Number 3

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

321times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.02σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

49longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 321 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 321 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 9 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 smallest249 · chance 254.5
2nd smallest69 · chance 63.6
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.9
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 34.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 32 13 9 17 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-11	5	2nd	2 3 7 33 34
2025-04-06	6	1st	3 10 13 27 34
2025-03-31	6	1st	3 9 31 34 36
2025-03-25	27	1st	3 10

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-27	11	1st	3 5 15 21 22
2024-09-16	5	1st	3 7 12 13 25
2024-09-11	4	2nd	2 3 10 16 27
2024-09-07	10	2nd	1 3 11 32 34
2024-08-28	4	1st	3 8 16 28 36
2024-08-24	10	1st	3 10 19 29 34
2024-08-14	3	1st	3 4 10 21 25
2024-08-11	9	1st	3 6 14 20 26
2024-08-02	8	2nd	1 3 8 26 34
2024-07-25	8	1st	3 16 17 23 37
2024-07-17	15	2nd	2 3 15 25 35
2024-07-02	3	1st	3 19 22 25 27
2024-06-29	32	1st	3 11 13 17 18
2024-05-28	1	2nd	2 3 5 6 11
2024-05-27	3	1st	3 7 12 17 29
2024-05-24	12	1st	3 5 13 14 18
2024-05-12	16	1st	3 4 10 21 27
2024-04-26	2	1st	3 12 16 22 27
2024-04-24	2	1st	3 7 10 17 37
2024-04-22	14	1st	3 12 16 29 32
2024-04-08	4	2nd	1 3 4 17 27
2024-04-04	5	1st	3 20 26 31 33
2024-03-30	3	2nd	1 3 11 17 38
2024-03-27	8	1st	3 7 8 27 30
2024-03-19	4	1st	3 13 29 31 33
2024-03-15	1	1st	3 8 15 34 36
2024-03-14	6	2nd	2 3 4 27 38
2024-03-08	5	1st	3 21 25 30 37
2024-03-03	2	1st	3 5 12 14 25
2024-03-01	5	2nd	1 3 4 11 32
2024-02-25	1	2nd	1 3 23 31 32
2024-02-24	7	3rd	1 2 3 22 33
2024-02-17	2	2nd	2 3 12 17 23
2024-02-15	4	1st	3 25 31 35 37
2024-02-11	10	1st	3 4 19 26 34
2024-02-01	3	1st	3 9 16 27 32
2024-01-29	1	1st	3 16 17 20 21
2024-01-28	10	1st	3 6 25 31 36
2024-01-18	7	2nd	1 3 5 32 36
2024-01-11	1	2nd	1 3 13 24 32
2024-01-10	2	1st	3 5 11 17 28
2024-01-08	6	1st	3 11 14 25 27
2024-01-02	4	1st	3 10 14 19 21
2023-12-29	8	1st	3 6 24 36 37
2023-12-21	5	1st	3 10 21 24 25
2023-12-16	3	1st	3 20 33 36 38
2023-12-13	3	1st	3 15 18 23 36
2023-12-10	36	1st	3 9 19 20 22
2023-11-04	6	1st	3 5 6 26 28
2023-10-29	6	1st	3 17 22 32 36
2023-10-23	2	1st	3 4 5 22 31
2023-10-21	3	2nd	1 3 6 15 24
2023-10-18	3	1st	3 6 9 15 22
