Maryland Pick 3 · positional
Maryland Pick 3 — positional
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the Maryland Lottery (Midday + Evening). Outcome space: 1,000 combinations. Maryland publishes a rolling seven-month window, so this history starts when we began collecting and grows from there.
480 draws2026-02-14 → 2026-10-11midday: 240evening: 240
Reading this honestly
Each cell shows how often a digit landed in a particular slot. If the draws are fair, every slot should look like 0–9 picked from a hat — about 10% each, with sample noise. Any heat pattern you can see by eye is almost certainly within that noise band.
showing 240 draws (midday)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 23 9.6% | 15 6.3% | 23 9.6% | 21 8.8% | 24 10.0% | 25 10.4% | 37 15.4% | 19 7.9% | 27 11.3% | 26 10.8% |
| P2 | 29 12.1% | 17 7.1% | 18 7.5% | 22 9.2% | 26 10.8% | 22 9.2% | 28 11.7% | 20 8.3% | 32 13.3% | 26 10.8% |
| P3 | 18 7.5% | 21 8.8% | 30 12.5% | 25 10.4% | 27 11.3% | 21 8.8% | 28 11.7% | 26 10.8% | 23 9.6% | 21 8.8% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 11 |
| 10 | 18 |
| 11 | 9 |
| 12 | 23 |
| 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 18 |
| 16 | 12 |
| 17 | 10 |
| 18 | 16 |
| 19 | 15 |
| 20 | 11 |
| 21 | 11 |
| 22 | 7 |
| 23 | 5 |
| 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct186 · 77.5%
Has a double52 · 21.7%
Has a triple2 · 0.8%
Has a quad0 · 0.0%
Digital root distribution
Sum reduced to a single digit (0–9)
Digital root keeps adding digits until one is left. Reference under uniform digits ≈ 11.1% per class for 1–9, lower for 0.
root = 00 · 0.0%
root = 133 · 13.8%
root = 222 · 9.2%
root = 335 · 14.6%
root = 436 · 15.0%
root = 519 · 7.9%
root = 623 · 9.6%
root = 721 · 8.8%
root = 824 · 10.0%
root = 927 · 11.3%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single77.5% · expected 72.0%
double21.7% · expected 27.0%
triple0.8% · expected 1.0%