Number 23

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

104times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.67σ

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

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

35longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.67σ. 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 18 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 104 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest7 · chance 5.3
2nd smallest21 · chance 23.1
3rd smallest43 · chance 37.4
4th smallest22 · chance 27.7
5th smallest9 · chance 9.4
6th smallest2 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 2 26 9 30 31

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-17	9	3rd	12 18 23 27 38 52
2025-08-16	35	5th	2 15 17 22 23 50
2025-04-16	9	4th	9 16 20 23 26 51
2025-03-15	2	2nd

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-02	1	2nd	2 23 36 37 40 46
2023-08-30	6	2nd	22 23 28 37 43 50
2023-08-09	10	4th	5 6 11 23 28 31
2023-07-05	7	3rd	19 20 23 24 43 44
2023-06-10	1	4th	6 8 12 23 32 48
2023-06-07	2	3rd	17 22 23 32 43 51
2023-05-31	5	3rd	2 14 23 33 37 49
2023-05-13	19	3rd	10 16 23 24 30 49
2023-03-08	2	3rd	11 19 23 27 35 44
2023-03-01	6	1st	23 24 25 26 34 35
2023-02-08	1	3rd	15 20 23 31 33 40
2023-02-04	12	3rd	11 13 23 45 47 50
2022-12-24	4	5th	7 10 17 19 23 50
2022-12-10	7	2nd	11 23 37 39 43 44
2022-11-16	6	4th	2 4 12 23 42 46
2022-10-26	6	4th	4 14 18 23 42 50
2022-10-05	18	3rd	14 16 23 26 40 42
2022-08-03	3	4th	5 9 12 23 50 51
2022-07-23	12	1st	23 33 47 48 50 52
2022-06-11	2	4th	6 15 18 23 34 37
2022-06-04	5	3rd	11 22 23 32 35 47
2022-05-18	17	5th	4 9 15 16 23 29
2022-03-19	7	3rd	3 9 23 41 42 48
2022-02-23	17	3rd	8 13 23 28 30 41
2021-12-22	1	2nd	15 23 32 34 37 45
2021-12-18	8	5th	4 12 17 22 23 26
2021-11-20	23	3rd	2 21 23 26 32 42
2021-09-01	12	3rd	2 14 23 33 36 42
2021-07-21	4	4th	3 6 13 23 28 31
2021-07-07	7	1st	23 26 29 32 34 39
2021-06-12	15	3rd	7 21 23 30 43 48
2021-04-21	8	5th	1 7 10 11 23 31
2021-03-24	21	2nd	1 23 41 42 45 49
2021-01-09	5	2nd	10 23 25 28 39 48
2020-12-23	12	5th	5 7 15 22 23 44
2020-11-11	11	3rd	16 19 23 36 45 46
2020-10-03	4	2nd	3 23 26 27 42 51
2020-09-19	4	4th	4 9 10 23 24 32
2020-09-05	7	3rd	17 21 23 29 30 39
2020-08-12	1	2nd	12 23 24 30 44 49
2020-08-08	1	2nd	13 23 25 30 47 51
2020-08-05	1	2nd	7 23 31 33 39 51
2020-08-01	1	3rd	5 9 23 38 41 46
2020-07-29	14	3rd	6 16 23 26 33 48
2020-06-10	1	4th	15 16 18 23 34 49
2020-06-06	1	3rd	15 16 23 36 37 38
2020-06-03	1	3rd	7 16 23 26 31 43
2020-05-30	26	4th	4 13 20 23 31 46
2020-02-29	1	2nd	9 23 26 28 30 34
2020-02-26	3	1st	23 25 34 44 48 51
2020-02-15	17	4th	1 7 20 23 45 48
2019-12-14	10	4th	2 3 6 23 34 49
2019-11-09	10	3rd	16 19 23 41 50 52
2019-10-05	4	3rd	2 12 23 24 25 43
2019-09-21	4	3rd	10 22 23 29 31 41
2019-09-07	7	5th	9 13 14 20 23 33
2019-08-14	24	2nd	10 23 28 30 33 41
2019-05-22	2	3rd	2 3 23 24 50 52
2019-05-15	11	2nd	20 23 29 31 32 52
2019-04-06	9	3rd	13 14 23 25 29 43
2019-03-06	10	3rd	6 16 23 24 30 46
2019-01-30	1	2nd	21 23 26 38 44 48
2019-01-26	25	3rd	7 11 23 29 40 45
2018-10-31	5	4th	6 17 18 23 33 47
2018-10-13	4	3rd	15 22 23 29 47 49
2018-09-29	10	2nd	20 23 26 41 42 51
2018-08-25	1	6th	9 10 14 18 20 23
2018-08-22	7	4th	2 3 21 23 41 46
2018-07-28	1	1st	23 27 29 33 45 46
2018-07-25	18	4th	2 6 18 23 27 48
2018-05-23	15	3rd	5 11 23 24 31 49
2018-03-31	5	3rd	18 21 23 31 35 49
2018-03-14	1	4th	5 8 14 23 41 47
2018-03-10	17	6th	2 3 5 11 17 23
2018-01-10	3	1st	23 31 41 45 47 49
2017-12-30	6	2nd	2 23 28 33 34 46
2017-12-09	14	2nd	18 23 26 34 38 41
2017-10-21	1	2nd	20 23 27 36 37 44
2017-10-18	17	2nd	9 23 25 38 43 45
2017-08-19	—	2nd	13 23 33 42 47 51