Number 3

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

112times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.88σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, −0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 4 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 smallest93 · chance 92.3
2nd smallest18 · chance 18.9
3rd smallest1 · chance 0.7
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 10.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 5 8 32 7 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-08	16	1st	3 28 34 38 39
2026-09-22	6	2nd	1 3 15 21 34
2026-09-16	17	1st	3 9 16 26 42
2026-08-30	6	1st	3 6 11 16

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-22	7	1st	3 21 28 32 40
2026-03-15	26	1st	3 20 28 38 41
2026-02-17	1	1st	3 11 21 32 41
2026-02-16	1	1st	3 19 23 29 41
2026-02-15	5	1st	3 4 24 26 32
2026-02-10	4	2nd	1 3 23 31 33
2026-02-06	8	1st	3 5 9 24 44
2026-01-29	7	1st	3 5 25 32 33
2026-01-22	3	1st	3 21 25 33 45
2026-01-19	3	1st	3 7 28 34 45
2026-01-16	2	1st	3 8 22 31 33
2026-01-14	1	1st	3 18 19 27 39
2026-01-13	12	1st	3 27 35 39 44
2026-01-01	7	1st	3 13 19 30 39
2025-12-25	26	2nd	1 3 32 38 44
2025-11-29	20	1st	3 8 15 31 42
2025-11-09	11	1st	3 18 23 35 44
2025-10-29	12	1st	3 9 25 30 35
2025-10-17	20	1st	3 7 21 23 35
2025-09-27	19	2nd	1 3 11 27 31
2025-09-08	16	1st	3 16 31 32 38
2025-08-23	3	1st	3 11 15 19 42
2025-08-20	12	1st	3 8 13 28 34
2025-08-08	3	1st	3 7 8 21 26
2025-08-05	6	1st	3 4 15 20 24
2025-07-30	38	1st	3 15 30 31 37
2025-06-22	18	1st	3 16 25 43 45
2025-06-04	1	2nd	1 3 5 28 34
2025-06-03	21	1st	3 8 19 32 33
2025-05-13	5	1st	3 20 28 37 43
2025-05-08	3	1st	3 10 19 26 43
2025-05-05	1	1st	3 7 9 15 29
2025-05-04	3	1st	3 7 21 24 42
2025-05-01	25	1st	3 4 6 32 39
2025-04-06	19	1st	3 17 23 29 44
2025-03-18	4	1st	3 9 17 19 31
2025-03-14	3	1st	3 8 13 15 21
2025-03-11	15	1st	3 12 16 30 45
2025-02-24	13	1st	3 4 13 40 43
2025-02-11	4	3rd	1 2 3 11 33
2025-02-07	8	2nd	1 3 16 36 44
2025-01-30	9	2nd	2 3 27 39 44
2025-01-21	1	1st	3 33 38 40 45
2025-01-20	10	2nd	1 3 6 42 45
2025-01-10	1	1st	3 5 6 38 42
2025-01-09	6	1st	3 4 21 27 28
2025-01-03	14	1st	3 22 31 37 38
2024-12-20	6	1st	3 9 22 29 32
2024-12-14	10	1st	3 21 27 30 38
2024-12-04	1	2nd	2 3 22 30 38
2024-12-03	16	1st	3 12 25 28 36
2024-11-17	19	1st	3 5 31 32 34
2024-10-29	4	1st	3 16 35 39 41
2024-10-25	15	2nd	2 3 14 29 45
2024-10-10	1	1st	3 13 22 34 45
2024-10-09	50	1st	3 5 9 11 43
2024-08-20	1	1st	3 4 5 8 25
2024-08-19	4	1st	3 9 15 36 42
2024-08-15	5	1st	3 9 23 24 27
2024-08-10	15	1st	3 6 24 38 41
2024-07-26	9	1st	3 22 24 25 42
2024-07-17	5	2nd	2 3 11 34 40
2024-07-12	4	1st	3 5 11 17 30
2024-07-08	15	1st	3 16 20 28 45
2024-06-23	10	1st	3 14 21 34 37
2024-06-13	11	1st	3 7 11 20 44
2024-06-02	5	2nd	1 3 7 11 41
2024-05-28	14	1st	3 4 8 18 41
2024-05-14	24	2nd	1 3 5 20 21
2024-04-20	2	1st	3 4 36 39 41
2024-04-18	2	1st	3 8 29 31 32
2024-04-16	12	1st	3 7 16 23 32
2024-04-04	8	1st	3 11 12 26 40
2024-03-27	13	1st	3 10 15 23 24
2024-03-14	17	1st	3 5 30 32 44
2024-02-26	2	1st	3 8 24 32 44
2024-02-24	10	2nd	1 3 35 37 44
2024-02-14	1	1st	3 4 6 7 41
2024-02-13	28	1st	3 7 8 24 36
2024-01-16	5	1st	3 8 10 30 39
2024-01-11	22	1st	3 5 6 16 24
2023-12-20	2	1st	3 10 22 30 34
2023-12-18	1	1st	3 8 10 12 26
2023-12-17	26	2nd	2 3 28 34 42
2023-11-21	3	1st	3 7 16 27 42
2023-11-18	2	1st	3 4 21 37 44
2023-11-16	16	1st	3 8 15 31 42
2023-10-31	—	1st	3 9 13 26 39