Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

87times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.53σ

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

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

31longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 87 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.53σ. 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 87 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 smallest1 · chance 1.3
2nd smallest9 · chance 9.9
3rd smallest33 · chance 26.0
4th smallest21 · chance 30.6
5th smallest20 · chance 16.1
6th smallest3 · chance 3.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 1 8 18 26 38

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
2026-09-02	7	3rd	20 21 23 25 32 38
2026-08-08	4	5th	2 3 7 13 23 34
2026-07-25	4	2nd	1 23 24 29 34 38
2026-07-11	1	5th	2

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.

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