Number 3

In LuckyDay Lotto under the 5/45 · since Jul 2014 rules — 3,204 draws, 5 from 1–45.

367times drawn · chance expected 356 +0.62σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

57longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 367 times in 3,204 draws against 356.0 expected, +0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 367 times in 3,204 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 4 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 smallest295 · chance 302.6
2nd smallest68 · chance 62.1
3rd smallest4 · chance 2.3
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 33.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 2 6 12 31 22

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
2026-10-07	3	1st	3 11 15 40 45
2026-10-04	3	1st	3 8 18 37 39
2026-10-01	13	1st	3 5 9 10 13
2026-09-18	7	2nd	1 3 5

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.

2026-02-14	3	1st	3 10 15 23 40
2026-02-11	16	1st	3 16 27 33 44
2026-01-26	4	1st	3 21 23 34 36
2026-01-22	8	2nd	2 3 7 13 37
2026-01-14	5	1st	3 6 25 26 27
2026-01-09	8	1st	3 8 9 10 28
2026-01-01	5	1st	3 13 35 38 42
2025-12-27	4	1st	3 8 23 27 33
2025-12-23	44	1st	3 5 12 28 39
2025-11-09	7	1st	3 10 12 14 28
2025-11-02	5	1st	3 13 18 32 44
2025-10-28	9	1st	3 6 19 24 34
2025-10-19	6	1st	3 4 16 34 44
2025-10-13	8	1st	3 18 21 30 38
2025-10-05	8	2nd	2 3 17 30 32
2025-09-27	9	1st	3 4 6 26 28
2025-09-18	1	1st	3 5 15 32 44
2025-09-17	9	2nd	1 3 26 38 43
2025-09-08	3	1st	3 24 32 35 39
2025-09-05	13	1st	3 28 37 43 44
2025-08-23	10	1st	3 16 31 37 40
2025-08-13	1	1st	3 8 12 26 37
2025-08-12	3	1st	3 4 6 8 41
2025-08-09	4	1st	3 32 33 37 42
2025-08-05	6	1st	3 39 40 43 44
2025-07-30	4	1st	3 12 23 26 36
2025-07-26	16	2nd	2 3 5 26 42
2025-07-10	27	1st	3 8 12 14 16
2025-06-13	15	1st	3 13 22 33 35
2025-05-29	7	1st	3 15 28 35 38
2025-05-22	17	1st	3 24 40 43 45
2025-05-05	7	1st	3 13 15 24 41
2025-04-28	5	1st	3 9 23 33 36
2024-12-29	1	1st	3 5 12 20 35
2024-12-28	16	1st	3 10 11 13 36
2024-12-12	5	1st	3 9 37 44 45
2024-12-07	3	2nd	1 3 33 41 42
2024-12-04	16	1st	3 6 7 14 34
2024-11-18	20	1st	3 6 7 16 29
2024-10-29	3	1st	3 4 9 13 40
2024-10-26	6	1st	3 15 36 39 42
2024-10-20	17	2nd	2 3 24 25 28
2024-10-03	2	3rd	1 2 3 25 30
2024-10-01	12	1st	3 18 31 34 42
2024-09-19	2	1st	3 19 31 33 34
