Number 23

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

165times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.65σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

52longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 165 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −1.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 165 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest5 · chance 10.7
2nd smallest43 · chance 45.0
3rd smallest65 · chance 64.5
4th smallest43 · chance 37.4
5th smallest9 · chance 7.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 1 39 11 13 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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	1 5 23 34 47
2026-10-03	1	3rd	14 19 23 26 33
2026-09-30	15	4th	2 10 12 23 39
2026-08-08	10	2nd	1 23

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-30	19	3rd	3 13 23 36 41
2024-08-24	11	3rd	15 20 23 24 46
2024-07-17	6	3rd	5 14 23 24 29
2024-06-26	2	3rd	5 16 23 35 46
2024-06-19	8	2nd	22 23 32 38 41
2024-05-22	3	4th	2 6 13 23 32
2024-05-11	34	3rd	2 10 23 30 34
2024-01-13	21	3rd	1 2 23 41 44
2023-11-01	3	3rd	8 10 23 26 45
2023-10-21	22	2nd	13 23 33 34 37
2023-08-05	6	3rd	17 19 23 31 33
2023-07-15	11	2nd	17 23 25 36 38
2023-06-07	2	4th	6 14 16 23 27
2023-05-31	4	4th	1 17 21 23 30
2023-05-17	6	3rd	1 11 23 35 37
2023-04-26	34	4th	4 7 11 23 46
2022-12-28	2	2nd	11 23 28 30 43
2022-12-21	23	4th	1 3 17 23 42
2022-10-01	2	3rd	3 22 23 31 44
2022-09-24	13	4th	6 12 21 23 36
2022-08-10	9	4th	3 11 21 23 45
2022-07-09	21	4th	2 17 19 23 39
2022-04-27	21	4th	3 11 13 23 34
2022-02-12	19	3rd	2 10 23 42 44
2021-12-08	27	3rd	4 6 23 41 46
2021-09-04	25	3rd	9 11 23 30 43
2021-06-09	2	3rd	1 14 23 42 44
2021-06-02	1	2nd	9 23 27 28 41
2021-05-29	1	3rd	7 9 23 37 42
2021-05-26	19	4th	1 6 8 23 42
2021-03-20	18	2nd	3 23 27 34 37
2021-01-16	7	4th	4 13 15 23 31
2020-12-23	11	4th	1 12 15 23 33
2020-11-14	13	3rd	12 13 23 31 36
2020-09-30	3	2nd	3 23 28 46 47
2020-09-19	2	5th	4 5 13 22 23
2020-09-12	10	4th	3 8 19 23 32
2020-08-08	24	3rd	15 20 23 37 41
2020-05-16	1	3rd	3 9 23 27 35
2020-05-13	42	5th	4 10 20 22 23
2019-12-18	10	4th	1 4 11 23 36
2019-11-13	5	3rd	9 12 23 27 43
2019-10-26	11	5th	8 11 16 19 23
2019-09-18	3	4th	5 7 22 23 27
2019-09-07	12	4th	8 18 20 23 43
2019-07-27	13	4th	8 10 22 23 27
2019-06-12	8	3rd	10 16 23 24 34
2019-05-15	8	3rd	5 22 23 27 38
2019-04-17	3	2nd	5 23 27 31 46
2019-04-06	6	2nd	1 23 29 33 42
2019-03-16	6	3rd	2 21 23 28 45
2019-02-23	8	3rd	15 21 23 26 34
2019-01-26	2	3rd	10 16 23 31 34
2019-01-19	4	4th	2 10 20 23 32
2019-01-05	14	4th	3 8 17 23 46
2018-11-17	4	2nd	20 23 34 45 46
2018-11-03	2	2nd	14 23 31 33 39
