Number 23

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

333times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.67σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

38longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 333 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 333 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 smallest19 · chance 12.8
2nd smallest70 · chance 64.0
3rd smallest115 · chance 116.8
4th smallest91 · chance 97.3
5th smallest31 · chance 37.0
6th smallest7 · chance 5.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 18 26 27 42 12

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
2026-10-07	9	5th	6 11 17 19 23 24
2026-09-16	9	2nd	21 23 31 35 39 42
2026-08-26	3	3rd	10 14 23 24 25 26
2026-08-19

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