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🔬 OFFICIAL SCOUTING REPORT NUMBER: 256 (distinct)
256 Boxed Family 256 · Pays $37.50 Box
⭐ Grade C · Cold Drought Alert
Lifetime Drops
17 Hits
Total winning drops in New Jersey Pick 3
Last Service Date
2025-07-31
829 drawings ago (Current Skip)
Drought / Cycle Status
⚠️ Severe Drought
Avg cycle: 107 draws
Nationwide Title Status
81
Hits nationwide in 2026 (42 States)
Draw-time split:
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2026 Hits Nationwide
81
Total 2026 draws across all 42 states
Most Recent State Hit
Kentucky
KY Pick 3 · 2026-10-05 (Midday) · Combo: 265
Biggest State Drought
Indiana (950 draws)
Last seen 2025-06-01 in IN Daily 3
TOP 5 STATES WHERE 256 IS MOST OVERDUE:
Indiana: 950 draws skip (IN Daily 3) New Jersey: 829 draws skip (NJ Pick 3) Colorado: 572 draws skip (CO Pick 3) Maryland: 520 draws skip (MD Pick 3) Arkansas: 436 draws skip (AR Cash 3)
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Optimal state to buy 256 today: Arkansas (AR Cash 3) · Overdue by 436 draws (1.98x normal cycle)
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Which Systems Feature 256 (256)

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Upcoming Draw (Midday)
0 Plays
No in-flight wagers for this slot
Permanent System Rosters
1
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)
1 hits (-$570 net)

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No active strategy is wagering on 256 (256) for the upcoming Midday drawing.
Dynamic strategies (empirical followers, rolling conveyor pipelines, and Cici's rules) enter numbers into in-flight play when preceding triggers or carryover conditions occur.

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-$7665
-10.2% ROI

⚡ Dynamic Leaderboards & Candidacy Live algorithmic status

#4 Top Overdue by Ratio
Gap of 829 draws (expected ~167)
5.0× Expected Skip
#1 Record Drought Watch
Current gap 829 vs record 200
414% of Record Gap
Cici's Rules Targeted by 9 Machine Rules
Appears as predicted target in published rules
Active In Ruleset

🏆 Top Historical Strategy Hit Generators for 256 (Which systems generated the most winning payouts on this family in the archive)

Pickstics Empirical Follower (10-Draw Hold - Top 5 Portfolio) ↗ 1 hit -$570 net
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 #139
3 months 184 0 0.00% $0.00 $46.00 -$46.00 #177
6 months 366 0 0.00% $0.00 $91.50 -$91.50 #200
1 year 730 0 0.00% $0.00 $182.50 -$182.50 #209
2 years 1,458 6 0.41% $225.00 $364.50 -$139.50 #121
3 years 2,188 12 0.55% $450.00 $547.00 -$97.00 #76
4 years 2,710 17 0.63% $637.50 $677.50 -$40.00 #49
5 years 2,710 17 0.63% $637.50 $677.50 -$40.00 #49
All time 2,710 17 0.63% $637.50 $677.50 -$40.00 #49

2. How many drawings does it take to hit?

Measured from every one of the 2,710 archive draws used as a starting point.

Avg gap107 draws
Median gap112 draws
Longest drought829 draws
Current skip829 draws
Hit withinHistorical frequency
1 draw of playing it0.6%
2 draws of playing it1.3%
3 draws of playing it1.9%
5 draws of playing it3.1%
10 draws of playing it6.2%
25 draws of playing it14.7%
50 draws of playing it27.1%
100 draws of playing it47.4%

Recent gaps between hits: 187, 72, 107, 195, 167, 153, 45, 8, 78, 176, 129, 200 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 2 25.6% ▼0.7 all-time 26.3% digit 6 23.7% ▼2.9 all-time 26.6% digit 5 21.1% ▼5.5 all-time 26.6%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
265.19%4.91%14
252.96%5.68%8
562.96%5.17%8

Sum profile

Digit sum 13 has hit 235 times all-time (8.67% of draws), 11 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 7.4%  pos2=5: 5.2%  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
126 distinct 12 2026-09-13 13 2026-08-06, 2026-09-13
569 distinct 17 2026-09-12 14 2026-08-31, 2026-09-12
268 distinct 11 2026-08-25 50 2026-06-23, 2026-08-25
456 distinct 12 2026-08-19 62 2026-01-13, 2026-08-19
269 distinct 20 2026-08-18 65 2026-07-24, 2026-08-18
257 distinct 17 2026-08-02 96 2026-07-09, 2026-08-02
245 distinct 17 2026-07-23 116 2026-07-20, 2026-07-23
259 distinct 19 2026-07-16 131 2026-03-28, 2026-07-16
246 distinct 16 2026-07-15 133 2026-06-16, 2026-07-15
258 distinct 20 2026-07-13 137 2026-04-15, 2026-07-13
567 distinct 17 2026-06-30 163 2026-01-23, 2026-06-30
356 distinct 12 2026-06-29 164 2026-04-27, 2026-06-29
266 double 10 2026-06-21 180 2026-02-11, 2026-06-21
125 distinct 20 2026-06-06 211 2026-01-22, 2026-06-06
156 distinct 14 2026-05-31 223 2026-05-28, 2026-05-31
236 distinct 12 2026-05-30 224 2026-02-07, 2026-05-30
026 distinct 14 2026-05-19 247 2026-03-26, 2026-05-19
267 distinct 13 2026-05-04 276 2026-04-02, 2026-05-04
226 double 8 2026-04-24 297 2025-08-09, 2026-04-24
568 distinct 20 2026-04-22 300 2026-03-31, 2026-04-22

6. Hit history

Year by year

2023: 7   2024: 7   2025: 3   2026: 0  

Expected vs actual (all-time)

17 hits vs 16.3 expected (uniform) — +0.7

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2025-07-31Midday652
2025-04-22Midday562
2025-02-16Evening526
2024-11-19Evening526
2024-10-11Evening265
2024-10-07Evening256
2024-09-15Midday562
2024-06-30Evening652

3b. What actually got drawn after 256

3 occurrences · 30 follow-up draws scanned · "avg" is the average arrival wait in draws.

