Ohio's Top Performing Pick 3 Pairs and their Followers

Published: August 30, 2026, 2:39 pm

Ohio Pick 3 Pair Testing (2011–Present)

Do Certain Pairs Actually Lead to Other Pairs?

For years, Pick 3 players have talked about “pairs that follow other pairs.”

You hear it all the time: “When this pair hits… watch for these next.”

But the real question is… Does the data actually support that idea?

So I decided to test it.

Using a full Ohio Pick 3 file from 2011 to the present, I ran a structured backtest using Cursor to remove bias and guesswork—and what came back was very interesting.

How the Test Was Run

Before we even look at results, here’s the important part—how this was tested:

All Ohio draws were treated as one continuous timeline
(Midday + Evening combined)
Pairs were normalized
- 21 = 12
- 30 = 03
- This gave a clean set of 55 unique pairs
For each pair, the test looked ahead up to 6 draws
The goal:
After a pair shows… do specific “follower pairs” show up often enough to matter?

The Big Finding

Here’s the truth…

Yes — some pairs do show follow behavior.
But it is NOT universal.

This is where most systems go wrong.

They try to make everything mean something.

But the Ohio data says:

Only certain pairs are worth paying attention to.

What Actually Worked

Out of all 55 pairs tested:

9 pairs graded out as A (strong)
28 pairs graded as B (usable)
6 pairs graded as C (weak)
12 pairs = not worth playing

So right away, we learn something important:

This is not a “use it everywhere” system.
It’s a “use it selectively” tool.

The Strongest Pair Setups

Here are some of the best-performing setups from the test:

13 → 07, 15 (59.0%)
99 → 78, 16 (57.0%)
44 → 59, 47 (56.6%)
00 → 08, 15 (55.3%)
15 → 08, 25 (55.2%)
25 → 48, 28 (55.0%)
56 → 09, 14 (54.8%)
37 → 36, 03 (54.6%)
46 → 37, 27 (53.2%)

These were measured as:

“Either follower hits within 6 draws”
With average hit timing around 3 draws

That’s a very playable window. Below is the chart I prepared for myself for future reference on the top performing pairs in Ohio's Pick 3 game with consistent followers.

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Mobile Merchant - Aug 30, 2026, 11:20 pm

Good day;

I'd say, that's quite an extensive deep dive you have there concerning pairs and followers.
Must have taken you some time to put this all together. Although I'm not an Ohio player per se (I'm located in Ont Canada) its worth studying for future draws. Especially for players utilizing online sites and is seeking an edge for a win.

I have somewhat of a custom made work out strategy myself called the 2 Digit Return - Repeating Pair/Single Digit/Box Combo Strategy. It not as professional looking or detailed as yours (which i like) but it works non the less. Lol.

PS: visited your website too several times in the past and I like its layout and design. Bless!

TheseStars - Aug 31, 2026, 2:32 pm

Thank you for your kind words. It means alot. and Thanks for having a peek at my site. there is lots there about what I've tested in the OHio Pick 3 game, as well as, other stuff you may find fun and interesting. I love the Pick 3, but I'm only a Box Hit player----when I gamble on the numbers, I prefer to chase the box hit cause its just easier to catch paying attention to just the 220 uniques. By doing so I can play larger groups and cover what tends to happen the most, or wait for something to flip. anyway, thanks for much for taking a moment to share. The task wasn't as hard as you might think. I gave the data to my AI agent and it did the grunt work, I just had to feed it the correct data and tell it what I wanted to see. So many ways to think and look at the game, and for me, that's half the fun.

Ohio's Top Performing Pick 3 Pairs and their Followers

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