Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,153 draws, 6 from 1–47.

133times drawn · chance expected 147 −1.25σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 133 times in 1,153 draws against 147.2 expected, −1.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 133 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 17 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 smallest6 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest23 · chance 22.7
3rd smallest41 · chance 45.4
4th smallest51 · chance 41.2
5th smallest10 · chance 17.0
6th smallest2 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 14 12 15 46 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-22	5	3rd	8 10 23 27 42 43
2026-08-05	3	3rd	3 18 23 29 35 41
2026-07-25	3	1st	23 24 25 42 43 46
2026-07-15	16	3rd	11 22

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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