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🔬 OFFICIAL SCOUTING REPORT NUMBER: 278 (distinct)
278 Boxed Family 278 · Pays $37.50 Box
⭐ Grade C · Cold Drought Alert
Lifetime Drops
9 Hits
Total winning drops in North Carolina Pick 3
Last Service Date
2025-11-09
326 drawings ago (Current Skip)
Drought / Cycle Status
⚠️ Severe Drought
Avg cycle: 110 draws
Nationwide Title Status
99
Hits nationwide in 2026 (42 States)
Draw-time split:
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2026 Hits Nationwide
99
Total 2026 draws across all 42 states
Most Recent State Hit
Connecticut
CT Play 3 · 2026-10-08 (Night) · Combo: 782
Biggest State Drought
Missouri (431 draws)
Last seen 2026-02-16 in MO Pick 3
TOP 5 STATES WHERE 278 IS MOST OVERDUE:
Missouri: 431 draws skip (MO Pick 3) New Hampshire: 424 draws skip (NH Pick 3) Vermont: 424 draws skip (VT Pick 3) Maine: 418 draws skip (ME Pick 3) California: 383 draws skip (CA Daily 3)
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Optimal state to buy 278 today: California (CA Daily 3) · Overdue by 383 draws (1.74x normal cycle)
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Which Systems Feature 278 (278)

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Upcoming Draw (Day)
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
RB9 Math (Date-Harmony · Top 8)
2 hits (-$9 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 1 of 10 [Hold Draw 1 of 10] from 690: Book followed-by: 751 -> 278 -$38.25 (-1.4%)

📋 Permanent System Rosters (2) Structural portfolios

789 Portfolio (51 fixed) ↗
High-Payout 789 Cluster
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-$2498
-7.1% 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)

RB9 Math (Date-Harmony · Top 8) ↗ 2 hits -$9 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 43 0 0.00% $0.00 $10.75 -$10.75 #144
3 months 104 0 0.00% $0.00 $26.00 -$26.00 #162
6 months 195 0 0.00% $0.00 $48.75 -$48.75 #176
1 year 378 1 0.26% $37.50 $94.50 -$57.00 #138
2 years 743 4 0.54% $150.00 $185.75 -$35.75 #89
3 years 1,109 7 0.63% $262.50 $277.25 -$14.75 #63
4 years 1,370 9 0.66% $337.50 $342.50 -$5.00 #59
5 years 1,370 9 0.66% $337.50 $342.50 -$5.00 #59
All time 1,370 9 0.66% $337.50 $342.50 -$5.00 #59

2. How many drawings does it take to hit?

Measured from every one of the 1,370 archive draws used as a starting point.

Avg gap110 draws
Median gap110.5 draws
Longest drought326 draws
Current skip326 draws
Hit withinHistorical frequency
1 draw of playing it0.7%
2 draws of playing it1.3%
3 draws of playing it2.0%
5 draws of playing it3.3%
10 draws of playing it6.6%
25 draws of playing it16.4%
50 draws of playing it32.2%
100 draws of playing it58.2%

Recent gaps between hits: 41, 75, 130, 191, 114, 140, 107, 82 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 28.1% ▼0.0 all-time 28.2% digit 8 26.3% ▼1.3 all-time 27.6% digit 2 24.8% ▼3.6 all-time 28.4%

Its digit pairs (both digits in the draw)

PairWindow rateAll-time rateWindow hits
277.04%6.13%19
284.07%5.55%11
783.33%5.40%9

Sum profile

Digit sum 17 has hit 85 times all-time (6.20% of draws), 18 in the last 90 days.

Positional lands (window rate)

pos1=2: 11.1%  pos2=7: 13.7%  pos3=8: 8.9%  

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
268 distinct 12 2026-09-17 5 2026-02-23, 2026-09-17
027 distinct 12 2026-09-16 6 2026-02-24, 2026-09-16
478 distinct 14 2026-09-14 10 2026-05-14, 2026-09-14
078 distinct 11 2026-09-13 13 2026-03-20, 2026-09-13
257 distinct 13 2026-09-13 12 2026-09-01, 2026-09-13
127 distinct 11 2026-09-07 24 2026-06-12, 2026-09-07
248 distinct 8 2026-08-29 33 2026-08-23, 2026-08-29
267 distinct 7 2026-08-20 42 2025-06-01, 2026-08-20
279 distinct 6 2026-08-19 43 2026-03-05, 2026-08-19
238 distinct 9 2026-08-10 52 2026-03-30, 2026-08-10
258 distinct 6 2026-07-28 65 2025-05-24, 2026-07-28
247 distinct 6 2026-07-22 71 2025-08-28, 2026-07-22
277 double 4 2026-07-21 72 2026-01-18, 2026-07-21
789 distinct 10 2026-06-22 101 2026-02-05, 2026-06-22
378 distinct 5 2026-05-03 151 2025-12-21, 2026-05-03
288 double 4 2026-05-01 153 2025-04-04, 2026-05-01
178 distinct 11 2026-04-24 160 2026-01-03, 2026-04-24
237 distinct 10 2026-04-06 178 2025-10-21, 2026-04-06
028 distinct 6 2026-02-26 217 2025-04-16, 2026-02-26
289 distinct 10 2026-02-09 234 2026-01-06, 2026-02-09

