Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

169times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.64σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

53longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 169 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 169 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 12 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 smallest3 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest18 · chance 15.4
3rd smallest39 · chance 46.1
4th smallest63 · chance 61.5
5th smallest42 · chance 36.5
6th smallest4 · chance 7.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 22 8 31 24 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-06-27	2	2nd	8 23 25 32 35 40
2020-06-20	1	2nd	21 23 26 27 31 36
2020-06-17	5	4th	6 18 20 23 35 39
2020-05-30

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-07-31	2	2nd	9 23 30 32 36 38
2019-07-24	2	5th	1 6 7 22 23 39
2019-07-17	9	3rd	6 21 23 24 35 37
2019-06-15	8	3rd	11 19 23 25 28 32
2019-05-18	4	3rd	8 15 23 28 31 32
2019-05-04	3	2nd	9 23 27 31 33 38
2019-04-24	4	2nd	6 23 26 32 33 39
2019-04-10	7	4th	5 14 20 23 29 36
2019-03-16	4	5th	1 10 16 22 23 40
2019-03-02	9	4th	6 16 18 23 31 39
2019-01-30	22	4th	5 12 14 23 24 37
2018-11-14	11	4th	11 20 22 23 24 35
2018-10-06	21	5th	3 5 6 14 23 34
2018-07-25	8	4th	3 5 21 23 24 37
2018-06-27	5	5th	1 3 6 15 23 31
2018-06-09	2	5th	10 14 19 21 23 26
2018-06-02	1	6th	2 7 19 20 22 23
2018-05-30	2	4th	10 14 17 23 29 39
2018-05-23	12	5th	5 6 7 18 23 40
2018-04-11	1	4th	4 17 20 23 29 31
2018-04-07	12	2nd	8 23 25 28 34 39
2018-02-24	10	4th	7 8 16 23 35 38
2018-01-20	1	5th	2 5 16 21 23 28
2018-01-17	5	3rd	6 19 23 30 36 39
2017-12-30	12	4th	1 11 19 23 24 34
2017-11-18	15	4th	2 8 15 23 32 37
2017-09-27	5	3rd	3 14 23 28 31 36
2017-09-09	6	3rd	5 20 23 28 31 40
2017-08-19	1	5th	5 9 13 19 23 33
2017-08-16	3	5th	3 4 9 18 23 40
2017-08-05	4	3rd	18 21 23 27 31 34
2017-07-22	1	4th	8 13 22 23 24 37
2017-07-19	5	5th	1 3 4 18 23 26
2017-07-01	3	4th	1 6 8 23 25 31
2017-06-21	15	5th	6 7 18 22 23 28
2017-04-29	6	5th	6 15 16 20 23 39
2017-04-08	1	4th	2 8 16 23 31 36
2017-04-05	16	4th	1 8 9 23 28 40
2017-02-08	22	4th	1 8 15 23 31 33
2016-11-23	53	4th	1 6 18 23 32 36
2016-05-21	2	5th	3 8 12 17 23 34
2016-05-14	5	6th	13 15 16 17 22 23
2016-04-27	3	2nd	1 23 32 34 37 39
2016-04-16	20	5th	3 4 9 22 23 26
2016-02-06	9	5th	8 11 12 22 23 26
2016-01-06	11	1st	23 24 25 35 36 38
2015-11-28	4	5th	10 11 15 22 23 39
2015-11-14	12	5th	2 4 7 21 23 30
2015-10-03	4	3rd	3 22 23 24 26 38
2015-09-19	7	4th	10 18 20 23 25 40
2015-08-26	8	4th	2 7 8 23 26 37
2015-07-29	1	3rd	8 11 23 25 31 37
2015-07-25	4	5th	2 6 9 14 23 40
2015-07-11	9	4th	1 14 18 23 28 30
2015-06-10	1	4th	5 6 20 23 32 40
2015-06-06	3	3rd	6 15 23 27 36 39
2015-05-27	13	2nd	4 23 24 28 31 32
2015-04-11	1	5th	5 16 17 18 23 33
2015-04-08	5	4th	7 16 19 23 35 39
2015-03-21	4	5th	1 14 21 22 23 37
