Iowa Pick 3 Hot and Cold Numbers (October 2026)

The most drawn Pick 3 digits are 8 (5,589), 1 (5,567), and 2 (5,561); the least drawn are 4 (5,408), 5 (5,457), and 7 (5,498). That is over 18,383 draws since July 13, 1998, against an average of 5,515 apiece.

Iowa Pick 3 hot and cold numbers, last 50 and 100 draws

For fun: every draw is independent, so hot, cold or overdue digits are no likelier to come up next.

Last 50 drawsLast 100 draws

Last 50 draws: Sep 28 – Oct 23, 2026. Each digit averages 15 appearances in 50 draws.

Hot 8: 21×;0: 19×;4: 17×;

Cold 6: 9×;5: 13×;2: 13×;

How often each digit came up in each position, last 50 draws

Place	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1st	6	8	2	3	6	6	4	1	11	3
2nd	10	3	4	6	6	4	2	5	5	5
3rd	3	3	7	7	5	3	3	8	5	6

Last 100 draws: Sep 3 – Oct 23, 2026. Each digit averages 30 appearances in 100 draws.

Hot 5: 38×;0: 37×;8: 35×;

Cold 1: 24×;9: 24×;3: 25×;

How often each digit came up in each position, last 100 draws

Place	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1st	12	12	5	5	15	16	7	7	14	7
2nd	14	6	10	10	9	12	9	10	12	8
3rd	11	6	11	10	9	10	10	15	9	9

Overdue 7: 5 draws · usually 2; 3: 4 draws · usually 2; 5: 4 draws · usually 2;

Overdue counts draws since each digit last came up, beside its usual gap; data through the October 23, 2026 draw.

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Every digit's count since July 13, 1998 →

The statistics behind that

Expected count 5514.9, standard deviation 70.5. The leader sits at 1.05 standard deviations against an expected maximum of 1.54 for 10 numbers; a lead at least this large arises by chance about 75% of the time. Goodness of fit to a uniform draw: chi-square 5.4 on 9 degrees of freedom, p = 0.797. How we calculate it.

Every number at a glance

Shaded by how far above or below its average each number is — red for more often than average, blue for less. Most sit in the middle.

well below average below around average above well above · each averages 5,515 appearances; 10 of 10 are close to that

How far above or below average

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Most and least drawn are 181 apart. For 10 digits over 18,383 draws that gap normally comes out around 217, so this one is about what you would expect.

Hottest, coldest, most overdue

Longest wait

7 has not been drawn for 5 draws. Gaps that long are rarer than average for any one number, but with 10 numbers in the game a wait that long has happened about 10257 times over this stretch. It does not make 7 any likelier tonight.

Full frequency table

18,383 draws from July 13, 1998 to October 23, 2026, the whole time this game has drawn three digits, each from 0 to 9. A digit can come up more than once in a draw, and each time counts. Click any heading to sort.

How we calculate all of this.

Frequently asked questions

Do hot and cold numbers predict anything?

No. The gap between the most and least drawn digit here is 181 appearances, which is about what 18,383 draws produce on their own. The table is worth looking at; it is not worth betting on.

Why do your frequencies differ from other sites?

Mostly because we only count draws since the game last changed its set of balls: counting across a change mixes two different games. Pick 3 is published by a single official feed, and every draw here is that feed's record; our sources page says which.

What does the shaded band on the chart mean?

It marks the normal range — where 19 out of 20 digits land when every one is equally likely. With 10 digits on the chart, one sticking out now and then is the usual picture rather than a sign of anything.

How far back does this Pick 3 data go?

Our full history runs back to July 13, 1998 — 18,383 draws. The frequency table on this page uses the 18,383 draws since July 13, 1998, which is every draw of three digits, each from 0 to 9. Browse every draw by year.