Number 23

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Oct 1985 – Jan 2013 rules — 2,558 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

329times drawn · chance expected 313 +0.95σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

46longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 329 times in 2,558 draws against 313.2 expected, +0.95σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 39 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 329 times in 2,558 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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.

1st smallest13 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest62 · chance 63.2
3rd smallest127 · chance 115.4
4th smallest85 · chance 96.2
5th smallest38 · chance 36.5
6th smallest4 · chance 5.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 19 47 41 32 6

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
2012-11-29	6	5th	2 11 16 20 23 41
2012-11-08	8	4th	5 7 12 23 38 43
2012-10-11	3	4th	9 15 16 23 31 40
2012-09-29

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.

2010-12-30	3	3rd	8 12 23 28 32 33
2010-12-18	46	4th	7 19 20 23 28 45
2010-07-10	9	1st	23 32 34 38 42 45
2010-06-10	10	3rd	11 17 23 29 31 47
2010-05-06	11	2nd	5 23 36 38 39 47
2010-03-27	1	4th	1 5 15 23 25 28
2010-03-25	6	5th	2 14 15 17 23 48
2010-03-04	23	2nd	4 23 24 30 33 48
2009-12-12	9	4th	4 10 21 23 28 48
2009-11-12	8	4th	5 16 18 23 34 36
2009-10-15	31	4th	3 6 18 23 39 41
2009-06-27	2	3rd	1 22 23 36 43 45
2009-06-20	11	4th	8 13 17 23 33 37
2009-05-14	1	3rd	9 14 23 29 40 43
2009-05-09	5	4th	3 5 13 23 39 43
2009-04-23	7	3rd	13 21 23 24 34 40
2009-03-28	1	3rd	12 14 23 36 40 49
2009-03-26	40	4th	8 12 17 23 29 34
2008-11-06	6	4th	5 8 20 23 24 32
2008-10-16	1	4th	13 20 21 23 32 45
2008-10-11	6	3rd	4 14 23 28 31 42
2008-09-20	10	4th	4 5 19 23 42 47
2008-08-16	6	4th	7 9 19 23 27 41
2008-07-26	2	4th	13 17 21 23 27 28
2008-07-19	1	5th	6 9 17 19 23 29
2008-07-17	2	1st	23 27 33 40 43 47
2008-07-10	3	4th	12 18 20 23 27 47
2008-06-28	3	2nd	2 23 26 32 38 46
2008-06-19	6	4th	2 19 20 23 28 47
2008-05-29	3	2nd	17 23 27 29 38 41
2008-05-17	1	3rd	10 11 23 28 29 40
2008-05-15	4	3rd	13 19 23 28 40 44
2008-05-01	1	3rd	2 17 23 35 41 45
2008-04-26	4	3rd	10 14 23 25 38 41
2008-04-12	4	4th	6 17 20 23 28 29
