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23

Number 23

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

Main numbersStars
109times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.21σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 67% for any number
10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4
44longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long
23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, −0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

23

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 5 draws now

2 draws: 2017-12-13 to 2017-12-209 draws: 2017-12-20 to 2018-01-209 draws: 2018-01-20 to 2018-02-211 draws: 2018-02-21 to 2018-02-244 draws: 2018-02-24 to 2018-03-1022 draws: 2018-03-10 to 2018-05-261 draws: 2018-05-26 to 2018-05-3030 draws: 2018-05-30 to 2018-09-1239 draws: 2018-09-12 to 2019-01-261 draws: 2019-01-26 to 2019-01-3021 draws: 2019-01-30 to 2019-04-139 draws: 2019-04-13 to 2019-05-155 draws: 2019-05-15 to 2019-06-014 draws: 2019-06-01 to 2019-06-1530 draws: 2019-06-15 to 2019-09-281 draws: 2019-09-28 to 2019-10-022 draws: 2019-10-02 to 2019-10-095 draws: 2019-10-09 to 2019-10-265 draws: 2019-10-26 to 2019-11-138 draws: 2019-11-13 to 2019-12-1112 draws: 2019-12-11 to 2020-01-221 draws: 2020-01-22 to 2020-01-252 draws: 2020-01-25 to 2020-02-014 draws: 2020-02-01 to 2020-02-1544 draws: 2020-02-15 to 2020-07-185 draws: 2020-07-18 to 2020-08-0533 draws: 2020-08-05 to 2020-11-283 draws: 2020-11-28 to 2020-12-094 draws: 2020-12-09 to 2020-12-2321 draws: 2020-12-23 to 2021-03-066 draws: 2021-03-06 to 2021-03-2722 draws: 2021-03-27 to 2021-06-1211 draws: 2021-06-12 to 2021-07-2138 draws: 2021-07-21 to 2021-12-011 draws: 2021-12-01 to 2021-12-048 draws: 2021-12-04 to 2022-01-017 draws: 2022-01-01 to 2022-01-261 draws: 2022-01-26 to 2022-01-2917 draws: 2022-01-29 to 2022-03-305 draws: 2022-03-30 to 2022-04-1628 draws: 2022-04-16 to 2022-07-203 draws: 2022-07-20 to 2022-07-279 draws: 2022-07-27 to 2022-08-179 draws: 2022-08-17 to 2022-09-0723 draws: 2022-09-07 to 2022-10-316 draws: 2022-10-31 to 2022-11-1412 draws: 2022-11-14 to 2022-12-124 draws: 2022-12-12 to 2022-12-219 draws: 2022-12-21 to 2023-01-1126 draws: 2023-01-11 to 2023-03-1310 draws: 2023-03-13 to 2023-04-055 draws: 2023-04-05 to 2023-04-1715 draws: 2023-04-17 to 2023-05-221 draws: 2023-05-22 to 2023-05-241 draws: 2023-05-24 to 2023-05-279 draws: 2023-05-27 to 2023-06-176 draws: 2023-06-17 to 2023-07-019 draws: 2023-07-01 to 2023-07-2224 draws: 2023-07-22 to 2023-09-164 draws: 2023-09-16 to 2023-09-2511 draws: 2023-09-25 to 2023-10-216 draws: 2023-10-21 to 2023-11-042 draws: 2023-11-04 to 2023-11-088 draws: 2023-11-08 to 2023-11-278 draws: 2023-11-27 