Number 3

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

204times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.73σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

49longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 204 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, −0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 204 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 9 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 smallest154 · chance 158.2
2nd smallest50 · chance 43.6
3rd smallest0 · chance 2.2
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 24.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 8 7 24 1 21

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
2026-10-02	13	2nd	1 3 10 13 20
2026-09-19	6	2nd	2 3 14 23 26
2026-09-13	11	1st	3 21 29 34 35
2026-09-02	25	1st	3 13 22 25

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-31	3	2nd	2 3 6 7 18
2026-03-28	6	2nd	2 3 4 23 33
2026-03-22	3	1st	3 20 24 27 28
2026-03-19	4	2nd	2 3 18 33 34
2026-03-15	9	1st	3 8 24 26 31
2026-03-06	2	1st	3 21 23 29 34
2026-03-04	6	2nd	2 3 11 24 31
2026-02-26	5	2nd	2 3 4 7 26
2026-02-21	19	1st	3 8 17 25 32
2026-02-02	2	1st	3 5 12 13 15
2026-01-31	5	2nd	1 3 8 21 32
2026-01-26	1	1st	3 4 7 31 35
2026-01-25	3	1st	3 4 8 14 21
2026-01-22	1	1st	3 15 19 23 30
2026-01-21	25	1st	3 6 18 20 28
2025-12-27	17	1st	3 4 10 14 16
2025-12-10	4	1st	3 6 14 20 26
2025-12-06	4	2nd	1 3 22 30 33
2025-12-02	3	2nd	2 3 13 21 31
2025-11-29	5	1st	3 8 9 21 23
2025-11-24	3	1st	3 6 7 23 35
2025-11-21	14	1st	3 6 8 24 33
2025-11-07	6	1st	3 18 22 28 31
2025-11-01	4	1st	3 15 18 21 32
2025-10-28	2	1st	3 16 25 34 35
2025-10-26	8	1st	3 14 16 20 31
2025-10-18	5	1st	3 19 25 27 30
2025-10-13	7	1st	3 12 20 25 29
2025-10-06	4	1st	3 8 10 16 26
2025-10-02	2	1st	3 6 14 16 31
2025-09-30	5	1st	3 6 7 21 27
2025-09-25	20	1st	3 12 13 32 35
2025-09-05	1	2nd	1 3 5 17 34
2025-09-04	3	1st	3 11 15 20 27
2025-09-01	9	1st	3 7 8 30 33
2025-08-23	6	1st	3 5 10 11 12
2025-08-17	14	2nd	2 3 16 27 33
2025-08-03	6	1st	3 6 18 21 31
2025-07-28	3	1st	3 7 20 23 25
2025-07-25	11	1st	3 6 13 19 34
2025-07-14	8	1st	3 7 17 22 25
2025-07-06	8	1st	3 6 29 33 34
2025-06-28	1	2nd	2 3 28 31 33
2025-06-27	2	2nd	1 3 4 30 34
2025-06-25	2	1st	3 9 11 16 21
2025-06-23	10	1st	3 9 15 26 28
2025-06-13	5	2nd	2 3 12 15 20
2025-06-08	4	1st	3 15 17 24 25
2025-06-04	8	2nd	1 3 11 21 34
2025-05-27	1	2nd	2 3 19 30 31
2025-05-26	3	1st	3 9 10 18 20
2025-05-23	4	1st	3 19 31 32 35
2025-05-19	3	2nd	2 3 11 12 33
2025-05-16	11	1st	3 4 25 28 32
2025-05-05	2	1st	3 4 19 23 35
2025-05-03	6	1st	3 11 15 16 22
2025-04-27	18	2nd	1 3 9 11 24
2025-04-09	5	1st	3 12 25 26 30
2025-04-04	2	1st	3 14 27 31 35
2025-04-02	4	1st	3 16 17 23 27
2025-03-29	2	1st	3 8 10 17 26
2025-03-27	14	1st	3 18 21 31 34
2025-03-13	14	1st	3 22 24 30 31
2025-02-27	18	2nd	1 3 8 15 21
2025-02-09	1	1st	3 13 23 24 26
2025-02-08	5	2nd	1 3 21 24 31
2025-02-03	2	1st	3 6 8 15 17
2025-02-01	3	2nd	2 3 11 13 32
2025-01-29	2	1st	3 12 23 29 34
2025-01-27	12	1st	3 14 19 22 23
2025-01-15	20	1st	3 17 20 27 35
2024-12-26	9	2nd	2 3 9 17 31
2024-12-17	1	1st	3 9 31 33 35
2024-12-16	9	1st	3 5 17 18 25
2024-12-07	5	2nd	2 3 11 16 20