2023-10-15	2	1st	3 14 16 18 29
2023-10-13	2	1st	3 8 24 26 36
2023-10-11	4	1st	3 7 30 32 37
2023-10-07	1	1st	3 13 27 28 36
2023-10-06	4	1st	3 8 22 23 38
2023-10-02	26	1st	3 16 24 33 36
2023-09-06	1	1st	3 8 9 12 25
2023-09-05	15	1st	3 4 16 27 32
2023-08-21	1	1st	3 14 27 31 33
2023-08-20	1	1st	3 17 19 25 38
2023-08-19	9	1st	3 7 24 27 30
2023-08-10	2	1st	3 17 18 21 34
2023-08-08	2	1st	3 8 32 34 38
2023-08-06	3	1st	3 11 17 18 33
2023-08-03	1	1st	3 11 16 29 30
2023-08-02	26	1st	3 12 13 32 34
2023-07-07	2	1st	3 4 22 29 32
2023-07-05	10	2nd	1 3 13 14 30
2023-06-25	2	1st	3 10 14 17 26
2023-06-23	8	1st	3 10 24 30 38
2023-06-15	6	1st	3 9 17 25 33
2023-06-09	14	1st	3 9 18 31 38
2023-05-26	1	2nd	1 3 9 19 21
2023-05-25	8	1st	3 6 16 20 26
2023-05-17	2	1st	3 8 11 18 37
2023-05-15	2	1st	3 5 10 14 26
2023-05-13	18	1st	3 9 12 26 29
2023-04-25	4	1st	3 14 30 36 37
2023-04-21	7	1st	3 6 24 32 37
2023-04-14	18	1st	3 13 17 25 29
2023-03-27	3	1st	3 13 26 29 31
2023-03-24	1	1st	3 13 16 23 30
2023-03-23	8	1st	3 13 26 27 33
2023-03-15	3	1st	3 6 17 32 37
2023-03-12	2	1st	3 9 14 18 37
2023-03-10	1	2nd	1 3 14 17 32
2023-03-09	17	1st	3 16 21 25 27
2023-02-20	19	1st	3 18 20 22 27
2023-02-01	1	2nd	1 3 9 13 34
2023-01-31	4	1st	3 9 31 34 35
2023-01-27	12	1st	3 16 19 23 38
2023-01-15	18	1st	3 5 24 37 38
2022-12-28	3	1st	3 9 13 18 29
2022-12-25	11	2nd	1 3 7 20 25
2022-12-14	1	1st	3 8 15 27 35
2022-12-13	5	2nd	1 3 27 32 36
2022-12-08	13	1st	3 4 15 23 30
2022-11-25	15	1st	3 4 20 22 35
2022-11-10	7	2nd	2 3 24 26 30
2022-11-03	7	1st	3 13 16 18 24
2022-10-27	3	1st	3 7 19 26 27
2022-10-24	4	1st	3 6 7 15 21
2022-10-20	3	1st	3 19 21 33 38
2022-10-17	6	1st	3 8 13 27 37
2022-10-11	3	2nd	1 3 10 20 32
2022-10-08	1	1st	3 4 15 23 32
2022-10-07	11	1st	3 14 29 31 34
2022-09-26	7	1st	3 14 16 17 27
2022-09-19	9	1st	3 22 23 25 36
2022-09-10	9	1st	3 6 20 22 27
2022-09-01	10	1st	3 6 25 26 29
2022-08-22	6	1st	3 5 8 9 21
2022-08-16	1	1st	3 14 19 21 37
2022-08-15	3	1st	3 9 23 26 32
2022-08-12	6	1st	3 6 15 37 38
2022-08-06	4	1st	3 19 25 26 30
2022-08-02	13	1st	3 10 18 26 28
2022-07-20	5	1st	3 6 11 14 31
2022-07-15	10	2nd	1 3 8 27 34
2022-07-05	5	1st	3 10 18 22 30
2022-06-30	16	2nd	2 3 17 22 25
2022-06-14	1	1st	3 7 13 23 30
2022-06-13	6	1st	3 15 21 32 36
2022-06-07	5	1st	3 16 23 31 37
2022-06-02	12	1st	3 31 33 34 37
2022-05-21	1	1st	3 9 13 25 33
2022-05-20	2	1st	3 5 9 10 30
2022-05-18	13	1st	3 4 6 21 31
2022-05-05	5	1st	3 8 25 31 35
2022-04-30	2	1st	3 12 27 36 37
2022-04-28	7	1st	3 4 12 18 37
