Number 23

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

385times drawn · chance expected 384 +0.04σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

38longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 385 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, +0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 385 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 8 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest8 · chance 5.3
2nd smallest43 · chance 46.3
3rd smallest131 · chance 132.5
4th smallest143 · chance 147.2
5th smallest60 · chance 53.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 10 6 32 27 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-04	8	5th	5 13 16 20 23
2026-09-26	5	5th	10 15 18 19 23
2026-09-21	1	4th	5 7 13 23 27
2026-09-20	7	4th	6 14 21 23

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-18	4	3rd	7 12 23 28 32
2026-05-14	3	5th	4 7 15 16 23
2026-05-11	2	3rd	1 11 23 27 28
2026-05-09	11	4th	9 13 18 23 32
2026-04-28	4	1st	23 30 33 34 36
2026-04-24	1	3rd	6 19 23 24 25
2026-04-23	9	4th	8 21 22 23 33
2026-04-14	9	1st	23 24 29 31 35
2026-04-05	3	4th	13 19 22 23 31
2026-04-02	4	1st	23 25 33 34 35
2026-03-29	3	2nd	10 23 28 34 35
2026-03-26	1	2nd	7 23 25 27 36
2026-03-25	9	3rd	15 20 23 26 33
2026-03-16	17	4th	8 15 19 23 28
2026-02-27	15	4th	1 8 11 23 27
2026-02-12	4	5th	4 5 16 22 23
2026-02-08	3	3rd	12 16 23 33 35
2026-02-05	6	3rd	14 20 23 30 33
2026-01-30	11	3rd	8 11 23 24 26
2026-01-19	1	3rd	5 11 23 24 31
2026-01-18	5	3rd	14 19 23 34 36
2026-01-13	7	4th	8 10 15 23 29
2026-01-06	3	4th	5 9 14 23 27
2026-01-03	5	4th	6 10 11 23 26
2025-12-29	3	3rd	2 18 23 27 33
2025-12-26	3	3rd	9 10 23 25 32
2025-12-22	21	2nd	17 23 25 28 36
2025-12-01	2	5th	7 12 21 22 23
2025-11-29	5	4th	1 3 22 23 35
2025-11-24	16	4th	2 11 20 23 36
2025-11-08	12	4th	2 4 16 23 36
2025-10-27	1	5th	1 17 20 22 23
2025-10-26	1	4th	2 9 12 23 25
2025-10-25	1	1st	23 28 30 32 33
2025-10-24	3	4th	3 7 16 23 34
2025-10-21	2	4th	9 15 22 23 27
2025-10-19	2	4th	14 17 22 23 27
2025-10-17	19	3rd	7 18 23 28 29
2025-09-28	18	4th	6 13 22 23 26
2025-09-10	1	4th	2 3 7 23 35
2025-09-09	5	4th	15 16 21 23 36
2025-09-04	19	4th	10 12 22 23 29
2025-08-16	19	4th	5 9 18 23 26
2025-07-28	2	3rd	10 22 23 33 36
2025-07-26	13	4th	14 16 21 23 29
2025-07-13	31	4th	1 5 13 23 24
2025-06-12	10	4th	4 19 21 23 31
2025-06-02	2	3rd	9 18 23 24 35
2025-05-31	9	3rd	6 12 23 24 35
2025-05-22	12	3rd	1 6 23 26 33
