Number 3

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

189times drawn · chance expected 198 −0.70σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

41longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 189 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 189 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 18 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 smallest161 · chance 154.1
2nd smallest26 · chance 33.5
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.4
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 18.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 33 4 20 25 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-08-08	5	1st	3 11 20 25 40 42
2026-07-22	4	1st	3 14 22 32 35 40
2026-07-08	11	1st	3 8 11 18 23 38
2026-05-30

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-25	5	1st	3 17 25 31 33 50
2024-05-08	6	1st	3 11 17 26 50 53
2024-04-17	23	1st	3 19 20 41 47 50
2024-01-27	6	1st	3 23 33 37 45 50
2024-01-06	5	1st	3 8 25 31 34 40
2023-12-20	8	1st	3 26 33 44 46 51
2023-11-22	4	1st	3 4 6 30 36 52
2023-11-08	5	1st	3 17 18 26 39 53
2023-10-21	11	1st	3 8 10 26 36 48
2023-09-13	5	2nd	1 3 6 10 18 23
2023-08-26	40	2nd	1 3 4 26 29 40
2023-04-08	27	2nd	1 3 9 34 35 42
2023-01-04	21	1st	3 9 13 15 30 42
2022-10-22	4	1st	3 30 32 36 51 53
2022-10-08	6	1st	3 13 15 25 26 36
2022-09-17	13	1st	3 13 19 39 48 52
2022-08-03	9	1st	3 9 18 19 25 40
2022-07-02	2	1st	3 5 9 20 34 47
2022-06-25	13	2nd	2 3 7 22 36 43
2022-05-11	6	1st	3 5 6 7 8 10
2022-04-20	41	1st	3 13 32 33 38 50
2021-11-27	21	2nd	2 3 6 12 20 51
2021-09-15	10	1st	3 6 29 31 44 46
2021-08-11	6	1st	3 23 33 37 38 45
2021-07-21	28	1st	3 25 33 47 51 53
2021-04-14	2	1st	3 17 31 34 39 52
2021-04-07	4	1st	3 19 24 30 42 44
2021-03-24	3	1st	3 10 25 33 37 44
2021-03-13	6	1st	3 7 11 20 36 47
2021-02-20	3	1st	3 4 11 16 19 33
2021-02-10	1	1st	3 4 25 29 34 44
2021-02-06	1	1st	3 4 6 16 25 44
2021-02-03	16	1st	3 6 24 29 47 49
2020-12-09	11	2nd	1 3 10 16 20 45
2020-10-31	3	1st	3 27 29 35 44 50
2020-10-21	3	1st	3 13 14 15 33 34
2020-10-10	7	1st	3 4 12 26 40 45
2020-09-16	10	1st	3 15 17 35 43 44
2020-08-12	5	1st	3 13 24 32 42 53
2020-07-25	15	1st	3 12 16 17 35 50
2020-06-03	22	1st	3 9 14 20 22 42
2020-03-18	2	1st	3 14 22 47 50 53
2020-03-11	4	1st	3 7 40 42 46 51
2020-02-26	6	1st	3 10 15 19 20 28
2020-02-05	3	1st	3 5 6 9 18 38
2020-01-25	4	1st	3 18 24 46 51 53
2020-01-11	3	1st	3 27 36 40 45 49
2020-01-01	26	1st	3 5 15 18 30 31
2019-10-02	15	1st	3 13 18 28 44 47
2019-08-10	15	1st	3 6 14 27 39 51
2019-06-19	1	1st	3 7 37 46 51 53
2019-06-15	28	1st	3 34 38 42 45 52
2019-03-09	20	1st	3 16 26 30 34 48
2018-12-29	13	1st	3 24 44 48 50 51
2018-11-14	3	1st	3 6 16 27 32 43
2018-11-03	4	1st	3 10 18 27 41 43
2018-10-20	16	1st	3 13 14 30 35 46
2018-08-25	5	2nd	1 3 19 22 33 37
2018-08-08	12	1st	3 4 11 17 25 45
2018-06-27	22	1st	3 21 28 38 42 52
2018-04-11	14	1st	3 4 7 22 43 51
2018-02-21	1	1st	3 15 24 27 37 50
2018-02-17	29	1st	3 28 31 38 39 51
2017-11-08	1	1st	3 8 10 13 40 53
2017-11-04	2	1st	3 9 20 30 34 37
2017-10-28	3	1st	3 20 25 29 43 45
2017-10-18	22	2nd	1 3 15 24 47 52
2017-08-02	1	1st	3 4 6 10 30 42
2017-07-29	3	2nd	1 3 14 22 26 44
2017-07-19	10	1st	3 10 20 29 35 50
