Number 3

In Cash Ball under the 4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017 rules — 3,513 draws, 4 from 1–35.

384times drawn · chance expected 401 −0.93σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

49longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 384 times in 3,513 draws against 401.5 expected, −0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 384 times in 3,513 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 8 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 smallest313 · chance 318.3
2nd smallest70 · chance 63.7
3rd smallest1 · chance 2.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 24 16 8 19 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-03	6	1st	3 16 24 31
2026-09-27	4	1st	3 16 24 27
2026-09-23	23	2nd	2 3 10 22
2026-08-31	1	1st	3 8 17 18
2026-08-30	20	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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-15	2	2nd	1 3 23 34
2026-03-13	12	1st	3 7 20 28
2026-03-01	2	1st	3 7 16 32
2026-02-27	3	1st	3 9 11 13
2026-02-24	10	1st	3 6 7 31
2026-02-14	10	1st	3 6 23 27
2026-02-04	7	2nd	2 3 4 9
2026-01-28	19	1st	3 22 24 32
2026-01-09	5	1st	3 9 25 33
2026-01-04	20	1st	3 9 27 31
2025-12-15	1	1st	3 12 17 20
2025-12-14	9	1st	3 5 26 30
2025-12-05	6	1st	3 4 7 34
2025-11-29	1	1st	3 8 18 34
2025-11-28	3	1st	3 9 26 27
2025-11-25	14	1st	3 9 10 19
2025-11-11	15	1st	3 17 31 33
2025-10-27	2	1st	3 10 11 16
2025-10-25	18	2nd	2 3 6 19
2025-10-07	5	1st	3 8 10 28
2025-10-02	4	1st	3 8 11 23
2025-09-28	34	1st	3 7 13 29
2025-08-25	5	2nd	2 3 14 30
2025-08-20	6	1st	3 23 27 30
2025-08-14	7	3rd	1 2 3 5
2025-08-07	1	1st	3 25 32 34
2025-08-06	14	2nd	2 3 11 25
2025-07-23	7	1st	3 13 26 33
2025-07-16	2	1st	3 9 16 26
2025-07-14	7	1st	3 6 15 17
2025-07-07	24	1st	3 6 16 20
2025-06-13	2	1st	3 19 30 33
2025-06-11	2	1st	3 4 11 27
2025-06-09	4	2nd	1 3 14 19
2025-06-05	9	2nd	2 3 7 23
2025-05-27	3	2nd	1 3 5 24
2025-05-24	19	1st	3 5 8 27
2025-05-05	9	1st	3 16 17 29
2025-04-26	15	1st	3 13 16 17
2025-04-11	9	2nd	1 3 18 31
2025-04-02	7	2nd	2 3 11 15
2025-03-26	3	1st	3 8 14 34
2025-03-23	11	2nd	2 3 8 10
2025-03-12	12	1st	3 9 10 21
2025-02-28	3	1st	3 9 24 34
2025-02-25	10	1st	3 16 21 29
2025-02-15	35	1st	3 6 10 15
2025-01-11	1	1st	3 11 15 19
2025-01-10	2	1st	3 8 20 30
2025-01-08	2	1st	3 4 15 34
2025-01-06	6	1st	3 22 27 30
2024-12-31	27	1st	3 10 18 30
2024-12-04	1	2nd	2 3 7 9
2024-12-03	6	1st	3 22 24 29
2024-11-27	1	1st	3 8 11 12
2024-11-26	4	1st	3 20 29 33
2024-11-22	1	1st	3 28 32 33
2024-11-21	2	1st	3 14 19 32
2024-11-19	10	2nd	2 3 8 13
2024-11-09	5	1st	3 21 24 31
2024-11-04	10	1st	3 10 16 17
2024-10-25	3	1st	3 5 27 31
2024-10-22	2	1st	3 4 16 25
2024-10-20	2	1st	3 12 20 29
2024-10-18	2	1st	3 12 26 34
