New York Win 4 · coverage
New York Win 4 — coverage
Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the New York Lottery ("Win 4" — Midday + Evening) since July 1981. Outcome space: 10,000 combinations.
24,856 draws1981-07-21 → 2026-08-22midday: 8,993evening: 15,863
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 24,856 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