Draw Time:

Top followers chart All Draws

015 2× · avg +6.0
005 1× · avg +9.0
007 1× · avg +8.0
019 1× · avg +9.0
048 1× · avg +2.0
049 1× · avg +4.0
066 1× · avg +5.0
078 1× · avg +7.0

Across all 3 historical occurrences of 256, the next 10 draws after each were scanned (30 draws total). These are the number families that showed up most often — "count" is total appearances, "covered" is how many of the 3 occurrences it appeared in.

#FamilyTypeTimes drawn ≤10 afterCoveredWithin 1 drawWithin 3 drawsAvg arrival wait
1 015 distinct 2 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 6.0 draws
2 005 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 9.0 draws
3 007 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 8.0 draws
4 019 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 9.0 draws
5 048 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 1 2.0 draws
6 049 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 4.0 draws
7 066 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 5.0 draws
8 078 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/3 0 0 7.0 draws

Follow history — every time family 256 was drawn

All Draws (17)

Occurrence-by-occurrence log: each of the 17 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 2025-07-31 · Midday 029 +1 089 +2 578 +3 268 +4 122 +5 135 +6 689 +7 056 +8 557 +9 125 +10
562 2025-04-22 · Midday 334 +1 067 +2 246 +3 068 +4 011 +5 122 +6 055 +7 169 +8 036 +9 135 +10
526 2025-02-16 · Evening 345 +1 099 +2 138 +3 677 +4 067 +5 146 +6 137 +7 467 +8 222 +9 159 +10
526 2024-11-19 · Evening 038 +1 234 +2 077 +3 133 +4 136 +5 139 +6 035 +7 118 +8 249 +9 277 +10
265 2024-10-11 · Evening 227 +1 379 +2 135 +3 233 +4 446 +5 348 +6 258 +7 266 +8 669 +9 349 +10
256 2024-10-07 · Evening 157 +1 048 +2 344 +3 049 +4 066 +5 226 +6 288 +7 256 +8 227 +9 379 +10
562 2024-09-15 · Midday 489 +1 148 +2 249 +3 047 +4 036 +5 002 +6 226 +7 466 +8 057 +9 257 +10
652 2024-06-30 · Evening 369 +1 111 +2 012 +3 299 +4 689 +5 136 +6 056 +7 489 +8 149 +9 257 +10
256 2024-04-08 · Midday 245 +1 247 +2 388 +3 788 +4 122 +5 333 +6 078 +7 007 +8 019 +9 578 +10
265 2024-01-01 · Evening 149 +1 158 +2 579 +3 015 +4 246 +5 146 +6 077 +7 099 +8 128 +9 488 +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 3 140 48.6% (≤2d) 47.9% 3.3 2 4%
d6-2-3
6: look for 2 or 3 to follow
digit 3 722 48.2% (≤2d) 47.9% 3.3 2 4%
d3-absence
look for 3 in the draw after 9 consecutive draws without it
digit 3 156 46.8% (≤2d) 47.9% 3.3 2 8%
d5-7-sets
5: look for 7; sets 7&5, 5&2, 7&0, 7&1
digit 7 721 46.3% (≤2d) 48.0% 3.2 3 4%
sum13-14-watch
sums 14 & 13: watch for false trips and more doubles
any double 440 45.9% (≤2d) 46.8% 3.3 3 4%
d6-2-3
6: look for 2 or 3 to follow
digit 2 722 44.5% (≤2d) 45.6% 3.4 3 4%
d5-7-sets
5: look for 7; sets 7&5, 5&2, 7&0, 7&1
pair 57 721 12.1% (≤2d) 11.1% 4.9 4.5 58%
d5-7-sets
5: look for 7; sets 7&5, 5&2, 7&0, 7&1
pair 05 721 11.8% (≤2d) 11.3% 5.1 5 55%
d5-7-sets
5: look for 7; sets 7&5, 5&2, 7&0, 7&1
pair 15 721 11.1% (≤2d) 11.3% 4.8 4 57%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 13 154 11.0% (≤2d) 11.9% 5.0 5 48%
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
pair 37 140 10.7% (≤2d) 11.6% 5.2 5 57%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 27 712 10.4% (≤2d) 9.9% 5.2 5 57%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 25 712 10.3% (≤2d) 11.0% 5.2 5 55%
d5-7-sets
5: look for 7; sets 7&5, 5&2, 7&0, 7&1
pair 25 721 9.4% (≤2d) 11.0% 5.2 5 55%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 26 712 8.8% (≤2d) 9.6% 5.0 5 61%
travel-25-89
25 pair travels with pair 89 (reciprocal)
pair 89 154 7.8% (≤2d) 9.9% 5.6 6 58%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 25 154 7.1% (≤2d) 11.0% 5.6 6 62%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.