Number 23

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,817 draws, 6 from 1–49.

221times drawn · chance expected 222 −0.11σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

40longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 221 times in 1,817 draws against 222.5 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 221 times in 1,817 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 1 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest14 · chance 8.5
2nd smallest36 · chance 42.4
3rd smallest84 · chance 77.5
4th smallest62 · chance 64.6
5th smallest24 · chance 24.5
6th smallest1 · chance 3.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 25 5 37 1 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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	3	4th	2 3 4 23 32 36
2026-10-03	2	3rd	9 10 23 27 32 35
2026-09-28	4	4th	13 16 21 23 26 33
2026-09-19	2	4th	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-30	4	3rd	3 4 23 40 42 45
2025-08-21	5	5th	6 8 14 17 23 45
2025-08-09	12	5th	12 15 17 22 23 25
2025-07-12	3	1st	23 24 29 31 37 44
2025-07-03	4	4th	9 11 14 23 30 44
2025-06-19	3	2nd	7 23 28 30 39 44
2025-06-09	6	3rd	6 8 23 24 36 38
2025-05-19	8	3rd	13 19 23 32 33 45
2025-04-21	8	4th	10 16 18 23 26 39
2025-03-24	3	3rd	6 22 23 30 32 38
2025-03-13	30	3rd	1 8 23 34 36 37
2024-11-28	3	5th	1 3 10 17 23 26
2024-11-18	16	2nd	3 23 31 34 36 43
2024-09-23	14	4th	1 7 19 23 32 44
2024-08-05	23	3rd	12 13 23 26 45 46
2024-05-16	4	5th	8 10 15 20 23 29
2024-05-02	1	3rd	12 15 23 28 31 44
2024-04-29	13	4th	8 11 18 23 30 43
2024-03-14	4	2nd	3 23 26 29 32 41
2024-02-29	1	2nd	13 23 26 33 40 45
2024-02-26	5	3rd	11 21 23 26 33 42
2024-02-08	14	3rd	16 20 23 28 30 37
2023-12-21	12	4th	9 11 22 23 30 37
2023-11-09	14	2nd	1 23 26 35 36 43
2023-09-21	4	3rd	1 13 23 37 38 43
2023-09-07	1	5th	5 8 20 21 23 33
2023-09-04	13	3rd	9 19 23 24 28 43
2023-07-20	2	5th	1 10 16 18 23 29
2023-07-13	4	2nd	19 23 33 36 37 40
2023-06-29	4	4th	1 2 20 23 25 38
2023-06-15	5	3rd	2 17 23 25 36 39
2023-05-29	4	4th	8 18 20 23 24 41
2023-05-15	2	3rd	7 9 23 28 32 34
2023-05-08	7	3rd	2 7 23 26 36 38
2023-04-13	4	3rd	10 12 23 25 33 42
2023-03-30	6	4th	2 18 20 23 31 37
2023-03-09	7	3rd	13 18 23 24 28 39
2023-02-13	7	3rd	10 17 23 34 36 40
2023-01-19	14	4th	3 16 20 23 25 40
2022-12-01	3	2nd	8 23 24 26 32 46
2022-11-21	2	3rd	4 22 23 32 33 41
2022-11-14	19	3rd	8 13 23 24 28 41
2022-09-08	6	2nd	17 23 24 25 28 39
2022-08-18	12	3rd	6 20 23 35 45 46
2022-07-07	5	4th	8 21 22 23 27 38
2022-06-20	21	3rd	5 8 23 32 33 43
2022-04-07	1	2nd	15 23 35 39 41 45
