NY Lotto Workbench: Patterns from the September 5, 2026 Draw

This is the NY Lotto deep-dive: instead of a pile of picks, we pull the draw data apart — frequency, gaps, sums and shapes — so you can see exactly what the recent numbers have been doing.
The result
Official NY Lotto result for September 5, 2026.
50 carried straight over from the previous drawing — repeat numbers strike again.
Frequency map
Start with raw frequency. Across the last 50 draws, here is how often each number has appeared:
Current leaders: 15 (10×), 31 (9×), 10 (8×), 13 (8×), 14 (8×).
Shape of the draws
Structure matters as much as individual numbers. Here is how recent drawn lines have been shaped — odd/even balance, low/high split and section spread:
Across the last 50 draws, the most common odd/even split was 4 odd out of 6 (seen in 30% of draws), with an average of 3 odd numbers per line. 3 of the numbers typically landed in the lower half (1–29). 42% of draws contained at least one consecutive pair, and 53% repeated at least one number from the draw before.
Appearances by play-slip section (rows of ten).
Appearances by last digit (·0 through ·9).
Sum trend
Line totals tell their own story. Here is the sum of each draw plotted over time:
Line totals have averaged 176 over the window, ranging from 98 to 277; the middle half of results landed between 156 and 194. Over the most recent 20 draws the total has been holding steady (regression slope 0 per draw around an average of 174).
Gap report
Drought watch: these numbers have stayed off the board the longest:
33 currently leads the absence table at 37 draws without an appearance, followed by 39 (29), 44 (27), 55 (24). On the other side, a neighbor effect showed up in 69% of recent draws — a number one above or below a previous hit appearing next time out.
Two reference sets
We keep picks minimal here. Two reference lines for September 9, 2026, built straight from the stats above:
Illustrative only — every combination has the same chance in a random drawing.
That's the full report. Everything above refreshes automatically after each draw — and if you'd like the same analysis in your pocket, the free Lotto Forge app has it.
Explore the stats in the app