Number 3

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

334times drawn · chance expected 358 −1.39σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

47longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 334 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, −1.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 334 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 7 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 smallest256 · chance 259.0
2nd smallest73 · chance 71.4
3rd smallest5 · chance 3.6
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 39.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 14 30 6 23 12

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
2026-09-23	14	1st	3 17 20 21 28
2026-08-21	10	1st	3 4 22 28 32
2026-07-29	13	1st	3 7 8 23 35
2026-06-29	3	1st	3 4 14

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.

2025-07-23	9	1st	3 7 23 30 35
2025-07-02	5	2nd	2 3 5 31 34
2025-06-20	1	1st	3 9 10 12 29
2025-06-18	4	1st	3 5 7 32 34
2025-06-09	11	1st	3 5 7 17 26
2025-05-14	1	1st	3 5 6 20 34
2025-05-12	8	2nd	1 3 5 16 30
2025-04-23	2	1st	3 11 22 26 32
2025-04-18	1	1st	3 13 27 28 31
2025-04-16	8	1st	3 4 18 27 30
2025-03-28	3	2nd	2 3 5 19 32
2025-03-21	7	1st	3 14 17 25 33
2025-03-05	1	1st	3 6 18 26 33
2025-03-03	5	1st	3 4 5 28 35
2025-02-19	2	1st	3 11 13 19 25
2025-02-14	20	2nd	2 3 10 14 30
2024-12-30	5	2nd	1 3 11 17 28
2024-12-18	8	2nd	1 3 13 15 33
2024-11-29	12	1st	3 7 22 26 32
2024-11-01	1	2nd	1 3 6 16 23
2024-10-30	1	1st	3 5 14 19 31
2024-10-28	4	1st	3 23 29 30 32
2024-10-18	2	1st	3 19 25 31 33
2024-10-14	29	1st	3 9 22 25 33
2024-08-07	2	1st	3 18 24 29 30
2024-08-02	5	1st	3 5 12 22 33
2024-07-22	9	1st	3 25 27 28 29
2024-07-01	5	2nd	2 3 19 28 33
2024-06-19	3	1st	3 7 13 19 34
2024-06-12	12	1st	3 5 21 27 34
2024-05-15	11	1st	3 9 11 13 23
2024-04-19	4	1st	3 5 20 28 33
2024-04-10	2	2nd	1 3 7 8 14
2024-04-05	6	2nd	2 3 24 30 31
2024-03-22	7	2nd	1 3 15 16 22
2024-03-06	12	2nd	2 3 14 23 32
2024-02-07	14	1st	3 13 17 27 33
2024-01-05	5	1st	3 14 16 31 32
2023-12-25	7	1st	3 6 18 20 30
2023-12-08	16	1st	3 13 21 25 34
2023-11-01	10	1st	3 13 14 28 34
2023-10-09	4	2nd	2 3 20 26 33
2023-09-29	6	1st	3 4 14 16 34
2023-09-15	18	2nd	1 3 12 18 27
2023-08-04	5	1st	3 18 26 31 33
2023-07-24	2	2nd	2 3 24 25 29
2023-07-19	10	1st	3 8 18 23 31
2023-06-26	4	1st	3 13 27 34 35
2023-06-16	1	1st	3 13 16 21 35
2023-06-14	7	1st	3 13 17 22 35
2023-05-29	11	1st	3 5 18 26 33
2023-05-03	1	1st	3 19 21 34 35
2023-05-01	3	1st	3 14 20 21 27
2023-04-24	3	1st	3 11 16 21 28
2023-04-17	2	1st	3 4 6 9 15
2023-04-12	13	1st	3 4 8 23 27
