In Revancha under the 5/35 + 1/10 · since Jun 2025 rules — 206 draws, 5 from 1–35.
31times drawn · chance expected 29 +0.31σ
2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number
6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
21longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 31 times in 206 draws against 29.4 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
3
Number 3, draw by draw
Drawn 31 times in 206 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 21 · 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.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 34 numbers; chance expects about 0.9 such strangers 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 35. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.