Number 23

In LuckyDay Lotto under the 5/45 · since Jul 2014 rules — 3,204 draws, 5 from 1–45.

364times drawn · chance expected 356 +0.45σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

46longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 364 times in 3,204 draws against 356.0 expected, +0.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 364 times in 3,204 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 9 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 smallest26 · chance 19.6
2nd smallest84 · chance 90.8
3rd smallest129 · chance 143.1
4th smallest102 · chance 90.8
5th smallest23 · chance 19.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 13 18 26 34 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-02	12	4th	5 6 17 23 41
2026-09-20	7	4th	1 2 13 23 40
2026-09-13	1	2nd	13 23 34 35 37
2026-09-12	24	1st	23 24

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-14	7	4th	3 10 15 23 40
2026-02-07	8	4th	6 18 19 23 43
2026-01-30	1	2nd	2 23 26 27 31
2026-01-29	3	3rd	1 12 23 27 35
2026-01-26	10	3rd	3 21 23 34 36
2026-01-16	17	3rd	8 10 23 29 37
2025-12-30	1	3rd	15 17 23 43 44
2025-12-29	2	4th	9 15 21 23 29
2025-12-27	11	3rd	3 8 23 27 33
2025-12-16	4	2nd	10 23 25 26 37
2025-12-12	9	3rd	12 18 23 24 30
2025-12-03	2	4th	2 6 20 23 33
2025-12-01	25	3rd	7 9 23 27 39
2025-11-06	3	3rd	6 18 23 34 36
2025-11-03	24	4th	6 13 21 23 28
2025-10-10	10	5th	1 9 12 19 23
2025-09-30	24	2nd	6 23 26 33 38
2025-09-06	2	2nd	17 23 33 35 37
2025-09-04	5	3rd	2 9 23 26 32
2025-08-30	3	2nd	2 23 24 25 42
2025-08-27	12	4th	14 18 19 23 40
2025-08-15	9	3rd	14 22 23 36 43
2025-08-06	4	4th	6 19 21 23 28
2025-08-02	3	3rd	1 2 23 34 43
2025-07-30	1	3rd	3 12 23 26 36
2025-07-29	16	4th	5 12 18 23 24
2025-07-13	9	4th	2 10 17 23 43
2025-07-04	8	2nd	16 23 29 33 34
2025-06-26	27	4th	2 5 21 23 43
2025-05-30	4	2nd	4 23 30 31 32
2025-05-26	5	3rd	5 19 23 27 45
2025-05-21	7	1st	23 24 41 43 45
2025-05-14	13	4th	5 16 22 23 37
2025-05-01	3	2nd	1 23 29 40 44
2025-04-28	18	3rd	3 9 23 33 36
2024-12-16	15	3rd	7 8 23 34 41
2024-12-01	6	3rd	10 15 23 29 31
2024-11-25	23	5th	9 16 17 21 23
2024-11-02	12	1st	23 26 27 28 45
2024-10-21	27	4th	1 11 13 23 28
2024-09-24	6	3rd	7 15 23 25 44
2024-09-18	23	1st	23 24 32 42 44
2024-08-26	5	4th	3 18 20 23 30
2024-08-21	7	4th	10 13 22 23 44
2024-08-14	6	3rd	8 15 23 34 45
