Number 23

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

391times drawn · chance expected 393 −0.08σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

54longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 391 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 391 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 2 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 smallest12 · chance 9.6
2nd smallest58 · chance 65.3
3rd smallest134 · chance 146.8
4th smallest153 · chance 130.5
5th smallest34 · chance 38.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 15 11 18 30 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-07	3	4th	5 9 13 23 35
2026-10-02	14	4th	1 5 20 23 36
2026-09-08	4	3rd	14 22 23 32 35
2026-09-01	8	3rd	3 21 23

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-17	4	4th	7 11 12 23 37
2026-01-10	6	1st	23 29 31 38 39
2025-12-31	3	4th	15 18 20 23 27
2025-12-26	18	4th	3 7 18 23 31
2025-11-25	12	1st	23 25 32 35 38
2025-11-04	15	4th	1 15 21 23 24
2025-10-08	1	3rd	13 16 23 26 39
2025-10-07	1	2nd	5 23 24 33 38
2025-10-04	3	5th	12 13 15 22 23
2025-09-30	6	3rd	11 16 23 25 37
2025-09-19	19	5th	1 8 20 21 23
2025-08-16	7	4th	2 4 14 23 37
2025-08-05	1	4th	8 15 17 23 24
2025-08-02	1	4th	3 8 19 23 29
2025-08-01	20	4th	2 9 20 23 27
2025-06-27	1	4th	10 14 15 23 33
2025-06-25	12	4th	7 13 20 23 30
2025-06-04	15	4th	1 13 14 23 28
2025-05-09	6	2nd	9 23 25 26 35
2025-04-29	2	4th	2 4 15 23 24
2025-04-25	6	4th	5 8 9 23 37
2025-04-15	1	3rd	8 15 23 31 36
2025-04-12	1	3rd	11 18 23 24 35
2025-04-11	2	4th	3 19 20 23 36
2025-04-08	2	3rd	6 9 23 25 34
2025-04-04	2	3rd	17 18 23 25 34
2025-04-01	3	3rd	19 22 23 30 31
2025-03-26	11	3rd	15 19 23 24 34
2025-03-07	9	3rd	10 21 23 30 36
2025-02-19	6	5th	3 10 11 21 23
2025-02-08	9	3rd	5 8 23 28 34
2025-01-24	8	2nd	3 23 28 33 38
2025-01-10	15	3rd	16 18 23 27 37
2024-12-14	8	4th	3 9 16 23 33
2024-11-30	16	4th	8 12 13 23 29
2024-11-02	3	3rd	6 11 23 29 31
2024-10-29	4	4th	8 12 17 23 38
2024-10-22	4	2nd	14 23 27 32 33
2024-10-15	5	4th	1 13 17 23 36
2024-10-05	1	4th	2 14 22 23 26
2024-10-04	10	2nd	19 23 25 30 39
2024-09-17	7	2nd	13 23 28 30 32
2024-09-04	1	2nd	6 23 25 26 30
2024-09-03	17	3rd	7 17 23 24 28
2024-08-03	15	4th	2 11 12 23 24
2024-07-09	5	4th	6 12 17 23 35
2024-06-29	15	4th	1 3 15 23 27
2024-06-04	13	2nd	18 23 28 29 31
2024-05-11	1	4th	14 17 19 23 33
2024-05-10	1	3rd	2 4 23 32 33
2024-05-08	14	4th	15 21 22 23 35
2024-04-13	5	3rd	11 15 23 32 33
