Number 3

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

196times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.55σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

30longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 196 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, −0.55σ. 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 36 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 196 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 30 · 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 smallest136 · chance 148.4
2nd smallest58 · chance 45.0
3rd smallest2 · chance 2.6
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 25.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 2 37 30 9 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-10	2	1st	3 13 22 27 35 38
2026-10-03	6	1st	3 4 5 17 18 36
2026-09-12	2	1st	3 4 26 29 38 40
2026-09-05	4	1st	3 14 16 23 31 34
2026-08-22	9	1st	3 14 20 22 37 40
2026-07-22	10	1st	3 18 25 26 30 34
2026-06-17	3	1st	3 7 10 31 35 37
2026-06-06	8	1st	3 22 29 37 39 40
2026-05-09	1	1st	3 10 12 18 26 32
2026-05-06	14	1st	3 4 16 22 24 34
2026-03-18	15	1st	3 18 28 30 33 36
2026-01-24	1	2nd	1 3 13 16 21 40
2026-01-21	6	1st	3 9 10 13 14 40
2025-12-31	8	2nd	1 3 11 23 26 33
2025-12-03	8	1st	3 9 24 30 38 40
2025-11-05	3	1st	3 4 9 25 29 40
2025-10-25	1	1st	3 20 22 24 36 37
2025-10-22	23	1st	3 9 12 15 31 37
2025-08-02	9	1st	3 19 28 29 31 40
2025-07-02	3	1st	3 4 6 26 27 40
2025-06-21	9	1st	3 11 19 20 27 35
2025-05-21	13	1st	3 5 6 24 27 37
2025-04-05	19	1st	3 21 27 37 38 39
2025-01-29	4	2nd	1 3 15 16 27 40

