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256

boxed family 256 · distinct · pays $37.50 box

Quick facts (all-time)

10 hits · current skip 89 draws · avg gap 241 · last seen 2026-07-22

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 0 0.00% $0.00 $15.50 -$15.50 #144
3 months 184 1 0.54% $37.50 $46.00 -$8.50 #85
6 months 366 1 0.27% $37.50 $91.50 -$54.00 #144
1 year 732 1 0.14% $37.50 $183.00 -$145.50 #196
2 years 1,462 5 0.34% $187.50 $365.50 -$178.00 #144
3 years 2,194 9 0.41% $337.50 $548.50 -$211.00 #128
4 years 2,686 10 0.37% $375.00 $671.50 -$296.50 #143
5 years 2,686 10 0.37% $375.00 $671.50 -$296.50 #143
All time 2,686 10 0.37% $375.00 $671.50 -$296.50 #143

2. How many drawings does it take to hit?

Measured from every one of the 2,686 archive draws used as a starting point.

Avg gap241 draws
Median gap153 draws
Longest drought1059 draws
Current skip89 draws
Hit withinHistorical frequency
1 draw of playing it0.4%
2 draws of playing it0.7%
3 draws of playing it1.1%
5 draws of playing it1.9%
10 draws of playing it3.7%
25 draws of playing it9.3%
50 draws of playing it18.5%
100 draws of playing it34.0%

Recent gaps between hits: 219, 112, 180, 153, 150, 48, 64, 181, 1059 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 5 31.5% ▲3.6 all-time 27.9% digit 6 28.9% ▲2.5 all-time 26.4% digit 2 23.0% ▼3.0 all-time 25.9%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
565.56%5.06%15
265.19%5.36%14
252.96%4.91%8

Sum profile

Digit sum 13 has hit 183 times all-time (6.81% of draws), 18 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 6.7%  pos2=5: 10.0%  pos3=6: 9.6%  

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
556 double 10 2026-08-28 15 2026-08-27, 2026-08-28
568 distinct 14 2026-08-28 14 2025-11-05, 2026-08-28
226 double 12 2026-08-27 17 2026-01-13, 2026-08-27
026 distinct 9 2026-08-19 33 2026-01-12, 2026-08-19
569 distinct 14 2026-08-08 55 2026-08-05, 2026-08-08
236 distinct 20 2026-08-05 61 2026-03-31, 2026-08-05
269 distinct 16 2026-07-25 83 2026-06-25, 2026-07-25
267 distinct 20 2026-07-19 95 2026-05-03, 2026-07-19
567 distinct 16 2026-07-17 98 2026-02-13, 2026-07-17
456 distinct 11 2026-07-15 102 2026-06-17, 2026-07-15
356 distinct 24 2026-07-06 120 2026-02-07, 2026-07-06
126 distinct 17 2026-07-02 129 2026-06-02, 2026-07-02
235 distinct 20 2026-06-29 135 2026-06-09, 2026-06-29
225 double 13 2026-06-20 152 2026-01-15, 2026-06-20
056 distinct 10 2026-06-14 164 2026-04-05, 2026-06-14
255 double 4 2026-06-10 172 2026-05-22, 2026-06-10
566 double 7 2026-06-08 177 2025-11-24, 2026-06-08
266 double 6 2026-06-04 184 2025-11-20, 2026-06-04
125 distinct 14 2026-05-21 213 2026-03-27, 2026-05-21
257 distinct 15 2026-05-10 235 2026-03-26, 2026-05-10

6. Hit history

Year by year

2023: 2   2024: 6   2025: 1   2026: 1  

Expected vs actual (all-time)

10 hits vs 16.1 expected (uniform)-6.1

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2026-07-22Midday652
2025-02-07Evening652
2024-11-09Midday256
2024-10-08Midday265
2024-09-14Midday526
2024-07-01Midday625
2024-04-15Evening562
2024-01-16Evening256

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

149 2× · avg +3.0
034 1× · avg +4.0
079 1× · avg +9.0
148 1× · avg +7.0
156 1× · avg +1.0
157 1× · avg +5.0
177 1× · avg +1.0
178 1× · avg +9.0

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
1 149 distinct 2 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 3.0 draws
2 034 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 4.0 draws
3 079 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 draws
4 148 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 7.0 draws
5 156 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 1 1 1.0 draws
6 157 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 5.0 draws
7 177 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 1 1 1.0 draws
8 178 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 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)
652 2026-07-22 · Midday 069 +1 233 +2 355 +3 789 +4 058 +5 269 +6 038 +7 599 +8 366 +9 178 +10
652 2025-02-07 · Evening 399 +1 138 +2 448 +3 245 +4 557 +5 124 +6 024 +7 459 +8 478 +9 345 +10
256 2024-11-09 · Midday 177 +1 457 +2 149 +3 459 +4 559 +5 558 +6 337 +7 229 +8 178 +9
265 2024-10-08 · Midday 011 +1 225 +2 027 +3 177 +4 033 +5 335 +6 489 +7 777 +8 788 +9 057 +10
526 2024-09-14 · Midday 045 +1 118 +2 249 +3 248 +4 679 +5 235 +6 014 +7 568 +8 027 +9 257 +10
625 2024-07-01 · Midday 237 +1 489 +2 567 +3 058 +4 467 +5 234 +6 447 +7 134 +8 366 +9 177 +10
562 2024-04-15 · Evening 448 +1 058 +2 067 +3 399 +4 111 +5 678 +6 079 +7 136 +8 226 +9 038 +10
256 2024-01-16 · Evening 156 +1 889 +2 669 +3 034 +4 157 +5 348 +6 148 +7 279 +8 079 +9 234 +10
265 2023-11-21 · Evening 019 +1 359 +2 018 +3 156 +4 388 +5 034 +6 556 +7 389 +8 459 +9 577 +10
652 2023-08-04 · Midday 238 +1 578 +2 339 +3 349 +4 178 +5 024 +6 124 +7 079 +8 119 +9 168 +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 3 136 49.3% (≤2d) 49.4% 3.2 3 1%
sum13-14-watch
sums 14 & 13: watch for false trips and more doubles
any double 394 44.7% (≤2d) 49.4% 3.2 3 3%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 25 132 12.1% (≤2d) 9.6% 4.6 4 64%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 13 132 11.4% (≤2d) 11.5% 5.3 5.5 53%
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
pair 37 136 10.3% (≤2d) 10.3% 5.4 5 54%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.