Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

224times drawn · chance expected 239 −1.03σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

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

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 8 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 smallest6 · chance 4.7
2nd smallest29 · chance 30.6
3rd smallest67 · chance 71.5
4th smallest74 · chance 75.3
5th smallest41 · chance 35.7
6th smallest7 · chance 6.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 37 15 2 35 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-09-11	3	4th	4 12 16 23 25 26
2026-09-01	6	4th	6 17 19 23 25 44
2026-08-11	16	2nd	5 23 25 26 37 44
2026-06-16	7	4th	4

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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