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256

boxed family 256 · distinct · pays $37.50 box

Quick facts (all-time)

16 hits · current skip 55 draws · avg gap 173 · last seen 2026-08-06

Draw-time split:

NATIONWIDE DNA

Universal Cross-State Intelligence (42 States)

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2026 Hits Nationwide
74
Total 2026 draws across all 42 states
Most Recent State Hit
Maine
ME Pick 3 · 2026-09-03 (Evening) · Combo: 265
Biggest State Drought
Indiana (919 draws)
Last seen 2025-06-01 in IN Daily 3
TOP 5 STATES WHERE 256 IS MOST OVERDUE:
Indiana: 919 draws skip (IN Daily 3) New Jersey: 799 draws skip (NJ Pick 3) Colorado: 547 draws skip (CO Pick 3) Maryland: 489 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 62 1 1.61% $37.50 $15.50 +$22.00 #37
3 months 184 2 1.09% $75.00 $46.00 +$29.00 #34
6 months 366 3 0.82% $112.50 $91.50 +$21.00 #45
1 year 732 5 0.68% $187.50 $183.00 +$4.50 #56
2 years 1,462 7 0.48% $262.50 $365.50 -$103.00 #92
3 years 2,194 13 0.59% $487.50 $548.50 -$61.00 #61
4 years 2,682 16 0.60% $600.00 $670.50 -$70.50 #53
5 years 2,682 16 0.60% $600.00 $670.50 -$70.50 #53
All time 2,682 16 0.60% $600.00 $670.50 -$70.50 #53

2. How many drawings does it take to hit?

Measured from every one of the 2,682 archive draws used as a starting point.

Avg gap173 draws
Median gap179 draws
Longest drought573 draws
Current skip55 draws
Hit withinHistorical frequency
1 draw of playing it0.6%
2 draws of playing it1.2%
3 draws of playing it1.8%
5 draws of playing it2.9%
10 draws of playing it5.6%
25 draws of playing it12.9%
50 draws of playing it24.2%
100 draws of playing it43.6%

Recent gaps between hits: 3, 323, 9, 8, 221, 573, 179, 249, 44, 226, 186, 69 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 27.4% ▲1.2 all-time 26.2% digit 5 27.0% ▼0.8 all-time 27.8% digit 2 26.7% ▲0.7 all-time 26.0%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
265.19%4.47%14
254.81%5.22%13
564.81%5.03%13

Sum profile

Digit sum 13 has hit 220 times all-time (8.20% of draws), 24 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 9.6%  pos2=5: 11.5%  pos3=6: 10.4%  

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
268 distinct 12 2026-08-31 4 2026-03-18, 2026-08-31
125 distinct 14 2026-08-29 9 2025-12-04, 2026-08-29
156 distinct 13 2026-08-17 32 2026-06-03, 2026-08-17
236 distinct 9 2026-08-16 34 2026-08-16, 2026-08-16
235 distinct 15 2026-08-12 43 2026-01-26, 2026-08-12
026 distinct 21 2026-08-10 46 2026-07-07, 2026-08-10
569 distinct 13 2026-08-07 53 2025-12-15, 2026-08-07
225 double 11 2026-07-29 71 2025-12-15, 2026-07-29
259 distinct 14 2026-07-25 79 2026-05-24, 2026-07-25
056 distinct 10 2026-07-23 82 2025-11-05, 2026-07-23
246 distinct 9 2026-07-19 91 2026-04-16, 2026-07-19
258 distinct 19 2026-07-07 115 2026-06-16, 2026-07-07
255 double 8 2026-07-01 126 2026-04-10, 2026-07-01
267 distinct 19 2026-06-30 129 2026-05-27, 2026-06-30
257 distinct 13 2026-06-29 131 2025-08-04, 2026-06-29
568 distinct 17 2026-06-24 140 2026-01-03, 2026-06-24
356 distinct 16 2026-06-06 177 2026-05-07, 2026-06-06
566 double 8 2026-05-24 202 2026-05-13, 2026-05-24
266 double 4 2026-05-20 210 2025-04-15, 2026-05-20
126 distinct 15 2026-05-12 227 2026-04-16, 2026-05-12

6. Hit history

Year by year

2023: 5   2024: 4   2025: 4   2026: 3  

Expected vs actual (all-time)

16 hits vs 16.1 expected (uniform)-0.1

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2026-08-06Midday562
2026-07-02Evening562
2026-03-31Evening625
2025-12-08Evening652
2025-11-16Evening526
2025-07-15Midday526
2025-04-16Evening265
2024-07-04Midday562

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

015 1× · avg +9.0
017 1× · avg +6.0
027 1× · avg +3.0
028 1× · avg +5.0
047 1× · avg +8.0
057 1× · avg +3.0
058 1× · avg +10.0
069 1× · avg +1.0

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
1 015 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 draws
2 017 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 6.0 draws
3 027 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 3.0 draws
4 028 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 5.0 draws
5 047 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 8.0 draws
6 057 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 3.0 draws
7 058 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 10.0 draws
8 069 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 1 1 1.0 draws

Follow history — every time family 256 was drawn

All Draws (16)

Occurrence-by-occurrence log: each of the 16 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 2026-08-06 · Midday 134 +1 569 +2 378 +3 122 +4 116 +5 037 +6 129 +7 012 +8 026 +9 347 +10
562 2026-07-02 · Evening 478 +1 058 +2 288 +3 234 +4 346 +5 068 +6 089 +7 238 +8 258 +9 026 +10
625 2026-03-31 · Evening 356 +1 057 +2 245 +3 049 +4 567 +5 159 +6 128 +7 447 +8 117 +9 134 +10
652 2025-12-08 · Evening 188 +1 468 +2 569 +3 144 +4 077 +5 366 +6 599 +7 344 +8 018 +9 347 +10
526 2025-11-16 · Evening 016 +1 099 +2 688 +3 135 +4 469 +5 366 +6 255 +7 148 +8 018 +9 125 +10
526 2025-07-15 · Midday 058 +1 038 +2 166 +3 237 +4 226 +5 359 +6 144 +7 033 +8 056 +9 136 +10
265 2025-04-16 · Evening 289 +1 235 +2 029 +3 025 +4 556 +5 677 +6 022 +7 559 +8 039 +9 116 +10
562 2024-07-04 · Midday 478 +1 126 +2 026 +3 037 +4 058 +5 059 +6 078 +7 057 +8 179 +9 145 +10
256 2024-03-15 · Evening 299 +1 668 +2 057 +3 667 +4 028 +5 455 +6 268 +7 047 +8 457 +9 058 +10
265 2024-03-11 · Evening 599 +1 225 +2 457 +3 178 +4 146 +5 139 +6 023 +7 256 +8 299 +9 668 +10

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

RuleTargetPast triggersHit ≤ windowRandom baselineAvg waitMedian waitNever ≤10
sum13-14-watch
sums 14 & 13: watch for false trips and more doubles
any double 428 44.2% (≤2d) 47.8% 3.3 3 3%
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
digit 3 135 38.5% (≤2d) 45.2% 3.6 3 4%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 13 140 11.4% (≤2d) 10.2% 4.9 4 62%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 25 140 10.0% (≤2d) 10.2% 5.4 6 56%
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
pair 37 135 7.4% (≤2d) 10.0% 5.6 6 57%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.