Number 23

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

255times drawn · chance expected 248 +0.45σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

42longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 255 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, +0.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 86 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 255 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 11 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 6.2
2nd smallest42 · chance 37.8
3rd smallest86 · chance 83.5
4th smallest76 · chance 83.5
5th smallest40 · chance 37.8
6th smallest5 · chance 6.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 16 32 4 22 43

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	7	3rd	11 16 23 32 36 43
2026-07-31	11	2nd	3 23 24 31 32 45
2026-07-06	7	3rd	11 17 23 24 26 36
2026-06-19

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.

2025-08-15	18	3rd	15 20 23 25 26 36
2025-07-04	9	5th	3 7 14 21 23 33
2025-06-13	7	4th	11 15 16 23 32 35
2025-05-28	3	4th	12 17 19 23 25 37
2025-05-21	2	4th	5 6 17 23 29 36
2025-05-16	15	6th	1 2 8 10 21 23
2025-04-11	18	4th	12 14 20 23 40 43
2025-02-28	3	4th	8 12 22 23 30 39
2025-02-21	6	5th	7 10 14 21 23 34
2025-02-07	3	3rd	5 7 23 26 30 32
2025-01-31	6	3rd	2 20 23 34 35 42
2025-01-17	1	4th	4 10 15 23 25 35
2025-01-15	24	4th	4 12 20 23 32 35
2024-11-20	6	4th	3 13 17 23 34 37
2024-11-06	19	2nd	18 23 25 30 39 42
2024-09-23	2	3rd	7 11 23 33 36 43
2024-09-18	15	4th	2 4 18 23 24 30
2024-08-14	6	4th	4 8 9 23 39 41
2024-07-31	11	3rd	2 17 23 31 33 41
2024-07-05	3	5th	2 6 11 16 23 43
2024-06-28	10	1st	23 26 29 35 42 43
2024-06-05	8	5th	13 14 19 22 23 35
2024-05-15	5	3rd	4 18 23 28 41 42
2024-04-29	5	2nd	10 23 28 32 34 43
2024-04-10	18	2nd	5 23 26 29 34 44
2024-02-07	10	5th	11 14 15 19 23 45
2024-01-03	2	3rd	17 19 23 27 42 43
2023-12-27	2	4th	15 17 20 23 29 30
2023-12-20	1	4th	7 14 20 23 34 41
2023-12-18	2	2nd	20 23 26 30 33 40
2023-12-11	8	2nd	11 23 24 28 31 42
2023-11-13	16	2nd	16 23 24 27 29 38
2023-09-18	12	5th	1 4 13 19 23 44
2023-08-07	10	4th	5 9 12 23 31 35
2023-07-03	5	3rd	7 18 23 29 36 41
2023-06-14	3	3rd	1 9 23 30 36 38
2023-06-05	3	3rd	1 11 23 28 35 37
2023-05-24	2	5th	14 17 18 22 23 35
2023-05-17	9	4th	3 17 18 23 32 41
2023-04-17	19	3rd	4 21 23 25 42 45
2023-02-08	16	2nd	19 23 28 31 38 40
2022-12-14	3	3rd	14 19 23 29 31 42
2022-12-05	5	3rd	9 15 23 25 28 44
2022-11-16	6	3rd	20 21 23 25 31 38
2022-10-26	7	4th	14 16 17 23 25 40
2022-10-03	14	4th	6 8 13 23 32 43
2022-08-15	9	3rd	21 22 23 30 41 44
2022-07-13	1	4th	9 17 22 23 32 42
2022-07-11	7	3rd	8 22 23 26 39 40
2022-06-15	13	5th	4 15 17 18 23 24
2022-05-02	2	5th	10 11 17 18 23 43
2022-04-25	8	4th	1 16 19 23 40 43
2022-03-28	24	3rd	2 19 23 25 35 41
2022-01-03	3	2nd	10 23 26 35 40 44
2021-12-22	1	5th	3 10 15 21 23 28
2021-12-20	13	5th	6 16 17 19 23 40
2021-11-03	10	3rd	5 10 23 25 28 33
2021-09-29	6	3rd	4 20 23 25 26 43