to 2023-12-163 draws: 2023-12-16 to 2023-12-2311 draws: 2023-12-23 to 2024-01-171 draws: 2024-01-17 to 2024-01-2023 draws: 2024-01-20 to 2024-03-132 draws: 2024-03-13 to 2024-03-188 draws: 2024-03-18 to 2024-04-064 draws: 2024-04-06 to 2024-04-1523 draws: 2024-04-15 to 2024-06-0834 draws: 2024-06-08 to 2024-08-2612 draws: 2024-08-26 to 2024-09-2317 draws: 2024-09-23 to 2024-11-025 draws: 2024-11-02 to 2024-11-136 draws: 2024-11-13 to 2024-11-2723 draws: 2024-11-27 to 2025-01-204 draws: 2025-01-20 to 2025-01-296 draws: 2025-01-29 to 2025-02-123 draws: 2025-02-12 to 2025-02-196 draws: 2025-02-19 to 2025-03-0519 draws: 2025-03-05 to 2025-04-195 draws: 2025-04-19 to 2025-04-301 draws: 2025-04-30 to 2025-05-0312 draws: 2025-05-03 to 2025-05-3125 draws: 2025-05-31 to 2025-07-286 draws: 2025-07-28 to 2025-08-111 draws: 2025-08-11 to 2025-08-138 draws: 2025-08-13 to 2025-09-0126 draws: 2025-09-01 to 2025-11-013 draws: 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-0812 draws: 2025-11-08 to 2025-12-0617 draws: 2025-12-06 to 2026-01-1443 draws: 2026-01-14 to 2026-04-2510 draws: 2026-04-25 to 2026-05-183 draws: 2026-05-18 to 2026-05-256 draws: 2026-05-25 to 2026-06-081 draws: 2026-06-08 to 2026-06-1011 draws: 2026-06-10 to 2026-07-066 draws: 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-2013 draws: 2026-07-20 to 2026-08-191 draws: 2026-08-19 to 2026-08-221 draws: 2026-08-22 to 2026-08-2412 draws: 2026-08-24 to 2026-09-214 draws: 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-304 draws: 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-10Still waiting — at least 5 draws since 2026-10-102017-12-132017-12-202018-01-202018-02-212018-02-242018-03-102018-05-262018-05-302018-09-122019-01-262019-01-302019-04-132019-05-152019-06-012019-06-152019-09-282019-10-022019-10-092019-10-262019-11-132019-12-112020-01-222020-01-252020-02-012020-02-152020-07-182020-08-052020-11-282020-12-092020-12-232021-03-062021-03-272021-06-122021-07-212021-12-012021-12-042022-01-012022-01-262022-01-292022-03-302022-04-162022-07-202022-07-272022-08-172022-09-072022-10-312022-11-142022-12-122022-12-212023-01-112023-03-132023-04-052023-04-172023-05-222023-05-242023-05-272023-06-172023-07-012023-07-222023-09-162023-09-252023-10-212023-11-042023-11-082023-11-272023-12-162023-12-232024-01-172024-01-202024-03-132024-03-182024-04-062024-04-152024-06-082024-08-262024-09-232024-11-022024-11-132024-11-272025-01-202025-01-292025-02-122025-02-192025-03-052025-04-192025-04-302025-05-032025-05-312025-07-282025-08-112025-08-132025-09-012025-11-012025-11-082025-12-062026-01-142026-04-252026-05-182026-05-252026-06-082026-06-102026-07-062026-07-202026-08-192026-08-222026-08-242026-09-212026-09-302026-10-102017-11-152026-10-21

