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 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 | 942 10.4% | 949 10.5% | 891 9.9% | 904 10.0% | 956 10.6% | 889 9.8% | 858 9.5% | 907 10.0% | 872 9.6% | 875 9.7% |
| P2 | 929 10.3% | 920 10.2% | 922 10.2% | 901 10.0% | 905 10.0% | 933 10.3% | 879 9.7% | 918 10.2% | 848 9.4% | 888 9.8% |
| P3 | 942 10.4% | 872 9.6% | 906 10.0% | 863 9.5% | 874 9.7% | 927 10.3% | 907 10.0% | 931 10.3% | 955 10.6% | 866 9.6% |
| P4 | 951 10.5% | 928 10.3% | 876 9.7% | 899 9.9% | 892 9.9% | 876 9.7% | 908 10.0% | 906 10.0% | 926 10.2% | 881 9.7% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–36)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 25 |
| 5 | 49 |
| 6 | 72 |
| 7 | 119 |
| 8 | 168 |
| 9 | 204 |
| 10 | 271 |
| 11 | 331 |
| 12 | 348 |
| 13 | 433 |
| 14 | 533 |
| 15 | 542 |
| 16 | 599 |
| 17 | 596 |
| 18 | 620 |
| 19 | 603 |
| 20 | 579 |
| 21 | 485 |
| 22 | 468 |
| 23 | 456 |
| 24 | 360 |
| 25 | 305 |
| 26 | 225 |
| 27 | 196 |
| 28 | 151 |
| 29 | 97 |
| 30 | 65 |
| 31 | 52 |
| 32 | 30 |
| 33 | 14 |
| 34 | 12 |
| 35 | 5 |
| 36 | 1 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct4,621 · 51.1%
Has a double4,051 · 44.8%
Has a triple361 · 4.0%
Has a quad10 · 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 = 01 · 0.0%
root = 11,030 · 11.4%
root = 21,015 · 11.2%
root = 3913 · 10.1%
root = 4978 · 10.8%
root = 51,068 · 11.8%
root = 6988 · 10.9%
root = 71,035 · 11.4%
root = 8994 · 11.0%
root = 91,021 · 11.3%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 4 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
no-match51.1% · expected 50.4%
single-double42.4% · expected 43.2%
double-double2.4% · expected 2.7%
triple4.0% · expected 3.6%
quad0.1% · expected 0.1%