Number 3

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

303times drawn · chance expected 322 −1.10σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 303 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, −1.10σ. 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 303 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 smallest241 · chance 242.6
2nd smallest59 · chance 57.8
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.7
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 31.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 16 23 49 28 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-05	7	1st	3 5 22 29 39 49
2026-09-19	5	1st	3 33 34 46 47 49
2026-09-07	7	1st	3 13 21 33 40 41
2026-08-22

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-04	8	2nd	1 3 20 27 43 44
2025-07-16	1	2nd	2 3 14 31 34 49
2025-07-14	4	1st	3 6 11 13 32 41
2025-07-05	1	1st	3 20 21 29 40 48
2025-07-02	2	1st	3 9 11 20 26 27
2025-06-28	1	2nd	2 3 10 34 39 47
2025-06-25	9	2nd	1 3 9 28 30 47
2025-06-04	13	1st	3 9 20 21 33 38
2025-05-05	5	1st	3 7 9 18 23 27
2025-04-23	25	1st	3 9 13 14 19 47
2025-02-24	1	2nd	1 3 6 14 25 41
2025-02-22	11	1st	3 8 12 15 22 24
2025-01-27	2	2nd	2 3 23 25 26 28
2025-01-22	7	1st	3 12 15 40 43 47
2025-01-06	5	1st	3 6 7 20 29 36
2024-12-25	15	1st	3 5 6 15 33 39
2024-11-20	10	1st	3 5 11 14 35 38
2024-10-28	28	1st	3 4 6 20 23 37
2024-08-24	1	1st	3 11 20 21 22 43
2024-08-21	10	1st	3 13 16 19 20 39
2024-07-29	10	1st	3 11 32 35 43 46
2024-07-06	6	1st	3 11 19 25 36 49
2024-06-22	12	1st	3 13 16 29 42 47
2024-05-25	5	1st	3 19 22 33 42 45
2024-05-13	4	1st	3 26 29 31 39 44
2024-05-04	49	1st	3 17 20 31 43 47
2024-01-10	4	1st	3 19 28 37 40 49
2024-01-01	4	1st	3 5 7 8 21 35
2023-12-23	4	1st	3 13 25 35 38 44
2023-12-13	7	2nd	1 3 8 16 29 48
2023-11-27	12	2nd	1 3 33 42 45 48
2023-10-30	13	2nd	1 3 10 22 23 45
2023-09-30	1	1st	3 4 25 36 42 43
2023-09-27	16	1st	3 10 18 28 38 49
2023-08-21	5	1st	3 6 11 13 27 37
2023-08-09	3	2nd	1 3 9 17 31 46
2023-08-02	13	1st	3 8 9 12 22 42
2023-07-03	9	1st	3 4 14 15 18 21
2023-06-12	7	1st	3 6 10 13 22 41
2023-05-27	20	1st	3 10 17 23 31 47
2023-04-10	1	1st	3 15 20 22 34 42
2023-04-08	21	1st	3 8 13 35 48 49
2023-02-18	1	2nd	1 3 6 15 17 29
2023-02-15	9	1st	3 16 33 37 44 49
2023-01-25	9	1st	3 8 11 31 41 47
2023-01-04	10	1st	3 11 13 14 19 26
2022-12-12	3	2nd	1 3 4 16 17 47
2022-12-05	6	1st	3 13 15 17 33 49
2022-11-21	1	1st	3 20 29 40 48 49
2022-11-19	4	3rd	1 2 3 13 46 48
2022-11-09	5	1st	3 16 21 33 36 47
2022-10-29	2	1st	3 9 11 14 21 46