2024-09-17	9	1st	3 7 30 32 45
2024-09-08	5	1st	3 16 18 28 35
2024-09-03	3	1st	3 4 5 27 34
2024-08-31	5	1st	3 4 20 32 41
2024-08-26	2	1st	3 18 20 23 30
2024-08-24	4	1st	3 9 14 26 41
2024-08-20	20	1st	3 19 26 37 44
2024-07-31	25	2nd	2 3 14 34 45
2024-07-06	31	1st	3 11 25 40 44
2024-06-05	2	1st	3 8 18 28 33
2024-06-03	2	1st	3 6 21 26 31
2024-06-01	4	1st	3 14 28 31 37
2024-05-28	1	1st	3 9 25 32 41
2024-05-27	10	1st	3 28 36 40 42
2024-05-17	6	1st	3 11 12 18 37
2024-05-11	21	1st	3 10 14 26 40
2023-12-26	3	2nd	2 3 13 32 42
2023-12-23	2	2nd	1 3 27 32 43
2023-12-21	14	1st	3 6 9 11 12
2023-12-07	12	1st	3 16 18 29 36
2023-11-25	8	1st	3 7 16 21 34
2023-11-17	1	1st	3 6 9 19 44
2023-11-16	2	1st	3 19 34 36 41
2023-11-14	17	1st	3 23 31 37 38
2023-10-28	12	1st	3 8 16 20 31
2023-10-16	5	1st	3 15 33 36 45
2023-10-11	7	1st	3 7 9 13 44
2023-10-04	24	1st	3 6 7 14 23
2023-09-10	7	1st	3 26 29 40 41
2023-09-03	3	1st	3 20 25 31 44
2023-08-31	13	1st	3 23 26 34 37
2023-08-18	8	1st	3 12 17 32 43
2023-08-10	12	1st	3 5 7 21 34
2023-07-29	8	1st	3 6 20 34 35
2023-07-21	1	2nd	2 3 4 39 43
2023-07-20	20	1st	3 5 12 40 44
2023-06-30	2	2nd	1 3 6 14 15
2023-06-28	1	2nd	1 3 9 26 28
2023-06-27	6	1st	3 4 27 36 44
2023-06-21	2	1st	3 4 31 32 43
2023-06-19	27	1st	3 14 16 24 45
2023-05-23	6	1st	3 11 17 30 39
2023-05-17	5	1st	3 9 10 14 17
2023-05-12	3	1st	3 18 20 27 45
2023-05-09	1	1st	3 4 12 29 39
2023-05-08	6	1st	3 11 14 31 40
2023-05-02	2	2nd	2 3 5 39 43
2023-04-30	4	1st	3 7 12 13 19
2023-04-26	8	1st	3 6 14 34 36
2022-12-24	2	2nd	2 3 12 23 43
2022-12-22	12	1st	3 6 22 26 30
2022-12-10	22	1st	3 7 11 14 44
2022-11-18	12	1st	3 5 15 28 29
2022-11-06	6	1st	3 19 22 28 39
2022-10-31	5	1st	3 15 23 31 40
2022-10-26	11	1st	3 17 18 26 32
2022-10-15	2	1st	3 7 11 17 27
2022-10-13	8	1st	3 5 8 31 37
2022-10-05	6	1st	3 8 22 24 33
2022-09-29	10	1st	3 12 17 25 38
2022-09-19	32	1st	3 4 25 27 40
2022-08-18	3	1st	3 8 26 34 37
2022-08-15	15	1st	3 19 30 33 45
2022-07-31	2	1st	3 12 27 35 39
2022-07-29	21	1st	3 25 28 29 36
2022-07-08	3	1st	3 31 34 39 40
2022-07-05	18	1st	3 5 9 10 36
2022-06-17	5	1st	3 12 14 15 33
2022-06-12	5	1st	3 7 14 32 39
2022-06-07	14	1st	3 6 7 20 22
2022-05-24	6	1st	3 10 26 28 33
2022-05-18	3	1st	3 16 34 35 37
2022-05-15	44	1st	3 12 17 31 34
2021-12-07	8	2nd	1 3 9 25 32
