Number 3

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,961 draws, 6 from 1–44.

250times drawn · chance expected 267 −1.15σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

55longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 1,961 draws against 267.4 expected, −1.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 250 times in 1,961 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 4 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 smallest174 · chance 194.6
2nd smallest71 · chance 52.6
3rd smallest5 · chance 2.8
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 29.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 2 1 9 14 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-09-30	8	2nd	1 3 7 18 25 33
2026-09-12	18	2nd	2 3 19 22 27 29
2026-08-01	6	1st	3 5 6 14 18 39
2026-07-18	8	1st	3

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-15	8	3rd	1 2 3 18 24 44
2025-10-27	9	1st	3 8 11 21 27 39
2025-10-06	4	2nd	1 3 6 9 13 42
2025-09-27	1	1st	3 9 16 39 40 44
2025-09-24	37	2nd	1 3 17 20 23 33
2025-06-30	7	1st	3 5 8 9 18 21
2025-06-14	2	2nd	2 3 6 7 24 30
2025-06-09	13	2nd	1 3 21 31 35 37
2025-05-10	3	2nd	2 3 18 24 28 38
2025-05-03	1	1st	3 10 14 17 20 25
2025-04-30	5	1st	3 5 13 28 36 37
2025-04-19	5	2nd	1 3 5 17 21 44
2025-04-07	2	2nd	2 3 17 26 27 38
2025-04-02	6	1st	3 15 18 33 36 38
2025-03-19	13	1st	3 5 15 23 26 40
2025-02-17	7	1st	3 21 37 38 40 44
2025-02-01	6	1st	3 6 13 28 36 42
2025-01-18	3	1st	3 12 15 31 33 44
2025-01-11	7	1st	3 13 20 24 33 44
2024-12-25	14	1st	3 17 21 26 29 40
2024-11-23	1	1st	3 5 28 30 34 39
2024-11-20	9	1st	3 19 24 26 41 43
2024-10-30	7	1st	3 7 16 19 29 34
2024-10-14	3	1st	3 7 9 15 22 35
2024-10-07	6	1st	3 11 21 25 40 41
2024-09-23	19	1st	3 9 13 18 19 40
2024-08-10	6	1st	3 9 12 35 37 42
2024-07-27	12	1st	3 9 25 29 35 41
2024-06-29	13	1st	3 5 12 22 31 34
2024-05-29	4	2nd	2 3 6 22 39 40
2024-05-20	7	1st	3 6 12 23 25 41
2024-05-04	1	1st	3 18 21 29 36 44
2024-05-01	12	2nd	1 3 14 21 22 32
2024-04-03	4	1st	3 8 15 30 38 44
2024-03-25	4	1st	3 17 19 24 28 35
2024-03-16	1	2nd	1 3 13 14 24 27
2024-03-13	5	2nd	2 3 8 13 16 36
2024-03-02	6	1st	3 31 35 38 42 43
2024-02-17	5	1st	3 18 19 27 34 42
2024-02-05	1	1st	3 5 11 15 34 40
2024-02-03	1	1st	3 17 18 19 20 34
2024-01-31	10	2nd	2 3 14 21 28 33
2024-01-08	28	2nd	1 3 5 16 21 37
2023-11-04	27	2nd	1 3 18 20 21 25
2023-09-02	3	1st	3 16 19 26 27 42
2023-08-26	7	1st	3 24 27 33 36 41
2023-08-09	2	1st	3 6 13 14 38 43
2023-08-05	9	2nd	2 3 13 21 30 38
2023-07-15	33	1st	3 7 26 31 38 43
2023-04-29	5	2nd	2 3 10 22 29 38
2023-04-17	4	1st	3 11 15 19 32 37
2023-04-08	1	2nd	2 3 31 32 34 39
2023-04-05	6	1st	3 16 27 28 37 41
2023-03-22	2	1st	3 5 8 12 34 43
2023-03-18	18	2nd	2 3 16 28 29 31
2023-02-04	2	1st	3 5 22 24 27 44
2023-01-30	6	2nd	1 3 18 29 34 36
2023-01-16	5	1st	3 6 8 10 22 31
