Number 3

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

290times drawn · chance expected 268 +1.43σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

29longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 290 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +1.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 290 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 1 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 smallest214 · chance 222.8
2nd smallest70 · chance 63.7
3rd smallest6 · chance 3.5
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 35.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 23 17 30 4 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-07	11	1st	3 17 21 25 26 35
2026-09-12	12	1st	3 9 10 21 23 37
2026-08-15	4	1st	3 15 24 29 35 38
2026-08-05	10	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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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