2024-12-02	2	1st	3 17 24 25 33
2024-11-30	2	2nd	2 3 13 25 27
2024-11-28	2	1st	3 5 8 20 34
2024-11-26	4	1st	3 7 16 18 22
2024-11-22	1	1st	3 4 5 13 35
2024-11-21	7	1st	3 11 19 25 30
2024-11-14	26	1st	3 5 21 22 30
2024-10-19	8	1st	3 4 6 21 31
2024-10-11	4	2nd	1 3 21 26 34
2024-10-07	1	1st	3 23 26 30 31
2024-10-06	1	1st	3 13 22 24 25
2024-10-05	4	1st	3 10 20 27 33
2024-10-01	6	1st	3 14 17 26 33
2024-09-25	7	1st	3 8 24 28 31
2024-09-18	6	2nd	1 3 4 12 27
2024-09-12	3	1st	3 5 22 29 32
2024-09-09	8	1st	3 14 16 26 31
2024-09-01	2	1st	3 8 15 20 29
2024-08-30	4	1st	3 10 16 23 28
2024-08-26	7	1st	3 6 25 34 35
2024-08-19	2	1st	3 4 30 31 33
2024-08-17	8	1st	3 8 10 11 15
2024-08-09	3	2nd	1 3 22 25 32
2024-08-06	1	1st	3 6 7 9 19
2024-08-05	15	1st	3 8 19 29 30
2024-07-21	17	2nd	2 3 6 7 28
2024-07-04	1	1st	3 8 25 30 31
2024-07-03	7	1st	3 7 12 15 29
2024-06-26	1	1st	3 21 24 28 33
2024-06-25	5	1st	3 15 28 32 35
2024-06-20	20	1st	3 13 17 24 31
2024-05-31	3	1st	3 6 10 19 28
2024-05-28	17	1st	3 7 10 20 25
2024-05-11	15	2nd	1 3 24 26 29
2024-04-26	15	1st	3 4 16 25 28
2024-04-11	8	1st	3 11 20 29 31
2024-04-03	1	1st	3 8 19 28 34
2024-04-02	2	1st	3 7 12 20 24
2024-03-31	1	1st	3 7 14 15 27
2024-03-30	2	2nd	2 3 4 13 19
2024-03-28	11	2nd	1 3 23 32 35
2024-03-17	1	1st	3 12 18 24 34
2024-03-16	12	1st	3 8 12 24 31
2024-03-04	19	2nd	2 3 9 12 25
2024-02-14	4	1st	3 6 8 24 31
2024-02-10	2	1st	3 4 7 15 16
2024-02-08	13	1st	3 10 11 22 30
2024-01-26	7	1st	3 6 18 24 29
2024-01-19	4	1st	3 8 15 27 35
2024-01-15	7	2nd	2 3 8 18 30
2024-01-08	6	2nd	1 3 20 31 35
2024-01-02	8	1st	3 13 28 33 35
2023-12-25	5	1st	3 6 7 10 21
2023-12-20	1	1st	3 8 19 30 33
2023-12-19	9	1st	3 12 21 22 23
2023-12-10	1	1st	3 13 20 23 27
2023-12-09	5	1st	3 19 21 22 23
2023-12-04	7	1st	3 15 29 33 35
2023-11-27	38	1st	3 5 14 25 30
2023-10-20	21	1st	3 10 12 18 33
2023-09-29	6	1st	3 7 22 32 33
2023-09-23	25	2nd	1 3 10 15 32
2023-08-15	2	1st	3 26 29 30 31
2023-08-10	2	1st	3 12 14 31 33
2023-08-05	21	1st	3 8 32 33 34
2023-06-17	13	1st	3 4 5 16 28
2023-05-18	8	1st	3 8 17 18 27
2023-04-29	4	2nd	2 3 19 22 33
2023-04-20	7	1st	3 12 13 14 29
2023-04-04	3	1st	3 13 14 19 35
2023-03-28	2	2nd	1 3 9 10 34
2023-03-23	10	1st	3 22 27 29 32
2023-02-28	2	1st	3 7 14 18 21
2023-02-23	9	2nd	1 3 13 17 24
2023-02-02	4	1st	3 9 21 29 32
2023-01-24	2	1st	3 5 15 17 28
2023-01-19	4	1st	3 9 18 22 24
2023-01-10	1	1st	3 4 24 26 30
2023-01-07	19	1st	3 4 7 22 34
2022-11-24	9	2nd	1 3 9 27 28
2022-11-03	2	1st	3 7 8 12 30
2022-10-29	15	1st	3 5 15 19 25
2022-09-24	13	2nd	1 3 8 16 27
2022-08-25	7	1st	3 6 8 11 30
2022-08-09	1	1st	3 10 21 29 35
2022-08-06	8	1st	3 7 10 13 18
2022-07-19	5	1st	3 7 9 17 32
2022-07-07	49	1st	3 4 11 21 31
2022-03-15	9	1st	3 7 13 16 32
2022-02-22	7	2nd	1 3 20 24 32
2022-02-05	9	1st	3 5 6 15 29
2022-01-15	6	1st	3 22 23 30 32
2022-01-01	5	1st	3 9 26 30 34
2021-12-21	3	1st	3 8 16 33 35
2021-12-14	6	1st	3 14 30 31 35
2021-11-30	14	1st	3 4 14 15 34
2021-10-28	7	1st	3 7 14 16 34
2021-10-12	4	2nd	1 3 7 18 22
2021-10-02	12	2nd	1 3 9 14 33
2021-09-04	13	2nd	1 3 13 17 21
2021-08-05	4	1st	3 15 17 25 28
2021-07-27	17	1st	3 4 15 25 26
2021-06-17	7	1st	3 8 19 22 28
2021-06-01	4	2nd	1 3 30 34 35
2021-05-20	—	1st	3 4 5 18 28