Number 23

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

120times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.36σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

28longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 43 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 6 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 smallest3 · chance 2.9
2nd smallest17 · chance 17.8
3rd smallest33 · chance 39.3
4th smallest41 · chance 39.3
5th smallest25 · chance 17.8
6th smallest1 · chance 2.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 1 7 27 43 11

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
2026-08-29	15	2nd	17 23 25 27 33 45
2026-05-16	18	3rd	3 10 23 32 33 39
2026-01-10	11	3rd	1 8 23 25 30 41
2025-10-25	10	3rd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-12-31	6	3rd	11 20 23 35 42 45
2022-11-19	6	4th	9 12 14 23 31 43
2022-10-08	3	3rd	17 20 23 33 37 45
2022-09-17	3	5th	4 7 9 21 23 25
2022-08-27	6	4th	2 3 6 23 41 42
2022-07-16	1	4th	8 11 19 23 35 37
2022-07-09	5	2nd	6 23 30 37 43 44
2022-06-04	2	5th	7 8 13 17 23 25
2022-05-21	4	4th	5 9 13 23 38 41
2022-04-23	1	2nd	3 23 31 33 39 45
2022-04-16	7	5th	11 12 14 15 23 37
2022-02-26	1	4th	3 7 16 23 26 34
2022-02-19	3	5th	1 5 18 20 23 34
2022-01-29	20	4th	8 9 22 23 34 40
2021-09-11	2	4th	8 10 17 23 26 34
2021-08-28	7	5th	17 19 21 22 23 30
2021-07-10	7	2nd	22 23 28 30 34 38
2021-05-22	8	5th	6 7 9 13 23 27
2021-03-27	19	4th	2 4 12 23 24 35
2020-11-14	3	3rd	6 15 23 26 27 45
2020-10-24	5	2nd	3 23 30 31 38 45
2020-09-19	7	4th	1 8 14 23 26 41
2020-08-01	14	3rd	8 9 23 29 38 42
2020-04-25	1	4th	3 15 17 23 34 38
2020-04-18	8	1st	23 24 29 39 40 41
2020-02-22	9	5th	8 11 15 16 23 29
2019-12-21	15	2nd	18 23 28 30 35 37
2019-09-07	3	5th	1 8 10 14 23 36
2019-08-17	3	3rd	6 19 23 24 28 35
2019-07-27	3	3rd	11 13 23 27 35 38
2019-07-06	9	3rd	15 18 23 30 41 44
2019-05-04	16	3rd	7 8 23 24 27 33
2019-01-12	4	4th	5 11 15 23 35 45
2018-12-15	1	1st	23 28 32 33 35 39
2018-12-08	4	3rd	2 6 23 25 26 43
2018-11-10	13	4th	1 21 22 23 38 44
2018-08-11	5	5th	1 8 15 20 23 44
2018-07-07	13	4th	1 6 18 23 29 43
2018-04-07	1	5th	6 7 8 17 23 35
2018-03-31	1	3rd	8 15 23 27 43 44
2018-03-24	6	3rd	10 19 23 30 33 39
2018-02-10	1	4th	2 7 16 23 27 44
2018-02-03	6	4th	11 12 13 23 24 27
2017-12-23	3	5th	8 11 13 21 23 34
2017-12-02	13	4th	8 14 16 23 25 44
2017-09-02	2	5th	16 17 21 22 23 44
2017-08-19	16	3rd	3 9 23 30 39 45
2017-04-29	5	3rd	3 10 23 29 34 37
2017-03-25	1	3rd	16 20 23 28 35 39
2017-03-18	19	4th	1 10 15 23 36 43
2016-11-05	1	2nd	9 23 24 34 38 43
2016-10-29	8	3rd	15 20 23 33 39 42
2016-09-03	2	2nd	7 23 28 32 36 40
2016-08-20	2	3rd	8 16 23 34 42 45
2016-08-06	17	5th	6 12 15 19 23 31
2016-04-09	1	5th	3 6 18 21 23 41
2016-04-02	24	4th	7 11 12 23 29 36
2015-10-17	9	5th	2 7 10 13 23 24
2015-08-15	3	3rd	6 12 23 26 28 36
2015-07-25	2	5th	7 8 13 20 23 32
2015-07-11	6	2nd	14 23 24 28 41 45
2015-05-30	4	3rd	16 20 23 36 38 43
2015-05-02	23	4th	6 15 18 23 35 43
2014-11-22	15	4th	1 5 14 23 31 42
2014-08-09	16	1st	23 26 27 30 31 41
2014-04-19	14	4th	3 7 17 23 25 26
2014-01-11	10	3rd	7 14 23 27 38 40
2013-11-02	12	3rd	2 5 23 32 40 43
2013-08-10	18	4th	8 18 21 23 27 37
2013-04-06	26	4th	19 20 21 23 25 43
2012-10-06	3	3rd	18 20 23 32 40 42
2012-09-15	8	4th	2 11 19 23 32 34
2012-07-21	12	5th	3 6 7 9 23 43
2012-04-28	15	4th	4 5 12 23 31 33
2012-01-14	8	5th	13 16 18 19 23 28
2011-11-19	11	3rd	9 18 23 24 33 36
2011-09-03	5	5th	1 7 21 22 23 27
2011-07-30	8	5th	2 5 9 16 23 31
2011-06-04	7	4th	1 19 22 23 27 45
2011-04-16	3	5th	1 14 18 22 23 29
2011-03-26	4	3rd	1 14 23 34 41 42
2011-02-26	1	4th	1 4 21 23 24 43
2011-02-19	5	4th	1 5 14 23 41 45
2011-01-15	1	3rd	10 12 23 26 27 31
2011-01-08	11	4th	5 6 19 23 35 38
2010-10-23	15	2nd	12 23 31 34 39 43
2010-07-10	4	2nd	17 23 30 38 40 42
2010-06-12	11	5th	1 7 11 21 23 43
2010-03-27	7	4th	9 13 16 23 27 33
2010-02-06	7	3rd	8 11 23 25 27 42
2009-12-19	4	6th	2 3 5 7 9 23
2009-11-21	1	4th	4 16 19 23 28 44
2009-11-14	3	4th	2 9 13 23 26 36
2009-10-24	8	4th	2 14 16 23 34 39
2009-08-29	28	2nd	4 23 30 35 36 43
2009-02-14	—	4th	5 6 20 23 24 26