2023-01-04	5	1st	3 7 18 32 36 39
2022-12-24	22	2nd	1 3 21 23 28 34
2022-11-02	3	1st	3 12 25 26 27 43
2022-10-26	1	1st	3 14 21 26 38 44
2022-10-24	4	1st	3 5 7 25 37 39
2022-10-15	12	1st	3 10 19 24 29 34
2022-09-17	18	2nd	1 3 8 14 16 39
2022-08-06	5	1st	3 18 19 21 29 34
2022-07-25	6	2nd	2 3 31 34 36 43
2022-07-11	3	1st	3 15 18 19 40 41
2022-07-04	4	2nd	1 3 14 28 36 37
2022-06-25	2	2nd	2 3 12 18 29 35
2022-06-20	4	2nd	1 3 7 8 9 18
2022-06-11	10	1st	3 17 19 23 25 39
2022-05-18	3	1st	3 6 13 14 34 42
2022-05-11	23	1st	3 9 22 25 40 44
2022-03-12	11	1st	3 10 20 33 35 43
2022-02-02	13	2nd	1 3 4 9 23 30
2021-12-18	42	1st	3 9 14 16 25 41
2021-07-24	2	2nd	2 3 19 20 27 34
2021-07-17	4	1st	3 8 14 15 16 33
2021-07-03	3	1st	3 5 14 23 27 39
2021-06-23	6	2nd	1 3 10 16 32 39
2021-06-02	6	1st	3 20 29 30 33 35
2021-05-12	14	2nd	2 3 19 21 27 44
2021-03-24	2	1st	3 17 22 23 25 44
2021-03-17	17	1st	3 5 8 17 33 36
2021-01-16	6	1st	3 9 23 24 27 38
2020-12-26	5	1st	3 5 11 21 38 44
2020-12-09	3	1st	3 14 17 25 31 38
2020-11-28	17	2nd	2 3 16 24 30 42
2020-09-30	4	2nd	2 3 9 26 31 39
2020-09-16	24	1st	3 5 8 12 19 42
2020-06-24	3	1st	3 10 14 30 37 41
2020-06-13	4	1st	3 12 16 22 24 38
2020-05-30	8	2nd	1 3 10 15 37 41
2020-05-02	1	1st	3 17 18 24 26 35
2020-04-29	12	2nd	1 3 15 21 31 41
2020-03-18	2	1st	3 7 13 21 27 35
2020-03-11	6	3rd	1 2 3 22 25 28
2020-02-19	12	1st	3 10 14 22 32 34
2020-01-08	13	1st	3 12 16 26 42 44
2019-11-23	11	2nd	2 3 7 16 32 42
2019-10-16	8	1st	3 5 36 38 41 43
2019-09-18	8	1st	3 23 24 28 39 41
2019-08-21	7	1st	3 18 25 33 34 42
2019-07-27	1	1st	3 7 13 18 26 40
2019-07-24	5	3rd	1 2 3 11 22 41
2019-07-06	3	2nd	1 3 6 10 14 38
2019-06-26	4	1st	3 14 15 20 29 43
2019-06-12	3	1st	3 12 14 15 21 32
2019-06-01	22	2nd	1 3 10 26 31 44
2019-03-16	5	1st	3 4 11 30 33 38
2019-02-27	2	2nd	2 3 5 8 11 22
2019-02-20	3	1st	3 15 20 32 38 43
2019-02-09	9	2nd	2 3 28 31 35 44
2019-01-09	2	1st	3 14 20 31 40 41
2019-01-02	3	1st	3 22 23 24 27 37
2018-12-22	4	2nd	1 3 22 32 33 43
2018-12-08	1	1st	3 8 9 13 17 27
2018-12-05	4	1st	3 4 9 10 18 25
2018-11-21	20	3rd	1 2 3 8 37 42
2018-09-12	13	2nd	1 3 14 15 16 35
2018-07-28	9	1st	3 14 17 22 39 43
2018-06-27	11	1st	3 16 23 34 36 39
2018-05-19	1	1st	3 4 20 30 36 38
2018-05-16	1	2nd	2 3 9 18 20 32
2018-05-12	10	1st	3 8 18 26 38 43
2018-04-07	1	1st	3 7 24 39 40 43
2018-04-04	4	1st	3 9 10 16 23 43
2018-03-21	2	1st	3 7 13 35 38 39
2018-03-14	6	1st	3 7 9 12 31 44
2018-02-21	8	2nd	2 3 5 26 34 37
2018-01-24	1	1st	3 17 26 34 37 42
2018-01-20	8	1st	3 5 8 10 14 39
2017-12-23	31	2nd	2 3 13 19 26 33
2017-09-06	3	1st	3 13 28 33 36 44
2017-08-26	10	1st	3 8 14 33 40 42
2017-07-22	3	2nd	1 3 6 11 33 37
2017-07-12	55	1st	3 10 18 29 33 44
2016-12-31	6	2nd	1 3 15 21 38 42
2016-12-10	8	1st	3 4 15 22 28 37
2016-11-12	2	1st	3 5 6 29 37 39
2016-11-05	1	1st	3 14 18 30 36 41
