Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,879 draws, 6 from 1–42.

279times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.70σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

33longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 279 times in 1,879 draws against 268.4 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 279 times in 1,879 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 11 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 smallest3 · chance 4.3
2nd smallest29 · chance 31.7
3rd smallest64 · chance 83.3
4th smallest104 · chance 98.0
5th smallest68 · chance 51.7
6th smallest11 · chance 9.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 3 2 28 17 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-16	2	2nd	14 23 27 35 37 38
2026-09-12	13	5th	3 9 10 21 23 37
2026-08-12	7	5th	2 11 19 22 23 34
2026-07-27	1	4th	1

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-27	4	4th	2 14 16 23 29 40
2025-08-18	6	2nd	13 23 31 33 35 37
2025-08-04	1	3rd	7 17 23 29 34 36
2025-08-02	18	5th	6 11 17 18 23 32
2025-06-21	3	5th	3 6 15 16 23 33
2025-06-14	20	4th	1 8 15 23 34 37
2025-04-28	7	2nd	19 23 31 34 35 38
2025-04-12	13	5th	5 8 11 16 23 24
2025-03-12	12	4th	2 3 9 23 27 34
2025-02-12	2	3rd	1 3 23 27 28 36
2025-02-08	2	4th	14 17 19 23 24 26
2025-02-03	6	4th	5 11 20 23 25 27
2025-01-20	4	2nd	7 23 25 27 32 35
2025-01-11	15	2nd	7 23 24 27 33 34
2024-12-04	6	5th	3 11 17 22 23 36
2024-11-20	5	4th	3 4 16 23 25 33
2024-11-09	3	3rd	5 13 23 30 32 34
2024-11-02	2	4th	3 17 20 23 35 39
2024-10-28	9	5th	4 9 16 22 23 38
2024-10-07	3	5th	1 2 12 22 23 30
2024-09-30	1	3rd	4 6 23 25 36 37
2024-09-28	1	1st	23 26 28 37 38 40
2024-09-25	3	5th	3 4 5 19 23 27
2024-09-18	6	5th	3 8 11 21 23 33
2024-09-04	18	4th	12 14 22 23 27 39
2024-07-24	5	3rd	6 15 23 32 37 40
2024-07-13	13	5th	1 2 16 21 23 34
2024-06-12	5	4th	2 10 14 23 37 38
2024-06-01	1	3rd	8 17 23 29 30 36
2024-05-29	14	4th	12 17 22 23 36 40
2024-04-27	1	3rd	13 17 23 24 27 31
2024-04-24	1	3rd	7 16 23 28 37 40
2024-04-22	7	5th	2 4 15 22 23 28
2024-04-06	13	5th	3 9 16 20 23 35
2024-03-06	3	5th	3 8 12 16 23 33
2024-02-28	7	4th	5 8 10 23 31 34
2024-02-12	3	5th	6 7 8 11 23 29
2024-02-05	9	6th	7 9 10 12 19 23
2024-01-15	7	5th	6 9 12 22 23 39
2023-12-30	15	5th	2 4 7 17 23 27
2023-11-22	1	4th	4 15 16 23 27 29
2023-11-20	4	3rd	4 13 23 25 34 38
2023-11-11	11	2nd	6 23 28 30 33 37
2023-10-16	2	5th	9 10 13 18 23 30
