Number 3

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

142times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.42σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

37longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 1 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 smallest121 · chance 112.5
2nd smallest20 · chance 28.1
3rd smallest1 · chance 1.4
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 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 37 27 25 31 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-07	2	1st	3 17 26 29 37 42
2026-09-30	5	1st	3 11 15 18 36 44
2026-09-12	11	2nd	1 3 9 14 16 19
2026-08-05	2	1st	3 18

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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