Number 23

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

206times drawn · chance expected 212 −0.44σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

43longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, −0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 8 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest13 · chance 5.9
3rd smallest65 · chance 62.1
4th smallest128 · chance 137.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 20 10 21 25 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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
2026-08-22	12	4th	2 6 21 23
2026-08-10	18	4th	6 10 11 23
2026-07-23	2	3rd	10 15 23 26
2026-07-21	2	4th	2 12 21 23
2026-07-19	2	4th	3 10

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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-22	2	4th	5 8 20 23
2026-03-20	7	4th	4 11 22 23
2026-03-13	2	3rd	2 14 23 24
2026-03-11	14	4th	4 16 20 23
2026-02-25	9	4th	8 22 22 23
2026-02-16	5	2nd	15 23 24 26
2026-02-11	2	4th	11 12 14 23
2026-02-09	2	3rd	8 16 23 24
2026-02-07	18	4th	8 11 22 23
2026-01-20	14	4th	9 9 21 23
2026-01-06	10	4th	3 5 12 23
2025-12-27	8	4th	1 12 15 23
2025-12-19	0	3rd	7 22 23
2025-12-19	1	3rd	7 22 23
2025-12-18	1	4th	3 5 11 23
2025-12-17	11	2nd	22 23 25 26
2025-12-06	0	2nd	2 23 24
2025-12-06	1	2nd	2 23 24
2025-12-05	2	4th	4 11 18 23
2025-12-03	9	4th	16 20 21 23
2025-11-24	10	4th	12 12 19 23
2025-11-14	8	4th	4 8 10 23
2025-11-06	14	4th	14 20 21 23
2025-10-23	5	3rd	7 8 23 24
2025-10-18	8	3rd	3 7 23 24
2025-10-10	25	4th	3 20 22 23
2025-09-15	3	4th	4 19 21 23
2025-09-12	1	4th	6 11 12 23
2025-09-11	4	4th	6 10 18 23
2025-09-07	13	3rd	6 12 23 25
2025-08-25	3	4th	9 21 22 23
2025-08-22	5	3rd	6 8 23 26
2025-08-17	10	4th	8 14 21 23
2025-08-07	1	4th	13 13 17 23
2025-08-06	15	3rd	5 11 23 25
2025-07-22	12	4th	7 14 15 23
2025-07-10	43	4th	12 20 21 23
2025-05-28	7	4th	3 12 13 23
2025-05-21	5	4th	13 15 18 23
2025-05-16	4	4th	1 17 20 23
2025-05-12	9	3rd	5 21 23 26
2025-05-03	4	3rd	10 13 23 25
2025-04-29	5	3rd	10 22 23 24
2025-04-24	1	4th	9 14 20 23
2025-04-23	1	2nd	9 23 24 26
2025-04-22	4	4th	4 17 18 23
2025-04-18	3	4th	4 8 22 23
2025-04-15	5	4th	3 7 22 23
2025-04-10	19	4th	7 10 19 23
2025-03-22	10	3rd	5 14 23 25
2025-03-12	6	4th	3 9 12 23
2025-03-06	4	4th	10 14 15 23
2025-03-02	2	4th	9 14 14 23
2025-02-28	2	4th	3 8 12 23
2025-02-26	7	4th	2 16 20 23
2025-02-19	2	4th	8 8 21 23
2025-02-17	9	3rd	8 14 23 25
2025-02-08	5	3rd	8 21 23 24
2025-02-03	5	3rd	3 4 23 26
2025-01-29	8	3rd	1 12 23 25
2025-01-21	5	4th	10 13 14 23
2025-01-16	8	4th	12 15 20 23
2025-01-08	1	4th	9 15 15 23
2025-01-07	9	4th	12 19 20 23
2024-12-29	12	3rd	5 18 23 26
2024-12-17	15	4th	7 17 20 23
2024-12-02	2	3rd	3 15 23 24
2024-11-30	6	3rd	15 20 23 26
2024-11-24	2	4th	1 5 15 23
2024-11-22	4	3rd	16 17 23 26
2024-11-18	9	4th	5 7 15 23
2024-11-09	11	4th	5 20 20 23
2024-10-29	23	4th	9 21 22 23
2024-10-06	6	4th	2 3 17 23
2024-09-30	13	4th	1 10 14 23
2024-09-17	9	3rd	6 11 23 24