2021-11-29	1	1st	3 7 8 13 33
2021-11-28	16	1st	3 5 20 22 38
2021-11-12	1	2nd	2 3 6 11 34
2021-11-11	2	1st	3 16 27 30 32
2021-11-09	10	1st	3 8 16 22 37
2021-10-30	11	1st	3 6 10 14 33
2021-10-19	13	1st	3 4 24 33 44
2021-10-06	12	1st	3 16 31 39 42
2021-09-24	1	1st	3 19 22 41 45
2021-09-23	1	1st	3 12 16 20 38
2021-09-22	6	1st	3 24 30 32 37
2021-09-16	10	1st	3 9 31 42 44
2021-09-06	20	1st	3 4 6 8 42
2021-08-17	9	1st	3 15 17 31 42
2021-08-08	19	2nd	1 3 10 24 30
2021-07-20	1	2nd	2 3 10 18 25
2021-07-19	7	1st	3 15 22 30 44
2021-07-12	4	1st	3 15 32 34 39
2021-07-08	4	1st	3 9 18 27 35
2021-07-04	11	2nd	1 3 8 24 35
2021-06-23	11	1st	3 9 19 31 40
2021-06-12	10	1st	3 27 29 30 36
2021-06-02	12	2nd	2 3 12 18 45
2021-05-21	4	1st	3 16 17 29 44
2021-05-17	14	3rd	1 2 3 24 37
2021-05-03	19	1st	3 11 17 27 45
2020-12-20	16	1st	3 6 18 24 43
2020-12-04	9	1st	3 20 33 36 41
2020-11-25	3	1st	3 17 32 36 44
2020-11-22	1	1st	3 5 11 25 44
2020-11-21	9	2nd	1 3 25 30 37
2020-11-12	1	1st	3 7 20 31 44
2020-11-11	7	1st	3 13 20 25 33
2020-11-04	6	1st	3 18 33 41 44
2020-10-29	3	1st	3 9 12 26 37
2020-10-26	21	1st	3 15 16 29 39
2020-10-05	4	1st	3 13 18 37 45
2020-10-01	2	1st	3 16 19 22 24
2020-09-29	2	1st	3 13 19 28 30
2020-09-27	19	1st	3 36 40 42 43
2020-09-08	17	1st	3 5 10 16 23
2020-08-22	7	1st	3 12 22 38 41
2020-08-15	1	2nd	2 3 9 22 39
2020-08-14	11	2nd	2 3 6 12 42
2020-08-03	4	1st	3 12 22 25 42
2020-07-30	2	1st	3 8 17 20 32
2020-07-28	21	1st	3 10 14 21 22
2020-07-07	3	1st	3 6 30 34 40
2020-07-04	4	2nd	2 3 24 35 41
2020-06-30	4	2nd	2 3 8 14 43
2020-06-26	4	1st	3 9 13 18 43
2020-06-22	28	1st	3 19 27 37 40
2020-05-25	5	2nd	2 3 16 23 32
2020-05-20	8	1st	3 5 30 38 39
2020-05-12	41	1st	3 11 18 22 34
2019-12-07	3	1st	3 19 30 41 45
2019-12-04	1	2nd	2 3 25 40 42
2019-12-03	3	1st	3 16 21 22 24
2019-11-30	11	1st	3 6 37 41 45
2019-11-19	1	1st	3 6 13 25 29
2019-11-18	26	1st	3 11 39 40 42
2019-10-23	3	1st	3 10 18 28 39
2019-10-20	2	1st	3 6 21 40 43
2019-10-18	1	1st	3 17 18 28 43
2019-10-17	7	1st	3 7 23 33 34
2019-10-10	4	1st	3 9 31 33 43
2019-10-06	6	1st	3 15 33 36 40
2019-09-30	14	1st	3 6 13 23 37
2019-09-16	4	1st	3 9 14 16 42
2019-09-12	4	1st	3 19 34 35 38
2019-09-08	8	2nd	2 3 17 29 36
2019-08-31	6	2nd	2 3 7 32 37
2019-08-25	20	1st	3 12 16 30 34
2019-08-05	12	1st	3 10 11 29 40
2019-07-24	4	1st	3 10 16 29 38
