Number 23

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.20σ

32draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

44longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 32 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 32 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 23 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest6 · chance 12.8
2nd smallest47 · chance 42.2
3rd smallest46 · chance 42.2
4th smallest11 · chance 12.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 11 17 29 25 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 23 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 23 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-17	24	2nd	16 23 32 36
2026-07-06	10	2nd	17 23 24 36
2026-06-19	8	2nd	17 23 25 37
2026-06-05	10	4th	1 6 18 23
2026-05-18	22	3rd	1

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 23 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-21	3	3rd	5 17 23 29
2025-05-16	20	4th	1 8 21 23
2025-04-11	24	3rd	12 20 23 40
2025-02-28	12	3rd	8 12 23 39
2025-02-07	4	1st	23 26 30 32
2025-01-31	8	2nd	20 23 35 42
2025-01-17	7	3rd	4 10 23 25
2025-01-04	26	3rd	8 19 23 33
2024-11-20	33	3rd	3 13 23 37
2024-09-23	3	2nd	7 23 33 43
2024-09-18	18	3rd	2 4 23 30
2024-08-17	2	2nd	15 23 25 41
2024-08-14	8	2nd	8 23 39 41
2024-07-31	6	3rd	2 17 23 31
2024-07-20	9	1st	23 29 30 31
2024-07-05	11	3rd	6 11 23 43
2024-06-15	32	2nd	12 23 34 40
2024-04-10	27	2nd	5 23 29 34
2024-02-07	2	3rd	11 15 23 45
2024-02-03	20	3rd	3 11 23 29
2023-12-18	3	2nd	20 23 30 40
2023-12-11	4	2nd	11 23 28 31
2023-12-02	8	3rd	10 22 23 42
2023-11-13	13	2nd	16 23 29 38
2023-10-14	3	3rd	7 10 23 38
2023-10-07	8	2nd	18 23 25 37
2023-09-18	18	3rd	4 19 23 44
2023-08-07	15	4th	5 9 12 23
2023-07-03	8	2nd	7 23 29 41
2023-06-14	2	2nd	1 23 30 38
2023-06-10	2	2nd	12 23 42 43
2023-06-05	5	2nd	1 23 35 37
2023-05-24	3	3rd	14 17 23 35
2023-05-17	2	2nd	3 23 32 41
2023-05-13	12	1st	23 24 33 36
2023-04-15	36	3rd	4 16 23 31
2023-01-21	9	3rd	9 11 23 32
2022-12-31	7	2nd	11 23 35 42
2022-12-14	4	1st	23 29 31 42
2022-12-05	7	2nd	9 23 25 28
2022-11-19	10	2nd	9 23 31 43
2022-10-26	10	2nd	17 23 25 40
2022-10-03	7	4th	6 8 13 23
2022-09-17	27	3rd	4 7 23 25
2022-07-16	1	3rd	8 11 23 37
2022-07-13	2	2nd	9 23 32 42
2022-07-09	10	2nd	6 23 43 44
2022-06-15	5	3rd	4 18 23 24
2022-06-04	6	3rd	7 13 23 25
2022-05-21	8	2nd	5 23 38 41
2022-05-02	3	4th	10 17 18 23
2022-04-25	1	4th	1 16 19 23
2022-04-23	3	2nd	3 23 33 45
2022-04-16	8	3rd	11 15 23 37
2022-03-28	13	2nd	2 23 25 35
2022-02-26	12	2nd	3 23 26 34
2022-01-29	16	3rd	8 9 23 34
2021-12-22	1	3rd	3 10 23 28
2021-12-20	20	3rd	6 19 23 40
2021-11-03	29	3rd	5 10 23 28
2021-08-28	1	3rd	17 22 23 30
2021-08-25	20	2nd	22 23 27 28
2021-07-10	13	2nd	22 23 28 30
2021-06-09	8	3rd	2 11 23 37
2021-05-22	7	3rd	7 9 23 27
2021-05-05	15	4th	2 7 17 23
2021-03-31	1	2nd	16 23 29 39
2021-03-29	1	2nd	15 23 34 38
2021-03-27	44	3rd	2 4 23 35
2020-12-14	13	2nd	5 23 40 44
2020-11-14	7	2nd	6 23 27 45
2020-10-28	17	2nd	12 23 38 39
2020-09-19	1	2nd	1 23 26 41
2020-09-16	1	4th	3 4 16 23
2020-09-14	3	2nd	16 23 31 43
2020-09-07	16	3rd	9 16 23 44
2020-08-01	17	3rd	8 9 23 42
2020-06-22	18	3rd	3 13 23 32
2020-05-11	7	2nd	6 23 35 41
2020-04-25	27	3rd	15 17 23 34
2020-02-22	11	3rd	8 11 23 29
2020-01-27	2	4th	2 4 13 23
2020-01-22	9	3rd	2 13 23 31
2020-01-01	5	1st	23 24 25 37
2019-12-21	5	2nd	18 23 28 30
2019-12-09	—	4th	10 11 13 23