Number 3

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,277 draws, 5 from 1–45.

284times drawn · chance expected 253 +2.07σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

59longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 284 times in 2,277 draws against 253.0 expected, +2.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 284 times in 2,277 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 2 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 smallest226 · chance 234.2
2nd smallest58 · chance 48.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 1.8
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 25.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 5 19 24 39 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-09	4	1st	3 4 22 32 33
2026-10-05	18	1st	3 9 15 26 39
2026-09-13	6	1st	3 17 21 28 32
2026-09-03	13	1st	3 4 17

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-04	19	1st	3 5 8 17 35
2026-03-16	11	1st	3 9 10 33 35
2026-03-05	1	1st	3 11 28 39 44
2026-03-04	2	1st	3 13 27 30 34
2026-03-02	3	1st	3 6 19 28 29
2026-02-27	1	2nd	2 3 28 37 40
2026-02-26	2	2nd	1 3 21 25 26
2026-02-24	10	1st	3 27 30 37 42
2026-02-14	13	1st	3 7 14 19 38
2026-02-01	3	1st	3 12 20 36 37
2026-01-29	7	2nd	2 3 27 39 40
2026-01-22	31	1st	3 7 16 17 31
2025-12-21	11	1st	3 13 20 28 42
2025-12-10	4	1st	3 15 25 31 43
2025-12-06	4	1st	3 13 16 39 40
2025-12-02	5	1st	3 20 21 30 35
2025-11-27	2	2nd	2 3 12 39 40
2025-11-25	3	1st	3 10 24 29 43
2025-11-22	10	1st	3 11 24 30 35
2025-11-12	24	1st	3 11 20 33 38
2025-10-19	8	1st	3 8 37 38 39
2025-10-11	4	2nd	1 3 17 24 30
2025-10-07	5	1st	3 5 14 18 30
2025-10-02	11	1st	3 14 15 23 44
2025-09-21	3	1st	3 9 15 24 37
2025-09-18	6	1st	3 25 26 33 43
2025-09-12	9	2nd	1 3 27 28 32
2025-09-03	8	2nd	1 3 22 23 36
2025-08-26	1	1st	3 10 21 29 36
2025-08-25	3	2nd	1 3 17 26 44
2025-08-22	10	2nd	1 3 28 31 32
2025-08-12	12	1st	3 4 15 36 39
2025-07-31	23	2nd	2 3 33 36 37
2025-07-08	3	1st	3 9 20 21 45
2025-07-05	3	1st	3 14 21 29 38
2025-07-02	1	1st	3 6 16 37 44
2025-07-01	2	1st	3 14 23 28 30
2025-06-29	1	1st	3 13 28 36 39
2025-06-28	9	1st	3 7 10 13 36
2025-06-19	17	1st	3 21 24 33 38
2025-06-02	2	1st	3 20 24 29 41
2025-05-31	16	2nd	2 3 8 27 28
2025-05-15	8	1st	3 9 24 32 33
2025-05-07	4	1st	3 9 19 24 36
2025-05-03	2	1st	3 13 15 25 32
2025-05-01	3	1st	3 5 18 32 42
2025-04-28	13	1st	3 33 39 42 43
2025-04-15	7	1st	3 6 25 30 42
2025-04-08	17	1st	3 6 8 10 11
2025-03-22	8	1st	3 5 15 25 29
2025-03-14	5	1st	3 19 26 35 42
2025-03-09	5	1st	3 17 18 29 35
2025-03-04	22	1st	3 9 31 33 39
2025-02-10	5	1st	3 7 11 25 26
2025-02-05	5	2nd	2 3 10 11 30
2025-01-31	18	1st	3 4 9 10 38
2025-01-13	8	2nd	1 3 4 11 26
2025-01-05	6	1st	3 4 12 16 33
2024-12-30	6	2nd	2 3 16 24 28
2024-12-23	3	2nd	1 3 22 43 44
2024-12-20	7	1st	3 13 24 41 43
2024-12-13	3	1st	3 12 18 19 25
2024-12-10	13	1st	3 13 25 34 45
2024-11-27	2	1st	3 5 18 19 42
2024-11-25	8	1st	3 19 24 27 39
2024-11-17	8	1st	3 10 21 24 28
