The Birth of Ohio's Pick 3 - Written in the Stars!

On December 3, 1979, the Ohio Lottery held its very first Pick 3 Evening draw. When the three balls were drawn that night, they revealed the numbers 6-7-2.

What makes this moment remarkable is not just that it marked the beginning of a long-running game — but that the stars themselves echoed the draw.

At the exact moment of that first Pick 3 Evening drawing, Venus — the planet traditionally associated with money, value, and attraction — measured 276 degrees of total celestial longitude.

Those same three digits appeared in the winning number that night:

672 — a boxed hit, written directly into the sky.

If you don't already know, NASA's JET PROPULSION LABOTORY measures the planets positions in the heavens in degrees of celestial longitude--known as the celestial coordinate system. 

If you’re not familiar with how astrologers measure the heavens, here’s a quick explanation.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tracks planetary positions using degrees of celestial longitude, measured around a 360-degree celestial compass. Each planet can be expressed in two ways:

1. Total degrees of longitude (000–359)

2. Zodiacal notation, showing degrees and minutes within a zodiac sign

On December 3, 1979, at 7:29 PM in Cleveland, Ohio, Venus measured:

• 276 degrees total celestial longitude

• 6°42′ Capricorn in zodiacal notation

Not only did Venus’ total longitude mirror the very first Pick 3 Evening draw (672), but its zodiacal position reflected the structure of the game itself — the Evening draw running six days a week, Monday through Saturday.

As above, so below.

Ohio Pick 3 Evening Draw Birth Chart — December 3, 1979 @ 7:29 PM, Cleveland, Ohio

Below is a chart showing every planet’s position in the Ohio Pick 3 Evening Draw birth chart, expressed in both:

• total celestial longitude

• zodiacal degrees

Because Pick 3 numbers are measured in three-digit combinations, it’s natural to compare them directly to planetary longitude values on the 360-degree compass.

So I did exactly that.

I tracked how often these planetary measurements appeared in actual Pick 3 Evening draws, from the game’s beginning in 1979 through the end of 2022 — a full 43 years of data.

The results are striking.

Now let’s look at Mercury.

In the Pick 3 birth chart, Mercury is positioned at 21° Scorpio, which translates to 231 degrees of total celestial longitude.

The boxed number 231 is one of the top-performing combinations in Ohio’s Pick 3 Evening game history.

This is fitting, as Mercury rules numbers, counting, calculation, and patterns. It also has an eccentric orbit, completing a revolution around the Sun roughly every 87 days, during which it measures every possible degree from 000 to 359.

When we examine top-performing PAIRS in Ohio Pick 3 history, another connection emerges:

• The 12 pair ranks second, appearing 823 times

• The 01 pair ranks first, appearing 828 times

These are the very same digits found in the Sun’s zodiacal measurement — 10° Sagittarius.

But there’s more.

The Sun’s total celestial longitude in the Pick 3 birth chart measures 250 degrees.

That number corresponds directly to the date May 20, 2007 (5/20) — the exact date when Sunday draws were added to the Ohio Pick 3 game.

Once again, timing and numbers align.

It was 19 years after the Pick 3 Evening game began that Ohio added a Midday draw, on August 16, 1999.

That number — 19 — belongs to Neptune, positioned at 19° Sagittarius in the original Pick 3 birth chart.

At the time, Neptune formed a complex configuration involving:

• the Moon in Gemini

• the Sun

• the Midheaven in Pisces

This pattern is known as a Mutable T-Square.

Mutable signs — Gemini, Sagittarius, and Pisces — are associated with change, adaptation, and duality. The symbolism is unmistakable.

Ohio was always meant to have more than one Pick 3 draw.

Ohio’s Pick 3 birth chart isn’t just interesting — it’s structurally elegant.

Its numbers, timing, expansions, and popularity are all echoed in the celestial measurements present at the game’s inception. Nothing here requires belief — only observation.

That’s what I call Star-Logic.

I hope you found these insights as fascinating as I have. If you have any observations, memories, or thoughts about the Ohio Pick 3 game, I’d love to hear them in the comments below.

The Sun’s total celestial longitude in the Pick 3 birth chart measures 250 degrees.

That number corresponds directly to the date May 20, 2007 (5/20) — the exact date when Sunday draws were added to the Ohio Pick 3 game.

Once again, timing and numbers align.