New York Numbers · midday vs evening
New York Numbers — midday vs evening
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
A game’s daily streams are independent drawings, even though they share a date. Differences you see here are sample noise — no stream “runs hotter” than another.
Midday draws
9,043
2001-12-02 → 2026-10-11
Evening draws
16,736
1980-09-02 → 2026-10-11
Largest share spread
digit 4
Δ 0.33 pts across streams
Midday · digit frequency
All positions
Evening · digit frequency
All positions
Share comparison
Digit share by stream (% of digits drawn)
| Digit | Midday | Evening | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| d=0 | 10.18 | 9.93 | 0.25 |
| d=1 | 10.11 | 9.94 | 0.17 |
| d=2 | 9.96 | 9.79 | 0.18 |
| d=3 | 10.07 | 10.11 | 0.04 |
| d=4 | 9.85 | 10.18 | 0.33 |
| d=5 | 10.17 | 10.07 | 0.10 |
| d=6 | 9.79 | 9.77 | 0.02 |
| d=7 | 9.93 | 9.98 | 0.05 |
| d=8 | 9.99 | 10.20 | 0.21 |
| d=9 | 9.93 | 10.03 | 0.10 |
Spreads this small (typically < 1 pt) are exactly what independent random sampling produces. The streams are separate drawings with the same odds — this is a sanity check, not a signal.