2025-05-10	2	4th	9 19 21 23 28
2025-05-08	19	2nd	18 23 27 32 35
2025-04-19	3	4th	1 7 9 23 24
2025-04-16	13	4th	9 13 17 23 33
2025-04-03	7	3rd	15 17 23 34 35
2025-03-27	5	5th	5 8 11 22 23
2025-03-22	4	4th	8 13 14 23 24
2025-03-18	1	2nd	4 23 25 27 33
2025-03-17	2	3rd	3 7 23 34 35
2025-03-15	11	3rd	9 17 23 29 36
2025-03-04	2	4th	14 16 21 23 27
2025-03-02	1	3rd	4 13 23 30 36
2025-03-01	16	3rd	5 22 23 25 29
2025-02-13	5	5th	16 18 19 21 23
2025-02-08	4	5th	10 15 17 20 23
2025-02-04	14	3rd	13 15 23 25 36
2025-01-21	1	4th	5 20 22 23 32
2025-01-20	1	4th	5 6 8 23 28
2025-01-19	10	4th	7 13 15 23 32
2025-01-09	2	3rd	6 7 23 24 27
2025-01-07	12	4th	15 19 20 23 34
2024-12-26	1	3rd	5 14 23 32 36
2024-12-24	3	2nd	14 23 27 30 34
2024-12-21	27	5th	1 3 10 18 23
2024-11-24	4	4th	11 14 18 23 33
2024-11-20	7	2nd	13 23 28 30 35
2024-11-13	2	4th	2 9 14 23 28
2024-11-11	6	4th	2 11 12 23 35
2024-11-05	7	4th	3 4 13 23 24
2024-10-29	3	3rd	7 15 23 24 36
2024-10-26	2	3rd	5 10 23 31 33
2024-10-24	5	3rd	8 11 23 28 30
2024-10-19	10	4th	8 10 13 23 30
2024-10-09	3	4th	11 13 22 23 25
2024-10-06	5	2nd	13 23 33 35 36
2024-10-01	14	2nd	22 23 28 32 34
2024-09-17	3	4th	2 18 19 23 34
2024-09-14	6	3rd	17 19 23 29 31
2024-09-08	2	2nd	6 23 26 27 29
2024-09-06	1	3rd	11 22 23 29 36
2024-09-05	11	3rd	11 13 23 28 33
2024-08-25	20	3rd	6 15 23 27 31
2024-08-05	2	4th	1 9 20 23 27
2024-08-03	4	4th	1 19 21 23 25
2024-07-30	13	4th	5 11 20 23 26
2024-07-17	19	3rd	2 19 23 30 35
2024-06-28	2	4th	4 14 15 23 25
2024-06-26	1	5th	4 8 13 19 23
2024-06-25	2	3rd	7 10 23 27 30
2024-06-23	4	5th	8 9 12 21 23
2024-06-19	10	3rd	7 9 23 24 32
2024-06-09	3	4th	3 18 21 23 29
2024-06-06	14	3rd	11 15 23 26 34
2024-05-23	4	3rd	13 19 23 31 32
2024-05-19	4	3rd	7 20 23 33 36
2024-05-15	11	4th	7 15 22 23 31
2024-05-04	7	2nd	9 23 24 32 34
2024-04-27	4	5th	7 11 15 17 23
2024-04-23	4	3rd	6 12 23 35 36
2024-04-19	6	3rd	4 6 23 29 32
2024-04-13	6	4th	6 8 13 23 31
2024-04-07	6	5th	2 4 7 14 23
2024-04-01	3	4th	5 11 18 23 31
2024-03-29	1	4th	2 11 13 23 27
2024-03-28	13	4th	2 19 22 23 30
2024-03-15	10	3rd	4 8 23 24 34
2024-03-05	30	5th	3 4 6 8 23
2024-02-04	6	5th	1 2 11 18 23
2024-01-29	6	5th	8 10 11 22 23
2024-01-23	15	3rd	15 22 23 25 36
2024-01-08	15	4th	4 12 19 23 26
2023-12-23	5	3rd	6 18 23 29 34
2023-12-18	3	4th	1 15 16 23 32
2023-12-15	2	4th	3 14 17 23 36
2023-12-13	6	3rd	4 22 23 24 32
2023-12-07	7	3rd	13 18 23 24 27
2023-11-30	3	4th	7 13 21 23 35
2023-11-27	8	4th	4 14 15 23 29
