Number 3

In Play 5 under the 5/9 · since Aug 2024 rules — 667 draws, 5 from 0–9.

311times drawn · chance expected 334 −1.74σ

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

2.1average wait between appearances · chance says 2.0

12longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 311 times in 667 draws against 333.5 expected, −1.74σ. 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 311 times in 667 draws · average wait 2.1 draws · longest completed wait 12 · 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 smallest72 · chance 37.0
2nd smallest123 · chance 148.1
3rd smallest89 · chance 111.1
4th smallest23 · chance 14.8
5th smallest4 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 138.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 8 4 1 7 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 9 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 10. 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
2026-10-09	5	2nd	1 3 5 7 8
2026-10-04	2	4th	1 1 1 3 9
2026-10-02	0	2nd	2 3 4
2026-10-02	0	2nd	2 3 4
2026-10-02	3	2nd	2

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 5/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-09-02	1	2nd	0 3 4 7 8
2026-09-01	0	2nd	1 3 6 9
2026-09-01	2	2nd	1 3 6 9
2026-08-30	1	1st	3 7 8 8 9
2026-08-29	3	2nd	1 3 4 7 9
2026-08-26	0	2nd	0 3 5 8
2026-08-26	3	2nd	0 3 5 8
2026-08-23	1	3rd	2 2 3 5 6
2026-08-22	6	3rd	0 2 3 5 9
2026-08-16	2	1st	3 5 6 8 8
2026-08-14	2	2nd	2 3 5 6 6
2026-08-12	3	3rd	1 2 3 5 8
2026-08-09	6	4th	1 1 2 3 6
2026-08-03	0	3rd	2 2 3 8
2026-08-03	2	3rd	2 2 3 8
2026-08-01	1	5th	0 1 1 2 3
2026-07-31	1	2nd	2 3 4 7 8
2026-07-30	2	3rd	2 2 3 8 8
2026-07-28	1	2nd	0 3 5 8 9
2026-07-27	3	3rd	0 2 3 6 8
2026-07-24	4	3rd	1 2 3 7 9
2026-07-20	2	2nd	0 3 6 8 9
2026-07-18	2	1st	3 8 8 8 9
2026-07-16	2	2nd	2 3 6 7 7
2026-07-14	4	4th	0 1 1 3 9
2026-07-10	1	3rd	2 2 3 6 9
2026-07-09	1	3rd	0 1 3 5 7
2026-07-08	5	2nd	0 3 5 5 9
2026-07-03	0	2nd	2 3 8 9
2026-07-03	2	2nd	2 3 8 9
2026-07-01	3	3rd	2 2 3 6 9
2026-06-28	2	1st	3 4 5 5 7
2026-06-26	2	3rd	0 2 3 7 8
2026-06-24	3	3rd	0 2 3 4 5
2026-06-21	3	2nd	2 3 4 5 6
2026-06-18	3	3rd	2 2 3 4 9
2026-06-15	7	2nd	0 3 4 9 9
2026-06-08	2	3rd	0 0 3 5 7
2026-06-06	0	3rd	1 2 3 4