2024-11-09	12	1st	3 13 29 31 37
2024-10-28	11	1st	3 13 15 20 27
2024-10-17	7	1st	3 20 21 37 41
2024-10-10	3	1st	3 4 5 24 27
2024-10-07	3	1st	3 7 10 24 26
2024-10-04	8	2nd	1 3 12 15 19
2024-09-26	1	1st	3 11 24 28 31
2024-09-25	16	1st	3 5 6 9 43
2024-09-09	5	1st	3 5 13 17 39
2024-09-04	28	1st	3 22 29 31 45
2024-08-07	15	1st	3 17 26 27 41
2024-07-23	19	1st	3 4 5 13 37
2024-07-04	2	1st	3 4 6 14 24
2024-07-02	8	2nd	1 3 22 35 43
2024-06-24	6	2nd	2 3 6 13 17
2024-06-18	13	1st	3 5 19 27 34
2024-06-05	32	2nd	2 3 7 8 14
2024-05-04	3	1st	3 4 5 26 38
2024-05-01	6	2nd	1 3 25 28 32
2024-04-25	43	1st	3 5 18 26 38
2024-03-13	1	1st	3 26 39 44 45
2024-03-12	8	1st	3 13 17 19 29
2024-03-04	11	1st	3 10 41 43 44
2024-02-22	3	1st	3 11 28 41 42
2024-02-19	19	1st	3 15 24 33 40
2024-01-31	1	1st	3 22 33 40 45
2024-01-30	5	1st	3 17 30 37 44
2024-01-25	3	1st	3 16 27 29 45
2024-01-22	13	1st	3 10 18 19 34
2024-01-09	5	2nd	2 3 10 13 35
2024-01-04	1	1st	3 9 32 38 45
2024-01-03	28	1st	3 7 11 32 34
2023-12-05	20	1st	3 25 30 38 44
2023-11-15	1	1st	3 5 20 23 42
2023-11-14	16	1st	3 14 16 27 34
2023-10-29	4	1st	3 5 8 19 33
2023-10-25	5	2nd	1 3 20 29 32
2023-10-20	3	1st	3 12 22 25 39
2023-10-17	25	1st	3 8 9 10 17
2023-09-22	21	1st	3 8 32 36 38
2023-09-01	23	1st	3 5 7 26 30
2023-08-09	1	1st	3 4 14 18 36
2023-08-08	7	1st	3 6 14 19 28
2023-08-01	11	1st	3 29 33 41 45
2023-07-21	4	1st	3 6 7 18 34
2023-07-17	4	1st	3 5 12 31 39
2023-07-13	1	1st	3 16 23 31 40
2023-07-12	14	1st	3 8 15 28 37
2023-06-28	2	1st	3 6 9 25 36
2023-06-26	21	1st	3 7 15 36 40
2023-06-05	22	1st	3 5 13 14 40
2023-05-14	6	1st	3 9 14 27 37
2023-05-08	8	1st	3 11 12 18 39
2023-04-30	8	1st	3 4 7 21 33
2023-04-22	1	1st	3 6 21 24 41
2023-04-21	12	1st	3 19 25 26 41
2023-04-09	4	2nd	2 3 12 14 18
2023-04-05	2	1st	3 5 20 30 33
2023-04-03	1	2nd	2 3 10 19 28
2023-04-02	3	1st	3 25 34 35 42
2023-03-30	3	1st	3 20 35 39 41
2023-03-27	8	1st	3 8 21 38 41
2023-03-19	4	1st	3 20 21 29 45
2023-03-15	8	2nd	2 3 5 16 44
2023-03-07	7	1st	3 6 20 26 30
2023-02-28	2	1st	3 22 27 36 37
2023-02-26	2	1st	3 4 9 13 29
2023-02-24	7	1st	3 10 17 22 44
2023-02-17	4	2nd	2 3 12 20 32
2023-02-13	6	2nd	1 3 5 9 28
2023-02-07	5	1st	3 8 17 28 33
2023-02-02	3	1st	3 17 31 36 45
2023-01-30	6	2nd	1 3 13 28 38
2023-01-24	1	1st	3 6 12 15 39
2023-01-23	9	1st	3 8 20 21 36
2023-01-14	1	1st	3 17 25 28 39
2023-01-13	4	1st	3 19 30 33 38
2023-01-09	12	1st	3 6 10 17 23
2022-12-28	2	1st	3 4 8 18 20
2022-12-26	3	1st	3 4 21 34 37
2022-12-22	4	1st	3 5 11 16 39
2022-12-18	4	1st	3 22 33 43 44
2022-12-14	4	1st	3 34 35 40 44
2022-12-10	1	1st	3 10 29 31 36
2022-12-09	5	1st	3 6 26 32 33
2022-12-04	3	1st	3 13 17 30 40
2022-12-01	12	1st	3 9 10 22 38
2022-11-19	4	2nd	2 3 22 25 45
2022-11-15	9	1st	3 5 9 18 33
2022-11-06	7	1st	3 12 33 35 43
2022-10-30	5	1st	3 13 31 36 43
2022-10-25	5	1st	3 5 16 17 38
2022-10-20	2	1st	3 5 20 28 29
2022-10-18	13	1st	3 7 25 27 45
2022-10-05	8	1st	3 5 7 18 43
2022-09-27	7	1st	3 9 15 18 23
2022-09-20	2	2nd	1 3 14 20 31
