Number 23

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

173times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.27σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

73longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 173 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 173 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 73 · waiting 2 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 smallest23 · chance 14.2
2nd smallest45 · chance 48.9
3rd smallest49 · chance 62.3
4th smallest39 · chance 36.6
5th smallest16 · chance 9.9
6th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

58 2 31 52 57 53

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-10-03	14	3rd	3 18 23 28 30 56
2026-08-15	6	3rd	6 7 23 25 36 37
2026-07-25	7	4th	8 17 21 23 54 58
2026-07-01

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-30	3	1st	23 31 37 49 51 57
2023-09-20	3	4th	1 16 20 23 34 45
2023-09-09	1	3rd	1 9 23 52 53 57
2023-09-06	7	4th	8 10 19 23 26 43
2023-08-12	3	1st	23 32 35 36 39 44
2023-08-02	4	3rd	3 22 23 26 31 55
2023-07-19	11	2nd	21 23 28 34 45 58
2023-06-10	14	4th	1 4 11 23 33 34
2023-04-22	3	2nd	3 23 40 53 57 58
2023-04-12	2	1st	23 24 25 34 36 37
2023-04-05	6	2nd	2 23 25 47 51 54
2023-03-15	12	2nd	11 23 24 28 30 31
2023-02-01	11	5th	2 4 6 16 23 32
2022-12-24	3	4th	19 20 21 23 27 37
2022-12-14	13	4th	7 10 20 23 39 52
2022-10-29	3	1st	23 25 39 47 51 52
2022-10-19	22	3rd	2 17 23 34 49 50
2022-08-03	4	3rd	2 11 23 25 44 57
2022-07-20	6	3rd	7 17 23 29 48 57
2022-06-29	4	3rd	3 10 23 25 56 59
2022-06-15	8	3rd	13 20 23 40 41 48
2022-05-18	4	1st	23 25 31 50 51 54
2022-05-04	8	4th	1 5 22 23 45 49
2022-04-06	27	6th	1 5 16 17 21 23
2022-01-01	11	3rd	3 20 23 36 45 57
2021-11-24	1	5th	5 10 14 20 23 28
2021-11-20	6	2nd	20 23 25 39 40 46
2021-10-30	8	1st	23 27 30 36 50 57
2021-10-02	3	5th	2 7 8 20 23 57
2021-09-22	1	3rd	1 12 23 29 49 59
2021-09-18	9	2nd	19 23 30 38 49 58
2021-08-18	1	1st	23 30 34 35 47 57
2021-08-14	13	3rd	1 2 23 27 38 49
2021-06-30	1	3rd	1 12 23 28 29 57
2021-06-26	26	5th	2 11 14 20 23 29
2021-03-27	5	5th	1 4 7 14 23 52
2021-03-10	4	2nd	18 23 24 31 40 58
2021-02-24	4	4th	11 19 20 23 53 54
2021-02-10	6	2nd	8 23 30 47 48 57
2021-01-20	33	1st	23 26 42 52 54 55
2020-09-26	8	4th	14 19 20 23 55 57
2020-08-29	4	3rd	8 22 23 26 39 58
2020-08-15	19	5th	2 6 10 17 23 44
2020-06-10	6	1st	23 46 50 52 56 59
2020-05-20	20	3rd	13 18 23 46 47 54
2020-03-11	13	2nd	5 23 26 34 49 58
2020-01-25	8	3rd	5 21 23 29 36 44
2019-12-28	16	3rd	13 14 23 31 35 41
2019-11-02	9	1st	23 31 38 46 48 49
2019-10-02	4	4th	3 17 21 23 27 43
2019-09-18	14	4th	8 18 21 23 29 56
2019-07-31	12	4th	2 7 20 23 26 47
2019-06-19	5	2nd	14 23 24 50 56 58
2019-06-01	4	4th	1 10 13 23 31 32
2019-05-18	28	3rd	18 21 23 46 54 59
2019-02-09	5	4th	3 9 12 23 36 53
2019-01-23	6	5th	6 18 19 21 23 51
2019-01-02	10	2nd	22 23 34 36 49 55
2018-11-28	65	4th	2 3 21 23 35 57
2018-04-14	2	3rd	5 12 23 27 30 56
2018-04-07	1	4th	2 5 10 23 31 53
2018-04-04	3	2nd	19 23 32 35 38 56
