Colorado Pick 3 · gaps & recency

Colorado Pick 3 — gaps & recency

Three digits, 0–9, drawn by the Colorado Lottery since April 2013. Evening-only until December 2016, when a Midday draw was added — so the two streams cover different spans. Colorado runs no 4-digit game. Outcome space: 1,000 combinations.

8,428 draws2013-04-28 → 2026-08-22midday: 3,575evening: 4,853

Myth check

A number being “due” is the most famous lottery myth. The gap distribution here is geometric — memoryless. After 30 draws without a 7, the chance of a 7 on the next draw is still 1-in-10 (Pick 3/4) or whatever it always was. The dashed line is what pure randomness predicts; observed values track it closely.

showing 8,428 draws (combined)

Draws since last seen

Longest current gaps · digits

draws ago

Current longest gap: 6 draws.

Gap distribution

Draws between consecutive appearances

Expected per draw probability for a specific digit: 27.1%.

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