Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

109times drawn · chance expected 97 +1.35σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

53longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +1.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 1 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 smallest1 · chance 4.2
2nd smallest25 · chance 20.9
3rd smallest44 · chance 38.2
4th smallest23 · chance 31.9
5th smallest14 · chance 12.1
6th smallest2 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 26 27 47 1 39

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
2017-07-26	15	3rd	9 10 23 24 38 49
2017-06-03	4	2nd	6 23 26 33 46 47
2017-05-20	8	4th	1 2 12 23 30 41
2017-04-22	2	3rd

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.

2016-04-16	6	4th	7 17 18 23 31 34
2016-03-26	7	3rd	1 17 23 27 31 41
2016-03-02	9	2nd	18 23 27 30 36 37
2016-01-30	2	4th	5 9 16 23 27 35
2016-01-23	7	4th	6 10 16 23 30 44
2015-12-30	9	3rd	2 3 23 29 45 48
2015-11-28	1	4th	4 9 20 23 26 47
2015-11-25	8	3rd	5 14 23 34 43 44
2015-10-28	10	2nd	16 23 31 42 46 47
2015-09-23	4	3rd	8 14 23 28 35 46
2015-09-09	2	3rd	7 9 23 37 41 45
2015-09-02	4	5th	3 4 6 8 23 39
2015-08-19	8	5th	1 2 3 6 23 28
2015-07-22	4	2nd	20 23 40 43 47 49
2015-07-08	4	2nd	5 23 26 30 39 48
2015-06-24	3	3rd	3 5 23 36 39 43
2015-06-13	1	2nd	10 23 24 35 36 43
2015-06-10	2	3rd	3 5 23 37 40 48
2015-06-03	4	5th	16 18 20 21 23 39
2015-05-20	1	2nd	12 23 27 31 34 39
2015-05-16	13	3rd	5 22 23 25 40 43
2015-04-01	4	3rd	14 21 23 33 36 38
2015-03-18	1	4th	6 8 20 23 35 39
2015-03-14	25	3rd	17 22 23 26 30 40
2014-12-17	3	3rd	2 16 23 25 29 40
2014-12-06	53	3rd	4 9 23 39 40 48
2014-06-04	3	2nd	16 23 26 39 44 45
2014-05-24	1	5th	2 3 14 15 23 34
2014-05-21	9	5th	3 11 19 20 23 44
2014-04-19	1	3rd	9 20 23 33 38 44
2014-04-16	6	3rd	12 13 23 35 36 49
2014-03-26	3	2nd	3 23 30 36 37 44
2014-03-15	3	3rd	3 6 23 28 30 38
2014-03-05	4	3rd	4 20 23 30 33 34
2014-02-19	2	3rd	1 2 23 28 37 41
2014-02-12	21	3rd	6 11 23 28 45 47
2013-11-27	5	4th	1 13 19 23 27 42
2013-11-09	3	5th	8 9 11 12 23 38
2013-10-30	16	2nd	11 23 25 28 34 37
2013-09-04	2	5th	5 10 17 18 23 40
2013-08-28	2	3rd	17 21 23 29 30 45
2013-08-21	5	3rd	11 22 23 25 34 41
2013-08-03	13	4th	13 18 19 23 33 41
2013-06-19	2	2nd	20 23 26 27 44 46
2013-06-12	1	3rd	11 19 23 27 33 37
2013-06-08	4	3rd	2 18 23 36 43 46
2013-05-25	9	2nd	15 23 27 36 41 49
2013-04-24	1	4th	1 3 4 23 40 42
2013-04-20	10	5th	3 8 12 14 23 37
2013-03-16	8	3rd	2 12 23 29 37 47
2013-02-16	8	4th	8 17 18 23 43 45
2013-01-19	33	3rd	7 15 23 28 29 49
2012-09-26	11	5th	1 6 17 20 23 29
2012-08-18	16	2nd	2 23 30 44 46 47
2012-06-23	19	3rd	11 16 23 24 36 48
2012-04-18	15	6th	1 3 4 12 13 23
2012-02-25	9	4th	3 10 15 23 33 38
2012-01-25	17	4th	5 10 17 23 37 45
2011-11-26	12	5th	2 6 7 11 23 45
2011-10-15	11	2nd	22 23 26 29 35 41
2011-09-07	7	3rd	7 15 23 24 43 47
2011-08-13	2	4th	11 20 22 23 28 33
2011-08-06	2	4th	9 13 18 23 35 39
2011-07-30	2	3rd	4 13 23 33 39 48
2011-07-23	10	3rd	2 20 23 27 31 49
2011-06-18	3	4th	5 14 16 23 29 34
2011-06-08	4	4th	7 15 18 23 25 41
2011-05-25	2	2nd	6 23 25 39 48 49
2011-05-18	21	3rd	12 22 23 39 44 47
2011-03-05	7	4th	13 14 15 23 24 47
2011-02-09	6	5th	1 9 20 22 23 26
2011-01-19	14	4th	5 7 15 23 29 33
2010-11-27	4	3rd	1 9 23 27 28 31
2010-11-13	5	2nd	15 23 26 40 42 46
2010-10-27	7	5th	1 8 13 19 23 33
2010-10-02	8	4th	1 2 19 23 33 37
2010-09-04	19	3rd	15 21 23 31 34 48
2010-06-30	2	3rd	2 6 23 35 39 47
2010-06-23	1	2nd	9 23 34 37 38 43
2010-06-19	2	3rd	7 21 23 27 45 49
2010-06-12	1	4th	8 10 12 23 25 45
2010-06-09	1	3rd	4 17 23 26 30 49
2010-06-05	25	3rd	9 16 23 26 38 47
2010-03-10	16	5th	8 11 14 18 23 48
2010-01-13	—	2nd	4 23 26 27 38 45