2017-06-14	2	1st	3 6 7 10 20 29
2017-06-07	6	1st	3 12 21 35 41 50
2017-05-17	16	1st	3 7 20 34 38 43
2017-03-22	11	1st	3 13 21 30 32 42
2017-02-11	41	3rd	1 2 3 4 37 47
2016-09-21	3	1st	3 15 25 45 46 48
2016-09-10	7	1st	3 28 34 44 52 53
2016-08-17	9	1st	3 8 13 14 18 33
2016-07-16	18	1st	3 4 5 8 23 53
2016-05-14	3	1st	3 6 8 35 36 40
2016-05-04	2	1st	3 10 27 34 40 47
2016-04-27	8	1st	3 11 18 25 36 50
2016-03-30	10	1st	3 12 25 38 40 47
2016-02-24	14	1st	3 21 33 43 45 50
2016-01-06	2	1st	3 6 22 29 41 52
2015-12-30	3	1st	3 10 14 17 28 53
2015-12-19	4	1st	3 14 20 22 32 50
2015-12-05	3	1st	3 11 39 42 45 52
2015-11-25	17	1st	3 16 19 31 36 52
2015-09-26	9	1st	3 22 26 32 40 47
2015-08-26	7	1st	3 8 11 23 40 43
2015-08-01	2	1st	3 14 18 19 29 34
2015-07-25	28	1st	3 4 9 22 36 41
2015-04-18	4	1st	3 15 16 27 38 49
2015-04-04	13	1st	3 5 9 18 47 49
2015-02-18	4	1st	3 10 24 29 39 45
2015-02-04	2	1st	3 13 22 34 48 52
2015-01-28	6	1st	3 6 9 33 37 48
2015-01-07	9	1st	3 7 25 29 36 52
2014-12-06	6	1st	3 17 29 30 31 37
2014-11-15	14	1st	3 21 39 45 47 53
2014-09-27	1	2nd	2 3 9 21 23 33
2014-09-24	5	1st	3 20 23 38 39 53
2014-09-06	4	1st	3 11 13 22 44 46
2014-08-23	6	1st	3 24 26 29 44 51
2014-08-02	5	1st	3 5 9 19 44 50
2014-07-16	2	1st	3 6 8 33 35 37
2014-07-09	7	1st	3 8 12 13 20 32
2014-06-14	6	1st	3 8 21 23 35 51
2014-05-24	2	1st	3 6 17 19 45 48
2014-05-17	23	1st	3 11 13 15 33 50
2014-02-26	3	1st	3 36 37 41 47 48
2014-02-15	6	2nd	1 3 5 10 38 49
2014-01-25	5	2nd	2 3 7 21 36 43
2014-01-08	23	1st	3 24 30 35 43 51
2013-10-19	2	2nd	2 3 15 39 44 49
2013-10-12	9	1st	3 8 16 20 43 48
2013-09-11	4	1st	3 26 36 37 43 44
2013-08-28	2	1st	3 9 11 21 24 49
2013-08-21	2	1st	3 6 36 46 48 52
2013-08-14	3	1st	3 6 16 30 31 40
2013-08-03	5	1st	3 4 5 39 47 48
2013-07-17	4	2nd	1 3 4 12 15 38
2013-07-03	1	1st	3 13 42 47 52 53
2013-06-29	4	2nd	1 3 5 14 28 32
2013-06-15	29	1st	3 16 19 20 32 52
2013-03-06	3	1st	3 12 39 44 46 51
2013-02-23	8	3rd	1 2 3 9 23 53
2013-01-26	14	1st	3 4 5 38 39 41
2012-12-08	5	1st	3 7 8 28 29 53
2012-11-21	16	1st	3 19 24 34 37 41
2012-09-26	12	2nd	1 3 16 19 25 38
2012-08-15	5	1st	3 7 10 19 24 27
2012-07-28	3	1st	3 8 9 12 33 52
2012-07-18	19	2nd	1 3 7 23 33 44
2012-05-12	8	1st	3 14 17 32 33 34
2012-04-14	7	2nd	1 3 22 28 36 40
2012-03-21	12	2nd	2 3 4 10 18 26
2012-02-08	12	1st	3 12 20 22 31 52
2011-12-28	2	1st	3 14 40 42 45 51
2011-12-21	2	1st	3 10 24 25 49 52
2011-12-14	1	2nd	1 3 4 9 33 38
2011-12-10	5	1st	3 19 22 28 34 37
2011-11-23	1	1st	3 10 11 20 42 43
2011-11-19	2	1st	3 5 17 24 34 53
2011-11-12	4	1st	3 11 15 22 37 38
2011-10-29	4	1st	3 8 12 28 34 48
2011-10-15	8	1st	3 9 36 41 42 44
2011-09-17	16	2nd	1 3 4 12 15 33
2011-07-23	5	1st	3 8 24 38 39 40
2011-07-06	28	1st	3 4 6 39 48 52
2011-03-30	8	1st	3 9 10 20 31 52
2011-03-02	3	1st	3 7 11 19 40 41
2011-02-19	3	1st	3 12 16 30 37 46
2011-02-09	13	1st	3 11 24 29 35 51
2010-12-25	3	1st	3 25 32 33 34 51
2010-12-15	3	1st	3 4 21 25 35 40
2010-12-04	8	1st	3 12 22 28 43 51
2010-11-06	13	1st	3 14 24 30 33 38
2010-09-22	10	1st	3 4 5 7 19 30
2010-08-18	23	2nd	2 3 5 22 41 45
2010-05-29	1	1st	3 7 8 25 36 45
2010-05-26	19	2nd	2 3 25 30 35 40
2010-03-20	19	2nd	2 3 16 30 45 50
2010-01-13	—	1st	3 4 12 20 40 43