Number 3

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

164times drawn · chance expected 174 −0.82σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

42longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 164 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 164 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 smallest129 · chance 124.2
2nd smallest34 · chance 37.6
3rd smallest1 · chance 2.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 23 39 8 14 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	7	1st	3 11 22 25 27 37
2026-09-16	1	1st	3 7 8 10 34 36
2026-09-12	11	1st	3 8 25 31 38 39
2026-08-05

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-06	7	2nd	2 3 20 21 34 38
2024-10-12	4	2nd	2 3 4 6 8 10
2024-09-28	1	1st	3 7 9 19 23 27
2024-09-25	1	1st	3 5 20 23 27 34
2024-09-21	11	1st	3 7 14 22 23 24
2024-08-14	1	1st	3 9 21 33 36 39
2024-08-10	14	1st	3 14 16 18 27 39
2024-06-22	6	1st	3 5 7 14 24 36
2024-06-01	3	1st	3 14 21 31 37 39
2024-05-22	4	2nd	2 3 5 14 25 32
2024-05-08	17	2nd	1 3 14 24 34 35
2024-03-09	1	1st	3 4 17 18 22 23
2024-03-06	12	1st	3 16 23 29 32 34
2024-01-24	3	1st	3 8 12 19 23 33
2024-01-13	20	1st	3 6 8 11 35 38
2023-11-04	4	1st	3 8 10 25 26 30
2023-10-21	4	2nd	2 3 13 14 22 39
2023-10-07	3	1st	3 11 22 27 28 37
2023-09-27	4	1st	3 16 17 19 22 23
2023-09-13	8	1st	3 18 31 35 38 40
2023-08-16	1	1st	3 12 15 17 19 26
2023-08-12	5	1st	3 5 17 33 35 39
2023-07-26	7	1st	3 6 22 31 32 35
2023-07-01	11	2nd	2 3 5 8 23 30
2023-05-24	6	2nd	1 3 11 20 37 38
2023-05-03	4	1st	3 5 17 18 32 37
2023-04-19	5	1st	3 24 28 30 34 40
2023-04-01	11	2nd	1 3 10 25 26 30
2023-02-22	4	1st	3 6 7 22 24 29
2023-02-08	9	2nd	2 3 17 24 34 40
2023-01-07	6	1st	3 4 7 15 28 38
2022-12-17	19	2nd	1 3 6 9 10 26
2022-10-12	1	2nd	2 3 9 16 29 34
2022-10-08	1	1st	3 13 17 31 35 40
2022-10-05	36	1st	3 4 5 21 29 33
2022-06-01	6	1st	3 10 13 26 34 36
2022-05-11	4	1st	3 6 10 18 23 30
2022-04-27	9	1st	3 4 9 13 27 31
2022-03-26	3	2nd	2 3 23 25 37 39
2022-03-16	7	1st	3 10 11 12 14 28
2022-02-19	9	1st	3 12 15 18 36 40
2022-01-19	13	2nd	1 3 11 34 35 39
2021-12-04	1	1st	3 24 34 36 37 38
2021-12-01	9	1st	3 11 17 21 23 38
2021-10-30	3	1st	3 11 15 28 34 37
2021-10-20	5	1st	3 9 14 18 28 29
2021-10-02	6	1st	3 10 26 29 31 38
2021-09-11	1	1st	3 24 25 28 31 38
2021-09-08	3	1st	3 6 9 20 24 40
2021-08-28	8	2nd	2 3 4 21 26 34
2021-07-31	2	1st	3 7 10 35 39 40
2021-07-24	9	1st	3 6 13 25 32 34
2021-06-23	9	1st	3 8 9 20 23 24
2021-05-22	1	1st	3 14 19 29 30 33
2021-05-19	2	1st	3 8 19 23 28 40
2021-05-12	7	1st	3 6 33 35 38 40
2021-04-17	3	1st	3 18 22 30 31 34
2021-04-07	1	1st	3 17 21 29 34 36
2021-04-03	15	1st	3 8 11 28 33 35
2021-02-10	27	2nd	1 3 13 15 30 31
