Number 23

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

240times drawn · chance expected 225 +1.06σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

52longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 240 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, +1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 240 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 7 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 smallest17 · chance 12.9
2nd smallest57 · chance 59.9
3rd smallest91 · chance 94.3
4th smallest63 · chance 59.9
5th smallest12 · chance 12.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 12 28 19 22 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-04	13	3rd	3 16 23 27 43
2026-09-21	6	4th	1 12 22 23 29
2026-09-15	2	2nd	6 23 35 41 44
2026-09-13	5	3rd	3 5 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-09	2	3rd	8 20 23 26 35
2026-02-07	19	3rd	5 11 23 32 39
2026-01-19	2	2nd	17 23 31 35 41
2026-01-17	3	5th	2 14 15 19 23
2026-01-14	10	3rd	4 7 23 24 33
2026-01-04	1	2nd	2 23 24 27 36
2026-01-03	9	2nd	11 23 36 40 44
2025-12-25	4	3rd	3 6 23 24 34
2025-12-21	27	2nd	10 23 33 38 44
2025-11-23	3	2nd	22 23 27 37 42
2025-11-20	27	3rd	4 6 23 27 37
2025-10-24	1	3rd	10 15 23 30 40
2025-10-23	15	4th	4 5 10 23 39
2025-10-07	14	3rd	8 20 23 25 34
2025-09-23	2	1st	23 24 28 36 40
2025-09-21	5	3rd	13 22 23 26 27
2025-09-16	7	4th	7 8 21 23 39
2025-09-09	7	2nd	21 23 28 30 38
2025-09-02	15	3rd	4 10 23 25 40
2025-08-18	4	2nd	19 23 36 40 42
2025-08-14	11	3rd	11 18 23 27 44
2025-08-03	1	2nd	7 23 24 29 31
2025-08-02	7	3rd	7 18 23 29 36
2025-07-26	4	3rd	11 14 23 26 33
2025-07-22	37	3rd	2 13 23 35 39
2025-06-15	8	4th	5 10 11 23 28
2025-06-07	5	3rd	11 14 23 33 44
2025-06-02	2	3rd	3 16 23 29 42
2025-05-31	7	4th	7 9 19 23 28
2025-05-24	4	4th	2 3 4 23 40
2025-05-20	8	3rd	12 19 23 24 45
2025-05-12	24	3rd	4 18 23 29 37
2025-04-18	2	2nd	12 23 27 28 40
2025-04-16	4	3rd	10 17 23 38 45
2025-04-12	6	4th	2 10 14 23 29
2025-04-06	9	3rd	1 15 23 26 34
2025-03-28	4	3rd	13 14 23 28 36
2025-03-24	4	2nd	9 23 30 39 45
2025-03-20	3	4th	10 15 18 23 29
2025-03-17	3	3rd	20 21 23 25 26
2025-03-14	1	3rd	9 15 23 33 36
2025-03-13	8	5th	8 18 19 21 23
2025-03-05	18	2nd	16 23 25 32 38
2025-02-15	2	2nd	7 23 27 28 40
2025-02-13	28	3rd	7 18 23 43 45
2025-01-16	12	3rd	7 21 23 25 40
2025-01-04	1	2nd	12 23 24 25 33
2025-01-03	2	5th	12 16 18 19 23
2025-01-01	1	4th	1 4 7 23 38
2024-12-31	1	5th	4 5 7 8 23
2024-12-30	11	3rd	1 8 23 32 36
2024-12-19	1	3rd	12 16 23 40 43
2024-12-18	6	3rd	7 22 23 26 31
2024-12-12	2	4th	1 9 12 23 35