2022-04-04	15	1st	23 24 25 32 45 47
2022-02-10	1	3rd	5 18 23 26 27 33
2022-02-07	3	3rd	12 20 23 27 37 38
2022-01-27	1	3rd	2 13 23 25 34 47
2022-01-24	2	4th	16 19 22 23 27 34
2022-01-17	1	4th	5 12 14 23 26 39
2022-01-13	1	4th	7 17 22 23 25 26
2022-01-10	17	1st	23 25 26 38 40 43
2021-11-11	1	3rd	4 20 23 27 39 48
2021-11-08	17	2nd	9 23 34 35 37 49
2021-09-09	23	2nd	8 23 25 31 41 42
2021-06-21	2	4th	1 4 5 23 42 48
2021-06-14	1	2nd	12 23 37 41 43 49
2021-06-10	25	3rd	5 13 23 24 26 45
2021-03-15	3	3rd	1 12 23 29 43 47
2021-03-04	8	5th	6 10 11 21 23 37
2021-02-04	1	3rd	5 10 23 24 44 45
2021-02-01	26	4th	10 13 21 23 32 40
2020-11-02	8	2nd	4 23 27 31 33 38
2020-10-05	14	3rd	2 14 23 33 41 49
2020-08-17	2	4th	1 6 10 23 39 40
2020-08-10	7	4th	3 4 17 23 28 45
2020-07-16	7	4th	11 12 13 23 24 49
2020-06-22	3	1st	23 32 39 42 43 46
2020-06-11	1	1st	23 26 31 35 38 42
2020-06-08	6	3rd	7 9 23 24 34 44
2020-05-18	8	3rd	2 22 23 24 33 49
2020-04-20	4	2nd	1 23 28 37 48 49
2020-04-06	15	4th	3 8 21 23 24 27
2020-02-13	17	3rd	14 20 23 34 38 42
2019-12-16	2	3rd	1 4 23 25 38 39
2019-12-09	9	5th	2 7 12 16 23 37
2019-11-07	15	3rd	11 14 23 29 35 45
2019-09-16	22	4th	11 15 21 23 32 36
2019-07-01	5	4th	1 4 6 23 29 49
2019-06-13	1	3rd	10 22 23 26 33 48
2019-06-10	9	1st	23 25 31 32 46 48
2019-05-09	3	3rd	6 18 23 35 42 49
2019-04-29	11	3rd	10 18 23 24 32 40
2019-03-21	22	1st	23 25 26 32 42 45
2019-01-03	2	3rd	4 22 23 24 31 38
2018-12-27	14	3rd	16 17 23 26 27 49
2018-11-08	3	3rd	10 14 23 30 42 43
2018-10-29	34	5th	13 14 15 22 23 40
2018-07-02	7	5th	4 5 6 22 23 34
2018-06-07	4	3rd	9 20 23 25 38 48
2018-05-24	8	2nd	5 23 35 40 46 47
2018-04-26	13	2nd	12 23 35 39 42 44
2018-03-12	5	4th	4 18 19 23 38 41
2018-02-22	8	2nd	10 23 29 30 34 48
2018-01-25	13	3rd	6 11 23 30 34 41
2017-12-11	4	5th	2 5 11 19 23 27
2017-11-27	5	2nd	18 23 25 31 42 46
2017-11-09	15	4th	4 13 15 23 45 48
2017-09-18	33	4th	3 10 11 23 31 41
2017-05-25	2	3rd	9 19 23 25 29 36
2017-05-18	13	3rd	6 10 23 29 42 46
2017-04-03	2	2nd	13 23 25 30 33 42
2017-03-27	14	3rd	18 22 23 25 29 36
2017-02-06	2	3rd	6 17 23 29 32 37
2017-01-30	2	3rd	3 7 23 25 30 46
2017-01-23	1	2nd	4 23 35 41 42 46
2017-01-19	9	2nd	5 23 26 31 38 39
2016-12-19	2	2nd	3 23 26 29 33 43
2016-12-12	4	5th	3 10 17 20 23 30
2016-11-28	7	1st	23 30 31 34 35 42
2016-11-03	2	3rd	4 7 23 31 47 49
2016-10-27	9	2nd	15 23 34 41 46 47
2016-09-26	1	3rd	1 19 23 32 47 49
2016-09-22	9	4th	2 11 12 23 27 33
2016-08-22	6	3rd	3 15 23 26 42 45
2016-08-01	1	3rd	20 21 23 28 33 47
2016-07-28	6	3rd	3 8 23 25 26 31
2016-07-07	12	3rd	3 8 23 25 31 36
2016-05-26	8	3rd	9 19 23 42 44 49
