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256

boxed family 256 · distinct · pays $37.50 box

Quick facts (all-time)

10 hits · current skip 68 draws · avg gap 125 · last seen 2026-06-28

Draw-time split:

NATIONWIDE DNA

Universal Cross-State Intelligence (42 States)

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2026 Hits Nationwide
71
Total 2026 draws across all 42 states
Most Recent State Hit
Washington D.C.
DC 3 · 2026-09-01 (Midday) · Combo: 625
Biggest State Drought
Indiana (916 draws)
Last seen 2025-06-01 in IN Daily 3
TOP 5 STATES WHERE 256 IS MOST OVERDUE:
Indiana: 916 draws skip (IN Daily 3) New Jersey: 795 draws skip (NJ Pick 3) Colorado: 547 draws skip (CO Pick 3) Maryland: 485 draws skip (MD Pick 3) Arkansas: 408 draws skip (AR Cash 3)
SMART COURIER TICKET ADVISOR (ONLINE APP PLAYERS):
Optimal state to buy 256 today: Arkansas (AR Cash 3) · Overdue by 408 draws (1.85x normal cycle)
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Mirror Symmetry (0↔5, 1↔6, 2↔7, 3↔8, 4↔9)

Mirror Number: 701
Mirror Family: 017

Digital Root Sum (1–9)

Digital Root: Root 4
Sum: 13 (reduction = 4)

Parity & High/Low Profile

Parity: Even-Odd-Even
Range: Low-High-High

1. Hits in every time frame

How many times 256 hit in each window, how often that is per draw, what you'd have netted playing it on every drawing ($0.25/play), and how it ranks by hits among all 220 families.

WindowDrawsHitsRate/drawRevenueCostProfitHot rank /220
1 month 31 0 0.00% $0.00 $7.75 -$7.75 #135
3 months 92 1 1.09% $37.50 $23.00 +$14.50 #45
6 months 183 1 0.55% $37.50 $45.75 -$8.25 #86
1 year 366 2 0.55% $75.00 $91.50 -$16.50 #82
2 years 731 3 0.41% $112.50 $182.75 -$70.25 #114
3 years 1,097 7 0.64% $262.50 $274.25 -$11.75 #53
4 years 1,343 10 0.74% $375.00 $335.75 +$39.25 #35
5 years 1,343 10 0.74% $375.00 $335.75 +$39.25 #35
All time 1,343 10 0.74% $375.00 $335.75 +$39.25 #35

2. How many drawings does it take to hit?

Measured from every one of the 1,343 archive draws used as a starting point.

Avg gap125 draws
Median gap106 draws
Longest drought282 draws
Current skip68 draws
Hit withinHistorical frequency
1 draw of playing it0.7%
2 draws of playing it1.5%
3 draws of playing it2.2%
5 draws of playing it3.7%
10 draws of playing it7.4%
25 draws of playing it18.1%
50 draws of playing it33.3%
100 draws of playing it60.0%

Recent gaps between hits: 18, 29, 106, 71, 143, 88, 282, 114, 273 draws

4. Digit profile of 256

How often each of this number's digits and digit-pairs appear in a winning number (window vs all-time), where its digits land positionally, and its sum profile.

digit 6 31.9% ▲4.3 all-time 27.6% digit 2 28.5% ▲0.4 all-time 28.1% digit 5 22.6% ▼5.9 all-time 28.4%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
266.30%5.29%17
255.56%6.11%15
564.81%5.81%13

Sum profile

Digit sum 13 has hit 113 times all-time (8.41% of draws), 19 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 10.4%  pos2=5: 9.6%  pos3=6: 12.6%  

5. Near-miss network — one digit away from 256

Every family that differs from 256 by a single digit. When one of these hits, the number you're watching was one digit away — these are the closest relatives in the archive.

FamilyTypeAll-time hitsLast seenGapRecent hit dates
267 distinct 10 2026-08-18 17 2026-08-09, 2026-08-18
156 distinct 12 2026-08-17 18 2026-01-20, 2026-08-17
056 distinct 15 2026-07-27 39 2026-04-10, 2026-07-27
456 distinct 8 2026-07-24 42 2025-10-25, 2026-07-24
257 distinct 9 2026-06-29 67 2026-01-29, 2026-06-29
569 distinct 5 2026-06-21 75 2025-02-25, 2026-06-21
258 distinct 6 2026-06-10 86 2025-06-10, 2026-06-10
225 double 4 2026-05-31 96 2024-09-01, 2026-05-31
025 distinct 8 2026-05-25 102 2026-02-05, 2026-05-25
567 distinct 10 2026-05-19 108 2025-12-12, 2026-05-19
356 distinct 8 2026-05-16 111 2026-03-18, 2026-05-16
245 distinct 12 2026-05-14 113 2026-04-27, 2026-05-14
246 distinct 9 2026-05-08 119 2026-03-01, 2026-05-08
268 distinct 11 2026-04-26 131 2026-02-14, 2026-04-26
235 distinct 6 2026-04-05 152 2025-04-01, 2026-04-05
255 double 6 2026-04-04 153 2025-12-11, 2026-04-04
125 distinct 9 2026-04-03 154 2025-11-09, 2026-04-03
568 distinct 5 2026-02-10 206 2024-09-23, 2026-02-10
266 double 5 2026-01-30 217 2024-06-06, 2026-01-30
269 distinct 8 2026-01-25 222 2025-12-18, 2026-01-25

