025-04-09 9 draws: 2025-04-09 to 2025-04-25 33 draws: 2025-04-25 to 2025-06-21 10 draws: 2025-06-21 to 2025-07-09 10 draws: 2025-07-09 to 2025-07-26 5 draws: 2025-07-26 to 2025-08-05 18 draws: 2025-08-05 to 2025-09-05 3 draws: 2025-09-05 to 2025-09-10 3 draws: 2025-09-10 to 2025-09-16 13 draws: 2025-09-16 to 2025-10-08 3 draws: 2025-10-08 to 2025-10-14 24 draws: 2025-10-14 to 2025-11-25 2 draws: 2025-11-25 to 2025-11-28 1 draws: 2025-11-28 to 2025-11-29 10 draws: 2025-11-29 to 2025-12-17 21 draws: 2025-12-17 to 2026-01-23 11 draws: 2026-01-23 to 2026-02-11 5 draws: 2026-02-11 to 2026-02-20 9 draws: 2026-02-20 to 2026-03-07 8 draws: 2026-03-07 to 2026-03-21 27 draws: 2026-03-21 to 2026-05-08 24 draws: 2026-05-08 to 2026-06-19 2 draws: 2026-06-19 to 2026-06-23 5 draws: 2026-06-23 to 2026-07-01 8 draws: 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-15 3 draws: 2026-07-15 to 2026-07-21 2 draws: 2026-07-21 to 2026-07-24 13 draws: 2026-07-24 to 2026-08-15 13 draws: 2026-08-15 to 2026-09-08 10 draws: 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-25 Still waiting — at least 11 draws since 2026-09-25 2010-01-20 2010-01-27 2010-02-10 2010-02-17 2010-06-16 2010-06-26 2010-07-07 2010-09-04 2010-09-29 2010-10-06 2010-10-16 2010-10-22 2010-11-05 2010-11-20 2010-12-03 2011-01-15 2011-01-29 2011-02-04 2011-02-18 2011-05-18 2011-05-20 2011-05-25 2011-06-24 2011-07-27 2011-08-31 2011-09-14 2011-09-23 2011-09-28 2011-10-22 2011-10-28 2011-12-21 2012-01-04 2012-02-03 2012-03-14 2012-03-17 2012-07-07 2012-08-18 2012-09-29 2012-10-31 2012-11-07 2013-03-23 2013-06-14 2013-07-03 2013-07-13 2013-07-20 2013-07-31 2013-08-02 2013-10-16 2013-10-25 2013-12-18 2014-01-18 2014-01-24 2014-04-12 2014-05-23 2014-06-21 2014-06-27 2014-10-08 2014-10-11 2014-10-22 2014-12-06 2014-12-20 2014-12-31 2015-02-18 2015-02-28 2015-04-08 2015-04-15 2015-04-24 2015-05-30 2015-06-12 2015-07-04 2015-07-22 2015-09-02 2015-12-04 2016-03-25 2016-04-22 2016-05-11 2016-05-28 2016-06-15 2016-06-24 2016-07-01 2016-07-23 2016-08-03 2016-08-26 2016-09-24 2016-09-28 2016-10-21 2016-10-22 2016-11-11 2016-11-18 2016-11-30 2017-02-04 2017-02-15 2017-02-24 2017-03-15 2017-04-01 2017-05-27 2017-06-21 2017-07-01 2017-08-25 2017-11-15 2017-12-27 2018-01-20 2018-02-07 2018-02-20 2018-03-03 2018-03-07 2018-04-24 2018-05-08 2018-05-22 2018-07-17 2018-07-21 2018-07-31 2018-08-11 2018-09-12 2018-09-14 2018-09-21 2018-10-02 2018-10-12 2018-11-09 2018-11-21 2018-11-23 2019-01-30 2019-02-19 2019-02-23 2019-03-12 2019-04-03 2019-04-10 2019-04-16 2019-04-26 2019-05-01 2019-05-07 2019-05-10 2019-06-01 2019-09-21 2019-09-25 2019-09-27 2019-10-02 2019-10-09 2019-11-02 2019-12-27 2020-01-04 2020-01-17 2020-02-07 2020-03-27 2020-04-25 2020-05-08 2020-05-29 2020-07-03 2020-07-21 2020-08-05 2020-08-22 2020-11-10 2020-11-20 2020-11-21 2020-12-09 2021-02-13 2021-02-16 2021-02-19 2021-04-23 2021-05-11 2021-05-29 2021-06-04 2021-07-09 2021-09-07 2021-10-15 2021-11-09 2021-11-26 2022-01-18 2022-01-19 2022-02-25 2022-03-01 2022-03-04 2022-03-15 2022-03-19 2022-04-26 2022-05-03 2022-07-15 2022-10-25 2022-11-02 2022-11-18 2022-12-27 2022-12-28 2023-01-06 2023-02-10 2023-02-14 2023-02-25 2023-03-07 2023-03-22 2023-05-02 2023-05-16 2023-05-24 2023-06-17 2023-07-08 2023-08-02 2023-09-13 2023-09-19 2023-09-30 2023-10-03 2023-11-14 2023-12-13 2023-12-23 2023-12-29 2024-01-03 2024-01-13 2024-03-06 2024-03-27 2024-04-02 2024-04-26 2024-05-29 2024-06-12 2024-06-18 2024-07-20 2024-07-30 2024-08-28 2024-09-03 2024-10-12 2024-10-30 2024-11-16 2024-12-28 2025-03-05 2025-03-21 2025-03-28 2025-04-08 2025-04-09 2025-04-25 2025-06-21 2025-07-09 2025-07-26 2025-08-05 2025-09-05 2025-09-10 2025-09-16 2025-10-08 2025-10-14 2025-11-25 2025-11-28 2025-11-29 2025-12-17 2026-01-23 2026-02-11 2026-02-20 2026-03-07 2026-03-21 2026-05-08 2026-06-19 2026-06-23 2026-07-01 2026-07-15 2026-07-21 2026-07-24 2026-08-15 2026-09-08 2026-09-25 2010-01-02 2026-10-14 a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
1 draws: 14 times 2 draws: 21 times 3 draws: 24 times 4 draws: 17 times 5 draws: 18 times 6 draws: 14 times 7 draws: 11 times 8 draws: 12 times 9 draws: 8 times 10 draws: 17 times 11 draws: 5 times 12 draws: 5 times 13 draws: 10 times 14 draws: 7 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 5 times 18 draws: 6 times 19 draws: 3 times 20 draws: 4 times 21 draws: 4 times 22 draws: 2 times 23 draws: 5 times 24 draws: 6 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 2 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 2 times 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 2 times 33 draws: 1 time 34 draws: 2 times 35 draws: 2 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 3 times 39 draws: 2 times 40 draws: 1 time 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 1 time 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 1 time 45 draws: 1 time 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 2 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 0 times 51 draws: 0 times 52 draws: 0 times 53 draws: 0 times 54 draws: 0 times 55 draws: 0 times 56 draws: 0 times 57 draws: 0 times 58 draws: 1 time 59 draws: 1 time 60 draws: 0 times 61 draws: 0 times 62 draws: 0 times 63 draws: 0 times 64 draws: 1 time 65 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 253 · chance 253.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 13 of the other 13 numbers; chance expects about 13 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 14. 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 229 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 1/14 tonight whatever it did last week.