2026-06-06	2	3rd	1 2 3 4
2026-06-04	8	1st	3 5 6 8 8
2026-05-27	7	3rd	0 1 3 5 9
2026-05-20	1	2nd	2 3 5 6 6
2026-05-19	2	2nd	0 3 5 7 9
2026-05-17	0	3rd	2 2 3 4
2026-05-17	3	3rd	2 2 3 4
2026-05-14	3	3rd	0 0 3 4 9
2026-05-11	2	2nd	1 3 5 6 7
2026-05-09	1	2nd	2 3 5 8 9
2026-05-08	1	1st	3 4 5 6 8
2026-05-07	3	1st	3 4 4 4 9
2026-05-04	0	3rd	1 2 3 6
2026-05-04	5	3rd	1 2 3 6
2026-04-29	0	1st	3 4 7 8
2026-04-29	1	1st	3 4 7 8
2026-04-28	0	1st	3 4 4 7
2026-04-28	1	1st	3 4 4 7
2026-04-27	1	2nd	0 3 8 8 8
2026-04-26	1	3rd	0 1 3 6 9
2026-04-25	4	4th	0 2 2 3 5
2026-04-21	0	3rd	0 2 3 9
2026-04-21	2	3rd	0 2 3 9
2026-04-19	3	3rd	1 2 3 7 8
2026-04-16	2	3rd	0 1 3 7 7
2026-04-14	1	1st	3 7 7 7 9
2026-04-13	6	3rd	1 1 3 7 8
2026-04-07	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 6
2026-04-06	1	2nd	0 3 4 7 7
2026-04-05	2	2nd	2 3 4 6 8
2026-04-03	0	3rd	1 2 3 7
2026-04-03	4	3rd	1 2 3 7
2026-03-30	2	2nd	2 3 7 7 8
2026-03-28	4	3rd	0 2 3 6 8
2026-03-24	3	2nd	1 3 5 6 7
2026-03-21	2	2nd	0 3 4 7 7
2026-03-19	0	4th	0 2 2 3
2026-03-19	3	4th	0 2 2 3
2026-03-16	0	2nd	1 3 9 9
2026-03-16	5	2nd	1 3 9 9
2026-03-11	1	2nd	2 3 6 7 8
2026-03-10	0	1st	3 5 5 6
2026-03-10	4	1st	3 5 5 6
2026-03-06	4	1st	3 4 5 6 8
2026-03-02	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 7
2026-03-01	2	3rd	1 1 3 7 8
2026-02-27	7	3rd	0 2 3 7 8
2026-02-20	1	4th	1 1 1 3 6
2026-02-19	2	2nd	1 3 5 9 9
2026-02-17	3	3rd	0 1 3 4 6
2026-02-14	1	1st	3 5 6 7 8
2026-02-13	2	3rd	0 1 3 5 6
2026-02-11	2	2nd	2 3 5 7 9
2026-02-09	4	2nd	2 3 4 4 8
2026-02-05	3	1st	3 5 6 7 8
2026-02-02	2	3rd	0 1 3 6 7
2026-01-31	1	1st	3 4 5 5 9
2026-01-30	1	3rd	0 1 3 8 8
2026-01-29	0	2nd	1 3 8 8
2026-01-29	5	2nd	1 3 8 8
2026-01-24	1	2nd	2 3 5 8 9
2026-01-23	11	2nd	2 3 4 5 9
2026-01-12	1	3rd	0 2 3 7 8
2026-01-11	2	3rd	1 2 3 6 6
2026-01-09	6	2nd	2 3 6 7 8
2026-01-03	3	1st	3 4 5 6 9
2025-12-31	1	2nd	1 3 4 5 9
2025-12-30	0	2nd	1 3 9 9
2025-12-30	2	2nd	1 3 9 9
2025-12-28	0	1st	3 7 9 9
2025-12-28	1	1st	3 7 9 9
2025-12-27	1	2nd	0 3 5 7 8
2025-12-26	2	2nd	1 3 6 6 7
2025-12-23	2	3rd	0 2 3 5 8
2025-12-21	0	2nd	2 3 4 6
2025-12-21	1	2nd	2 3 4 6
2025-12-20	2	3rd	1 2 3 4 5
2025-12-18	2	2nd	2 3 4 7 7
2025-12-16	2	1st	3 6 6 7 8
2025-12-14	1	2nd	0 3 5 7 8
2025-12-13	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 8
