Massachusetts The Numbers Game · coverage
Massachusetts The Numbers Game — coverage
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
Reading this honestly
This is the classic coupon-collector view: how many unique numbers have ever been drawn, as time marches on. It rises fast at first, then crawls — exactly the curve a fair process produces. Twice-a-day draws “cover” faster only because there are more of them.
showing 24,329 draws (combined)
Cumulative unique digits seen
Out of 10 (0–9)
All ten digits get covered very quickly. The interesting pattern is in per-year coverage of unique draws, below.
Draws per year