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278

boxed family 278 · distinct · pays $37.50 box

Quick facts (all-time)

16 hits · current skip 121 draws · avg gap 169 · last seen 2026-07-07

Draw-time split:

NATIONWIDE DNA

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2026 Hits Nationwide
91
Total 2026 draws across all 42 states
Most Recent State Hit
Delaware
DE Play 3 · 2026-08-29 (Day) · Combo: 872
Biggest State Drought
Texas (573 draws)
Last seen 2026-03-23 in TX Pick 3
TOP 5 STATES WHERE 278 IS MOST OVERDUE:
Texas: 573 draws skip (TX Pick 3) Colorado: 416 draws skip (CO Pick 3) Maine: 410 draws skip (ME Pick 3) New Hampshire: 410 draws skip (NH Pick 3) Vermont: 410 draws skip (VT Pick 3)
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Optimal state to buy 278 today: California (CA Daily 3) · Overdue by 355 draws (1.61x normal cycle)
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Which Systems Feature 278 (278)

Live scan across all 31 strategies in the lab — dynamic in-flight chases, rolling conveyor pipelines, permanent system rosters, and algorithmic rankings.

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Upcoming Draw (Midday)
1 Play
Actively wagered on next ticket
Permanent System Rosters
2
Fixed research portfolios & core sets
Consensus Panel Status
Independent
Not currently in multi-model consensus
Top Strategy Hit Generator
Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Hold - Top 5 Portfolio)
2 hits (-$79 net)

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Strategy System Type In-Flight State / Step Wager Rationale / Trigger Source Strategy 360° Record
Pickstics Empirical Follower · Rolling 10-Draw Hold Ladder ↗ Dynamic Model Stop-on-Drop: Step 3 of 10 [Hold Draw 3 of 10] from 870: followed family 029 1/14x within 10 draws · Book followed-by: 092 -> 287 -$535.25 (-9.5%)

📋 Permanent System Rosters (2) Structural portfolios

789 Portfolio (51 fixed) ↗
High-Payout 789 Cluster
Roster member
Baseline: All 252 Distinct Boxes ↗
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-$7703
-10.2% ROI

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Cici's Rules Targeted by 7 Machine Rules
Appears as predicted target in published rules
Active In Ruleset

🏆 Top Historical Strategy Hit Generators for 278 (Which systems generated the most winning payouts on this family in the archive)

Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Hold - Top 5 Portfolio) ↗ 2 hits -$79 net
Mirror Symmetry (0↔5, 1↔6, 2↔7, 3↔8, 4↔9)

Mirror Number: 723
Mirror Family: 237

Digital Root Sum (1–9)

Digital Root: Root 8
Sum: 17 (reduction = 8)

Parity & High/Low Profile

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

1. Hits in every time frame

How many times 278 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 0 0.00% $0.00 $15.50 -$15.50 #147
3 months 184 2 1.09% $75.00 $46.00 +$29.00 #41
6 months 366 4 1.09% $150.00 $91.50 +$58.50 #21
1 year 732 6 0.82% $225.00 $183.00 +$42.00 #35
2 years 1,462 9 0.62% $337.50 $365.50 -$28.00 #59
3 years 2,194 12 0.55% $450.00 $548.50 -$98.50 #76
4 years 2,688 16 0.60% $600.00 $672.00 -$72.00 #60
5 years 2,688 16 0.60% $600.00 $672.00 -$72.00 #60
All time 2,688 16 0.60% $600.00 $672.00 -$72.00 #60

2. How many drawings does it take to hit?

Measured from every one of the 2,688 archive draws used as a starting point.

Avg gap169 draws
Median gap113 draws
Longest drought429 draws
Current skip121 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 it3.0%
10 draws of playing it6.0%
25 draws of playing it14.4%
50 draws of playing it25.2%
100 draws of playing it42.0%

Recent gaps between hits: 429, 15, 319, 283, 404, 178, 28, 98, 307, 22, 113, 53 draws

4. Digit profile of 278

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 7 28.9% ▲2.6 all-time 26.3% digit 8 26.3% ▼0.8 all-time 27.1% digit 2 25.6% ▼0.2 all-time 25.8%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
785.19%5.54%14
274.81%4.58%13
284.81%4.50%13

Sum profile

Digit sum 17 has hit 162 times all-time (6.03% of draws), 17 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 7.8%  pos2=7: 10.7%  pos3=8: 8.1%  

