Number 3

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

162times drawn · chance expected 188 −2.04σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

42longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −2.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 8 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 smallest118 · chance 128.4
2nd smallest42 · chance 32.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 1.5
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 17.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 12 1 8 2 15

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
2026-10-03	1	1st	3 12 16 23 37
2026-10-02	16	1st	3 11 12 28 34
2026-09-16	5	1st	3 5 12 17 31
2026-09-11	2	1st	3

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.

2026-04-17	35	2nd	1 3 13 16 30
2026-03-13	8	1st	3 5 16 19 30
2026-03-05	8	2nd	1 3 27 28 31
2026-02-25	10	1st	3 13 16 27 29
2026-02-15	2	1st	3 6 19 22 38
2026-02-13	9	1st	3 11 19 30 32
2026-02-04	8	1st	3 15 16 17 29
2026-01-27	28	1st	3 17 21 31 33
2025-12-30	1	2nd	2 3 11 24 33
2025-12-29	10	1st	3 4 20 21 32
2025-12-19	2	2nd	1 3 7 28 35
2025-12-17	4	1st	3 5 6 31 32
2025-12-13	3	1st	3 5 20 30 31
2025-12-10	23	1st	3 14 24 32 36
2025-11-17	4	2nd	1 3 15 18 19
2025-11-13	2	1st	3 24 30 32 34
2025-11-11	14	1st	3 4 11 13 35
2025-10-28	10	1st	3 9 10 25 38
2025-10-18	1	1st	3 4 7 24 35
2025-10-17	5	2nd	2 3 5 7 22
2025-10-12	3	1st	3 5 8 17 29
2025-10-09	5	1st	3 9 12 16 31
2025-10-04	6	1st	3 8 16 22 25
2025-09-28	8	1st	3 20 25 26 34
2025-09-20	13	2nd	1 3 20 23 26
2025-09-07	1	1st	3 18 22 23 27
2025-09-06	7	2nd	1 3 12 15 36
2025-08-30	6	2nd	1 3 9 29 31
2025-08-24	31	1st	3 8 27 31 38
2025-07-24	7	1st	3 12 16 29 35
2025-07-17	1	1st	3 4 15 16 36
2025-07-16	8	1st	3 5 17 23 31
2025-07-08	3	2nd	1 3 5 26 30
2025-07-05	19	1st	3 5 15 24 27
2025-06-16	1	2nd	2 3 12 18 27
2025-06-15	37	2nd	1 3 4 9 12
2025-05-09	10	2nd	2 3 5 25 31
2025-04-29	6	1st	3 6 7 10 18
2025-04-23	2	1st	3 9 17 19 35
2025-04-21	2	1st	3 10 18 32 36
2025-04-19	5	2nd	2 3 8 16 25
2025-04-14	11	1st	3 5 12 15 37
2025-04-03	2	2nd	2 3 6 28 32
2025-04-01	13	2nd	2 3 10 20 34
2025-03-19	29	1st	3 4 10 22 36
2025-02-18	10	1st	3 17 27 29 33
2025-02-08	6	2nd	2 3 4 10 36
2025-02-02	7	1st	3 11 12 18 25
2025-01-26	10	1st	3 10 11 13 26
2025-01-16	14	1st	3 14 17 23 25
2025-01-02	9	1st	3 8 29 30 31
2024-12-24	18	1st	3 4 18 20 38
2024-12-06	17	1st	3 21 27 31 36
2024-11-19	16	1st	3 4 29 30 33
2024-11-03	2	1st	3 9 15 20 33
2024-11-01	21	1st	3 5 12 13 34