2023-03-13	10	1st	3 5 15 23 24
2023-02-17	4	3rd	1 2 3 17 19
2023-02-08	20	1st	3 15 25 31 34
2022-12-23	5	2nd	2 3 10 18 28
2022-12-12	2	1st	3 5 18 22 33
2022-12-07	6	1st	3 8 15 22 30
2022-11-23	6	1st	3 15 20 21 30
2022-11-09	2	1st	3 9 19 21 33
2022-11-04	8	1st	3 12 28 29 34
2022-10-17	6	1st	3 6 16 21 23
2022-10-03	7	1st	3 27 30 31 35
2022-09-16	17	1st	3 7 11 18 25
2022-08-08	24	1st	3 4 11 13 22
2022-06-13	20	1st	3 10 11 21 31
2022-04-27	1	1st	3 19 21 28 35
2022-04-25	3	1st	3 11 16 18 26
2022-04-18	14	1st	3 19 27 33 34
2022-03-16	2	1st	3 9 15 30 34
2022-03-11	5	1st	3 5 12 27 28
2022-02-28	10	1st	3 7 8 11 25
2022-02-04	13	2nd	2 3 11 32 34
2022-01-05	10	1st	3 8 20 28 33
2021-12-13	22	1st	3 17 22 24 30
2021-10-22	2	2nd	2 3 12 26 30
2021-10-18	2	1st	3 13 19 28 33
2021-10-13	6	1st	3 20 30 32 33
2021-09-29	7	1st	3 4 11 27 28
2021-09-13	2	1st	3 15 16 26 31
2021-09-08	18	1st	3 6 12 14 26
2021-07-28	6	1st	3 11 23 29 32
2021-07-14	4	1st	3 14 15 27 34
2021-07-05	3	1st	3 15 18 20 29
2021-06-28	2	2nd	2 3 10 33 34
2021-06-23	5	1st	3 4 5 7 29
2021-06-11	2	1st	3 5 15 16 24
2021-06-07	3	1st	3 6 17 23 33
2021-05-31	1	1st	3 6 8 9 14
2021-05-28	13	1st	3 5 9 27 34
2021-04-28	12	1st	3 22 27 29 34
2021-03-31	17	1st	3 12 19 30 31
2021-02-19	3	2nd	1 3 22 24 26
2021-02-12	2	3rd	1 2 3 8 14
2021-02-08	34	2nd	1 3 8 25 27
2020-11-20	2	1st	3 14 17 21 22
2020-11-16	3	1st	3 6 10 17 30
2020-11-09	8	1st	3 8 21 24 25
2020-10-21	1	1st	3 9 23 28 34
2020-10-19	3	1st	3 15 22 25 35
2020-10-12	7	1st	3 9 13 26 33
2020-09-25	9	2nd	2 3 12 26 32
2020-09-04	7	1st	3 8 9 24 35
2020-08-19	5	1st	3 6 18 24 25
2020-08-07	6	1st	3 11 17 27 35
2020-07-24	11	1st	3 4 9 19 33
2020-06-29	13	1st	3 11 26 28 30
2020-05-29	8	1st	3 5 12 16 27
2020-05-11	1	1st	3 6 12 33 35
2020-05-08	10	2nd	2 3 4 14 15
2020-04-15	1	1st	3 6 8 32 34
2020-04-13	1	1st	3 8 14 33 35
2020-04-10	2	1st	3 6 20 21 26
2020-04-06	5	3rd	1 2 3 9 32
2020-03-25	11	1st	3 4 5 22 34
2020-02-28	9	3rd	1 2 3 9 16
2020-02-07	11	1st	3 17 31 32 34
2020-01-13	1	2nd	1 3 12 23 29
2020-01-10	8	1st	3 6 14 23 32
2019-12-23	5	2nd	1 3 16 28 29
2019-12-11	2	1st	3 14 15 30 34
2019-12-06	13	2nd	2 3 12 15 21
2019-11-06	3	1st	3 6 23 29 33
2019-10-30	12	2nd	2 3 23 26 33
2019-10-02	10	1st	3 12 20 22 23
2019-09-09	7	2nd	1 3 16 26 34
2019-08-23	9	1st	3 4 14 20 25
2019-08-02	3	1st	3 17 22 30 35
2019-07-26	12	2nd	1 3 5 26 33
2019-06-28	9	1st	3 12 20 27 33
2019-06-07	17	1st	3 6 7 28 33
2019-04-29	1	1st	3 11 16 26 32
2019-04-26	4	1st	3 7 14 25 33
2019-04-17	1	1st	3 10 16 19 31
2019-04-15	3	1st	3 5 10 30 34
2019-04-08	3	2nd	2 3 6 20 21