5. Near-miss network — one digit away from 278

Every family that differs from 278 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
257 distinct 14 2026-09-05 0 2026-05-04, 2026-09-05
078 distinct 22 2026-09-04 2 2026-07-10, 2026-09-04
788 double 10 2026-08-29 14 2026-07-07, 2026-08-29
268 distinct 14 2026-08-29 15 2026-05-19, 2026-08-29
248 distinct 11 2026-08-28 16 2026-03-08, 2026-08-28
247 distinct 9 2026-08-28 17 2026-02-20, 2026-08-28
128 distinct 11 2026-08-13 47 2026-07-26, 2026-08-13
237 distinct 17 2026-08-03 66 2026-06-16, 2026-08-03
789 distinct 13 2026-07-25 85 2025-12-31, 2026-07-25
027 distinct 16 2026-07-24 86 2026-06-06, 2026-07-24
028 distinct 13 2026-07-19 97 2026-07-08, 2026-07-19
238 distinct 14 2026-06-30 134 2026-05-21, 2026-06-30
778 double 7 2026-06-24 146 2026-06-10, 2026-06-24
227 double 8 2026-06-24 147 2026-02-07, 2026-06-24
178 distinct 24 2026-06-12 170 2026-04-29, 2026-06-12
378 distinct 13 2026-06-11 173 2025-06-25, 2026-06-11
578 distinct 19 2026-05-25 207 2026-05-22, 2026-05-25
279 distinct 14 2026-05-11 235 2026-04-29, 2026-05-11
267 distinct 11 2026-04-17 282 2026-02-05, 2026-04-17
258 distinct 13 2026-04-10 296 2025-03-20, 2026-04-10

6. Hit history

Year by year

2023: 4   2024: 4   2025: 4   2026: 4  

Expected vs actual (all-time)

16 hits vs 16.1 expected (uniform)-0.1

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2026-07-07Midday287
2026-06-10Evening728
2026-04-15Midday827
2026-04-04Midday728
2025-11-01Evening827
2025-09-13Evening287
2025-08-30Evening287
2025-06-02Evening728

3b. What actually got drawn after 278

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

Draw Time:

Top followers chart All Draws

018 1× · avg +7.0
044 1× · avg +9.0
059 1× · avg +2.0
066 1× · avg +9.0
067 1× · avg +6.0
144 1× · avg +1.0
156 1× · avg +5.0
224 1× · avg +3.0

Across all 2 historical occurrences of 278, 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
1 018 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 7.0 draws
2 044 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 draws
3 059 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 2.0 draws
4 066 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 draws
5 067 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 6.0 draws
6 144 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 1 1 1.0 draws
7 156 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 5.0 draws
8 224 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 3.0 draws

Follow history — every time family 278 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)
287 2026-07-07 · Midday 788 +1 115 +2 028 +3 012 +4 169 +5 078 +6 377 +7 057 +8 059 +9 499 +10
728 2026-06-10 · Evening 378 +1 145 +2 255 +3 178 +4 234 +5 179 +6 269 +7 568 +8 167 +9 077 +10
827 2026-04-15 · Midday 236 +1 013 +2 029 +3 459 +4 267 +5 122 +6 158 +7 577 +8 799 +9 004 +10
728 2026-04-04 · Midday 028 +1 025 +2 045 +3 078 +4 468 +5 577 +6 445 +7 179 +8 047 +9 079 +10
827 2025-11-01 · Evening 389 +1 000 +2 078 +3 256 +4 077 +5 035 +6 446 +7 445 +8 178 +9 345 +10
287 2025-09-13 · Evening 169 +1 678 +2 059 +3 368 +4 136 +5 457 +6 559 +7 037 +8 145 +9 679 +10
287 2025-08-30 · Evening 007 +1 577 +2 059 +3 013 +4 447 +5 288 +6 015 +7 135 +8 677 +9 048 +10
728 2025-06-02 · Evening 344 +1 008 +2 237 +3 349 +4 267 +5 034 +6 455 +7 079 +8 478 +9 113 +10
728 2024-11-12 · Evening 689 +1 788 +2 568 +3 145 +4 445 +5 099 +6 457 +7 038 +8 059 +9 155 +10
872 2024-06-24 · Midday 145 +1 223 +2 028 +3 489 +4 112 +5 358 +6 117 +7 045 +8 159 +9 268 +10

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

RuleTargetPast triggersHit ≤ windowRandom baselineAvg waitMedian waitNever ≤10
d3-absence
look for 3 in the draw after 9 consecutive draws without it
digit 3 184 44.0% (≤2d) 49.1% 3.5 3 5%
d8-4-1
8 connects with 4 and 1 after 4 is drawn
pair 14 728 11.7% (≤2d) 11.1% 4.8 4 58%
d8-4-1
8 connects with 4 and 1 after 4 is drawn
pair 18 728 11.7% (≤2d) 11.4% 5.1 5 55%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 07 706 11.6% (≤2d) 10.9% 4.8 4 58%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 57 706 11.0% (≤2d) 10.5% 5.0 5 56%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 25 693 10.7% (≤2d) 10.4% 5.0 5 60%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 26 693 10.1% (≤2d) 9.9% 5.1 5 61%
d8-4-1
8 connects with 4 and 1 after 4 is drawn
pair 48 728 9.8% (≤2d) 9.3% 5.1 5 60%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 27 693 9.7% (≤2d) 8.9% 4.9 5 65%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 27 706 9.6% (≤2d) 8.9% 5.1 5 60%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 17 706 9.6% (≤2d) 10.6% 5.3 5 60%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.