2024-09-08	4	4th	8 17 18 23
2024-09-04	1	4th	5 6 19 23
2024-09-03	24	3rd	5 15 23 24
2024-08-10	1	4th	2 14 22 23
2024-08-09	3	4th	4 18 21 23
2024-08-06	6	3rd	13 16 23 25
2024-07-31	5	3rd	2 9 23 25
2024-07-26	4	4th	10 14 22 23
2024-07-22	10	3rd	11 18 23 24
2024-07-12	5	3rd	17 19 23 25
2024-07-07	6	4th	7 8 20 23
2024-07-01	1	4th	2 10 14 23
2024-06-30	2	4th	7 19 21 23
2024-06-28	16	4th	5 15 22 23
2024-06-12	3	3rd	11 14 23 26
2024-06-09	7	4th	1 15 22 23
2024-06-02	7	4th	16 19 22 23
2024-05-26	12	3rd	3 12 23 26
2024-05-14	13	3rd	21 22 23 26
2024-05-01	15	3rd	15 20 23 26
2024-04-16	3	3rd	16 18 23 25
2024-04-13	10	4th	5 17 19 23
2024-04-03	8	4th	8 12 17 23
2024-03-26	20	4th	6 8 21 23
2024-03-06	3	4th	2 12 12 23
2024-03-03	6	3rd	7 13 23 25
2024-02-26	8	3rd	7 10 23 24
2024-02-18	16	4th	1 5 22 23
2024-02-02	4	4th	5 9 21 23
2024-01-29	2	4th	3 10 21 23
2024-01-27	1	4th	10 18 21 23
2024-01-26	15	4th	9 11 21 23
2024-01-11	4	3rd	1 12 23 24
2024-01-07	7	3rd	15 16 23 24
2023-12-31	4	3rd	2 17 23 25
2023-12-27	9	4th	3 8 11 23
2023-12-18	7	4th	5 8 9 23
2023-12-11	6	3rd	15 22 23 25
2023-12-05	12	4th	18 19 22 23
2023-11-23	3	4th	9 10 18 23
2023-11-20	6	4th	10 10 12 23
2023-11-14	6	4th	7 12 22 23
2023-11-08	0	3rd	8 20 23
2023-11-08	6	3rd	8 20 23
2023-11-02	1	4th	3 8 11 23
2023-11-01	1	3rd	4 14 23 25
2023-10-31	14	4th	1 2 2 23
2023-10-17	13	3rd	9 17 23 25
2023-10-04	7	3rd	2 13 23 24
2023-09-27	7	3rd	16 16 23 24
2023-09-20	4	4th	1 4 9 23
2023-09-16	12	3rd	3 4 23 26
2023-09-04	9	4th	7 13 15 23
2023-08-26	2	3rd	6 21 23 25
2023-08-24	3	3rd	4 7 23 25
2023-08-21	9	4th	2 4 20 23
2023-08-12	1	4th	10 11 11 23
2023-08-11	5	3rd	13 18 23 25
2023-08-06	2	3rd	15 21 23 24
2023-08-04	11	2nd	13 23 24 25
2023-07-24	4	4th	20 20 22 23
2023-07-20	4	4th	9 15 16 23
2023-07-16	2	3rd	4 4 23 24
2023-07-14	3	3rd	7 10 23 26
2023-07-11	25	4th	5 6 18 23
2023-06-16	14	4th	6 9 10 23
2023-06-02	8	3rd	8 22 23 24
2023-05-25	10	3rd	4 9 23 26
2023-05-15	4	4th	2 17 22 23
2023-05-11	8	2nd	4 23 24 25
2023-05-03	6	4th	15 17 18 23
2023-04-27	5	4th	7 7 18 23
2023-04-22	4	4th	1 2 12 23
2023-04-18	2	4th	6 10 16 23
2023-04-16	3	3rd	2 11 23 25
2023-04-13	5	4th	3 15 17 23
2023-04-08	4	4th	10 13 20 23
2023-04-04	6	2nd	4 23 24 25
2023-03-29	8	4th	9 11 18 23
2023-03-21	4	2nd	4 23 24 24
2023-03-17	9	2nd	17 23 24 25
2023-03-08	1	4th	7 8 9 23
2023-03-07	2	4th	2 6 21 23
2023-03-05	3	4th	4 8 13 23
2023-03-02	1	4th	3 13 22 23
2023-03-01	6	4th	4 4 6 23
2023-02-23	5	4th	3 9 16 23
2023-02-18	0	3rd	3 21 23
2023-02-18	1	3rd	3 21 23
2023-02-17	10	3rd	8 12 23 25
2023-02-07	3	4th	14 16 17 23
2023-02-04	1	4th	11 13 17 23
2023-02-03	3	4th	7 15 21 23
2023-01-31	4	3rd	8 20 23 26
2023-01-27	1	4th	1 5 11 23
2023-01-26	2	3rd	20 21 23 25
2023-01-24	4	4th	7 8 10 23
2023-01-20	1	3rd	3 19 23 26
2023-01-19	9	4th	4 5 6 23
2023-01-10	17	2nd	5 23 24 25
2022-12-24	3	4th	7 10 12 23
2022-12-21	1	4th	3 12 13 23
2022-12-20	8	3rd	8 19 23 25
2022-12-12	8	4th	1 7 7 23
2022-12-04	11	3rd	2 16 23 25
2022-11-23	—	3rd	2 10 23 25