2022-10-24	6	1st	3 5 23 24 27 32
2022-10-10	3	1st	3 12 19 27 40 47
2022-10-03	12	1st	3 8 11 34 38 44
2022-09-05	15	2nd	1 3 13 19 21 34
2022-08-01	19	1st	3 10 27 28 29 34
2022-06-18	4	1st	3 5 12 14 30 34
2022-06-08	9	1st	3 6 23 26 30 32
2022-05-18	37	1st	3 14 16 19 31 49
2022-02-21	14	2nd	1 3 13 26 33 47
2022-01-19	12	1st	3 13 16 26 29 30
2021-12-22	4	1st	3 5 8 25 28 43
2021-12-13	2	2nd	1 3 23 32 40 43
2021-12-08	3	1st	3 20 29 42 44 48
2021-12-01	29	1st	3 4 11 13 21 31
2021-09-25	13	2nd	1 3 11 13 21 28
2021-08-25	4	1st	3 11 12 27 28 31
2021-08-16	4	2nd	2 3 25 35 39 44
2021-08-07	27	1st	3 7 29 36 42 43
2021-06-05	14	1st	3 5 24 31 32 39
2021-05-03	9	1st	3 15 34 39 40 49
2021-04-12	23	1st	3 5 7 18 44 48
2021-02-17	3	1st	3 16 21 25 37 42
2021-02-10	9	1st	3 9 19 22 29 31
2021-01-20	10	1st	3 8 10 16 46 47
2020-12-28	7	1st	3 4 5 6 10 43
2020-12-12	3	1st	3 22 32 37 47 49
2020-12-05	4	1st	3 14 18 31 39 48
2020-11-25	4	1st	3 10 26 31 33 35
2020-11-16	5	1st	3 15 20 32 37 44
2020-11-04	24	1st	3 29 32 38 40 41
2020-09-09	3	3rd	1 2 3 6 21 37
2020-09-02	5	1st	3 13 18 19 34 44
2020-08-22	3	1st	3 13 16 17 19 47
2020-08-15	3	1st	3 8 27 28 31 34
2020-08-08	4	1st	3 6 12 42 43 49
2020-07-29	6	2nd	2 3 7 11 19 25
2020-07-15	7	1st	3 7 10 19 31 43
2020-06-29	11	1st	3 9 19 20 24 26
2020-06-03	11	1st	3 4 23 24 34 37
2020-05-09	2	1st	3 16 18 23 25 44
2020-05-04	2	1st	3 4 16 28 30 33
2020-04-29	9	1st	3 7 15 26 42 47
2020-04-08	14	1st	3 8 22 27 40 45
2020-03-07	11	1st	3 7 9 19 27 32
2020-02-10	7	1st	3 6 16 18 37 42
2020-01-25	8	1st	3 19 22 29 38 41
2020-01-06	9	1st	3 12 14 24 26 34
2019-12-16	5	2nd	1 3 6 16 22 41
2019-12-04	5	1st	3 5 10 12 25 40
2019-11-23	29	1st	3 5 14 16 23 31
2019-09-16	8	1st	3 12 15 24 32 40
2019-08-28	9	1st	3 6 26 40 41 46
2019-08-07	18	1st	3 15 28 37 38 49
2019-06-26	20	1st	3 4 23 25 26 39
2019-05-11	10	1st	3 9 12 24 28 30
2019-04-17	3	1st	3 17 21 35 46 49
2019-04-10	2	1st	3 11 15 17 20 43
2019-04-06	2	1st	3 6 14 15 20 39
2019-04-01	19	1st	3 4 6 15 25 33
2019-02-16	3	2nd	2 3 28 43 47 49
2019-02-09	2	1st	3 18 24 40 43 45
2019-02-04	5	1st	3 9 19 24 32 49
2019-01-23	3	1st	3 5 13 31 43 44
2019-01-16	2	1st	3 7 12 22 34 43
2019-01-12	13	1st	3 10 12 16 24 27
2018-12-12	5	1st	3 21 31 35 37 42
2018-12-01	2	1st	3 11 17 28 31 37
2018-11-26	4	1st	3 20 28 29 38 45
2018-11-17	19	1st	3 7 22 31 44 46
2018-10-03	3	1st	3 5 11 30 31 46
2018-09-26	4	1st	3 13 15 37 38 41
2018-09-17	2	1st	3 27 32 45 48 49
2018-09-12	2	1st	3 5 17 19 22 46
2018-09-08	7	1st	3 16 19 30 34 35
2018-08-22	4	1st	3 16 25 28 34 38
2018-08-13	7	2nd	2 3 8 16 20 42
