Number 3

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

209times drawn · chance expected 220 −0.77σ

29draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 29 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 29 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 smallest157 · chance 165.6
2nd smallest49 · chance 41.4
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 29 12 15 2 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-07-01	6	2nd	2 3 8 9 15 40
2026-06-10	30	2nd	1 3 7 8 16 31
2026-02-25	17	2nd	1 3 9 13 22 25
2025-12-27

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-17	1	1st	3 8 27 34 40 43
2024-08-14	1	1st	3 28 29 34 36 47
2024-08-10	8	2nd	2 3 6 15 34 39
2024-07-13	6	1st	3 12 32 33 43 45
2024-06-22	2	1st	3 4 6 15 37 47
2024-06-15	23	2nd	2 3 25 31 33 40
2024-03-27	16	1st	3 5 10 16 19 23
2024-01-31	12	1st	3 5 7 16 19 30
2023-12-20	1	1st	3 9 12 29 30 34
2023-12-16	2	1st	3 11 19 29 37 41
2023-12-09	2	2nd	1 3 11 16 40 41
2023-12-02	1	1st	3 10 21 27 37 44
2023-11-29	6	1st	3 21 23 40 46 47
2023-11-08	7	1st	3 17 23 33 36 38
2023-10-14	7	1st	3 8 12 28 30 41
2023-09-20	1	1st	3 16 26 28 30 45
2023-09-16	21	1st	3 9 30 41 46 47
2023-07-05	11	1st	3 13 28 29 32 38
2023-05-27	11	1st	3 4 7 15 25 46
2023-04-19	4	1st	3 13 20 30 41 47
2023-04-05	6	1st	3 9 10 19 20 46
2023-03-15	9	1st	3 8 9 13 20 34
2023-02-11	11	1st	3 8 18 26 30 44
2023-01-04	2	1st	3 5 17 36 41 46
2022-12-28	2	1st	3 22 28 38 40 43
2022-12-21	1	1st	3 28 31 39 43 47
2022-12-17	7	1st	3 15 16 25 28 32
2022-11-23	3	2nd	1 3 8 9 15 37
2022-11-12	10	2nd	2 3 10 17 42 44
2022-10-08	17	1st	3 4 11 18 20 44
2022-08-10	3	1st	3 19 25 33 37 38
2022-07-30	8	2nd	1 3 10 14 18 39
2022-07-02	8	1st	3 5 26 28 33 44
2022-06-04	15	1st	3 15 17 23 33 42
2022-04-13	7	1st	3 12 14 15 32 35
2022-03-19	11	2nd	1 3 11 28 35 43
2022-02-09	2	1st	3 4 12 13 34 42
2022-02-02	40	1st	3 4 5 25 34 37
2021-09-15	1	1st	3 17 32 37 38 43
2021-09-11	12	1st	3 5 6 13 14 30
2021-07-31	2	1st	3 5 10 20 28 31
2021-07-24	1	1st	3 11 23 39 43 45
2021-07-21	28	1st	3 12 13 33 45 46
2021-04-14	1	2nd	1 3 8 10 12 23
2021-04-10	17	1st	3 12 27 29 36 44
2021-02-10	13	1st	3 5 22 23 32 34
2020-12-26	1	2nd	1 3 11 23 24 39
2020-12-23	15	2nd	2 3 8 10 14 21
2020-10-31	2	1st	3 8 15 28 41 46
2020-10-24	1	1st	3 9 15 29 36 43
