Number 3

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

220times drawn · chance expected 239 −1.25σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number

13.1average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

66longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −1.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 220 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 13.1 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 3 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 smallest192 · chance 190.9
2nd smallest28 · chance 28.3
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.8
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 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 26 42 28 30 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-18	3	1st	3 28 38 40 49
2026-02-15	11	1st	3 9 10 15 40
2026-02-04	9	1st	3 9 25 26 31
2026-01-26	17	1st	3 7 16 21

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-06	6	1st	3 6 15 26 29
2025-05-31	7	1st	3 14 45 47 50
2025-05-24	4	2nd	1 3 11 17 58
2025-05-20	2	1st	3 5 9 20 35
2025-05-18	9	1st	3 9 10 11 40
2025-05-09	17	1st	3 22 28 44 50
2025-04-22	6	1st	3 7 16 26 45
2025-04-16	8	1st	3 21 28 42 57
2025-04-08	3	2nd	1 3 5 16 44
2025-04-05	7	1st	3 22 50 53 55
2025-03-29	2	1st	3 9 27 47 51
2025-03-27	66	2nd	2 3 12 25 31
2025-01-20	7	1st	3 19 23 35 36
2025-01-13	4	1st	3 7 10 22 49
2025-01-09	1	1st	3 6 18 30 40
2025-01-08	10	1st	3 4 10 36 56
2024-12-29	19	1st	3 13 28 42 48
2024-12-10	56	1st	3 12 13 14 56
2024-10-15	13	1st	3 10 24 26 48
2024-10-02	15	1st	3 12 13 37 60
2024-09-17	34	1st	3 11 33 36 45
2024-08-14	6	1st	3 10 12 40 54
2024-08-08	23	1st	3 6 17 28 58
2024-07-16	4	1st	3 14 29 51 53
2024-07-12	3	1st	3 6 13 21 58
2024-07-09	2	1st	3 17 32 52 58
2024-07-07	6	1st	3 9 30 47 49
2024-07-01	20	1st	3 20 34 46 57
2024-06-11	5	1st	3 12 30 41 45
2024-06-06	2	1st	3 8 15 38 41
2024-06-04	7	1st	3 24 26 33 56
2024-05-28	2	2nd	1 3 21 23 60
2024-05-26	21	1st	3 15 24 26 50
2024-05-05	2	1st	3 15 37 40 52
2024-05-03	8	1st	3 7 9 25 42
2024-04-25	18	1st	3 7 39 49 58
2024-04-07	8	1st	3 16 40 45 56
2024-03-30	2	1st	3 8 36 52 57
2024-03-28	6	1st	3 16 21 39 51
2024-03-22	10	1st	3 11 21 38 42
2024-03-12	14	1st	3 9 24 27 39
2024-02-27	14	1st	3 17 27 53 59
2024-02-13	7	1st	3 7 21 41 49
2024-02-06	19	2nd	2 3 13 22 23
2024-01-18	4	2nd	2 3 4 25 57
2024-01-14	19	1st	3 16 27 28 44
2023-12-26	37	1st	3 33 36 44 51
2023-11-19	2	1st	3 19 21 40 48
2023-11-17	3	1st	3 31 33 48 55
2023-11-14	26	1st	3 15 31 39 58
2023-10-19	4	1st	3 7 44 47 55
2023-10-15	8	1st	3 6 11 15 17
2023-10-07	6	1st	3 9 14 26 53
2023-10-01	3	1st	3 41 42 46 53
2023-09-28	9	1st	3 9 14 28 52
2023-09-19	15	2nd	2 3 6 18 19
2023-09-04	5	1st	3 38 40 44 50
2023-08-30	7	1st	3 16 18 20 46
2023-08-23	5	1st	3 27 29 30 47
2023-08-18	5	1st	3 8 42 44 47
2023-08-13	40	2nd	1 3 43 47 59
2023-07-04	22	1st	3 9 28 30 57
2023-06-12	22	1st	3 25 35 49 50
2023-05-21	37	2nd	2 3 18 55 56
2023-04-14	9	1st	3 5 7 30 34
2023-04-05	31	1st	3 16 18 32 37
2023-03-05	4	1st	3 13 41 47 52
2023-03-01	1	1st	3 5 22 46 56
2023-02-28	27	1st	3 7 19 38 51
2023-02-01	22	1st	3 14 29 39 52
2023-01-10	52	1st	3 15 44 53 57
2022-11-19	10	2nd	2 3 35 42 58
2022-11-09	11	2nd	2 3 4 14 26
2022-10-29	30	1st	3 25 37 55 59
2022-09-29	7	2nd	1 3 26 44 59
2022-09-22	7	1st	3 6 10 26 40
2022-09-15	44	2nd	2 3 25 43 57
2022-08-02	14	1st	3 21 36 44 50
2022-07-19	16	1st	3 36 38 42 51
2022-07-03	8	1st	3 12 19 34 49
2022-06-25	30	1st	3 46 49 55 60
2022-05-26	20	1st	3 9 33 57 58
2022-05-06	6	1st	3 4 14 53 60
