Number 3

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

233times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.91σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

36longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 233 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 233 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 36 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest185 · chance 180.7
2nd smallest45 · chance 49.8
3rd smallest3 · chance 2.5
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 27.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 20 32 11 14 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-10	9	1st	3 8 10 31 34
2026-09-09	2	1st	3 12 14 15 17
2026-09-02	7	1st	3 4 5 6 12
2026-08-08	3	2nd	2 3 26

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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