2021-09-08	4	3rd	5 6 23 26 38 40
2021-08-25	3	4th	8 20 22 23 27 28
2021-08-16	18	3rd	8 21 23 36 38 45
2021-06-14	1	4th	1 9 11 23 36 40
2021-06-09	10	3rd	2 11 23 30 37 41
2021-05-05	10	5th	2 7 16 17 23 41
2021-03-31	1	3rd	11 16 23 29 39 41
2021-03-29	30	3rd	12 15 23 24 34 38
2020-12-14	13	4th	5 20 22 23 40 44
2020-10-28	12	4th	12 14 21 23 38 39
2020-09-16	1	6th	3 4 13 16 22 23
2020-09-14	2	3rd	1 16 23 24 31 43
2020-09-07	8	4th	1 9 16 23 36 44
2020-08-10	14	2nd	2 23 25 30 37 38
2020-06-22	7	4th	3 4 13 23 32 39
2020-05-27	5	4th	8 9 19 23 31 35
2020-05-11	30	2nd	6 23 28 35 39 41
2020-01-27	1	5th	2 4 13 22 23 31
2020-01-22	6	4th	2 4 13 23 31 38
2020-01-01	2	2nd	20 23 24 25 37 43
2019-12-25	5	2nd	2 23 26 28 31 40
2019-12-09	19	6th	8 10 11 13 20 23
2019-10-02	2	4th	3 4 9 23 33 41
2019-09-25	7	3rd	2 10 23 25 27 44
2019-09-02	5	3rd	6 22 23 32 43 45
2019-08-14	6	3rd	2 17 23 29 38 44
2019-07-24	9	4th	15 20 22 23 26 27
2019-06-24	26	3rd	9 22 23 32 36 40
2019-03-25	1	3rd	4 13 23 28 37 42
2019-03-20	7	2nd	1 23 27 33 39 45
2019-02-25	2	4th	5 14 18 23 25 40
2019-02-18	23	5th	9 11 17 18 23 30
2018-11-28	3	2nd	2 23 30 38 39 44
2018-11-19	10	5th	8 15 16 19 23 24
2018-10-15	2	4th	3 4 12 23 36 43
2018-10-08	5	5th	9 11 13 19 23 35
2018-09-19	16	3rd	7 20 23 30 32 43
2018-07-25	2	2nd	1 23 26 27 31 39
2018-07-18	2	4th	9 13 21 23 28 45
2018-07-11	7	3rd	1 13 23 27 34 40
2018-06-18	2	4th	9 16 20 23 25 32
2018-06-11	5	4th	3 4 22 23 33 44
2018-05-23	7	3rd	9 13 23 28 29 39
2018-04-30	1	5th	5 8 17 21 23 24
2018-04-25	6	3rd	4 7 23 28 36 41
2018-04-04	4	3rd	12 19 23 29 37 38
2018-03-21	20	2nd	5 23 32 34 41 44
2018-01-10	18	3rd	16 20 23 28 29 30
2017-11-08	2	4th	3 6 11 23 34 38
2017-11-01	1	4th	2 18 22 23 27 45
2017-10-30	5	4th	3 7 21 23 30 38
2017-10-11	2	3rd	12 17 23 26 34 35
2017-10-04	8	4th	13 17 18 23 32 42
2017-09-06	2	3rd	13 16 23 30 36 45
2017-08-30	3	2nd	21 23 25 34 35 42
2017-08-21	8	5th	3 8 16 19 23 45
2017-07-24	3	4th	1 13 20 23 28 39
2017-07-12	3	4th	11 17 22 23 24 34
2017-07-03	16	4th	8 9 10 23 34 42
2017-05-08	10	3rd	4 5 23 25 33 42
2017-04-03	3	3rd	3 13 23 24 25 27
2017-03-22	1	5th	6 11 18 22 23 35
2017-03-20	4	5th	6 14 15 19 23 39
2017-03-06	6	6th	3 11 13 17 22 23
2017-02-13	28	5th	13 14 15 16 23 41
2016-11-07	1	3rd	7 21 23 26 32 37
2016-11-02	3	5th	3 5 6 7 23 31
2016-10-24	1	5th	3 8 13 19 23 43
2016-10-19	2	3rd	8 12 23 30 33 44
2016-10-12	16	4th	10 21 22 23 32 34
2016-08-17	4	1st	23 27 37 38 41 42
2016-08-03	2	3rd	12 15 23 29 34 42
2016-07-27	2	2nd	9 23 27 34 37 43
2016-07-20	6	3rd	12 16 23 27 29 41
2016-06-29	22	3rd	21 22 23 28 31 42
2016-04-13	8	1st	23 32 35 36 38 39
2016-03-16	1	3rd	5 22 23 30 33 35
2016-03-14	3	5th	5 14 19 20 23 42
2016-03-02	5	2nd	6 23 25 29 38 45
2016-02-15	10	4th	9 16 17 23 25 30
2016-01-11	1	4th	3 8 10 23 26 27
2016-01-06	6	2nd	12 23 31 35 36 39
2015-12-16	11	5th	1 3 11 21 23 41
2015-11-09	4	4th	5 13 21 23 27 42
2015-10-26	11	3rd	2 9 23 26 42 43
2015-09-16	2	4th	16 18 20 23 27 35