2008-03-29	13	6th	4 6 7 11 16 23
2008-02-14	5	4th	8 11 20 23 48 49
2008-01-26	3	3rd	6 11 23 36 41 45
2008-01-17	10	2nd	3 23 29 47 48 49
2007-12-13	2	4th	1 2 10 23 32 37
2007-12-06	2	2nd	5 23 27 30 32 35
2007-11-29	16	3rd	14 18 23 26 37 48
2007-10-04	6	3rd	4 19 23 24 31 41
2007-09-13	18	5th	3 14 18 22 23 41
2007-07-12	5	2nd	5 23 36 41 45 48
2007-06-23	2	3rd	3 17 23 27 42 48
2007-06-16	9	4th	14 18 19 23 28 42
2007-05-17	2	4th	2 5 18 23 37 46
2007-05-10	8	2nd	11 23 33 40 42 47
2007-04-12	1	4th	13 15 22 23 39 45
2007-04-07	13	6th	2 3 7 11 18 23
2007-02-22	3	4th	3 20 21 23 30 46
2007-02-10	8	3rd	17 21 23 28 33 44
2007-01-13	1	5th	1 3 7 19 23 26
2007-01-11	7	4th	12 17 19 23 25 42
2006-12-16	14	2nd	19 23 26 35 39 41
2006-10-28	1	3rd	4 19 23 24 34 41
2006-10-26	3	4th	1 12 16 23 34 37
2006-10-14	1	4th	8 9 13 23 31 41
2006-10-12	8	4th	7 15 20 23 41 44
2006-09-14	10	1st	23 30 34 37 39 40
2006-08-10	6	4th	4 8 20 23 27 33
2006-07-20	29	4th	5 18 22 23 27 44
2006-04-08	5	3rd	1 19 23 35 42 47
2006-03-23	6	2nd	11 23 29 36 43 48
2006-03-02	1	3rd	10 18 23 39 44 46
2006-02-25	6	5th	1 2 10 21 23 28
2006-02-04	2	4th	6 10 21 23 24 37
2006-01-28	2	3rd	1 15 23 25 32 34
2006-01-21	7	3rd	2 11 23 26 41 48
2005-12-29	2	4th	4 10 20 23 46 48
2005-12-22	13	1st	23 24 34 39 40 42
2005-11-05	10	5th	4 8 18 19 23 30
2005-10-01	12	3rd	2 18 23 35 37 48
2005-08-20	31	3rd	18 22 23 29 30 35
2005-05-05	1	5th	1 16 20 22 23 33
2005-04-30	33	4th	6 10 20 23 34 40
2005-01-06	7	2nd	8 23 32 36 37 49
2004-12-11	17	5th	1 2 3 21 23 49
2004-10-14	16	2nd	6 23 24 32 42 43
2004-08-19	2	3rd	5 18 23 29 34 46
2004-08-12	13	2nd	5 23 32 33 34 41
2004-06-26	3	2nd	5 23 29 30 36 43
2004-06-17	8	3rd	18 21 23 27 33 49
2004-05-20	18	3rd	4 7 23 39 45 48
2004-03-18	2	3rd	1 17 23 30 38 46
2004-03-11	8	1st	23 26 31 34 37 42
2004-02-12	1	4th	12 18 22 23 25 46
2004-02-07	39	3rd	7 19 23 30 36 42
2003-09-25	2	5th	1 2 7 20 23 46
2003-09-18	25	2nd	15 23 26 28 36 40
2003-06-21	2	2nd	15 23 31 38 46 47
2003-06-14	2	2nd	7 23 45 46 48 49
2003-06-07	15	4th	4 6 13 23 33 43
2003-04-17	1	2nd	15 23 24 26 33 47
2003-04-12	4	3rd	6 18 23 27 41 43
2003-03-29	8	3rd	7 8 23 25 30 47
2003-03-01	15	3rd	13 21 23 33 37 43
2003-01-09	3	5th	9 15 16 20 23 25
2002-12-28	14	4th	5 18 22 23 34 46
2002-11-09	1	3rd	2 3 23 26 33 41
2002-11-07	12	2nd	4 23 26 29 47 48
2002-09-26	5	4th	3 18 19 23 41 47
