Number 23

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,020 draws, 6 from 1–54.

206times drawn · chance expected 224 −1.31σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

40longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 2,020 draws against 224.4 expected, −1.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 2,020 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 4 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 12.2
2nd smallest41 · chance 49.7
3rd smallest81 · chance 74.5
4th smallest54 · chance 51.4
5th smallest14 · chance 16.3
6th smallest2 · chance 1.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 7 3 31 33 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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	3	2nd	16 23 25 33 37 41
2026-09-26	10	3rd	11 21 23 29 30 50
2026-09-02	16	4th	7 19 20 23 25 39
2026-07-27	7	4th

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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-06	13	4th	2 3 5 23 38 39
2025-07-07	1	4th	6 11 22 23 37 52
2025-07-05	12	4th	2 7 8 23 33 52
2025-06-07	9	3rd	15 20 23 42 47 52
2025-05-17	7	5th	8 17 18 21 23 49
2025-04-30	14	3rd	6 14 23 31 50 53
2025-03-29	2	1st	23 40 41 48 51 52
2025-03-24	38	5th	3 12 15 20 23 37
2024-12-25	30	2nd	20 23 30 42 50 52
2024-10-16	2	4th	6 13 14 23 26 44
2024-10-12	6	3rd	14 20 23 30 42 45
2024-09-28	7	2nd	3 23 30 39 40 42
2024-09-11	39	2nd	3 23 24 31 33 49
2024-06-12	2	3rd	1 12 23 33 34 44
2024-06-08	1	4th	4 13 14 23 25 51
2024-06-05	38	2nd	3 23 33 48 49 53
2024-03-09	10	2nd	17 23 26 32 38 45
2024-02-14	11	4th	5 9 11 23 33 50
2024-01-20	9	3rd	3 10 23 30 34 40
2023-12-30	1	3rd	6 7 23 34 37 50
2023-12-27	11	2nd	13 23 35 37 38 53
2023-12-02	12	3rd	12 19 23 46 47 54
2023-11-04	3	4th	3 7 11 23 26 36
2023-10-28	20	3rd	9 15 23 28 31 36
2023-09-11	1	3rd	14 22 23 32 39 43
2023-09-09	2	3rd	3 12 23 25 39 48
2023-09-04	9	5th	3 4 7 11 23 27
2023-08-14	6	3rd	12 14 23 28 37 52
2023-07-31	2	3rd	4 6 23 32 46 52
2023-07-26	2	2nd	10 23 26 30 37 45
2023-07-22	1	5th	7 13 17 18 23 44
2023-07-19	4	3rd	12 15 23 24 38 41
2023-07-10	3	1st	23 28 29 49 50 51
2023-07-03	7	3rd	16 17 23 31 34 54
2023-06-17	5	5th	2 5 13 16 23 38
2023-06-05	15	3rd	3 4 23 33 39 47
2023-05-01	10	2nd	5 23 28 35 39 50
2023-04-08	11	4th	6 10 11 23 27 33
2023-03-13	18	1st	23 26 31 33 39 40
2023-01-30	14	3rd	2 4 23 38 43 46
2022-12-28	7	4th	8 13 16 23 27 52
2022-12-12	11	3rd	3 7 23 26 42 47
