Number 23

In Mega-Sena under the 6/60 · since Mar 1996 rules — 3,064 draws, 6 from 1–60.

321times drawn · chance expected 306 +0.88σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

65longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 321 times in 3,064 draws against 306.4 expected, +0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 321 times in 3,064 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 65 · waiting 8 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest30 · chance 27.9
2nd smallest110 · chance 93.2
3rd smallest115 · chance 115.1
4th smallest48 · chance 65.8
5th smallest18 · chance 17.4
6th smallest0 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

53 30 8 47 5 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-09-15	10	2nd	14 23 53 56 57 60
2026-08-18	1	2nd	16 23 24 33 36 52
2026-08-16	12	1st	23 29 33 42 43 57
2026-07-19	1	3rd	18

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 6/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-19	14	3rd	8 10 23 34 36 50
2024-09-12	51	2nd	19 23 32 34 38 57
2024-05-09	2	2nd	19 23 25 36 44 46
2024-05-04	7	4th	8 15 16 23 42 43
2024-04-16	4	2nd	9 23 25 26 35 58
2024-04-06	1	3rd	12 22 23 24 47 53
2024-04-04	9	5th	10 11 12 19 23 28
2024-03-12	16	2nd	9 23 31 49 54 58
2024-02-01	9	3rd	1 3 23 27 47 57
2024-01-11	19	5th	8 14 15 21 23 46
2023-11-11	1	2nd	10 23 30 31 49 56
2023-11-09	2	3rd	11 17 23 36 47 51
2023-11-04	1	2nd	13 23 26 29 45 59
2023-11-01	18	2nd	6 23 35 36 37 59
2023-09-16	17	2nd	2 23 25 33 45 54
2023-07-29	1	3rd	6 16 23 35 38 49
2023-07-27	5	4th	5 7 22 23 41 59
2023-07-12	11	2nd	10 23 34 53 55 57
2023-06-07	8	1st	23 28 34 43 47 60
2023-05-11	4	4th	10 11 21 23 28 30
2023-04-29	21	5th	5 10 11 22 23 37
2023-02-18	18	2nd	11 23 45 53 57 59
2022-12-14	2	3rd	9 15 23 25 29 30
2022-12-07	1	2nd	3 23 28 34 38 48
2022-12-03	6	2nd	20 23 32 36 39 57
2022-11-16	7	2nd	1 23 32 33 36 59
2022-10-22	11	5th	10 14 17 18 23 30
2022-09-17	3	1st	23 28 33 38 55 59
2022-09-10	21	3rd	3 22 23 44 53 60
2022-07-02	10	3rd	5 14 23 46 48 52
2022-06-02	9	1st	23 36 42 48 54 58
2022-05-04	6	3rd	2 17 23 28 39 46
2022-04-16	1	4th	5 13 18 23 35 36
2022-04-13	6	2nd	8 23 29 30 36 55
2022-03-23	3	3rd	3 8 23 29 53 54
2022-03-12	22	3rd	3 16 23 41 45 57
2021-12-31	48	3rd	12 15 23 32 33 46
2021-07-21	11	3rd	11 15 23 25 34 53
2021-06-16	8	2nd	7 23 32 41 42 47
2021-05-19	6	1st	23 24 26 44 49 60
2021-04-30	29	2nd	5 23 29 34 53 60
2021-01-26	3	3rd	8 21 23 34 42 47
2021-01-16	58	3rd	9 18 23 42 47 49
2020-07-08	8	3rd	10 22 23 37 53 60
2020-06-10	1	4th	1 11 14 23 29 55
2020-06-06	2	3rd	4 13 23 28 30 52
2020-05-30	1	2nd	10 23 31 37 58 59
2020-05-27	3	3rd	14 20 23 39 46 50
2020-05-16	1	4th	7 8 14 23 30 46
2020-05-13	3	2nd	7 23 26 27 29 51
2020-05-05	30	5th	1 5 7 14 23 26
2020-01-25	4	3rd	9 19 23 32 39 45
