Number 3

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

162times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.62σ

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

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

58longest completed wait · 30% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 58 · 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 smallest136 · chance 135.0
2nd smallest26 · chance 26.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 1.0
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 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

53 9 16 23 31 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-10-07	1	2nd	1 3 4 32 33 48
2026-10-03	27	1st	3 18 23 28 30 56
2026-07-01	1	1st	3 4 10 15 23 51
2026-06-27

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-17	22	1st	3 33 38 45 52 58
2024-05-01	13	1st	3 6 12 19 42 47
2024-03-16	9	1st	3 8 22 27 40 41
2024-02-14	1	1st	3 23 41 42 44 54
2024-02-10	6	1st	3 13 17 22 40 48
2024-01-20	7	1st	3 4 7 19 20 52
2023-12-27	1	1st	3 6 19 26 37 54
2023-12-23	1	1st	3 8 20 21 55 59
2023-12-20	10	1st	3 22 30 34 47 55
2023-11-15	25	1st	3 15 19 37 38 51
2023-08-19	1	1st	3 14 15 41 42 48
2023-08-16	4	1st	3 4 19 36 43 55
2023-08-02	2	1st	3 22 23 26 31 55
2023-07-26	1	1st	3 18 19 27 37 50
2023-07-22	18	1st	3 7 14 19 32 46
2023-05-20	8	1st	3 12 25 53 57 59
2023-04-22	21	1st	3 23 40 53 57 58
2023-02-08	14	1st	3 5 13 16 29 37
2022-12-21	17	1st	3 11 24 36 40 56
2022-10-22	21	1st	3 6 22 41 43 50
2022-08-10	8	1st	3 13 16 25 32 42
2022-07-13	4	1st	3 15 18 19 37 56
2022-06-29	9	1st	3 10 23 25 56 59
2022-05-28	12	1st	3 10 13 45 46 58
2022-04-16	28	1st	3 13 18 31 38 57
2022-01-08	2	1st	3 7 16 18 27 59
2022-01-01	2	1st	3 20 23 36 45 57
2021-12-25	29	1st	3 8 15 33 34 37
2021-09-15	5	1st	3 9 14 16 21 25
2021-08-28	20	1st	3 4 18 26 39 40
2021-06-19	1	2nd	1 3 7 11 22 37
2021-06-16	3	1st	3 4 10 30 31 45
2021-06-05	58	1st	3 18 25 28 31 46
2020-11-14	1	1st	3 6 12 17 24 52
2020-11-11	1	1st	3 11 36 44 47 48
2020-11-07	14	1st	3 10 18 32 42 44
2020-09-19	9	1st	3 4 10 20 34 46
2020-08-19	9	2nd	1 3 9 33 35 52
2020-07-18	2	1st	3 10 12 25 36 47
2020-07-11	31	1st	3 5 9 11 29 47
2020-03-25	7	1st	3 12 29 38 51 59
2020-02-29	13	1st	3 4 20 28 31 49
2020-01-15	12	1st	3 4 22 26 37 38
2019-12-04	4	1st	3 4 10 16 27 44
2019-11-20	14	1st	3 4 5 26 36 48
2019-10-02	16	1st	3 17 21 23 27 43
2019-08-07	11	1st	3 12 27 40 48 57
2019-06-29	4	2nd	2 3 14 20 29 37
2019-06-15	11	1st	3 14 20 21 24 34
2019-05-08	6	1st	3 7 14 28 49 54
2019-04-17	18	2nd	2 3 18 30 52 53
2019-02-13	1	1st	3 10 17 36 50 57
2019-02-09	21	1st	3 9 12 23 36 53
2018-11-28	5	2nd	2 3 21 23 35 57
2018-11-10	20	1st	3 16 19 25 28 43
2018-09-01	20	1st	3 14 15 25 34 35