2024-08-08	22	2nd	22 23 27 32 34
2024-07-17	5	2nd	8 23 29 38 40
2024-07-12	5	3rd	12 18 23 34 42
2024-07-07	21	3rd	8 9 23 37 39
2024-06-16	1	2nd	15 23 25 29 30
2024-06-15	16	2nd	13 23 28 29 41
2024-05-30	16	2nd	4 23 26 40 43
2024-05-14	5	3rd	2 16 23 29 40
2024-05-09	11	3rd	11 14 23 38 44
2024-04-28	1	2nd	13 23 28 29 33
2024-04-27	11	4th	1 10 19 23 39
2023-12-22	6	2nd	18 23 25 29 40
2023-12-16	10	3rd	16 19 23 32 43
2023-12-06	2	1st	23 32 36 39 44
2023-12-04	8	4th	6 21 22 23 41
2023-11-26	12	3rd	4 9 23 30 44
2023-11-14	5	2nd	3 23 31 37 38
2023-11-09	3	4th	6 14 16 23 45
2023-11-06	15	2nd	13 23 34 37 45
2023-10-22	8	2nd	16 23 27 30 38
2023-10-14	9	4th	5 10 17 23 44
2023-10-05	1	2nd	18 23 33 40 42
2023-10-04	18	5th	3 6 7 14 23
2023-09-16	9	3rd	10 18 23 30 38
2023-09-07	7	3rd	21 22 23 29 39
2023-08-31	7	2nd	3 23 26 34 37
2023-08-24	3	3rd	9 16 23 42 45
2023-08-21	9	3rd	7 22 23 25 32
2023-08-12	3	1st	23 25 39 41 43
2023-08-09	12	3rd	1 16 23 29 41
2023-07-28	17	2nd	6 23 26 31 33
2023-07-11	15	5th	1 6 8 16 23
2023-06-26	3	3rd	8 22 23 31 35
2023-06-23	3	4th	13 14 21 23 39
2023-06-20	9	2nd	15 23 26 29 37
2023-06-11	3	4th	13 15 17 23 38
2023-06-08	6	3rd	6 8 23 39 44
2023-06-02	12	3rd	9 14 23 29 42
2023-05-21	11	3rd	10 14 23 33 42
2023-05-10	3	3rd	5 13 23 38 43
2023-05-07	1	1st	23 27 30 36 41
2023-05-06	5	2nd	17 23 25 26 38
2023-05-01	7	4th	6 7 12 23 34
2022-12-30	5	4th	7 12 18 23 26
2022-12-25	1	2nd	18 23 27 37 45
2022-12-24	10	4th	2 3 12 23 43
2022-12-14	12	2nd	11 23 40 41 45
2022-12-02	7	3rd	7 8 23 29 33
2022-11-25	8	5th	2 12 15 20 23
2022-11-17	5	3rd	6 21 23 30 40
2022-11-12	1	4th	5 18 21 23 40
2022-11-11	4	4th	9 14 19 23 44
2022-11-07	7	3rd	6 12 23 30 34
2022-10-31	11	3rd	3 15 23 31 40
2022-10-20	1	3rd	11 20 23 27 34
2022-10-19	16	4th	1 8 20 23 34
2022-10-03	6	2nd	10 23 38 39 42
2022-09-27	2	1st	23 24 32 40 41
2022-09-25	3	5th	4 9 12 14 23
2022-09-22	46	1st	23 25 35 37 38
2022-08-07	1	3rd	10 18 23 26 35
2022-08-06	11	4th	1 4 5 23 30
2022-07-26	2	5th	9 15 18 21 23
2022-07-24	2	5th	9 13 14 22 23
2022-07-22	6	3rd	13 21 23 30 43
2022-07-16	12	2nd	20 23 33 36 43
2022-07-04	1	5th	11 15 16 20 23
2022-07-03	11	5th	5 11 16 18 23
2022-06-22	9	2nd	8 23 29 36 37
2022-06-13	12	3rd	4 7 23 35 41
2022-06-01	1	2nd	16 23 27 35 36
2022-05-31	17	4th	4 7 12 23 33
2022-05-14	1	2nd	14 23 27 29 33
2022-05-13	5	4th	4 9 22 23 30