2022-04-30	14	2nd	2 3 13 54 57
2022-04-16	13	1st	3 13 28 42 59
2022-04-03	1	1st	3 7 14 26 39
2022-04-02	1	1st	3 14 16 33 52
2022-04-01	6	1st	3 28 55 56 58
2022-03-26	44	1st	3 15 38 42 48
2022-02-10	4	1st	3 28 36 46 53
2022-02-06	27	2nd	2 3 14 20 26
2022-01-10	20	2nd	1 3 29 34 39
2021-12-21	10	1st	3 17 30 40 45
2021-12-11	17	1st	3 11 17 44 53
2021-11-24	2	1st	3 5 11 16 55
2021-11-22	27	2nd	2 3 22 45 46
2021-10-26	6	1st	3 5 23 37 46
2021-10-20	22	1st	3 5 28 33 42
2021-09-28	1	1st	3 4 12 18 50
2021-09-27	10	1st	3 10 11 21 46
2021-09-17	8	2nd	1 3 8 22 37
2021-09-09	15	1st	3 23 30 55 58
2021-08-25	2	1st	3 27 28 37 59
2021-08-23	4	1st	3 26 27 38 51
2021-08-19	10	1st	3 28 33 43 51
2021-08-09	17	1st	3 6 29 32 35
2021-07-23	7	1st	3 29 37 42 46
2021-07-16	3	1st	3 9 14 41 46
2021-07-13	8	1st	3 23 29 33 46
2021-07-05	1	1st	3 10 21 28 51
2021-07-04	8	2nd	1 3 6 25 48
2021-06-26	9	1st	3 13 33 41 48
2021-06-17	22	1st	3 18 23 50 53
2021-05-26	12	1st	3 6 29 58 60
2021-05-14	47	1st	3 5 26 35 60
2021-03-28	3	2nd	2 3 7 19 49
2021-03-25	8	2nd	1 3 13 28 49
2021-03-17	7	1st	3 26 27 34 36
2021-03-10	21	1st	3 5 18 28 31
2021-02-17	4	1st	3 12 39 52 57
2021-02-13	14	1st	3 45 52 56 58
2021-01-30	2	1st	3 31 33 43 44
2021-01-28	20	1st	3 31 39 57 59
2021-01-08	4	1st	3 9 22 44 47
2021-01-04	9	1st	3 24 43 47 51
2020-12-26	26	1st	3 36 42 51 58
2020-11-30	23	1st	3 25 35 46 57
2020-11-07	4	2nd	2 3 18 43 49
2020-11-03	13	1st	3 8 9 29 34
2020-10-21	16	1st	3 7 16 45 52
2020-10-05	33	2nd	1 3 35 37 42
2020-09-02	3	1st	3 6 29 42 59
2020-08-30	9	1st	3 12 18 29 33
2020-08-21	48	1st	3 30 38 40 60
2020-07-04	4	1st	3 9 18 19 20
2020-06-30	34	1st	3 15 30 32 39
2020-05-27	28	1st	3 36 44 53 56
2020-04-29	31	1st	3 6 13 22 57
2020-03-29	2	1st	3 29 38 45 53
2020-03-27	18	1st	3 8 9 24 39
2020-03-09	18	1st	3 4 13 23 47
2020-02-20	2	1st	3 9 25 46 49
2020-02-18	13	1st	3 13 16 34 45
2020-02-05	26	1st	3 15 27 52 54
2020-01-10	2	2nd	1 3 26 27 44
2020-01-08	24	1st	3 13 32 41 42
2019-12-15	4	1st	3 10 16 35 38
2019-12-11	5	1st	3 8 11 30 48
2019-12-06	1	1st	3 11 18 23 49
2019-12-05	36	1st	3 15 42 45 50
2019-10-30	13	2nd	1 3 15 26 53
2019-10-17	3	1st	3 4 41 55 60
2019-10-14	14	1st	3 4 29 40 60
2019-09-30	10	2nd	2 3 9 38 54
2019-09-20	3	1st	3 23 28 31 32
2019-09-17	4	1st	3 9 14 48 57
2019-09-13	2	1st	3 28 32 49 56
2019-09-11	22	1st	3 7 19 31 38
2019-08-20	7	1st	3 14 17 23 54
2019-08-13	18	1st	3 14 17 41 56
2019-07-26	47	1st	3 20 29 40 57
2019-04-15	2	1st	3 13 19 36 50
2019-04-08	1	1st	3 11 23 34 36
2019-04-04	10	1st	3 6 8 9 35
2019-02-28	2	1st	3 15 18 21 35
2019-02-21	5	1st	3 4 34 38 39
2019-02-04	12	1st	3 17 33 39 40
2018-12-24	15	1st	3 28 31 37 40
2018-11-01	38	1st	3 11 32 51 56
2018-06-21	22	1st	3 13 16 17 24
2018-04-05	5	1st	3 10 21 24 59
2018-03-19	20	1st	3 26 30 51 53
2018-01-08	14	1st	3 11 44 47 58
2017-11-20	3	1st	3 4 22 38 59
2017-11-09	4	1st	3 12 30 39 60
2017-10-26	3	1st	3 12 17 27 55
2017-10-16	38	1st	3 11 32 49 55
2017-06-05	27	1st	3 29 32 48 56
2017-03-02	2	1st	3 7 11 30 42
2017-02-23	11	1st	3 24 38 43 52
2017-01-16	18	1st	3 15 16 19 26
2016-11-14	9	1st	3 10 20 30 43
2016-10-13	6	1st	3 19 21 26 43
2016-09-22	4	2nd	1 3 24 42 59
2016-09-08	8	1st	3 7 22 37 60
2016-08-11	8	1st	3 34 44 53 55
2016-07-14	5	1st	3 8 11 24 25
2016-06-27	3	2nd	2 3 9 27 37
2016-06-16	31	1st	3 17 22 57 59
2016-02-29	24	1st	3 17 26 47 58
2015-12-07	24	1st	3 5 36 40 44
2015-09-14	14	1st	3 7 14 19 25
2015-07-27	6	1st	3 5 36 43 53
2015-07-06	3	1st	3 10 30 33 40
2015-06-25	15	1st	3 26 27 29 58
2015-05-04	—	1st	3 5 21 30 60