Number 3

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

322times drawn · chance expected 323 −0.07σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

47longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 322 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 322 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 3 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 smallest244 · chance 256.5
2nd smallest72 · chance 62.6
3rd smallest6 · chance 3.0
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 34.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 1 20 31 33 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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	13	1st	3 20 28 34 38 39
2026-09-05	8	2nd	2 3 18 19 22 39
2026-08-17	23	2nd	1 3 18 26 29 36
2026-06-24	4	2nd

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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