Number 23

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

109times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.67σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

64longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 13 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 smallest10 · chance 9.0
2nd smallest32 · chance 30.8
3rd smallest33 · chance 39.2
4th smallest27 · chance 23.1
5th smallest7 · chance 6.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

54 2 36 37 7 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-22	2	4th	3 9 12 23 32 53
2026-07-15	6	5th	4 13 14 17 23 31
2026-06-24	7	4th	7 8 12 23 28 43
2026-05-30	4	5th	4 17

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-18	11	4th	3 11 22 23 32 47
2023-10-11	8	5th	3 8 15 18 23 25
2023-09-13	6	3rd	7 10 23 29 31 42
2023-08-23	6	3rd	13 16 23 32 37 57
2023-08-02	7	4th	5 10 21 23 35 49
2023-07-08	7	4th	6 15 18 23 24 59
2023-06-14	11	4th	2 16 21 23 47 56
2023-05-06	21	2nd	3 23 33 36 54 55
2023-02-22	5	4th	11 13 15 23 34 39
2023-02-04	2	3rd	2 5 23 27 31 58
2023-01-28	1	4th	5 8 20 23 30 50
2023-01-25	2	4th	4 7 19 23 50 58
2023-01-18	11	2nd	11 23 26 36 37 44
2022-12-10	19	4th	14 17 19 23 34 51
2022-10-05	27	1st	23 31 36 48 51 54
2022-07-02	2	2nd	9 23 33 43 48 53
2022-06-25	5	2nd	13 23 25 31 43 52
2022-06-08	18	2nd	11 23 25 38 53 58
2022-04-06	6	3rd	3 17 23 24 30 49
2022-03-16	1	3rd	14 20 23 28 33 54
2022-03-12	24	4th	7 13 21 23 39 44
2021-12-18	17	2nd	12 23 27 45 51 54
2021-10-20	24	1st	23 27 29 37 43 47
2021-07-28	22	1st	23 26 34 36 44 59
2021-05-12	1	3rd	10 17 23 40 51 52
2021-05-08	6	3rd	10 12 23 31 37 46
2021-04-17	7	5th	7 8 18 21 23 57
2021-03-24	6	3rd	2 3 23 27 40 50
2021-03-03	15	4th	2 3 8 23 40 54
2021-01-09	14	3rd	9 21 23 30 35 38
2020-11-21	20	1st	23 32 37 49 54 57
2020-09-12	6	2nd	5 23 36 37 42 52
2020-08-22	9	2nd	19 23 24 28 37 51
2020-07-22	16	4th	2 7 11 23 37 45
2020-05-27	6	4th	4 7 19 23 34 38
2020-05-06	1	1st	23 29 32 48 49 51
2020-05-02	20	3rd	14 18 23 39 44 52
2020-02-22	7	2nd	21 23 25 27 36 47
2020-01-29	2	2nd	7 23 40 42 47 59
2020-01-22	4	2nd	19 23 25 29 30 36
2020-01-08	3	2nd	2 23 42 47 50 59
2019-12-28	4	4th	1 2 12 23 41 55
2019-12-14	6	3rd	2 21 23 32 44 49
2019-11-23	8	1st	23 25 28 38 47 58
2019-10-26	4	2nd	16 23 26 38 56 59
2019-10-12	4	1st	23 27 30 36 40 42
2019-09-28	2	4th	2 19 21 23 29 42
2019-09-21	12	2nd	18 23 32 33 34 41
2019-08-10	6	5th	5 8 9 17 23 29
2019-07-20	13	3rd	14 18 23 28 36 37
2019-06-05	5	3rd	11 20 23 32 33 56
2019-05-18	5	3rd	7 22 23 26 31 54
2019-05-01	4	3rd	10 12 23 29 35 57
2019-04-17	37	2nd	8 23 28 42 43 51
2018-12-08	1	2nd	6 23 36 38 43 48
2018-12-05	17	4th	1 6 13 23 45 56
2018-10-06	9	1st	23 26 30 32 37 39
2018-09-05	2	4th	12 18 22 23 48 59
2018-08-29	7	2nd	19 23 30 50 51 54
2018-08-04	3	3rd	5 17 23 25 34 51
2018-07-25	64	4th	5 19 20 23 30 43
2017-12-13	11	3rd	6 14 23 24 43 58
2017-11-04	37	3rd	6 20 23 29 35 53
2017-06-28	4	4th	2 10 21 23 54 56
2017-06-14	4	4th	2 4 14 23 34 46
2017-05-31	5	2nd	18 23 28 52 56 59
2017-05-13	8	5th	7 14 15 21 23 57
2017-04-15	2	5th	8 10 16 19 23 31
2017-04-08	2	2nd	14 23 36 45 47 50
2017-04-01	6	4th	1 2 11 23 25 54
2017-03-11	7	3rd	6 15 23 29 55 57
2017-02-15	1	2nd	17 23 28 38 47 56
2017-02-11	1	3rd	15 18 23 42 43 52
2017-02-08	3	2nd	7 23 41 44 49 54
2017-01-28	1	3rd	5 21 23 34 43 45
2017-01-25	38	4th	4 9 20 23 37 53
2016-09-14	5	2nd	16 23 35 42 44 58
2016-08-27	25	4th	5 10 22 23 34 54
2016-06-01	5	1st	23 27 36 39 41 49
2016-05-14	1	3rd	9 12 23 24 32 51
2016-05-11	25	3rd	13 22 23 33 49 54
2016-02-13	3	3rd	15 16 23 39 48 59
2016-02-03	22	1st	23 25 34 36 37 54
2015-11-18	1	2nd	9 23 30 46 49 55
2015-11-14	—	2nd	2 23 39 54 55 57