Michigan Daily 4 · positional
Michigan Daily 4 — positional
Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the Michigan Lottery (Daily 4 — Midday + Evening). Outcome space: 10,000 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 | 1042 10.2% | 1089 10.6% | 1039 10.1% | 1017 9.9% | 990 9.7% | 1043 10.2% | 1003 9.8% | 999 9.7% | 1010 9.9% | 1016 9.9% |
| P2 | 1076 10.5% | 973 9.5% | 1059 10.3% | 1005 9.8% | 1030 10.1% | 991 9.7% | 991 9.7% | 1027 10.0% | 1003 9.8% | 1093 10.7% |
| P3 | 1043 10.2% | 1034 10.1% | 995 9.7% | 1014 9.9% | 1026 10.0% | 1017 9.9% | 955 9.3% | 1082 10.6% | 1067 10.4% | 1015 9.9% |
| P4 | 1000 9.8% | 1023 10.0% | 1007 9.8% | 1054 10.3% | 1044 10.2% | 1028 10.0% | 1044 10.2% | 1015 9.9% | 1002 9.8% | 1031 10.1% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–36)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 37 |
| 5 | 68 |
| 6 | 90 |
| 7 | 116 |
| 8 | 168 |
| 9 | 216 |
| 10 | 320 |
| 11 | 343 |
| 12 | 404 |
| 13 | 507 |
| 14 | 591 |
| 15 | 651 |
| 16 | 647 |
| 17 | 644 |
| 18 | 665 |
| 19 | 649 |
| 20 | 637 |
| 21 | 592 |
| 22 | 560 |
| 23 | 519 |
| 24 | 422 |
| 25 | 360 |
| 26 | 260 |
| 27 | 216 |
| 28 | 178 |
| 29 | 124 |
| 30 | 94 |
| 31 | 57 |
| 32 | 47 |
| 33 | 23 |
| 34 | 7 |
| 35 | 3 |
| 36 | 1 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct5,088 · 49.6%
Has a double4,783 · 46.7%
Has a triple363 · 3.5%
Has a quad14 · 0.1%
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 = 02 · 0.0%
root = 11,149 · 11.2%
root = 21,114 · 10.9%
root = 31,108 · 10.8%
root = 41,161 · 11.3%
root = 51,225 · 12.0%
root = 61,186 · 11.6%
root = 71,130 · 11.0%
root = 81,075 · 10.5%
root = 91,098 · 10.7%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 4 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
no-match49.6% · expected 50.4%
single-double44.2% · expected 43.2%
double-double2.5% · expected 2.7%
triple3.5% · expected 3.6%
quad0.1% · expected 0.1%