Pennsylvania Pick 4 · positional
Pennsylvania Pick 4 — positional
Four digits, 0–9, drawn twice daily by the Pennsylvania Lottery. Outcome space: 10,000 combinations.
23,681 draws1980-11-22 → 2026-11-10midday: 8,693evening: 14,988
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 14,988 draws (evening)
Digit-by-position heatmap
Which digit shows up where
| pos / digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1474 9.8% | 1472 9.8% | 1543 10.3% | 1544 10.3% | 1484 9.9% | 1528 10.2% | 1504 10.0% | 1536 10.2% | 1443 9.6% | 1460 9.7% |
| P2 | 1508 10.1% | 1447 9.7% | 1471 9.8% | 1576 10.5% | 1510 10.1% | 1515 10.1% | 1459 9.7% | 1485 9.9% | 1538 10.3% | 1479 9.9% |
| P3 | 1530 10.2% | 1478 9.9% | 1472 9.8% | 1558 10.4% | 1527 10.2% | 1484 9.9% | 1446 9.6% | 1554 10.4% | 1434 9.6% | 1505 10.0% |
| P4 | 1464 9.8% | 1530 10.2% | 1543 10.3% | 1541 10.3% | 1482 9.9% | 1472 9.8% | 1479 9.9% | 1450 9.7% | 1487 9.9% | 1540 10.3% |
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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 | 5 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 27 |
| 4 | 61 |
| 5 | 79 |
| 6 | 130 |
| 7 | 178 |
| 8 | 261 |
| 9 | 330 |
| 10 | 435 |
| 11 | 542 |
| 12 | 612 |
| 13 | 760 |
| 14 | 815 |
| 15 | 916 |
| 16 | 920 |
| 17 | 1,004 |
| 18 | 993 |
| 19 | 947 |
| 20 | 902 |
| 21 | 868 |
| 22 | 824 |
| 23 | 712 |
| 24 | 638 |
| 25 | 499 |
| 26 | 427 |
| 27 | 304 |
| 28 | 241 |
| 29 | 200 |
| 30 | 136 |
| 31 | 83 |
| 32 | 56 |
| 33 | 41 |
| 34 | 17 |
| 35 | 7 |
| 36 | 0 |
Draw shapes
Repeats inside one draw
All distinct7,541 · 50.3%
Has a double6,893 · 46.0%
Has a triple542 · 3.6%
Has a quad12 · 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 = 11,628 · 10.9%
root = 21,662 · 11.1%
root = 31,643 · 11.0%
root = 41,728 · 11.5%
root = 51,662 · 11.1%
root = 61,725 · 11.5%
root = 71,614 · 10.8%
root = 81,699 · 11.3%
root = 91,627 · 10.9%
Box-type breakdown
Pick 4 box types
Observed share vs the theoretical share under uniform random digits.
no-match50.3% · expected 50.4%
single-double43.1% · expected 43.2%
double-double2.9% · expected 2.7%
triple3.6% · expected 3.6%
quad0.1% · expected 0.1%