Number 3

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

198times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.96σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

47longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 198 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 198 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 1 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 smallest161 · chance 158.5
2nd smallest34 · chance 37.7
3rd smallest3 · chance 1.8
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 20.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 44 43 49 1 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-07	14	1st	3 5 18 20 21 26
2026-08-19	32	1st	3 7 15 31 36 47
2026-04-29	1	2nd	2 3 27 29 31 41
2026-04-25	19	1st

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-20	2	1st	3 6 12 14 41 44
2024-07-13	7	1st	3 9 12 26 30 33
2024-06-19	1	1st	3 8 43 46 47 49
2024-06-15	12	1st	3 15 29 34 43 45
2024-05-04	3	2nd	1 3 29 30 31 49
2024-04-24	3	1st	3 11 25 28 30 44
2024-04-13	14	1st	3 15 25 30 38 41
2024-02-24	9	1st	3 10 11 19 34 43
2024-01-24	3	1st	3 8 13 16 43 47
2024-01-13	14	2nd	1 3 6 26 42 49
2023-11-25	1	2nd	1 3 4 23 28 41
2023-11-22	16	1st	3 7 8 16 32 43
2023-09-27	3	1st	3 17 23 28 41 49
2023-09-16	31	1st	3 7 10 37 39 45
2023-05-31	2	1st	3 32 33 41 47 49
2023-05-24	5	1st	3 11 13 22 36 38
2023-05-06	1	1st	3 18 26 27 36 37
2023-05-03	5	1st	3 5 25 31 33 41
2023-04-15	3	1st	3 16 24 26 40 46
2023-04-05	10	1st	3 10 25 28 38 41
2023-03-01	7	1st	3 8 22 23 30 40
2023-02-04	2	1st	3 6 7 10 38 49
2023-01-28	4	1st	3 6 10 17 18 43
2023-01-14	9	1st	3 6 13 15 18 25
2022-12-14	24	2nd	1 3 4 18 39 41
2022-09-21	5	2nd	1 3 5 19 35 41
2022-09-03	2	1st	3 4 16 17 21 40
2022-08-27	1	1st	3 18 20 22 33 37
2022-08-24	4	1st	3 7 15 19 39 42
2022-08-10	9	1st	3 30 36 40 42 45
2022-07-09	6	1st	3 17 24 37 43 48
2022-06-18	5	1st	3 10 16 22 29 44
2022-06-01	8	1st	3 13 15 18 24 40
2022-05-04	1	1st	3 4 16 21 26 33
2022-04-30	6	1st	3 11 19 21 40 45
2022-04-09	18	1st	3 5 6 7 25 38
2022-02-05	3	1st	3 6 12 17 23 39
2022-01-26	4	1st	3 8 16 27 43 44
2022-01-12	11	1st	3 4 10 16 39 43
2021-12-04	5	1st	3 15 17 26 28 40
2021-11-17	2	1st	3 11 17 19 22 37
2021-11-10	4	1st	3 17 22 25 44 49
2021-10-27	18	1st	3 6 20 27 46 48
2021-08-25	2	1st	3 6 29 36 38 49
2021-08-18	4	1st	3 29 34 37 40 46
2021-08-04	3	2nd	1 3 18 20 34 49
2021-07-24	1	2nd	2 3 19 22 26 30
2021-07-21	1	1st	3 5 9 13 19 36
2021-07-17	33	1st	3 11 18 34 44 47
2021-03-24	12	1st	3 12 20 29 42 49
2021-02-10	10	1st	3 4 14 19 21 34
2021-01-06	19	1st	3 7 17 22 33 44
2020-10-31	18	1st	3 5 9 16 25 40
2020-08-29	3	2nd	1 3 4 7 36 47
2020-08-19	2	1st	3 28 29 33 34 49
2020-08-12	8	1st	3 4 6 10 18 20
2020-07-15	4	1st	3 31 38 40 43 44
2020-07-01	4	2nd	1 3 11 15 29 39
2020-06-17	5	1st	3 9 14 22 30 39
2020-05-30	5	1st	3 9 14 29 30 38
2020-05-13	4	2nd	1 3 10 23 27 45
2020-04-29	1	1st	3 25 30 31 36 48
2020-04-25	4	1st	3 22 32 35 39 45
2020-04-11	5	1st	3 13 20 21 41 42
2020-03-25	9	1st	3 5 13 21 22 47
2020-02-22	18	1st	3 17 18 31 32 46
2019-12-21	5	1st	3 25 27 33 36 37
2019-12-04	16	1st	3 19 30 33 43 48
2019-10-09	14	1st	3 4 6 17 21 33
2019-08-21	3	2nd	2 3 11 17 19 34
2019-08-10	7	1st	3 6 27 29 34 47
2019-07-17	13	1st	3 17 18 22 28 30
2019-06-01	2	2nd	1 3 20 28 29 49
2019-05-25	4	1st	3 9 23 33 38 43