2024-10-16	2	1st	3 11 14 31
2024-10-14	3	2nd	1 3 4 26
2024-10-11	2	1st	3 8 9 35
2024-10-09	9	2nd	1 3 7 19
2024-09-30	2	1st	3 20 29 31
2024-09-28	10	1st	3 4 7 25
2024-09-18	25	1st	3 6 7 35
2024-08-24	3	1st	3 12 25 28
2024-08-21	4	1st	3 7 24 33
2024-08-17	5	2nd	1 3 4 8
2024-08-12	12	1st	3 9 15 29
2024-07-31	15	1st	3 7 10 29
2024-07-16	2	1st	3 6 20 21
2024-07-14	18	1st	3 6 20 34
2024-06-26	10	1st	3 4 21 29
2024-06-16	6	1st	3 12 16 27
2024-06-10	7	1st	3 11 22 35
2024-06-03	1	1st	3 13 25 28
2024-06-02	13	1st	3 14 21 28
2024-05-20	10	2nd	1 3 25 32
2024-05-10	10	1st	3 17 21 33
2024-04-30	3	1st	3 9 32 33
2024-04-27	25	1st	3 10 22 34
2024-04-02	7	1st	3 8 10 35
2024-03-26	3	1st	3 15 16 22
2024-03-23	13	1st	3 9 15 29
2024-03-10	4	2nd	1 3 29 35
2024-03-06	9	1st	3 9 20 27
2024-02-26	17	2nd	1 3 12 31
2024-02-09	1	1st	3 19 25 29
2024-02-08	8	1st	3 5 6 15
2024-01-31	16	1st	3 19 22 33
2024-01-15	31	1st	3 7 31 34
2023-12-15	2	1st	3 4 20 35
2023-12-13	4	1st	3 5 31 34
2023-12-09	12	1st	3 8 10 33
2023-11-27	10	1st	3 19 29 35
2023-11-17	8	1st	3 11 18 34
2023-11-09	11	1st	3 4 24 32
2023-10-29	9	1st	3 24 29 32
2023-10-20	12	1st	3 6 19 22
2023-10-08	20	1st	3 13 14 24
2023-09-18	9	1st	3 19 24 28
2023-09-09	6	1st	3 23 24 29
2023-09-03	2	1st	3 8 10 13
2023-09-01	4	2nd	2 3 21 25
2023-08-28	1	1st	3 18 22 26
2023-08-27	7	1st	3 11 16 35
2023-08-20	7	1st	3 4 13 25
2023-08-13	26	1st	3 18 27 31
2023-07-18	8	1st	3 12 31 33
2023-07-10	37	2nd	2 3 5 20
2023-06-03	25	1st	3 5 7 25
2023-05-09	1	1st	3 5 9 30
2023-05-08	29	1st	3 9 25 35
2023-04-09	20	1st	3 9 28 29
2023-03-20	4	1st	3 4 13 26
2023-03-16	8	1st	3 13 23 29
2023-03-08	8	2nd	2 3 15 29
2023-02-28	14	1st	3 10 15 16
2023-02-14	4	1st	3 14 28 32
2023-02-10	4	1st	3 15 19 29
2023-02-06	2	1st	3 20 24 29
2023-02-04	7	1st	3 4 23 25
2023-01-28	7	1st	3 17 20 26
2023-01-21	1	2nd	1 3 21 25
2023-01-20	6	1st	3 6 10 23
2023-01-14	6	1st	3 16 25 29
2023-01-08	11	1st	3 6 15 16
2022-12-28	17	1st	3 9 28 29
2022-12-11	6	1st	3 8 24 28
2022-12-05	1	1st	3 5 12 27
2022-12-04	21	1st	3 10 27 33
2022-11-13	21	1st	3 13 19 31
2022-10-23	13	1st	3 5 23 29
2022-10-10	4	1st	3 5 26 33
2022-10-06	3	1st	3 8 23 26
2022-10-03	7	1st	3 16 17 30
2022-09-26	3	1st	3 10 25 33
2022-09-23	8	1st	3 18 24 28
2022-09-15	6	1st	3 11 19 32
2022-09-09	6	1st	3 11 26 34
2022-09-03	3	2nd	2 3 18 28
2022-08-31	2	1st	3 5 11 34
2022-08-29	1	1st	3 23 28 33
2022-08-28	8	1st	3 4 14 24
2022-08-20	8	1st	3 8 15 29
2022-08-12	14	1st	3 5 23 34
2022-07-29	7	1st	3 9 10 35
2022-07-22	17	1st	3 6 15 32
2022-07-05	8	1st	3 9 13 28
2022-06-27	2	1st	3 9 26 33
2022-06-25	1	2nd	1 3 5 11
2022-06-24	22	2nd	2 3 6 29
2022-06-02	9	1st	3 11 16 33
2022-05-24	7	2nd	1 3 16 33
2022-05-17	7	1st	3 11 18 28
2022-05-10	5	1st	3 11 12 21
2022-05-05	13	1st	3 5 9 35