6. Hit history

Year by year

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

Expected vs actual (all-time)

9 hits vs 8.2 expected (uniform) — +0.8

Last 8 hits

DateDrawNumber
2025-11-09Evening782
2025-08-19Evening827
2025-05-04Evening287
2024-12-15Evening287
2024-08-23Evening278
2024-02-14Evening872
2023-10-07Evening278
2023-07-24Evening287

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

268 2× · avg +2.0
002 1× · avg +3.0
058 1× · avg +10.0
068 1× · avg +7.0
116 1× · avg +5.0
137 1× · avg +8.0
138 1× · avg +8.0
156 1× · avg +9.0

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
1 268 distinct 2 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 2.0 draws
2 002 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 1 3.0 draws
3 058 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 10.0 draws
4 068 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 7.0 draws
5 116 double 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 5.0 draws
6 137 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 8.0 draws
7 138 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 8.0 draws
8 156 distinct 1 (random ≈ 0.1) 1/2 0 0 9.0 draws

Follow history — every time family 278 was drawn

All Draws (9)

Occurrence-by-occurrence log: each of the 9 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)
782 2025-11-09 · Evening 466 +1 129 +2 389 +3 348 +4 256 +5 479 +6 268 +7 589 +8 011 +9 159 +10
827 2025-08-19 · Evening 367 +1 669 +2 378 +3 369 +4 066 +5 257 +6 244 +7 379 +8 247 +9 245 +10
287 2025-05-04 · Evening 069 +1 227 +2 056 +3 007 +4 567 +5 115 +6 011 +7 126 +8 267 +9
287 2024-12-15 · Evening 169 +1 356 +2 147 +3 019 +4 134 +5 028 +6 367 +7 489 +8 112 +9 237 +10
278 2024-08-23 · Evening 789 +1 268 +2 589 +3 477 +4 469 +5 579 +6 137 +8 499 +9 269 +10
872 2024-02-14 · Evening 037 +1 003 +2 558 +3 149 +4 167 +5 179 +6 235 +7 488 +8 078 +9 338 +10
278 2023-10-07 · Evening 348 +1 369 +2 002 +3 367 +4 116 +5 677 +6 068 +7 138 +8 156 +9 058 +10
287 2023-07-24 · Evening 236 +1 189 +2 468 +3 129 +4 019 +5 156 +6 124 +7 489 +8 226 +9 048 +10
287 2023-06-13 · Evening 026 +1 147 +2 078 +3 469 +4 079 +5 045 +6 002 +7 223 +8 468 +9 357 +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 85 44.7% (≤2d) 44.2% 3.2 3 9%
d8-4-1
8 connects with 4 and 1 after 4 is drawn
pair 48 378 14.0% (≤2d) 12.8% 4.8 5 50%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 17 386 12.7% (≤2d) 11.9% 4.8 4 51%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 27 386 11.9% (≤2d) 11.9% 4.9 4 52%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 26 389 11.6% (≤2d) 12.0% 5.0 5 55%
d47-pair-81-41
4 or 7 brings 81 and 41 pairs (12x in Cici's Sep 2026 notes)
pair 81 681 11.2% (≤2d) 10.2% 5.0 5 56%
d8-4-1
8 connects with 4 and 1 after 4 is drawn
pair 14 378 11.1% (≤2d) 10.9% 4.7 4 59%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 27 389 11.1% (≤2d) 11.9% 4.9 4 53%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 07 386 10.9% (≤2d) 11.2% 5.0 5 58%
d7-sets
7 pairs frequently with 5, 2, 0, 1
pair 57 386 10.6% (≤2d) 11.6% 5.1 5 55%
d2-sets
2 drawn in sets: 2&6, 5&2, 7&2
pair 25 389 9.8% (≤2d) 9.8% 4.8 4 65%
d07-pair-42
0 or 7 brings 42 pair (14x in Cici's Sep 2026 notes)
pair 42 679 9.6% (≤2d) 10.2% 5.1 5 57%
d8-4-1
8 connects with 4 and 1 after 4 is drawn
pair 18 378 9.5% (≤2d) 10.2% 5.3 5 55%
d47-pair-81-41
4 or 7 brings 81 and 41 pairs (12x in Cici's Sep 2026 notes)
pair 41 681 9.1% (≤2d) 10.9% 5.1 5 57%

Full rule history in the Signal Lab.