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Star 3 In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 1 from 1–18.
Main numbers Stars 119 times drawn · chance expected 131 −1.06σ
12 draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number
19.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 18.0
89 longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 119 times in 2,354 draws against 130.8 expected, −1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3 Number 3, draw by draw Drawn 119 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 19.7 draws · longest completed wait 89 · waiting 12 draws now
36 draws: 2015-04-02 to 2015-08-06 37 draws: 2015-08-06 to 2015-12-14 1 draws: 2015-12-14 to 2015-12-17 23 draws: 2015-12-17 to 2016-03-07 60 draws: 2016-03-07 to 2016-10-03 42 draws: 2016-10-03 to 2017-02-27 47 draws: 2017-02-27 to 2017-08-10 7 draws: 2017-08-10 to 2017-09-04 77 draws: 2017-09-04 to 2018-05-31 8 draws: 2018-05-31 to 2018-06-28 10 draws: 2018-06-28 to 2018-08-02 9 draws: 2018-08-02 to 2018-09-03 2 draws: 2018-09-03 to 2018-09-10 36 draws: 2018-09-10 to 2019-01-14 7 draws: 2019-01-14 to 2019-02-07 16 draws: 2019-02-07 to 2019-04-04 3 draws: 2019-04-04 to 2019-04-15 29 draws: 2019-04-15 to 2019-07-25 5 draws: 2019-07-25 to 2019-08-12 9 draws: 2019-08-12 to 2019-09-12 5 draws: 2019-09-12 to 2019-09-30 17 draws: 2019-09-30 to 2019-11-28 2 draws: 2019-11-28 to 2019-12-05 66 draws: 2019-12-05 to 2020-07-23 17 draws: 2020-07-23 to 2020-09-21 26 draws: 2020-09-21 to 2020-12-21 20 draws: 2020-12-21 to 2021-03-01 24 draws: 2021-03-01 to 2021-05-24 60 draws: 2021-05-24 to 2021-09-01 4 draws: 2021-09-01 to 2021-09-05 42 draws: 2021-09-05 to 2021-10-17 3 draws: 2021-10-17 to 2021-10-20 14 draws: 2021-10-20 to 2021-11-03 12 draws: 2021-11-03 to 2021-11-15 50 draws: 2021-11-15 to 2022-01-04 10 draws: 2022-01-04 to 2022-01-14 12 draws: 2022-01-14 to 2022-01-26 16 draws: 2022-01-26 to 2022-02-11 9 draws: 2022-02-11 to 2022-02-20 18 draws: 2022-02-20 to 2022-03-10 8 draws: 2022-03-10 to 2022-03-18 10 draws: 2022-03-18 to 2022-03-28 7 draws: 2022-03-28 to 2022-04-04 12 draws: 2022-04-04 to 2022-04-16 5 draws: 2022-04-16 to 2022-04-21 23 draws: 2022-04-21 to 2022-05-14 29 draws: 2022-05-14 to 2022-06-12 14 draws: 2022-06-12 to 2022-06-26 18 draws: 2022-06-26 to 2022-07-14 27 draws: 2022-07-14 to 2022-08-10 9 draws: 2022-08-10 to 2022-08-19 18 draws: 2022-08-19 to 2022-09-06 2 draws: 2022-09-06 to 2022-09-08 9 draws: 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-17 7 draws: 2022-09-17 to 2022-09-24 27 draws: 2022-09-24 to 2022-10-21 3 draws: 2022-10-21 to 2022-10-24 7 draws: 2022-10-24 to 2022-10-31 17 draws: 2022-10-31 to 2022-11-17 16 draws: 2022-11-17 to 2022-12-03 18 draws: 2022-12-03 to 2022-12-21 44 draws: 2022-12-21 to 2023-02-03 2 draws: 2023-02-03 to 2023-02-05 4 draws: 2023-02-05 to 2023-02-09 38 draws: 2023-02-09 to 2023-03-19 2 draws: 2023-03-19 to 2023-03-21 11 draws: 2023-03-21 to 2023-04-01 13 draws: 2023-04-01 to 2023-04-14 21 draws: 2023-04-14 to 2023-05-05 20 draws: 2023-05-05 to 2023-05-25 29 draws: 2023-05-25 to 2023-06-23 10 draws: 2023-06-23 to 2023-07-03 41 draws: 2023-07-03 to 2023-08-13 28 draws: 2023-08-13 to 2023-09-10 9 draws: 2023-09-10 to 2023-09-19 12 draws: 2023-09-19 to 