Number 3

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

188times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.13σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

44longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 188 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 188 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 17 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 smallest148 · chance 156.4
2nd smallest38 · chance 30.5
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 16 4 8 13 17

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
2026-08-12	5	1st	3 4 14 35 40
2026-07-25	2	1st	3 27 28 29 34
2026-07-18	11	2nd	2 3 10 27 37
2026-06-10	2	1st	3 16

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-02	1	1st	3 11 14 27 37
2025-03-29	7	2nd	1 3 8 14 19
2025-03-05	9	1st	3 13 17 23 35
2025-02-01	3	1st	3 12 16 22 43
2025-01-22	9	2nd	1 3 12 16 30
2024-12-21	7	1st	3 6 27 33 37
2024-11-27	1	1st	3 5 15 16 42
2024-11-23	7	1st	3 7 16 39 40
2024-10-30	9	1st	3 13 23 36 41
2024-09-28	13	1st	3 7 8 16 32
2024-08-14	2	1st	3 6 17 42 45
2024-08-07	1	1st	3 19 20 29 34
2024-08-03	18	1st	3 4 28 40 44
2024-06-01	7	1st	3 10 12 17 21
2024-05-08	5	2nd	2 3 26 32 33
2024-04-20	5	1st	3 4 5 13 29
2024-04-03	13	1st	3 5 17 33 44
2024-02-17	13	2nd	1 3 7 46 47
2024-01-03	2	1st	3 10 16 21 29
2023-12-27	3	2nd	1 3 11 16 27
2023-12-16	5	1st	3 6 12 17 29
2023-11-29	1	2nd	1 3 10 36 41
2023-11-25	23	1st	3 8 26 43 44
2023-09-06	7	2nd	2 3 16 25 41
2023-08-12	23	1st	3 13 16 42 44
2023-05-24	1	1st	3 7 8 22 40
2023-05-20	9	2nd	2 3 31 42 45
2023-04-19	17	1st	3 9 11 17 18
2023-02-18	9	2nd	2 3 36 38 45
2023-01-18	8	1st	3 7 21 34 40
2022-12-21	1	2nd	1 3 17 23 42
2022-12-17	11	1st	3 4 11 27 39
2022-11-09	1	1st	3 6 8 40 44
2022-11-05	10	1st	3 15 21 38 42
2022-10-01	15	1st	3 22 23 31 44
2022-08-10	13	1st	3 11 21 23 45
2022-06-25	8	1st	3 27 39 43 44
2022-05-28	8	1st	3 9 12 15 42
2022-04-30	1	1st	3 15 21 35 46
2022-04-27	7	1st	3 11 13 23 34
2022-04-02	12	1st	3 5 13 17 41
2022-02-19	44	1st	3 12 24 30 36
2021-09-18	43	1st	3 5 20 36 45
2021-04-21	9	1st	3 12 17 41 42
2021-03-20	2	1st	3 23 27 34 37
2021-03-13	4	1st	3 7 8 13 21
2021-02-27	13	1st	3 8 22 28 34
2021-01-13	1	1st	3 17 21 27 35
2021-01-09	26	1st	3 4 17 34 39
2020-10-10	3	1st	3 7 10 22 41
2020-09-30	1	1st	3 23 28 46 47
2020-09-26	4	1st	3 12 15 36 43
2020-09-12	9	1st	3 8 19 23 32
2020-08-12	18	1st	3 11 25 44 47
2020-06-10	7	1st	3 11 20 25 46
2020-05-16	32	1st	3 9 23 27 35
2020-01-25	13	1st	3 4 10 26 30
2019-12-11	10	2nd	2 3 6 9 11
2019-11-06	12	1st	3 12 30 36 41
2019-09-25	23	1st	3 7 11 13 26
2019-07-06	1	1st	3 22 28 35 46
2019-07-03	1	1st	3 4 29 44 47
2019-06-29	9	1st	3 30 31 41 44
2019-05-29	8	2nd	1 3 18 26 41
2019-05-01	3	2nd	2 3 4 13 47
2019-04-20	2	2nd	1 3 21 27 30
2019-04-13	20	1st	3 6 11 36 45
2019-02-02	1	1st	3 34 37 45 47
2019-01-30	6	1st	3 14 16 20 46
2019-01-09	1	1st	3 28 29 43 44
