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3

Number 3

In Cash Pop under the 1/15 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,085 draws, 1 from 1–15.

68times drawn · chance expected 72 −0.53σ
8draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number
16.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0
72longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long
3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 68 times in 1,085 draws against 72.3 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

3

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 68 times in 1,085 draws · average wait 16.1 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 8 draws now

30 draws: 2023-10-23 to 2023-11-2216 draws: 2023-11-22 to 2023-12-088 draws: 2023-12-08 to 2023-12-162 draws: 2023-12-16 to 2023-12-182 draws: 2023-12-18 to 2023-12-2036 draws: 2023-12-20 to 2024-01-2519 draws: 2024-01-25 to 2024-02-1314 draws: 2024-02-13 to 2024-02-2715 draws: 2024-02-27 to 2024-03-137 draws: 2024-03-13 to 2024-03-2015 draws: 2024-03-20 to 2024-04-043 draws: 2024-04-04 to 2024-04-0747 draws: 2024-04-07 to 2024-05-2428 draws: 2024-05-24 to 2024-06-2157 draws: 2024-06-21 to 2024-08-176 draws: 2024-08-17 to 2024-08-2311 draws: 2024-08-23 to 2024-09-0322 draws: 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-2515 draws: 2024-09-25 to 2024-10-102 draws: 2024-10-10 to 2024-10-1229 draws: 2024-10-12 to 2024-11-1072 draws: 2024-11-10 to 2025-01-216 draws: 2025-01-21 to 2025-01-275 draws: 2025-01-27 to 2025-02-0125 draws: 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-262 draws: 2025-02-26 to 2025-02-285 draws: 2025-02-28 to 2025-03-0510 draws: 2025-03-05 to 2025-03-151 draws: 2025-03-15 to 2025-03-165 draws: 2025-03-16 to 2025-03-2115 draws: 2025-03-21 to 2025-04-054 draws: 2025-04-05 to 2025-04-096 draws: 2025-04-09 to 2025-04-151 draws: 2025-04-15 to 2025-04-1621 draws: 2025-04-16 to 2025-05-0722 draws: 2025-05-07 to 2025-05-2924 draws: 2025-05-29 to 2025-06-2215 draws: 2025-06-22 to 2025-07-0721 draws: 2025-07-07 to 2025-07-2819 draws: 2025-07-28 to 2025-08-1643 draws: 2025-08-16 to 2025-09-2810 draws: 2025-09-28 to 2025-10-0820 draws: 2025-10-08 to 2025-10-281 draws: 2025-10-28 to 2025-10-2921 draws: 2025-10-29 to 2025-11-193 draws: 2025-11-19 to 2025-11-2237 draws: 2025-11-22 to 2025-12-2912 draws: 2025-12-29 to 2026-01-1013 draws: 2026-01-10 to 2026-01-238 draws: 2026-01-23 to 2026-01-312 draws: 2026-01-31 to 2026-02-026 draws: 2026-02-02 to 2026-02-081 draws: 2026-02-08 to 2026-02-0924 draws: 2026-02-09 to 2026-03-0523 draws: 2026-03-05 to 2026-03-2815 draws: 2026-03-28 to 2026-04-1261 draws: 2026-04-12 to 2026-06-1225 draws: 2026-06-12 to 2026-07-072 draws: 2026-07-07 to 2026-07-0919 draws: 2026-07-09 to 2026-07-2814 draws: 2026-07-28 to 2026-08-1129 draws: 2026-08-11 to 2026-09-095 draws: 2026-09-09 to 2026-09-144 draws: 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-185 draws: 2026-09-18 to 2026-09-236 draws: 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-294 draws: 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-03Still waiting — at least 8 draws since 2026-10-032023-10-232023-11-222023-12-082023-12-162023-12-182023-12-202024-01-252024-02-132024-02-272024-03-132024-03-202024-04-042024-04-072024-05-242024-06-212024-08-172024-08-232024-09-032024-09-252024-10-102024-10-122024-11-102025-01-212025-01-272025-02-012025-02-262025-02-282025-03-052025-03-152025-03-162025-03-212025-04-052025-04-092025-04-152025-04-162025-05-072025-05-292025-06-222025-07-072025-07-282025-08-162025-09-282025-10-082025-10-282025-10-292025-11-192025-11-222025-12-292026-01-102026-01-232026-01-312026-02-022026-02-082026-02-092026-03-052026-03-282026-04-122026-06-122026-07-072026-07-092026-07-282026-08-112026-09-092026-09-142026-09-182026-09-232026-09-292026-10-032023-10-232026-10-11

