Number 3

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,766 draws, 5 from 1–36.

366times drawn · chance expected 384 −1.00σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

47longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

3 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 366 times in 2,766 draws against 384.2 expected, −1.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 3, draw by draw

Drawn 366 times in 2,766 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 17 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 smallest279 · chance 286.0
2nd smallest83 · chance 76.3
3rd smallest4 · chance 3.7
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 41.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 1 8 10 28 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-09-24	7	1st	3 10 28 30 35
2026-09-17	10	1st	3 7 9 18 21
2026-09-07	5	1st	3 5 20 21 25
2026-09-02	4	1st	3 4 7 8

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-01	17	1st	3 10 16 21 24
2026-03-15	1	1st	3 7 18 21 28
2026-03-14	12	1st	3 4 22 32 35
2026-03-02	13	2nd	2 3 6 14 31
2026-02-17	4	1st	3 17 24 26 31
2026-02-13	3	1st	3 8 16 29 34
2026-02-10	9	1st	3 7 21 22 26
2026-02-01	4	1st	3 13 15 17 24
2026-01-28	2	1st	3 8 19 26 29
2026-01-26	4	2nd	1 3 4 9 27
2026-01-22	10	1st	3 8 10 20 31
2026-01-12	2	1st	3 11 27 30 35
2026-01-10	20	1st	3 15 17 24 35
2025-12-20	3	1st	3 8 12 13 28
2025-12-17	18	1st	3 4 6 10 13
2025-11-29	8	2nd	1 3 22 23 35
2025-11-21	11	2nd	2 3 20 27 32
2025-11-10	1	1st	3 12 22 25 36
2025-11-09	4	2nd	2 3 10 32 33
2025-11-05	3	1st	3 4 5 16 17
2025-11-02	4	1st	3 10 15 16 17
2025-10-29	5	1st	3 5 24 29 31
2025-10-24	9	1st	3 7 16 23 34
2025-10-15	6	1st	3 6 8 29 34
2025-10-09	19	1st	3 9 18 29 36
2025-09-20	2	2nd	1 3 8 16 27
2025-09-18	4	1st	3 11 13 25 32
2025-09-14	4	1st	3 11 28 29 35
2025-09-10	7	2nd	2 3 7 23 35
2025-09-03	1	1st	3 11 17 27 33
2025-09-02	2	1st	3 4 14 17 32
2025-08-31	4	1st	3 8 13 27 35
2025-08-27	14	2nd	1 3 12 20 27
2025-08-13	1	1st	3 14 15 19 31
2025-08-12	4	2nd	2 3 8 14 34
2025-08-08	9	1st	3 4 13 15 19
2025-07-30	9	1st	3 10 12 15 20
2025-07-21	2	2nd	1 3 17 19 29
2025-07-19	9	1st	3 6 8 11 19
2025-07-10	3	1st	3 9 20 24 27
2025-07-07	4	2nd	1 3 22 28 33
2025-07-03	8	1st	3 5 15 18 33
2025-06-25	4	2nd	2 3 13 26 28