2019-04-01	12	1st	3 5 10 16 18
2019-03-04	4	1st	3 13 17 23 32
2019-02-22	17	1st	3 5 20 26 31
2019-01-14	3	1st	3 11 13 14 35
2019-01-07	10	1st	3 7 8 12 25
2018-12-14	5	1st	3 5 17 22 30
2018-12-03	8	2nd	2 3 16 27 34
2018-11-14	9	1st	3 12 15 17 21
2018-10-24	3	1st	3 7 14 23 31
2018-10-17	3	1st	3 7 12 14 30
2018-10-10	6	2nd	2 3 12 16 23
2018-09-26	1	1st	3 4 15 16 30
2018-09-24	3	1st	3 6 12 17 20
2018-09-17	4	2nd	2 3 5 14 23
2018-09-07	1	1st	3 4 15 26 30
2018-09-05	2	1st	3 16 20 25 27
2018-08-31	7	2nd	1 3 14 28 31
2018-08-15	1	1st	3 14 22 30 31
2018-08-13	10	1st	3 16 17 23 32
2018-07-20	3	1st	3 11 17 27 28
2018-07-13	4	1st	3 6 8 29 30
2018-07-04	32	2nd	1 3 7 11 19
2018-04-20	3	1st	3 7 21 24 35
2018-04-13	9	1st	3 6 24 25 33
2018-03-23	5	1st	3 6 8 10 26
2018-03-12	4	2nd	2 3 19 21 34
2018-03-02	1	2nd	1 3 12 20 25
2018-02-28	1	1st	3 11 31 32 34
2018-02-26	47	1st	3 13 14 21 27
2017-11-08	9	1st	3 8 25 34 35
2017-10-18	5	1st	3 9 17 21 34
2017-10-06	1	2nd	1 3 7 17 26
2017-10-04	4	1st	3 18 23 25 26
2017-09-25	6	2nd	2 3 12 29 30
2017-09-11	12	2nd	1 3 5 6 9
2017-08-14	8	1st	3 10 19 28 32
2017-07-26	9	2nd	1 3 15 26 33
2017-07-05	6	1st	3 4 6 19 31
2017-06-21	3	1st	3 13 19 22 32
2017-06-14	1	1st	3 6 14 16 34
2017-06-12	11	1st	3 6 13 24 30
2017-05-17	2	1st	3 4 13 27 34
2017-05-12	8	1st	3 11 14 15 28
2017-04-24	6	1st	3 8 10 30 34
2017-04-10	3	1st	3 10 11 18 22
2017-04-03	11	1st	3 4 13 28 32
2017-03-08	11	1st	3 11 14 22 31
2017-02-10	12	1st	3 6 19 20 22
2017-01-13	16	1st	3 6 9 16 24
2016-12-07	1	1st	3 6 19 26 31
2016-12-05	7	1st	3 18 25 26 32
2016-11-18	10	1st	3 11 13 16 30
2016-10-26	1	1st	3 6 15 23 27
2016-10-24	5	1st	3 9 10 26 35
2016-10-12	11	2nd	1 3 13 22 24
2016-09-16	10	1st	3 4 6 7 8
2016-08-24	2	1st	3 14 17 18 27
2016-08-19	1	1st	3 4 8 23 33
2016-08-17	1	2nd	1 3 18 20 22
2016-08-15	4	2nd	2 3 12 14 21
2016-08-05	1	2nd	1 3 7 15 28
2016-08-03	5	1st	3 10 23 26 32
2016-07-22	1	1st	3 11 14 32 34
2016-07-20	24	1st	3 4 7 19 32
2016-05-25	20	2nd	2 3 4 19 22
2016-04-08	26	3rd	1 2 3 11 29
2016-02-08	1	1st	3 12 19 20 22
2016-02-05	1	1st	3 12 20 25 31
2016-02-03	1	1st	3 11 12 15 17
2016-02-01	7	1st	3 17 22 33 35
2016-01-15	2	1st	3 12 26 30 34
2016-01-11	3	1st	3 9 20 30 31
2016-01-04	1	1st	3 6 10 16 24
2016-01-01	9	1st	3 12 16 24 28
2015-12-11	2	1st	3 7 25 33 35
2015-12-07	33	1st	3 11 24 25 30
2015-09-21	25	1st	3 5 10 21 29
2015-07-24	5	1st	3 7 17 20 27
2015-07-13	5	1st	3 5 23 32 34
2015-07-01	2	1st	3 8 17 18 19
2015-06-26	9	1st	3 14 18 28 30
2015-06-05	5	1st	3 5 20 27 31
2015-05-25	30	1st	3 7 14 15 23
2015-03-16	12	2nd	1 3 6 17 18
2015-02-16	17	1st	3 9 15 19 23