2023-10-11	4	5th	4 11 17 18 23 24
2023-10-02	3	5th	8 9 16 21 23 40
2023-09-25	12	4th	4 16 21 23 33 38
2023-08-16	6	3rd	7 14 23 32 39 40
2023-07-26	2	5th	8 10 17 18 23 27
2023-07-19	3	4th	14 20 22 23 38 39
2023-07-08	11	5th	4 5 10 22 23 28
2023-05-31	18	4th	11 14 15 23 29 34
2023-03-29	14	4th	1 7 14 23 26 30
2023-02-08	2	6th	3 5 13 18 20 23
2023-02-01	15	3rd	2 21 23 27 30 37
2022-12-10	2	4th	1 10 22 23 30 35
2022-12-03	3	2nd	17 23 33 34 35 39
2022-11-23	8	5th	1 3 16 20 23 37
2022-10-26	7	3rd	3 14 23 27 36 37
2022-10-01	2	3rd	5 22 23 26 33 38
2022-09-24	12	4th	1 18 22 23 27 29
2022-08-13	2	5th	1 10 19 22 23 40
2022-08-06	1	5th	4 6 11 13 23 31
2022-08-03	8	2nd	22 23 25 27 30 33
2022-07-06	3	5th	8 11 15 20 23 35
2022-06-25	23	4th	2 6 13 23 31 34
2022-04-06	3	4th	3 6 19 23 35 40
2022-03-26	6	4th	5 11 22 23 27 32
2022-03-05	5	4th	5 6 16 23 27 40
2022-02-16	2	2nd	18 23 25 30 37 40
2022-02-09	13	1st	23 27 31 33 36 40
2021-12-22	10	3rd	8 21 23 27 28 35
2021-11-17	4	3rd	5 6 23 30 38 40
2021-11-03	5	4th	4 10 19 23 29 37
2021-10-16	5	3rd	5 11 23 28 35 39
2021-09-29	7	5th	7 14 17 19 23 38
2021-09-04	4	4th	3 7 8 23 27 32
2021-08-21	8	4th	7 19 20 23 31 40
2021-07-24	7	3rd	17 18 23 28 36 37
2021-06-30	11	4th	3 4 16 23 26 30
2021-05-22	2	6th	3 5 10 11 22 23
2021-05-15	12	4th	5 10 13 23 33 38
2021-04-03	20	4th	12 14 19 23 29 34
2021-01-23	1	3rd	15 17 23 25 29 30
2021-01-20	3	5th	1 4 11 16 23 36
2021-01-09	9	5th	9 11 14 16 23 36
2020-12-09	3	3rd	17 20 23 24 29 31
2020-11-28	1	3rd	1 5 23 25 29 40
2020-11-25	14	4th	3 21 22 23 30 37
2020-10-07	2	6th	3 12 14 20 21 23
2020-09-30	2	4th	12 16 21 23 32 40
2020-09-23	6	4th	2 4 10 23 25 32
2020-09-02	6	4th	3 17 20 23 27 32
2020-08-12	6	4th	2 12 19 23 26 28
2020-07-22	4	4th	7 14 21 23 27 37
2020-07-08	1	4th	3 12 16 23 27 30
2020-07-04	6	4th	1 9 15 23 31 39
2020-06-13	6	2nd	15 23 24 29 34 38
2020-05-23	6	4th	12 14 18 23 29 30
2020-05-02	15	3rd	1 2 23 25 26 32
2020-03-11	8	3rd	10 21 23 26 37 40
2020-02-12	8	5th	6 14 20 21 23 30
2020-01-15	1	4th	6 8 10 23 24 30
2020-01-11	1	3rd	10 15 23 26 30 34
2020-01-08	19	3rd	13 19 23 27 35 37
2019-10-30	3	6th	1 2 3 4 22 23
2019-10-19	8	4th	9 11 21 23 26 32
2019-09-21	3	5th	1 3 12 21 23 36
2019-09-11	5	2nd	9 23 28 29 41 42
2019-08-24	4	4th	3 16 19 23 29 38
2019-08-10	1	4th	5 13 14 23 24 39
2019-08-07	5	4th	3 11 14 23 25 38
2019-07-20	5	5th	6 13 18 22 23 39
2019-07-03	2	4th	4 16 22 23 27 31