2020-11-07	3	1st	3 6 14 20 31 39
2020-10-28	11	1st	3 4 5 15 16 24
2020-09-19	4	1st	3 8 12 13 14 29
2020-09-05	5	1st	3 11 18 24 31 32
2020-08-19	2	1st	3 10 12 24 27 34
2020-08-12	13	1st	3 15 20 26 27 30
2020-06-27	11	1st	3 4 5 11 31 33
2020-05-20	5	2nd	1 3 26 35 36 40
2020-05-02	2	1st	3 9 19 31 32 34
2020-04-25	6	1st	3 22 27 32 34 37
2020-04-04	2	1st	3 4 7 18 20 39
2020-03-28	7	1st	3 8 18 30 33 34
2020-03-04	9	1st	3 19 24 32 33 39
2020-02-01	4	1st	3 14 21 28 30 39
2020-01-18	5	1st	3 17 19 32 33 38
2020-01-01	8	1st	3 10 11 24 32 33
2019-12-04	7	2nd	1 3 4 8 18 34
2019-11-09	15	1st	3 8 18 30 34 35
2019-09-18	31	1st	3 14 20 21 22 23
2019-06-01	1	1st	3 13 22 26 31 34
2019-05-29	4	1st	3 8 13 19 27 36
2019-05-15	8	1st	3 27 30 33 35 38
2019-04-17	4	1st	3 17 20 22 28 35
2019-04-03	3	1st	3 11 12 14 27 39
2019-03-23	1	1st	3 5 12 22 24 38
2019-03-20	5	2nd	2 3 28 32 36 39
2019-03-02	5	1st	3 8 10 12 14 37
2019-02-13	3	1st	3 8 24 27 29 35
2019-02-02	8	2nd	1 3 9 12 22 26
2019-01-05	7	1st	3 12 13 15 21 34
2018-12-12	6	1st	3 13 16 31 37 39
2018-11-21	1	1st	3 9 20 35 36 39
2018-11-17	20	1st	3 9 12 14 15 29
2018-09-08	1	1st	3 9 14 23 27 31
2018-09-05	7	1st	3 6 7 8 17 23
2018-08-11	9	1st	3 6 10 16 24 33
2018-07-11	1	1st	3 4 15 19 27 29
2018-07-07	11	2nd	1 3 15 32 38 40
2018-05-30	8	1st	3 7 21 31 33 35
2018-05-02	10	1st	3 16 18 33 34 40
2018-03-28	29	1st	3 9 29 35 38 39
2017-12-16	4	1st	3 4 6 15 25 30
2017-12-02	1	2nd	1 3 8 15 20 26
2017-11-29	4	1st	3 10 13 25 31 34
2017-11-15	2	2nd	2 3 10 17 25 39
2017-11-08	3	1st	3 10 22 29 32 37
2017-10-28	6	2nd	1 3 9 13 20 30
2017-10-07	5	1st	3 15 21 25 35 37
2017-09-20	1	1st	3 8 22 23 28 31
2017-09-16	17	1st	3 13 14 22 27 36
2017-07-19	1	1st	3 11 12 23 29 40
2017-07-15	2	1st	3 10 18 29 32 34
2017-07-08	2	1st	3 19 23 26 28 34
2017-07-01	26	1st	3 14 22 29 36 39
2017-04-01	2	1st	3 7 8 11 23 36
2017-03-25	4	1st	3 9 14 22 23 26
2017-03-11	3	1st	3 5 12 21 27 34
2017-03-01	5	2nd	2 3 10 17 23 37
2017-02-11	17	1st	3 4 24 27 32 36
2016-12-14	12	1st	3 4 15 16 18 19
2016-11-02	2	1st	3 4 9 14 30 38
2016-10-26	7	1st	3 16 25 26 37 39
2016-10-01	10	1st	3 7 17 23 24 27
2016-08-27	5	2nd	1 3 11 13 21 22
2016-08-10	1	1st	3 8 18 20 25 33
2016-08-06	1	1st	3 5 20 28 29 39
2016-08-03	16	1st	3 6 9 19 32 38
2016-06-08	2	3rd	1 2 3 20 29 36
2016-06-01	2	1st	3 7 31 32 33 37
2016-05-25	1	2nd	1 3 4 8 16 23
2016-05-21	10	1st	3 17 24 28 35 40
2016-04-16	5	1st	3 9 12 14 26 27
2016-03-30	5	1st	3 13 27 34 38 39
2016-03-12	20	1st	3 14 19 20 21 31
2016-01-02	6	1st	3 4 5 9 22 31
2015-12-12	7	1st	3 14 23 33 34 39
2015-11-18	4	1st	3 7 11 20 23 33
2015-11-04	4	1st	3 16 18 22 23 37
2015-10-21	10	1st	3 14 20 25 30 39
2015-09-16	—	1st	3 14 17 32 36 38