2025-12-12	1	3rd	0 2 3 5 5
2025-12-11	2	4th	0 2 2 3 4
2025-12-09	1	2nd	2 3 4 4 7
2025-12-08	3	1st	3 5 6 6 7
2025-12-05	0	2nd	2 3 4 4
2025-12-05	4	2nd	2 3 4 4
2025-12-01	2	2nd	1 3 4 7 9
2025-11-29	4	2nd	2 3 5 6 9
2025-11-25	1	3rd	0 2 3 7 9
2025-11-24	2	3rd	0 0 3 4 8
2025-11-22	0	2nd	2 3 4
2025-11-22	0	2nd	2 3 4
2025-11-22	3	2nd	2 3 4
2025-11-19	1	2nd	2 3 5 6 9
2025-11-18	0	2nd	2 3 5 8
2025-11-18	1	2nd	2 3 5 8
2025-11-17	1	1st	3 5 5 9 9
2025-11-16	2	2nd	2 3 6 7 9
2025-11-14	1	1st	3 5 6 8 9
2025-11-13	1	2nd	0 3 5 5 7
2025-11-12	1	3rd	0 1 3 5 7
2025-11-11	0	1st	3 7 7 8
2025-11-11	5	1st	3 7 7 8
2025-11-06	3	2nd	2 3 5 8 8
2025-11-03	2	4th	0 0 1 3 4
2025-11-01	1	1st	3 6 8 8 9
2025-10-31	4	5th	0 1 1 2 3
2025-10-27	2	3rd	1 2 3 7 8
2025-10-25	7	3rd	0 1 3 4 7
2025-10-18	2	3rd	0 1 3 4 4
2025-10-16	1	4th	1 2 2 3 8
2025-10-15	5	2nd	2 3 4 5 6
2025-10-10	0	2nd	1 3 4 4
2025-10-10	2	2nd	1 3 4 4
2025-10-08	4	1st	3 4 7 7 9
2025-10-04	3	1st	3 4 4 7 9
2025-10-01	1	2nd	2 3 4 6 9
2025-09-30	1	2nd	1 3 4 7 8
2025-09-29	2	2nd	2 3 4 6 8
2025-09-27	2	4th	0 2 2 3 7
2025-09-25	11	2nd	0 3 4 6 6
2025-09-14	2	2nd	1 3 4 5 5
2025-09-12	3	3rd	1 2 3 6 7
2025-09-09	2	4th	1 2 2 3 8
2025-09-07	1	2nd	2 3 6 8 9
2025-09-06	2	1st	3 5 7 7 7
2025-09-04	5	2nd	0 3 4 5 7
2025-08-30	4	2nd	2 3 7 8 8
2025-08-26	1	1st	3 5 7 8 8
2025-08-25	1	1st	3 4 4 6 7
2025-08-24	2	3rd	2 2 3 5 5
2025-08-22	2	1st	3 4 4 6 9
2025-08-20	0	1st	3 6 9 9
2025-08-20	1	1st	3 6 9 9
2025-08-19	4	3rd	0 0 3 4 4
2025-08-15	1	3rd	2 2 3 4 6
2025-08-14	4	4th	0 1 2 3 8
2025-08-10	2	2nd	2 3 5 6 9
2025-08-08	0	2nd	0 3 8 9
2025-08-08	4	2nd	0 3 8 9
2025-08-04	8	3rd	0 1 3 4 7
2025-07-27	3	2nd	1 3 5 6 9
2025-07-24	1	1st	3 6 7 7 7
2025-07-23	0	1st	3 4 7 7
2025-07-23	1	1st	3 4 7 7
2025-07-22	3	2nd	2 3 4 7 7
2025-07-19	5	3rd	2 2 3 4 6
2025-07-14	1	2nd	0 3 4 9 9
2025-07-13	0	2nd	1 3 4 9
2025-07-13	5	2nd	1 3 4 9
2025-07-08	4	1st	3 6 8 8 9
2025-07-04	0	2nd	0 3 5 5
2025-07-04	2	2nd	0 3 5 5
2025-07-02	1	2nd	2 3 4 7 9
2025-07-01	2	1st	3 8 8 8 8
2025-06-29	2	1st	3 5 5 7 9
2025-06-27	0	3rd	0 1 3 6
2025-06-27	3	3rd	0 1 3 6
2025-06-24	5	1st	3 5 6 7 9
2025-06-19	2	1st	3 4 5 6 8
2025-06-17	2	2nd	1 3 5 6 7
2025-06-15	5	3rd	1 2 3 6 8
2025-06-10	2	3rd	0 1 3 5 5
2025-06-08	2	2nd	0 3 4 8 8
