Number 3

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · since Jul 2009 rules — 2,425 draws, 6 from 1–90.

137times drawn · chance expected 162 −2.01σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

17.4average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

79longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 137 times in 2,425 draws against 161.7 expected, −2.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 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 137 times in 2,425 draws · average wait 17.4 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 15 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 smallest125 · chance 122.0
2nd smallest12 · chance 14.7
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.3
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 7.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 18 42 55 82 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 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 90. 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
2026-09-15	1	1st	3 12 18 32 47 54
2026-09-12	37	1st	3 7 14 40 78 81
2026-07-10	2	2nd	2 3 12 28 63 82
2026-07-07	37	1st

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-12-27	5	1st	3 37 39 44 68 72
2022-12-15	8	1st	3 4 30 32 39 65
2022-11-26	4	1st	3 8 42 48 61 72
2022-11-17	11	1st	3 6 39 48 52 88
2022-10-22	9	1st	3 28 31 43 53 59
2022-10-01	15	1st	3 11 14 26 67 82
2022-08-27	32	1st	3 5 15 39 45 80
2021-11-09	24	1st	3 6 14 17 54 60
2021-09-14	6	1st	3 14 42 52 69 81
2021-08-31	5	1st	3 5 10 44 76 77
2021-08-19	1	1st	3 4 31 80 81 87
2021-08-17	8	2nd	2 3 10 38 64 70
2021-07-29	17	1st	3 14 21 31 84 89
2021-06-19	47	2nd	1 3 41 55 84 85
2021-03-02	4	1st	3 32 39 56 77 89
2021-02-20	12	1st	3 18 25 31 65 75
2021-01-23	30	1st	3 19 27 35 63 89
2020-11-14	33	1st	3 30 47 67 68 89
2020-08-29	39	2nd	1 3 35 42 55 61
2020-05-30	4	1st	3 27 46 52 70 74
2020-05-21	27	1st	3 21 44 69 73 81
2020-02-06	16	1st	3 20 29 49 65 82
2019-12-31	1	1st	3 32 36 43 62 80
2019-12-28	4	1st	3 8 16 28 42 65
2019-12-19	68	1st	3 14 25 43 74 80
2019-07-13	28	1st	3 13 15 36 42 90
2019-05-09	28	1st	3 17 26 38 54 82
2019-03-05	17	1st	3 6 16 36 56 82
2019-01-24	1	1st	3 19 40 49 60 82
2019-01-22	7	1st	3 22 79 82 83 88
2019-01-07	20	1st	3 8 28 45 55 58
2018-11-20	1	1st	3 9 43 48 61 83
2018-11-17	9	1st	3 5 38 53 54 82
2018-10-27	11	1st	3 12 35 51 59 80
2018-10-02	7	1st	3 7 18 47 64 82
2018-09-15	28	1st	3 26 34 61 84 87
2018-07-12	2	1st	3 13 18 24 74 89
2018-07-07	23	1st	3 51 55 64 77 79
2018-05-15	16	1st	3 10 38 52 65 71
2018-04-07	23	1st	3 20 47 55 81 83
2018-02-13	14	1st	3 11 38 53 70 71
2018-01-11	11	1st	3 25 28 37 71 82
2017-12-16	12	1st	3 7 53 65 66 73
2017-11-18	43	1st	3 16 24 27 44 88
2017-08-10	40	1st	3 5 24 41 48 80
2017-05-09	8	1st	3 25 63 70 75 78
2017-04-20	7	1st	3 14 52 67 72 82
2017-04-04	3	1st	3 16 29 34 37 57
2017-03-28	1	1st	3 6 20 54 72 90
2017-03-25	6	1st	3 50 60 64 85 86
2017-03-11	56	1st	3 6 46 48 63 76
2016-10-31	2	1st	3 14 18 25 47 75
2016-10-27	14	1st	3 12 23 71 76 83
2016-09-24	48	1st	3 16 22 31 45 56
2016-06-06	3	1st	3 54 56 57 75 90
2016-05-28	9	1st	3 5 12 17 44 51
2016-05-07	50	1st	3 32 34 36 82 87
2016-01-12	60	1st	3 9 28 42 50 79
2015-08-25	7	1st	3 18 19 65 81 88
2015-08-08	29	1st	3 7 17 26 55 72
2015-06-03	7	1st	3 28 37 42 67 86
2015-05-16	20	1st	3 32 39 65 75 76
2015-03-31	52	1st	3 15 23 33 46 78
2014-11-29	25	1st	3 14 35 63 73 80
2014-10-02	36	1st	3 9 42 50 56 88
2014-07-10	7	1st	3 11 18 30 51 85
2014-06-24	4	1st	3 22 31 42 73 88
2014-06-14	5	1st	3 31 45 48 71 76
2014-06-03	4	1st	3 25 26 29 48 79
2014-05-24	5	1st	3 22 38 70 77 81
2014-05-13	3	1st	3 5 16 54 58 68
2014-05-06	4	2nd	1 3 4 60 70 73
2014-04-26	5	1st	3 9 13 25 42 81
2014-04-15	30	1st	3 26 33 44 48 49
2014-02-04	1	1st	3 12 25 33 59 85
2014-02-01	4	1st	3 6 41 44 48 73
2014-01-23	3	1st	3 6 12 13 19 67
2014-01-16	36	1st	3 18 34 37 40 47
2013-10-24	6	2nd	1 3 5 41 62 76
2013-10-10	23	1st	3 7 12 20 48 55
2013-08-19	20	1st	3 5 11 14 38 79
2013-07-02	12	1st	3 4 18 29 64 90
2013-06-04	8	1st	3 27 34 62 81 88
2013-05-16	18	1st	3 16 22 39 49 71
2013-04-04	19	1st	3 4 31 52 66 84
2013-02-19	19	1st	3 34 37 55 82 90
2013-01-05	23	1st	3 11 38 59 67 74
2012-11-13	20	1st	3 20 57 62 79 84
2012-09-27	4	1st	3 8 10 31 77 79
2012-09-18	13	1st	3 10 18 25 50 68
2012-08-18	28	1st	3 5 11 34 43 49
2012-06-14	8	1st	3 13 39 40 49 75
2012-05-26	63	1st	3 33 51 55 73 84
2011-12-31	16	2nd	2 3 9 30 33 56
2011-11-24	23	1st	3 33 62 69 75 79
2011-10-01	12	1st	3 5 13 54 58 85
2011-09-03	13	1st	3 5 9 41 58 62
2011-08-04	36	1st	3 10 18 42 67 90
2011-05-12	2	2nd	1 3 6 21 85 90
2011-05-07	16	1st	3 4 22 43 65 67
2011-03-31	11	1st	3 25 43 55 72 80
2011-03-05	5	1st	3 12 38 50 54 55
2011-02-22	4	2nd	2 3 38 42 56 74
2011-02-12	8	2nd	1 3 19 23 61 78
2011-01-25	18	1st	3 12 13 15 43 46
2010-12-14	1	1st	3 17 48 76 77 90
2010-12-11	22	1st	3 17 35 52 69 83
2010-10-21	19	1st	3 13 33 42 56 85
2010-09-07	34	1st	3 7 48 67 87 90
2010-06-19	8	1st	3 8 10 22 32 50
2010-06-01	79	1st	3 15 46 67 75 78
2009-11-28	19	1st	3 42 52 67 78 86
2009-10-15	—	1st	3 29 51 55 73 81