2024-04-05	17	3rd	2 7 23 35 38
2024-03-06	1	3rd	18 19 23 28 29
2024-03-05	14	4th	12 15 21 23 37
2024-02-09	19	4th	1 10 11 23 33
2024-01-06	19	3rd	1 6 23 38 39
2023-12-05	7	2nd	19 23 26 28 35
2023-11-22	5	2nd	8 23 28 30 38
2023-11-14	2	4th	5 11 15 23 28
2023-11-10	3	4th	6 17 18 23 35
2023-11-04	11	5th	4 5 8 15 23
2023-10-17	7	2nd	10 23 24 31 33
2023-10-04	11	5th	7 12 15 21 23
2023-09-15	7	3rd	1 18 23 26 30
2023-09-02	12	5th	9 12 19 20 23
2023-08-12	27	4th	8 19 20 23 37
2023-06-27	2	5th	2 6 12 22 23
2023-06-23	39	4th	2 11 22 23 35
2023-04-15	1	4th	10 11 21 23 39
2023-04-14	6	4th	2 5 7 23 32
2023-04-04	28	3rd	5 16 23 27 30
2023-02-14	2	4th	13 15 22 23 39
2023-02-10	16	4th	8 9 21 23 25
2023-01-13	12	5th	2 5 19 20 23
2022-12-23	12	4th	1 11 21 23 36
2022-12-02	10	3rd	9 14 23 29 37
2022-11-15	20	2nd	2 23 24 27 28
2022-10-11	13	4th	1 4 5 23 39
2022-09-17	8	4th	11 13 14 23 34
2022-09-03	9	5th	4 16 19 22 23
2022-08-19	5	5th	4 15 17 22 23
2022-08-10	10	4th	4 14 19 23 30
2022-07-23	16	3rd	15 20 23 26 27
2022-06-25	2	3rd	15 19 23 32 35
2022-06-22	3	3rd	1 4 23 26 31
2022-06-17	7	3rd	3 18 23 25 27
2022-06-04	2	4th	1 9 18 23 33
2022-06-01	4	3rd	3 13 23 30 39
2022-05-25	2	2nd	22 23 24 30 37
2022-05-21	2	3rd	1 13 23 31 35
2022-05-18	5	4th	3 8 22 23 36
2022-05-10	2	3rd	1 14 23 24 31
2022-05-06	1	3rd	2 18 23 31 37
2022-05-04	9	3rd	9 18 23 24 39
2022-04-19	9	3rd	6 19 23 24 39
2022-04-02	7	3rd	11 22 23 32 35
2022-03-22	1	1st	23 28 34 35 37
2022-03-19	3	4th	2 14 21 23 30
2022-03-15	2	3rd	16 18 23 26 30
2022-03-11	7	3rd	8 22 23 32 34
2022-02-26	5	4th	4 8 20 23 27
2022-02-18	2	5th	6 7 9 20 23
2022-02-15	6	4th	1 2 12 23 39
2022-02-04	1	3rd	7 19 23 26 29
2022-02-02	3	4th	11 16 21 23 27
2022-01-28	1	4th	1 3 19 23 31
2022-01-26	2	4th	13 14 22 23 29
2022-01-22	30	3rd	13 15 23 26 28
2021-12-01	12	3rd	13 17 23 25 31
2021-11-10	13	4th	5 8 11 23 36
2021-10-19	42	2nd	13 23 26 28 38
2021-08-06	17	4th	2 6 15 23 24
2021-07-07	3	4th	2 9 15 23 32
2021-07-02	7	4th	2 9 10 23 36
2021-06-19	1	4th	6 7 18 23 34
2021-06-18	8	4th	3 12 21 23 35
2021-06-04	4	4th	6 8 17 23 33
2021-05-28	2	4th	3 8 10 23 34
2021-05-25	12	2nd	9 23 24 25 38
2021-05-04	9	3rd	1 11 23 29 32
2021-04-17	8	4th	13 14 18 23 39
2021-04-03	2	3rd	11 19 23 28 33
2021-03-31	14	4th	4 18 20 23 26
2021-03-06	5	3rd	2 13 23 27 32
2021-02-26	4	4th	8 11 15 23 32
2021-02-19	8	4th	5 10 11 23 36
2021-02-05	3	4th	11 18 19 23 29
2021-01-30	24	4th	6 11 14 23 33
2020-12-19	1	4th	5 10 18 23 32
2020-12-18	9	2nd	11 23 28 32 37