2025-06-06	8	3rd	1 1 3 6 6
2025-05-29	1	1st	3 4 5 6 9
2025-05-28	1	2nd	1 3 5 5 5
2025-05-27	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 4
2025-05-26	1	3rd	1 2 3 8 9
2025-05-25	3	1st	3 6 7 7 8
2025-05-22	4	1st	3 5 6 8 8
2025-05-18	4	3rd	0 2 3 5 8
2025-05-14	1	3rd	2 2 3 4 5
2025-05-13	0	1st	3 5 6 9
2025-05-13	7	1st	3 5 6 9
2025-05-06	3	2nd	2 3 4 5 7
2025-05-03	1	1st	3 4 8 8 9
2025-05-02	0	2nd	0 3 8 9
2025-05-02	8	2nd	0 3 8 9
2024-12-31	7	2nd	1 3 5 8 9
2024-12-23	5	1st	3 4 5 5 9
2024-12-18	0	4th	1 2 2 3
2024-12-18	2	4th	1 2 2 3
2024-12-16	4	5th	0 2 2 2 3
2024-12-12	0	4th	0 0 1 3
2024-12-12	3	4th	0 0 1 3
2024-12-09	2	1st	3 5 5 6 7
2024-12-07	1	3rd	0 1 3 4 5
2024-12-06	2	1st	3 5 7 7 8
2024-12-04	2	2nd	0 3 6 7 8
2024-12-02	2	3rd	0 2 3 8 8
2024-11-30	4	2nd	0 3 4 6 9
2024-11-26	1	2nd	1 3 5 7 8
2024-11-25	2	2nd	1 3 5 5 9
2024-11-23	5	1st	3 5 8 9 9
2024-11-18	2	4th	1 1 2 3 9
2024-11-16	0	1st	3 4 4 8
2024-11-16	1	1st	3 4 4 8
2024-11-15	0	2nd	0 3 7 9
2024-11-15	1	2nd	0 3 7 9
2024-11-14	1	1st	3 4 4 4 5
2024-11-13	1	3rd	0 1 3 5 5
2024-11-12	3	2nd	1 3 5 7 9
2024-11-09	0	3rd	1 2 3 4
2024-11-09	2	3rd	1 2 3 4
2024-11-07	1	2nd	2 3 5 9 9
2024-11-06	2	3rd	2 2 3 7 8
2024-11-04	0	3rd	0 1 3 6
2024-11-04	1	3rd	0 1 3 6
2024-11-03	5	1st	3 4 4 4 7
2024-10-29	2	2nd	1 3 4 7 8
2024-10-27	0	1st	3 8 8 8
2024-10-27	1	1st	3 8 8 8
2024-10-26	1	3rd	0 0 3 7 9
2024-10-25	2	2nd	1 3 6 8 9
2024-10-23	1	1st	3 5 6 6 8
2024-10-22	6	3rd	2 2 3 7 9
2024-10-16	2	3rd	1 2 3 7 8
2024-10-14	1	2nd	0 3 4 9 9
2024-10-13	12	1st	3 4 4 6 7
2024-10-01	4	2nd	2 3 4 7 9
2024-09-27	0	1st	3 4 8
2024-09-27	0	1st	3 4 8
2024-09-27	3	1st	3 4 8
2024-09-24	1	2nd	1 3 4 6 8
2024-09-23	0	3rd	0 1 3 9
2024-09-23	6	3rd	0 1 3 9
2024-09-17	1	1st	3 7 7 8 8
2024-09-16	1	1st	3 4 6 7 7
2024-09-15	3	2nd	1 3 4 5 8
2024-09-12	1	3rd	1 1 3 4 6
2024-09-11	0	2nd	1 3 4 8
2024-09-11	2	2nd	1 3 4 8
2024-09-09	2	2nd	2 3 4 6 6
2024-09-07	1	2nd	0 3 5 5 9
2024-09-06	0	2nd	1 3 8 8
2024-09-06	1	2nd	1 3 8 8
2024-09-05	1	4th	1 1 2 3 7
2024-09-04	4	2nd	1 3 5 7 8
2024-08-31	2	5th	0 0 1 2 3
2024-08-29	2	3rd	0 1 3 6 7
2024-08-27	1	2nd	0 3 5 5 5
2024-08-26	1	4th	0 1 1 3 7
2024-08-25	1	3rd	0 0 3 8 9
2024-08-24	1	3rd	2 2 3 9 9
2024-08-23	4	4th	0 0 0 3 8
2024-08-19	—	2nd	2 3 4 6 8