Number 3

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

209times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.67σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

47longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 10 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 164.5
2nd smallest47 · chance 42.5
3rd smallest1 · chance 2.0
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 23.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 27 29 37 7 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-05	10	2nd	1 3 18 20 34
2026-08-01	15	1st	3 7 21 22 23
2026-06-10	3	1st	3 10 19 29 37
2026-05-30	8	1st	3 22 27 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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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