2022-11-16	17	1st	23 25 29 35 40 41
2022-10-08	23	1st	23 29 35 38 40 49
2022-08-15	2	2nd	7 23 27 33 42 50
2022-08-10	4	4th	6 12 21 23 34 37
2022-08-01	16	2nd	6 23 28 36 44 46
2022-06-25	1	3rd	7 10 23 34 46 47
2022-06-22	28	3rd	11 12 23 36 45 49
2022-04-18	5	3rd	2 12 23 33 39 48
2022-04-06	3	4th	6 9 18 23 31 38
2022-03-30	4	3rd	2 4 23 30 31 36
2022-03-21	8	4th	16 21 22 23 42 43
2022-03-02	8	3rd	13 18 23 39 40 49
2022-02-12	2	3rd	10 17 23 34 45 46
2022-02-07	18	4th	5 9 11 23 31 54
2021-12-27	2	3rd	7 21 23 27 33 34
2021-12-22	5	4th	5 12 17 23 44 54
2021-12-11	5	2nd	1 23 34 41 51 53
2021-11-29	15	4th	1 11 20 23 31 36
2021-10-25	10	2nd	20 23 25 26 44 45
2021-10-02	2	4th	1 9 14 23 29 41
2021-09-27	3	2nd	22 23 32 41 49 50
2021-09-20	13	3rd	11 17 23 31 34 44
2021-08-21	3	3rd	1 20 23 27 34 54
2021-08-11	6	3rd	10 20 23 38 41 42
2021-07-21	3	2nd	11 23 30 40 45 48
2021-07-10	1	2nd	10 23 42 46 48 51
2021-07-07	4	3rd	7 8 23 32 33 41
2021-06-23	2	3rd	5 18 23 31 35 41
2021-06-16	5	4th	8 15 18 23 24 36
2021-05-29	4	2nd	20 23 29 37 39 52
2021-05-15	9	3rd	8 15 23 24 42 44
2021-04-14	3	3rd	3 16 23 29 48 52
2021-04-03	10	3rd	4 7 23 28 34 39
2021-02-27	12	3rd	5 17 23 35 41 54
2021-01-16	1	4th	8 13 16 23 26 51
2021-01-13	1	3rd	1 6 23 36 40 48
2021-01-09	17	3rd	3 11 23 35 41 54
2020-11-11	1	3rd	6 9 23 31 46 52
2020-11-07	8	3rd	15 17 23 26 43 52
2020-10-10	18	3rd	2 7 23 38 51 53
2020-08-08	9	4th	3 13 18 23 33 42
2020-07-08	39	3rd	2 10 23 32 34 38
2020-02-22	19	3rd	8 16 23 38 41 47
2019-12-18	5	2nd	13 23 31 35 50 54
2019-11-30	7	3rd	5 18 23 24 29 46
2019-11-06	1	3rd	4 16 23 44 50 53
2019-11-02	16	5th	5 11 14 15 23 24
2019-09-07	6	2nd	22 23 31 33 40 42
2019-08-17	1	4th	14 18 21 23 40 44
2019-08-14	24	2nd	22 23 29 36 39 49
2019-05-22	12	3rd	2 9 23 37 42 50
2019-04-10	2	3rd	10 15 23 28 42 43
2019-04-03	20	4th	3 17 21 23 36 51
2019-01-23	13	4th	1 7 17 23 34 38
2018-12-08	15	4th	4 6 21 23 25 38
2018-10-17	13	3rd	18 19 23 31 46 47
2018-09-01	1	2nd	12 23 27 32 44 50
2018-08-29	1	4th	4 11 22 23 31 44
2018-08-25	2	3rd	3 10 23 32 36 48
2018-08-18	21	1st	23 25 26 29 48 52
2018-06-06	27	4th	4 5 13 23 36 52
2018-03-03	10	3rd	5 14 23 32 42 52
2018-01-27	10	6th	6 9 12 17 20 23
2017-12-23	20	3rd	8 22 23 29 34 36
2017-10-14	34	3rd	15 17 23 24 44 53
2017-06-17	4	4th	3 4 6 23 34 54
2017-06-03	7	4th	1 9 17 23 53 54
2017-05-10	6	2nd	21 23 27 31 38 46
2017-04-19	6	5th	3 4 13 22 23 32
2017-03-29	3	5th	7 9 11 18 23 43