2002-09-07	8	2nd	15 23 27 39 45 48
2002-08-10	13	4th	5 6 21 23 34 37
2002-06-27	12	3rd	8 19 23 30 38 46
2002-05-16	1	2nd	3 23 26 30 32 33
2002-05-11	8	3rd	8 9 23 31 33 38
2002-04-13	10	3rd	12 14 23 29 39 48
2002-03-09	2	3rd	11 15 23 27 31 37
2002-03-02	10	3rd	5 9 23 26 31 43
2002-01-26	2	2nd	11 23 32 37 40 43
2002-01-19	10	3rd	1 15 23 32 37 41
2001-12-15	10	2nd	11 23 34 36 40 48
2001-11-10	1	4th	8 9 10 23 29 43
2001-11-08	10	3rd	6 22 23 27 32 43
2001-10-04	5	4th	16 17 18 23 40 44
2001-09-15	1	4th	3 9 15 23 38 43
2001-09-13	7	2nd	10 23 30 35 44 47
2001-08-18	10	2nd	2 23 34 35 48 49
2001-07-14	5	3rd	7 17 23 29 34 46
2001-06-28	6	3rd	15 18 23 30 34 41
2001-06-07	9	3rd	7 13 23 29 30 33
2001-05-05	8	4th	10 17 19 23 27 38
2001-04-07	6	3rd	4 18 23 28 33 38
2001-03-17	10	5th	6 16 18 20 23 47
2001-02-10	27	6th	4 6 15 18 22 23
2000-11-09	4	3rd	4 17 23 27 34 36
2000-10-26	4	4th	8 19 21 23 25 37
2000-10-12	4	5th	4 11 13 21 23 45
2000-09-28	3	5th	4 7 10 11 23 48
2000-09-16	2	6th	4 5 16 19 21 23
2000-09-09	29	3rd	9 13 23 28 29 36
2000-06-01	3	4th	6 14 17 23 24 41
2000-05-20	3	3rd	2 7 23 40 46 47
2000-05-11	2	2nd	3 23 37 38 47 48
2000-05-04	5	4th	9 14 21 23 39 48
2000-04-15	36	2nd	14 23 27 28 38 43
1999-12-11	2	4th	15 16 18 23 30 48
1999-12-04	3	3rd	6 12 23 30 38 41
1999-11-25	1	5th	11 15 17 22 23 49
1999-11-20	3	2nd	9 23 29 45 47 49
1999-11-11	4	2nd	18 23 30 31 42 48
1999-10-28	13	3rd	12 19 23 24 29 41
1999-09-11	4	3rd	11 20 23 32 40 45
1999-08-28	8	4th	8 15 16 23 38 39
1999-07-31	9	2nd	16 23 30 32 36 42
1999-07-01	2	3rd	10 21 23 25 32 36
1999-06-24	1	3rd	5 10 23 39 41 42
1999-06-19	3	3rd	6 19 23 31 33 39
1999-06-10	16	4th	4 16 18 23 36 49
1999-04-15	1	3rd	10 16 23 29 32 36
1999-04-10	2	2nd	14 23 31 35 44 49
1999-04-03	17	4th	3 17 20 23 39 45
1999-02-04	9	1st	23 27 28 41 43 48
1999-01-02	3	4th	1 7 11 23 34 47
1998-12-24	14	2nd	17 23 27 31 35 39
1998-11-05	7	1st	23 28 31 34 44 49
1998-10-10	3	4th	10 11 14 23 36 39
1998-10-01	11	5th	8 9 12 21 23 33
1998-08-22	25	5th	3 4 11 16 23 35
1998-05-28	7	3rd	12 17 23 39 47 49
1998-05-02	1	3rd	16 22 23 24 25 29
1998-04-30	4	3rd	17 18 23 26 37 49
1998-04-16	5	2nd	4 23 31 35 41 42
1998-03-28	10	5th	8 9 13 18 23 43
1998-02-21	1	3rd	17 18 23 29 33 47
1998-02-19	1	4th	3 15 20 23 27 33
1998-02-14	12	3rd	11 14 23 25 31 45
1998-01-03	12	4th	13 18 21 23 37 39
