Number 23

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

178times drawn · chance expected 198 −1.53σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

67longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 178 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −1.53σ. 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 178 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 67 · 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 smallest11 · chance 9.8
2nd smallest46 · chance 41.3
3rd smallest59 · chance 64.2
4th smallest44 · chance 45.9
5th smallest16 · chance 15.0
6th smallest2 · chance 1.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 15 36 38 12 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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	20	2nd	5 23 29 32 46 49
2026-08-01	7	2nd	19 23 25 32 36 38
2026-07-08	23	5th	3 8 11 18 23 38
2026-04-18

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-06	11	2nd	2 23 30 44 45 48
2023-10-28	13	2nd	15 23 31 32 37 51
2023-09-13	4	6th	1 3 6 10 18 23
2023-08-30	4	4th	8 11 19 23 25 32
2023-08-16	1	3rd	12 15 23 27 39 41
2023-08-12	9	4th	5 12 13 23 41 51
2023-07-12	4	1st	23 24 31 46 47 52
2023-06-28	2	5th	9 12 13 16 23 36
2023-06-21	25	2nd	12 23 24 31 34 49
2023-03-25	7	4th	9 11 16 23 24 34
2023-03-01	3	2nd	1 23 29 37 39 45
2023-02-18	5	1st	23 36 38 43 46 53
2023-02-01	19	4th	2 4 13 23 28 32
2022-11-26	4	3rd	5 8 23 29 31 42
2022-11-12	7	5th	1 5 8 17 23 32
2022-10-19	24	2nd	11 23 27 29 31 33
2022-07-27	3	2nd	20 23 25 26 36 50
2022-07-16	5	4th	2 4 13 23 39 40
2022-06-29	4	3rd	5 8 23 31 40 52
2022-06-15	7	4th	10 14 15 23 41 48
2022-05-21	14	1st	23 27 31 35 47 49
2022-04-02	10	3rd	4 13 23 25 28 45
2022-02-26	21	2nd	21 23 34 35 38 39
2021-12-15	18	3rd	4 13 23 39 44 46
2021-10-13	3	3rd	1 13 23 28 33 38
2021-10-02	15	2nd	16 23 27 32 48 50
2021-08-11	20	2nd	3 23 33 37 38 45
2021-06-02	4	3rd	15 20 23 37 43 52
2021-05-19	22	3rd	10 12 23 31 33 51
2021-03-03	45	3rd	18 22 23 24 35 41
2020-09-26	1	3rd	10 14 23 42 47 48
2020-09-23	18	3rd	2 16 23 24 34 52
2020-07-22	1	3rd	7 11 23 24 36 38
2020-07-18	5	6th	4 5 12 16 20 23
2020-07-01	4	3rd	12 20 23 37 48 51
2020-06-17	1	3rd	5 8 23 25 28 35
2020-06-13	4	2nd	10 23 27 32 43 50
2020-05-30	6	4th	1 12 18 23 24 45
2020-05-09	6	2nd	6 23 32 33 42 49
2020-04-18	5	2nd	8 23 25 34 49 53
2020-04-01	2	4th	1 5 9 23 24 47
2020-03-25	33	5th	7 11 14 15 23 38
2019-11-30	2	2nd	11 23 30 41 44 50
2019-11-23	13	4th	4 12 22 23 29 32
2019-10-09	6	3rd	5 16 23 28 30 40
2019-09-18	35	2nd	19 23 24 28 44 45
2019-05-18	8	1st	23 29 33 39 45 48
2019-04-20	6	4th	4 15 19 23 31 53
2019-03-30	1	3rd	10 13 23 49 51 53
2019-03-27	1	4th	13 17 19 23 39 50
2019-03-23	3	3rd	2 21 23 25 33 34
2019-03-13	2	2nd	5 23 24 26 29 51
2019-03-06	14	4th	8 9 19 23 26 27
2019-01-16	20	4th	5 6 22 23 43 47
2018-11-07	8	3rd	2 12 23 27 44 48
2018-10-10	6	2nd	16 23 24 26 27 28
2018-09-19	5	5th	5 14 17 21 23 53
2018-09-01	1	2nd	20 23 24 41 47 51
2018-08-29	25	3rd	15 20 23 36 38 44
2018-06-02	7	4th	15 20 21 23 28 52
2018-05-09	4	4th	6 19 22 23 25 28
2018-04-25	5	4th	13 19 20 23 32 43
2018-04-07	6	2nd	10 23 30 36 40 42