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 4 times2 draws: 6 times3 draws: 2 times4 draws: 3 times5 draws: 5 times6 draws: 5 times7 draws: 1 time8 draws: 2 times9 draws: 0 times10 draws: 2 times11 draws: 1 time12 draws: 1 time13 draws: 1 time14 draws: 2 times15 draws: 6 times16 draws: 1 time17 draws: 0 times18 draws: 0 times19 draws: 3 times20 draws: 1 time21 draws: 3 times22 draws: 2 times23 draws: 1 time24 draws: 2 times25 draws: 2 times26 draws: 0 times27 draws: 0 times28 draws: 1 time29 draws: 2 times30 draws: 1 time31 draws: 0 times32 draws: 0 times33 draws: 0 times34 draws: 0 times35 draws: 0 times36 draws: 1 time37 draws: 1 time38 draws: 0 times39 draws: 0 times40 draws: 0 times41 draws: 0 times42 draws: 0 times43 draws: 1 time44 draws: 0 times45 draws: 0 times46 draws: 0 times47 draws: 1 time48 draws: 0 times49 draws: 0 times50 draws: 0 times51 draws: 0 times52 draws: 0 times53 draws: 0 times54 draws: 0 times55 draws: 0 times56 draws: 0 times57 draws: 1 time58 draws: 0 times59 draws: 0 times60 draws: 0 times61 draws: 1 time62 draws: 0 times63 draws: 0 times64 draws: 0 times65 draws: 0 times66 draws: 0 times67 draws: 0 times68 draws: 0 times69 draws: 0 times70 draws: 0 times71 draws: 0 times72 draws: 1 time73 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

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 smallest68 · chance 68.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 14 of the other 14 numbers; chance expects about 14 such strangers 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 15. 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-10-0341st3
2026-09-2961st3
2026-09-2351st3
2026-09-1841st3
2026-09-1451st3
2026-09-09291st3
2026-08-11141st3
2026-07-28191st3
2026-07-0921st3
2026-07-07251st3
2026-06-12611st3
2026-04-12151st3
2026-03-28231st3
2026-03-05241st3
2026-02-0911st3
2026-02-0861st3
2026-02-0221st3
2026-01-3181st3
2026-01-23131st3
2026-01-10121st3
2025-12-29371st3
2025-11-2231st3
2025-11-19211st3
2025-10-2911st3
The other 44 appearances
2025-10-28201st3
2025-10-08101st3
2025-09-28431st3
2025-08-16191st3
2025-07-28211st3
2025-07-07151st3
2025-06-22241st3
2025-05-29221st3
2025-05-07211st3
2025-04-1611st3
2025-04-1561st3
2025-04-0941st3
2025-04-05151st3
2025-03-2151st3
2025-03-1611st3
2025-03-15101st3
2025-03-0551st3
2025-02-2821st3
2025-02-26251st3
2025-02-0151st3
2025-01-2761st3
2025-01-21721st3
2024-11-10291st3
2024-10-1221st3
2024-10-10151st3
2024-09-25221st3
2024-09-03111st3
2024-08-2361st3
2024-08-17571st3
2024-06-21281st3
2024-05-24471st3
2024-04-0731st3
2024-04-04151st3
2024-03-2071st3
2024-03-13151st3
2024-02-27141st3
2024-02-13191st3
2024-01-25361st3
2023-12-2021st3
2023-12-1821st3
2023-12-1681st3
2023-12-08161st3
2023-11-22301st3
2023-10-23—1st3
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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 1/15 tonight whatever it did last week.