2025-06-21	3	1st	3 7 20 24 27
2025-06-18	2	1st	3 13 19 26 27
2025-06-16	6	2nd	1 3 8 16 21
2025-06-10	1	1st	3 12 15 29 36
2025-06-09	6	1st	3 11 18 32 35
2025-06-03	5	2nd	1 3 13 22 30
2025-05-29	1	2nd	2 3 7 18 21
2025-05-28	5	1st	3 12 13 15 27
2025-05-23	8	2nd	2 3 12 15 20
2025-05-15	1	2nd	2 3 6 12 15
2025-05-14	8	2nd	2 3 17 34 35
2025-05-06	5	1st	3 6 7 14 27
2025-05-01	1	1st	3 19 22 25 35
2025-04-30	4	1st	3 10 18 22 25
2025-04-26	3	1st	3 15 21 27 33
2025-04-23	5	2nd	1 3 5 25 30
2025-04-18	3	2nd	2 3 9 28 31
2025-04-15	4	1st	3 8 12 26 33
2025-04-11	2	1st	3 10 13 25 28
2025-04-09	10	1st	3 5 15 24 32
2025-03-30	4	1st	3 12 14 20 28
2025-03-26	9	2nd	1 3 4 8 12
2025-03-17	12	1st	3 7 23 34 35
2025-03-05	7	2nd	1 3 8 16 36
2025-02-26	4	1st	3 18 25 34 36
2025-02-22	2	1st	3 7 9 24 30
2025-02-20	8	1st	3 6 25 26 35
2025-02-12	5	2nd	1 3 8 11 27
2025-02-07	4	2nd	2 3 4 21 26
2025-02-03	3	1st	3 7 8 10 28
2025-01-31	6	2nd	1 3 8 26 28
2025-01-25	10	2nd	2 3 4 22 28
2025-01-15	2	2nd	2 3 12 18 33
2025-01-13	8	1st	3 11 16 21 29
2025-01-05	13	1st	3 5 9 12 28
2024-12-22	1	1st	3 4 8 32 33
2024-12-21	2	2nd	1 3 10 18 23
2024-12-19	14	1st	3 15 20 24 33
2024-12-05	30	1st	3 9 21 25 27
2024-11-05	2	1st	3 4 13 23 24
2024-11-03	1	1st	3 4 17 31 35
2024-11-02	10	1st	3 4 18 24 29
2024-10-23	16	1st	3 16 24 26 33
2024-10-07	4	1st	3 7 29 32 34
2024-10-03	10	3rd	1 2 3 25 31
2024-09-23	39	1st	3 7 11 31 32
2024-08-15	2	1st	3 13 19 29 32
2024-08-13	15	2nd	2 3 22 30 33
2024-07-29	1	1st	3 16 24 27 35
2024-07-28	19	2nd	1 3 4 12 32
2024-07-09	12	1st	3 15 17 28 31
2024-06-27	18	2nd	2 3 12 13 34
2024-06-09	8	1st	3 18 21 23 29
2024-06-01	2	1st	3 8 13 22 24
2024-05-30	3	1st	3 4 8 21 33
2024-05-27	2	3rd	1 2 3 5 22
2024-05-25	4	1st	3 9 13 34 35
2024-05-21	4	2nd	1 3 17 34 35
2024-05-17	8	1st	3 7 13 27 36
2024-05-09	3	1st	3 15 24 26 33
2024-05-06	5	1st	3 6 10 11 31
2024-05-01	7	1st	3 7 14 20 29
2024-04-24	28	1st	3 5 26 28 33
2024-03-27	11	2nd	1 3 8 10 28
2024-03-16	4	1st	3 13 15 25 28
2024-03-12	5	1st	3 27 28 34 36
2024-03-07	2	1st	3 12 13 22 28
2024-03-05	8	1st	3 4 6 8 23
2024-02-26	14	1st	3 4 9 32 36
2024-02-12	7	1st	3 14 27 30 34
2024-02-05	6	1st	3 10 12 14 28
2024-01-30	5	1st	3 10 16 29 30
2024-01-25	8	2nd	1 3 11 12 32
2024-01-17	7	1st	3 17 20 24 33
2024-01-10	1	1st	3 4 9 13 19
