Number 23

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

238times drawn · chance expected 214 +1.72σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

33longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 238 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, +1.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 34 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 238 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest15 · chance 9.1
2nd smallest46 · chance 45.7
3rd smallest84 · chance 83.5
4th smallest70 · chance 69.6
5th smallest19 · chance 26.4
6th smallest4 · chance 3.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 48 41 20 45 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-10	2	3rd	12 18 23 27 28 45
2026-10-03	10	4th	1 4 7 23 28 37
2026-08-29	21	3rd	16 20 23 24 25 33
2026-06-17	14

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-06	5	5th	2 11 18 21 23 25
2024-10-19	3	4th	2 12 20 23 28 41
2024-10-09	3	3rd	20 22 23 36 46 47
2024-09-28	18	3rd	7 15 23 29 41 46
2024-07-27	2	2nd	5 23 26 33 36 39
2024-07-20	7	4th	5 12 15 23 37 42
2024-06-26	1	4th	2 7 10 23 25 29
2024-06-22	11	2nd	20 23 29 34 37 43
2024-05-15	7	3rd	13 17 23 24 40 48
2024-04-20	3	3rd	9 14 23 26 30 43
2024-04-10	21	4th	11 12 17 23 38 46
2024-01-27	7	4th	8 11 13 23 24 36
2024-01-03	1	3rd	2 12 23 30 32 35
2023-12-30	13	3rd	7 18 23 28 31 48
2023-11-15	7	3rd	16 20 23 32 37 39
2023-10-21	2	5th	1 12 17 19 23 39
2023-10-14	16	3rd	15 17 23 32 37 47
2023-08-19	11	2nd	22 23 25 35 36 41
2023-07-12	1	4th	9 18 22 23 28 46
2023-07-08	8	3rd	10 11 23 30 44 49
2023-06-10	3	2nd	14 23 26 31 32 42
2023-05-31	3	3rd	9 22 23 25 30 37
2023-05-20	4	3rd	4 6 23 27 41 48
2023-05-06	7	3rd	3 19 23 30 37 42
2023-04-12	3	4th	9 10 19 23 32 37
2023-04-01	10	3rd	5 11 23 31 45 49
2023-02-25	7	2nd	2 23 24 25 39 40
2023-02-01	13	3rd	8 22 23 24 34 38
2022-12-17	3	4th	11 18 20 23 29 42
2022-12-07	8	2nd	22 23 38 41 44 48
2022-11-09	4	2nd	21 23 30 34 41 49
2022-10-26	12	3rd	10 15 23 38 39 45
2022-09-14	5	5th	7 8 14 22 23 39
2022-08-27	10	5th	9 12 19 20 23 28
2022-07-23	2	2nd	6 23 24 26 39 42
2022-07-16	6	3rd	8 19 23 34 37 44
2022-06-25	27	3rd	9 14 23 36 38 44
2022-03-23	13	4th	8 11 12 23 29 36
2022-02-05	1	5th	2 9 12 14 23 24
2022-02-02	7	4th	3 7 9 23 26 32
2022-01-08	9	3rd	6 18 23 31 46 48
2021-12-08	3	1st	23 25 26 36 40 49
2021-11-27	3	4th	6 7 14 23 35 41
2021-11-17	2	4th	3 4 18 23 27 28
2021-11-10	3	5th	2 7 18 19 23 25
2021-10-30	31	4th	3 5 7 23 42 46
2021-07-14	8	4th	2 9 19 23 26 30
2021-06-16	12	2nd	16 23 32 33 37 45
2021-05-05	4	3rd	5 22 23 26 43 46
2021-04-21	2	3rd	15 18 23 32 38 47
2021-04-14	2	4th	4 6 12 23 36 47
2021-04-07	19	1st	23 31 34 38 39 41
2021-01-30	1	2nd	3 23 26 35 42 44
2021-01-27	2	3rd	12 17 23 36 44 49
