Number 3

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

222times drawn · chance expected 212 +0.76σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

44longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 222 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 6 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 smallest177 · chance 170.9
2nd smallest40 · chance 48.8
3rd smallest5 · chance 2.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 10 11 8 14 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2026-08-24	9	1st	3 10 13 18
2026-08-15	2	1st	3 9 11 20
2026-08-13	9	1st	3 15 22 25
2026-08-04	8	1st	3 8 14 17
2026-07-27	7	1st	3 10

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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-06	4	2nd	2 3 4
2026-05-02	3	1st	3 5 9 19
2026-04-29	4	1st	3 12 15 26
2026-04-25	31	1st	3 4 7 24
2026-03-25	18	1st	3 8 14 26
2026-03-07	44	1st	3 5 6 22
2026-01-22	8	1st	3 13 16 18
2026-01-14	1	1st	3 4 4 5
2026-01-13	4	2nd	2 3 9 24
2026-01-09	1	1st	3 9 14 14
2026-01-08	2	1st	3 4 9 26
2026-01-06	4	1st	3 5 12 23
2026-01-02	3	2nd	1 3 21 25
2025-12-30	2	1st	3 4 12 19
2025-12-28	3	1st	3 10 11 18
2025-12-25	7	1st	3 6 9 22
2025-12-18	8	1st	3 5 11 23
2025-12-10	3	2nd	2 3 6 13
2025-12-07	9	1st	3 14 14 24
2025-11-28	2	1st	3 6 9 19
2025-11-26	18	3rd	1 2 3 6
2025-11-08	3	2nd	2 3 19 25
2025-11-05	7	2nd	1 3 5 10
2025-10-29	5	2nd	2 3 15 26
2025-10-24	4	1st	3 7 18 21
2025-10-20	2	1st	3 10 11 25
2025-10-18	8	1st	3 7 23 24
2025-10-10	4	1st	3 20 22 23
2025-10-06	5	1st	3 6 8 26
2025-10-01	1	1st	3 9 10 13
2025-09-30	7	1st	3 8 8 16
2025-09-23	24	2nd	2 3 8 11
2025-08-30	25	1st	3 4 14 26
2025-08-05	3	2nd	1 3 12 19
2025-08-02	9	1st	3 7 8 14
2025-07-24	12	1st	3 8 15 21
2025-07-12	5	1st	3 4 14 24
2025-07-07	1	1st	3 6 14 16
2025-07-06	9	1st	3 14 20 20
2025-06-27	11	1st	3 8 17 21
2025-06-16	10	1st	3 16 16 17
2025-06-06	3	1st	3 8 9 14
2025-06-03	2	1st	3 5 7 24
2025-06-01	1	1st	3 7 10 18
2025-05-31	3	1st	3 8 13 19
2025-05-28	1	1st	3 12 13 23
2025-05-27	4	2nd	2 3 20 21
2025-05-23	5	1st	3 5 11 17
2025-05-18	20	1st	3 6 15 21
2025-04-28	13	1st	3 9 20 25
2025-04-15	3	1st	3 7 22 23
2025-04-12	3	1st	3 6 7 11
2025-04-09	8	2nd	1 3 8 11
2025-04-01	5	1st	3 7 13 20
2025-03-27	0	1st	3 6 8
2025-03-27	1	1st	3 6 8
2025-03-26	12	1st	3 9 14 22
2025-03-14	2	2nd	1 3 16 22
2025-03-12	12	1st	3 9 12 23
2025-02-28	4	1st	3 8 12 23
2025-02-24	0	1st	3 6 26
2025-02-24	21	1st	3 6 26
2025-02-03	19	1st	3 4 23 26
2025-01-15	14	1st	3 17 18 24
2025-01-01	10	1st	3 9 13 22
2024-12-22	20	1st	3 7 10 18
2024-12-02	1	1st	3 15 23 24
2024-12-01	8	1st	3 5 9 15
2024-11-23	3	2nd	2 3 13 14
2024-11-20	3	1st	3 15 15 21
2024-11-17	1	1st	3 10 16 26
2024-11-16	9	1st	3 7 10 18
2024-11-07	1	1st	3 6 10 13
2024-11-06	4	1st	3 22 25 25
2024-11-02	3	2nd	1 3 5 18
2024-10-30	2	1st	3 9 13 26
2024-10-28	9	1st	3 4 16 19
2024-10-19	13	1st	3 5 15 17
2024-10-06	7	2nd	2 3 17 23
2024-09-29	3	2nd	2 3 17 18
2024-09-26	0	1st	3 5 10
2024-09-26	6	1st	3 5 10
2024-09-20	2	1st	3 13 24 25
2024-09-18	16	1st	3 5 12 19
2024-09-02	11	1st	3 4 12 20