2018-06-23	1	1st	3 4 16 20 25 49
2018-06-20	7	2nd	2 3 16 27 32 34
2018-05-26	2	1st	3 17 27 28 41 44
2018-05-19	1	1st	3 38 41 56 57 59
2018-05-16	20	1st	3 16 27 36 48 57
2018-03-07	5	1st	3 8 9 16 21 53
2018-02-17	22	1st	3 26 32 42 43 49
2017-12-02	16	2nd	2 3 26 40 41 55
2017-10-07	2	1st	3 6 29 37 53 56
2017-09-30	9	1st	3 16 43 49 50 54
2017-08-30	8	1st	3 8 14 17 37 53
2017-08-02	25	1st	3 23 29 31 42 53
2017-05-06	14	1st	3 23 31 46 53 55
2017-03-18	3	2nd	1 3 20 27 30 49
2017-03-08	1	1st	3 13 20 25 31 39
2017-03-04	5	1st	3 9 18 46 47 55
2017-02-15	5	2nd	1 3 10 24 35 56
2017-01-28	1	2nd	2 3 18 35 56 58
2017-01-25	7	1st	3 9 29 49 51 54
2016-12-31	34	1st	3 16 25 40 44 50
2016-09-03	12	1st	3 9 26 34 48 59
2016-07-23	12	1st	3 26 27 53 55 58
2016-06-11	4	1st	3 19 21 44 49 57
2016-05-28	4	1st	3 8 9 26 39 42
2016-05-14	10	1st	3 8 25 43 47 58
2016-04-09	1	1st	3 19 23 42 45 56
2016-04-06	30	1st	3 5 10 50 54 57
2015-12-23	6	1st	3 5 8 13 47 55
2015-12-02	4	1st	3 18 26 28 41 53
2015-11-18	1	1st	3 30 31 35 37 52
2015-11-14	4	1st	3 9 11 16 20 38
2015-10-31	9	2nd	1 3 12 13 26 49
2015-09-30	10	2nd	2 3 23 31 37 55
2015-08-26	25	1st	3 24 31 33 41 48
2015-05-30	5	1st	3 6 13 27 31 58
2015-05-13	13	1st	3 28 37 38 44 59
2015-03-28	5	2nd	1 3 24 43 48 52
2015-03-11	11	1st	3 5 28 34 37 53
2015-01-31	2	1st	3 5 9 21 23 24
2015-01-24	11	1st	3 6 30 41 45 56
2014-12-17	22	1st	3 14 36 42 45 48
2014-10-01	10	1st	3 6 11 30 43 59
2014-08-27	2	1st	3 6 14 17 45 48
2014-08-20	1	1st	3 10 11 15 16 54
2014-08-16	4	1st	3 6 31 48 50 53
2014-08-02	11	1st	3 10 42 46 52 53
2014-06-25	5	1st	3 12 18 25 39 43
2014-06-07	7	1st	3 9 21 29 52 58
2014-05-14	11	2nd	2 3 12 14 16 38
2014-04-05	10	1st	3 6 9 19 31 41
2014-03-01	15	1st	3 14 37 44 50 59
2014-01-08	5	2nd	1 3 9 28 53 55
2013-12-21	8	1st	3 4 16 22 58 59
2013-11-23	1	1st	3 5 9 15 27 29
2013-11-20	15	1st	3 4 28 31 50 58
2013-09-28	26	2nd	1 3 13 28 36 41
2013-06-29	5	1st	3 7 12 13 18 20
2013-06-12	7	1st	3 12 13 17 31 34
2013-05-18	1	2nd	2 3 7 14 15 43
2013-05-15	6	1st	3 16 34 36 47 50
2013-04-24	15	1st	3 8 25 35 49 50
2013-03-02	5	1st	3 9 10 33 48 51
2013-02-13	11	1st	3 23 31 32 44 50
2013-01-05	1	1st	3 8 26 38 51 58
2013-01-02	12	2nd	2 3 8 12 31 55
2012-11-21	7	2nd	2 3 16 17 23 43
2012-10-27	10	1st	3 8 34 41 54 55
2012-09-22	42	1st	3 19 23 43 46 49
2012-04-28	2	1st	3 32 40 46 50 56
2012-04-21	2	1st	3 5 19 24 33 53
2012-04-14	7	1st	3 9 41 45 51 57
2012-03-21	13	2nd	1 3 25 26 49 52
2012-02-04	27	1st	3 6 33 36 51 56
2011-11-02	8	1st	3 4 38 46 48 55
2011-10-05	22	1st	3 5 11 12 17 27
2011-07-20	4	1st	3 22 41 42 45 47
2011-07-06	7	2nd	1 3 13 18 41 59
2011-06-11	2	1st	3 12 22 28 43 59
2011-06-04	2	1st	3 4 23 27 46 55
2011-05-28	13	2nd	2 3 7 9 12 57
2011-04-13	42	1st	3 10 30 35 37 39
2010-11-17	—	1st	3 15 27 33 39 46