2022-04-22	3	1st	3 7 16 33
2022-04-19	12	1st	3 11 31 34
2022-04-07	1	1st	3 7 22 26
2022-04-06	15	1st	3 19 21 32
2022-03-22	17	2nd	2 3 12 30
2022-03-05	18	2nd	2 3 10 22
2022-02-14	3	1st	3 10 19 30
2022-02-11	7	1st	3 10 21 24
2022-02-04	17	1st	3 8 23 29
2022-01-18	12	2nd	1 3 8 23
2022-01-06	5	1st	3 26 28 30
2022-01-01	8	1st	3 11 15 35
2021-12-24	9	1st	3 5 18 31
2021-12-15	2	2nd	1 3 14 26
2021-12-13	7	2nd	1 3 12 15
2021-12-06	5	1st	3 8 24 25
2021-12-01	8	1st	3 10 11 12
2021-11-23	17	1st	3 10 19 35
2021-11-06	1	1st	3 26 30 35
2021-11-05	29	1st	3 14 20 34
2021-10-07	8	1st	3 15 27 30
2021-09-29	3	1st	3 5 15 19
2021-09-26	4	1st	3 4 5 12
2021-09-22	1	1st	3 7 20 28
2021-09-21	7	1st	3 6 19 33
2021-09-14	10	1st	3 15 22 26
2021-09-04	21	2nd	2 3 8 25
2021-08-14	4	1st	3 6 13 29
2021-08-10	9	1st	3 5 23 28
2021-08-01	5	1st	3 27 31 32
2021-07-27	6	1st	3 15 27 31
2021-07-21	4	1st	3 6 9 24
2021-07-17	15	1st	3 10 24 35
2021-07-02	11	1st	3 6 24 28
2021-06-21	23	1st	3 8 21 24
2021-05-29	25	1st	3 8 27 35
2021-05-04	1	1st	3 11 12 31
2021-05-03	4	1st	3 11 15 32
2021-04-29	1	1st	3 10 13 15
2021-04-28	18	1st	3 10 24 33
2021-04-10	8	1st	3 17 28 32
2021-04-02	13	1st	3 4 5 35
2021-03-20	1	1st	3 5 26 34
2021-03-19	18	2nd	2 3 21 35
2021-03-01	12	1st	3 4 28 34
2021-02-17	12	1st	3 17 21 32
2021-02-05	15	1st	3 20 26 31
2021-01-21	16	2nd	2 3 5 21
2021-01-05	7	1st	3 8 13 22
2020-12-29	10	2nd	1 3 8 32
2020-12-19	8	1st	3 13 24 30
2020-12-11	33	1st	3 4 8 25
2020-11-08	7	1st	3 4 14 31
2020-11-01	3	2nd	2 3 13 18
2020-10-29	14	1st	3 7 11 19
2020-10-15	39	1st	3 6 9 31
2020-09-06	30	1st	3 5 20 28
2020-08-07	8	1st	3 16 18 27
2020-07-30	12	1st	3 13 23 32
2020-07-18	8	2nd	1 3 32 35
2020-07-10	26	1st	3 7 21 29
2020-06-14	8	1st	3 16 24 34
2020-06-06	24	2nd	1 3 7 28
2020-05-13	1	1st	3 23 33 34
2020-05-12	15	1st	3 8 16 18
2020-04-27	1	1st	3 19 22 26
2020-04-26	13	1st	3 5 15 25
2020-04-13	11	1st	3 23 24 28
2020-04-02	8	1st	3 24 28 32
2020-03-25	1	1st	3 11 20 21
2020-03-24	40	1st	3 7 22 28
2020-02-13	3	1st	3 14 15 17
2020-02-10	7	1st	3 19 28 32
2020-02-03	8	1st	3 18 22 23
2020-01-26	7	2nd	1 3 20 33
2020-01-19	5	1st	3 19 33 35
2020-01-14	6	1st	3 8 14 20
2020-01-08	37	1st	3 4 13 31
2019-12-02	1	1st	3 11 19 30
2019-12-01	23	2nd	2 3 20 28
2019-11-08	15	1st	3 24 30 33
2019-10-24	3	1st	3 9 22 24
2019-10-21	3	1st	3 15 17 21
2019-10-18	2	1st	3 11 21 23
2019-10-16	4	1st	3 8 11 35
2019-10-12	25	1st	3 21 28 34
2019-09-17	14	1st	3 6 21 30
2019-09-03	1	2nd	1 3 22 30
2019-09-02	20	1st	3 6 10 11
2019-08-13	12	1st	3 14 28 29
2019-08-01	2	1st	3 16 20 34
2019-07-30	7	1st	3 11 18 27
2019-07-23	13	1st	3 21 26 28
2019-07-10	10	1st	3 4 28 32
2019-06-30	8	1st	3 4 12 31
2019-06-22	3	1st	3 11 21 27
2019-06-19	3	1st	3 14 16 35
2019-06-16	7	1st	3 19 24 31