2019-07-20	3	1st	3 11 25 29 41
2019-07-17	2	1st	3 17 25 29 45
2019-07-15	22	1st	3 10 24 35 43
2019-06-23	8	2nd	1 3 8 35 45
2019-06-15	10	1st	3 6 32 34 44
2019-06-05	11	1st	3 11 14 36 37
2019-05-25	1	1st	3 8 23 29 44
2019-05-24	1	1st	3 9 21 31 45
2019-05-23	9	1st	3 22 25 40 43
2019-05-14	14	1st	3 25 26 27 32
2019-04-30	7	1st	3 8 12 21 30
2018-12-29	12	1st	3 11 14 21 40
2018-12-17	22	1st	3 14 23 36 43
2018-11-25	4	1st	3 4 15 23 32
2018-11-21	22	1st	3 6 24 38 42
2018-10-30	9	1st	3 7 18 21 32
2018-10-21	5	1st	3 4 8 19 32
2018-10-16	12	3rd	1 2 3 8 30
2018-10-04	15	1st	3 6 8 38 41
2018-09-19	21	1st	3 19 27 28 29
2018-08-29	10	1st	3 12 13 25 40
2018-08-19	1	1st	3 13 14 35 43
2018-08-18	17	1st	3 19 28 29 38
2018-08-01	20	1st	3 17 27 32 38
2018-07-12	11	1st	3 4 16 32 35
2018-07-01	32	1st	3 8 22 38 43
2018-05-30	2	1st	3 5 11 19 35
2018-05-28	14	2nd	2 3 4 28 29
2018-05-14	12	1st	3 11 19 25 29
2018-05-02	1	1st	3 4 10 24 30
2018-05-01	8	1st	3 9 14 16 41
2017-12-29	3	1st	3 9 15 17 29
2017-12-26	3	1st	3 7 23 24 45
2017-12-23	2	2nd	2 3 22 23 37
2017-12-21	3	1st	3 7 22 30 43
2017-12-18	2	1st	3 20 27 33 41
2017-12-16	2	1st	3 23 29 31 37
2017-12-14	10	1st	3 4 34 42 45
2017-12-04	16	1st	3 8 14 18 31
2017-11-18	1	2nd	2 3 7 14 20
2017-11-17	7	1st	3 5 19 24 40
2017-11-10	7	1st	3 12 16 29 38
2017-11-03	14	1st	3 13 21 25 35
2017-10-20	1	1st	3 15 22 25 32
2017-10-19	11	1st	3 7 10 25 44
2017-10-08	6	1st	3 20 25 36 42
2017-10-02	17	1st	3 30 33 40 41
2017-09-15	7	2nd	2 3 12 21 24
2017-09-08	4	1st	3 4 9 16 28
2017-09-04	1	1st	3 6 9 10 45
2017-09-03	1	1st	3 11 14 22 31
2017-09-02	3	2nd	1 3 11 23 39
2017-08-30	1	1st	3 21 22 26 44
2017-08-29	25	1st	3 4 12 13 29
2017-08-04	4	1st	3 7 10 14 17
2017-07-31	6	2nd	1 3 6 7 32
2017-07-25	6	1st	3 10 32 33 37
2017-07-19	8	1st	3 4 20 29 40
2017-07-11	1	2nd	2 3 16 21 28
2017-07-10	23	1st	3 8 12 21 24
2017-06-17	14	2nd	2 3 13 24 43
2017-06-03	1	1st	3 10 12 14 38
2017-06-02	2	2nd	1 3 7 10 12
2017-05-31	25	1st	3 5 22 29 35
2017-05-06	23	1st	3 10 15 22 23
2016-12-19	2	1st	3 10 19 21 38
2016-12-17	1	1st	3 5 13 31 39
2016-12-16	6	1st	3 19 30 38 40
2016-12-10	2	1st	3 7 15 32 43
2016-12-08	3	2nd	2 3 6 22 42
2016-12-05	10	1st	3 13 17 35 36
2016-11-25	14	1st	3 22 28 31 43
2016-11-11	11	1st	3 6 31 33 43
2016-10-30	4	1st	3 8 10 13 42
