Bits & Odds

Pennsylvania Pick 5 Hot and Cold Numbers (October 2026)

The most drawn Pick 5 digits are 5 (4,385), 3 (4,372), and 2 (4,357); the least drawn are 7 (4,173), 1 (4,192), and 4 (4,211). That is over 8,576 draws since January 27, 2015, against an average of 4,288 apiece.

Pennsylvania Pick 5 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 draws: Sep 29 – Oct 23, 2026. Each digit averages 25 appearances in 50 draws.

Hot 9: 31×;3: 31×;6: 27×;
Cold 0: 20×;2: 20×;7: 20×;
How often each digit came up in each position, last 50 draws
Place0123456789
1st 2864664554
2nd 3568514396
3rd 4429257539
4th 6646585325
5th 5324867447

Last 100 draws: Sep 4 – Oct 23, 2026. Each digit averages 50 appearances in 100 draws.

Hot 3: 62×;9: 55×;1: 52×;
Cold 7: 39×;0: 45×;4: 46×;
How often each digit came up in each position, last 100 draws
Place0123456789
1st 6131081112912109
2nd 1113815104951510
3rd 9781459139917
4th 910111581675712
5th 109121012914897
Overdue 0: 4 draws · usually 1; 8: 4 draws · usually 1; 2: 2 draws · usually 1;

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

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In short

5 has come up most often, 4,385 times. Each digit averages about 4,288 over 8,576 draws, and whichever digit happens to lead normally finishes around 96 ahead. 5 is 97 ahead, so this is an ordinary spread rather than a streak. 7 has come up least, 4,173 times.

The lottery publishes about a year of past draws, so this table starts at January 27, 2015 rather than at the last rule change. We store every new draw as it happens, so it deepens by one line a day.

The statistics behind that

Expected count 4288.0, standard deviation 62.1. The leader sits at 1.56 standard deviations against an expected maximum of 1.54 for 10 numbers; a lead at least this large arises by chance about 48% of the time. Goodness of fit to a uniform draw: chi-square 14.6 on 9 degrees of freedom, p = 0.103. 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.

0 4278
1 4192
2 4357
3 4372
4 4211
5 4385
6 4313
7 4173
8 4353
9 4246

well below average below around average above well above · each averages 4,288 appearances; 10 of 10 are close to that

How far above or below average

−186 −124 −62 avg +62 +124 +186 0: drawn 4278 times — 10 below an average of 4288 (−0.16 sd) 1: drawn 4192 times — 96 below an average of 4288 (−1.54 sd) 2: drawn 4357 times — 69 above an average of 4288 (+1.11 sd) 3: drawn 4372 times — 84 above an average of 4288 (+1.35 sd) 4: drawn 4211 times — 77 below an average of 4288 (−1.24 sd) 5: drawn 4385 times — 97 above an average of 4288 (+1.56 sd) 6: drawn 4313 times — 25 above an average of 4288 (+0.40 sd) 7: drawn 4173 times — 115 below an average of 4288 (−1.85 sd) 8: drawn 4353 times — 65 above an average of 4288 (+1.05 sd) 9: drawn 4246 times — 42 below an average of 4288 (−0.68 sd) 57 015

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How far each number is above or below its average of 4,288 appearances. The shaded band is the normal range — where 19 of every 20 numbers land. Every number is inside it. The numbers printed on the chart are the highest, the lowest and anything outside the band.

Most and least drawn are 212 apart. For 10 digits over 8,576 draws that gap normally comes out around 191, so this one is about what you would expect.

Hottest, coldest, most overdue

Hot
5
4,385 times · +1.56 sd
Hot
3
4,372 times · +1.35 sd
Hot
2
4,357 times · +1.11 sd
Hot
8
4,353 times · +1.05 sd
Cold
7
4,173 times · -1.85 sd
Cold
1
4,192 times · -1.54 sd
Cold
4
4,211 times · -1.24 sd
Cold
9
4,246 times · -0.68 sd

Longest wait

0 has not been drawn for 4 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 4270 times over this stretch. It does not make 0 any likelier tonight.

Digit 0
4
draws since October 21, 2026
Digit 8
4
draws since October 21, 2026
Digit 2
2
draws since October 22, 2026
Digit 3
1
draw since October 23, 2026

Full frequency table

8,576 draws from January 27, 2015 to October 23, 2026, all drawn as five 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.

Number Times drawn vs expected Std devs Last drawn Draws since Longest gap Average gap
0 4278 -10.0 -0.16 October 21, 2026 4 19 1.0
1 4192 -96.0 -1.54 October 23, 2026 0 14 1.1
2 4357 +69.0 +1.11 October 22, 2026 2 15 1.0
3 4372 +84.0 +1.35 October 23, 2026 1 15 1.0
4 4211 -77.0 -1.24 October 23, 2026 1 13 1.0
5 4385 +97.0 +1.56 October 23, 2026 0 20 1.0
6 4313 +25.0 +0.40 October 23, 2026 1 15 1.0
7 4173 -115.0 -1.85 October 23, 2026 0 14 1.1
8 4353 +65.0 +1.05 October 21, 2026 4 16 1.0
9 4246 -42.0 -0.68 October 23, 2026 0 13 1.0

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 212 appearances, which is about what 8,576 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 5 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 5 data go?
Our full history runs back to January 27, 2015 — 8,576 draws. The frequency table on this page uses the 8,576 draws since January 27, 2015, the first the lottery still publishes. Browse every draw by year.