2015-03-07	1	4th	3 19 21 23 29 30
2015-03-04	2	3rd	9 10 23 31 32 35
2015-02-25	10	5th	5 8 9 10 23 28
2015-01-21	6	2nd	7 23 24 25 30 34
2014-12-31	2	2nd	4 23 28 29 35 39
2014-12-24	1	5th	7 8 14 15 23 25
2014-12-20	7	3rd	8 13 23 28 31 32
2014-11-26	1	5th	8 12 16 20 23 32
2014-11-22	7	4th	11 12 22 23 25 31
2014-10-29	1	5th	9 12 14 20 23 28
2014-10-25	9	3rd	4 10 23 25 35 38
2014-09-24	2	5th	7 16 21 22 23 25
2014-09-17	2	5th	2 15 19 21 23 34
2014-09-10	2	4th	10 19 22 23 27 28
2014-09-03	4	5th	4 9 11 20 23 38
2014-08-20	14	2nd	8 23 26 32 34 39
2014-07-02	3	4th	1 9 22 23 25 27
2014-06-21	3	5th	2 4 8 12 23 34
2014-06-11	3	2nd	4 23 24 32 34 38
2014-05-31	11	4th	4 18 21 23 28 31
2014-04-23	3	3rd	4 11 23 24 31 32
2014-04-12	1	4th	11 16 21 23 26 38
2014-04-09	3	5th	5 7 16 22 23 27
2014-03-29	2	3rd	3 13 23 24 29 30
2014-03-22	4	3rd	10 13 23 35 37 39
2014-03-08	9	3rd	2 4 23 24 34 38
2014-02-05	1	3rd	1 16 23 28 35 38
2014-02-01	3	3rd	2 12 23 25 30 34
2014-01-22	9	3rd	9 14 23 25 29 35
2013-12-18	2	1st	23 24 25 36 38 39
2013-12-11	8	4th	1 7 15 23 35 36
2013-11-13	13	5th	4 7 12 22 23 33
2013-09-28	10	4th	7 14 16 23 24 29
2013-08-24	1	5th	3 14 15 22 23 34
2013-08-21	6	3rd	4 20 23 29 31 36
2013-07-31	2	4th	1 15 19 23 25 29
2013-07-24	8	4th	5 18 21 23 25 40
2013-06-26	5	4th	2 12 20 23 32 35
2013-06-08	3	4th	1 19 20 23 24 34
2013-05-29	3	4th	3 5 6 23 25 32
2013-05-18	5	4th	5 13 21 23 29 40
2013-05-01	1	2nd	15 23 29 30 31 40
2013-04-27	13	4th	8 9 15 23 28 36
2013-03-13	22	6th	1 5 16 18 19 23
2012-12-26	9	4th	3 8 9 23 34 37
2012-11-24	16	5th	7 12 15 18 23 26
2012-09-29	10	4th	7 9 21 23 36 38
2012-08-25	1	2nd	21 23 26 28 29 38
2012-08-22	4	3rd	19 21 23 27 30 40
2012-08-08	5	4th	6 10 13 23 29 36
2012-07-21	7	3rd	3 13 23 27 29 33
2012-06-27	11	1st	23 26 28 30 34 39
2012-05-19	3	4th	1 10 18 23 30 38
2012-05-09	2	4th	4 8 12 23 24 31
2012-05-02	14	4th	7 14 16 23 24 28
2012-03-14	5	4th	9 15 20 23 24 32
2012-02-25	4	4th	12 13 18 23 24 35
2012-02-11	7	4th	13 18 22 23 29 32
2012-01-18	11	2nd	22 23 25 30 37 40
2011-12-10	5	3rd	4 19 23 32 34 40
2011-11-23	25	4th	3 9 21 23 34 37
2011-08-27	7	4th	3 5 22 23 31 32
2011-08-03	5	6th	5 12 15 19 20 23
2011-07-16	2	4th	11 19 21 23 35 39
2011-07-09	2	2nd	8 23 25 27 30 37
2011-07-02	4	4th	9 16 20 23 24 32
2011-06-18	19	3rd	12 17 23 24 28 31
2011-04-13	6	3rd	1 22 23 29 33 34
2011-03-23	2	4th	12 21 22 23 39 40
2011-03-16	1	2nd	14 23 27 28 31 40
2011-03-12	10	5th	2 9 15 19 23 38
2011-02-05	6	4th	3 12 14 23 24 29
2011-01-15	2	3rd	18 22 23 27 34 38
2011-01-08	6	4th	7 17 22 23 24 26
2010-12-15	6	3rd	11 16 23 36 38 40
2010-11-24	3	5th	8 13 15 18 23 36
2010-11-13	4	3rd	3 8 23 31 33 35
2010-10-30	10	3rd	6 12 23 25 34 36
2010-09-25	14	4th	6 10 17 23 29 30
2010-08-07	2	3rd	5 16 23 25 26 37
2010-07-31	20	4th	2 9 10 23 25 35
2010-05-22	4	4th	9 15 22 23 34 38
2010-05-08	5	3rd	4 19 23 30 33 34
2010-04-21	1	3rd	8 19 23 28 38 39
2010-04-17	—	3rd	7 22 23 25 27 30