Pennsylvania Pick 3 · positional
Pennsylvania Pick 3 — positional
Three digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the Pennsylvania Lottery. Outcome space: 1,000 combinations.
26,192 draws1977-03-01 → 2026-11-10midday: 8,694evening: 17,498
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 17,498 draws (evening)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1817 10.4% | 1759 10.1% | 1732 9.9% | 1724 9.9% | 1797 10.3% | 1730 9.9% | 1748 10.0% | 1794 10.3% | 1724 9.9% | 1673 9.6% |
| P2 | 1775 10.1% | 1734 9.9% | 1716 9.8% | 1707 9.8% | 1752 10.0% | 1770 10.1% | 1773 10.1% | 1736 9.9% | 1795 10.3% | 1740 9.9% |
| P3 | 1713 9.8% | 1734 9.9% | 1776 10.1% | 1733 9.9% | 1698 9.7% | 1827 10.4% | 1803 10.3% | 1757 10.0% | 1746 10.0% | 1711 9.8% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 57 |
| 2 | 80 |
| 3 | 149 |
| 4 | 250 |
| 5 | 385 |
| 6 | 521 |
| 7 | 643 |
| 8 | 812 |
| 9 | 965 |
| 10 | 1,143 |
| 11 | 1,202 |
| 12 | 1,310 |
| 13 | 1,246 |
| 14 | 1,311 |
| 15 | 1,252 |
| 16 | 1,225 |
| 17 | 1,066 |
| 18 | 974 |
| 19 | 791 |
| 20 | 594 |
| 21 | 498 |
| 22 | 383 |
| 23 | 280 |
| 24 | 165 |
| 25 | 107 |
| 26 | 53 |
| 27 | 14 |
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Repeats inside one draw
All distinct12,586 · 71.9%
Has a double4,719 · 27.0%
Has a triple193 · 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 = 022 · 0.1%
root = 11,991 · 11.4%
root = 21,876 · 10.7%
root = 31,957 · 11.2%
root = 41,879 · 10.7%
root = 51,976 · 11.3%
root = 61,938 · 11.1%
root = 71,975 · 11.3%
root = 81,931 · 11.0%
root = 91,953 · 11.2%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single71.9% · expected 72.0%
double27.0% · expected 27.0%
triple1.1% · expected 1.0%