New York Numbers · positional
New York Numbers — positional
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.
25,779 draws1980-09-02 → 2026-10-11midday: 9,043evening: 16,736
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 16,736 draws (evening)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1661 9.9% | 1634 9.8% | 1665 9.9% | 1727 10.3% | 1731 10.3% | 1693 10.1% | 1623 9.7% | 1675 10.0% | 1678 10.0% | 1649 9.9% |
| P2 | 1666 10.0% | 1663 9.9% | 1565 9.4% | 1693 10.1% | 1683 10.1% | 1722 10.3% | 1628 9.7% | 1702 10.2% | 1732 10.3% | 1682 10.1% |
| P3 | 1661 9.9% | 1694 10.1% | 1683 10.1% | 1657 9.9% | 1697 10.1% | 1642 9.8% | 1652 9.9% | 1635 9.8% | 1709 10.2% | 1706 10.2% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 43 |
| 2 | 91 |
| 3 | 203 |
| 4 | 248 |
| 5 | 323 |
| 6 | 497 |
| 7 | 603 |
| 8 | 763 |
| 9 | 914 |
| 10 | 1,001 |
| 11 | 1,163 |
| 12 | 1,187 |
| 13 | 1,235 |
| 14 | 1,235 |
| 15 | 1,236 |
| 16 | 1,147 |
| 17 | 1,047 |
| 18 | 879 |
| 19 | 810 |
| 20 | 623 |
| 21 | 499 |
| 22 | 382 |
| 23 | 258 |
| 24 | 158 |
| 25 | 107 |
| 26 | 42 |
| 27 | 17 |
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Repeats inside one draw
All distinct12,026 · 71.9%
Has a double4,507 · 26.9%
Has a triple203 · 1.2%
Has a quad0 · 0.0%
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 = 025 · 0.1%
root = 11,854 · 11.1%
root = 21,877 · 11.2%
root = 31,889 · 11.3%
root = 41,865 · 11.1%
root = 51,816 · 10.9%
root = 61,891 · 11.3%
root = 71,857 · 11.1%
root = 81,852 · 11.1%
root = 91,810 · 10.8%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single71.9% · expected 72.0%
double26.9% · expected 27.0%
triple1.2% · expected 1.0%