North Carolina Pick 4 · positional
North Carolina Pick 4 — positional
Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Day + Evening draws since April 2009.
12,152 draws2009-04-17 → 2026-11-10midday: 5,736evening: 6,416
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 12,152 draws (combined)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1169 9.6% | 1175 9.7% | 1284 10.6% | 1211 10.0% | 1190 9.8% | 1205 9.9% | 1297 10.7% | 1219 10.0% | 1190 9.8% | 1212 10.0% |
| P2 | 1167 9.6% | 1276 10.5% | 1296 10.7% | 1203 9.9% | 1215 10.0% | 1170 9.6% | 1229 10.1% | 1205 9.9% | 1195 9.8% | 1196 9.8% |
| P3 | 1228 10.1% | 1216 10.0% | 1176 9.7% | 1257 10.3% | 1198 9.9% | 1244 10.2% | 1231 10.1% | 1168 9.6% | 1221 10.0% | 1213 10.0% |
| P4 | 1219 10.0% | 1178 9.7% | 1158 9.5% | 1206 9.9% | 1276 10.5% | 1257 10.3% | 1182 9.7% | 1194 9.8% | 1261 10.4% | 1221 10.0% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–36)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4 | 42 |
| 5 | 48 |
| 6 | 113 |
| 7 | 161 |
| 8 | 194 |
| 9 | 249 |
| 10 | 334 |
| 11 | 435 |
| 12 | 518 |
| 13 | 592 |
| 14 | 604 |
| 15 | 724 |
| 16 | 765 |
| 17 | 819 |
| 18 | 822 |
| 19 | 832 |
| 20 | 762 |
| 21 | 740 |
| 22 | 701 |
| 23 | 572 |
| 24 | 484 |
| 25 | 399 |
| 26 | 338 |
| 27 | 249 |
| 28 | 212 |
| 29 | 148 |
| 30 | 90 |
| 31 | 74 |
| 32 | 45 |
| 33 | 29 |
| 34 | 12 |
| 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 2 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct6,078 · 50.0%
Has a double5,640 · 46.4%
Has a triple421 · 3.5%
Has a quad13 · 0.1%
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 = 02 · 0.0%
root = 11,384 · 11.4%
root = 21,355 · 11.2%
root = 31,371 · 11.3%
root = 41,409 · 11.6%
root = 51,269 · 10.4%
root = 61,350 · 11.1%
root = 71,337 · 11.0%
root = 81,353 · 11.1%
root = 91,322 · 10.9%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 4 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
no-match50.0% · expected 50.4%
single-double43.9% · expected 43.2%
double-double2.6% · expected 2.7%
triple3.5% · expected 3.6%
quad0.1% · expected 0.1%