2020-01-15	3	2nd	16 23 32 50 52 58
2020-01-04	6	2nd	5 23 34 45 56 57
2019-12-11	3	4th	1 19 21 23 33 43
2019-11-30	11	1st	23 26 51 52 53 58
2019-10-24	2	3rd	3 13 23 41 49 53
2019-10-19	23	2nd	15 23 30 35 38 44
2019-08-06	20	2nd	8 23 25 39 43 44
2019-06-01	6	3rd	1 6 23 26 39 49
2019-05-11	1	1st	23 24 26 38 42 49
2019-05-08	10	2nd	21 23 37 44 46 48
2019-04-03	4	2nd	14 23 29 41 57 58
2019-03-20	48	2nd	9 23 28 40 48 59
2018-10-13	12	4th	2 18 19 23 34 53
2018-09-05	1	3rd	7 9 23 33 57 59
2018-09-01	12	3rd	8 18 23 37 42 58
2018-07-25	4	4th	8 10 15 23 25 34
2018-07-11	21	3rd	4 19 23 29 56 59
2018-05-05	1	3rd	14 16 23 30 45 60
2018-05-02	5	4th	7 8 19 23 27 58
2018-04-14	5	2nd	18 23 37 39 50 55
2018-03-28	2	2nd	10 23 31 33 51 52
2018-03-21	1	3rd	16 20 23 29 35 47
2018-03-17	4	5th	1 6 7 8 23 56
2018-03-03	6	1st	23 41 46 52 54 59
2018-02-10	9	2nd	6 23 30 36 53 56
2018-01-13	18	4th	1 5 14 23 35 45
2017-11-09	7	1st	23 36 43 44 55 56
2017-10-19	22	2nd	22 23 29 32 38 45
2017-08-10	22	4th	2 14 22 23 29 47
2017-05-31	1	5th	1 3 10 17 23 24
2017-05-27	5	2nd	8 23 35 39 56 59
2017-05-11	13	3rd	3 10 23 36 43 52
2017-03-29	5	4th	3 9 18 23 50 52
2017-03-11	3	3rd	16 18 23 30 32 33
2017-03-01	9	4th	4 10 13 23 27 57
2017-02-01	8	2nd	20 23 35 36 44 48
2017-01-04	2	4th	1 3 19 23 47 58
2016-12-24	2	2nd	16 23 25 28 30 44
2016-12-20	2	2nd	11 23 34 41 46 56
2016-12-14	1	4th	7 14 18 23 32 59
2016-12-10	7	3rd	1 4 23 32 38 59
2016-11-16	8	3rd	13 16 23 24 32 35
2016-10-22	1	2nd	11 23 24 26 40 52
2016-10-20	5	3rd	1 5 23 25 28 31
2016-10-05	6	2nd	16 23 45 56 58 59
2016-09-17	7	2nd	13 23 25 35 52 53
2016-08-24	30	1st	23 24 32 38 40 41
2016-05-21	8	3rd	3 19 23 27 40 45
2016-04-27	3	2nd	20 23 32 34 37 45
2016-04-16	11	3rd	9 12 23 24 46 54
2016-03-10	2	3rd	2 9 23 28 45 53
2016-03-05	30	2nd	22 23 34 48 53 54
2015-12-02	8	2nd	22 23 41 46 53 60
2015-11-07	7	4th	6 11 16 23 36 42
2015-10-15	9	3rd	15 22 23 42 51 57
2015-09-16	13	4th	11 19 21 23 27 52
2015-08-04	7	3rd	7 14 23 43 44 53
2015-07-11	2	2nd	9 23 39 41 49 58
2015-07-07	7	2nd	18 23 31 39 49 57
2015-06-13	10	4th	3 10 16 23 27 29
2015-05-09	6	2nd	3 23 26 35 39 49
2015-04-22	9	2nd	8 23 30 51 53 58
2015-03-21	8	2nd	18 23 30 32 42 56
2015-02-21	7	1st	23 37 38 46 47 51
2015-01-28	7	3rd	5 10 23 24 35 47
2015-01-03	2	3rd	1 2 23 27 45 51
2014-12-24	6	3rd	8 21 23 29 36 48
2014-12-03	8	4th	7 11 19 23 40 49
2014-11-05	3	2nd	17 23 29 38 57 60
2014-10-25	1	3rd	12 17 23 38 53 54
2014-10-22	4	2nd	19 23 34 40 41 58
2014-10-08	1	2nd	3 23 42 43 47 60
2014-10-04	1	1st	23 29 30 33 46 51
2014-10-01	5	4th	2 6 18 23 31 46
2014-09-13	1	2nd	8 23 28 30 32 51
2014-09-10	14	3rd	9 10 23 33 44 51
2014-07-26	3	2nd	13 23 27 34 38 57
2014-07-16	17	2nd	3 23 26 31 47 54
2014-05-17	6	2nd	9 23 32 35 46 57
2014-04-26	3	4th	6 7 8 23 43 53
2014-04-16	3	3rd	4 10 23 33 38 55
2014-04-05	26	1st	23 29 32 36 45 49