2018-10-27	3	3rd	1 8 23 28 38
2018-10-17	1	5th	3 11 16 22 23
2018-10-13	4	2nd	3 23 30 38 40
2018-09-29	9	3rd	7 11 23 25 37
2018-08-29	5	2nd	10 23 28 38 39
2018-08-11	3	2nd	11 23 24 28 46
2018-08-01	9	3rd	1 4 23 35 44
2018-06-30	2	3rd	1 22 23 26 36
2018-06-23	7	5th	2 6 9 13 23
2018-05-30	30	3rd	14 17 23 25 46
2018-02-14	52	3rd	8 15 23 26 46
2017-08-16	22	1st	23 31 34 43 47
2017-05-31	8	4th	7 8 20 23 36
2017-05-03	6	3rd	9 22 23 32 37
2017-04-12	52	4th	9 14 17 23 29
2016-10-12	10	4th	5 11 22 23 31
2016-09-07	8	3rd	14 20 23 32 39
2016-08-10	5	2nd	1 23 40 44 46
2016-07-23	6	2nd	7 23 30 36 44
2016-07-02	2	2nd	12 23 25 39 40
2016-06-25	27	2nd	7 23 28 39 45
2016-03-23	28	2nd	5 23 38 43 47
2015-12-16	30	5th	1 2 7 13 23
2015-09-02	4	2nd	17 23 36 38 40
2015-08-19	11	2nd	5 23 31 42 45
2015-07-11	2	2nd	18 23 33 34 39
2015-07-04	8	3rd	17 19 23 30 43
2015-06-06	10	3rd	16 22 23 39 42
2015-05-02	17	1st	23 31 34 36 45
2015-03-04	7	2nd	15 23 32 36 39
2015-02-07	4	3rd	6 20 23 24 29
2015-01-24	15	3rd	1 15 23 24 30
2014-12-03	13	3rd	9 19 23 37 47
2014-10-18	7	4th	9 12 15 23 40
2014-09-24	5	2nd	17 23 28 33 42
2014-09-06	4	2nd	6 23 33 36 41
2014-08-23	12	2nd	13 23 25 38 43
2014-07-12	9	4th	11 15 18 23 28
2014-06-11	5	3rd	3 15 23 25 38
2014-05-24	11	3rd	11 13 23 27 29
2014-04-16	4	3rd	11 16 23 38 39
2014-04-02	5	3rd	7 8 23 37 42
2014-03-15	1	4th	10 20 21 23 36
2014-03-12	4	2nd	4 23 25 33 42
2014-02-26	11	5th	5 7 17 20 23
2014-01-18	6	2nd	16 23 25 35 47
2013-12-28	1	2nd	4 23 27 28 33
2013-12-25	5	2nd	8 23 26 33 40
2013-12-07	10	3rd	3 17 23 37 47
2013-11-02	9	3rd	2 15 23 32 39
2013-10-02	29	1st	23 30 37 38 45
2013-06-22	4	2nd	9 23 25 27 34
2013-06-08	15	2nd	10 23 30 38 43
2013-04-17	9	4th	1 3 5 23 29
2013-03-16	1	2nd	14 23 28 30 35
2013-03-13	13	2nd	22 23 34 40 42
2013-01-26	39	3rd	4 10 23 24 44
2012-09-12	8	4th	7 8 14 23 41
2012-08-15	7	3rd	2 18 23 24 39
2012-07-21	6	3rd	8 19 23 24 30
2012-06-30	7	3rd	4 22 23 32 39
2012-06-06	2	4th	4 18 21 23 42
2012-05-30	18	3rd	7 14 23 26 31
2012-03-28	19	2nd	17 23 34 41 43
2012-01-21	10	3rd	16 18 23 40 46
2011-12-17	9	2nd	17 23 29 37 46
2011-11-16	34	2nd	22 23 26 38 42
2011-07-20	3	4th	13 18 19 23 25
2011-07-09	35	4th	4 5 21 23 27
2011-03-09	3	1st	23 34 42 43 47
2011-02-26	3	3rd	9 21 23 41 47
2011-02-16	18	5th	2 8 16 21 23
2010-12-15	4	4th	6 8 14 23 26
2010-12-01	8	2nd	19 23 24 33 35
2010-11-03	6	4th	6 9 18 23 37
2010-10-13	15	3rd	1 10 23 25 47
2010-08-21	3	4th	13 16 21 23 31
2010-08-11	9	4th	13 17 20 23 26
2010-07-10	5	3rd	13 21 23 26 33
2010-06-23	22	2nd	13 23 33 34 38
2010-04-07	2	3rd	9 21 23 30 36
2010-03-31	12	2nd	17 23 36 38 46
2010-02-17	10	3rd	11 21 23 29 41
2010-01-13	—	3rd	10 14 23 34 39