2024-12-10	13	4th	6 10 18 23 43
2024-11-27	1	1st	23 27 30 33 45
2024-11-26	2	3rd	4 21 23 29 32
2024-11-24	6	3rd	5 12 23 31 38
2024-11-18	4	3rd	5 12 23 36 38
2024-11-14	18	3rd	16 18 23 29 44
2024-10-27	1	4th	12 19 22 23 39
2024-10-26	2	4th	9 14 22 23 31
2024-10-24	5	3rd	8 13 23 24 25
2024-10-19	18	2nd	22 23 35 36 38
2024-10-01	3	3rd	9 20 23 29 44
2024-09-28	1	1st	23 24 27 31 32
2024-09-27	9	5th	3 5 19 21 23
2024-09-18	9	3rd	16 20 23 28 35
2024-09-09	1	4th	6 16 22 23 33
2024-09-08	1	4th	3 11 21 23 37
2024-09-07	7	1st	23 25 33 34 35
2024-08-31	4	4th	11 14 22 23 36
2024-08-27	16	3rd	2 22 23 30 35
2024-08-11	1	2nd	9 23 26 35 36
2024-08-10	9	4th	3 11 13 23 24
2024-08-01	1	3rd	11 18 23 30 44
2024-07-31	1	2nd	8 23 37 43 45
2024-07-30	5	1st	23 28 33 36 39
2024-07-25	4	5th	1 6 18 21 23
2024-07-21	7	2nd	15 23 27 38 45
2024-07-14	10	2nd	15 23 27 28 37
2024-07-04	4	1st	23 28 30 38 42
2024-06-30	17	4th	5 7 13 23 40
2024-06-13	23	3rd	4 8 23 27 41
2024-05-21	32	1st	23 24 36 41 42
2024-04-19	2	3rd	16 21 23 33 43
2024-04-17	4	3rd	18 20 23 32 34
2024-04-13	8	2nd	1 23 28 40 41
2024-04-05	18	1st	23 25 28 31 44
2024-03-18	1	3rd	13 19 23 28 36
2024-03-17	4	3rd	14 22 23 27 32
2024-03-13	9	4th	10 11 17 23 38
2024-03-04	10	3rd	3 15 23 37 41
2024-02-23	9	4th	9 10 20 23 24
2024-02-14	2	3rd	2 7 23 32 45
2024-02-12	3	4th	14 18 22 23 32
2024-02-09	3	3rd	11 18 23 27 31
2024-02-06	25	2nd	22 23 27 30 34
2024-01-12	1	2nd	11 23 30 37 39
2024-01-11	17	3rd	9 14 23 35 37
2023-12-25	26	3rd	3 8 23 25 45
2023-11-29	7	3rd	7 16 23 34 35
2023-11-22	21	4th	4 16 22 23 31
2023-11-01	5	4th	1 15 19 23 27
2023-10-27	5	4th	5 12 21 23 30
2023-10-22	6	2nd	3 23 29 34 44
2023-10-16	12	3rd	6 19 23 36 37
2023-10-04	4	3rd	16 20 23 30 34
2023-09-30	4	4th	11 17 18 23 41
2023-09-26	14	2nd	19 23 28 31 42
2023-09-12	24	3rd	9 17 23 39 45
2023-08-19	7	2nd	8 23 25 32 37
2023-08-12	23	3rd	12 16 23 28 43
2023-07-20	13	2nd	15 23 30 40 44
2023-07-07	2	1st	23 27 33 35 41
2023-07-05	5	2nd	6 23 35 37 41
2023-06-30	4	1st	23 27 35 39 44
2023-06-26	2	4th	1 12 13 23 26
2023-06-24	13	2nd	1 23 38 41 44
2023-06-11	20	3rd	5 9 23 33 45
2023-05-22	3	2nd	1 23 40 43 44
2023-05-19	4	3rd	3 14 23 26 36
2023-05-15	10	5th	6 11 19 21 23
2023-05-05	4	3rd	7 10 23 33 43
2023-05-01	6	4th	10 14 17 23 40
2023-04-25	4	1st	23 31 36 38 42
2023-04-21	4	2nd	20 23 27 31 45
2023-04-17	7	3rd	8 13 23 36 38
2023-04-10	6	3rd	6 12 23 29 40
2023-04-04	5	3rd	6 12 23 28 32
2023-03-30	8	2nd	4 23 31 32 33
2023-03-22	6	2nd	4 23 30 34 38
2023-03-16	6	2nd	17 23 28 33 44
2023-03-10	20	3rd	3 4 23 26 27
2023-02-18	12	3rd	2 19 23 39 45