2016-10-26	1	1st	3 9 14 25 37
2016-10-25	57	2nd	1 3 20 32 35
2016-08-29	15	2nd	2 3 12 29 41
2016-08-14	20	1st	3 5 9 17 31
2016-07-25	5	1st	3 5 14 38 43
2016-07-20	6	1st	3 13 17 24 33
2016-07-14	7	1st	3 16 22 24 33
2016-07-07	3	1st	3 13 17 20 35
2016-07-04	1	1st	3 5 11 17 21
2016-07-03	4	1st	3 6 21 22 44
2016-06-29	1	1st	3 10 11 14 37
2016-06-28	7	1st	3 4 29 36 38
2016-06-21	9	1st	3 7 16 26 27
2016-06-12	4	1st	3 5 20 28 41
2016-06-08	10	2nd	1 3 6 18 22
2016-05-29	9	1st	3 18 21 23 27
2016-05-20	2	1st	3 6 26 29 32
2016-05-18	8	2nd	1 3 20 39 41
2016-05-10	8	1st	3 6 26 30 41
2016-05-02	4	1st	3 26 35 40 41
2016-04-28	1	2nd	1 3 7 24 45
2016-04-27	7	1st	3 27 32 37 42
2015-12-26	4	1st	3 6 13 19 22
2015-12-22	3	1st	3 7 25 34 35
2015-12-19	4	1st	3 9 15 31 44
2015-12-15	1	1st	3 7 18 20 24
2015-12-14	4	2nd	2 3 34 38 44
2015-12-10	10	2nd	2 3 18 37 40
2015-11-30	1	2nd	1 3 9 23 30
2015-11-29	21	1st	3 11 20 26 38
2015-11-08	14	2nd	1 3 30 38 43
2015-10-25	18	1st	3 5 9 13 41
2015-10-07	6	2nd	2 3 5 13 31
2015-10-01	8	1st	3 10 15 18 21
2015-09-23	4	1st	3 10 15 19 20
2015-09-19	4	1st	3 5 14 28 37
2015-09-15	16	1st	3 11 20 34 43
2015-08-30	1	1st	3 23 32 35 36
2015-08-29	3	2nd	1 3 16 30 34
2015-08-26	1	2nd	2 3 12 23 43
2015-08-25	2	1st	3 20 23 31 33
2015-08-23	8	2nd	1 3 9 12 28
2015-08-15	8	1st	3 12 23 30 32
2015-08-07	2	1st	3 6 7 18 26
2015-08-05	2	1st	3 8 15 24 28
2015-08-03	4	2nd	2 3 11 13 39
2015-07-30	28	1st	3 4 15 18 32
2015-07-02	23	2nd	1 3 33 37 45
2015-06-09	10	1st	3 12 25 39 42
2015-05-30	10	1st	3 4 22 33 38
2015-05-20	12	1st	3 10 24 28 31
2015-05-08	3	2nd	1 3 12 17 20
2015-05-05	18	1st	3 4 13 27 32
2014-12-23	14	1st	3 8 13 20 21
2014-12-09	29	1st	3 10 15 34 44
2014-11-10	16	2nd	2 3 11 36 38
2014-10-25	4	1st	3 4 11 14 25
2014-10-21	1	1st	3 18 31 42 43
2014-10-20	5	2nd	1 3 7 25 33
2014-10-15	12	1st	3 5 15 36 39
2014-10-03	7	1st	3 11 17 24 31
2014-09-26	12	1st	3 8 16 27 29
2014-09-14	9	1st	3 6 32 35 45
2014-09-05	13	2nd	2 3 8 21 22
2014-08-23	4	1st	3 11 19 20 28
2014-08-19	2	1st	3 7 23 25 28
2014-08-17	7	3rd	1 2 3 10 34
2014-08-10	1	1st	3 18 25 28 38
2014-08-09	1	2nd	1 3 5 22 43
2014-08-08	8	1st	3 18 21 25 32
2014-07-31	2	1st	3 10 22 34 35
2014-07-29	8	1st	3 21 31 32 33
2014-07-21	2	1st	3 7 28 34 44
2014-07-19	2	2nd	2 3 12 20 29
2014-07-17	—	1st	3 4 23 31 37