2024-08-22	2	1st	3 10 14 16
2024-08-20	2	1st	3 14 15 22
2024-08-18	4	2nd	2 3 6 12
2024-08-14	2	1st	3 7 9 22
2024-08-12	4	2nd	1 3 7 24
2024-08-08	15	1st	3 15 18 18
2024-07-24	4	1st	3 6 9 12
2024-07-20	4	1st	3 9 18 21
2024-07-16	10	1st	3 14 15 22
2024-07-06	0	1st	3 9 11
2024-07-06	13	1st	3 9 11
2024-06-23	3	2nd	1 3 9 10
2024-06-20	1	1st	3 7 18 26
2024-06-19	1	2nd	2 3 5 11
2024-06-18	5	1st	3 14 15 24
2024-06-13	6	1st	3 16 19 21
2024-06-07	2	1st	3 10 13 15
2024-06-05	5	2nd	2 3 6 10
2024-05-31	5	1st	3 8 16 21
2024-05-26	2	1st	3 12 23 26
2024-05-24	3	1st	3 8 15 25
2024-05-21	1	1st	3 5 15 20
2024-05-20	1	1st	3 5 10 25
2024-05-19	8	2nd	2 3 14 22
2024-05-11	1	2nd	1 3 21 25
2024-05-10	6	1st	3 5 17 25
2024-05-04	0	2nd	2 3 20
2024-05-04	20	2nd	2 3 20
2024-04-14	0	1st	3 22 25
2024-04-14	27	1st	3 22 25
2024-03-18	9	1st	3 11 16 22
2024-03-09	1	2nd	2 3 12 18
2024-03-08	4	1st	3 12 18 21
2024-03-04	8	1st	3 16 25 26
2024-02-25	1	1st	3 11 14 26
2024-02-24	1	1st	3 6 10 13
2024-02-23	7	1st	3 5 11 16
2024-02-16	17	1st	3 8 9 20
2024-01-30	1	2nd	2 3 12 20
2024-01-29	8	1st	3 10 21 23
2024-01-21	1	1st	3 9 13 25
2024-01-20	5	1st	3 7 13 26
2024-01-15	3	2nd	2 3 11 16
2024-01-12	7	1st	3 14 16 26
2024-01-05	1	1st	3 6 7 15
2024-01-04	2	1st	3 7 11 22
2024-01-02	6	1st	3 6 8 11
2023-12-27	1	1st	3 8 11 23
2023-12-26	5	1st	3 9 21 24
2023-12-21	1	2nd	2 3 11 22
2023-12-20	25	1st	3 9 19 26
2023-11-25	7	1st	3 6 12 17
2023-11-18	5	1st	3 5 5 11
2023-11-13	11	3rd	1 2 3 9
2023-11-02	7	1st	3 8 11 23
2023-10-26	17	2nd	1 3 14 18
2023-10-09	0	1st	3 5 8
2023-10-09	6	1st	3 5 8
2023-10-03	4	1st	3 21 21 25
2023-09-29	3	3rd	1 2 3 17
2023-09-26	7	1st	3 11 14 21
2023-09-19	3	1st	3 7 13 20
2023-09-16	18	1st	3 4 23 26
2023-08-29	2	2nd	1 3 14 17
2023-08-27	4	1st	3 11 16 19
2023-08-23	15	1st	3 11 15 17
2023-08-08	10	2nd	1 3 9 22
2023-07-29	11	1st	3 5 10 13
2023-07-18	14	1st	3 6 10 22
2023-07-04	1	1st	3 9 13 24
2023-07-03	1	1st	3 5 17 26
2023-07-02	4	1st	3 10 21 25
2023-06-28	2	1st	3 22 26 26
2023-06-26	9	1st	3 7 16 24
2023-06-17	2	1st	3 8 18 26
2023-06-15	15	1st	3 9 22 24
2023-05-31	1	1st	3 11 17 26
2023-05-30	1	1st	3 7 10 22
2023-05-29	3	1st	3 4 18 24
2023-05-26	30	1st	3 10 11 16
2023-04-26	3	1st	3 7 19 21
2023-04-23	10	1st	3 9 25 26
2023-04-13	1	1st	3 15 17 23
2023-04-12	1	1st	3 6 7 25
2023-04-11	0	1st	3 24 25
2023-04-11	18	1st	3 24 25
2023-03-24	8	1st	3 5 9 21
2023-03-16	13	1st	3 6 10 17
2023-03-03	1	1st	3 6 18 21
2023-03-02	7	1st	3 13 22 23
2023-02-23	1	1st	3 9 16 23
2023-02-22	3	1st	3 10 24 25
2023-02-19	1	2nd	2 3 9 10
2023-02-18	21	1st	3 21 23 23
2023-01-28	3	1st	3 14 24 24
2023-01-25	2	1st	3 9 17 26
2023-01-23	3	1st	3 15 19 25
2023-01-20	2	1st	3 19 23 26
2023-01-18	1	2nd	2 3 16 25
2023-01-17	1	1st	3 10 19 25
2023-01-16	12	1st	3 5 13 26
2023-01-04	3	2nd	1 3 9 17
2023-01-01	2	1st	3 11 14 20
2022-12-30	8	1st	3 11 12 21
2022-12-22	0	1st	3 15 19
2022-12-22	1	1st	3 15 19
2022-12-21	4	1st	3 12 13 23
2022-12-17	1	1st	3 4 17 17
2022-12-16	10	3rd	1 1 3 18
2022-12-06	1	1st	3 4 17 18
2022-12-05	4	1st	3 8 9 13
2022-12-01	1	1st	3 8 10 19
2022-11-30	—	1st	3 12 13 18