North Carolina Pick 3 · midday vs evening
North Carolina Pick 3 — midday vs evening
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since October 2006.
13,879 draws2006-10-06 → 2026-07-28midday: 6,543evening: 7,329
Reading this honestly
A game’s daily streams are independent drawings, even though they share a date. Differences you see here are sample noise — no stream “runs hotter” than another.
Midday draws
6,543
2008-03-31 → 2026-07-28
Evening draws
7,329
2006-10-06 → 2026-07-28
Largest share spread
digit 5
Δ 0.52 pts across streams
Midday · digit frequency
All positions
Evening · digit frequency
All positions
Share comparison
Digit share by stream (% of digits drawn)
| Digit | Midday | Evening | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| d=0 | 9.91 | 10.02 | 0.11 |
| d=1 | 10.09 | 10.29 | 0.20 |
| d=2 | 10.08 | 10.26 | 0.17 |
| d=3 | 9.92 | 10.11 | 0.19 |
| d=4 | 9.81 | 10.00 | 0.19 |
| d=5 | 10.27 | 9.75 | 0.52 |
| d=6 | 10.13 | 10.07 | 0.06 |
| d=7 | 10.02 | 9.86 | 0.17 |
| d=8 | 9.89 | 9.91 | 0.02 |
| d=9 | 9.88 | 9.74 | 0.14 |
Spreads this small (typically < 1 pt) are exactly what independent random sampling produces. The streams are separate drawings with the same odds — this is a sanity check, not a signal.