The other 172 appearances

2025-01-15	7	1st	3 9 20 34 37 40
2024-12-21	1	2nd	2 3 9 21 24 33
2024-12-18	3	1st	3 13 14 23 31 35
2024-12-07	2	1st	3 7 16 24 27 29
2024-11-30	2	1st	3 10 17 25 27 28
2024-11-23	2	1st	3 17 22 27 29 40
2024-11-16	1	1st	3 5 12 19 28 39
2024-11-13	10	1st	3 11 29 30 32 38
2024-10-09	1	2nd	1 3 10 24 32 38
2024-10-05	3	2nd	2 3 11 12 30 36
2024-09-25	3	2nd	2 3 5 17 27 30
2024-09-14	1	1st	3 15 18 22 31 32
2024-09-11	9	1st	3 10 15 19 22 26
2024-08-10	14	1st	3 6 17 24 25 30
2024-06-22	2	2nd	1 3 10 17 30 31
2024-06-15	22	1st	3 8 13 20 38 40
2024-03-30	15	1st	3 20 29 30 32 40
2024-02-07	4	2nd	2 3 24 27 37 38
2024-01-24	1	1st	3 5 12 13 26 40
2024-01-20	1	1st	3 17 18 21 23 33
2024-01-17	14	2nd	1 3 12 18 25 40
2023-11-29	2	2nd	2 3 5 9 14 36
2023-11-22	4	1st	3 9 16 19 25 34
2023-11-08	12	2nd	2 3 11 20 25 39
2023-09-27	19	1st	3 6 9 11 19 27
2023-07-22	11	1st	3 4 12 22 24 25
2023-06-14	3	2nd	2 3 9 18 22 37
2023-06-03	1	1st	3 4 6 19 25 29
2023-05-31	10	1st	3 11 14 18 21 25
2023-04-26	2	1st	3 15 23 29 36 40
2023-04-19	10	2nd	2 3 13 25 27 33
2023-03-15	12	1st	3 4 5 24 33 39
2023-02-01	7	2nd	1 3 9 11 31 39
2023-01-07	3	2nd	1 3 7 15 24 30
2022-12-28	1	2nd	1 3 11 27 33 37
2022-12-24	8	2nd	2 3 4 19 30 31
2022-11-26	17	1st	3 5 27 29 31 38
2022-09-28	3	2nd	1 3 6 20 31 37
2022-09-17	18	1st	3 9 12 34 37 38
2022-07-16	1	1st	3 16 18 30 31 34
2022-07-13	9	2nd	2 3 6 9 15 40
2022-06-11	5	1st	3 4 5 21 24 40
2022-05-25	3	2nd	1 3 14 20 29 33
2022-05-14	6	1st	3 5 7 18 31 35
2022-04-23	1	1st	3 13 19 23 30 32
2022-04-20	14	1st	3 4 15 17 19 34
2022-03-02	6	1st	3 6 16 23 32 38
2022-02-09	11	1st	3 12 22 31 34 35
2022-01-01	2	1st	3 6 19 20 23 29
2021-12-25	2	2nd	1 3 5 11 12 38
2021-12-18	8	1st	3 4 6 13 14 17
2021-11-20	9	2nd	2 3 4 17 24 28
2021-10-20	12	2nd	2 3 4 7 19 31
2021-09-08	8	1st	3 27 33 35 36 37
2021-08-11	7	1st	3 7 10 18 25 29
2021-07-17	3	1st	3 5 8 11 32 36
2021-07-07	8	1st	3 8 14 15 30 31
2021-06-09	2	1st	3 6 18 21 29 35
2021-06-02	6	1st	3 4 10 14 37 38
2021-05-12	16	2nd	2 3 26 29 32 35
2021-03-17	2	1st	3 4 10 15 20 33
2021-03-10	2	1st	3 6 11 15 17 22
2021-03-03	7	1st	3 9 20 22 26 39
2021-02-06	20	2nd	2 3 8 10 11 38
2020-11-28	1	1st	3 10 13 22 27 37
2020-11-25	4	2nd	2 3 14 29 30 35
2020-11-11	3	1st	3 4 13 17 26 35
2020-10-31	10	1st	3 19 22 26 28 39
2020-09-26	4	2nd	1 3 9 11 23 37
2020-09-12	24	2nd	1 3 17 23 32 35
2020-06-20	19	2nd	2 3 10 11 29 35
2020-04-15	5	1st	3 15 17 22 26 29
2020-03-28	9	2nd	2 3 19 35 37 39
2020-02-26	6	2nd	2 3 8 21 30 33
2020-02-05	30	2nd	2 3 6 15 31 40
2019-10-23	6	2nd	2 3 20 24 26 39
2019-10-02	2	1st	3 4 6 22 25 32
2019-09-25	14	1st	3 5 15 21 22 31
2019-08-07	22	1st	3 7 11 24 25 40
2019-05-22	3	2nd	2 3 12 14 16 28
2019-05-11	12	2nd	2 3 16 19 20 39
2019-03-30	4	2nd	2 3 9 13 18 21
2019-03-16	15	1st	3 11 18 21 32 37
2019-01-23	2	1st	3 10 11 13 31 40
2019-01-16	6	1st	3 8 21 22 30 35
2018-12-26	4	1st	3 24 29 30 32 40
2018-12-12	7	1st	3 20 29 30 32 37