1997-11-22	1	3rd	1 7 23 25 30 49
1997-11-20	5	1st	23 35 40 41 42 43
1997-11-01	1	3rd	1 22 23 27 32 42
1997-10-30	2	3rd	5 6 23 26 34 40
1997-10-23	1	2nd	17 23 25 30 41 45
1997-10-18	24	3rd	5 18 23 28 34 49
1997-07-26	5	3rd	10 15 23 27 28 29
1997-07-10	7	4th	3 20 22 23 44 46
1997-06-14	4	2nd	3 23 27 32 39 40
1997-05-31	4	3rd	10 20 23 32 46 48
1997-05-17	7	2nd	4 23 28 38 46 47
1997-04-24	3	3rd	6 7 23 29 35 36
1997-04-12	3	5th	6 12 18 20 23 27
1997-04-03	4	3rd	12 21 23 35 37 42
1997-03-20	6	4th	8 13 19 23 27 30
1997-02-27	3	4th	8 9 13 23 31 37
1997-02-15	9	5th	7 10 18 20 23 44
1997-01-16	9	4th	8 10 12 23 39 40
1996-12-14	6	3rd	17 19 23 26 31 32
1996-11-23	7	3rd	3 9 23 37 38 44
1996-10-31	3	3rd	1 16 23 32 34 43
1996-10-19	8	4th	1 7 16 23 37 49
1996-09-21	7	3rd	7 17 23 26 47 49
1996-08-29	1	4th	1 9 20 23 29 34
1996-08-24	31	5th	3 7 10 14 23 43
1996-05-09	2	5th	6 11 13 14 23 44
1996-05-02	1	3rd	13 14 23 28 38 41
1996-04-27	11	2nd	3 23 36 44 47 49
1996-03-21	5	4th	3 13 20 23 31 36
1996-03-02	1	3rd	1 10 23 24 29 47
1996-02-29	4	2nd	13 23 33 36 42 47
1996-02-15	12	4th	2 6 8 23 26 31
1996-01-04	18	3rd	6 8 23 32 33 42
1995-11-02	16	4th	2 10 19 23 32 35
1995-09-07	19	5th	7 14 19 22 23 35
1995-07-01	13	2nd	2 23 28 37 44 48
1995-05-18	4	2nd	5 23 24 37 41 48
1995-05-04	20	4th	11 17 20 23 38 45
1995-02-23	19	5th	7 13 14 20 23 48
1994-12-17	3	2nd	7 23 25 27 29 49
1994-12-08	1	4th	3 17 18 23 25 42
1994-12-03	4	3rd	1 20 23 26 32 36
1994-11-19	4	3rd	15 18 23 27 32 41
1994-11-05	6	3rd	18 22 23 33 40 42
1994-10-15	2	5th	11 14 17 22 23 48
1994-10-08	7	3rd	1 4 23 30 31 32
1994-09-15	24	4th	12 17 21 23 29 35
1994-06-23	6	3rd	1 12 23 35 40 45
1994-06-02	24	5th	5 6 15 20 23 27
1994-03-10	19	5th	6 10 11 13 23 32
1994-01-01	6	2nd	8 23 25 32 38 47
1993-12-11	4	2nd	5 23 25 41 44 47
1993-11-27	1	4th	4 6 22 23 32 43
1993-11-25	6	3rd	7 14 23 26 27 28
1993-11-04	1	2nd	21 23 26 31 37 40
1993-10-30	1	2nd	9 23 31 38 40 46
1993-10-28	3	2nd	13 23 24 25 26 38
1993-10-16	14	3rd	8 20 23 25 26 43
1993-08-28	10	3rd	12 20 23 29 32 38
1993-07-24	1	4th	5 11 17 23 27 33
1993-07-22	7	3rd	13 20 23 30 39 47
1993-06-26	4	5th	8 16 18 20 23 46
1993-06-12	34	3rd	7 18 23 33 37 40
1993-02-13	5	4th	9 16 18 23 31 46
1993-01-28	24	1st	23 26 38 42 43 45
1992-11-05	6	3rd	8 14 23 28 29 47
1992-10-15	13	3rd	5 6 23 28 34 40
1992-08-29	3	2nd	17 23 30 40 46 47