2020-12-02	6	3rd	8 13 23 26 39
2020-11-21	14	4th	5 19 21 23 28
2020-10-28	10	2nd	19 23 36 37 38
2020-10-10	8	2nd	6 23 25 26 29
2020-09-26	12	3rd	18 19 23 26 34
2020-09-05	8	4th	13 14 21 23 36
2020-08-22	5	3rd	2 11 23 28 38
2020-08-14	14	3rd	1 10 23 30 36
2020-07-21	5	4th	4 11 12 23 34
2020-07-11	2	3rd	8 16 23 29 38
2020-07-08	24	4th	12 14 17 23 36
2020-05-27	1	4th	7 14 20 23 36
2020-05-26	5	4th	4 12 22 23 26
2020-05-16	4	5th	1 18 20 22 23
2020-05-09	8	2nd	2 23 28 37 39
2020-04-25	3	4th	8 9 19 23 30
2020-04-21	4	4th	4 8 17 23 36
2020-04-14	5	5th	3 4 9 15 23
2020-04-04	6	2nd	11 23 24 28 31
2020-03-25	33	4th	3 6 18 23 30
2020-01-28	22	5th	4 5 10 12 23
2019-12-20	1	3rd	7 10 23 29 39
2019-12-18	4	5th	4 6 16 17 23
2019-12-11	2	4th	6 7 10 23 34
2019-12-07	3	2nd	15 23 24 26 28
2019-12-03	17	3rd	11 17 23 24 32
2019-11-02	7	4th	5 14 21 23 30
2019-10-22	6	4th	4 7 20 23 27
2019-10-11	3	5th	4 8 11 13 23
2019-10-05	7	3rd	1 16 23 28 29
2019-09-24	5	2nd	13 23 24 34 37
2019-09-14	4	4th	1 11 20 23 33
2019-09-07	4	3rd	5 16 23 26 34
2019-08-31	1	3rd	6 10 23 25 28
2019-08-30	12	2nd	6 23 27 30 34
2019-08-09	5	4th	15 17 19 23 26
2019-07-31	5	4th	3 8 13 23 35
2019-07-23	9	3rd	10 20 23 30 39
2019-07-06	12	2nd	3 23 30 31 32
2019-06-15	8	4th	15 17 19 23 26
2019-06-01	14	4th	7 20 22 23 32
2019-05-08	4	3rd	12 13 23 28 38
2019-05-01	6	3rd	8 14 23 25 27
2019-04-20	17	2nd	4 23 26 29 30
2019-03-22	7	4th	4 12 15 23 34
2019-03-09	4	2nd	15 23 32 33 38
2019-03-02	4	4th	3 9 16 23 28
2019-02-23	1	4th	6 12 21 23 30
2019-02-22	1	4th	4 10 21 23 38
2019-02-20	4	1st	23 25 29 31 37
2019-02-13	16	3rd	9 22 23 27 32
2019-01-16	3	3rd	6 12 23 29 30
2019-01-11	21	3rd	9 15 23 26 36
2018-12-05	2	4th	3 4 8 23 25
2018-12-01	12	3rd	8 13 23 27 35
2018-11-10	2	2nd	3 23 24 26 28
2018-11-07	12	2nd	15 23 36 38 39
2018-10-17	1	4th	10 15 21 23 30
2018-10-16	4	3rd	2 7 23 34 35
2018-10-09	2	4th	4 15 21 23 24
2018-10-05	7	2nd	4 23 24 32 36
2018-09-22	3	5th	5 7 18 20 23
2018-09-18	2	2nd	3 23 26 27 39
2018-09-14	4	4th	7 17 18 23 30
2018-09-07	15	4th	8 13 17 23 34
2018-08-11	2	3rd	11 22 23 33 36
2018-08-08	54	4th	1 9 11 23 26
2018-05-05	9	2nd	13 23 25 29 30
2018-04-20	6	4th	4 14 20 23 35
2018-04-10	20	3rd	2 7 23 33 34
2018-03-06	19	3rd	8 12 23 25 28
2018-01-31	9	3rd	13 18 23 37 38
2018-01-12	3	2nd	14 23 25 27 28
2018-01-05	1	5th	3 8 17 22 23
2018-01-03	10	3rd	1 18 23 28 37
2017-12-09	8	2nd	3 23 26 34 39
2017-11-22	8	4th	1 4 18 23 36
2017-11-03	23	2nd	16 23 25 26 32
2017-09-09	4	4th	5 15 17 23 30