2019-06-26	1	4th	2 12 13 23 25 41
2019-06-22	10	3rd	4 7 23 32 34 35
2019-05-18	10	4th	11 13 17 23 27 36
2019-04-13	12	5th	7 15 18 21 23 33
2019-03-02	1	2nd	2 23 26 28 31 34
2019-02-27	2	3rd	2 16 23 32 40 41
2019-02-20	2	5th	6 8 14 17 23 38
2019-02-13	7	2nd	2 23 28 30 34 40
2019-01-19	13	4th	2 7 16 23 26 36
2018-12-05	5	5th	2 3 13 17 23 38
2018-11-17	5	3rd	2 8 23 28 37 41
2018-10-31	2	4th	4 7 15 23 32 41
2018-10-24	10	5th	5 9 18 21 23 31
2018-09-19	2	4th	10 15 19 23 34 38
2018-09-12	7	4th	6 14 18 23 24 28
2018-08-18	15	5th	1 7 10 15 23 30
2018-06-27	1	2nd	7 23 26 33 37 42
2018-06-23	3	4th	6 9 20 23 25 33
2018-06-13	2	5th	12 13 17 18 23 25
2018-06-06	12	2nd	21 23 26 28 30 37
2018-04-25	8	5th	2 5 6 15 23 33
2018-03-28	10	3rd	4 16 23 27 37 41
2018-02-21	10	4th	18 19 20 23 35 42
2018-01-17	3	3rd	16 20 23 26 28 40
2018-01-06	1	4th	8 9 18 23 31 39
2018-01-03	1	6th	7 12 15 19 21 23
2017-12-30	3	4th	5 6 8 23 28 35
2017-12-20	15	4th	10 12 20 23 25 31
2017-10-28	10	5th	2 8 10 14 23 35
2017-09-23	3	4th	12 13 16 23 34 41
2017-09-13	1	3rd	15 18 23 26 30 38
2017-09-09	1	5th	3 7 11 14 23 38
2017-09-06	5	5th	2 9 10 12 23 31
2017-08-19	6	3rd	3 6 23 24 25 35
2017-07-29	2	2nd	21 23 29 30 33 37
2017-07-22	20	3rd	3 13 23 24 26 28
2017-05-13	22	4th	1 12 17 23 35 40
2017-02-25	2	3rd	10 14 23 28 36 40
2017-02-18	16	4th	6 8 19 23 31 32
2016-12-24	5	6th	9 10 14 15 18 23
2016-12-07	5	3rd	1 5 23 26 31 33
2016-11-19	4	3rd	11 19 23 30 33 40
2016-11-05	3	5th	2 7 12 15 23 34
2016-10-26	10	5th	3 9 17 21 23 35
2016-09-21	6	5th	6 16 21 22 23 35
2016-08-31	3	3rd	1 8 23 26 33 42
2016-08-20	4	5th	1 10 12 21 23 40
2016-08-06	12	2nd	19 23 27 35 37 41
2016-06-25	7	5th	3 4 19 20 23 27
2016-06-01	14	6th	2 11 15 17 20 23
2016-04-13	3	4th	1 2 18 23 24 33
2016-04-02	5	4th	1 6 17 23 39 40
2016-03-16	6	2nd	22 23 28 30 32 37
2016-02-24	5	4th	1 10 17 23 35 39
2016-02-06	10	3rd	8 12 23 25 37 42
2016-01-02	2	4th	3 11 17 23 26 39
2015-12-26	10	4th	3 9 22 23 25 38
2015-11-21	4	2nd	12 23 27 33 35 37
2015-11-07	1	3rd	18 22 23 28 41 42
2015-11-04	3	3rd	7 19 23 25 29 32
2015-10-24	7	4th	7 12 21 23 31 40
2015-09-30	10	3rd	9 12 23 27 35 40
2015-08-26	3	3rd	9 17 23 26 30 39
2015-08-15	12	4th	7 9 17 23 28 30
2015-07-04	4	4th	9 13 17 23 28 34
2015-06-20	10	4th	7 19 21 23 34 39
2015-05-16	3	4th	15 17 19 23 38 41
2015-05-06	1	3rd	13 16 23 27 31 35
2015-05-02	4	2nd	5 23 26 28 35 37
2015-04-18	1	4th	3 16 19 23 30 33
2015-04-15	3	4th	2 15 19 23 27 39