2017-03-18	36	4th	12 15 16 23 38 43
2016-11-12	25	4th	1 8 16 23 29 40
2016-08-17	18	4th	5 14 21 23 41 53
2016-06-15	29	3rd	5 16 23 24 35 52
2016-03-05	23	4th	5 9 10 23 32 37
2015-12-16	40	3rd	20 22 23 29 39 54
2015-07-29	3	3rd	19 21 23 29 30 54
2015-07-18	7	3rd	3 4 23 37 42 52
2015-06-24	1	4th	1 8 21 23 41 44
2015-06-20	3	6th	4 5 12 19 22 23
2015-06-10	11	4th	1 5 13 23 38 46
2015-05-02	6	2nd	7 23 27 34 39 54
2015-04-11	4	3rd	3 11 23 25 33 38
2015-03-28	9	2nd	5 23 27 40 43 50
2015-02-25	6	3rd	4 22 23 26 44 54
2015-02-04	6	4th	7 12 21 23 43 53
2015-01-14	6	4th	2 6 19 23 37 43
2014-12-24	7	4th	2 4 21 23 52 54
2014-11-29	12	5th	3 4 9 22 23 34
2014-10-18	6	4th	1 8 12 23 30 38
2014-09-27	31	2nd	2 23 27 34 41 46
2014-06-11	6	2nd	1 23 28 46 51 54
2014-05-21	5	2nd	15 23 24 38 44 53
2014-05-03	7	4th	8 16 22 23 41 54
2014-04-09	7	5th	1 3 9 22 23 54
2014-03-15	11	3rd	4 18 23 33 37 39
2014-02-05	6	2nd	16 23 25 29 49 54
2014-01-15	1	1st	23 25 28 35 36 47
2014-01-11	16	3rd	12 20 23 30 40 41
2013-11-16	14	4th	1 13 19 23 35 43
2013-09-28	14	4th	2 9 13 23 31 46
2013-08-10	3	2nd	18 23 24 39 41 42
2013-07-31	1	2nd	21 23 29 44 47 53
2013-07-27	6	2nd	7 23 33 42 44 46
2013-07-06	16	3rd	12 21 23 25 26 30
2013-05-11	1	2nd	2 23 31 37 41 50
2013-05-08	3	2nd	18 23 29 31 48 50
2013-04-27	3	3rd	14 21 23 26 42 46
2013-04-17	4	4th	13 14 20 23 35 48
2013-04-03	8	4th	3 16 18 23 40 44
2013-03-06	29	3rd	1 12 23 25 41 47
2012-11-24	18	3rd	1 6 23 24 44 53
2012-09-22	9	3rd	13 19 23 24 36 53
2012-08-22	16	3rd	10 21 23 41 49 50
2012-06-27	5	3rd	7 21 23 33 41 44
2012-06-09	5	2nd	8 23 30 33 48 51
2012-05-23	9	1st	23 28 35 37 38 49
2012-04-21	10	1st	23 24 31 33 45 46
2012-03-17	5	2nd	18 23 39 42 43 48
2012-02-29	25	2nd	2 23 34 36 49 54
2011-12-03	17	4th	1 2 13 23 34 40
2011-10-05	30	5th	1 7 10 20 23 54
2011-06-22	6	3rd	10 16 23 24 48 50
2011-06-01	5	2nd	21 23 28 29 32 39
2011-05-14	17	5th	2 7 15 19 23 30
2011-03-16	3	4th	4 16 17 23 46 51
2011-03-05	1	4th	11 13 19 23 33 38
2011-03-02	10	1st	23 26 29 38 39 47
2011-01-26	11	4th	2 7 18 23 35 40
2010-12-18	8	3rd	16 17 23 31 38 46
2010-11-20	23	3rd	7 19 23 34 35 54
2010-09-01	5	3rd	8 15 23 41 42 44
2010-08-14	10	1st	23 24 25 33 34 43
2010-07-10	9	4th	4 7 18 23 31 45
2010-06-09	3	3rd	3 11 23 27 36 52
2010-05-29	2	3rd	5 10 23 35 41 48
2010-05-22	10	5th	2 13 14 20 23 54
2010-04-17	7	3rd	5 19 23 24 34 45
2010-03-24	17	4th	6 16 17 23 25 44
2010-01-23	—	3rd	8 19 23 33 43 50