Number 3

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,669 draws, 5 from 1–39.

330times drawn · chance expected 342 −0.71σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

42longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 330 times in 2,669 draws against 342.2 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 330 times in 2,669 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 19 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 smallest269 · chance 263.3
2nd smallest60 · chance 63.8
3rd smallest1 · chance 2.8
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 34.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 18 34 35 23 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-15	8	1st	3 15 22 25 39
2026-09-03	9	1st	3 8 19 22 32
2026-08-21	2	1st	3 9 18 25 26
2026-08-19	3	1st	3 5 18 27

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-26	3	1st	3 19 24 32 39
2026-01-21	3	1st	3 9 13 14 20
2026-01-16	3	1st	3 6 11 20 28
2026-01-13	9	1st	3 11 16 24 27
2025-12-31	5	2nd	1 3 20 33 34
2025-12-24	9	1st	3 7 18 23 39
2025-12-11	3	2nd	1 3 14 21 38
2025-12-08	1	1st	3 14 19 28 31
2025-12-05	1	1st	3 10 30 31 34
2025-12-04	10	1st	3 24 29 37 39
2025-11-20	4	1st	3 11 17 22 24
2025-11-14	1	1st	3 13 16 34 35
2025-11-13	2	1st	3 7 19 24 26
2025-11-11	9	1st	3 16 17 23 36
2025-10-29	2	1st	3 11 22 23 38
2025-10-27	20	2nd	2 3 8 13 35
2025-09-29	2	1st	3 14 15 17 28
2025-09-25	11	1st	3 9 32 33 39
2025-09-10	1	1st	3 12 20 28 36
2025-09-09	3	1st	3 9 21 26 27
2025-09-04	4	1st	3 5 22 30 35
2025-08-29	11	1st	3 11 18 19 34
2025-08-14	19	2nd	1 3 12 21 26
2025-07-18	13	1st	3 7 20 21 27
2025-07-01	7	1st	3 5 7 18 38
2025-06-20	2	3rd	1 2 3 27 30
2025-06-18	6	1st	3 13 16 19 24
2025-06-10	3	1st	3 16 18 20 22
2025-06-05	23	2nd	2 3 5 22 33
2025-05-05	1	1st	3 4 29 30 33
2025-05-02	7	1st	3 5 8 15 19
2025-04-23	3	1st	3 8 18 23 37
2025-04-18	3	1st	3 11 19 31 36
2025-04-15	3	1st	3 4 14 22 38
2025-04-10	15	1st	3 17 26 35 37
2025-03-20	3	2nd	2 3 24 30 34
2025-03-17	3	2nd	2 3 20 34 38
2025-03-12	7	1st	3 9 12 19 23
2025-03-03	3	1st	3 6 13 33 34
2025-02-26	4	2nd	1 3 8 17 27
2025-02-20	12	1st	3 8 11 36 38
2025-02-04	18	2nd	1 3 6 21 24
2025-01-09	19	1st	3 8 27 31 32
2024-12-13	40	1st	3 23 24 25 29
2024-10-18	23	1st	3 4 19 23 29
2024-09-17	3	1st	3 8 13 34 35
2024-09-12	5	1st	3 12 16 26 29
2024-09-05	6	1st	3 27 28 30 34
2024-08-28	1	1st	3 5 8 14 35
2024-08-27	4	1st	3 8 9 24 26
2024-08-21	9	1st	3 6 17 26 30
2024-08-08	7	1st	3 4 21 35 38
2024-07-30	9	1st	3 4 8 30 35
2024-07-17	10	2nd	1 3 13 16 18
2024-07-03	4	1st	3 10 13 27 35