2022-05-08	2	3rd	6 15 23 25 40
2022-05-06	4	2nd	14 23 26 30 37
2022-05-02	14	3rd	14 18 23 39 41
2021-12-24	8	3rd	14 18 23 34 42
2021-12-16	5	2nd	2 23 24 34 38
2021-12-11	18	4th	8 15 19 23 25
2021-11-23	28	3rd	6 11 23 37 40
2021-10-26	5	2nd	20 23 25 29 40
2021-10-21	1	3rd	7 20 23 43 44
2021-10-20	9	3rd	6 7 23 26 32
2021-10-11	2	3rd	5 18 23 26 42
2021-10-09	6	3rd	15 21 23 39 45
2021-10-03	3	3rd	17 19 23 33 44
2021-09-30	2	2nd	16 23 36 38 43
2021-09-28	10	3rd	2 15 23 32 37
2021-09-18	4	2nd	20 23 28 40 42
2021-09-14	2	4th	9 11 15 23 45
2021-09-12	23	3rd	7 14 23 29 39
2021-08-20	1	2nd	5 23 24 25 41
2021-08-19	3	3rd	13 14 23 24 26
2021-08-16	2	3rd	5 7 23 28 40
2021-08-14	13	3rd	8 14 23 30 41
2021-08-01	3	1st	23 29 34 40 41
2021-07-29	3	1st	23 24 27 30 34
2021-07-26	1	3rd	16 20 23 28 39
2021-07-25	9	3rd	4 14 23 32 34
2021-07-16	3	2nd	1 23 28 33 43
2021-07-13	7	4th	2 6 8 23 35
2021-07-06	3	2nd	21 23 32 42 45
2021-07-03	12	4th	2 14 15 23 43
2021-06-21	6	3rd	8 9 23 28 45
2021-06-15	20	3rd	15 20 23 33 35
2021-05-26	7	1st	23 36 38 44 45
2021-05-19	17	3rd	7 13 23 33 41
2021-05-02	27	4th	17 18 21 23 36
2020-12-11	11	4th	2 11 14 23 37
2020-11-30	17	3rd	15 19 23 43 44
2020-11-13	3	3rd	2 21 23 24 41
2020-11-10	9	4th	4 15 17 23 26
2020-11-01	12	3rd	8 14 23 27 32
2020-10-20	2	2nd	10 23 33 35 43
2020-10-18	1	4th	7 12 16 23 34
2020-10-17	1	3rd	1 21 23 26 43
2020-10-16	2	2nd	11 23 24 42 44
2020-10-14	31	1st	23 26 27 39 40
2020-09-13	5	4th	6 8 20 23 40
2020-09-08	4	5th	3 5 10 16 23
2020-09-04	9	3rd	7 18 23 27 30
2020-08-26	8	3rd	1 5 23 39 43
2020-08-18	2	4th	9 19 20 23 39
2020-08-16	3	4th	11 19 22 23 24
2020-08-13	11	4th	10 14 22 23 38
2020-08-02	18	3rd	9 14 23 29 32
2020-07-15	7	4th	8 11 18 23 30
2020-07-08	6	3rd	14 19 23 41 45
2020-07-02	5	4th	12 18 19 23 31
2020-06-27	7	3rd	10 12 23 25 37
2020-06-20	15	2nd	14 23 32 34 45
2020-06-05	1	4th	9 17 22 23 27
2020-06-04	8	3rd	6 16 23 29 44
2020-05-27	2	1st	23 26 41 44 45
2020-05-25	1	4th	2 3 16 23 32
2020-05-24	17	4th	12 14 19 23 43
2020-05-07	1	2nd	11 23 28 31 43
2020-05-06	10	4th	1 13 14 23 25
2020-04-26	23	1st	23 27 35 36 44
2019-12-09	3	4th	1 13 22 23 31
2019-12-06	9	1st	23 24 29 35 42
2019-11-27	11	3rd	11 19 23 41 44
2019-11-16	7	2nd	20 23 26 27 32
2019-11-09	8	5th	1 13 16 18 23
2019-11-01	3	5th	1 2 6 13 23
2019-10-29	12	4th	8 9 16 23 37
