Number 23

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

109times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.17σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

44longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −0.17σ. 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 109 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest15 · chance 10.4
2nd smallest32 · chance 35.1
3rd smallest43 · chance 40.9
4th smallest14 · chance 19.5
5th smallest5 · chance 3.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 4 35 8 16 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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	4	5th	1 9 16 21 23
2026-09-30	4	2nd	16 23 38 39 48
2026-09-21	12	2nd	22 23 33 45 49
2026-08-24	1	3rd	7 13 23

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-19	19	3rd	4 11 23 29 36
2025-03-05	6	3rd	10 15 23 35 41
2025-02-19	3	3rd	3 22 23 35 41
2025-02-12	6	3rd	6 16 23 27 30
2025-01-29	4	3rd	9 20 23 42 45
2025-01-20	23	4th	2 4 22 23 32
2024-11-27	6	3rd	2 20 23 24 29
2024-11-13	5	2nd	11 23 29 41 42
2024-11-02	17	3rd	7 9 23 32 42
2024-09-23	12	4th	13 15 22 23 35
2024-08-26	34	1st	23 38 42 43 44
2024-06-08	23	3rd	5 7 23 37 45
2024-04-15	4	4th	2 12 18 23 52
2024-04-06	8	2nd	2 23 32 35 42
2024-03-18	2	2nd	19 23 24 31 44
2024-03-13	23	1st	23 33 34 41 50
2024-01-20	1	3rd	7 11 23 24 44
2024-01-17	11	4th	9 14 16 23 40
2023-12-23	3	3rd	16 22 23 24 50
2023-12-16	8	3rd	13 14 23 25 31
2023-11-27	8	3rd	1 8 23 25 50
2023-11-08	2	3rd	1 3 23 45 52
2023-11-04	6	3rd	8 11 23 47 48
2023-10-21	11	2nd	11 23 30 36 51
2023-09-25	4	2nd	19 23 31 38 52
2023-09-16	24	1st	23 30 34 40 41
2023-07-22	9	3rd	1 20 23 36 41
2023-07-01	6	3rd	13 16 23 43 52
2023-06-17	9	2nd	4 23 26 35 36
2023-05-27	1	2nd	2 23 28 40 50
2023-05-24	1	2nd	1 23 24 35 43
2023-05-22	15	3rd	5 8 23 32 43
2023-04-17	5	4th	10 13 21 23 30
2023-04-05	10	1st	23 28 38 39 41
2023-03-13	26	2nd	20 23 28 33 51
2023-01-11	9	2nd	5 23 45 46 51
2022-12-21	4	3rd	12 14 23 38 45
2022-12-12	12	2nd	3 23 31 33 51
2022-11-14	6	2nd	9 23 29 40 49
2022-10-31	23	2nd	4 23 26 48 51
2022-09-07	9	1st	23 32 46 47 50
2022-08-17	9	3rd	4 17 23 37 38
2022-07-27	3	2nd	15 23 27 30 44
2022-07-20	28	3rd	1 15 23 42 48
2022-04-16	5	5th	8 10 14 18 23
2022-03-30	17	3rd	1 6 23 35 36
2022-01-29	1	3rd	5 19 23 30 31
2022-01-26	7	4th	1 8 22 23 29
2022-01-01	8	2nd	3 23 33 50 51
2021-12-04	1	2nd	8 23 26 34 50
2021-12-01	38	3rd	7 9 23 39 47
2021-07-21	11	4th	4 12 17 23 52
2021-06-12	22	3rd	8 10 23 49 50
2021-03-27	6	2nd	3 23 35 50 51
2021-03-06	21	1st	23 33 37 42 47
2020-12-23	4	4th	5 8 16 23 34
2020-12-09	3	4th	4 8 20 23 50
2020-11-28	33	3rd	7 16 23 25 52
2020-08-05	5	2nd	6 23 26 29 43
2020-07-18	44	1st	23 34 44 47 48
2020-02-15	4	4th	4 9 12 23 32
2020-02-01	2	5th	1 6 8 21 23
2020-01-25	1	4th	16 20 22 23 47
2020-01-22	12	5th	4 6 11 21 23
2019-12-11	8	1st	23 29 34 41 51
2019-11-13	5	2nd	18 23 24 30 49
2019-10-26	5	1st	23 24 34 39 50
2019-10-09	2	4th	6 9 13 23 46
2019-10-02	1	2nd	16 23 34 43 49
2019-09-28	30	2nd	9 23 39 44 47
2019-06-15	4	3rd	4 12 23 24 31
2019-06-01	5	3rd	5 11 23 32 36
2019-05-15	9	3rd	4 19 23 35 44
2019-04-13	21	2nd	21 23 27 31 37
2019-01-30	1	3rd	6 10 23 38 41
2019-01-26	39	3rd	4 11 23 31 35
2018-09-12	30	2nd	1 23 24 42 51
2018-05-30	1	1st	23 32 34 35 36
2018-05-26	22	1st	23 30 31 38 39
2018-03-10	4	1st	23 24 41 43 44
2018-02-24	1	2nd	14 23 35 50 52
2018-02-21	9	3rd	14 16 23 25 33
2018-01-20	9	2nd	15 23 40 43 45
2017-12-20	2	3rd	5 12 23 24 32
2017-12-13	—	3rd	9 18 23 46 50