Number 3

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

88times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.64σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

28longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 727 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 1 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 smallest77 · chance 71.0
2nd smallest11 · chance 16.4
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 30 12 15 26 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-10-11	15	1st	3 6 7 17
2026-09-26	21	1st	3 13 23 31
2026-09-05	10	1st	3 4 5 15
2026-08-26	9	1st	3 11 16 30
2026-08-17	1	1st	3 8 10 14
2026-08-16	6	1st	3 9 10 30
2026-08-10	10	1st	3 19 26 30
2026-07-31	23	1st	3 19 26 30
2026-07-08	6	1st	3 13 16 17
2026-07-02	23	1st	3 13 24 25
2026-06-09	1	1st	3 7 15 27
2026-06-08	6	1st	3 22 24 28
2026-06-02	28	1st	3 5 7 9
2026-05-05	4	1st	3 6 12 18
2026-05-01	9	1st	3 18 19 24
2026-04-22	10	2nd	2 3 15 21
2026-04-12	24	1st	3 12 29 31
2026-03-19	9	1st	3 9 24 31
2026-03-10	9	1st	3 5 6 28
2026-03-01	8	1st	3 10 19 22
2026-02-21	2	1st	3 13 27 31
2026-02-19	28	2nd	2 3 4 30
2026-01-22	6	1st	3 18 21 26
2026-01-16	1	1st	3 12 21 31

The other 64 appearances

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

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

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