Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

351times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.75σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 351 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 351 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 5 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 smallest17 · chance 13.5
2nd smallest59 · chance 67.4
3rd smallest122 · chance 123.1
4th smallest106 · chance 102.6
5th smallest40 · chance 39.0
6th smallest7 · chance 5.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 37 16 17 6 26

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
2026-09-28	18	4th	2 7 18 23 27 46
2026-08-17	1	1st	23 26 31 37 38 49
2026-08-15	3	3rd	1 10 23 27 28 49
2026-08-08	3	4th	4

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.

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