2023-11-19	14	4th	8 10 20 23 28
2023-11-05	21	4th	4 17 21 23 34
2023-10-15	2	3rd	10 16 23 33 34
2023-10-13	5	5th	3 13 14 17 23
2023-10-08	3	4th	2 8 14 23 32
2023-10-05	4	4th	7 9 17 23 24
2023-10-01	3	3rd	16 17 23 25 31
2023-09-28	20	4th	5 9 10 23 30
2023-09-08	3	3rd	6 10 23 24 36
2023-09-05	13	4th	5 16 17 23 35
2023-08-23	18	5th	3 12 14 22 23
2023-08-05	5	3rd	5 8 23 28 33
2023-07-31	6	3rd	1 19 23 30 32
2023-07-25	2	5th	1 7 18 20 23
2023-07-23	5	5th	1 15 16 22 23
2023-07-18	6	2nd	10 23 25 27 33
2023-07-12	20	2nd	16 23 24 27 31
2023-06-22	8	3rd	10 21 23 24 27
2023-06-14	3	5th	2 12 13 18 23
2023-06-11	1	5th	6 7 14 16 23
2023-06-10	1	3rd	10 20 23 32 36
2023-06-09	15	5th	2 4 13 14 23
2023-05-25	2	5th	3 5 10 12 23
2023-05-23	11	4th	1 7 13 23 27
2023-05-12	8	3rd	13 22 23 26 34
2023-05-04	6	3rd	6 8 23 29 33
2023-04-28	9	4th	10 18 22 23 32
2023-04-19	1	4th	6 9 10 23 35
2023-04-18	2	3rd	2 6 23 32 34
2023-04-16	2	1st	23 26 30 35 36
2023-04-14	13	5th	2 5 11 20 23
2023-04-01	4	4th	2 4 18 23 29
2023-03-28	5	4th	2 7 12 23 33
2023-03-23	4	2nd	17 23 24 27 28
2023-03-19	13	3rd	19 22 23 25 32
2023-03-06	2	4th	7 17 22 23 26
2023-03-04	1	4th	14 16 18 23 34
2023-03-03	4	3rd	18 19 23 32 35
2023-02-27	18	3rd	4 17 23 26 33
2023-02-09	8	3rd	10 18 23 26 34
2023-02-01	1	4th	4 9 13 23 31
2023-01-31	3	3rd	8 15 23 30 33
2023-01-28	6	4th	6 15 22 23 32
2023-01-22	2	3rd	5 12 23 30 33
2023-01-20	1	4th	6 8 10 23 26
2023-01-19	3	2nd	1 23 31 32 35
2023-01-16	7	4th	2 8 9 23 30
2023-01-09	14	3rd	9 13 23 27 30
2022-12-26	9	5th	5 10 12 17 23
2022-12-16	11	2nd	10 23 31 34 35
2022-12-05	4	3rd	10 11 23 29 36
2022-12-01	12	4th	15 17 20 23 26
2022-11-19	5	4th	1 4 7 23 28
2022-11-14	24	5th	2 14 15 18 23
2022-10-21	12	4th	2 16 20 23 33
2022-10-09	7	3rd	8 22 23 28 32
2022-10-02	2	5th	8 13 14 17 23
2022-09-30	2	3rd	1 11 23 26 32
2022-09-28	31	4th	5 13 21 23 32
2022-08-28	1	2nd	22 23 29 32 33
2022-08-27	1	4th	5 20 21 23 30
2022-08-26	2	4th	10 12 21 23 31
2022-08-24	3	5th	2 5 12 22 23
2022-08-21	6	4th	6 15 19 23 35
2022-08-15	6	3rd	15 20 23 32 35
2022-08-09	18	4th	3 14 15 23 24
2022-07-22	1	4th	2 9 17 23 35
2022-07-21	14	3rd	1 4 23 27 35
2022-07-07	1	3rd	18 20 23 33 34
2022-07-06	13	4th	2 15 18 23 31
2022-06-23	5	5th	3 6 11 21 23
2022-06-18	6	4th	3 13 17 23 31
2022-06-12	12	4th	6 9 22 23 32
2022-05-31	22	4th	13 17 20 23 30
2022-05-09	1	4th	1 10 18 23 35
2022-05-08	1	4th	4 9 13 23 30
2022-05-07	19	5th	4 10 12 20 23