2016-04-28	5	2nd	14 23 34 35 41 47
2016-04-11	16	3rd	13 14 23 32 35 44
2016-02-15	40	4th	4 9 20 23 32 36
2015-09-28	3	1st	23 32 35 38 44 48
2015-09-17	3	2nd	17 23 41 45 46 48
2015-09-07	2	3rd	1 19 23 29 33 46
2015-08-31	2	4th	4 5 16 23 27 43
2015-08-24	17	3rd	2 8 23 31 35 37
2015-06-25	2	5th	7 13 18 21 23 36
2015-06-18	8	3rd	1 10 23 30 37 41
2015-05-21	2	4th	5 12 17 23 24 45
2015-05-14	30	1st	23 28 29 30 39 49
2015-01-29	8	5th	1 7 11 15 23 47
2015-01-01	4	4th	3 13 15 23 39 40
2014-12-18	3	4th	5 6 9 23 33 44
2014-12-08	5	2nd	2 23 26 32 47 48
2014-11-20	5	4th	1 11 20 23 25 29
2014-11-03	1	4th	11 15 21 23 43 48
2014-10-30	8	3rd	5 21 23 39 40 46
2014-10-02	20	4th	12 17 20 23 41 46
2014-07-24	15	3rd	4 16 23 38 40 47
2014-06-02	13	4th	4 10 17 23 34 37
2014-04-17	26	1st	23 33 36 37 44 45
2014-01-16	16	3rd	5 16 23 38 40 42
2013-11-21	1	4th	5 8 12 23 24 40
2013-11-18	9	4th	1 15 16 23 47 48
2013-10-17	4	3rd	7 12 23 28 30 36
2013-10-03	7	3rd	8 20 23 30 39 49
2013-09-09	13	3rd	5 11 23 31 37 39
2013-07-25	13	3rd	1 2 23 35 36 48
2013-06-10	5	5th	6 11 12 17 23 48
2013-05-23	7	3rd	15 19 23 28 36 46
2013-04-29	1	5th	3 8 14 21 23 46
2013-04-25	3	3rd	6 10 23 28 32 39
2013-04-15	8	2nd	21 23 27 43 45 49
2013-03-18	10	4th	4 6 21 23 30 49
2013-02-11	2	2nd	21 23 26 38 44 45
2013-02-04	1	5th	3 7 15 22 23 31
2013-01-31	2	3rd	3 17 23 24 26 47
2013-01-24	9	2nd	13 23 28 30 36 45
2012-12-24	9	4th	7 9 22 23 27 35
2012-11-22	1	4th	1 8 15 23 35 42
2012-11-19	28	3rd	4 20 23 24 28 44
2012-08-13	21	3rd	6 13 23 39 45 47
2012-05-31	3	6th	2 10 13 16 20 23
2012-05-21	5	2nd	5 23 27 33 34 37
2012-05-03	6	5th	12 18 20 22 23 48
2012-04-12	12	4th	1 7 8 23 39 45
2012-03-01	25	3rd	1 6 23 31 35 41
2011-12-05	1	2nd	17 23 24 26 33 49
2011-12-01	9	2nd	12 23 31 34 42 45
2011-10-31	7	4th	10 13 17 23 26 37
2011-10-06	3	4th	9 14 21 23 30 46
2011-09-26	2	5th	3 8 9 14 23 32
2011-09-19	11	3rd	3 5 23 31 37 48
2011-08-11	7	5th	2 11 20 21 23 29
2011-07-18	8	3rd	5 18 23 27 29 37
2011-06-20	29	4th	2 3 13 23 25 48
2011-03-10	4	3rd	6 7 23 28 39 45
2011-02-24	4	3rd	1 12 23 25 45 46
2011-02-10	2	4th	2 12 17 23 24 34
2011-02-03	12	3rd	5 21 23 37 38 48
2010-12-23	3	4th	2 5 15 23 25 37
2010-12-13	2	4th	5 7 22 23 28 38
2010-12-06	16	4th	3 6 11 23 30 43
2010-10-11	8	3rd	4 21 23 36 42 49
2010-09-13	18	4th	15 17 20 23 38 46
2010-07-12	7	5th	1 5 17 19 23 30
2010-06-17	3	5th	7 11 14 16 23 43
2010-06-07	20	3rd	19 21 23 33 40 47
2010-03-29	13	3rd	4 7 23 33 36 41
2010-02-11	4	3rd	15 18 23 24 31 35
2010-01-28	3	5th	5 9 12 18 23 41
2010-01-18	3	3rd	6 10 23 26 32 38
2010-01-07	—	4th	3 4 22 23 34 44