2021-01-20	4	4th	2 5 18 23 29 47
2021-01-06	11	2nd	15 23 30 31 32 42
2020-11-28	5	4th	3 4 16 23 26 44
2020-11-11	9	4th	6 14 18 23 31 47
2020-10-10	7	2nd	6 23 24 29 36 38
2020-09-16	4	3rd	6 12 23 29 44 46
2020-09-02	2	4th	1 5 15 23 25 31
2020-08-26	5	4th	6 8 20 23 35 39
2020-08-08	1	4th	1 20 21 23 40 46
2020-08-05	5	3rd	3 14 23 30 38 43
2020-07-18	7	2nd	5 23 37 40 44 45
2020-06-24	10	3rd	6 16 23 39 47 48
2020-05-20	9	2nd	8 23 25 34 37 47
2020-04-18	3	3rd	1 10 23 32 46 48
2020-04-08	7	4th	9 13 21 23 30 32
2020-03-14	7	3rd	1 2 23 27 31 32
2020-02-19	1	4th	5 6 13 23 44 49
2020-02-15	5	4th	7 8 11 23 27 30
2020-01-29	4	4th	3 14 16 23 41 43
2020-01-15	3	3rd	1 17 23 25 26 34
2020-01-04	1	1st	23 24 36 42 45 46
2020-01-01	5	2nd	11 23 30 35 39 43
2019-12-14	13	4th	9 12 17 23 41 44
2019-10-30	12	1st	23 30 33 34 41 45
2019-09-18	28	4th	3 10 15 23 45 47
2019-06-12	12	2nd	22 23 31 38 47 48
2019-05-01	5	1st	23 27 28 34 38 43
2019-04-13	1	4th	4 5 15 23 38 45
2019-04-10	5	3rd	10 16 23 38 39 48
2019-03-23	4	5th	3 6 20 22 23 24
2019-03-09	5	2nd	22 23 26 34 42 46
2019-02-20	20	3rd	21 22 23 30 33 43
2018-12-12	2	3rd	10 13 23 27 31 42
2018-12-05	3	4th	11 13 18 23 26 46
2018-11-24	3	3rd	9 10 23 37 45 49
2018-11-14	6	4th	5 10 20 23 35 42
2018-10-24	4	4th	4 11 19 23 24 34
2018-10-10	1	6th	3 15 16 20 22 23
2018-10-06	5	2nd	20 23 24 33 37 48
2018-09-19	6	5th	3 9 15 17 23 45
2018-08-29	24	4th	7 8 14 23 35 40
2018-06-06	3	3rd	10 15 23 38 40 41
2018-05-26	32	4th	12 13 16 23 39 44
2018-02-03	7	4th	10 13 16 23 36 44
2018-01-10	3	4th	9 10 19 23 28 49
2017-12-30	12	3rd	8 12 23 25 45 47
2017-11-18	5	5th	9 16 18 22 23 40
2017-11-01	10	2nd	1 23 29 32 45 49
2017-09-27	8	5th	2 16 19 20 23 34
2017-08-30	6	2nd	21 23 31 33 36 38
2017-08-09	18	2nd	16 23 28 38 41 43
2017-06-07	11	3rd	16 19 23 30 33 40
2017-04-29	4	2nd	10 23 26 40 45 46
2017-04-15	10	4th	11 19 22 23 41 46
2017-03-11	4	4th	6 10 11 23 42 47
2017-02-25	8	2nd	21 23 31 33 38 42
2017-01-28	2	3rd	9 10 23 28 41 47
2017-01-21	4	3rd	8 22 23 36 40 42
2017-01-07	1	5th	1 10 18 19 23 27
2017-01-04	3	4th	2 11 13 23 35 48
2016-12-24	26	3rd	15 20 23 27 39 48
2016-09-24	6	4th	2 5 17 23 33 47
2016-09-03	9	5th	1 15 17 20 23 43
2016-08-03	1	1st	23 30 38 40 43 45
2016-07-30	6	6th	4 5 9 19 22 23
2016-07-09	9	1st	23 28 30 32 42 44
2016-06-08	2	2nd	6 23 34 35 38 44
2016-06-01	6	4th	2 10 14 23 26 31
2016-05-11	8	2nd	4 23 25 36 47 48
2016-04-13	13	3rd	10 14 23 41 42 47
2016-02-27	7	4th	4 11 20 23 41 45
2016-02-03	13	2nd	20 23 34 38 43 47
2015-12-19	10	4th	4 15 20 23 27 49
2015-11-14	9	3rd	5 8 23 39 41 48
2015-10-14	12	1st	23 31 32 34 35 44
2015-09-02	8	3rd	14 16 23 28 46 48
2015-08-05	9	2nd	8 23 29 34 35 48
2015-07-04	11	3rd	20 22 23 24 39 41
2015-05-27	1	1st	23 27 36 41 43 47
2015-05-23	6	2nd	8 23 24 31 35 44