2022-04-18	7	3rd	2 4 23 27 36
2022-04-11	6	3rd	3 12 23 27 31
2022-04-05	1	3rd	15 21 23 29 33
2022-04-04	1	5th	1 5 6 12 23
2022-04-03	6	3rd	8 18 23 24 36
2022-03-28	2	4th	4 10 15 23 25
2022-03-26	12	4th	11 14 21 23 26
2022-03-14	5	2nd	13 23 25 30 36
2022-03-09	3	4th	3 7 14 23 24
2022-03-06	10	5th	7 10 17 22 23
2022-02-24	2	4th	9 10 15 23 33
2022-02-22	2	2nd	20 23 26 27 34
2022-02-20	23	4th	11 18 19 23 24
2022-01-28	12	4th	8 18 22 23 25
2022-01-16	3	3rd	1 19 23 28 33
2022-01-13	3	3rd	6 7 23 28 30
2022-01-10	1	4th	1 3 11 23 34
2022-01-09	7	2nd	5 23 30 32 33
2022-01-02	1	3rd	12 21 23 25 31
2022-01-01	2	2nd	17 23 31 32 36
2021-12-30	5	4th	2 6 21 23 28
2021-12-24	11	3rd	8 22 23 24 29
2021-12-13	7	3rd	6 22 23 25 30
2021-12-06	30	4th	6 10 13 23 36
2021-11-06	9	4th	3 6 15 23 30
2021-10-28	2	2nd	5 23 27 32 36
2021-10-26	1	4th	8 9 21 23 32
2021-10-25	4	3rd	10 19 23 33 36
2021-10-21	7	4th	1 4 15 23 27
2021-10-14	4	4th	8 16 19 23 35
2021-10-10	11	5th	7 12 13 15 23
2021-09-29	1	3rd	15 20 23 32 33
2021-09-28	12	4th	6 21 22 23 31
2021-09-16	1	4th	2 5 21 23 35
2021-09-15	16	2nd	1 23 24 32 33
2021-08-30	13	3rd	5 15 23 29 31
2021-08-17	2	2nd	7 23 24 25 29
2021-08-15	18	3rd	6 14 23 31 34
2021-07-28	3	3rd	8 22 23 26 29
2021-07-25	5	3rd	11 17 23 31 34
2021-07-20	4	3rd	7 13 23 34 35
2021-07-16	6	4th	3 6 22 23 29
2021-07-10	38	5th	6 15 17 18 23
2021-06-02	5	3rd	11 15 23 26 36
2021-05-28	5	3rd	15 18 23 27 29
2021-05-23	6	4th	10 16 21 23 31
2021-05-17	11	4th	4 6 9 23 35
2021-05-06	3	2nd	17 23 29 31 33
2021-05-03	5	3rd	11 18 23 28 34
2021-04-28	1	3rd	2 14 23 29 35
2021-04-27	4	5th	5 14 16 18 23
2021-04-23	2	3rd	8 13 23 24 27
2021-04-21	6	4th	3 4 8 23 26
2021-04-15	1	4th	3 6 17 23 26
2021-04-14	27	4th	2 9 10 23 35
2021-03-18	2	2nd	11 23 24 27 29
2021-03-16	4	5th	1 3 8 17 23
2021-03-12	21	3rd	1 19 23 28 30
2021-02-19	3	5th	12 13 14 21 23
2021-02-16	7	4th	2 15 20 23 24
2021-02-09	3	4th	5 7 19 23 27
2021-02-06	1	4th	9 15 21 23 31
2021-02-05	1	1st	23 29 31 34 35
2021-02-04	12	3rd	7 8 23 27 34
2021-01-23	1	2nd	1 23 24 26 34
2021-01-22	6	4th	4 9 19 23 25
2021-01-16	12	4th	2 10 12 23 24
2021-01-04	1	5th	12 13 19 21 23
2021-01-03	1	3rd	12 20 23 27 31
2021-01-02	3	2nd	14 23 24 26 29
2020-12-30	6	3rd	3 6 23 29 31
2020-12-23	10	3rd	10 15 23 25 34
2020-12-13	1	4th	1 3 15 23 36
2020-12-12	3	3rd	3 6 23 30 36
2020-12-09	2	3rd	11 19 23 24 35
2020-12-07	24	3rd	3 18 23 26 27
2020-11-13	6	3rd	8 14 23 31 32
2020-11-07	11	2nd	7 23 24 32 34