2022-04-21	1	1st	3 6 9 13 22
2022-04-20	1	1st	3 8 12 23 28
2022-04-19	49	2nd	1 3 8 19 35
2022-03-01	4	1st	3 14 21 30 36
2022-02-25	6	2nd	1 3 6 13 22
2022-02-19	2	1st	3 6 7 9 33
2022-02-17	4	1st	3 6 10 14 19
2022-02-13	1	1st	3 15 19 32 35
2022-02-12	12	1st	3 6 11 23 28
2022-01-31	5	1st	3 8 18 22 32
2022-01-26	25	1st	3 4 7 12 37
2022-01-01	4	2nd	2 3 12 13 26
2021-12-28	4	1st	3 4 9 10 26
2021-12-24	1	1st	3 18 20 24 28
2021-12-23	1	1st	3 12 20 33 35
2021-12-22	10	1st	3 4 7 24 30
2021-12-12	9	2nd	2 3 18 24 26
2021-12-03	2	1st	3 7 10 13 19
2021-12-01	14	1st	3 19 25 27 30
2021-11-17	2	1st	3 10 14 30 32
2021-11-15	3	2nd	2 3 9 16 35
2021-11-12	11	1st	3 7 19 24 38
2021-11-01	6	1st	3 18 32 33 36
2021-10-26	4	1st	3 9 11 13 16
2021-10-22	7	1st	3 4 7 28 32
2021-10-15	5	1st	3 19 25 30 31
2021-10-10	22	3rd	1 2 3 26 30
2021-09-18	1	1st	3 13 14 20 30
2021-09-17	12	1st	3 16 18 23 30
2021-09-05	2	1st	3 6 9 25 29
2021-09-03	30	2nd	2 3 4 8 26
2021-08-04	21	1st	3 11 28 29 38
2021-07-14	1	1st	3 4 14 26 35
2021-07-13	9	2nd	1 3 17 34 35
2021-07-04	9	1st	3 5 7 8 14
2021-06-25	19	1st	3 19 29 30 35
2021-06-06	2	1st	3 10 19 25 36
2021-06-04	6	1st	3 10 24 27 38
2021-05-29	2	1st	3 12 18 20 31
2021-05-27	3	1st	3 12 31 35 37
2021-05-24	12	1st	3 15 16 17 30
2021-05-12	5	1st	3 8 12 13 17
2021-05-07	1	2nd	1 3 16 17 32
2021-05-06	4	1st	3 14 28 32 33
2021-05-02	6	2nd	2 3 9 23 38
2021-04-26	3	1st	3 10 24 25 29
2021-04-23	13	1st	3 4 13 20 28
2021-04-10	9	1st	3 19 29 30 34
2021-04-01	1	1st	3 6 11 18 34
2021-03-31	5	1st	3 11 23 28 31
2021-03-26	2	2nd	1 3 9 24 28
2021-03-24	7	1st	3 12 13 24 26
2021-03-17	3	1st	3 5 10 17 28
2021-03-14	9	2nd	2 3 8 22 35
2021-03-05	9	1st	3 15 19 24 28
2021-02-24	6	1st	3 4 13 14 33
2021-02-18	3	1st	3 7 18 21 30
2021-02-15	2	1st	3 15 16 18 23
2021-02-13	8	2nd	2 3 12 14 20
2021-02-05	5	1st	3 4 8 25 30
2021-01-31	7	1st	3 13 33 34 38
2021-01-24	7	1st	3 11 33 34 37
2021-01-17	12	1st	3 16 21 24 32
2021-01-05	3	1st	3 4 5 30 37
2021-01-02	5	1st	3 15 18 22 30
2020-12-28	8	1st	3 10 14 33 35
2020-12-20	1	2nd	1 3 17 22 29
2020-12-19	13	1st	3 5 14 15 25
2020-12-06	15	1st	3 21 23 26 32
2020-11-21	2	1st	3 11 13 21 31
2020-11-19	5	1st	3 5 20 32 38
2020-11-14	2	1st	3 10 13 17 35
2020-11-12	8	1st	3 8 13 18 25
2020-11-04	8	2nd	1 3 8 26 28
2020-10-27	3	1st	3 17 20 32 36
2020-10-24	1	1st	3 8 10 13 21
2020-10-23	10	1st	3 4 31 35 38
2020-10-13	13	1st	3 8 16 21 32
2020-09-30	3	2nd	2 3 9 22 38
2020-09-27	7	2nd	1 3 9 16 31
2020-09-20	8	1st	3 24 27 32 38