2014-01-04	1	3rd	10 12 23 37 47 51
2014-01-02	6	1st	23 26 28 54 55 60
2013-12-11	4	3rd	2 5 23 33 52 59
2013-11-27	8	5th	2 15 19 21 23 38
2013-10-30	5	4th	7 15 20 23 30 41
2013-10-11	6	1st	23 27 35 52 53 57
2013-09-21	10	3rd	2 11 23 31 42 44
2013-08-17	3	3rd	5 8 23 32 33 56
2013-08-08	5	4th	5 6 15 23 56 59
2013-07-24	27	3rd	16 17 23 42 59 60
2013-04-20	15	4th	4 9 17 23 28 53
2013-02-27	5	3rd	12 18 23 25 45 50
2013-02-09	30	1st	23 24 26 41 52 53
2012-10-27	1	2nd	22 23 26 37 38 48
2012-10-24	53	3rd	1 13 23 24 30 57
2012-04-25	22	3rd	7 9 23 44 46 55
2012-02-08	33	1st	23 27 30 37 38 44
2011-10-15	24	2nd	10 23 27 43 53 59
2011-07-27	3	5th	7 14 15 20 23 35
2011-07-16	9	3rd	3 16 23 25 51 56
2011-06-15	2	3rd	9 11 23 30 31 54
2011-06-08	8	4th	2 3 14 23 34 50
2011-05-11	22	2nd	4 23 39 52 55 56
2011-02-23	5	2nd	19 23 29 31 41 53
2011-02-05	2	2nd	5 23 38 39 51 54
2011-01-29	10	3rd	2 17 23 43 44 51
2010-12-22	12	3rd	9 19 23 29 32 57
2010-11-13	3	3rd	5 20 23 27 39 49
2010-11-03	10	2nd	10 23 36 50 52 60
2010-09-29	6	2nd	10 23 29 31 33 46
2010-09-08	13	2nd	2 23 33 35 40 50
2010-07-24	15	3rd	16 19 23 28 39 58
2010-06-02	15	3rd	4 9 23 27 28 30
2010-04-10	11	4th	1 11 14 23 42 48
2010-03-03	9	1st	23 30 31 54 55 60
2010-01-30	2	3rd	7 8 23 36 46 54
2010-01-23	12	2nd	6 23 31 33 39 52
2009-12-16	5	5th	4 5 6 19 23 39
2009-11-28	28	3rd	5 18 23 32 49 54
2009-08-22	7	3rd	9 11 23 35 46 51
2009-07-29	2	4th	10 16 21 23 27 36
2009-07-22	2	2nd	19 23 27 38 41 49
2009-07-15	5	2nd	17 23 24 27 49 56
2009-06-27	3	5th	2 4 6 10 23 45
2009-06-17	9	3rd	10 20 23 28 42 43
2009-05-16	4	3rd	3 10 23 29 47 50
2009-05-02	8	4th	5 8 16 23 41 53
2009-04-04	1	3rd	2 8 23 33 37 55
2009-04-01	31	3rd	9 21 23 30 41 56
2008-12-13	11	3rd	1 8 23 37 54 57
2008-11-05	16	3rd	4 13 23 29 46 47
2008-09-10	7	4th	5 10 16 23 26 27
2008-08-16	20	5th	7 15 20 21 23 29
2008-06-07	26	2nd	14 23 25 28 38 53
2008-03-08	1	1st	23 41 42 48 49 59
2008-03-05	6	2nd	1 23 41 44 51 52
2008-02-13	4	3rd	3 12 23 41 47 58
2008-01-30	12	3rd	6 19 23 37 49 50
2007-12-12	10	2nd	19 23 26 31 33 36
2007-11-07	3	1st	23 25 30 46 47 59
2007-10-27	12	3rd	9 12 23 33 45 51
2007-09-15	37	2nd	18 23 50 52 55 58
2007-05-09	7	1st	23 26 27 41 51 53
2007-04-14	6	3rd	4 18 23 31 37 54
2007-03-24	14	3rd	6 14 23 34 38 44
2007-01-31	6	2nd	9 23 30 38 44 47
2007-01-10	4	3rd	15 17 23 33 39 49
2006-12-23	15	1st	23 28 38 42 50 53
2006-11-04	4	3rd	9 15 23 45 46 56
2006-10-21	27	4th	5 11 15 23 25 30
2006-07-19	5	3rd	2 11 23 35 42 59
2006-07-01	19	3rd	2 14 23 28 50 56
2006-04-26	6	2nd	1 23 36 43 47 59
2006-04-05	5	2nd	4 23 24 25 29 42
2006-03-18	3	5th	2 3 12 21 23 56
2006-03-08	1	3rd	4 12 23 26 39 46
2006-03-04	12	2nd	20 23 25 32 54 60
2006-01-21	10	4th	6 15 16 23 28 35
2005-12-10	4	3rd	3 14 23 25 36 55
2005-11-26	16	3rd	6 17 23 28 35 41
2005-09-24	2	3rd	1 13 23 31 48 60