2015-04-04	27	5th	3 16 17 20 23 26
2014-12-31	4	4th	1 5 22 23 24 28
2014-12-17	22	3rd	12 16 23 30 32 36
2014-10-01	9	4th	16 19 20 23 33 37
2014-08-30	1	5th	4 10 16 22 23 25
2014-08-27	7	4th	3 11 17 23 27 42
2014-08-02	3	4th	5 8 15 23 24 34
2014-07-23	15	3rd	11 18 23 27 29 38
2014-05-31	2	4th	8 11 15 23 33 41
2014-05-24	1	3rd	2 21 23 28 33 40
2014-05-21	4	5th	12 17 18 21 23 34
2014-05-07	2	5th	3 6 10 13 23 42
2014-04-30	5	5th	2 6 8 13 23 31
2014-04-12	2	3rd	1 4 23 26 35 38
2014-04-05	3	5th	2 14 15 19 23 27
2014-03-26	1	5th	10 12 16 18 23 27
2014-03-22	11	2nd	9 23 28 29 34 42
2014-02-12	3	3rd	14 21 23 24 36 40
2014-02-01	3	5th	2 5 6 7 23 24
2014-01-22	4	4th	13 17 18 23 30 33
2014-01-08	3	4th	11 17 20 23 30 39
2013-12-28	1	4th	4 8 11 23 25 41
2013-12-21	13	5th	7 16 17 20 23 29
2013-11-06	13	3rd	12 16 23 24 26 36
2013-09-21	5	3rd	1 4 23 28 37 39
2013-09-04	3	2nd	13 23 29 31 38 42
2013-08-24	14	5th	4 10 16 19 23 31
2013-07-06	2	4th	10 12 18 23 36 42
2013-06-29	3	4th	4 7 22 23 38 41
2013-06-19	1	5th	9 11 14 15 23 35
2013-06-15	23	3rd	2 10 23 34 35 42
2013-03-27	1	4th	2 7 11 23 26 37
2013-03-23	15	5th	2 13 14 15 23 39
2013-01-30	2	3rd	3 9 23 32 36 38
2013-01-23	4	6th	1 3 6 10 17 23
2013-01-09	7	4th	10 20 21 23 30 42
2012-12-15	22	3rd	14 22 23 28 29 36
2012-09-29	3	4th	6 13 20 23 28 31
2012-09-19	7	3rd	13 18 23 29 36 37
2012-08-25	1	6th	4 5 8 12 16 23
2012-08-22	8	2nd	16 23 26 33 37 39
2012-07-25	17	4th	4 13 21 23 28 38
2012-05-26	10	5th	5 6 15 16 23 32
2012-04-21	8	4th	4 13 19 23 34 36
2012-03-24	11	4th	11 14 17 23 34 40
2012-02-15	2	2nd	16 23 28 32 38 41
2012-02-08	6	4th	7 16 22 23 29 31
2012-01-18	1	4th	1 11 12 23 27 40
2012-01-14	6	4th	11 20 22 23 29 38
2011-12-24	6	3rd	1 22 23 24 41 42
2011-12-03	7	5th	1 9 20 22 23 36
2011-11-09	14	4th	2 9 16 23 24 40
2011-09-21	2	4th	6 19 20 23 29 42
2011-09-14	27	4th	1 7 15 23 25 27
2011-06-11	7	4th	2 9 10 23 26 37
2011-05-18	8	4th	3 8 22 23 35 41
2011-04-20	20	3rd	3 15 23 32 40 42
2011-02-09	32	1st	23 25 28 30 31 39
2010-10-16	3	3rd	4 11 23 25 39 42
2010-10-06	6	6th	1 4 5 10 21 23
2010-09-15	2	4th	2 6 13 23 26 28
2010-09-08	3	5th	10 18 20 22 23 37
2010-08-28	4	3rd	12 16 23 35 37 38
2010-08-14	1	5th	1 9 11 14 23 34
2010-08-11	2	2nd	13 23 24 33 34 38
2010-08-04	18	3rd	2 19 23 28 30 36
2010-06-02	6	4th	10 11 16 23 26 38
2010-05-12	5	3rd	3 9 23 26 30 42
2010-04-24	6	5th	5 9 13 19 23 30
2010-04-03	—	3rd	3 15 23 38 40 41