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256

boxed family 256 · distinct · pays $37.50 box

Quick facts (all-time)

19 hits · current skip 7 draws · avg gap 147 · last seen 2026-09-01

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 62 3 4.84% $112.50 $15.50 +$97.00 #2
3 months 184 3 1.63% $112.50 $46.00 +$66.50 #11
6 months 366 4 1.09% $150.00 $91.50 +$58.50 #17
1 year 732 8 1.09% $300.00 $183.00 +$117.00 #10
2 years 1,462 11 0.75% $412.50 $365.50 +$47.00 #31
3 years 2,194 15 0.68% $562.50 $548.50 +$14.00 #41
4 years 2,686 19 0.71% $712.50 $671.50 +$41.00 #32
5 years 2,686 19 0.71% $712.50 $671.50 +$41.00 #32
All time 2,686 19 0.71% $712.50 $671.50 +$41.00 #32

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 gap147 draws
Median gap58 draws
Longest drought584 draws
Current skip7 draws
Hit withinHistorical frequency
1 draw of playing it0.7%
2 draws of playing it1.4%
3 draws of playing it2.1%
5 draws of playing it3.5%
10 draws of playing it6.9%
25 draws of playing it16.7%
50 draws of playing it27.9%
100 draws of playing it42.3%

Recent gaps between hits: 197, 69, 477, 52, 322, 23, 23, 123, 56, 289, 26, 23 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 29.6% ▲1.5 all-time 28.1% digit 2 26.7% ▲0.5 all-time 26.1% digit 6 25.9% ▼2.1 all-time 28.1%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
258.89%6.22%24
263.70%4.80%10
562.96%5.58%8

Sum profile

Digit sum 13 has hit 191 times all-time (7.11% of draws), 19 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 10.7%  pos2=5: 10.4%  pos3=6: 7.4%  

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
259 distinct 23 2026-08-22 26 2026-08-21, 2026-08-22
125 distinct 15 2026-08-14 42 2026-05-23, 2026-08-14
245 distinct 18 2026-08-14 43 2026-08-02, 2026-08-14
456 distinct 19 2026-08-03 65 2026-04-21, 2026-08-03
268 distinct 21 2026-07-31 70 2026-05-17, 2026-07-31
569 distinct 16 2026-07-29 74 2026-05-12, 2026-07-29
566 double 12 2026-07-28 77 2026-07-21, 2026-07-28
225 double 9 2026-07-26 81 2026-07-22, 2026-07-26
026 distinct 15 2026-07-24 85 2026-02-04, 2026-07-24
235 distinct 21 2026-06-26 140 2026-04-14, 2026-06-26
257 distinct 19 2026-06-24 144 2026-04-15, 2026-06-24
258 distinct 18 2026-06-22 148 2026-05-17, 2026-06-22
025 distinct 17 2026-06-15 163 2026-06-03, 2026-06-15
126 distinct 15 2026-06-11 171 2026-04-01, 2026-06-11
255 double 8 2026-06-05 183 2025-07-10, 2026-06-05
236 distinct 11 2026-06-02 188 2026-04-11, 2026-06-02
246 distinct 14 2026-05-08 238 2026-04-16, 2026-05-08
356 distinct 12 2026-04-05 305 2026-03-06, 2026-04-05
567 distinct 14 2026-04-05 304 2026-03-01, 2026-04-05
156 distinct 19 2026-04-03 309 2026-03-25, 2026-04-03

6. Hit history

Year by year

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

Expected vs actual (all-time)

19 hits vs 16.1 expected (uniform)+2.9

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2026-09-01Midday625
2026-08-20Evening562
2026-08-07Evening562
2026-03-16Midday265
2026-02-16Midday526
2025-12-16Evening562
2025-12-05Midday265
2025-11-23Evening652

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

019 1× · avg +5.0
027 1× · avg +8.0
033 1× · avg +1.0
039 1× · avg +9.0
048 1× · avg +4.0
124 1× · avg +7.0
128 1× · avg +2.0
156 1× · avg +10.0

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
1 019 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 5.0 draws
2 027 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 8.0 draws
3 033 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 1 1 1.0 draws
4 039 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 draws
5 048 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 4.0 draws
6 124 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 7.0 draws
7 128 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 2.0 draws
8 156 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 10.0 draws

Follow history — every time family 256 was drawn

All Draws (19)

Occurrence-by-occurrence log: each of the 19 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)
625 2026-09-01 · Midday 039 +1 889 +2 023 +3 667 +4 037 +5 348 +6 227 +7
562 2026-08-20 · Evening 689 +1 259 +2 237 +3 117 +5 159 +6 699 +7 889 +8 336 +9 367 +10
562 2026-08-07 · Evening 148 +1 155 +2 088 +3 149 +4 467 +5 248 +6 089 +7 558 +8 024 +9 489 +10
265 2026-03-16 · Midday 068 +1 355 +2 246 +3 477 +4 488 +5 027 +6 114 +7 159 +8 479 +9 039 +10
526 2026-02-16 · Midday 036 +1 159 +2 066 +3 677 +4 012 +5 579 +6 456 +7 888 +8 078 +9 057 +10
562 2025-12-16 · Evening 168 +1 066 +2 788 +3 048 +4 359 +5 569 +6 789 +7 566 +8 038 +9 223 +10
265 2025-12-05 · Midday 467 +1 248 +2 136 +3 024 +4 016 +5 023 +6 399 +7 006 +8 049 +9 025 +10
652 2025-11-23 · Evening 377 +1 179 +2 456 +3 148 +4 078 +5 119 +6 234 +7 026 +8 146 +9 147 +10
562 2025-06-15 · Evening 345 +1 148 +2 036 +3 588 +4 679 +5 569 +6 239 +7 019 +8 567 +9 358 +10
526 2025-05-20 · Evening 078 +1 035 +2 124 +3 347 +4 038 +5 388 +6 138 +7 357 +8 026 +9 346 +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 3 150 55.3% (≤2d) 47.9% 3.0 2 3%
sum13-14-watch
sums 14 & 13: watch for false trips and more doubles
any double 389 48.3% (≤2d) 46.6% 3.2 2 5%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 25 167 14.4% (≤2d) 12.0% 4.9 5 53%
p56-3-37
56 brings digit 3 and/or pair 37
pair 37 150 11.3% (≤2d) 10.6% 5.1 5 55%
p25-self-13
25 repeats or brings a 13 pair
pair 13 167 8.4% (≤2d) 10.2% 5.6 6 56%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.