2017-09-01	6	3rd	9 17 23 31 37
2017-08-18	3	3rd	4 12 23 26 28
2017-08-11	26	4th	5 15 17 23 33
2017-06-10	3	3rd	10 12 23 33 39
2017-06-03	18	3rd	5 11 23 29 37
2017-04-22	4	4th	1 15 18 23 38
2017-04-14	5	2nd	19 23 25 30 31
2017-04-01	8	4th	2 9 22 23 29
2017-03-15	2	3rd	1 7 23 30 34
2017-03-10	5	1st	23 24 30 32 33
2017-02-25	7	4th	1 14 22 23 32
2017-02-10	8	4th	4 18 20 23 37
2017-01-21	6	4th	8 15 16 23 25
2017-01-07	15	3rd	2 5 23 29 36
2016-12-03	2	4th	7 13 18 23 29
2016-11-30	8	2nd	8 23 25 35 38
2016-11-11	6	4th	1 14 22 23 26
2016-10-28	5	3rd	1 7 23 33 37
2016-10-15	3	3rd	2 9 23 26 32
2016-10-08	2	1st	23 27 30 31 38
2016-10-05	4	3rd	3 13 23 34 39
2016-09-24	8	3rd	9 12 23 30 33
2016-09-07	4	3rd	5 22 23 25 32
2016-08-27	12	3rd	11 19 23 28 36
2016-07-30	3	4th	2 3 9 23 24
2016-07-23	2	4th	4 7 22 23 24
2016-07-20	4	1st	23 25 33 36 37
2016-07-09	1	3rd	12 15 23 31 37
2016-07-08	27	4th	7 13 18 23 36
2016-05-06	8	4th	3 13 19 23 32
2016-04-16	4	2nd	8 23 26 32 37
2016-04-08	1	3rd	13 17 23 25 37
2016-04-06	6	4th	4 16 20 23 39
2016-03-23	4	1st	23 26 27 33 38
2016-03-12	23	4th	3 9 15 23 27
2016-01-20	8	2nd	14 23 28 37 39
2016-01-01	3	5th	1 15 16 17 23
2015-12-25	27	4th	13 18 19 23 31
2015-10-23	1	4th	3 12 18 23 33
2015-10-21	3	3rd	4 9 23 28 33
2015-10-14	4	3rd	6 12 23 34 37
2015-10-03	7	5th	2 11 12 16 23
2015-09-18	3	5th	3 6 12 17 23
2015-09-11	7	4th	3 7 13 23 33
2015-08-26	2	3rd	5 21 23 35 36
2015-08-21	6	4th	4 8 16 23 38
2015-08-07	1	3rd	16 19 23 30 36
2015-08-05	3	2nd	6 23 26 27 35
2015-07-29	1	5th	1 6 20 22 23
2015-07-25	32	4th	6 7 11 23 29
2015-05-13	5	2nd	17 23 27 35 39
2015-05-01	13	3rd	4 21 23 29 39
2015-04-01	8	3rd	6 22 23 24 38
2015-03-13	1	3rd	18 22 23 26 32
2015-03-11	14	3rd	3 18 23 25 30
2015-02-06	17	3rd	1 3 23 32 34
2014-12-27	6	2nd	22 23 25 28 36
2014-12-13	12	4th	2 16 19 23 25
2014-11-15	17	4th	1 3 17 23 30
2014-10-08	14	3rd	2 19 23 29 33
2014-09-05	3	4th	1 14 22 23 27
2014-08-29	5	2nd	19 23 24 31 36
2014-08-16	2	2nd	3 23 32 34 37
2014-08-13	8	4th	5 16 17 23 35
2014-07-25	2	3rd	1 7 23 27 39
2014-07-19	9	3rd	1 5 23 27 29
2014-06-28	9	3rd	6 18 23 33 36
2014-06-07	1	3rd	7 11 23 34 35
2014-06-06	12	4th	1 13 18 23 34
2014-05-09	2	4th	2 19 20 23 32
2014-05-03	2	3rd	8 20 23 31 32
2014-04-30	15	4th	7 16 17 23 26
2014-03-26	2	3rd	18 21 23 25 26
2014-03-21	15	4th	11 17 18 23 27
2014-02-14	8	4th	5 13 15 23 39
2014-01-25	8	4th	1 3 4 23 34
2014-01-08	4	5th	16 18 21 22 23
2013-12-28	33	3rd	16 17 23 24 35
2013-10-12	12	3rd	16 21 23 31 36
