North Carolina Pick 4 · digit 5
North Carolina Pick 4 — digit 5
Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since April 2009.
11,979 draws2009-04-17 → 2026-08-15midday: 5,649evening: 6,330
5
digit 5 in North Carolina Pick 4
4,808 appearances on record · rank #5 of 10
Times drawn
4,808
rank #5 of 10
Last drawn
2026-08-13
5 draws ago
Current gap
5
draws since last hit
Vs. expected
+0.3%
if draws were perfectly uniform
Myth check
A 5-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
2009 → 2026
By position
Where digit 5 lands
Position 1
1,192
Position 2
1,153
Position 3
1,228
Position 4
1,235