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 8,694 draws (midday)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 875 10.1% | 892 10.3% | 870 10.0% | 877 10.1% | 888 10.2% | 843 9.7% | 862 9.9% | 885 10.2% | 853 9.8% | 849 9.8% |
| P2 | 833 9.6% | 884 10.2% | 886 10.2% | 858 9.9% | 892 10.3% | 841 9.7% | 871 10.0% | 872 10.0% | 862 9.9% | 895 10.3% |
| P3 | 882 10.1% | 910 10.5% | 868 10.0% | 858 9.9% | 867 10.0% | 840 9.7% | 854 9.8% | 816 9.4% | 896 10.3% | 903 10.4% |
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Sum distribution
All digits added together (0–27)
Middling sums are commonest simply because more digit combinations produce them.
| 0 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 76 |
| 4 | 134 |
| 5 | 177 |
| 6 | 272 |
| 7 | 309 |
| 8 | 410 |
| 9 | 510 |
| 10 | 535 |
| 11 | 596 |
| 12 | 624 |
| 13 | 658 |
| 14 | 632 |
| 15 | 657 |
| 16 | 564 |
| 17 | 556 |
| 18 | 476 |
| 19 | 392 |
| 20 | 286 |
| 21 | 240 |
| 22 | 188 |
| 23 | 141 |
| 24 | 81 |
| 25 | 53 |
| 26 | 36 |
| 27 | 9 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct6,258 · 72.0%
Has a double2,355 · 27.1%
Has a triple81 · 0.9%
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 = 010 · 0.1%
root = 1950 · 10.9%
root = 2931 · 10.7%
root = 3940 · 10.8%
root = 4980 · 11.3%
root = 5950 · 10.9%
root = 61,010 · 11.6%
root = 7926 · 10.7%
root = 81,002 · 11.5%
root = 9995 · 11.4%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 3 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
single72.0% · expected 72.0%
double27.1% · expected 27.0%
triple0.9% · expected 1.0%