Number 23

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · since Jul 2009 rules — 2,426 draws, 6 from 1–90.

140times drawn · chance expected 162 −1.77σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

17.2average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

72longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 140 times in 2,426 draws against 161.7 expected, −1.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 140 times in 2,426 draws · average wait 17.2 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 20 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 32.6
2nd smallest59 · chance 56.9
3rd smallest37 · chance 37.3
4th smallest12 · chance 11.5
5th smallest2 · chance 1.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 2 12 16 21 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 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 90. 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
2026-09-08	9	1st	23 26 41 52 59 85
2026-08-22	30	3rd	2 16 23 31 72 85
2026-07-02	10	4th	4 17 19 23 47 59
2026-06-13	58	2nd

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-17	1	2nd	2 23 24 42 46 88
2024-10-15	15	2nd	1 23 44 45 47 60
2022-12-24	2	2nd	9 23 29 69 72 81
2022-12-20	12	3rd	7 12 23 73 81 87
2022-11-22	3	3rd	14 22 23 35 41 64
2022-11-15	27	3rd	13 21 23 33 48 86
2022-09-13	6	5th	5 9 16 20 23 69
2022-08-30	21	3rd	6 11 23 45 57 75
2021-12-07	6	3rd	9 12 23 38 59 88
2021-11-23	5	3rd	6 17 23 24 43 72
2021-11-11	71	2nd	4 23 52 65 79 88
2021-05-29	8	1st	23 31 62 71 74 77
2021-05-11	72	1st	23 30 50 59 60 83
2020-11-24	33	4th	9 15 16 23 57 76
2020-09-08	18	1st	23 27 28 31 69 89
2020-07-28	20	1st	23 45 49 71 80 82
2020-06-11	3	3rd	1 7 23 47 68 69
2020-06-04	4	3rd	5 16 23 30 40 71
2020-05-26	21	2nd	10 23 27 46 68 74
2020-02-25	14	3rd	10 15 23 54 73 74
2020-01-23	7	3rd	15 20 23 69 72 81
2020-01-07	1	2nd	2 23 60 66 72 78
2020-01-04	19	1st	23 30 37 44 57 80
2019-11-21	53	1st	23 29 35 50 57 60
2019-07-20	14	2nd	2 23 29 51 79 84
2019-06-18	1	2nd	13 23 63 67 68 81
2019-06-15	1	2nd	4 23 43 47 74 82
2019-06-13	67	3rd	11 22 23 26 32 77
2019-01-08	10	1st	23 34 38 54 57 87
2018-12-15	19	2nd	5 23 36 42 47 79
2018-11-03	6	1st	23 35 40 79 86 87
2018-10-18	3	2nd	16 23 50 73 80 88
2018-10-11	12	2nd	20 23 39 50 62 68
2018-09-13	3	2nd	16 23 29 49 57 76
2018-09-06	2	2nd	2 23 34 52 76 87
2018-09-01	4	4th	1 4 19 23 55 68
2018-08-23	7	2nd	14 23 32 34 40 80
2018-08-07	1	4th	11 18 21 23 55 66
2018-08-04	2	1st	23 39 53 56 64 84
2018-07-31	13	1st	23 32 49 53 61 85
2018-06-30	32	3rd	9 13 23 32 45 54
2018-04-17	11	2nd	12 23 39 54 72 73