2019-10-17	2	3rd	3 7 23 33 34
2019-10-15	8	2nd	9 23 36 41 45
2019-10-07	2	2nd	20 23 38 39 41
2019-10-05	5	2nd	17 23 25 33 40
2019-09-30	6	4th	3 6 13 23 37
2019-09-24	22	4th	4 13 14 23 37
2019-09-02	7	5th	4 7 12 13 23
2019-08-26	12	2nd	16 23 25 29 44
2019-08-14	45	3rd	2 19 23 25 36
2019-06-30	36	3rd	5 18 23 34 38
2019-05-25	6	3rd	3 8 23 29 44
2019-05-19	10	4th	10 14 20 23 41
2019-05-09	28	4th	4 10 21 23 42
2018-12-17	3	3rd	3 14 23 36 43
2018-12-14	11	2nd	22 23 36 42 45
2018-12-03	7	2nd	8 23 28 33 34
2018-11-26	1	2nd	22 23 25 29 42
2018-11-25	3	4th	3 4 15 23 32
2018-11-22	4	3rd	4 12 23 26 29
2018-11-18	9	4th	1 6 13 23 30
2018-11-09	8	1st	23 27 41 42 44
2018-11-01	6	3rd	1 5 23 39 41
2018-10-26	4	1st	23 25 31 36 40
2018-10-22	8	3rd	12 16 23 32 41
2018-10-14	3	3rd	15 20 23 26 36
2018-10-11	10	5th	5 8 14 15 23
2018-10-01	27	5th	5 9 11 17 23
2018-09-04	4	2nd	13 23 24 25 29
2018-08-31	4	3rd	5 10 23 24 27
2018-08-27	19	4th	1 17 22 23 37
2018-08-08	2	5th	8 9 12 19 23
2018-08-06	1	4th	13 15 21 23 26
2018-08-05	14	2nd	10 23 38 41 43
2018-07-22	4	3rd	19 21 23 24 35
2018-07-18	15	1st	23 26 38 41 42
2018-07-03	1	2nd	13 23 24 37 45
2018-07-02	4	2nd	11 23 29 42 44
2018-06-28	12	3rd	6 21 23 27 37
2018-06-16	10	4th	2 4 18 23 35
2018-06-06	2	3rd	6 10 23 36 43
2018-06-04	4	3rd	2 20 23 33 44
2018-05-31	5	3rd	7 16 23 26 40
2018-05-26	7	3rd	2 16 23 31 38
2018-05-19	1	2nd	11 23 38 40 44
2018-05-18	6	3rd	19 21 23 32 37
2018-05-12	9	3rd	8 14 23 36 41
2018-05-03	11	4th	6 19 22 23 32
2017-12-28	2	2nd	5 23 26 27 36
2017-12-26	3	3rd	3 7 23 24 45
2017-12-23	7	4th	2 3 22 23 37
2017-12-16	1	2nd	3 23 29 31 37
2017-12-15	2	2nd	4 23 26 33 43
2017-12-13	4	3rd	17 22 23 27 38
2017-12-09	1	2nd	6 23 31 35 39
2017-12-08	2	3rd	9 14 23 26 27
2017-12-06	8	3rd	17 19 23 35 39
2017-11-28	5	3rd	1 2 23 35 40
2017-11-23	2	4th	7 19 20 23 28
2017-11-21	10	4th	10 11 14 23 45
2017-11-11	13	1st	23 25 33 39 43
2017-10-29	4	3rd	4 11 23 41 42
2017-10-25	27	2nd	8 23 37 39 44
2017-09-28	5	3rd	7 13 23 35 39
2017-09-23	2	3rd	8 20 23 39 40
2017-09-21	3	4th	6 9 22 23 31
2017-09-18	16	4th	2 4 13 23 43
2017-09-02	12	4th	1 3 11 23 39
2017-08-21	28	4th	5 14 22 23 25
2017-07-24	9	3rd	7 22 23 33 40
2017-07-15	2	2nd	14 23 25 26 44
2017-07-13	11	2nd	12 23 30 32 40
2017-07-02	11	3rd	4 14 23 24 29
2017-06-21	6	4th	2 8 13 23 40
2017-06-15	4	2nd	10 23 26 28 34
