Number 3

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

134times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.00σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.1 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 smallest108 · chance 110.5
2nd smallest26 · chance 22.7
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.8
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 12.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 39 7 20 38 2

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
2026-10-12	32	1st	3 26 30 38 40
2026-06-22	11	2nd	1 3 16 23 28
2026-05-14	1	2nd	2 3 14 38 39
2026-05-11	15	1st	3 12 21

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.

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