2020-09-12	3	1st	3 11 14 27 29
2020-09-09	6	1st	3 4 11 15 33
2020-09-03	22	1st	3 5 7 14 37
2020-08-12	8	1st	3 17 25 31 32
2020-08-04	5	1st	3 29 33 34 38
2020-07-30	5	1st	3 9 23 31 34
2020-07-25	6	1st	3 6 12 32 33
2020-07-19	5	1st	3 5 6 11 12
2020-07-14	2	1st	3 12 21 22 38
2020-07-09	11	1st	3 14 23 27 29
2020-06-13	17	2nd	1 3 7 31 34
2020-05-05	8	1st	3 9 19 20 23
2020-04-16	11	1st	3 10 11 13 26
2020-03-21	4	2nd	1 3 7 19 33
2020-03-12	2	1st	3 26 27 28 35
2020-03-07	4	1st	3 7 18 32 33
2020-02-27	6	2nd	2 3 9 14 19
2020-02-13	32	1st	3 5 12 15 22
2019-11-30	27	3rd	1 2 3 4 20
2019-09-28	9	2nd	1 3 23 26 28
2019-09-07	12	1st	3 8 11 12 32
2019-08-10	1	1st	3 7 18 20 26
2019-08-08	5	1st	3 14 28 34 35
2019-07-27	8	1st	3 7 14 31 35
2019-07-09	6	1st	3 6 12 22 31
2019-06-25	9	2nd	2 3 17 18 25
2019-06-04	1	1st	3 7 17 27 31
2019-06-01	2	2nd	2 3 12 28 32
2019-05-28	2	1st	3 5 8 21 29
2019-05-23	11	1st	3 10 14 20 35
2019-04-27	6	1st	3 8 10 12 18
2019-04-13	2	1st	3 7 10 15 26
2019-04-09	5	1st	3 8 13 18 23
2019-03-28	22	1st	3 9 14 17 27
2019-02-05	12	1st	3 12 14 16 26
2019-01-08	13	1st	3 13 19 28 33
2018-12-08	1	2nd	1 3 17 19 29
2018-12-06	2	2nd	1 3 4 10 27
2018-12-01	16	1st	3 5 11 28 29
2018-10-25	1	2nd	1 3 10 18 28
2018-10-23	1	1st	3 12 19 25 34
2018-10-20	3	1st	3 10 14 16 31
2018-10-13	5	1st	3 7 9 15 21
2018-10-02	32	2nd	1 3 11 17 20
2018-07-19	8	2nd	2 3 4 16 28
2018-06-30	1	1st	3 13 27 30 32
2018-06-28	3	2nd	1 3 15 25 26
2018-06-21	10	1st	3 4 22 30 32
2018-05-29	10	2nd	1 3 6 11 16
2018-05-05	1	2nd	1 3 5 17 26
2018-05-03	6	1st	3 8 19 30 35
2018-04-19	1	2nd	1 3 5 29 31
2018-04-17	6	2nd	2 3 17 23 25
2018-04-03	4	1st	3 17 21 22 25
2018-03-24	6	1st	3 6 29 31 34
2018-03-10	4	1st	3 7 8 34 35
2018-03-01	1	1st	3 8 12 14 29
2018-02-27	2	2nd	2 3 12 13 35
2018-02-22	5	1st	3 9 15 23 35
2018-02-10	6	1st	3 10 11 20 26
2018-01-27	28	1st	3 13 28 32 33
2017-11-23	2	2nd	1 3 12 13 26
2017-11-18	8	2nd	2 3 8 21 34
2017-10-31	11	2nd	1 3 8 12 35
2017-10-05	12	1st	3 9 21 27 35
2017-09-07	1	1st	3 16 17 31 35
2017-09-05	9	1st	3 19 27 29 30
2017-08-15	2	1st	3 4 8 33 34
2017-08-10	6	1st	3 6 18 19 35
2017-07-27	3	1st	3 5 18 32 33
2017-07-20	3	1st	3 21 23 25 35
2017-07-13	16	1st	3 4 10 21 34
2017-06-06	3	1st	3 12 13 25 32
2017-05-30	5	1st	3 20 24 33 34
2017-05-18	8	2nd	1 3 18 20 21
2017-04-29	5	1st	3 4 9 15 23
2017-04-18	1	1st	3 11 13 25 33
2017-04-15	2	1st	3 9 24 28 35
2017-04-11	17	1st	3 6 11 29 34
2017-03-02	17	1st	3 6 16 25 35
2017-01-21	22	2nd	1 3 10 27 34
2016-12-01	—	1st	3 6 9 15 31