1992-08-20	4	4th	1 16 21 23 26 35
1992-08-06	5	1st	23 25 29 40 42 44
1992-07-18	12	3rd	10 22 23 28 31 38
1992-06-06	6	4th	8 11 15 23 25 38
1992-05-16	10	3rd	3 19 23 32 33 38
1992-04-11	13	3rd	5 19 23 25 31 46
1992-02-27	9	3rd	4 18 23 40 42 48
1992-01-25	8	5th	3 8 16 19 23 33
1991-12-28	8	2nd	13 23 35 42 44 47
1991-11-30	5	4th	6 9 19 23 37 44
1991-11-14	3	3rd	7 15 23 36 37 45
1991-11-02	4	3rd	6 12 23 30 35 37
1991-10-19	4	3rd	8 10 23 37 41 47
1991-10-05	2	3rd	7 9 23 40 47 48
1991-09-28	7	3rd	14 22 23 38 40 43
1991-09-05	2	3rd	6 15 23 26 41 47
1991-08-29	3	4th	15 17 20 23 41 48
1991-08-17	18	3rd	15 17 23 27 28 42
1991-06-15	5	1st	23 27 32 36 39 42
1991-05-16	1	3rd	3 5 23 36 37 49
1991-05-09	1	3rd	14 21 23 26 37 44
1991-05-02	15	3rd	3 12 23 25 31 43
1991-01-17	7	1st	23 31 35 41 43 49
1990-11-29	2	2nd	9 23 25 27 34 40
1990-11-15	12	3rd	19 22 23 27 28 29
1990-08-25	3	2nd	22 23 24 29 35 38
1990-08-16	1	3rd	1 4 23 37 38 43
1990-08-11	2	4th	6 12 18 23 45 48
1990-08-04	11	3rd	6 13 23 27 29 38
1990-06-28	2	4th	8 16 19 23 38 43
1990-06-21	1	4th	10 13 22 23 33 34
1990-06-16	3	3rd	12 18 23 25 33 35
1990-06-07	5	2nd	20 23 25 27 34 49
1990-05-19	7	2nd	16 23 25 26 43 49
1990-04-05	7	3rd	5 20 23 40 42 46
1990-02-15	3	5th	11 12 17 22 23 30
1990-01-25	2	4th	9 11 12 23 36 44
1990-01-11	1	5th	8 9 14 16 23 38
1990-01-04	11	3rd	3 18 23 31 36 48
1989-10-19	1	4th	3 5 6 23 24 34
1989-10-12	2	3rd	3 5 23 24 38 47
1989-09-28	8	3rd	16 21 23 30 35 45
1989-08-03	2	4th	3 7 14 23 24 28
1989-07-20	3	2nd	22 23 30 35 37 41
1989-06-29	2	3rd	20 21 23 41 43 45
1989-06-15	2	3rd	19 21 23 24 32 43
1989-06-01	2	3rd	13 19 23 27 31 46
1989-05-18	7	2nd	9 23 25 33 37 39
1989-03-30	2	4th	6 16 20 23 24 32
1989-03-16	5	3rd	16 19 23 32 38 39
1989-02-09	2	5th	1 6 18 20 23 26
1989-01-26	19	3rd	11 19 23 31 33 47
1988-09-15	1	3rd	12 19 23 38 39 41
1988-09-08	2	1st	23 25 28 39 42 47
1988-08-25	2	5th	1 4 6 19 23 27
1988-08-11	10	2nd	19 23 31 36 39 45
1988-06-02	10	3rd	4 12 23 29 32 44
1988-03-24	3	4th	11 19 22 23 36 40
1988-03-03	24	5th	1 2 11 13 23 40
1987-09-17	5	3rd	8 9 23 35 45 47
1987-08-13	30	2nd	6 23 34 39 45 48
1987-01-15	7	3rd	7 8 23 28 29 42
1986-11-20	6	5th	3 4 10 19 23 30
1986-10-09	26	3rd	7 11 23 26 35 46
1986-04-10	9	4th	6 12 21 23 35 41
1986-02-06	8	3rd	13 14 23 41 47 48
1985-12-05	—	3rd	4 14 23 27 30 40