New York Win 4 · positional
New York Win 4 — positional
Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the New York Lottery ("Win 4" — Midday + Evening) since July 1981. Outcome space: 10,000 combinations.
24,956 draws1981-07-21 → 2026-10-11midday: 9,043evening: 15,913
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 15,913 draws (evening)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1587 10.0% | 1594 10.0% | 1670 10.5% | 1563 9.8% | 1604 10.1% | 1545 9.7% | 1587 10.0% | 1592 10.0% | 1579 9.9% | 1592 10.0% |
| P2 | 1606 10.1% | 1625 10.2% | 1649 10.4% | 1505 9.5% | 1592 10.0% | 1626 10.2% | 1594 10.0% | 1542 9.7% | 1584 10.0% | 1590 10.0% |
| P3 | 1661 10.4% | 1555 9.8% | 1652 10.4% | 1537 9.7% | 1633 10.3% | 1556 9.8% | 1538 9.7% | 1617 10.2% | 1580 9.9% | 1584 10.0% |
| P4 | 1582 9.9% | 1537 9.7% | 1599 10.0% | 1522 9.6% | 1578 9.9% | 1598 10.0% | 1643 10.3% | 1629 10.2% | 1607 10.1% | 1618 10.2% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–36)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 29 |
| 4 | 54 |
| 5 | 102 |
| 6 | 153 |
| 7 | 179 |
| 8 | 288 |
| 9 | 338 |
| 10 | 443 |
| 11 | 568 |
| 12 | 670 |
| 13 | 759 |
| 14 | 829 |
| 15 | 972 |
| 16 | 1,024 |
| 17 | 1,029 |
| 18 | 1,060 |
| 19 | 1,038 |
| 20 | 961 |
| 21 | 946 |
| 22 | 890 |
| 23 | 743 |
| 24 | 679 |
| 25 | 531 |
| 26 | 460 |
| 27 | 355 |
| 28 | 280 |
| 29 | 174 |
| 30 | 138 |
| 31 | 89 |
| 32 | 56 |
| 33 | 38 |
| 34 | 12 |
| 35 | 4 |
| 36 | 3 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct7,983 · 50.2%
Has a double7,356 · 46.2%
Has a triple557 · 3.5%
Has a quad17 · 0.1%
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 = 00 · 0.0%
root = 11,764 · 11.1%
root = 21,719 · 10.8%
root = 31,783 · 11.2%
root = 41,792 · 11.3%
root = 51,730 · 10.9%
root = 61,842 · 11.6%
root = 71,746 · 11.0%
root = 81,781 · 11.2%
root = 91,756 · 11.0%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 4 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
no-match50.2% · expected 50.4%
single-double43.3% · expected 43.2%
double-double2.9% · expected 2.7%
triple3.5% · expected 3.6%
quad0.1% · expected 0.1%