2018-03-17	27	2nd	5 23 24 34 36 41
2017-12-13	15	5th	1 7 13 16 23 28
2017-10-21	4	3rd	2 8 23 26 37 40
2017-10-07	21	2nd	18 23 27 35 42 45
2017-07-26	9	3rd	15 16 23 41 50 52
2017-06-24	13	3rd	4 12 23 34 40 41
2017-05-10	7	3rd	20 22 23 26 35 51
2017-04-15	5	4th	12 19 22 23 26 29
2017-03-29	3	4th	1 8 21 23 31 36
2017-03-18	2	2nd	17 23 27 35 36 40
2017-03-11	1	2nd	1 23 29 31 38 53
2017-03-08	67	2nd	6 23 25 36 43 49
2016-07-16	15	5th	3 4 5 8 23 53
2016-05-25	5	2nd	18 23 31 41 44 47
2016-05-07	6	4th	7 13 22 23 33 52
2016-04-16	7	4th	8 17 20 23 26 47
2016-03-23	11	4th	1 12 16 23 33 36
2016-02-13	9	4th	9 10 21 23 37 53
2016-01-13	6	3rd	5 22 23 36 43 47
2015-12-23	4	3rd	14 18 23 31 38 49
2015-12-09	14	3rd	5 18 23 30 33 47
2015-10-21	10	4th	8 18 19 23 32 40
2015-09-16	6	3rd	7 8 23 35 49 51
2015-08-26	3	4th	3 8 11 23 40 43
2015-08-15	1	2nd	1 23 24 35 39 49
2015-08-12	8	3rd	15 21 23 25 34 42
2015-07-15	2	3rd	8 15 23 28 46 53
2015-07-08	9	4th	16 19 20 23 38 39
2015-06-06	9	3rd	16 21 23 29 32 38
2015-05-06	7	2nd	22 23 27 30 33 47
2015-04-11	11	1st	23 41 43 46 48 50
2015-03-04	15	3rd	5 19 23 31 44 46
2015-01-10	4	3rd	6 11 23 27 36 41
2014-12-27	1	5th	5 9 15 16 23 51
2014-12-24	16	3rd	4 22 23 41 44 53
2014-10-29	6	3rd	2 12 23 26 39 52
2014-10-08	3	3rd	6 16 23 34 36 52
2014-09-27	1	5th	2 3 9 21 23 33
2014-09-24	25	3rd	3 20 23 38 39 53
2014-06-28	4	3rd	12 16 23 33 46 50
2014-06-14	7	4th	3 8 21 23 35 51
2014-05-21	8	3rd	10 12 23 34 38 53
2014-04-23	5	3rd	13 22 23 35 39 48
2014-04-05	1	2nd	9 23 24 38 40 47
2014-04-02	17	2nd	13 23 38 41 45 48
2014-02-01	3	4th	11 12 20 23 33 44
2014-01-22	5	5th	6 7 11 13 23 44
2014-01-04	3	3rd	14 15 23 34 36 37
2013-12-25	10	3rd	4 12 23 32 45 48
2013-11-20	10	1st	23 24 32 44 49 50
2013-10-16	8	2nd	19 23 28 38 48 53
2013-09-18	20	3rd	14 15 23 36 49 50
2013-07-10	6	4th	13 17 20 23 24 30
2013-06-19	11	5th	5 8 9 12 23 27
2013-05-11	1	2nd	20 23 26 32 41 46
2013-05-08	14	4th	9 14 17 23 25 29
2013-03-20	7	3rd	7 11 23 30 35 47
2013-02-23	1	5th	1 2 3 9 23 53
2013-02-20	13	2nd	18 23 28 36 43 45
2013-01-05	18	4th	8 19 21 23 36 40
2012-11-03	17	4th	10 16 21 23 41 44
2012-09-05	1	1st	23 28 29 36 37 46
2012-09-01	2	3rd	2 8 23 27 43 53
2012-08-25	11	3rd	1 18 23 27 33 36
2012-07-18	15	4th	1 3 7 23 33 44
2012-05-26	1	2nd	15 23 30 48 49 52
2012-05-23	13	4th	5 6 9 23 30 41
2012-04-07	2	4th	7 14 16 23 36 43
2012-03-31	17	4th	1 15 17 23 31 33
2012-02-01	43	2nd	15 23 38 48 52 53
2011-09-03	11	2nd	1 23 24 31 32 52
2011-07-27	19	3rd	13 19 23 38 42 51
2011-05-21	1	3rd	6 19 23 48 51 52
2011-05-18	19	2nd	15 23 29 40 43 48
2011-03-12	2	3rd	9 10 23 24 37 38
2011-03-05	8	4th	5 6 14 23 24 29
2011-02-05	3	4th	4 5 20 23 38 48
2011-01-26	4	4th	7 18 19 23 35 52
2011-01-12	10	5th	4 5 12 19 23 49
2010-12-08	3	3rd	4 14 23 42 46 50
2010-11-27	10	2nd	19 23 26 28 49 52
2010-10-23	13	3rd	12 16 23 29 32 48
2010-09-08	2	3rd	4 15 23 24 42 46
2010-09-01	1	1st	23 33 35 37 51 52
2010-08-28	11	2nd	20 23 37 41 46 51
2010-07-21	32	3rd	4 5 23 32 37 47
2010-03-31	12	1st	23 29 32 34 41 44
2010-02-17	1	1st	23 34 42 44 47 53
2010-02-13	5	3rd	6 15 23 24 34 38
2010-01-27	2	2nd	1 23 29 39 40 45
2010-01-20	—	5th	4 11 15 22 23 27