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 15 times2 draws: 5 times3 draws: 6 times4 draws: 10 times5 draws: 8 times6 draws: 10 times7 draws: 1 time8 draws: 6 times9 draws: 8 times10 draws: 2 times11 draws: 4 times12 draws: 6 times13 draws: 1 time14 draws: 0 times15 draws: 1 time16 draws: 0 times17 draws: 3 times18 draws: 0 times19 draws: 1 time20 draws: 0 times21 draws: 2 times22 draws: 2 times23 draws: 4 times24 draws: 1 time25 draws: 1 time26 draws: 2 times27 draws: 0 times28 draws: 1 time29 draws: 0 times30 draws: 2 times31 draws: 0 times32 draws: 0 times33 draws: 1 time34 draws: 1 time35 draws: 0 times36 draws: 0 times37 draws: 0 times38 draws: 1 time39 draws: 1 time40 draws: 0 times41 draws: 0 times42 draws: 0 times43 draws: 1 time44 draws: 1 time45 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

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 smallest15 · chance 10.4
  • 2nd smallest32 · chance 35.1
  • 3rd smallest43 · chance 40.9
  • 4th smallest14 · chance 19.5
  • 5th smallest5 · chance 3.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

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It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-10-1045th19162123
2026-09-3042nd1623383948
2026-09-21122nd2223334549
2026-08-2413rd713233544
2026-08-2212nd2023364250
2026-08-19131st2331404145
2026-07-2061st2331343752
2026-07-06115th1216192123
2026-06-1013rd69234551
2026-06-0862nd423253047
2026-05-2532nd1623273641
2026-05-18101st2327293651
2026-04-25433rd315233236
2026-01-14173rd110233335
2025-12-06124th78142341
2025-11-0833rd1521233752
2025-11-01263rd811233147
2025-09-0184th410112332
2025-08-1312nd1723274552
2025-08-1163rd19232542
2025-07-28253rd812232531
2025-05-31123rd511234047
2025-05-0312nd2123394550
2025-04-3053rd522232436
The other 85 appearances
2025-04-19193rd411232936
2025-03-0563rd1015233541
2025-02-1933rd322233541
2025-02-1263rd616232730
← number 22Every numbernumber 24 →
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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-2943rd920234245
2025-01-20234th24222332
2024-11-2763rd220232429
2024-11-1352nd1123294142
2024-11-02173rd79233242
2024-09-23124th1315222335
2024-08-26341st2338424344
2024-06-08233rd57233745
2024-04-1544th212182352
2024-04-0682nd223323542
2024-03-1822nd1923243144
2024-03-13231st2333344150
2024-01-2013rd711232444
2024-01-17114th914162340
2023-12-2333rd1622232450
2023-12-1683rd1314232531
2023-11-2783rd18232550
2023-11-0823rd13234552
2023-11-0463rd811234748
2023-10-21112nd1123303651
2023-09-2542nd1923313852
2023-09-16241st2330344041
2023-07-2293rd120233641
2023-07-0163rd1316234352
2023-06-1792nd423263536
2023-05-2712nd223284050
2023-05-2412nd123243543
2023-05-22153rd58233243
2023-04-1754th1013212330
2023-04-05101st2328383941
2023-03-13262nd2023283351
2023-01-1192nd523454651
2022-12-2143rd1214233845
2022-12-12122nd323313351
2022-11-1462nd923294049
2022-10-31232nd423264851
2022-09-0791st2332464750
2022-08-1793rd417233738
2022-07-2732nd1523273044
2022-07-20283rd115234248
2022-04-1655th810141823
2022-03-30173rd16233536
2022-01-2913rd519233031
2022-01-2674th18222329
2022-01-0182nd323335051
2021-12-0412nd823263450
2021-12-01383rd79233947
2021-07-21114th412172352
2021-06-12223rd810234950
2021-03-2762nd323355051
2021-03-06211st2333374247
2020-12-2344th58162334
2020-12-0934th48202350
2020-11-28333rd716232552
2020-08-0552nd623262943
2020-07-18441st2334444748
2020-02-1544th49122332
2020-02-0125th1682123
2020-01-2514th1620222347
2020-01-22125th46112123
2019-12-1181st2329344151
2019-11-1352nd1823243049
2019-10-2651st2324343950
2019-10-0924th69132346
2019-10-0212nd1623344349
2019-09-28302nd923394447
2019-06-1543rd412232431
2019-06-0153rd511233236
2019-05-1593rd419233544
2019-04-13212nd2123273137
2019-01-3013rd610233841
2019-01-26393rd411233135
2018-09-12302nd123244251
2018-05-3011st2332343536
2018-05-26221st2330313839
2018-03-1041st2324414344
2018-02-2412nd1423355052
2018-02-2193rd1416232533
2018-01-2092nd1523404345
2017-12-2023rd512232432
2017-12-13—3rd918234650