Number 3

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

113times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.05σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

57longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 16 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 smallest98 · chance 100.0
2nd smallest13 · chance 12.7
3rd smallest2 · chance 0.3
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 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 6 61 1 32 64

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 3 is picked about 1.16× as often as an indifferent choice — 2nd most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.06
Culturally lucky numbers 3, 8, 9 ×1.04

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 3 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	4	1st	3 10 29 58 64
2026-08-24	13	1st	3 16 33 38 68
2026-07-25	12	1st	3 4 24 36 47
2026-06-27	4	1st	3 16 28 30

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-15	15	1st	3 16 45 54 56
2025-01-11	17	1st	3 6 32 37 65
2024-12-02	9	1st	3 9 26 61 67
2024-11-11	19	1st	3 21 24 34 46
2024-09-28	27	1st	3 11 13 24 39
2024-07-27	20	1st	3 31 37 40 64
2024-06-10	13	1st	3 10 33 58 59
2024-05-11	26	1st	3 6 39 49 67
2024-03-11	4	2nd	1 3 7 16 66
2024-03-02	3	1st	3 18 27 36 53
2024-02-24	30	1st	3 8 40 53 58
2023-12-16	1	1st	3 9 10 20 62
2023-12-13	12	1st	3 8 41 56 64
2023-11-15	37	1st	3 4 51 53 60
2023-08-21	11	1st	3 4 12 22 28
2023-07-26	1	1st	3 16 40 48 60
2023-07-24	17	1st	3 4 12 28 49
2023-06-14	1	1st	3 20 36 42 64
2023-06-12	13	2nd	2 3 16 23 68
2023-05-13	5	1st	3 15 20 23 46
2023-05-01	11	1st	3 38 55 61 66
2023-04-05	10	1st	3 5 9 42 52
2023-03-13	9	1st	3 10 24 46 63
2023-02-20	57	1st	3 17 26 38 54
2022-10-10	7	1st	3 6 11 17 22
2022-09-24	7	1st	3 9 21 24 29
2022-09-07	23	1st	3 16 30 33 36
2022-07-16	11	1st	3 18 23 32 57
2022-06-20	35	1st	3 44 61 63 69
2022-03-30	6	1st	3 7 21 31 37
2022-03-16	11	1st	3 28 34 35 58
2022-02-19	15	1st	3 10 15 33 42
2022-01-15	15	1st	3 18 37 51 59
2021-12-11	1	1st	3 25 44 53 64
2021-12-08	1	1st	3 7 33 50 69
2021-12-06	8	1st	3 21 38 50 59
2021-11-17	9	1st	3 16 48 52 60
2021-10-27	25	1st	3 6 26 35 51
2021-08-30	30	1st	3 15 45 51 61
2021-05-22	15	1st	3 19 27 37 40
2021-03-31	25	1st	3 10 44 55 68
2021-01-02	1	1st	3 4 11 41 67
2020-12-30	7	1st	3 43 45 61 65
2020-12-05	13	1st	3 4 6 48 53
2020-10-21	21	2nd	1 3 13 44 56
2020-08-08	9	2nd	2 3 14 40 51
2020-07-08	10	1st	3 10 34 36 62
2020-06-03	11	2nd	1 3 26 41 64
2020-04-25	30	2nd	1 3 21 47 57
2020-01-11	8	1st	3 21 23 31 59
2019-12-14	12	1st	3 6 12 32 64
2019-11-02	2	1st	3 23 32 37 58
2019-10-26	24	1st	3 20 48 54 59
2019-08-03	12	1st	3 6 45 66 68
2019-06-22	7	1st	3 6 11 14 66
2019-05-29	11	1st	3 32 34 42 61
2019-04-20	20	1st	3 27 30 63 65
2019-02-09	10	3rd	1 2 3 7 39
2019-01-05	21	1st	3 7 15 27 69
2018-10-24	2	1st	3 21 45 53 56
2018-10-17	11	1st	3 57 64 68 69
2018-09-08	10	1st	3 13 20 32 33
2018-08-04	10	1st	3 11 38 44 58
2018-06-30	12	1st	3 9 20 42 61
2018-05-19	17	1st	3 6 9 17 56
2018-03-21	18	1st	3 4 18 29 61
2018-01-17	6	1st	3 33 37 51 57
2017-12-27	1	1st	3 9 16 56 60
2017-12-23	15	2nd	1 3 13 15 44
2017-11-01	6	1st	3 6 19 26 44
2017-10-11	37	2nd	1 3 13 19 69
2017-06-03	30	1st	3 9 21 41 54
2017-02-18	11	1st	3 7 9 31 33
2017-01-11	1	2nd	1 3 13 16 43
2017-01-07	2	1st	3 12 24 37 63
2016-12-31	9	2nd	1 3 28 57 67
2016-11-30	10	1st	3 14 18 25 45
2016-10-26	5	2nd	2 3 16 48 56
2016-10-08	8	1st	3 54 61 64 68
2016-09-10	6	1st	3 17 49 55 68
2016-08-20	11	1st	3 6 21 60 68
2016-07-13	5	1st	3 15 29 54 57
2016-06-25	16	1st	3 27 36 56 69
2016-04-30	4	1st	3 12 16 32 34
2016-04-16	12	1st	3 18 25 32 51
2016-03-05	7	1st	3 27 34 59 69
2016-02-10	4	2nd	2 3 40 50 62
2016-01-27	3	1st	3 12 40 52 67
2016-01-16	—	1st	3 51 52 61 64