2019-05-11	19	1st	3 4 31 33 39 48
2019-03-06	1	1st	3 5 7 19 45 49
2019-03-02	1	1st	3 13 16 18 27 37
2019-02-27	14	1st	3 9 22 28 31 46
2019-01-09	16	1st	3 15 28 36 38 41
2018-11-14	7	1st	3 5 12 14 17 34
2018-10-20	4	3rd	1 2 3 5 26 44
2018-10-06	11	1st	3 4 9 17 20 44
2018-08-29	6	2nd	1 3 4 5 38 42
2018-08-08	28	1st	3 21 23 27 39 45
2018-05-02	47	1st	3 5 7 28 36 43
2017-11-18	25	1st	3 8 13 20 40 43
2017-08-23	2	1st	3 11 13 29 36 49
2017-08-16	1	1st	3 7 19 21 28 33
2017-08-12	5	1st	3 5 11 42 43 49
2017-07-26	8	1st	3 22 31 38 41 43
2017-06-28	26	1st	3 5 15 24 39 40
2017-03-29	3	2nd	1 3 13 16 25 34
2017-03-18	1	1st	3 8 9 13 15 44
2017-03-15	34	1st	3 7 22 42 44 46
2016-11-16	19	1st	3 10 19 20 44 49
2016-09-10	14	1st	3 8 14 23 35 44
2016-07-23	9	1st	3 19 25 29 34 42
2016-06-22	41	2nd	2 3 10 28 42 47
2016-01-30	8	1st	3 8 20 30 40 42
2016-01-02	8	1st	3 12 25 28 30 38
2015-12-05	3	1st	3 17 18 20 43 48
2015-11-25	4	2nd	1 3 9 18 19 35
2015-11-11	13	2nd	2 3 11 16 22 44
2015-09-26	3	1st	3 6 14 17 21 34
2015-09-16	9	1st	3 29 38 43 45 47
2015-08-15	3	1st	3 6 10 26 38 43
2015-08-05	3	2nd	1 3 22 33 34 42
2015-07-25	26	2nd	2 3 5 19 33 46
2015-04-25	5	1st	3 6 9 19 38 47
2015-04-08	7	1st	3 5 11 12 22 44
2015-03-14	10	1st	3 8 9 17 22 30
2015-02-07	13	1st	3 8 16 25 26 38
2014-12-24	1	1st	3 11 21 23 39 45
2014-12-20	12	1st	3 4 5 16 21 46
2014-11-08	15	1st	3 8 10 13 26 31
2014-09-17	7	1st	3 22 32 40 41 43
2014-08-23	4	1st	3 5 7 19 41 47
2014-08-09	4	1st	3 11 36 38 42 44
2014-07-26	9	1st	3 9 19 34 42 44
2014-06-25	10	1st	3 7 20 26 40 47
2014-05-21	4	1st	3 12 13 20 22 32
2014-05-07	10	1st	3 4 10 15 36 42
2014-04-02	1	1st	3 12 22 38 40 47
2014-03-29	5	1st	3 8 10 11 33 48
2014-03-12	12	1st	3 13 14 19 25 46
2014-01-29	1	3rd	1 2 3 4 27 46
2014-01-25	22	1st	3 6 7 9 11 15
2013-11-09	6	1st	3 14 33 46 48 49
2013-10-19	1	1st	3 5 35 42 44 48
2013-10-16	7	1st	3 13 17 28 48 49
2013-09-21	6	1st	3 20 27 35 44 47
2013-08-31	4	1st	3 9 22 23 46 49
2013-08-17	5	2nd	2 3 8 14 44 49
2013-07-31	8	1st	3 16 35 36 47 48
2013-07-03	3	1st	3 22 27 31 37 47
2013-06-22	1	1st	3 10 12 15 30 41
2013-06-19	18	3rd	1 2 3 4 32 42
2013-04-17	5	1st	3 19 20 28 32 45
2013-03-30	6	1st	3 13 17 30 36 40
2013-03-09	7	1st	3 11 12 25 33 39
2013-02-13	9	1st	3 5 18 19 23 48
2013-01-12	1	1st	3 22 25 27 28 40
2013-01-09	6	1st	3 8 24 28 34 38
2012-12-19	9	1st	3 8 13 20 24 44
2012-11-17	2	1st	3 6 26 31 43 45
2012-11-10	26	1st	3 23 33 36 47 49
2012-08-11	2	2nd	1 3 5 7 18 24
2012-08-04	24	1st	3 14 21 28 31 35
2012-05-12	18	1st	3 14 17 25 47 48
2012-03-10	24	1st	3 10 29 43 45 49
2011-12-17	6	2nd	1 3 35 41 47 48
2011-11-26	10	2nd	1 3 17 23 29 40
2011-10-22	9	1st	3 4 15 16 28 41
2011-09-21	3	2nd	1 3 8 14 31 49
2011-09-10	2	2nd	1 3 10 11 15 20
2011-09-03	12	2nd	2 3 5 6 8 40
2011-07-23	1	1st	3 12 21 33 45 48
2011-07-20	2	1st	3 6 10 11 14 49
2011-07-13	13	1st	3 22 29 32 43 48
2011-05-28	8	1st	3 18 30 36 37 41
2011-04-30	36	2nd	2 3 4 27 33 49
2010-12-25	5	1st	3 8 18 19 28 46
2010-12-08	1	1st	3 4 12 26 30 37
2010-12-04	15	1st	3 21 28 41 43 49
2010-10-13	8	1st	3 14 23 24 31 44
2010-09-15	9	1st	3 14 22 26 32 46
2010-08-14	1	1st	3 14 25 26 27 47
2010-08-11	9	1st	3 13 18 27 32 35
2010-07-10	1	1st	3 4 27 34 38 48
2010-07-07	6	1st	3 8 24 38 41 48
2010-06-16	9	2nd	2 3 16 26 27 28
2010-05-15	4	1st	3 10 26 36 45 47
2010-05-01	3	1st	3 5 30 36 37 43
2010-04-21	—	2nd	1 3 15 20 24 44