2024-06-27	6	1st	3 17 20 35 36
2024-06-19	17	2nd	1 3 6 10 35
2024-05-27	5	2nd	1 3 6 20 33
2024-05-20	15	1st	3 5 20 35 39
2024-04-29	14	1st	3 16 20 24 39
2024-04-09	4	1st	3 4 14 17 24
2024-04-03	8	1st	3 20 22 26 29
2024-03-22	1	1st	3 20 24 25 26
2024-03-21	2	1st	3 18 23 25 37
2024-03-19	1	1st	3 11 15 23 35
2024-03-18	4	1st	3 17 20 27 32
2024-03-12	5	1st	3 4 11 14 29
2024-03-05	9	1st	3 6 20 26 34
2024-02-21	5	1st	3 18 24 33 37
2024-02-14	6	1st	3 5 12 22 31
2024-02-06	10	1st	3 4 7 21 23
2024-01-23	11	1st	3 12 23 26 39
2024-01-08	8	2nd	2 3 11 22 35
2023-12-27	9	1st	3 17 24 35 39
2023-12-14	6	1st	3 11 21 33 34
2023-12-06	6	1st	3 6 13 16 35
2023-11-28	1	1st	3 8 10 19 35
2023-11-27	4	1st	3 16 18 28 32
2023-11-21	2	1st	3 15 27 28 37
2023-11-17	4	1st	3 9 14 22 26
2023-11-13	2	2nd	1 3 17 36 39
2023-11-09	15	1st	3 13 17 21 31
2023-10-19	12	2nd	2 3 9 14 39
2023-10-03	16	1st	3 5 6 27 38
2023-09-11	6	1st	3 23 34 37 38
2023-09-01	17	1st	3 6 22 35 37
2023-08-09	1	1st	3 7 23 27 29
2023-08-08	21	1st	3 6 8 13 27
2023-07-10	2	2nd	1 3 16 29 34
2023-07-06	11	1st	3 15 24 25 33
2023-06-21	11	1st	3 19 29 34 38
2023-06-06	18	1st	3 8 12 24 27
2023-05-11	10	1st	3 25 27 30 36
2023-04-27	3	2nd	2 3 9 15 26
2023-04-24	5	2nd	2 3 9 13 23
2023-04-17	12	1st	3 4 17 24 27
2023-03-30	2	1st	3 9 23 27 28
2023-03-28	17	1st	3 5 17 29 39
2023-03-03	11	1st	3 19 25 30 31
2023-02-16	7	1st	3 6 11 18 38
2023-02-07	5	1st	3 6 10 14 37
2023-01-31	6	1st	3 8 10 30 36
2023-01-23	21	1st	3 10 20 25 37
2022-12-23	4	2nd	1 3 4 12 18
2022-12-19	8	1st	3 15 19 24 37
2022-12-07	19	1st	3 9 26 27 37
2022-11-10	11	2nd	2 3 12 15 18
2022-10-26	5	1st	3 11 15 19 33
2022-10-19	2	1st	3 8 12 23 26
2022-10-17	5	2nd	2 3 6 7 28
2022-10-10	3	2nd	2 3 18 30 36
2022-10-05	5	2nd	1 3 22 28 32
2022-09-28	11	1st	3 12 18 24 32
2022-09-13	10	1st	3 12 13 17 24
2022-08-30	7	1st	3 5 8 9 30
2022-08-19	5	1st	3 15 18 27 34
2022-08-12	2	1st	3 10 11 19 24
2022-08-10	5	1st	3 5 19 27 29
2022-08-03	10	1st	3 8 9 16 34
2022-07-20	12	2nd	1 3 7 16 33
2022-07-04	2	1st	3 4 6 32 36
2022-06-30	9	1st	3 4 15 17 24
2022-06-17	2	1st	3 10 28 31 33
2022-06-15	1	1st	3 22 24 33 38
2022-06-14	1	2nd	2 3 4 6 14
2022-06-13	4	1st	3 18 20 32 34
2022-06-07	2	1st	3 14 17 18 33
2022-06-03	1	1st	3 4 24 28 38
2022-06-02	3	1st	3 8 9 15 26
2022-05-30	7	1st	3 12 31 36 37
2022-05-19	8	1st	3 23 31 33 37
2022-05-09	10	2nd	2 3 15 30 37
2022-04-25	16	1st	3 4 9 12 23
2022-04-01	17	1st	3 15 20 21 22
2022-03-09	1	1st	3 18 23 33 34
2022-03-08	2	1st	3 7 34 36 37
2022-03-04	2	1st	3 6 18 25 28
2022-03-02	22	1st	3 7 11 12 18
2022-01-31	1	1st	3 15 22 24 31