2015-01-07	1	1st	3 12 16 17 26
2015-01-05	10	1st	3 9 20 24 33
2014-12-12	8	1st	3 13 23 29 35
2014-11-24	10	1st	3 8 25 30 31
2014-10-31	16	1st	3 22 23 30 34
2014-09-24	3	1st	3 10 15 21 25
2014-09-17	3	1st	3 12 17 18 22
2014-09-10	19	2nd	1 3 8 9 13
2014-07-28	9	1st	3 9 22 24 27
2014-07-07	3	1st	3 6 27 30 33
2014-06-30	16	1st	3 6 12 14 24
2014-05-23	1	2nd	2 3 8 19 23
2014-05-21	9	1st	3 13 21 27 31
2014-04-30	1	1st	3 22 25 28 29
2014-04-28	1	1st	3 8 20 24 29
2014-04-25	11	1st	3 6 15 16 31
2014-03-31	2	1st	3 11 12 13 30
2014-03-26	9	1st	3 5 12 25 35
2014-03-05	5	1st	3 7 16 20 33
2014-02-21	5	2nd	1 3 14 19 21
2014-02-10	3	1st	3 5 8 14 25
2014-02-03	2	1st	3 8 17 19 27
2014-01-29	4	2nd	1 3 21 23 31
2014-01-20	19	1st	3 12 19 21 27
2013-12-06	6	2nd	2 3 19 29 31
2013-11-22	12	1st	3 8 15 17 23
2013-10-25	16	1st	3 10 11 12 29
2013-09-18	24	2nd	1 3 7 12 23
2013-07-24	1	2nd	1 3 6 10 17
2013-07-22	7	1st	3 16 17 19 26
2013-07-05	23	1st	3 6 23 25 30
2013-05-13	2	1st	3 20 21 26 31
2013-05-08	6	1st	3 18 20 22 33
2013-04-24	16	1st	3 7 22 25 30
2013-03-18	1	2nd	1 3 14 30 31
2013-03-15	1	1st	3 20 25 29 30
2013-03-13	23	1st	3 12 15 22 25
2013-01-18	5	1st	3 28 31 34 35
2013-01-07	8	1st	3 5 7 14 34
2012-12-19	7	1st	3 6 10 30 32
2012-12-03	3	1st	3 13 18 27 35
2012-11-26	6	1st	3 9 14 15 35
2012-11-12	11	1st	3 17 23 24 25
2012-10-17	6	2nd	1 3 22 25 34
2012-10-03	5	1st	3 6 20 31 32
2012-09-21	1	1st	3 11 20 26 34
2012-09-19	4	1st	3 4 13 22 32
2012-09-10	16	2nd	1 3 6 18 31
2012-08-03	11	1st	3 9 14 17 35
2012-07-09	9	2nd	2 3 8 11 27
2012-06-18	8	1st	3 5 6 8 12
2012-05-30	5	1st	3 4 7 31 32
2012-05-18	3	1st	3 9 11 31 33
2012-05-11	7	2nd	2 3 9 13 18
2012-04-25	2	1st	3 10 12 20 30
2012-04-20	4	1st	3 14 15 16 17
2012-04-11	2	1st	3 24 27 29 31
2012-04-06	7	1st	3 8 14 24 34
2012-03-21	7	2nd	2 3 9 11 15
2012-03-05	3	1st	3 8 19 23 31
2012-02-27	12	1st	3 6 18 26 34
2012-01-30	1	2nd	2 3 21 25 26
2012-01-27	1	1st	3 8 10 23 34
2012-01-25	14	1st	3 7 14 28 31
2011-12-23	10	2nd	2 3 11 15 29
2011-11-30	4	1st	3 14 17 25 31
2011-11-21	18	1st	3 11 20 26 34
2011-10-10	5	2nd	2 3 5 26 32
2011-09-28	6	2nd	1 3 10 15 23
2011-09-14	13	1st	3 5 10 21 27
2011-08-15	26	1st	3 9 20 27 28
2011-06-15	32	1st	3 13 25 27 30
2011-04-01	11	2nd	2 3 21 26 28
2011-03-07	16	1st	3 11 12 24 31
2011-01-28	3	1st	3 14 17 27 34
2011-01-21	12	1st	3 8 15 20 32
2010-12-24	2	1st	3 10 14 19 25
2010-12-20	4	2nd	2 3 6 20 23
2010-12-10	3	1st	3 11 22 28 34
2010-12-03	2	1st	3 21 23 29 34
2010-11-29	5	1st	3 4 17 21 30
2010-11-17	9	2nd	1 3 26 30 35
2010-10-27	2	1st	3 4 5 24 31
2010-10-22	7	2nd	2 3 12 13 28
2010-10-06	—	1st	3 7 8 21 29