2015-05-02	2	4th	2 8 17 23 40 42
2015-04-25	4	3rd	7 13 23 25 40 41
2015-04-11	4	4th	5 8 22 23 27 37
2015-03-28	10	4th	12 15 21 23 40 48
2015-02-21	12	5th	3 4 9 14 23 48
2015-01-10	8	3rd	1 11 23 25 27 30
2014-12-13	8	2nd	14 23 25 31 33 38
2014-11-15	3	3rd	1 3 23 35 41 46
2014-11-05	3	1st	23 29 31 38 40 42
2014-10-25	10	3rd	10 20 23 31 33 45
2014-09-20	33	4th	4 10 20 23 27 45
2014-05-28	2	2nd	13 23 28 31 34 38
2014-05-21	3	1st	23 34 43 44 47 49
2014-05-10	10	2nd	16 23 33 36 48 49
2014-04-05	10	4th	13 16 17 23 27 37
2014-03-01	10	4th	3 8 16 23 34 44
2014-01-25	4	4th	6 15 22 23 41 43
2014-01-11	4	5th	3 11 15 21 23 33
2013-12-28	1	3rd	13 20 23 34 38 46
2013-12-25	6	3rd	4 18 23 32 34 47
2013-12-04	2	4th	10 12 16 23 41 42
2013-11-27	11	4th	8 9 15 23 40 48
2013-10-19	1	4th	3 4 6 23 33 44
2013-10-16	8	6th	3 10 17 18 19 23
2013-09-18	11	3rd	13 22 23 31 35 45
2013-08-10	10	2nd	8 23 25 32 33 48
2013-07-06	3	2nd	21 23 24 33 38 44
2013-06-26	1	3rd	1 3 23 33 40 48
2013-06-22	1	5th	3 4 5 12 23 33
2013-06-19	12	2nd	8 23 25 28 34 39
2013-05-08	22	3rd	12 21 23 24 38 46
2013-02-20	4	1st	23 31 41 45 46 49
2013-02-06	2	3rd	4 18 23 25 39 43
2013-01-30	1	4th	1 14 21 23 29 46
2013-01-26	22	1st	23 27 35 40 43 44
2012-11-10	3	3rd	6 22 23 41 44 49
2012-10-31	4	4th	4 8 17 23 34 47
2012-10-17	12	4th	4 20 22 23 42 44
2012-09-05	5	3rd	15 21 23 26 28 48
2012-08-18	4	4th	7 14 15 23 35 37
2012-08-04	20	3rd	3 8 23 25 29 47
2012-05-26	15	1st	23 31 33 38 46 49
2012-04-04	3	2nd	18 23 25 26 45 48
2012-03-24	1	3rd	11 20 23 28 40 45
2012-03-21	12	1st	23 27 32 37 38 45
2012-02-08	2	3rd	7 22 23 26 40 48
2012-02-01	18	5th	2 7 9 18 23 38
2011-11-30	1	3rd	12 15 23 36 43 47
2011-11-26	19	3rd	2 18 23 35 47 48
2011-09-21	1	2nd	1 23 30 38 45 48
2011-09-17	9	4th	15 17 19 23 27 38
2011-08-17	6	3rd	7 18 23 24 27 32
2011-07-27	1	4th	2 3 15 23 41 46
2011-07-23	1	4th	3 5 11 23 33 34
2011-07-20	1	3rd	2 21 23 30 34 42
2011-07-16	2	3rd	2 12 23 35 39 49
2011-07-09	3	3rd	4 7 23 31 33 36
2011-06-29	1	3rd	3 15 23 33 39 47
2011-06-25	7	3rd	4 17 23 31 45 48
2011-06-01	7	2nd	18 23 27 44 46 47
2011-05-07	8	2nd	2 23 24 27 36 48
2011-04-09	1	2nd	17 23 24 40 45 48
2011-04-06	7	3rd	1 3 23 26 35 38
2011-03-12	15	4th	6 9 17 23 26 36
2011-01-19	7	5th	7 13 18 21 23 24
2010-12-25	8	3rd	2 12 23 26 27 31
2010-11-27	2	3rd	4 13 23 24 37 47
2010-11-20	7	4th	1 10 13 23 41 43
2010-10-27	4	4th	2 16 20 23 33 43
2010-10-13	3	3rd	2 3 23 29 34 36
2010-10-02	14	4th	7 13 18 23 26 27
2010-08-14	24	4th	9 20 22 23 26 44
2010-05-22	12	4th	7 8 19 23 30 46
2010-04-10	11	3rd	7 9 23 25 27 41
2010-03-03	1	3rd	10 19 23 24 33 38
2010-02-27	2	4th	4 6 14 23 25 36
2010-02-20	2	5th	13 15 18 20 23 26
2010-02-13	2	3rd	1 9 23 28 37 39
2010-02-06	9	6th	4 12 14 15 21 23
2010-01-06	—	4th	10 12 15 23 26 44