2022-01-28	27	1st	3 7 19 25 27
2021-12-22	3	1st	3 20 30 33 39
2021-12-17	10	1st	3 9 19 26 28
2021-12-03	23	2nd	1 3 6 25 38
2021-11-02	10	1st	3 7 8 17 27
2021-10-19	12	1st	3 4 11 23 29
2021-10-01	9	1st	3 5 19 26 32
2021-09-20	1	1st	3 9 11 23 34
2021-09-17	1	1st	3 11 13 19 32
2021-09-16	4	1st	3 5 12 13 21
2021-09-10	5	1st	3 19 29 33 39
2021-09-03	1	2nd	2 3 9 17 20
2021-09-02	2	2nd	2 3 6 21 38
2021-08-31	10	1st	3 5 21 24 37
2021-08-17	2	1st	3 19 20 29 33
2021-08-13	1	1st	3 5 24 30 38
2021-08-12	3	2nd	2 3 20 23 38
2021-08-09	2	1st	3 13 29 30 36
2021-08-05	28	1st	3 7 18 22 30
2021-06-28	11	1st	3 11 22 31 37
2021-06-11	13	1st	3 6 18 28 33
2021-05-25	5	2nd	2 3 9 13 20
2021-05-18	3	1st	3 10 16 21 34
2021-05-13	8	2nd	2 3 15 34 35
2021-05-03	1	1st	3 8 11 12 18
2021-04-30	5	1st	3 6 33 35 37
2021-04-23	6	1st	3 13 18 27 31
2021-04-15	9	1st	3 22 31 34 36
2021-04-02	1	1st	3 8 29 30 32
2021-04-01	1	2nd	2 3 13 25 26
2021-03-31	14	1st	3 9 12 21 25
2021-03-11	3	1st	3 7 11 23 24
2021-03-08	11	1st	3 14 20 28 36
2021-02-19	1	1st	3 11 12 19 32
2021-02-18	9	1st	3 5 9 12 18
2021-02-05	14	1st	3 10 13 24 37
2021-01-18	2	1st	3 17 26 32 35
2021-01-14	4	1st	3 6 26 28 39
2021-01-08	4	1st	3 11 24 27 36
2021-01-04	2	1st	3 4 6 30 33
2020-12-31	6	1st	3 10 29 33 36
2020-12-23	15	1st	3 11 20 32 35
2020-12-02	19	1st	3 4 17 18 29
2020-11-05	7	1st	3 7 9 22 39
2020-10-27	1	1st	3 4 19 32 38
2020-10-26	4	1st	3 12 24 28 32
2020-10-20	4	2nd	2 3 12 14 18
2020-10-14	8	1st	3 24 26 29 39
2020-10-02	31	1st	3 9 18 19 32
2020-08-20	6	1st	3 11 21 28 36
2020-08-12	12	1st	3 16 31 35 37
2020-07-27	3	1st	3 14 19 21 34
2020-07-22	8	1st	3 4 14 25 27
2020-07-08	1	2nd	1 3 11 29 34
2020-07-06	5	1st	3 7 29 34 38
2020-06-24	7	1st	3 5 15 16 38
2020-06-08	1	1st	3 5 30 35 36
2020-06-05	16	2nd	2 3 7 18 22
2020-04-29	2	1st	3 10 22 31 32
2020-04-24	1	1st	3 5 18 30 38
2020-04-22	19	1st	3 7 24 29 38
2020-03-09	2	1st	3 8 14 23 30
2020-03-04	16	1st	3 4 22 30 37
2020-01-27	22	2nd	1 3 18 24 39
2019-12-06	33	1st	3 20 28 32 33
2019-09-20	14	1st	3 21 29 32 39
2019-08-19	3	1st	3 11 20 22 38
2019-08-12	30	1st	3 4 10 15 28
2019-06-03	2	1st	3 6 24 35 37
2019-05-29	7	2nd	2 3 24 36 37
2019-05-13	10	1st	3 4 20 36 39
2019-04-19	1	1st	3 9 25 26 31
2019-04-17	13	1st	3 13 16 22 32
2019-03-18	3	1st	3 5 21 28 31
2019-03-11	10	1st	3 15 17 23 29
2019-02-15	1	1st	3 12 18 28 33
2019-02-13	1	1st	3 11 18 21 37
2019-02-11	8	1st	3 14 15 18 25
2019-01-23	5	1st	3 20 26 28 31
2019-01-11	5	1st	3 8 16 26 34
2018-12-31	12	1st	3 4 25 27 35
2018-12-03	18	1st	3 14 25 30 34
2018-10-22	4	1st	3 6 16 24 37