6. Hit history

Year by year

2023: 4   2024: 3   2025: 2   2026: 1  

Expected vs actual (all-time)

10 hits vs 8.1 expected (uniform)+1.9

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2026-06-28Evening562
2025-09-28Evening562
2025-06-06Evening526
2024-08-28Evening652
2024-06-01Evening256
2024-01-10Evening526
2023-10-31Evening652
2023-07-17Evening562

3b. What actually got drawn after 256

2 occurrences · 20 follow-up draws scanned · "avg" is the average arrival wait in draws.

Draw Time:

Top followers chart All Draws

035 2× · avg +2.5
136 2× · avg +6.0
368 2× · avg +5.5
012 1× · avg +6.0
014 1× · avg +7.0
023 1× · avg +10.0
024 1× · avg +5.0
056 1× · avg +4.0

Across all 2 historical occurrences of 256, the next 10 draws after each were scanned (20 draws total). These are the number families that showed up most often — "count" is total appearances, "covered" is how many of the 2 occurrences it appeared in.

#FamilyTypeTimes drawn ≤10 afterCoveredWithin 1 drawWithin 3 drawsAvg arrival wait
1 035 distinct 2 (random ≈ 0.1) 2/2 0 2 2.5 draws
2 136 distinct 2 (random ≈ 0.1) 2/2 0 0 6.0 draws
3 368 distinct 2 (random ≈ 0.1) 2/2 0 1 5.5 draws
4 012 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 6.0 draws
5 014 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 7.0 draws
6 023 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 10.0 draws
7 024 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 5.0 draws
8 056 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 4.0 draws

Follow history — every time family 256 was drawn

All Draws (10)

Occurrence-by-occurrence log: each of the 10 times the family was drawn (any order), these are the families that followed within 10 draws and how many draws each took to arrive. Most recent first.

DrawnDate · timeFamilies that followed (arrival wait)
562 2026-06-28 · Evening 257 +1 018 +2 049 +3 267 +4 159 +5 379 +6 336 +7 247 +9 357 +10
562 2025-09-28 · Evening 127 +1 116 +2 445 +3 336 +4 029 +5 223 +6 149 +7 233 +8 137 +9 468 +10
526 2025-06-06 · Evening 029 +1 347 +2 139 +3 258 +4 248 +5 015 +6 339 +7 245 +8 269 +9 156 +10
652 2024-08-28 · Evening 389 +1 178 +2 348 +3 225 +4 156 +5 669 +6 034 +7 035 +8 268 +9 039 +10
256 2024-06-01 · Evening 238 +1 035 +2 255 +3 136 +4 266 +5 779 +6 014 +7 246 +8 368 +9 023 +10
526 2024-01-10 · Evening 556 +1 139 +2 088 +3 135 +4 049 +5 011 +6 188 +7 159 +8 012 +9 047 +10
652 2023-10-31 · Evening 136 +1 179 +2 029 +3 133 +4 239 +5 009 +6 238 +7 124 +8 248 +9 059 +10
562 2023-07-17 · Evening 455 +1 238 +2 178 +3 046 +4 159 +5 157 +6 169 +7 369 +8 037 +9 248 +10
652 2023-06-18 · Evening 099 +1 022 +2 055 +3 235 +5 134 +6 558 +7 001 +8 123 +9 048 +10
256 2023-05-31 · Evening 358 +1 368 +2 035 +3 056 +4 024 +5 012 +6 288 +7 136 +8 557 +9 689 +10

6. Cici's rules this number triggers — and their track records

RuleTargetPast triggersHit ≤ windowRandom baselineAvg waitMedian waitNever ≤10
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
digit 3 78 48.7% (≤2d) 44.6% 3.1 2 4%
sum13-14-watch
sums 14 & 13: watch for false trips and more doubles
any double 225 46.2% (≤2d) 47.8% 3.1 3 4%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 25 82 17.1% (≤2d) 11.8% 4.1 4 56%
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
pair 37 78 10.3% (≤2d) 10.7% 5.5 6 50%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 13 82 9.8% (≤2d) 9.0% 5.0 5 66%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.