2018-03-24	2	3rd	15 22 23 50 51 57
2018-03-17	9	4th	2 10 13 23 31 46
2018-02-14	23	4th	2 7 18 23 37 48
2017-11-25	15	4th	2 14 21 23 38 44
2017-10-04	4	1st	23 43 52 54 57 58
2017-09-20	4	2nd	17 23 52 53 55 58
2017-09-06	4	1st	23 33 39 49 53 57
2017-08-23	6	2nd	9 23 34 37 52 56
2017-08-02	3	2nd	3 23 29 31 42 53
2017-07-22	8	2nd	11 23 28 37 40 41
2017-06-24	6	4th	6 14 18 23 31 37
2017-06-03	7	2nd	22 23 31 33 46 52
2017-05-10	1	4th	1 4 7 23 43 54
2017-05-06	9	2nd	3 23 31 46 53 55
2017-04-05	15	4th	14 15 21 23 41 50
2017-02-11	1	2nd	15 23 28 34 45 53
2017-02-08	7	2nd	6 23 27 45 47 49
2017-01-14	7	4th	9 13 16 23 35 58
2016-12-21	12	2nd	6 23 25 39 42 53
2016-11-09	1	2nd	21 23 25 28 46 59
2016-11-05	19	4th	5 11 15 23 26 42
2016-08-31	16	2nd	17 23 24 28 32 57
2016-07-06	21	1st	23 25 36 43 46 48
2016-04-23	1	4th	8 16 21 23 39 43
2016-04-20	2	4th	8 10 22 23 32 34
2016-04-13	1	2nd	12 23 25 29 42 46
2016-04-09	9	3rd	3 19 23 42 45 56
2016-03-09	15	3rd	15 22 23 30 36 38
2016-01-16	9	2nd	9 23 39 41 48 52
2015-12-16	11	3rd	15 16 23 30 43 54
2015-11-07	11	4th	7 12 14 23 37 53
2015-09-30	1	3rd	2 3 23 31 37 55
2015-09-26	11	3rd	12 14 23 42 55 58
2015-08-19	22	3rd	5 11 23 25 48 58
2015-06-03	14	2nd	22 23 28 39 51 52
2015-04-15	6	1st	23 35 37 52 55 58
2015-03-25	5	3rd	10 11 23 45 51 52
2015-03-07	4	3rd	11 20 23 29 53 58
2015-02-21	6	3rd	8 21 23 50 52 53
2015-01-31	8	5th	3 5 9 21 23 24
2015-01-03	3	2nd	22 23 28 30 41 45
2014-12-24	13	3rd	8 15 23 50 52 58
2014-11-08	4	3rd	2 17 23 26 50 58
2014-10-25	8	3rd	2 15 23 29 30 49
2014-09-27	2	1st	23 31 34 41 47 53
2014-09-20	17	3rd	7 22 23 27 50 58
2014-07-23	5	2nd	15 23 29 39 40 51
2014-07-05	14	3rd	5 9 23 34 44 59
2014-05-17	5	5th	4 5 19 21 23 29
2014-04-30	2	4th	9 10 12 23 52 58
2014-04-23	73	1st	23 37 41 43 45 47
2013-08-10	4	2nd	12 23 30 31 46 52
2013-07-27	4	4th	12 17 20 23 40 58
2013-07-13	5	5th	2 9 14 16 23 27
2013-06-26	8	3rd	7 19 23 44 45 56
2013-05-29	1	2nd	8 23 25 26 45 51
2013-05-25	17	2nd	16 23 25 35 39 55
2013-03-27	5	1st	23 34 41 48 57 59
2013-03-09	7	2nd	5 23 26 27 30 53
2013-02-13	19	2nd	3 23 31 32 44 50
2012-12-08	5	2nd	15 23 24 31 36 41
2012-11-21	4	5th	2 3 16 17 23 43
2012-11-07	13	4th	12 17 21 23 26 51
2012-09-22	21	3rd	3 19 23 43 46 49
2012-07-11	8	1st	23 25 31 36 42 59
2012-06-13	4	1st	23 36 38 39 42 44
2012-05-30	18	3rd	10 17 23 27 30 50
2012-03-28	9	1st	23 31 37 45 46 51
2012-02-25	9	4th	4 8 12 23 34 53
2012-01-25	3	5th	1 6 11 13 23 24
2012-01-14	13	3rd	10 22 23 40 46 52
2011-11-30	4	5th	10 11 15 17 23 26
2011-11-16	11	2nd	7 23 24 43 50 53
2011-10-08	36	2nd	1 23 24 25 36 52
2011-06-04	7	3rd	3 4 23 27 46 55
2011-05-11	9	4th	4 14 17 23 36 53
2011-04-09	4	4th	11 19 20 23 26 38
2011-03-26	3	2nd	9 23 27 37 41 45
2011-03-16	5	4th	15 19 22 23 30 54
2011-02-26	2	3rd	13 18 23 24 30 54
2011-02-19	7	2nd	8 23 33 34 52 58
2011-01-26	2	5th	2 10 19 22 23 46
2011-01-19	5	2nd	16 23 29 36 38 57
2011-01-01	4	4th	14 16 18 23 27 54
2010-12-18	12	1st	23 34 36 40 52 53
2010-11-06	2	3rd	1 13 23 24 45 50
2010-10-30	—	3rd	7 9 23 30 38 51