Number 3

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

217times drawn · chance expected 225 −0.57σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

72longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 217 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −0.57σ. 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 217 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 72 · 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 smallest184 · chance 178.9
2nd smallest31 · chance 36.7
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.4
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 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 6 16 17 20 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-11	6	2nd	1 3 20 31 41
2026-10-05	1	1st	3 4 8 9 36
2026-10-04	14	1st	3 16 23 27 43
2026-09-20	7	1st	3 9 22

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-01	2	1st	3 6 7 33 41
2026-02-27	26	2nd	1 3 5 35 38
2026-02-01	32	1st	3 13 31 39 44
2025-12-31	1	2nd	2 3 5 27 37
2025-12-30	2	1st	3 21 25 38 43
2025-12-28	1	1st	3 5 14 18 36
2025-12-27	2	3rd	1 2 3 30 44
2025-12-25	2	1st	3 6 23 24 34
2025-12-23	16	2nd	2 3 21 31 38
2025-12-07	9	1st	3 10 12 13 39
2025-11-27	5	1st	3 7 32 35 37
2025-11-22	5	1st	3 20 42 43 44
2025-11-17	4	1st	3 7 8 9 13
2025-11-13	6	1st	3 6 24 38 39
2025-11-07	39	1st	3 20 28 33 42
2025-09-28	4	1st	3 7 13 29 45
2025-09-24	14	1st	3 13 17 19 35
2025-09-10	9	1st	3 4 5 20 25
2025-09-01	3	1st	3 24 28 31 35
2025-08-29	13	2nd	1 3 22 40 42
2025-08-16	8	2nd	1 3 9 18 34
2025-08-08	12	2nd	2 3 22 39 42
2025-07-27	2	1st	3 12 18 21 30
2025-07-25	12	1st	3 21 27 32 43
2025-07-13	7	1st	3 24 33 38 43
2025-07-06	18	1st	3 28 31 35 44
2025-06-18	16	1st	3 9 37 38 41
2025-06-02	4	1st	3 16 23 29 42
2025-05-29	5	2nd	1 3 11 24 32
2025-05-24	13	2nd	2 3 4 23 40
2025-05-11	21	2nd	1 3 18 19 38
2025-04-20	13	2nd	1 3 25 35 40
2025-04-07	15	1st	3 13 14 32 37
2025-03-23	12	1st	3 18 29 33 44
2025-03-11	9	1st	3 4 6 27 43
2025-03-02	4	1st	3 15 24 35 39
2025-02-26	24	1st	3 15 19 22 33
2025-02-02	11	1st	3 25 33 34 45
2025-01-22	2	1st	3 11 20 36 43
2025-01-20	10	1st	3 12 14 39 43
2025-01-10	4	1st	3 5 12 17 20
2025-01-06	51	1st	3 10 31 39 41
2024-11-16	5	1st	3 14 16 25 43
2024-11-11	8	1st	3 10 11 36 37
2024-11-03	6	1st	3 12 21 34 40
2024-10-28	3	2nd	2 3 7 12 43
2024-10-25	3	1st	3 21 34 36 44
2024-10-22	9	1st	3 4 15 22 35
2024-10-13	6	1st	3 8 24 38 43
2024-10-07	7	1st	3 11 30 31 42
2024-09-30	3	1st	3 4 10 12 32
2024-09-27	5	1st	3 5 19 21 23
2024-09-22	6	2nd	2 3 4 24 28
2024-09-16	8	1st	3 8 10 36 45
2024-09-08	26	1st	3 11 21 23 37
2024-08-13	3	3rd	1 2 3 22 38
2024-08-10	19	1st	3 11 13 23 24
2024-07-22	3	2nd	1 3 26 29 36
2024-07-19	16	1st	3 29 31 32 45
2024-07-03	7	1st	3 7 11 22 45
2024-06-26	1	1st	3 5 16 36 37
2024-06-25	2	1st	3 12 17 39 41
2024-06-23	29	1st	3 6 20 26 38
2024-05-25	5	1st	3 7 10 20 45
2024-05-20	13	1st	3 8 26 27 28
2024-05-07	9	1st	3 29 32 39 42
2024-04-28	6	1st	3 6 14 34 44
2024-04-22	10	1st	3 30 37 41 44
2024-04-12	3	1st	3 11 16 34 35
2024-04-09	36	1st	3 10 14 24 34
2024-03-04	14	1st	3 15 23 37 41
2024-02-19	1	1st	3 20 25 34 41
2024-02-18	7	1st	3 5 20 29 43
2024-02-11	37	1st	3 9 13 27 45
2024-01-05	11	1st	3 6 8 18 32
2023-12-25	2	1st	3 8 23 25 45
2023-12-23	1	2nd	1 3 7 10 43
2023-12-22	13	1st	3 7 19 21 40
2023-12-09	21	1st	3 16 24 33 41
2023-11-18	18	1st	3 6 19 26 37
2023-10-31	7	1st	3 4 8 12 14
2023-10-24	2	1st	3 5 26 27 38