2018-07-28	2	1st	3 11 16 24 30 36
2018-07-23	3	2nd	1 3 11 34 36 45
2018-07-16	13	1st	3 5 14 27 40 49
2018-06-16	31	2nd	1 3 9 12 24 39
2018-04-04	1	1st	3 17 20 30 32 46
2018-04-02	29	1st	3 5 25 28 44 49
2018-01-24	9	2nd	2 3 6 13 33 38
2018-01-03	13	2nd	1 3 10 31 35 44
2017-12-04	5	2nd	1 3 7 9 11 19
2017-11-22	1	1st	3 4 42 43 48 49
2017-11-20	4	1st	3 8 34 36 39 40
2017-11-11	8	1st	3 13 16 27 33 37
2017-10-23	5	1st	3 8 10 21 22 31
2017-10-11	9	1st	3 14 24 30 42 48
2017-09-20	21	1st	3 6 11 21 23 25
2017-08-02	19	1st	3 6 28 32 42 48
2017-06-19	2	1st	3 6 22 26 29 46
2017-06-14	1	1st	3 14 29 32 36 47
2017-06-12	3	2nd	1 3 5 18 37 42
2017-06-05	3	1st	3 16 21 23 27 36
2017-05-29	10	1st	3 7 10 27 41 44
2017-05-06	2	1st	3 13 26 27 29 40
2017-05-01	1	1st	3 11 12 18 25 42
2017-04-29	10	1st	3 4 11 27 33 44
2017-04-05	6	1st	3 9 26 35 37 41
2017-03-22	3	2nd	1 3 6 9 29 37
2017-03-15	3	1st	3 4 7 20 21 25
2017-03-08	3	1st	3 17 22 27 37 39
2017-03-01	5	1st	3 23 28 42 43 45
2017-02-18	4	1st	3 18 20 28 32 41
2017-02-08	5	2nd	1 3 13 39 43 45
2017-01-28	7	1st	3 18 26 27 33 34
2017-01-11	14	2nd	1 3 4 16 25 28
2016-12-10	23	1st	3 19 22 31 39 45
2016-10-17	9	1st	3 4 18 20 22 33
2016-09-26	20	1st	3 4 10 15 46 49
2016-08-10	5	1st	3 6 8 17 29 42
2016-07-30	3	1st	3 16 20 33 37 38
2016-07-23	1	1st	3 4 25 26 34 49
2016-07-20	6	1st	3 7 17 20 21 35
2016-07-06	10	1st	3 4 16 18 23 27
2016-06-13	1	1st	3 13 16 19 23 28
2016-06-11	2	1st	3 9 14 22 30 48
2016-06-06	11	2nd	2 3 12 17 25 37
2016-05-11	18	1st	3 11 19 29 45 49
2016-03-30	4	2nd	1 3 15 26 33 49
2016-03-21	10	2nd	1 3 12 19 27 40
2016-02-27	6	1st	3 12 23 31 36 42
2016-02-13	2	1st	3 4 28 34 40 48
2016-02-08	3	1st	3 9 11 14 22 37
2016-02-01	4	2nd	1 3 9 13 16 36
2016-01-23	11	2nd	1 3 7 24 42 44
2015-12-28	2	1st	3 16 31 33 45 48
2015-12-23	7	2nd	2 3 19 25 43 49
2015-12-07	4	1st	3 21 31 36 42 45
2015-11-28	10	1st	3 12 14 32 33 39
2015-11-04	14	1st	3 16 20 23 24 43
2015-10-03	2	1st	3 7 29 34 40 47
2015-09-28	10	1st	3 22 28 30 31 49
2015-09-05	5	1st	3 8 13 20 39 44
2015-08-24	14	1st	3 10 27 29 39 41
2015-07-22	15	1st	3 6 8 12 15 33
2015-06-17	3	1st	3 18 32 33 39 40
2015-06-10	6	1st	3 23 25 33 34 42
2015-05-27	2	2nd	1 3 4 12 25 41
2015-05-23	20	1st	3 6 20 24 40 41
2015-04-06	15	1st	3 11 15 21 25 49
2015-03-02	21	1st	3 8 17 18 21 25
2015-01-12	3	1st	3 7 9 10 41 44
2015-01-05	7	1st	3 4 5 15 31 46
2014-12-20	4	3rd	1 2 3 15 22 45
2014-12-10	29	2nd	1 3 27 43 48 49
2014-10-04	6	1st	3 8 14 18 26 40
2014-09-20	6	2nd	1 3 11 32 34 40
2014-09-06	2	1st	3 18 21 23 30 35
