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 9,043 draws (midday)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 932 10.3% | 914 10.1% | 899 9.9% | 896 9.9% | 919 10.2% | 930 10.3% | 847 9.4% | 916 10.1% | 877 9.7% | 913 10.1% |
| P2 | 941 10.4% | 930 10.3% | 879 9.7% | 904 10.0% | 918 10.2% | 889 9.8% | 888 9.8% | 906 10.0% | 880 9.7% | 908 10.0% |
| P3 | 890 9.8% | 900 10.0% | 925 10.2% | 933 10.3% | 835 9.2% | 940 10.4% | 920 10.2% | 873 9.7% | 953 10.5% | 874 9.7% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 66 |
| 3 | 93 |
| 4 | 141 |
| 5 | 196 |
| 6 | 257 |
| 7 | 358 |
| 8 | 444 |
| 9 | 494 |
| 10 | 572 |
| 11 | 572 |
| 12 | 648 |
| 13 | 662 |
| 14 | 675 |
| 15 | 674 |
| 16 | 606 |
| 17 | 600 |
| 18 | 487 |
| 19 | 361 |
| 20 | 317 |
| 21 | 255 |
| 22 | 193 |
| 23 | 146 |
| 24 | 109 |
| 25 | 51 |
| 26 | 23 |
| 27 | 10 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct6,520 · 72.1%
Has a double2,423 · 26.8%
Has a triple100 · 1.1%
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 = 05 · 0.1%
root = 1961 · 10.6%
root = 2955 · 10.6%
root = 3996 · 11.0%
root = 4996 · 11.0%
root = 51,017 · 11.2%
root = 61,040 · 11.5%
root = 71,015 · 11.2%
root = 81,067 · 11.8%
root = 9991 · 11.0%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single72.1% · expected 72.0%
double26.8% · expected 27.0%
triple1.1% · expected 1.0%