2018-03-22	9	2nd	20 23 29 37 39 72
2018-03-01	26	2nd	9 23 57 72 77 82
2017-12-30	53	3rd	6 17 23 46 52 53
2017-08-29	28	2nd	21 23 54 73 84 88
2017-06-24	14	4th	2 18 20 23 30 75
2017-05-23	65	3rd	10 18 23 34 61 75
2016-12-22	15	2nd	14 23 24 44 77 86
2016-11-17	9	3rd	2 20 23 41 44 59
2016-10-27	35	3rd	3 12 23 71 76 83
2016-08-06	17	1st	23 34 58 61 71 77
2016-06-28	31	2nd	5 23 44 59 60 83
2016-04-16	5	3rd	8 12 23 58 86 89
2016-04-05	45	2nd	12 23 28 32 42 85
2015-12-22	10	3rd	18 22 23 57 60 69
2015-11-28	22	2nd	20 23 28 51 65 81
2015-10-08	54	1st	23 32 33 55 84 90
2015-06-04	6	3rd	14 17 23 45 87 88
2015-05-21	22	3rd	17 21 23 51 65 87
2015-03-31	17	3rd	3 15 23 33 46 78
2015-02-19	11	1st	23 35 44 49 66 84
2015-01-24	4	2nd	22 23 24 59 63 81
2015-01-15	16	5th	2 5 7 12 23 42
2014-12-09	12	2nd	2 23 35 46 47 63
2014-11-11	3	1st	23 27 39 41 52 64
2014-11-04	21	3rd	13 18 23 29 58 88
2014-09-16	7	4th	1 15 16 23 24 52
2014-08-30	43	1st	23 38 43 46 60 75
2014-05-22	52	2nd	8 23 48 56 59 78
2014-01-21	14	2nd	5 23 35 54 56 62
2013-12-19	15	2nd	10 23 27 39 70 82
2013-11-14	7	1st	23 45 54 61 69 75
2013-10-29	23	2nd	12 23 49 53 67 83
2013-09-05	23	2nd	15 23 45 70 81 82
2013-07-13	53	1st	23 49 52 65 67 76
2013-03-12	22	4th	7 10 22 23 41 77
2013-01-19	37	3rd	1 6 23 52 58 65
2012-10-25	13	2nd	15 23 51 52 77 90
2012-09-25	4	2nd	21 23 33 46 61 76
2012-09-15	14	2nd	21 23 32 35 36 72
2012-08-14	31	3rd	19 22 23 28 41 74
2012-06-04	6	4th	8 16 20 23 47 56
2012-05-19	21	2nd	1 23 27 33 37 85
2012-03-31	6	2nd	11 23 38 47 57 83
2012-03-17	4	2nd	12 23 54 68 84 89
2012-03-08	9	1st	23 37 47 79 80 83
2012-02-16	2	3rd	5 21 23 41 74 84
2012-02-11	5	1st	23 30 46 64 70 86
2012-01-31	36	2nd	16 23 28 33 43 86
2011-11-08	1	1st	23 52 71 74 78 86
2011-11-05	3	1st	23 44 46 59 74 80
2011-10-29	8	3rd	8 16 23 24 71 77
2011-10-11	7	1st	23 36 41 43 83 90
2011-09-24	2	2nd	4 23 56 71 76 78
2011-09-20	9	2nd	7 23 39 48 69 75
2011-08-30	5	2nd	12 23 32 35 52 55
2011-08-18	9	2nd	18 23 34 37 67 68
2011-07-28	42	2nd	21 23 25 65 67 78
2011-04-21	29	3rd	8 14 23 25 45 69
2011-02-12	10	4th	1 3 19 23 61 78
2011-01-20	27	2nd	4 23 35 54 72 88
2010-11-18	4	1st	23 32 33 47 63 81
2010-11-09	12	1st	23 37 41 51 62 74
2010-10-12	10	2nd	18 23 31 38 47 51
2010-09-18	31	2nd	4 23 24 35 77 79
2010-07-08	28	1st	23 25 43 50 51 61
2010-05-04	14	3rd	5 15 23 39 43 49
2010-04-01	27	1st	23 25 37 38 50 86
2010-01-28	1	2nd	21 23 25 27 36 84
2010-01-26	1	4th	6 15 18 23 53 62
2010-01-23	9	2nd	2 23 24 70 81 90
2010-01-02	7	2nd	10 23 47 63 70 81
2009-12-17	31	2nd	1 23 32 53 66 83
2009-10-06	28	1st	23 24 49 69 70 72
2009-08-01	—	3rd	17 21 23 31 33 37