2019-06-09	3	1st	3 12 21 35
2019-06-06	9	1st	3 7 22 23
2019-05-28	31	2nd	1 3 13 17
2019-04-27	1	1st	3 21 24 34
2019-04-26	27	1st	3 6 12 15
2019-03-30	1	2nd	1 3 29 32
2019-03-29	7	1st	3 16 19 26
2019-03-22	4	1st	3 4 29 34
2019-03-18	12	1st	3 5 16 31
2019-03-06	2	1st	3 6 10 35
2019-03-04	11	1st	3 12 15 16
2019-02-21	4	2nd	2 3 11 29
2019-02-17	25	1st	3 9 19 23
2019-01-23	20	1st	3 14 23 29
2019-01-03	4	1st	3 13 20 24
2018-12-30	7	1st	3 16 20 34
2018-12-23	24	1st	3 9 33 35
2018-11-29	19	1st	3 14 19 30
2018-11-10	9	1st	3 15 25 27
2018-11-01	5	2nd	2 3 6 34
2018-10-27	4	1st	3 10 12 19
2018-10-23	4	2nd	2 3 15 34
2018-10-19	6	1st	3 10 16 18
2018-10-13	7	2nd	1 3 8 14
2018-10-06	4	2nd	2 3 7 31
2018-10-02	3	2nd	2 3 16 26
2018-09-29	13	1st	3 10 17 23
2018-09-16	10	2nd	1 3 15 22
2018-09-06	6	1st	3 13 20 26
2018-08-31	2	1st	3 8 18 19
2018-08-29	9	1st	3 24 27 30
2018-08-20	14	1st	3 9 11 21
2018-08-06	4	2nd	1 3 8 27
2018-08-02	13	2nd	2 3 21 35
2018-07-20	1	1st	3 25 34 35
2018-07-19	17	1st	3 17 24 27
2018-07-02	49	1st	3 18 20 34
2018-05-14	2	2nd	1 3 5 29
2018-05-12	2	1st	3 8 11 22
2018-05-10	6	2nd	2 3 11 31
2018-05-04	8	1st	3 14 27 30
2018-04-26	1	2nd	2 3 26 35
2018-04-25	25	1st	3 5 8 33
2018-03-31	9	2nd	1 3 5 11
2018-03-22	6	1st	3 9 14 21
2018-03-16	2	1st	3 7 15 26
2018-03-14	4	1st	3 10 13 20
2018-03-10	4	1st	3 10 29 30
2018-03-06	2	1st	3 8 9 19
2018-03-04	14	1st	3 11 20 33
2018-02-18	9	1st	3 16 18 24
2018-02-09	8	1st	3 6 20 30
2018-02-01	19	1st	3 11 16 31
2018-01-13	1	1st	3 24 28 30
2018-01-12	13	1st	3 22 30 32
2017-12-30	1	1st	3 12 15 19
2017-12-29	8	1st	3 5 18 33
2017-12-21	15	1st	3 21 28 33
2017-12-06	20	1st	3 4 22 31
2017-11-13	2	1st	3 30 31 34
2017-11-10	10	1st	3 14 19 30
2017-10-30	1	1st	3 6 7 31
2017-10-28	6	1st	3 9 19 24
2017-10-20	12	2nd	1 3 24 33
2017-10-06	14	1st	3 8 20 27
2017-09-19	9	1st	3 9 23 30
2017-09-08	1	1st	3 11 17 29
2017-09-07	11	1st	3 11 29 33
2017-08-25	2	1st	3 4 8 23
2017-08-23	12	1st	3 5 23 25
2017-08-09	19	1st	3 16 28 33
2017-07-18	3	2nd	2 3 5 31
2017-07-14	3	1st	3 9 17 34
2017-07-11	8	1st	3 10 16 24
2017-07-01	2	2nd	2 3 25 27
2017-06-29	5	2nd	1 3 9 15
2017-06-23	1	1st	3 5 19 22
2017-06-22	9	1st	3 14 17 34
2017-06-12	5	1st	3 5 16 17
2017-06-06	1	1st	3 4 21 32
2017-06-05	3	1st	3 10 13 27
2017-06-01	2	1st	3 12 31 34
2017-05-30	1	1st	3 14 27 32
2017-05-29	11	2nd	1 3 8 17
2017-05-16	22	2nd	2 3 6 26
2017-04-20	4	1st	3 19 22 31
2017-04-15	7	1st	3 10 23 34
2017-04-07	1	1st	3 16 17 31
2017-04-05	4	1st	3 11 17 19
2017-03-30	5	1st	3 12 18 24
2017-03-24	7	1st	3 26 27 30
2017-03-16	17	1st	3 4 12 24
2017-02-24	8	1st	3 13 27 31
2017-02-15	1	1st	3 6 14 16
2017-02-14	1	2nd	2 3 14 27
2017-02-13	21	1st	3 10 11 15
2017-01-19	11	1st	3 17 24 30
2017-01-06	—	2nd	1 3 11 20