Michigan Daily 3 · positional
Michigan Daily 3 — positional
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the Michigan Lottery (Daily 3 — Midday + Evening). Outcome space: 1,000 combinations.
20,496 draws1998-01-01 → 2026-10-11midday: 10,248evening: 10,248
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 10,248 draws (evening)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1072 10.5% | 1037 10.1% | 1014 9.9% | 1050 10.2% | 994 9.7% | 1012 9.9% | 1003 9.8% | 1053 10.3% | 1004 9.8% | 1009 9.8% |
| P2 | 1033 10.1% | 1021 10.0% | 1061 10.4% | 1053 10.3% | 931 9.1% | 986 9.6% | 1042 10.2% | 1034 10.1% | 1040 10.1% | 1047 10.2% |
| P3 | 1057 10.3% | 1034 10.1% | 1013 9.9% | 1021 10.0% | 1011 9.9% | 1037 10.1% | 993 9.7% | 1005 9.8% | 1022 10.0% | 1055 10.3% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 69 |
| 3 | 91 |
| 4 | 150 |
| 5 | 224 |
| 6 | 309 |
| 7 | 379 |
| 8 | 467 |
| 9 | 538 |
| 10 | 647 |
| 11 | 695 |
| 12 | 763 |
| 13 | 765 |
| 14 | 819 |
| 15 | 743 |
| 16 | 706 |
| 17 | 658 |
| 18 | 530 |
| 19 | 446 |
| 20 | 350 |
| 21 | 280 |
| 22 | 233 |
| 23 | 128 |
| 24 | 114 |
| 25 | 63 |
| 26 | 32 |
| 27 | 11 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct7,382 · 72.0%
Has a double2,762 · 27.0%
Has a triple104 · 1.0%
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 = 09 · 0.1%
root = 11,122 · 10.9%
root = 21,114 · 10.9%
root = 31,134 · 11.1%
root = 41,148 · 11.2%
root = 51,171 · 11.4%
root = 61,166 · 11.4%
root = 71,148 · 11.2%
root = 81,157 · 11.3%
root = 91,079 · 10.5%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single72.0% · expected 72.0%
double27.0% · expected 27.0%
triple1.0% · expected 1.0%