Massachusetts The Numbers Game · overview
Massachusetts The Numbers Game — overview
Four digits, 0–9, drawn by the Massachusetts Lottery ("The Numbers Game") since April 1976 — the longest-running series on the site. Evening-only for its first three decades, with a Midday draw added later. Massachusetts runs no 3-digit game. Outcome space: 10,000 combinations.
24,329 draws1976-04-10 → 2026-08-23midday: 6,650evening: 17,679
Total draws
24,329
since 1976-04-10
Latest draw
5
4
7
4
2026-08-23 · midday
Outcome space
10,000
4 digits, 0–9
Most / least drawn
4/0
across all positions, 9,905 vs 9,599
Reading this honestly
“Most” and “least” here are history, not destiny. Across 97,316 digit slots the gap between the most and least drawn digit is only 306 — well within the noise you’d expect from a fair process. Every draw resets to the same 1-in-10 odds per digit.
Digit frequency
All positions, all draws
Draw shapes
Four-digit patterns
All distinct12,375 · 50.9%
Has a double11,028 · 45.3%
Has a triple907 · 3.7%
Has a quad19 · 0.1%