Number 23

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2013 rules — 1,643 draws, 6 from 1–49.

202times drawn · chance expected 201 +0.06σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

34longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 202 times in 1,643 draws against 201.2 expected, +0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 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 202 times in 1,643 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 18 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 smallest7 · chance 7.8
2nd smallest40 · chance 38.8
3rd smallest66 · chance 70.9
4th smallest67 · chance 59.0
5th smallest19 · chance 22.4
6th smallest3 · chance 3.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 37 1 16 12 11

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
2026-08-31	3	4th	5 17 20 23 31 41
2026-08-24	4	3rd	5 8 23 28 29 38
2026-08-15	2	4th	8 13 17 23 33 47
2026-08-10	6	3rd	12

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.

2025-06-16	6	3rd	12 16 23 25 33 39
2025-06-02	2	3rd	7 20 23 38 40 45
2025-05-29	3	4th	1 3 10 23 35 38
2025-05-22	2	5th	1 15 16 18 23 41
2025-05-17	3	3rd	1 16 23 24 29 44
2025-05-10	7	4th	1 8 13 23 31 39
2025-04-24	4	3rd	10 20 23 30 37 39
2025-04-14	5	3rd	1 22 23 32 34 35
2025-04-03	18	5th	4 8 9 14 23 45
2025-02-20	6	3rd	10 19 23 36 39 45
2025-02-06	20	5th	11 14 15 16 23 25
2024-12-21	1	4th	4 7 21 23 31 46
2024-12-19	15	2nd	1 23 36 38 40 41
2024-11-14	5	4th	7 14 15 23 24 39
2024-11-02	7	3rd	6 14 23 32 35 49
2024-10-17	4	3rd	7 17 23 26 37 47
2024-10-07	8	3rd	8 22 23 26 34 36
2024-09-19	2	3rd	4 12 23 38 44 46
2024-09-14	3	4th	9 11 19 23 44 46
2024-09-07	19	4th	1 10 12 23 33 41
2024-07-25	5	3rd	7 10 23 28 29 32
2024-07-13	19	5th	5 6 7 13 23 48
2024-05-30	19	4th	5 11 19 23 29 41
2024-04-15	3	3rd	18 21 23 24 30 32
2024-04-08	2	4th	15 16 19 23 39 43
2024-04-04	5	3rd	3 9 23 31 34 37
2024-03-23	9	2nd	5 23 27 30 32 46
2024-03-02	7	4th	2 10 22 23 33 42
2024-02-15	6	3rd	10 13 23 33 36 45
2024-02-01	3	3rd	8 14 23 33 35 42
2024-01-25	10	3rd	14 18 23 26 32 41
2024-01-01	2	2nd	19 23 33 41 45 49
2023-12-28	8	3rd	3 11 23 45 47 48
2023-12-09	10	5th	5 8 20 21 23 24
2023-11-16	4	3rd	5 10 23 26 33 40
2023-11-06	17	2nd	4 23 26 31 35 47
2023-09-28	10	3rd	1 14 23 32 39 47
2023-09-04	16	2nd	19 23 28 37 41 46
2023-07-29	2	2nd	16 23 26 33 40 41
2023-07-24	7	4th	5 13 15 23 29 35