2023-02-06	7	3rd	10 21 23 31 39
2023-01-30	8	3rd	1 10 23 37 44
2023-01-22	9	4th	8 9 15 23 39
2023-01-13	2	2nd	21 23 24 27 37
2023-01-11	19	2nd	8 23 24 30 38
2022-12-23	15	2nd	10 23 27 43 45
2022-12-08	12	3rd	5 13 23 32 39
2022-11-26	3	3rd	13 22 23 24 36
2022-11-23	5	4th	3 12 20 23 34
2022-11-18	4	4th	1 5 20 23 41
2022-11-14	14	4th	6 14 19 23 26
2022-10-29	6	4th	13 21 22 23 29
2022-10-08	1	1st	23 25 31 35 42
2022-10-05	52	3rd	8 14 23 42 45
2022-03-23	15	4th	14 15 17 23 41
2022-01-29	3	4th	6 18 21 23 36
2022-01-19	1	4th	8 11 22 23 35
2022-01-15	2	4th	1 8 17 23 45
2022-01-08	1	3rd	3 14 23 31 39
2022-01-05	4	4th	3 13 16 23 27
2021-12-22	21	4th	6 12 14 23 35
2021-10-09	2	3rd	18 19 23 28 30
2021-10-02	6	3rd	13 20 23 27 41
2021-09-11	19	4th	6 14 18 23 37
2021-07-07	3	3rd	15 19 23 35 41
2021-06-26	11	4th	7 16 22 23 30
2021-05-19	3	5th	1 11 12 13 23
2021-05-08	4	4th	1 5 22 23 43
2021-04-24	2	2nd	10 23 27 30 38
2021-04-17	8	4th	2 11 20 23 35
2021-03-20	1	2nd	1 23 26 29 32
2021-03-17	3	5th	2 11 18 21 23
2021-03-06	5	2nd	19 23 24 25 37
2021-02-17	14	3rd	20 22 23 27 32
2020-12-30	2	4th	8 9 13 23 38
2020-12-23	3	4th	3 12 13 23 29
2020-12-12	3	4th	10 12 22 23 33
2020-12-02	1	4th	4 7 11 23 44
2020-11-28	3	3rd	2 10 23 33 40
2020-11-18	4	1st	23 27 40 41 44
2020-11-04	1	3rd	1 18 23 30 32
2020-10-31	32	4th	1 3 16 23 37
2020-07-11	26	5th	5 6 10 16 23
2020-04-11	3	4th	7 11 22 23 37
2020-04-01	5	4th	7 14 20 23 29
2020-03-14	5	3rd	10 12 23 24 28
2020-02-26	4	1st	23 24 27 34 41
2020-02-12	2	4th	10 16 22 23 28
2020-02-05	5	2nd	10 23 33 39 43
2020-01-18	19	2nd	22 23 24 28 36
2019-11-13	13	4th	2 11 16 23 34
2019-09-28	11	3rd	18 22 23 27 35
2019-08-21	16	4th	6 7 14 23 25
2019-06-26	6	2nd	12 23 28 30 33
2019-06-05	8	3rd	12 19 23 38 42
2019-05-08	4	4th	7 9 17 23 32
2019-04-24	18	2nd	4 23 35 38 45
2019-02-20	4	2nd	2 23 24 25 30
2019-02-06	17	2nd	13 23 29 38 45
2018-12-08	20	2nd	8 23 29 31 44
2018-09-29	1	4th	2 13 22 23 31
2018-09-26	1	2nd	3 23 26 40 45
2018-09-22	1	3rd	15 21 23 27 31
2018-09-19	15	3rd	7 12 23 27 43
2018-07-28	4	2nd	15 23 29 35 41
2018-07-14	25	3rd	1 2 23 32 44
2018-04-18	27	3rd	11 19 23 33 44
2018-01-13	2	4th	9 15 16 23 41
2018-01-06	3	3rd	10 12 23 29 31
2017-12-27	5	2nd	6 23 27 29 42
2017-12-09	3	4th	3 13 19 23 39
2017-11-29	3	5th	1 8 14 19 23
2017-11-18	3	3rd	5 11 23 29 41
2017-11-08	4	3rd	1 14 23 39 45
2017-10-25	13	3rd	3 17 23 37 45
2017-09-09	7	1st	23 28 34 44 45
2017-08-16	15	3rd	11 19 23 30 37
2017-06-24	10	1st	23 24 30 36 44
2017-05-20	3	3rd	1 9 23 28 38
2017-05-10	7	1st	23 29 34 36 37
2017-04-15	—	4th	3 12 17 23 29