North Carolina Pick 3 · digit 3
North Carolina Pick 3 — digit 3
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since October 2006.
13,914 draws2006-10-06 → 2026-08-14midday: 6,560evening: 7,347
3
digit 3 in North Carolina Pick 3
4,184 appearances on record · rank #4 of 10
Times drawn
4,184
rank #4 of 10
Last drawn
2026-08-13
2 draws ago
Current gap
2
draws since last hit
Vs. expected
+0.2%
if draws were perfectly uniform
Myth check
A 2-draw gap doesn’t make digit 3 “due.” Draws are independent: its chance next time is exactly what it always is (1 in 10 per position), regardless of how long it’s been. The above-expected count here is ordinary sampling noise across ten digits.
Appearances by year
2006 → 2026
By position
Where digit 3 lands
Position 1
1,382
Position 2
1,387
Position 3
1,415