2022-09-18	8	2nd	1 3 6 9 26
2022-09-10	4	2nd	2 3 11 19 30
2022-09-06	11	2nd	1 3 7 13 35
2022-08-26	18	1st	3 5 14 18 30
2022-08-08	1	1st	3 11 17 19 39
2022-08-07	13	2nd	2 3 13 15 37
2022-07-25	4	1st	3 16 26 39 42
2022-07-21	1	1st	3 8 19 25 32
2022-07-20	5	1st	3 14 15 19 25
2022-07-15	11	1st	3 15 24 26 33
2022-07-04	1	1st	3 13 17 18 19
2022-07-03	12	2nd	2 3 11 25 35
2022-06-21	6	2nd	2 3 11 30 42
2022-06-15	11	1st	3 22 25 33 41
2022-06-04	12	1st	3 8 12 23 36
2022-05-23	9	2nd	1 3 4 20 34
2022-05-14	10	1st	3 8 33 34 44
2022-05-04	20	1st	3 8 16 23 45
2022-04-14	1	1st	3 6 26 29 42
2022-04-13	5	1st	3 28 36 39 40
2022-04-08	1	1st	3 8 13 27 38
2022-04-07	1	1st	3 14 20 26 42
2022-04-06	1	1st	3 7 24 27 35
2022-04-05	1	1st	3 11 19 22 26
2022-04-04	13	1st	3 19 29 40 41
2022-03-22	9	1st	3 14 19 28 34
2022-03-13	4	1st	3 6 27 35 45
2022-03-09	3	2nd	2 3 7 15 40
2022-03-06	59	1st	3 4 7 32 45
2022-01-06	21	1st	3 5 18 23 42
2021-12-15	12	1st	3 11 23 38 42
2021-12-03	1	1st	3 5 9 13 37
2021-12-02	5	2nd	2 3 13 23 25
2021-11-27	6	1st	3 8 10 17 20
2021-11-21	3	1st	3 8 13 27 38
2021-11-18	5	1st	3 4 6 12 15
2021-11-13	1	1st	3 14 31 38 41
2021-11-12	7	1st	3 24 35 36 42
2021-11-05	4	1st	3 21 29 31 45
2021-11-01	18	2nd	1 3 8 21 26
2021-10-14	9	1st	3 7 9 19 24
2021-10-05	5	1st	3 9 21 27 39
2021-09-30	10	1st	3 17 22 23 40
2021-09-20	4	2nd	2 3 7 11 25
2021-09-16	1	2nd	2 3 17 40 41
2021-09-15	2	2nd	1 3 19 21 42
2021-09-13	11	1st	3 21 32 41 43
2021-09-02	3	2nd	1 3 8 14 17
2021-08-30	2	1st	3 4 7 21 22
2021-08-28	8	1st	3 12 20 35 43
2021-08-20	1	1st	3 11 24 31 38
2021-08-19	4	1st	3 27 30 39 44
2021-08-15	11	1st	3 14 19 24 39
2021-08-04	9	1st	3 14 33 39 41
2021-07-26	11	1st	3 10 13 16 28
2021-07-15	3	2nd	2 3 18 29 31
2021-07-12	20	2nd	1 3 10 13 24
2021-06-22	2	1st	3 5 26 41 44
2021-06-20	5	1st	3 14 20 34 41
2021-06-15	11	1st	3 7 42 43 45
2021-06-04	11	2nd	1 3 7 15 42
2021-05-24	4	1st	3 7 10 19 43
2021-05-20	8	1st	3 17 22 24 25
2021-05-12	26	1st	3 20 32 35 43
2021-04-16	11	1st	3 13 18 22 42
2021-04-05	2	2nd	2 3 7 35 43
2021-04-03	4	1st	3 7 11 19 25
2021-03-30	3	1st	3 10 14 20 37
2021-03-27	11	2nd	2 3 14 16 25
2021-03-16	8	1st	3 4 5 7 22
2021-03-08	1	1st	3 6 17 25 44
2021-03-07	6	2nd	2 3 28 35 45
2021-03-01	18	1st	3 8 11 25 39
2021-02-11	18	1st	3 5 15 17 27
2021-01-24	2	2nd	1 3 17 27 34
2021-01-22	5	1st	3 6 39 41 45
2021-01-17	4	1st	3 24 29 30 43
2021-01-13	8	1st	3 18 29 32 45
2021-01-05	7	1st	3 7 10 29 45
2020-12-29	4	2nd	1 3 8 24 39
2020-12-24	22	1st	3 5 11 15 25
2020-12-02	3	1st	3 9 24 28 40
2020-11-29	37	1st	3 6 16 29 37
2020-10-23	10	1st	3 21 26 42 43
2020-10-13	5	1st	3 15 36 38 41
2020-10-08	1	1st	3 15 17 32 41
2020-10-07	7	1st	3 6 17 26 33
2020-09-30	4	1st	3 14 30 40 45
2020-09-26	7	1st	3 16 26 27 45
2020-09-19	3	1st	3 17 19 24 36
2020-09-16	2	1st	3 5 7 38 45
2020-09-14	6	2nd	1 3 4 35 38
2020-09-08	7	1st	3 18 20 21 26
2020-09-01	2	1st	3 19 26 28 36
2020-08-30	42	1st	3 17 18 32 45
2020-07-19	1	1st	3 5 14 19 45
2020-07-18	—	1st	3 4 12 22 43