2023-10-01 13 draws: 2023-10-01 to 2023-10-14 20 draws: 2023-10-14 to 2023-11-03 16 draws: 2023-11-03 to 2023-11-19 32 draws: 2023-11-19 to 2023-12-21 8 draws: 2023-12-21 to 2023-12-29 20 draws: 2023-12-29 to 2024-01-18 4 draws: 2024-01-18 to 2024-01-22 15 draws: 2024-01-22 to 2024-02-06 30 draws: 2024-02-06 to 2024-03-07 33 draws: 2024-03-07 to 2024-04-09 69 draws: 2024-04-09 to 2024-06-17 15 draws: 2024-06-17 to 2024-07-02 26 draws: 2024-07-02 to 2024-07-28 9 draws: 2024-07-28 to 2024-08-06 7 draws: 2024-08-06 to 2024-08-13 89 draws: 2024-08-13 to 2024-11-10 4 draws: 2024-11-10 to 2024-11-14 31 draws: 2024-11-14 to 2024-12-15 5 draws: 2024-12-15 to 2024-12-20 17 draws: 2024-12-20 to 2025-01-06 30 draws: 2025-01-06 to 2025-02-05 11 draws: 2025-02-05 to 2025-02-16 13 draws: 2025-02-16 to 2025-03-01 18 draws: 2025-03-01 to 2025-03-19 28 draws: 2025-03-19 to 2025-04-16 5 draws: 2025-04-16 to 2025-04-21 31 draws: 2025-04-21 to 2025-05-22 4 draws: 2025-05-22 to 2025-05-26 44 draws: 2025-05-26 to 2025-07-09 1 draws: 2025-07-09 to 2025-07-10 27 draws: 2025-07-10 to 2025-08-06 5 draws: 2025-08-06 to 2025-08-11 6 draws: 2025-08-11 to 2025-08-17 17 draws: 2025-08-17 to 2025-09-03 21 draws: 2025-09-03 to 2025-09-24 25 draws: 2025-09-24 to 2025-10-19 4 draws: 2025-10-19 to 2025-10-23 26 draws: 2025-10-23 to 2025-11-18 17 draws: 2025-11-18 to 2025-12-05 21 draws: 2025-12-05 to 2025-12-26 19 draws: 2025-12-26 to 2026-01-14 26 draws: 2026-01-14 to 2026-02-09 Still waiting — at least 12 draws since 2026-02-09 2015-04-02 2015-08-06 2015-12-14 2015-12-17 2016-03-07 2016-10-03 2017-02-27 2017-08-10 2017-09-04 2018-05-31 2018-06-28 2018-08-02 2018-09-03 2018-09-10 2019-01-14 2019-02-07 2019-04-04 2019-04-15 2019-07-25 2019-08-12 2019-09-12 2019-09-30 2019-11-28 2019-12-05 2020-07-23 2020-09-21 2020-12-21 2021-03-01 2021-05-24 2021-09-01 2021-09-05 2021-10-17 2021-10-20 2021-11-03 2021-11-15 2022-01-04 2022-01-14 2022-01-26 2022-02-11 2022-02-20 2022-03-10 2022-03-18 2022-03-28 2022-04-04 2022-04-16 2022-04-21 2022-05-14 2022-06-12 2022-06-26 2022-07-14 2022-08-10 2022-08-19 2022-09-06 2022-09-08 2022-09-17 2022-09-24 2022-10-21 2022-10-24 2022-10-31 2022-11-17 2022-12-03 2022-12-21 2023-02-03 2023-02-05 2023-02-09 2023-03-19 2023-03-21 2023-04-01 2023-04-14 2023-05-05 2023-05-25 2023-06-23 2023-07-03 2023-08-13 2023-09-10 2023-09-19 2023-10-01 2023-10-14 2023-11-03 2023-11-19 2023-12-21 2023-12-29 2024-01-18 2024-01-22 2024-02-06 2024-03-07 2024-04-09 2024-06-17 2024-07-02 2024-07-28 2024-08-06 2024-08-13 2024-11-10 2024-11-14 2024-12-15 2024-12-20 2025-01-06 2025-02-05 2025-02-16 2025-03-01 2025-03-19 2025-04-16 2025-04-21 2025-05-22 2025-05-26 2025-07-09 2025-07-10 2025-08-06 2025-08-11 2025-08-17 2025-09-03 2025-09-24 2025-10-19 2025-10-23 2025-11-18 2025-12-05 2025-12-26 2026-01-14 2026-02-09 2015-01-29 2026-02-21
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1st smallest 119 · chance 119.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 17 of the other 17 numbers; chance expects about 17 such strangers 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 18. 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 ← star 2 Every number star 4 → 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 1/18 tonight whatever it did last week.