2005-09-19	32	2nd	17 23 48 50 53 54
2005-05-25	5	5th	1 4 5 16 23 49
2005-05-07	14	3rd	4 18 23 25 56 60
2005-03-19	24	2nd	5 23 29 42 45 48
2004-12-15	1	2nd	8 23 34 39 43 52
2004-12-11	17	2nd	9 23 30 42 49 55
2004-10-13	7	2nd	6 23 32 35 41 55
2004-09-18	15	4th	4 6 9 23 45 51
2004-07-28	6	3rd	7 8 23 30 32 53
2004-07-07	1	3rd	3 18 23 48 56 58
2004-07-03	3	2nd	8 23 24 28 31 47
2004-06-23	11	4th	2 10 17 23 32 44
2004-05-15	1	3rd	5 8 23 34 44 51
2004-05-12	5	2nd	16 23 35 37 55 57
2004-04-24	2	4th	8 12 18 23 38 49
2004-04-17	19	2nd	5 23 31 33 45 49
2004-02-07	2	4th	14 15 22 23 25 37
2004-01-31	44	3rd	3 8 23 31 48 57
2003-08-20	7	3rd	5 11 23 29 54 58
2003-07-26	10	3rd	16 18 23 35 44 59
2003-06-21	3	2nd	7 23 41 49 51 58
2003-06-11	2	3rd	8 11 23 37 51 58
2003-06-04	8	3rd	5 6 23 25 39 51
2003-05-07	7	2nd	19 23 30 37 49 55
2003-04-12	2	3rd	8 20 23 34 52 58
2003-04-05	9	3rd	17 18 23 28 31 53
2003-03-01	2	3rd	6 15 23 31 37 59
2003-02-22	24	3rd	3 5 23 30 46 47
2002-11-23	24	3rd	1 13 23 33 54 56
2002-08-31	4	2nd	15 23 31 39 47 49
2002-08-17	17	1st	23 36 48 52 53 58
2002-06-19	6	3rd	4 18 23 33 39 60
2002-05-29	5	2nd	19 23 34 37 52 58
2002-05-11	5	1st	23 24 29 47 53 55
2002-04-20	2	4th	2 14 22 23 37 60
2002-04-13	3	2nd	19 23 30 46 55 60
2002-04-03	9	3rd	10 15 23 30 43 57
2002-03-02	6	4th	5 16 22 23 43 56
2002-02-06	1	2nd	7 23 33 43 57 59
2002-02-02	2	2nd	14 23 24 26 41 51
2002-01-26	2	1st	23 28 29 34 42 44
2002-01-19	2	4th	2 4 14 23 37 51
2002-01-12	2	5th	5 7 14 21 23 51
2002-01-05	1	2nd	21 23 40 44 51 52
2001-12-29	6	5th	1 3 4 21 23 53
2001-12-05	7	5th	12 16 17 19 23 48
2001-11-10	14	2nd	14 23 30 41 47 50
2001-09-22	6	3rd	5 22 23 24 34 60
2001-09-01	10	2nd	13 23 24 34 45 53
2001-07-28	3	3rd	9 14 23 24 33 36
2001-07-07	6	2nd	4 23 31 47 58 59
2001-05-26	7	3rd	10 17 23 27 47 52
2001-04-07	15	2nd	2 23 38 46 48 54
2000-12-23	4	2nd	15 23 30 34 49 55
2000-11-25	4	3rd	3 10 23 30 34 46
2000-10-28	24	4th	11 16 20 23 32 47
2000-05-13	6	1st	23 26 28 36 42 49
2000-04-01	5	3rd	3 9 23 30 32 35
2000-02-26	10	2nd	15 23 24 25 47 57
1999-12-18	7	4th	1 8 18 23 35 40
1999-10-31	5	4th	1 3 5 23 41 58
1999-09-25	6	2nd	14 23 24 25 26 51
1999-08-14	1	2nd	6 23 29 39 51 60
1999-08-07	5	3rd	5 6 23 26 27 53
1999-07-03	9	3rd	11 22 23 36 52 59
1999-05-01	3	3rd	10 19 23 35 39 56
1999-04-10	6	2nd	21 23 33 38 48 51
1999-02-27	9	2nd	17 23 42 49 52 55
1998-12-24	19	3rd	6 16 23 24 28 38
1998-08-15	36	5th	3 9 18 21 23 43
1997-12-07	11	4th	1 3 5 23 24 51
1997-09-21	1	2nd	10 23 41 47 54 60
1997-09-14	4	1st	23 28 37 40 48 51
1997-08-17	6	4th	8 17 18 23 33 53
1997-07-06	6	2nd	17 23 27 40 43 58
1997-05-25	9	3rd	8 12 23 50 54 60
1997-03-23	4	3rd	2 14 23 29 38 52
1997-02-23	5	2nd	17 23 24 25 42 47
1997-01-19	11	2nd	1 23 24 32 46 60
1996-11-03	17	4th	4 16 21 23 54 57
1996-07-08	4	1st	23 27 36 37 42 56
1996-06-10	—	3rd	2 16 23 27 47 53