2017-06-11	30	3rd	4 11 23 30 36
2017-05-12	6	4th	1 19 22 23 36
2017-05-06	22	5th	3 10 15 22 23
2016-12-20	11	2nd	7 23 27 28 38
2016-12-09	9	3rd	6 17 23 35 45
2016-11-30	1	4th	9 18 20 23 44
2016-11-29	8	2nd	20 23 33 42 45
2016-11-21	5	2nd	21 23 27 31 32
2016-11-16	1	1st	23 26 30 36 37
2016-11-15	6	2nd	10 23 36 41 45
2016-11-09	1	1st	23 26 28 32 33
2016-11-08	3	1st	23 30 36 37 39
2016-11-04	3	5th	4 5 14 18 23
2016-11-01	16	4th	1 13 22 23 33
2016-10-16	12	3rd	11 20 23 29 41
2016-10-04	3	4th	7 17 22 23 32
2016-10-01	30	4th	7 13 19 23 38
2016-09-01	20	3rd	1 16 23 24 35
2016-08-12	35	2nd	6 23 25 34 43
2016-07-08	2	4th	1 8 11 23 39
2016-07-06	4	4th	5 8 22 23 28
2016-07-02	8	2nd	20 23 33 35 36
2016-06-24	2	2nd	17 23 27 32 45
2016-06-22	7	2nd	13 23 30 34 40
2016-06-15	5	4th	1 11 12 23 24
2016-06-10	10	2nd	5 23 27 32 34
2016-05-31	2	4th	4 14 18 23 35
2016-05-29	5	4th	3 18 21 23 27
2016-05-24	8	4th	5 8 17 23 37
2016-05-16	12	3rd	6 16 23 36 41
2016-05-04	8	4th	9 11 17 23 33
2016-04-26	8	4th	2 13 18 23 36
2015-12-24	4	4th	9 20 21 23 34
2015-12-20	3	2nd	4 23 26 28 43
2015-12-17	10	2nd	1 23 28 38 42
2015-12-07	7	3rd	2 10 23 25 34
2015-11-30	20	4th	1 3 9 23 30
2015-11-10	12	2nd	11 23 25 41 43
2015-10-29	5	4th	8 20 22 23 39
2015-10-24	24	1st	23 26 28 34 44
2015-09-30	21	3rd	1 9 23 33 36
2015-09-09	4	3rd	9 18 23 24 44
2015-09-05	1	1st	23 26 30 33 34
2015-09-04	5	2nd	9 23 25 32 37
2015-08-30	4	2nd	3 23 32 35 36
2015-08-26	1	4th	2 3 12 23 43
2015-08-25	1	3rd	3 20 23 31 33
2015-08-24	9	3rd	6 14 23 29 30
2015-08-15	15	3rd	3 12 23 30 32
2015-07-31	37	3rd	1 13 23 31 41
2015-06-24	6	1st	23 27 30 36 43
2015-06-18	1	4th	5 6 9 23 24
2015-06-17	12	3rd	18 20 23 33 41
2015-06-05	8	3rd	4 11 23 26 30
2015-05-28	7	3rd	16 18 23 28 29
2015-05-21	9	3rd	8 16 23 34 45
2015-05-12	2	3rd	18 22 23 29 30
2015-05-10	19	5th	1 12 17 20 23
2014-12-27	14	3rd	13 22 23 27 38
2014-12-13	18	2nd	19 23 38 41 43
2014-11-25	19	2nd	4 23 28 31 39
2014-11-06	28	4th	10 12 20 23 45
2014-10-09	5	5th	13 18 20 21 23
2014-10-04	4	3rd	14 18 23 26 29
2014-09-30	2	4th	1 12 22 23 40
2014-09-28	9	5th	1 5 9 12 23
2014-09-19	1	4th	2 7 9 23 38
2014-09-18	8	4th	1 5 15 23 29
2014-09-10	12	4th	1 13 21 23 31
2014-08-29	2	2nd	18 23 28 30 41
2014-08-27	8	4th	6 15 20 23 35
2014-08-19	23	3rd	3 7 23 25 28
2014-07-27	10	2nd	20 23 27 31 42
2014-07-17	—	3rd	3 4 23 31 37