2018-10-12	16	1st	3 13 18 25 30
2018-09-05	7	1st	3 5 26 32 39
2018-08-20	4	2nd	1 3 15 16 24
2018-08-10	1	1st	3 4 6 27 34
2018-08-08	2	1st	3 4 19 21 37
2018-08-03	4	1st	3 5 10 28 34
2018-07-25	3	1st	3 6 7 12 21
2018-07-18	2	1st	3 4 23 31 34
2018-07-13	4	1st	3 4 5 7 21
2018-07-04	6	1st	3 6 15 20 24
2018-06-20	1	1st	3 6 9 16 38
2018-06-18	3	1st	3 20 27 28 34
2018-06-11	6	1st	3 10 23 34 39
2018-05-28	15	1st	3 25 28 33 38
2018-04-23	14	1st	3 17 26 33 39
2018-03-21	9	2nd	1 3 13 16 29
2018-02-28	5	1st	3 10 18 27 31
2018-02-16	12	1st	3 4 12 14 16
2018-01-19	12	1st	3 4 11 31 38
2017-12-22	11	2nd	2 3 10 12 27
2017-11-24	17	1st	3 16 21 24 36
2017-10-16	12	1st	3 4 8 15 23
2017-09-18	6	1st	3 16 30 31 35
2017-09-04	9	1st	3 12 19 20 35
2017-08-14	42	2nd	1 3 10 11 32
2017-05-08	4	2nd	1 3 6 13 36
2017-04-28	7	2nd	2 3 15 22 26
2017-04-12	8	2nd	2 3 24 34 35
2017-03-24	38	1st	3 6 31 35 38
2016-12-26	12	1st	3 6 11 27 34
2016-11-28	15	2nd	1 3 16 18 31
2016-10-24	21	1st	3 7 16 32 39
2016-09-05	29	1st	3 14 17 23 25
2016-06-29	4	1st	3 8 14 22 33
2016-06-20	3	1st	3 9 25 27 35
2016-06-13	1	2nd	1 3 31 36 38
2016-06-10	11	2nd	1 3 23 24 30
2016-05-16	14	2nd	2 3 5 12 26
2016-04-13	14	1st	3 21 24 26 30
2016-03-11	2	1st	3 15 19 25 26
2016-03-07	5	1st	3 4 7 30 37
2016-02-24	1	1st	3 16 22 25 28
2016-02-22	6	1st	3 7 9 24 33
2016-02-08	1	1st	3 23 24 31 32
2016-02-05	6	1st	3 12 28 34 37
2016-01-22	5	1st	3 23 31 33 35
2016-01-11	2	1st	3 4 6 23 38
2016-01-06	14	1st	3 7 14 23 31
2015-12-04	11	1st	3 11 23 31 38
2015-11-09	2	1st	3 8 13 22 36
2015-11-04	13	2nd	1 3 13 33 35
2015-10-05	23	1st	3 24 27 34 37
2015-08-12	7	1st	3 6 15 31 39
2015-07-27	14	1st	3 17 20 23 38
2015-06-24	6	1st	3 4 21 37 39
2015-06-10	16	1st	3 7 8 32 38
2015-05-04	18	2nd	2 3 14 27 30
2015-03-23	4	2nd	1 3 24 31 34
2015-03-13	5	1st	3 13 17 19 26
2015-03-02	9	2nd	1 3 6 15 19
2015-02-09	24	1st	3 4 23 35 38
2014-12-15	10	1st	3 12 30 31 38
2014-11-21	3	2nd	1 3 8 13 27
2014-11-14	5	1st	3 5 13 25 32
2014-11-03	7	1st	3 9 13 16 35
2014-10-17	3	1st	3 12 15 29 37
2014-10-10	5	1st	3 4 9 11 23
2014-09-29	4	1st	3 8 11 18 31
2014-09-19	9	1st	3 6 18 19 36
2014-08-29	9	2nd	2 3 13 17 30
2014-08-08	9	1st	3 10 12 17 22
2014-07-18	20	1st	3 13 27 35 39
2014-06-02	6	1st	3 8 19 20 22
2014-05-19	2	1st	3 16 18 21 28
2014-05-14	6	1st	3 17 21 29 39
2014-04-30	2	1st	3 5 8 24 34
2014-04-25	3	1st	3 19 31 37 38
2014-04-18	5	1st	3 18 26 31 34
2014-04-07	7	1st	3 7 32 34 35
2014-03-21	7	1st	3 17 31 33 34
2014-03-05	6	2nd	2 3 24 30 35
2014-02-19	3	1st	3 4 12 14 25
2014-02-12	19	1st	3 5 20 26 28
2013-12-30	—	1st	3 10 24 27 36