New York Numbers · coverage
New York Numbers — coverage
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the New York Lottery ("Numbers" — Midday + Evening) since September 1980, the deepest history on the site. Outcome space: 1,000 combinations.
25,679 draws1980-09-02 → 2026-08-22midday: 8,993evening: 16,686
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 25,679 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