North Carolina Pick 4 · coverage

North Carolina Pick 4 coverage

Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since April 2009.

11,850 draws2009-04-172026-06-12midday: 5,585evening: 6,265
Reading this honestly
This is the classic coupon-collector view: how many unique numbers have ever been drawn, as time marches on. It rises fast at first, then crawls — exactly the curve a fair process produces. Twice-a-day draws “cover” faster only because there are more of them.
showing 11,850 draws (combined)
Cumulative unique digits seen

Out of 10 (0–9)

All ten digits get covered very quickly. The interesting pattern is in per-year coverage of unique draws, below.

Draws per year

How often the game ran each year