2024-01-09	4	1st	3 6 13 17 27
2024-01-05	1	1st	3 6 18 29 34
2024-01-04	3	1st	3 7 14 19 34
2024-01-01	4	2nd	2 3 14 17 32
2023-12-28	1	1st	3 6 19 30 32
2023-12-27	11	1st	3 8 10 19 27
2023-12-15	1	1st	3 14 17 23 36
2023-12-14	21	2nd	1 3 8 10 14
2023-11-23	2	1st	3 21 24 28 33
2023-11-21	26	2nd	1 3 6 7 30
2023-10-26	2	2nd	1 3 12 22 28
2023-10-24	1	1st	3 9 16 18 34
2023-10-23	3	1st	3 7 15 18 21
2023-10-20	4	2nd	1 3 13 21 30
2023-10-16	3	1st	3 17 20 22 27
2023-10-13	3	1st	3 13 14 17 23
2023-10-10	3	1st	3 10 13 31 34
2023-10-07	7	1st	3 20 21 22 27
2023-09-30	5	1st	3 7 17 24 36
2023-09-25	7	1st	3 10 18 22 33
2023-09-18	9	1st	3 4 30 31 32
2023-09-09	10	1st	3 15 19 20 25
2023-08-30	7	1st	3 5 13 34 35
2023-08-23	47	1st	3 12 14 22 23
2023-07-07	1	2nd	1 3 12 30 35
2023-07-06	1	1st	3 9 20 22 31
2023-07-05	18	2nd	2 3 11 12 28
2023-06-17	11	1st	3 9 19 27 30
2023-06-06	3	1st	3 13 18 32 34
2023-06-03	9	1st	3 5 14 21 35
2023-05-25	12	1st	3 5 10 12 23
2023-05-13	3	1st	3 10 28 30 31
2023-05-10	4	1st	3 8 9 19 35
2023-05-06	7	1st	3 8 11 15 28
2023-04-29	7	1st	3 12 17 20 34
2023-04-22	20	1st	3 5 12 14 19
2023-04-02	8	2nd	1 3 22 27 35
2023-03-25	17	1st	3 8 10 17 35
2023-03-08	15	1st	3 10 15 18 25
2023-02-21	4	2nd	2 3 11 12 36
2023-02-17	1	1st	3 6 11 19 33
2023-02-16	4	1st	3 8 15 34 36
2023-02-12	1	1st	3 5 8 14 21
2023-02-11	7	2nd	1 3 19 32 33
2023-02-04	5	1st	3 14 19 21 36
2023-01-30	6	1st	3 8 13 15 30
2023-01-24	10	1st	3 8 14 18 36
2023-01-14	16	2nd	2 3 12 19 29
2022-12-29	2	1st	3 6 11 19 29
2022-12-27	7	1st	3 13 14 30 31
2022-12-19	8	2nd	1 3 4 13 26
2022-12-11	4	1st	3 5 6 12 32
2022-12-07	5	1st	3 26 28 34 35
2022-12-02	6	1st	3 12 18 22 31
2022-11-26	11	1st	3 7 13 32 34
2022-11-15	2	1st	3 10 11 24 31
2022-11-13	19	2nd	2 3 9 15 22
2022-10-25	14	1st	3 5 13 16 27
2022-10-11	20	1st	3 5 16 19 28
2022-09-21	1	2nd	1 3 26 28 30
2022-09-20	18	1st	3 4 5 12 14
2022-09-02	24	3rd	1 2 3 24 26
2022-08-09	8	1st	3 14 15 23 24
2022-08-01	6	1st	3 9 15 18 33
2022-07-26	2	2nd	1 3 13 19 34
2022-07-24	13	1st	3 10 19 28 34
2022-07-11	14	1st	3 18 19 22 31
2022-06-27	4	2nd	2 3 18 21 33
2022-06-23	5	1st	3 6 11 21 23
2022-06-18	3	1st	3 13 17 23 31
2022-06-15	6	1st	3 5 18 22 34
2022-06-09	14	2nd	2 3 11 25 33
2022-05-26	3	1st	3 18 22 28 33
2022-05-23	9	1st	3 7 13 21 26