2018-11-17	16	1st	3 14 25 27 30 34
2018-09-22	1	1st	3 22 25 35 36 38
2018-09-19	2	1st	3 5 7 9 11 13
2018-09-12	5	2nd	1 3 8 11 19 36
2018-08-25	4	1st	3 4 8 9 13 15
2018-08-11	18	1st	3 19 25 30 32 38
2018-06-09	6	2nd	2 3 4 9 20 24
2018-05-19	7	1st	3 6 13 25 31 37
2018-04-25	3	1st	3 7 15 23 27 36
2018-04-14	11	1st	3 14 21 25 34 35
2018-03-07	2	1st	3 15 23 25 29 34
2018-02-28	2	1st	3 10 16 18 20 40
2018-02-21	10	1st	3 9 11 17 25 31
2018-01-17	5	1st	3 15 18 19 22 23
2017-12-30	1	2nd	1 3 12 20 21 32
2017-12-27	2	1st	3 15 16 22 28 30
2017-12-20	4	2nd	1 3 12 14 17 33
2017-12-06	7	1st	3 7 16 19 21 40
2017-11-11	2	1st	3 14 18 26 38 39
2017-11-04	1	1st	3 5 12 25 28 40
2017-11-01	2	1st	3 17 19 23 29 39
2017-10-25	3	2nd	1 3 19 22 23 25
2017-10-14	3	1st	3 4 7 11 31 38
2017-10-04	5	2nd	2 3 5 21 33 37
2017-09-16	3	1st	3 9 15 20 24 37
2017-09-06	22	1st	3 7 25 27 28 30
2017-06-21	1	1st	3 17 29 32 36 40
2017-06-17	1	1st	3 5 6 7 33 37
2017-06-14	5	1st	3 6 7 13 36 40
2017-05-27	4	2nd	2 3 8 9 28 36
2017-05-13	1	2nd	2 3 7 26 31 37
2017-05-10	18	2nd	1 3 4 9 15 33
2017-03-08	6	2nd	2 3 4 5 13 36
2017-02-15	3	1st	3 5 28 29 32 36
2017-02-04	4	2nd	2 3 16 17 38 39
2017-01-21	8	1st	3 7 13 20 30 34
2016-12-24	13	1st	3 6 9 25 26 28
2016-11-09	1	2nd	1 3 21 22 29 30
2016-11-05	3	1st	3 11 16 24 38 40
2016-10-26	8	1st	3 4 6 11 28 29
2016-09-28	4	1st	3 5 15 27 37 38
2016-09-14	8	1st	3 8 14 18 23 40
2016-08-17	6	2nd	2 3 6 10 14 26
2016-07-27	5	1st	3 7 18 20 22 30
2016-07-09	16	1st	3 18 27 29 33 37
2016-05-14	3	1st	3 6 13 18 34 40
2016-05-04	4	1st	3 13 19 26 39 40
2016-04-20	1	2nd	2 3 9 12 21 26
2016-04-16	17	1st	3 4 19 20 28 35
2016-02-17	1	1st	3 10 20 24 30 33
2016-02-13	9	1st	3 7 8 9 17 35
2016-01-13	1	1st	3 15 22 28 35 39
2016-01-09	16	1st	3 8 21 30 31 37
2015-11-14	11	1st	3 5 9 10 15 40
2015-10-07	6	1st	3 7 14 23 28 31
2015-08-29	1	1st	3 17 31 34 37 39
2015-08-22	7	2nd	1 3 8 20 26 38
2015-07-04	6	1st	3 7 10 16 18 38
2015-05-23	1	2nd	1 3 9 34 36 37
2015-05-16	5	2nd	1 3 5 31 32 38
2015-04-11	20	1st	3 4 19 21 26 33
2014-11-22	3	1st	3 17 23 28 34 37
2014-11-01	6	1st	3 12 14 26 32 37
2014-09-20	2	1st	3 22 26 30 33 37
2014-09-06	10	1st	3 4 14 17 35 38
2014-06-28	1	3rd	1 2 3 14 36 38
2014-06-21	6	2nd	2 3 14 17 18 35
2014-05-10	3	1st	3 4 5 9 24 35
2014-04-19	6	1st	3 19 26 28 30 37
2014-03-08	13	1st	3 6 8 18 28 35
2013-12-07	21	1st	3 11 21 25 26 31
2013-07-13	2	1st	3 5 13 19 22 32
2013-06-29	6	1st	3 10 16 17 20 38
2013-05-18	9	1st	3 8 22 33 35 36
2013-03-16	9	1st	3 11 13 15 16 26
2013-01-12	1	3rd	1 2 3 7 8 30
2013-01-05	1	2nd	1 3 8 14 26 30
2012-12-29	5	1st	3 6 7 25 26 29
2012-11-24	10	1st	3 4 18 19 34 35
2012-09-15	3	2nd	1 3 14 16 36 38
2012-08-25	25	1st	3 8 17 18 27 39
2012-03-03	1	1st	3 8 23 31 39 40
2012-02-25	6	1st	3 7 9 20 27 40
2012-01-14	7	2nd	1 3 5 16 19 34
2011-11-26	—	1st	3 8 17 23 33 38

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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