2023-07-08	14	5th	1 16 20 21 23 26
2023-06-05	6	4th	9 18 20 23 38 49
2023-05-22	17	4th	1 5 14 23 30 41
2023-04-13	2	2nd	9 23 24 26 36 42
2023-04-08	9	2nd	19 23 30 37 42 47
2023-03-18	1	3rd	2 21 23 28 34 45
2023-03-16	2	2nd	14 23 28 40 42 45
2023-03-11	4	4th	3 16 19 23 37 44
2023-03-02	18	3rd	16 17 23 37 44 48
2023-01-19	7	2nd	15 23 27 36 39 48
2023-01-02	1	1st	23 25 27 42 44 46
2022-12-31	4	5th	7 8 20 22 23 47
2022-12-22	15	4th	3 16 20 23 40 41
2022-11-17	6	4th	2 20 22 23 38 47
2022-11-03	7	5th	6 8 13 20 23 41
2022-10-17	6	1st	23 29 32 39 40 41
2022-10-03	9	2nd	13 23 24 32 35 39
2022-09-12	12	3rd	6 7 23 29 43 49
2022-08-15	16	3rd	3 12 23 40 41 43
2022-07-09	3	5th	17 18 21 22 23 44
2022-06-30	2	3rd	12 21 23 30 40 49
2022-06-23	2	3rd	1 13 23 29 37 47
2022-06-16	9	3rd	5 11 23 25 29 46
2022-05-14	2	2nd	16 23 29 33 38 47
2022-05-07	8	5th	8 16 18 21 23 41
2022-04-09	9	4th	11 17 21 23 29 35
2022-03-10	1	2nd	9 23 25 31 45 48
2022-03-05	8	5th	10 12 14 19 23 46
2022-02-05	13	2nd	21 23 36 37 40 46
2021-12-23	24	3rd	15 17 23 32 44 45
2021-09-30	1	4th	2 10 14 23 36 44
2021-09-25	1	3rd	10 14 23 38 42 48
2021-09-23	5	3rd	12 20 23 27 29 42
2021-09-04	15	4th	2 4 8 23 33 44
2021-07-15	9	3rd	5 19 23 34 36 37
2021-06-12	9	3rd	1 19 23 31 38 48
2021-05-13	3	3rd	3 14 23 29 35 48
2021-05-01	3	2nd	15 23 29 33 37 41
2021-04-22	2	4th	8 15 19 23 27 33
2021-04-15	7	4th	14 19 20 23 24 29
2021-03-20	24	3rd	11 13 23 24 41 42
2020-12-26	2	3rd	16 20 23 31 38 43
2020-12-19	19	6th	4 6 9 11 19 23
2020-10-15	10	4th	1 10 13 23 42 48
2020-09-10	8	1st	23 29 30 36 37 43
2020-08-13	2	5th	1 4 6 17 23 26
2020-08-06	18	2nd	18 23 33 35 36 41
2020-06-04	3	6th	9 12 16 21 22 23
2020-05-23	9	6th	1 8 9 14 21 23
2020-02-20	9	4th	3 15 18 23 31 39
2020-01-18	2	4th	7 12 17 23 33 37
2020-01-11	19	4th	13 14 15 23 24 41
2019-11-07	3	3rd	10 12 23 26 41 46
2019-10-26	29	3rd	2 6 23 36 37 46
2019-07-18	5	2nd	18 23 24 33 45 48
2019-06-29	6	3rd	7 14 23 27 31 45
2019-06-08	21	2nd	5 23 25 28 30 42
2019-03-28	4	4th	1 7 10 23 38 47
2019-03-14	1	4th	10 16 17 23 27 43
2019-03-09	11	2nd	3 23 25 37 43 46
2019-01-31	8	3rd	5 7 23 25 33 42
2019-01-03	2	3rd	7 13 23 40 41 49
2018-12-27	11	2nd	1 23 29 31 35 42
2018-11-17	4	3rd	2 14 23 29 30 39
2018-11-03	15	4th	1 8 16 23 36 43
2018-09-13	34	3rd	2 11 23 24 43 49
2018-05-17	1	1st	23 24 25 26 32 35
2018-05-12	1	4th	3 9 15 23 27 37
2018-05-10	10	4th	1 11 22 23 38 39