2022-05-14	12	2nd	2 3 8 20 24
2022-05-02	5	1st	3 11 24 32 33
2022-04-27	8	1st	3 4 25 26 36
2022-04-19	8	1st	3 9 13 28 32
2022-04-11	9	1st	3 12 23 27 31
2022-04-02	2	2nd	1 3 4 10 25
2022-03-31	2	1st	3 8 14 26 31
2022-03-29	5	2nd	1 3 7 8 28
2022-03-24	3	1st	3 9 10 16 34
2022-03-21	1	1st	3 4 10 29 33
2022-03-20	7	1st	3 19 31 32 36
2022-03-13	2	1st	3 8 13 31 33
2022-03-11	1	1st	3 7 8 24 30
2022-03-10	1	1st	3 12 16 21 25
2022-03-09	12	1st	3 7 14 23 24
2022-02-25	2	1st	3 19 28 29 34
2022-02-23	8	1st	3 16 19 28 34
2022-02-15	1	1st	3 17 22 29 36
2022-02-14	5	1st	3 8 15 18 32
2022-02-09	18	1st	3 6 9 10 21
2022-01-22	7	1st	3 10 16 31 33
2022-01-15	3	1st	3 7 11 12 35
2022-01-12	2	1st	3 22 27 33 36
2022-01-10	10	2nd	1 3 11 23 34
2021-12-31	3	1st	3 4 18 19 24
2021-12-28	2	1st	3 11 25 31 35
2021-12-26	9	1st	3 11 17 25 26
2021-12-16	2	1st	3 10 16 25 28
2021-12-14	5	1st	3 12 15 20 28
2021-12-09	7	2nd	2 3 5 14 19
2021-12-02	2	1st	3 8 11 20 32
2021-11-30	1	2nd	1 3 9 11 34
2021-11-29	3	1st	3 5 13 28 33
2021-11-26	1	1st	3 9 28 29 30
2021-11-25	4	1st	3 7 20 21 25
2021-11-21	15	1st	3 6 7 15 33
2021-11-06	2	1st	3 6 15 23 30
2021-11-04	15	1st	3 10 20 27 35
2021-10-20	4	1st	3 9 10 16 28
2021-10-16	8	1st	3 7 17 19 35
2021-10-08	3	1st	3 12 16 25 36
2021-10-05	12	1st	3 14 16 21 25
2021-09-23	5	1st	3 4 5 16 22
2021-09-18	28	2nd	2 3 4 6 12
2021-08-21	5	1st	3 6 8 13 36
2021-08-16	26	1st	3 22 28 29 31
2021-07-21	5	1st	3 16 21 27 35
2021-07-16	13	1st	3 6 22 23 29
2021-07-03	2	1st	3 22 27 33 35
2021-07-01	11	1st	3 5 27 30 36
2021-06-20	27	1st	3 7 10 24 31
2021-05-24	15	2nd	1 3 4 22 27
2021-05-09	2	1st	3 6 14 18 20
2021-05-07	16	1st	3 10 14 15 19
2021-04-21	4	1st	3 4 8 23 26
2021-04-17	2	1st	3 13 20 24 29
2021-04-15	3	1st	3 6 17 23 26
2021-04-12	14	1st	3 7 8 10 21
2021-03-29	8	1st	3 9 10 30 32
2021-03-21	5	2nd	2 3 7 21 24
2021-03-16	18	2nd	1 3 8 17 23
2021-02-26	3	1st	3 12 16 25 35
2021-02-23	2	1st	3 15 21 27 29
2021-02-21	6	2nd	1 3 9 22 28
2021-02-15	14	1st	3 12 14 27 32
2021-02-01	8	1st	3 4 11 17 19
2021-01-24	25	1st	3 16 19 20 25
2020-12-30	9	1st	3 6 23 29 31
2020-12-20	7	2nd	1 3 8 18 36
2020-12-13	1	2nd	1 3 15 23 36
2020-12-12	2	1st	3 6 23 30 36
2020-12-10	3	3rd	1 2 3 11 14
2020-12-07	7	1st	3 18 23 26 27
2020-11-30	14	2nd	1 3 6 31 35
2020-11-16	4	1st	3 6 25 27 33
