Number 3

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,752 draws, 6 from 1–44.

247times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.56σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

37longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 247 times in 1,752 draws against 238.9 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 247 times in 1,752 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest188 · chance 192.3
2nd smallest57 · chance 52.0
3rd smallest2 · chance 2.7
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 28.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 1 18 7 13 21

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
2026-10-13	7	2nd	1 3 7 10 14 44
2026-09-18	1	1st	3 6 13 26 32 40
2026-09-15	11	2nd	1 3 17 19 33 35
2026-08-07	4	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.

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