North Carolina Pick 3 · digit 5
North Carolina Pick 3 — digit 5
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since October 2006.
14,023 draws2006-10-06 → 2026-10-11midday: 6,618evening: 7,405
5
digit 5 in North Carolina Pick 3
4,216 appearances on record · rank #4 of 10
Times drawn
4,216
rank #4 of 10
Last drawn
2026-10-10
3 draws ago
Current gap
3
draws since last hit
Vs. expected
+0.2%
if draws were perfectly uniform
Myth check
A 3-draw gap doesn’t make digit 5 “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 5 lands
Position 1
1,425
Position 2
1,334
Position 3
1,457