2019-01-05	9	1st	3 8 17 23 46
2018-12-05	7	1st	3 6 13 33 42
2018-11-10	7	2nd	1 3 20 36 37
2018-10-17	1	1st	3 11 16 22 23
2018-10-13	2	1st	3 23 30 38 40
2018-10-06	7	1st	3 14 15 16 26
2018-09-12	5	1st	3 14 37 39 41
2018-08-25	5	1st	3 13 14 17 38
2018-08-08	5	1st	3 21 30 32 46
2018-07-21	1	1st	3 4 30 32 44
2018-07-18	12	2nd	1 3 4 16 39
2018-06-06	1	1st	3 16 19 26 37
2018-06-02	17	1st	3 11 15 37 44
2018-04-04	2	1st	3 12 15 24 36
2018-03-28	20	1st	3 4 10 21 42
2018-01-17	1	1st	3 8 18 31 36
2018-01-13	13	1st	3 24 28 33 40
2017-11-29	13	1st	3 7 26 27 33
2017-10-14	12	1st	3 6 20 40 41
2017-09-02	16	2nd	1 3 15 30 41
2017-07-08	8	1st	3 4 19 27 45
2017-06-10	16	1st	3 4 5 16 20
2017-04-15	14	1st	3 10 16 18 19
2017-02-25	7	1st	3 11 24 30 46
2017-02-01	9	1st	3 8 10 27 31
2016-12-31	8	2nd	1 3 10 46 47
2016-12-03	4	1st	3 13 20 44 47
2016-11-19	8	1st	3 11 15 16 32
2016-10-22	6	1st	3 7 12 25 42
2016-10-01	8	2nd	1 3 20 30 39
2016-09-03	10	2nd	1 3 4 9 42
2016-07-30	3	2nd	2 3 27 28 30
2016-07-20	19	1st	3 6 15 20 34
2016-05-14	12	1st	3 4 27 30 40
2016-04-02	2	1st	3 5 10 43 47
2016-03-26	13	1st	3 12 13 26 33
2016-02-10	6	1st	3 8 12 24 30
2016-01-20	6	1st	3 14 18 25 38
2015-12-30	1	1st	3 4 6 25 26
2015-12-26	42	1st	3 4 25 37 47
2015-08-01	3	2nd	1 3 6 17 28
2015-07-22	28	2nd	1 3 34 35 36
2015-04-15	6	1st	3 5 6 14 38
2015-03-25	2	1st	3 5 10 25 47
2015-03-18	13	2nd	1 3 12 15 26
2015-01-31	10	1st	3 19 20 32 36
2014-12-27	1	1st	3 7 19 29 32
2014-12-24	3	1st	3 6 8 22 38
2014-12-13	1	1st	3 7 19 25 42
2014-12-10	4	2nd	1 3 13 25 39
2014-11-26	7	1st	3 10 20 28 32
2014-11-01	6	1st	3 12 21 24 42
2014-10-11	4	1st	3 5 6 15 18
2014-09-27	21	2nd	1 3 6 42 47
2014-07-16	3	1st	3 5 6 14 34
2014-07-05	7	1st	3 11 12 26 27
2014-06-11	1	1st	3 15 23 25 38
2014-06-07	21	2nd	1 3 8 25 40
2014-03-26	2	1st	3 8 26 37 46
2014-03-19	22	1st	3 9 13 20 28
2014-01-01	7	1st	3 9 19 24 42
2013-12-07	5	1st	3 17 23 37 47
2013-11-20	4	2nd	1 3 26 29 37
2013-11-06	2	1st	3 4 8 13 43
2013-10-30	14	1st	3 12 33 44 47
2013-09-11	18	1st	3 5 14 40 46
2013-07-10	6	3rd	1 2 3 28 38
2013-06-19	17	1st	3 5 32 34 36
2013-04-20	1	1st	3 15 26 32 39
2013-04-17	11	2nd	1 3 5 23 29
2013-03-09	1	1st	3 11 21 36 47
2013-03-06	16	3rd	1 2 3 22 34
2013-01-09	27	1st	3 8 18 40 45
2012-10-06	2	1st	3 9 15 17 31
2012-09-29	19	1st	3 4 27 30 39
2012-07-25	9	1st	3 8 17 20 44
2012-06-23	20	2nd	2 3 10 22 25
2012-04-14	17	2nd	1 3 19 36 45
2012-02-15	29	1st	3 5 16 25 37
2011-11-05	10	1st	3 8 10 16 22
2011-10-01	23	1st	3 5 13 15 21
2011-07-13	10	1st	3 13 21 25 36
2011-06-08	5	2nd	1 3 14 24 41
2011-05-21	43	1st	3 11 16 26 38
2010-12-22	3	1st	3 18 21 22 42
2010-12-11	1	1st	3 4 22 32 44
2010-12-08	12	1st	3 9 12 20 38
2010-10-27	1	1st	3 8 13 15 36
2010-10-23	5	1st	3 13 15 16 25
2010-10-06	33	1st	3 4 7 29 39
2010-06-12	8	1st	3 22 24 32 35
2010-05-15	4	1st	3 9 12 13 38
2010-05-01	17	1st	3 5 24 25 41
2010-03-03	—	2nd	1 3 16 38 47