2016-11-02	4	1st	3 10 11 25 27 40
2016-10-19	1	1st	3 6 7 21 22 23
2016-10-15	4	2nd	2 3 12 14 32 41
2016-10-01	23	1st	3 4 26 28 37 44
2016-07-13	4	1st	3 18 22 29 34 37
2016-06-29	6	1st	3 5 6 28 30 41
2016-06-08	6	1st	3 30 32 33 36 44
2016-05-18	7	1st	3 7 18 34 36 38
2016-04-23	3	1st	3 13 22 34 36 42
2016-04-13	7	1st	3 5 16 29 33 35
2016-03-19	15	1st	3 4 6 7 14 27
2016-01-27	3	1st	3 4 5 10 18 32
2016-01-16	11	2nd	2 3 14 32 34 35
2015-12-09	2	2nd	1 3 25 34 42 43
2015-12-02	7	2nd	1 3 7 17 27 31
2015-11-07	4	1st	3 4 16 18 27 38
2015-10-24	7	1st	3 6 21 34 38 41
2015-09-30	8	1st	3 9 16 22 27 40
2015-09-02	6	2nd	1 3 5 13 30 42
2015-08-12	7	1st	3 9 13 14 21 37
2015-07-18	11	1st	3 9 10 24 30 33
2015-06-10	11	2nd	1 3 9 17 32 33
2015-05-02	8	1st	3 10 24 26 30 32
2015-04-04	2	1st	3 13 22 31 35 38
2015-03-28	12	1st	3 10 14 19 20 40
2015-02-14	1	2nd	2 3 6 8 11 15
2015-02-11	13	2nd	1 3 10 13 19 29
2014-12-27	6	1st	3 5 21 26 31 32
2014-12-06	4	1st	3 4 19 22 31 44
2014-11-22	23	1st	3 9 22 27 37 39
2014-09-03	3	1st	3 17 20 36 39 43
2014-08-23	12	1st	3 4 11 21 36 37
2014-07-12	4	2nd	2 3 19 23 26 30
2014-06-28	5	1st	3 6 20 32 34 39
2014-06-11	5	1st	3 17 20 24 31 35
2014-05-24	12	1st	3 9 15 21 22 24
2014-04-12	4	2nd	2 3 10 17 22 28
2014-03-29	11	1st	3 9 12 29 41 42
2014-02-19	3	1st	3 8 17 36 38 44
2014-02-08	7	2nd	1 3 20 27 30 34
2014-01-15	5	1st	3 22 27 33 39 42
2013-12-28	13	1st	3 15 27 35 36 40
2013-11-13	1	1st	3 10 12 13 17 43
2013-11-09	3	2nd	2 3 6 16 30 39
2013-10-30	30	1st	3 5 16 17 19 24
2013-07-17	16	2nd	2 3 10 11 12 36
2013-05-22	15	1st	3 10 22 29 32 40
2013-03-30	5	1st	3 8 11 20 33 39
2013-03-13	3	1st	3 9 11 13 14 32
2013-03-02	5	1st	3 8 9 18 35 41
2013-02-13	4	1st	3 9 29 32 34 38
2013-01-30	33	2nd	1 3 17 28 29 34
2012-10-06	10	1st	3 6 9 11 27 39
2012-09-01	7	1st	3 8 19 25 33 42
2012-08-08	3	2nd	2 3 12 15 18 34
2012-07-28	5	1st	3 14 23 25 28 32
2012-07-11	18	2nd	2 3 6 9 10 32
2012-05-09	1	1st	3 17 19 30 41 44
2012-05-05	7	1st	3 11 15 35 39 40
2012-04-11	8	1st	3 7 18 23 26 32
2012-03-14	42	3rd	1 2 3 13 32 44
2011-10-19	6	1st	3 8 19 26 29 39
2011-09-28	3	1st	3 10 23 24 27 37
2011-09-17	6	1st	3 23 28 32 35 42
2011-08-27	3	1st	3 9 10 11 14 16
2011-08-17	15	1st	3 5 10 19 26 33
2011-06-25	9	1st	3 6 15 30 35 39
2011-05-25	1	1st	3 9 15 17 39 40
2011-05-21	2	1st	3 7 13 15 18 43
2011-05-14	2	1st	3 10 12 14 34 42
2011-05-07	6	1st	3 6 15 18 38 40
2011-04-16	2	1st	3 5 20 30 31 41
2011-04-09	5	1st	3 23 30 38 39 43
2011-03-23	4	2nd	1 3 15 20 29 36
2011-03-09	20	1st	3 5 7 9 17 44
2010-12-29	23	1st	3 12 18 26 29 36
2010-10-09	9	2nd	2 3 9 18 21 33
2010-09-08	8	2nd	2 3 12 16 24 39
2010-08-11	8	1st	3 4 11 20 25 36
2010-07-14	2	1st	3 18 21 31 41 43
2010-07-07	8	2nd	2 3 8 11 24 28
2010-06-09	2	1st	3 4 6 21 27 29
2010-06-02	10	1st	3 4 5 9 18 27
2010-04-28	—	1st	3 7 9 19 34 43