2015-09-09	16	4th	1 6 16 23 27 31
2015-07-15	7	4th	9 19 21 23 25 44
2015-06-22	10	2nd	22 23 24 37 39 40
2015-05-18	7	4th	2 5 16 23 39 41
2015-04-22	42	4th	2 4 11 23 26 41
2014-11-26	1	4th	3 8 14 23 44 45
2014-11-24	8	3rd	4 9 23 28 34 43
2014-10-27	4	3rd	8 9 23 32 33 44
2014-10-13	9	3rd	1 7 23 33 34 40
2014-09-10	5	2nd	8 23 25 34 41 42
2014-08-25	24	4th	13 14 15 23 28 30
2014-06-02	7	5th	3 4 16 21 23 34
2014-05-07	6	4th	1 11 20 23 41 44
2014-04-16	1	4th	10 19 22 23 33 41
2014-04-14	11	4th	1 7 21 23 39 43
2014-03-05	23	3rd	8 22 23 25 26 35
2013-12-16	1	2nd	18 23 24 28 29 43
2013-12-11	1	5th	10 12 15 22 23 33
2013-12-09	4	2nd	1 23 31 36 39 44
2013-11-25	1	3rd	17 22 23 24 26 45
2013-11-20	29	2nd	3 23 34 38 40 41
2013-08-12	6	3rd	1 21 23 24 29 36
2013-07-22	2	5th	4 7 8 11 23 31
2013-07-15	3	3rd	4 11 23 26 30 35
2013-07-03	1	2nd	3 23 29 32 33 45
2013-07-01	17	5th	4 13 14 15 23 34
2013-05-01	1	4th	3 7 20 23 39 43
2013-04-29	10	2nd	6 23 26 30 32 43
2013-03-25	6	3rd	3 22 23 28 32 42
2013-03-04	2	3rd	4 9 23 25 37 45
2013-02-25	1	3rd	1 7 23 24 28 44
2013-02-20	30	5th	3 10 13 22 23 29
2012-11-07	4	4th	5 14 16 23 26 30
2012-10-24	1	4th	2 8 20 23 28 29
2012-10-22	6	3rd	11 21 23 32 37 41
2012-10-01	4	4th	5 7 18 23 43 44
2012-09-17	4	4th	2 14 18 23 26 41
2012-09-03	4	5th	4 10 13 22 23 32
2012-08-20	21	5th	1 2 4 15 23 37
2012-06-06	5	2nd	9 23 24 32 36 41
2012-05-21	1	4th	1 7 22 23 32 38
2012-05-16	5	3rd	15 21 23 24 31 32
2012-04-30	7	2nd	16 23 31 32 39 42
2012-04-04	5	2nd	1 23 32 35 40 43
2012-03-19	8	4th	8 9 20 23 44 45
2012-02-20	2	5th	1 7 19 20 23 26
2012-02-13	18	3rd	11 14 23 31 35 40
2011-12-12	8	2nd	13 23 24 38 39 43
2011-11-14	5	4th	13 16 20 23 35 43
2011-10-26	1	5th	1 2 7 14 23 24
2011-10-24	3	3rd	5 9 23 32 35 36
2011-10-12	2	4th	14 15 22 23 32 35
2011-10-05	1	3rd	4 8 23 31 39 41
2011-10-03	2	2nd	20 23 30 32 34 36
2011-09-26	9	3rd	5 13 23 29 33 44
2011-08-24	3	3rd	10 18 23 25 33 39
2011-08-15	2	3rd	6 10 23 29 40 41
2011-08-08	4	3rd	14 22 23 30 41 43
2011-07-25	6	2nd	17 23 32 34 39 45
2011-07-04	22	3rd	2 15 23 24 30 45
2011-04-18	1	4th	5 8 15 23 27 35
2011-04-13	6	4th	7 16 20 23 25 40
2011-03-23	8	5th	6 8 14 17 23 43
2011-02-23	3	2nd	4 23 25 38 40 42
2011-02-14	2	3rd	11 16 23 28 35 43
2011-02-07	3	3rd	4 20 23 27 31 44
2011-01-26	22	3rd	2 21 23 25 32 44
2010-11-10	6	2nd	2 23 27 28 36 44
2010-10-20	2	5th	4 8 12 18 23 38
2010-10-13	4	2nd	12 23 24 37 40 44
2010-09-29	6	2nd	9 23 29 30 33 42
2010-09-08	1	4th	16 21 22 23 33 34
2010-09-06	5	3rd	9 21 23 29 36 40
2010-08-18	8	3rd	4 16 23 30 36 38
2010-07-21	6	3rd	2 10 23 28 35 38
2010-06-30	1	1st	23 29 36 37 42 44
2010-06-28	9	2nd	7 23 24 36 42 43
2010-05-26	4	3rd	12 18 23 40 41 45
2010-05-12	2	4th	3 6 19 23 33 34
2010-05-05	8	3rd	2 21 23 27 37 41
2010-04-07	2	3rd	3 16 23 31 40 42
2010-03-31	7	3rd	9 11 23 25 30 40
2010-03-08	7	2nd	15 23 34 38 40 41
2010-02-10	2	5th	3 10 11 19 23 33
2010-02-03	2	4th	5 7 21 23 36 42
2010-01-27	5	1st	23 26 27 30 40 45
2010-01-11	—	6th	2 5 7 20 21 23