Number 23

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.97σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

48longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 1 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 smallest1 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest14 · chance 11.7
3rd smallest30 · chance 26.7
4th smallest21 · chance 29.6
5th smallest18 · chance 16.9
6th smallest8 · chance 4.7
7th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 5 40 19 48 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-04-07	7	5th	3 8 15 19 23 29 37
2026-03-13	3	3rd	6 7 23 25 29 30 38
2026-03-03	7	6th	1 3 4 18 20 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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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