2024-10-11	7	1st	3 20 25 35 37
2024-10-04	17	1st	3 8 12 26 31
2024-09-17	6	1st	3 22 33 34 36
2024-09-11	9	1st	3 4 9 21 33
2024-09-02	6	1st	3 5 9 12 21
2024-08-27	12	1st	3 8 11 15 29
2024-08-15	18	2nd	1 3 12 19 25
2024-07-28	7	1st	3 5 20 23 32
2024-07-21	4	1st	3 6 18 21 34
2024-07-17	9	1st	3 4 14 19 28
2024-07-08	6	1st	3 6 14 21 36
2024-07-02	11	1st	3 16 17 27 37
2024-06-21	16	1st	3 5 12 29 34
2024-06-05	25	1st	3 23 24 28 32
2024-05-11	4	1st	3 5 11 21 36
2024-05-07	3	2nd	2 3 8 18 30
2024-05-04	22	1st	3 6 9 18 35
2024-04-12	2	1st	3 8 23 30 37
2024-04-10	4	1st	3 4 8 10 11
2024-04-06	12	2nd	2 3 12 22 26
2024-03-25	12	1st	3 19 24 30 34
2024-03-13	9	2nd	1 3 5 13 35
2024-03-04	2	1st	3 8 24 28 32
2024-03-02	3	1st	3 11 17 27 33
2024-02-28	4	1st	3 7 23 25 35
2024-02-24	9	1st	3 15 27 34 38
2024-02-15	26	1st	3 4 8 13 20
2024-01-20	1	1st	3 5 7 12 15
2024-01-19	9	1st	3 5 7 23 35
2024-01-10	6	1st	3 8 12 18 29
2024-01-04	13	1st	3 9 10 16 27
2023-12-22	9	1st	3 21 29 30 35
2023-12-13	9	2nd	2 3 7 31 38
2023-12-04	2	1st	3 13 20 26 33
2023-12-02	1	1st	3 7 12 26 32
2023-12-01	5	1st	3 9 11 13 24
2023-11-26	19	1st	3 10 19 20 26
2023-11-07	7	1st	3 5 8 24 25
2023-10-31	13	1st	3 4 20 21 25
2023-10-18	13	1st	3 5 15 25 33
2023-10-05	2	2nd	2 3 7 14 31
2023-10-03	6	1st	3 11 13 15 29
2023-09-27	3	1st	3 12 22 33 36
2023-09-24	20	1st	3 10 12 17 23
2023-09-04	5	1st	3 5 16 28 36
2023-08-30	28	3rd	1 2 3 13 30
2023-08-02	3	1st	3 6 10 17 22
2023-07-30	10	1st	3 9 29 34 38
2023-07-20	2	1st	3 5 8 18 28
2023-07-18	2	1st	3 4 17 35 37
2023-07-16	3	1st	3 4 13 24 37
2023-07-13	10	2nd	2 3 5 8 31
2023-07-03	2	2nd	1 3 4 7 11
2023-07-01	6	2nd	1 3 5 13 14
2023-06-25	3	3rd	1 2 3 15 28
2023-06-22	1	1st	3 9 19 24 30
2023-06-21	3	1st	3 4 13 14 25
2023-06-18	42	2nd	1 3 15 26 34
2023-05-07	1	1st	3 15 23 24 35
2023-05-06	2	1st	3 10 23 25 32
2023-05-04	5	2nd	2 3 8 26 35
2023-04-29	15	1st	3 6 8 21 32
2023-04-14	15	1st	3 9 11 12 33
2023-03-30	2	2nd	2 3 23 25 28
2023-03-28	8	2nd	2 3 6 12 14
2023-03-20	9	2nd	1 3 8 21 30
2023-03-11	1	2nd	1 3 18 28 31
2023-03-10	3	1st	3 13 28 29 31
2023-03-07	7	2nd	2 3 19 30 32
2023-02-28	4	1st	3 7 12 33 38
2023-02-24	10	1st	3 7 23 25 36
2023-02-14	2	1st	3 17 30 33 36
2023-02-12	6	1st	3 7 8 15 31
2023-02-06	10	1st	3 5 16 31 35
2023-01-27	16	1st	3 7 23 28 36
2023-01-11	35	1st	3 5 16 22 29
2022-12-07	5	1st	3 11 35 37 38
2022-12-02	4	1st	3 9 12 15 20
2022-11-28	3	1st	3 6 9 15 34
2022-11-25	2	1st	3 10 12 22 34
2022-11-23	2	1st	3 6 11 36 37
2022-11-21	—	1st	3 5 12 32 37