North Carolina Pick 3 · positional
North Carolina Pick 3 — positional
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since October 2006.
14,082 draws2006-10-06 → 2026-11-10midday: 6,648evening: 7,434
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 7,434 draws (evening)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 773 10.4% | 791 10.6% | 749 10.1% | 762 10.3% | 711 9.6% | 738 9.9% | 726 9.8% | 683 9.2% | 781 10.5% | 720 9.7% |
| P2 | 726 9.8% | 745 10.0% | 779 10.5% | 750 10.1% | 734 9.9% | 694 9.3% | 772 10.4% | 793 10.7% | 709 9.5% | 732 9.8% |
| P3 | 734 9.9% | 763 10.3% | 758 10.2% | 738 9.9% | 780 10.5% | 753 10.1% | 742 10.0% | 726 9.8% | 725 9.8% | 715 9.6% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 47 |
| 3 | 93 |
| 4 | 117 |
| 5 | 146 |
| 6 | 206 |
| 7 | 264 |
| 8 | 358 |
| 9 | 425 |
| 10 | 450 |
| 11 | 557 |
| 12 | 513 |
| 13 | 567 |
| 14 | 571 |
| 15 | 544 |
| 16 | 486 |
| 17 | 445 |
| 18 | 403 |
| 19 | 363 |
| 20 | 249 |
| 21 | 207 |
| 22 | 148 |
| 23 | 110 |
| 24 | 82 |
| 25 | 28 |
| 26 | 19 |
| 27 | 3 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct5,378 · 72.3%
Has a double1,985 · 26.7%
Has a triple71 · 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 = 010 · 0.1%
root = 1836 · 11.2%
root = 2853 · 11.5%
root = 3813 · 10.9%
root = 4832 · 11.2%
root = 5827 · 11.1%
root = 6832 · 11.2%
root = 7778 · 10.5%
root = 8822 · 11.1%
root = 9831 · 11.2%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single72.3% · expected 72.0%
double26.7% · expected 27.0%
triple1.0% · expected 1.0%