2018-04-05	3	3rd	11 16 23 31 47 49
2018-03-24	9	4th	17 18 21 23 27 48
2018-02-22	9	4th	4 8 11 23 34 35
2018-01-20	19	2nd	15 23 28 36 39 47
2017-11-16	9	5th	5 10 11 13 23 41
2017-10-14	2	2nd	16 23 26 35 45 47
2017-10-07	1	3rd	1 20 23 41 45 47
2017-10-05	3	3rd	5 12 23 26 33 48
2017-09-23	1	4th	9 15 18 23 37 41
2017-09-21	2	4th	14 15 20 23 26 48
2017-09-14	5	5th	4 7 16 18 23 36
2017-08-26	8	3rd	7 19 23 28 42 49
2017-07-29	4	2nd	20 23 35 43 44 47
2017-07-15	12	2nd	11 23 32 42 46 47
2017-06-03	9	5th	9 12 13 22 23 43
2017-05-04	30	4th	9 11 17 23 28 36
2017-01-19	4	3rd	1 6 23 32 39 48
2017-01-05	20	4th	3 9 12 23 27 49
2016-10-27	6	4th	2 4 22 23 32 35
2016-10-06	26	3rd	3 19 23 26 30 41
2016-07-07	12	4th	7 15 20 23 29 34
2016-05-26	4	4th	3 11 13 23 32 47
2016-05-12	14	3rd	18 22 23 25 42 44
2016-03-24	3	4th	1 12 13 23 40 43
2016-03-12	13	3rd	12 17 23 27 37 40
2016-01-28	16	2nd	6 23 30 33 37 44
2015-12-03	6	3rd	12 20 23 24 44 48
2015-11-12	9	2nd	10 23 25 31 40 46
2015-10-10	7	4th	7 11 22 23 26 30
2015-09-17	3	3rd	16 17 23 24 39 42
2015-09-05	5	4th	5 17 21 23 42 46
2015-08-20	11	4th	3 10 12 23 35 39
2015-07-11	23	4th	12 20 22 23 30 44
2015-04-23	3	4th	2 14 16 23 31 49
2015-04-11	5	2nd	9 23 24 28 35 41
2015-03-26	1	2nd	11 23 35 38 46 49
2015-03-21	1	4th	4 5 11 23 40 44
2015-03-19	5	4th	1 11 15 23 27 30
2015-02-28	8	4th	7 8 22 23 30 48
2015-01-31	9	3rd	8 13 23 38 42 48
2015-01-01	1	3rd	11 16 23 32 34 49
2014-12-27	7	4th	1 10 21 23 33 47
2014-12-04	11	4th	9 18 22 23 34 35
2014-10-25	15	3rd	8 15 23 35 36 37
2014-09-04	2	2nd	17 23 29 30 31 37
2014-08-28	12	1st	23 27 30 37 39 46
2014-07-17	18	3rd	4 18 23 26 28 37
2014-05-15	1	4th	3 14 18 23 28 45
2014-05-10	3	4th	5 15 17 23 33 37
2014-05-01	4	2nd	9 23 27 33 38 44
2014-04-17	10	4th	9 11 14 23 28 47
2014-03-13	1	4th	3 12 22 23 25 43
2014-03-08	9	3rd	11 20 23 28 31 43
2014-02-06	14	2nd	4 23 32 36 37 46
2013-12-19	1	2nd	16 23 33 38 47 49
2013-12-14	6	3rd	12 16 23 27 28 41
2013-11-23	14	4th	7 12 15 23 39 46
2013-10-05	3	4th	6 7 12 23 37 49
2013-09-26	14	2nd	20 23 28 29 36 37
2013-08-08	3	4th	8 16 22 23 32 48
2013-07-27	1	3rd	6 7 23 26 31 49
2013-07-25	3	4th	8 10 11 23 28 38
2013-07-13	4	5th	1 2 4 17 23 31
2013-06-29	18	4th	4 9 17 23 34 38
2013-04-27	15	5th	1 6 10 16 23 36
2013-03-07	2	1st	23 25 29 36 37 48
2013-02-28	12	3rd	14 22 23 26 27 29
2013-01-17	4	2nd	1 23 30 41 43 49
2013-01-03	—	3rd	3 15 23 26 34 38