2020-10-21	10	1st	3 11 21 33 43 44
2020-09-16	1	1st	3 20 21 26 38 46
2020-09-12	35	1st	3 4 28 36 39 40
2020-05-13	3	1st	3 24 26 37 40 45
2020-05-02	2	1st	3 7 19 28 30 39
2020-04-25	9	1st	3 10 26 33 44 45
2020-03-25	4	2nd	2 3 15 35 45 47
2020-03-11	13	1st	3 16 20 22 35 42
2020-01-25	6	1st	3 4 11 18 36 47
2020-01-04	21	1st	3 11 12 26 37 39
2019-10-23	6	1st	3 11 16 23 26 41
2019-10-02	9	1st	3 4 16 26 30 39
2019-08-31	10	1st	3 7 29 31 43 47
2019-07-27	11	1st	3 11 27 34 36 42
2019-06-19	8	1st	3 18 27 38 44 47
2019-05-22	2	2nd	2 3 20 22 25 31
2019-05-15	4	2nd	2 3 10 13 14 41
2019-05-01	17	1st	3 6 18 23 29 34
2019-03-02	1	2nd	2 3 13 15 31 46
2019-02-27	16	1st	3 13 21 23 29 44
2019-01-02	3	1st	3 13 19 24 38 45
2018-12-22	3	1st	3 12 18 26 27 28
2018-12-12	8	1st	3 6 15 20 21 46
2018-11-14	8	1st	3 18 20 29 30 46
2018-10-17	30	2nd	1 3 4 29 33 39
2018-07-04	11	1st	3 6 16 29 34 46
2018-05-26	6	2nd	2 3 9 18 20 23
2018-05-05	11	1st	3 7 14 15 44 47
2018-03-28	2	1st	3 15 33 34 37 46
2018-03-21	2	1st	3 8 12 24 29 40
2018-03-14	4	1st	3 14 29 34 40 47
2018-02-28	8	1st	3 8 11 32 36 39
2018-01-31	6	1st	3 11 19 22 32 46
2018-01-10	7	2nd	2 3 7 9 17 46
2017-12-16	3	2nd	1 3 10 12 20 35
2017-12-06	8	1st	3 10 18 29 39 41
2017-11-08	37	2nd	1 3 7 16 18 41
2017-07-01	17	2nd	2 3 23 30 40 41
2017-05-03	1	3rd	1 2 3 29 33 39
2017-04-29	6	1st	3 16 18 24 35 38
2017-04-08	7	1st	3 6 8 14 24 34
2017-03-15	2	1st	3 8 26 27 44 47
2017-03-08	19	2nd	2 3 4 15 17 43
2016-12-31	4	1st	3 12 14 31 36 44
2016-12-17	1	1st	3 16 19 23 27 38
2016-12-14	1	2nd	1 3 9 16 37 42
2016-12-10	3	1st	3 5 15 16 17 47
2016-11-30	9	1st	3 4 25 30 36 45
2016-10-29	1	1st	3 19 23 28 32 43
2016-10-26	12	1st	3 4 9 14 30 41
2016-09-14	1	1st	3 5 15 32 35 39
2016-09-10	13	1st	3 4 28 34 45 46
2016-07-27	4	1st	3 11 19 28 40 42
2016-07-13	5	1st	3 6 8 15 20 30
2016-06-25	3	1st	3 17 22 31 37 46
2016-06-15	6	1st	3 8 24 25 29 31
2016-05-25	4	1st	3 5 10 18 23 36
2016-05-11	8	1st	3 13 29 30 34 47
2016-04-13	4	1st	3 4 13 21 25 39
2016-03-30	6	1st	3 8 10 12 22 28
2016-03-09	1	1st	3 7 16 19 27 34
2016-03-05	14	1st	3 6 17 23 25 44
2016-01-16	4	1st	3 6 12 15 21 22
2016-01-02	35	2nd	1 3 12 33 34 47
2015-09-02	11	1st	3 5 6 32 44 46
2015-07-25	2	1st	3 7 15 31 37 44
2015-07-18	14	1st	3 8 9 16 22 40
2015-05-30	4	1st	3 24 30 38 39 41
