Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

215times drawn · chance expected 203 +0.89σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

42longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 215 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, +0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 37 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 215 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 3 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 2.3
2nd smallest21 · chance 19.6
3rd smallest55 · chance 58.7
4th smallest81 · chance 78.2
5th smallest48 · chance 46.4
6th smallest10 · chance 9.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 2 13 19 30 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-30	6	4th	1 8 19 23 25 30
2026-09-09	1	4th	4 7 20 23 33 34
2026-09-05	31	4th	3 14 16 23 31 34
2026-05-20	23	6th	8 10

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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