2013-09-14	18	3rd	2 18 23 30 31
2013-08-03	6	1st	23 26 28 35 38
2013-07-20	6	4th	15 18 21 23 38
2013-07-06	4	5th	5 7 8 13 23
2013-06-28	2	3rd	8 11 23 29 38
2013-06-22	10	3rd	2 11 23 32 38
2013-05-31	5	3rd	8 14 23 35 39
2013-05-18	21	4th	3 5 20 23 29
2013-03-30	12	3rd	3 20 23 25 32
2013-03-02	10	3rd	3 20 23 29 38
2013-02-08	6	2nd	7 23 25 27 35
2013-01-25	3	4th	8 12 18 23 35
2013-01-18	12	4th	1 5 22 23 30
2012-12-21	2	4th	2 19 21 23 34
2012-12-15	14	3rd	15 22 23 31 39
2012-11-14	13	3rd	3 20 23 26 30
2012-10-13	14	3rd	7 14 23 25 36
2012-09-12	1	3rd	17 18 23 36 39
2012-09-08	2	3rd	16 20 23 25 28
2012-09-05	1	5th	3 5 9 19 23
2012-09-01	3	4th	1 8 19 23 30
2012-08-25	6	5th	3 4 10 11 23
2012-08-11	9	3rd	3 17 23 26 28
2012-07-21	2	4th	8 10 20 23 27
2012-07-18	17	3rd	5 20 23 28 38
2012-06-08	11	2nd	19 23 25 30 39
2012-05-12	5	4th	11 14 17 23 39
2012-05-02	2	4th	13 16 22 23 36
2012-04-27	12	3rd	2 18 23 25 36
2012-03-30	17	5th	2 4 17 20 23
2012-02-18	6	4th	3 15 20 23 33
2012-02-04	2	3rd	18 21 23 24 35
2012-02-01	6	2nd	17 23 26 29 38
2012-01-18	4	4th	2 4 7 23 25
2012-01-07	10	3rd	17 18 23 30 34
2011-12-16	17	2nd	17 23 27 28 34
2011-11-05	3	2nd	12 23 24 33 39
2011-10-29	7	3rd	15 21 23 26 29
2011-10-14	10	3rd	10 20 23 30 35
2011-09-21	2	5th	2 4 13 15 23
2011-09-16	8	2nd	18 23 26 28 33
2011-08-27	5	3rd	15 22 23 28 30
2011-08-17	1	4th	2 11 16 23 31
2011-08-13	1	3rd	4 17 23 31 32
2011-08-12	2	4th	4 19 22 23 25
2011-08-06	1	4th	3 4 8 23 36
2011-08-05	9	4th	6 8 20 23 39
2011-07-15	13	4th	6 10 18 23 38
2011-06-15	17	4th	5 11 16 23 32
2011-05-06	6	5th	2 8 15 21 23
2011-04-22	29	2nd	11 23 24 25 32
2011-02-12	1	4th	2 10 17 23 25
2011-02-11	4	4th	3 5 15 23 26
2011-02-02	21	4th	6 11 16 23 37
2010-12-15	2	3rd	1 20 23 31 32
2010-12-10	11	1st	23 26 27 33 35
2010-11-13	3	4th	5 6 10 23 36
2010-11-06	7	2nd	9 23 24 25 38
2010-10-22	2	2nd	14 23 29 31 37
2010-10-16	3	4th	10 14 20 23 26
2010-10-09	2	3rd	12 20 23 24 32
2010-10-06	2	3rd	2 14 23 30 34
2010-10-01	8	2nd	13 23 26 27 29
2010-09-11	3	1st	23 24 26 28 29
2010-09-04	9	3rd	11 16 23 29 34
2010-08-14	1	2nd	17 23 26 30 39
2010-08-13	5	3rd	10 13 23 34 38
2010-07-31	4	3rd	14 20 23 32 37
2010-07-23	9	4th	2 4 16 23 39
2010-07-02	6	3rd	17 19 23 31 34
2010-06-18	6	4th	5 7 22 23 39
2010-06-04	1	3rd	2 6 23 33 36
2010-06-02	4	3rd	9 22 23 28 35
2010-05-22	3	4th	3 4 12 23 24
2010-05-15	16	3rd	11 21 23 33 37
2010-03-24	7	4th	6 14 21 23 25
2010-02-27	6	2nd	19 23 24 30 33
2010-02-06	—	5th	2 11 19 21 23