2015-05-16	6	1st	3 14 20 28 30 33
2015-04-25	3	1st	3 12 16 19 27 36
2015-04-15	1	1st	3 14 17 25 26 38
2015-04-11	4	1st	3 10 17 19 41 44
2015-03-28	3	2nd	1 3 7 21 34 36
2015-03-18	6	1st	3 4 12 20 26 41
2015-02-25	8	2nd	2 3 27 31 38 43
2015-01-28	14	1st	3 7 17 29 30 43
2014-12-10	1	1st	3 4 27 32 38 46
2014-12-06	5	1st	3 24 35 36 42 46
2014-11-19	12	1st	3 8 14 21 28 45
2014-10-01	16	1st	3 10 14 22 26 28
2014-08-06	23	2nd	2 3 10 35 41 42
2014-05-17	4	1st	3 5 22 34 42 47
2014-05-03	2	1st	3 11 22 37 38 44
2014-04-26	10	2nd	1 3 15 16 25 35
2014-03-22	10	2nd	1 3 10 15 24 32
2014-02-15	2	1st	3 22 28 29 32 45
2014-02-08	4	1st	3 9 12 26 33 45
2014-01-25	2	1st	3 12 17 23 25 35
2014-01-18	11	1st	3 4 7 18 19 26
2013-12-11	6	1st	3 14 18 22 40 41
2013-11-20	3	1st	3 10 14 29 30 45
2013-11-09	12	1st	3 17 26 27 28 29
2013-09-28	1	2nd	2 3 12 21 42 44
2013-09-25	31	1st	3 4 9 10 19 27
2013-06-08	7	1st	3 10 17 25 28 35
2013-05-15	11	1st	3 8 17 22 27 29
2013-04-06	3	1st	3 28 29 38 39 41
2013-03-27	38	1st	3 9 20 29 31 45
2012-11-14	16	1st	3 5 13 17 28 35
2012-09-19	2	1st	3 20 24 34 36 39
2012-09-12	2	1st	3 12 14 17 21 41
2012-09-05	9	1st	3 21 31 34 37 39
2012-08-04	7	2nd	2 3 7 12 39 47
2012-07-11	13	1st	3 16 21 38 44 46
2012-05-26	8	2nd	2 3 11 16 19 30
2012-04-28	10	1st	3 4 22 31 35 45
2012-03-24	2	1st	3 20 21 28 29 44
2012-03-17	1	1st	3 10 18 25 29 46
2012-03-14	3	1st	3 9 18 39 40 41
2012-03-03	4	1st	3 20 29 33 35 41
2012-02-18	8	1st	3 15 20 26 32 38
2012-01-21	37	1st	3 10 28 29 30 43
2011-09-14	4	1st	3 5 11 19 28 37
2011-08-31	12	1st	3 8 12 15 18 35
2011-07-20	6	3rd	1 2 3 27 31 35
2011-06-29	9	2nd	1 3 31 37 44 45
2011-05-28	10	2nd	1 3 11 12 25 31
2011-04-23	2	2nd	2 3 17 25 31 40
2011-04-16	3	1st	3 12 23 28 35 43
2011-04-06	5	1st	3 9 11 16 17 28
2011-03-19	15	2nd	2 3 15 17 23 46
2011-01-26	1	1st	3 8 11 34 36 38
2011-01-22	1	1st	3 13 23 31 32 44
2011-01-19	6	2nd	1 3 7 14 39 44
2010-12-29	6	2nd	2 3 11 27 28 43
2010-12-04	2	1st	3 5 18 32 35 37
2010-11-27	6	1st	3 13 28 30 39 45
2010-11-06	6	1st	3 6 14 19 24 47
2010-10-16	20	1st	3 20 23 32 36 42
2010-08-07	2	2nd	1 3 12 13 14 36
2010-07-31	10	1st	3 4 11 19 21 23
2010-06-26	3	1st	3 19 23 34 37 43
2010-06-16	15	1st	3 12 36 37 38 45
2010-04-24	2	1st	3 12 17 28 29 33
2010-04-17	—	1st	3 5 12 17 29 30