2020-10-27	6	3rd	8 18 23 25 27
2020-10-21	1	5th	1 5 10 14 23
2020-10-20	4	2nd	6 23 24 27 33
2020-10-16	3	5th	1 7 13 14 23
2020-10-13	27	3rd	5 7 23 29 34
2020-09-16	3	4th	3 4 8 23 34
2020-09-13	8	4th	14 16 18 23 29
2020-09-05	4	4th	12 14 22 23 25
2020-09-01	3	3rd	14 17 23 31 32
2020-08-29	33	3rd	15 18 23 24 36
2020-07-27	7	3rd	14 19 23 26 35
2020-07-20	7	5th	1 11 14 20 23
2020-07-13	8	3rd	1 21 23 27 32
2020-07-05	7	4th	2 16 21 23 28
2020-06-28	2	4th	1 13 22 23 27
2020-06-26	17	5th	1 9 13 15 23
2020-06-09	2	2nd	1 23 31 35 36
2020-06-07	1	3rd	17 22 23 28 33
2020-06-06	4	5th	3 5 6 8 23
2020-06-02	2	3rd	7 8 23 34 36
2020-05-31	1	2nd	12 23 25 27 34
2020-05-30	6	5th	5 12 14 20 23
2020-05-24	32	5th	11 19 20 21 23
2020-04-22	2	4th	3 8 22 23 28
2020-04-20	5	3rd	4 10 23 27 36
2020-04-15	2	3rd	3 15 23 26 36
2020-04-13	6	1st	23 24 27 31 33
2020-04-07	16	4th	7 11 12 23 24
2020-03-22	21	4th	2 5 20 23 30
2020-03-01	12	5th	2 8 10 15 23
2020-02-18	6	3rd	7 8 23 30 32
2020-02-12	11	4th	3 8 12 23 30
2020-02-01	27	5th	4 5 7 12 23
2020-01-05	8	4th	5 18 21 23 34
2019-12-28	2	1st	23 29 30 31 32
2019-12-26	6	3rd	6 12 23 25 36
2019-12-19	8	5th	1 5 9 15 23
2019-12-11	12	5th	5 9 11 15 23
2019-11-29	8	2nd	22 23 28 33 36
2019-11-21	2	5th	4 11 12 21 23
2019-11-19	2	2nd	21 23 25 27 34
2019-11-17	4	4th	6 16 18 23 33
2019-11-13	3	4th	7 13 17 23 25
2019-11-10	2	3rd	10 20 23 32 34
2019-11-08	11	2nd	13 23 30 32 33
2019-10-28	6	2nd	18 23 28 34 36
2019-10-22	19	4th	2 8 18 23 32
2019-10-03	8	5th	6 7 13 21 23
2019-09-25	4	4th	4 12 13 23 28
2019-09-21	1	3rd	14 17 23 28 29
2019-09-20	1	2nd	7 23 26 31 34
2019-09-19	1	5th	10 12 15 16 23
2019-09-18	2	4th	10 12 15 23 25
2019-09-16	7	4th	11 12 21 23 27
2019-09-09	5	5th	3 10 12 19 23
2019-09-04	11	3rd	5 20 23 24 36
2019-08-24	1	2nd	16 23 26 27 33
2019-08-23	1	3rd	7 20 23 29 35
2019-08-22	7	3rd	7 18 23 29 32
2019-08-15	3	3rd	2 9 23 32 36
2019-08-12	7	4th	6 15 17 23 30
2019-08-05	22	4th	10 15 20 23 36
2019-07-14	4	2nd	11 23 26 27 33
2019-07-10	16	3rd	7 9 23 26 27
2019-06-24	1	4th	4 7 19 23 30
2019-06-23	3	4th	7 14 15 23 24
2019-06-20	13	2nd	19 23 26 28 33
2019-06-07	4	3rd	6 15 23 24 28
2019-06-03	4	5th	3 6 10 22 23
2019-05-30	34	4th	5 6 11 23 30
2019-04-26	9	2nd	1 23 28 33 34
2019-04-17	3	2nd	8 23 27 32 34
2019-04-14	7	3rd	3 17 23 24 26
2019-04-07	6	3rd	6 20 23 34 35
2019-04-01	1	3rd	3 10 23 25 36
2019-03-31	6	3rd	1 15 23 32 34
2019-03-25	4	5th	10 11 12 19 23
2019-03-21	—	5th	2 7 10 14 23