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.
13,978 draws2006-10-06 → 2026-09-19midday: 6,596evening: 7,382
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
6,596
2008-03-31 → 2026-09-19
Evening draws
7,382
2006-10-06 → 2026-09-18
Largest share spread
digit 5
Δ 0.46 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 | 9.90 | 10.00 | 0.10 |
| d=1 | 10.11 | 10.31 | 0.20 |
| d=2 | 10.08 | 10.25 | 0.17 |
| d=3 | 9.89 | 10.10 | 0.21 |
| d=4 | 9.83 | 9.98 | 0.15 |
| d=5 | 10.26 | 9.80 | 0.46 |
| d=6 | 10.15 | 10.07 | 0.08 |
| d=7 | 10.00 | 9.86 | 0.14 |
| d=8 | 9.88 | 9.91 | 0.03 |
| d=9 | 9.89 | 9.71 | 0.18 |
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.