2020-11-12	31	1st	3 12 18 32 33
2020-10-12	20	1st	3 6 12 16 29
2020-09-22	1	1st	3 5 12 20 28
2020-09-21	3	2nd	2 3 9 28 35
2020-09-18	2	1st	3 6 12 25 30
2020-09-16	6	1st	3 4 8 23 34
2020-09-10	3	1st	3 10 17 21 29
2020-09-07	8	2nd	1 3 16 30 34
2020-08-30	6	1st	3 5 13 15 25
2020-08-24	2	1st	3 13 18 19 28
2020-08-22	1	1st	3 13 16 22 27
2020-08-21	16	1st	3 6 12 32 36
2020-08-05	12	1st	3 8 11 12 26
2020-07-24	9	1st	3 11 20 22 34
2020-07-15	32	1st	3 10 18 20 28
2020-06-13	1	1st	3 8 19 22 26
2020-06-12	6	1st	3 5 25 26 35
2020-06-06	14	1st	3 5 6 8 23
2020-05-23	6	1st	3 9 12 13 31
2020-05-17	2	1st	3 13 14 17 24
2020-05-15	5	1st	3 12 14 16 29
2020-05-10	5	1st	3 7 10 22 35
2020-05-05	7	1st	3 6 21 26 29
2020-04-28	6	2nd	1 3 17 21 22
2020-04-22	7	1st	3 8 22 23 28
2020-04-15	26	1st	3 15 23 26 36
2020-03-20	2	1st	3 9 18 19 22
2020-03-18	2	1st	3 5 6 11 36
2020-03-16	3	2nd	1 3 5 14 22
2020-03-13	6	1st	3 12 13 20 35
2020-03-07	9	1st	3 15 16 21 30
2020-02-27	7	1st	3 5 19 25 26
2020-02-20	8	1st	3 5 12 27 33
2020-02-12	14	1st	3 8 12 23 30
2020-01-29	3	1st	3 5 21 32 35
2020-01-26	1	1st	3 6 12 17 29
2020-01-25	12	1st	3 5 7 10 15
2020-01-13	6	2nd	1 3 10 17 21
2020-01-07	16	2nd	2 3 24 26 35
2019-12-21	1	1st	3 17 24 31 34
2019-12-20	16	1st	3 7 20 21 35
2019-12-04	3	1st	3 6 9 10 11
2019-12-01	24	1st	3 4 14 26 30
2019-11-07	14	1st	3 5 19 30 32
2019-10-24	19	2nd	1 3 10 32 35
2019-10-05	1	1st	3 6 9 24 33
2019-10-04	4	2nd	1 3 9 26 32
2019-09-30	4	1st	3 4 8 18 25
2019-09-26	11	1st	3 11 14 24 27
2019-09-15	5	2nd	2 3 9 12 27
2019-09-10	1	2nd	1 3 11 15 33
2019-09-09	8	1st	3 10 12 19 23
2019-09-01	22	2nd	2 3 16 29 36
2019-08-10	2	1st	3 13 22 28 32
2019-08-08	4	1st	3 6 7 21 29
2019-08-04	2	1st	3 8 21 30 35
2019-08-02	5	1st	3 15 21 29 32
2019-07-28	1	2nd	2 3 10 12 35
2019-07-27	14	1st	3 18 19 31 35
2019-07-13	2	2nd	2 3 9 31 32
2019-07-11	7	1st	3 10 25 35 36
2019-07-04	9	2nd	1 3 5 18 35
2019-06-25	7	2nd	1 3 4 16 18
2019-06-18	5	1st	3 10 12 25 32
2019-06-13	10	1st	3 18 19 27 34
2019-06-03	1	1st	3 6 10 22 23
2019-06-02	26	1st	3 16 18 24 25
2019-05-07	7	1st	3 11 12 22 25
2019-04-30	10	1st	3 5 20 25 28
2019-04-20	1	1st	3 6 24 30 36
2019-04-19	5	1st	3 5 15 19 24
2019-04-14	10	1st	3 17 23 24 26
2019-04-04	3	2nd	1 3 10 16 36
2019-04-01	9	1st	3 10 23 25 36
2019-03-23	—	1st	3 7 10 13 17