Number 3

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

153times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.80σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

34longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 153 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 153 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 34 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest119 · chance 122.9
2nd smallest31 · chance 28.9
3rd smallest3 · chance 1.2
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 15.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 28 40 10 27 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	2	2nd	1 3 11 27 34
2026-10-09	7	1st	3 9 23 25 34
2026-10-02	7	1st	3 4 5 10 34
2026-09-25	7	1st	3 15 17 22

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-07	2	1st	3 11 14 34 39
2026-04-05	5	1st	3 11 12 18 34
2026-03-31	1	2nd	1 3 11 12 35
2026-03-30	1	1st	3 8 9 15 30
2026-03-29	18	1st	3 6 8 12 14
2026-03-11	3	1st	3 7 21 30 32
2026-03-08	6	2nd	1 3 12 20 28
2026-03-02	12	1st	3 8 9 17 25
2026-02-18	1	1st	3 12 25 27 30
2026-02-17	17	1st	3 23 26 27 37
2026-01-31	17	2nd	2 3 9 14 33
2026-01-14	22	2nd	2 3 13 28 29
2025-12-23	4	1st	3 6 15 18 31
2025-12-19	5	1st	3 14 21 26 33
2025-12-14	6	3rd	1 2 3 6 14
2025-12-08	17	1st	3 9 22 26 34
2025-11-21	5	1st	3 9 24 28 29
2025-11-16	17	1st	3 11 14 20 33
2025-10-30	4	1st	3 6 22 28 30
2025-10-26	19	1st	3 7 20 30 36
2025-10-07	15	1st	3 13 17 21 38
2025-09-22	1	1st	3 9 32 35 38
2025-09-21	1	1st	3 4 26 35 40
2025-09-20	19	1st	3 6 17 21 37
2025-09-01	11	1st	3 21 25 27 34
2025-08-21	3	1st	3 8 27 32 33
2025-08-18	1	1st	3 9 25 31 35
2025-08-17	4	1st	3 13 29 31 37
2025-08-13	6	1st	3 7 15 25 30
2025-08-07	1	1st	3 4 14 18 19
2025-08-06	32	1st	3 7 19 23 34
2025-07-05	5	1st	3 13 14 19 38
2025-06-30	7	1st	3 4 13 31 40
2025-06-23	9	2nd	2 3 11 39 40
2025-06-14	1	1st	3 4 18 23 25
2025-06-13	5	1st	3 5 22 28 35
2025-06-08	2	1st	3 8 9 10 27
2025-06-06	4	2nd	1 3 10 14 25
2025-06-02	13	1st	3 28 29 31 36
2025-05-20	5	1st	3 18 33 36 39
2025-05-15	2	1st	3 8 10 11 35
2025-05-13	10	2nd	1 3 9 13 32
2025-05-03	2	1st	3 6 9 11 18
2025-05-01	13	1st	3 9 21 22 27
2025-04-18	1	2nd	1 3 7 30 40
2025-04-17	4	1st	3 4 7 19 27
2025-04-13	2	1st	3 4 15 27 34
2025-04-11	6	1st	3 12 17 20 21
2025-04-05	2	1st	3 5 23 29 33
2025-04-03	14	3rd	1 2 3 21 27
2025-03-20	1	1st	3 14 23 37 38
2025-03-19	1	1st	3 5 9 34 40
2025-03-18	1	1st	3 4 9 10 31
2025-03-17	4	1st	3 7 16 32 40
2025-03-13	13	1st	3 10 12 30 35
2025-02-28	1	2nd	2 3 18 24 25
2025-02-27	6	1st	3 12 24 31 40
2025-02-21	5	1st	3 21 28 33 38
2025-02-16	1	1st	3 14 19 20 33
2025-02-15	13	1st	3 5 26 28 30
2025-02-02	9	1st	3 12 19 30 36
2025-01-24	12	1st	3 9 10 33 39
2025-01-12	4	1st	3 7 10 29 33
2025-01-08	5	1st	3 6 14 19 28
2025-01-03	6	2nd	1 3 5 16 28
2024-12-28	8	1st	3 10 31 37 38
2024-12-20	5	1st	3 7 11 13 40
2024-12-15	1	1st	3 11 12 33 39
2024-12-14	5	1st	3 14 15 18 21
2024-12-09	1	1st	3 18 21 32 40
2024-12-08	16	1st	3 5 18 26 37
2024-11-22	15	2nd	2 3 4 10 25
2024-11-07	9	1st	3 4 23 26 28
2024-10-29	1	2nd	1 3 15 19 28
2024-10-28	1	2nd	1 3 9 24 30
2024-10-27	11	1st	3 11 33 36 38
2024-10-16	2	1st	3 19 22 29 34
2024-10-14	3	1st	3 17 30 31 34
2024-10-11	16	1st	3 7 14 18 30
2024-09-25	9	1st	3 10 15 20 27
2024-09-16	6	1st	3 4 7 24 36
2024-09-10	11	1st	3 14 21 24 32
2024-08-30	7	1st	3 7 17 28 35
2024-08-23	7	1st	3 14 16 24 35
2024-08-16	3	1st	3 27 29 39 40
2024-08-13	5	2nd	2 3 5 14 36
2024-08-08	12	1st	3 5 7 16 25
2024-07-27	1	3rd	1 2 3 6 17
2024-07-26	18	1st	3 12 13 15 23
2024-07-08	6	1st	3 6 7 17 36
2024-07-02	1	1st	3 9 14 26 34
2024-07-01	1	1st	3 11 20 28 31
2024-06-30	4	1st	3 16 17 38 39
2024-06-26	1	1st	3 8 14 26 40
2024-06-25	8	1st	3 10 33 37 40
2024-06-17	1	1st	3 9 14 27 37
2024-06-16	14	1st	3 22 25 28 30
2024-06-02	9	1st	3 10 13 15 34
2024-05-24	9	1st	3 8 10 21 39
2024-05-15	9	1st	3 17 23 26 33
2024-05-06	18	1st	3 11 18 39 40
2024-04-18	3	1st	3 19 24 28 31
2024-04-15	2	1st	3 7 13 32 38
2024-04-13	15	1st	3 6 8 16 40
2024-03-29	11	1st	3 8 35 37 40
2024-03-18	8	1st	3 14 27 33 37
2024-03-10	7	1st	3 19 30 34 40
2024-03-03	5	1st	3 4 6 24 30
2024-02-27	10	1st	3 29 31 33 38
2024-02-17	20	1st	3 15 16 17 26
2024-01-28	11	1st	3 10 18 20 31
2024-01-17	2	1st	3 10 20 21 28
2024-01-15	34	1st	3 14 22 24 25
2023-12-12	9	2nd	2 3 21 26 35
2023-12-03	17	1st	3 10 11 17 28
2023-11-16	2	1st	3 5 30 34 39
2023-11-14	7	1st	3 8 22 33 38
2023-11-07	1	1st	3 13 19 22 36
2023-11-06	4	2nd	2 3 7 27 31
2023-11-02	7	1st	3 27 29 38 40
2023-10-26	3	2nd	1 3 8 24 26
2023-10-23	25	1st	3 8 16 23 29
2023-09-28	2	2nd	2 3 9 11 31
2023-09-26	4	2nd	1 3 4 11 12
2023-09-22	2	1st	3 6 10 17 40
2023-09-20	11	1st	3 14 19 31 37
2023-09-09	17	1st	3 4 27 33 40
2023-08-23	3	2nd	1 3 8 12 39
2023-08-20	—	2nd	2 3 27 32 36