In Québec Max under the 7/50 · May 2025 – Apr 2026 rules — 96 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).
10times drawn · chance expected 13 −1.01σ
9draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number
8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1
22longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long
23 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 10 times in 96 draws against 13.4 expected, −1.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
23
Number 23, draw by draw
Drawn 10 times in 96 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 22 · waiting 9 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.
Never drawn alongside 13 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 14 such strangers 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.
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.