2023-10-22	14	1st	3 23 29 34 44
2023-10-08	20	1st	3 16 21 28 41
2023-09-18	19	2nd	2 3 12 22 37
2023-08-30	6	1st	3 24 34 42 44
2023-08-24	30	1st	3 12 15 32 45
2023-07-25	6	1st	3 4 17 22 27
2023-07-19	4	1st	3 31 34 36 44
2023-07-15	1	1st	3 6 17 30 44
2023-07-14	15	1st	3 7 28 32 45
2023-06-29	1	2nd	2 3 4 41 42
2023-06-28	7	1st	3 8 9 30 37
2023-06-21	9	1st	3 11 14 31 37
2023-06-12	12	1st	3 4 17 22 31
2023-05-31	1	1st	3 10 15 17 45
2023-05-30	4	1st	3 31 32 35 41
2023-05-26	7	1st	3 6 11 22 34
2023-05-19	7	1st	3 14 23 26 36
2023-05-12	2	1st	3 4 17 21 30
2023-05-10	1	1st	3 8 15 25 26
2023-05-09	3	1st	3 9 15 18 31
2023-05-06	38	1st	3 5 6 19 20
2023-03-29	6	1st	3 15 28 32 40
2023-03-23	4	1st	3 5 19 26 28
2023-03-19	1	1st	3 6 8 25 39
2023-03-18	8	1st	3 13 22 31 36
2023-03-10	2	1st	3 4 23 26 27
2023-03-08	7	1st	3 20 27 34 41
2023-03-01	7	1st	3 12 13 16 27
2023-02-22	10	1st	3 6 8 20 21
2023-02-12	1	1st	3 13 17 35 41
2023-02-11	10	1st	3 4 6 26 41
2023-02-01	1	2nd	1 3 9 26 41
2023-01-31	3	1st	3 4 16 20 27
2023-01-28	20	1st	3 10 11 26 36
2023-01-08	6	1st	3 11 35 36 40
2023-01-02	11	1st	3 8 28 31 33
2022-12-22	29	1st	3 20 29 35 44
2022-11-23	2	1st	3 12 20 23 34
2022-11-21	14	1st	3 8 12 19 29
2022-11-07	72	1st	3 7 16 19 27
2022-03-02	7	1st	3 9 21 22 24
2022-02-05	7	1st	3 17 22 36 39
2022-01-12	1	1st	3 17 18 20 22
2022-01-08	1	1st	3 14 23 31 39
2022-01-05	1	1st	3 13 16 23 27
2022-01-01	2	1st	3 6 12 25 26
2021-12-25	4	1st	3 8 11 12 16
2021-12-11	13	1st	3 16 20 24 45
2021-10-27	9	1st	3 9 16 33 45
2021-09-25	16	1st	3 7 30 33 34
2021-07-31	4	1st	3 17 22 25 39
2021-07-17	7	1st	3 10 18 19 36
2021-06-23	12	2nd	2 3 6 11 36
2021-05-12	2	2nd	1 3 8 11 38
2021-05-05	11	1st	3 11 26 36 45
2021-03-27	10	1st	3 9 13 29 32
2021-02-20	4	1st	3 12 17 20 44
2021-02-06	3	1st	3 6 9 22 34
2021-01-27	2	1st	3 17 25 33 43
2021-01-20	8	1st	3 5 17 24 26
2020-12-23	2	1st	3 12 13 23 29
2020-12-16	9	1st	3 14 26 29 33
2020-11-14	4	1st	3 5 16 19 24
2020-10-31	12	2nd	1 3 16 23 37
2020-09-19	3	1st	3 8 14 17 33
2020-09-09	6	1st	3 5 10 18 37
2020-08-19	3	1st	3 29 31 35 37
2020-08-08	1	1st	3 15 19 29 40
2020-08-05	20	1st	3 14 20 21 44
2020-05-27	3	1st	3 8 14 24 27
2020-05-16	8	1st	3 8 16 25 37
2020-04-18	9	1st	3 15 17 19 26
2020-03-18	4	2nd	1 3 26 35 43
2020-03-04	5	1st	3 12 30 34 42
2020-02-15	22	1st	3 10 16 19 45
2019-11-30	3	1st	3 18 21 26 43
2019-11-20	9	1st	3 12 15 19 28
2019-10-19	1	1st	3 6 25 35 45
2019-10-16	14	1st	3 4 13 26 38
2019-08-28	29	2nd	2 3 15 22 34
2019-05-18	6	1st	3 6 15 26 39
2019-04-27	12	1st	3 5 6 20 22
2019-03-16	5	2nd	1 3 39 40 43
2019-02-27	21	1st	3 6 20 32 41
2018-12-15	3	1st	3 32 33 43 44
2018-12-05	4	1st	3 24 27 34 36
2018-11-21	4	1st	3 5 6 13 33
2018-11-07	7	1st	3 17 20 21 37
2018-10-13	2	1st	3 16 17 18 39
2018-10-06	3	2nd	2 3 14 17 32
2018-09-26	22	1st	3 23 26 40 45
2018-07-11	3	1st	3 10 31 32 37
2018-06-30	7	2nd	2 3 14 32 42
2018-06-06	15	1st	3 6 14 19 26
2018-04-14	16	1st	3 7 18 24 25
2018-02-17	5	1st	3 10 22 30 45
2018-01-31	3	2nd	1 3 26 34 43
2018-01-20	8	2nd	1 3 17 24 28
2017-12-23	3	1st	3 5 9 11 21
2017-12-13	1	1st	3 20 25 26 35
2017-12-09	10	1st	3 13 19 23 39
2017-11-04	3	1st	3 31 33 36 42
2017-10-25	5	1st	3 17 23 37 45
2017-10-07	4	1st	3 4 29 36 40
2017-09-23	3	1st	3 11 26 32 37
2017-09-13	28	1st	3 9 16 25 27
2017-06-07	15	2nd	2 3 6 7 44
2017-04-15	2	1st	3 12 17 23 29
2017-04-08	2	1st	3 10 28 32 41
2017-04-01	7	1st	3 12 16 28 44
2017-03-08	—	1st	3 7 11 14 45