2014-09-01	11	1st	3 23 28 30 43 46
2014-08-06	13	1st	3 10 23 30 38 45
2014-07-07	9	1st	3 6 16 23 31 35
2014-06-16	1	1st	3 12 15 16 22 30
2014-06-14	26	1st	3 8 26 28 34 35
2014-04-14	17	2nd	2 3 4 37 40 42
2014-03-05	12	2nd	2 3 4 18 23 48
2014-02-05	6	1st	3 8 15 17 36 38
2014-01-22	29	1st	3 9 24 28 36 49
2013-11-16	7	1st	3 7 8 25 29 38
2013-10-30	8	2nd	2 3 6 8 20 28
2013-10-12	5	1st	3 14 28 32 41 44
2013-09-30	2	1st	3 6 19 33 39 40
2013-09-25	10	2nd	1 3 5 32 34 38
2013-09-02	17	1st	3 6 23 38 46 48
2013-07-24	1	1st	3 16 25 36 40 44
2013-07-22	21	1st	3 12 30 31 32 39
2013-06-03	14	1st	3 9 15 23 29 47
2013-05-01	8	1st	3 5 12 14 16 33
2013-04-13	34	1st	3 15 20 25 27 44
2013-01-23	4	1st	3 7 14 26 47 48
2013-01-14	3	1st	3 12 23 37 42 47
2013-01-07	5	1st	3 19 27 30 33 36
2012-12-26	42	1st	3 4 15 26 30 36
2012-09-19	2	1st	3 10 15 25 30 40
2012-09-15	9	1st	3 15 20 26 30 42
2012-08-25	4	1st	3 5 12 25 30 40
2012-08-15	18	1st	3 6 8 16 21 46
2012-07-04	1	2nd	1 3 7 15 29 40
2012-07-02	2	2nd	1 3 22 28 42 48
2012-06-27	3	1st	3 9 15 22 32 33
2012-06-20	4	1st	3 8 20 28 29 49
2012-06-11	1	1st	3 22 27 31 47 48
2012-06-09	12	2nd	2 3 15 20 28 33
2012-05-12	1	1st	3 6 11 18 22 47
2012-05-09	17	1st	3 19 31 32 38 45
2012-03-31	10	1st	3 28 29 30 35 49
2012-03-07	1	1st	3 7 13 20 25 49
2012-03-05	10	2nd	2 3 18 23 25 26
2012-02-11	1	2nd	2 3 18 26 33 35
2012-02-08	9	2nd	2 3 27 32 33 42
2012-01-18	3	1st	3 20 26 42 43 45
2012-01-11	5	1st	3 4 11 28 31 38
2011-12-31	40	2nd	1 3 7 10 16 23
2011-09-28	7	1st	3 4 5 9 11 13
2011-09-12	13	1st	3 8 15 21 24 42
2011-08-13	6	1st	3 9 11 28 32 36
2011-07-30	2	1st	3 6 9 10 23 49
2011-07-25	10	1st	3 8 9 24 40 48
2011-07-02	1	1st	3 7 37 42 46 48
2011-06-29	5	1st	3 10 28 33 35 42
2011-06-18	1	1st	3 6 15 23 26 40
2011-06-15	5	1st	3 12 14 26 33 49
2011-06-04	1	1st	3 10 12 15 29 33
2011-06-01	24	1st	3 20 21 33 38 45
2011-04-06	1	1st	3 4 10 18 22 40
2011-04-04	7	2nd	1 3 5 10 33 49
2011-03-19	34	2nd	2 3 7 18 29 40
2010-12-29	4	1st	3 7 14 29 40 47
2010-12-20	8	1st	3 17 28 37 38 45
2010-12-01	27	1st	3 16 36 40 43 49
2010-09-29	21	1st	3 26 32 34 41 44
2010-08-11	3	1st	3 14 22 28 35 45
2010-08-04	5	1st	3 16 25 43 44 46
2010-07-24	3	2nd	1 3 4 5 26 47
2010-07-17	1	1st	3 19 23 34 40 44
2010-07-14	11	1st	3 12 20 21 26 48
2010-06-19	10	1st	3 12 16 18 22 49
2010-05-26	9	1st	3 13 18 22 25 48
2010-05-05	10	1st	3 6 10 23 36 48
2010-04-12	3	1st	3 5 16 17 37 47
2010-04-05	7	2nd	2 3 19 29 31 47
2010-03-20	5	1st	3 5 21 35 47 48
2010-03-08	16	1st	3 7 9 26 41 46
2010-01-30	5	1st	3 10 17 22 37 45
2010-01-18	—	1st	3 11 20 25 35 45