Number 23

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

211times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.53σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

40longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.53σ. 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 211 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest0 · chance 3.6
2nd smallest30 · chance 28.7
3rd smallest72 · chance 75.3
4th smallest84 · chance 77.2
5th smallest25 · chance 26.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 15 14 25 29 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-10-03	3	2nd	21 23 31 35 37
2026-09-23	4	4th	4 13 14 23 28
2026-09-09	9	3rd	6 14 23 24 37
2026-08-08	2	2nd	18 23 25 28

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-14	2	3rd	9 18 23 34 36
2025-06-07	3	4th	1 15 19 23 26
2025-05-28	2	3rd	11 21 23 24 33
2025-05-21	8	5th	3 14 15 21 23
2025-04-23	4	2nd	21 23 25 31 34
2025-04-09	14	4th	2 8 11 23 31
2025-02-19	5	3rd	8 12 23 36 37
2025-02-01	3	4th	2 15 22 23 26
2025-01-22	8	4th	2 4 19 23 36
2024-12-21	1	3rd	13 21 23 30 34
2024-12-18	4	4th	4 14 21 23 26
2024-12-04	7	5th	2 9 11 17 23
2024-11-09	21	5th	5 11 15 19 23
2024-08-28	1	4th	8 15 17 23 25
2024-08-24	1	3rd	11 16 23 24 30
2024-08-21	23	2nd	11 23 28 31 32
2024-06-01	25	5th	1 2 10 16 23
2024-03-06	5	3rd	8 9 23 27 28
2024-02-17	4	3rd	10 12 23 26 30
2024-02-03	2	4th	4 12 16 23 36
2024-01-27	5	4th	1 4 5 23 29
2024-01-10	5	4th	2 9 22 23 32
2023-12-23	2	3rd	8 9 23 29 37
2023-12-16	10	2nd	22 23 31 34 35
2023-11-11	14	4th	4 10 16 23 26
2023-09-23	8	4th	2 5 8 23 31
2023-08-26	8	4th	6 7 11 23 25
2023-07-29	1	4th	5 14 15 23 28
2023-07-26	6	3rd	3 15 23 29 36
2023-07-05	10	4th	4 12 18 23 37
2023-05-31	6	3rd	8 21 23 28 37
2023-05-10	40	3rd	7 13 23 25 32
2022-12-21	3	4th	16 17 22 23 27
2022-12-10	7	2nd	11 23 29 30 36
2022-11-16	8	5th	2 9 12 19 23
2022-10-19	5	2nd	8 23 24 29 30
2022-10-01	3	4th	4 5 14 23 36
2022-09-21	4	5th	3 7 8 18 23
2022-09-07	4	2nd	14 23 24 26 33
2022-08-24	2	4th	5 13 21 23 25
2022-08-17	9	3rd	8 17 23 25 27
2022-07-16	5	4th	4 14 19 23 33
2022-06-29	4	4th	10 17 19 23 28
2022-06-15	13	3rd	12 17 23 25 36
2022-04-30	9	3rd	10 20 23 26 27
2022-03-30	1	2nd	8 23 24 32 35
2022-03-26	5	5th	7 9 10 11 23
2022-03-09	7	5th	2 11 14 17 23
2022-02-12	8	4th	6 9 17 23 30
2022-01-15	1	4th	3 15 20 23 25
2022-01-12	11	5th	6 10 11 14 23
2021-12-01	4	4th	10 13 18 23 28
2021-11-17	27	4th	8 9 20 23 29
2021-08-14	8	3rd	9 21 23 27 35
2021-07-17	5	3rd	5 9 23 25 36
2021-06-30	1	4th	11 15 16 23 29
2021-06-26	2	5th	2 3 7 19 23
2021-06-19	13	4th	6 19 22 23 27
2021-05-05	1	2nd	11 23 26 29 31
2021-05-01	6	4th	13 14 22 23 33
2021-04-10	23	4th	15 18 19 23 30
2021-01-20	14	3rd	3 12 23 24 37
2020-12-02	11	2nd	10 23 25 36 37
2020-10-24	4	4th	4 6 7 23 27
2020-10-10	4	3rd	8 17 23 30 37
2020-09-26	25	3rd	5 21 23 29 30
2020-07-01	1	4th	3 5 22 23 30
2020-06-27	3	3rd	4 9 23 26 29
2020-06-17	8	3rd	7 15 23 28 29
2020-05-20	19	4th	14 15 19 23 30
2020-03-14	7	3rd	11 21 23 35 37
2020-02-19	1	4th	19 20 22 23 34
2020-02-15	1	3rd	3 16 23 33 37
2020-02-12	5	2nd	8 23 27 33 34
2020-01-25	4	4th	4 6 12 23 27
2020-01-11	2	4th	13 20 21 23 29
2020-01-04	2	4th	7 9 17 23 37
2019-12-28	3	4th	11 15 18 23 34
2019-12-14	5	3rd	3 9 23 25 35
2019-11-27	4	3rd	18 20 23 27 36
2019-11-13	1	4th	14 16 21 23 31
2019-11-09	4	3rd	6 22 23 24 31
2019-10-26	5	3rd	3 4 23 25 36
2019-10-09	6	2nd	4 23 24 34 37
2019-09-18	19	4th	5 21 22 23 37
2019-07-13	3	4th	3 4 17 23 25
2019-07-03	4	4th	9 12 18 23 31
2019-06-19	14	4th	10 11 18 23 33
2019-05-01	5	2nd	18 23 24 26 30
2019-04-13	4	4th	1 3 15 23 32
2019-03-30	4	4th	4 14 19 23 27
2019-03-16	7	4th	10 12 14 23 27
2019-02-20	15	4th	2 6 13 23 29
2018-12-29	16	4th	11 15 21 23 33
2018-11-03	13	4th	7 14 22 23 32
2018-09-19	4	5th	4 11 12 18 23
2018-09-05	1	3rd	7 20 23 25 28
2018-09-01	3	5th	7 14 15 18 23
2018-08-22	4	3rd	1 17 23 25 33
2018-08-08	12	5th	6 12 16 22 23
2018-06-27	9	4th	6 8 20 23 31
2018-05-26	5	2nd	5 23 32 33 35
2018-05-09	1	4th	4 16 20 23 32
2018-05-05	4	3rd	2 21 23 27 28
2018-04-21	1	3rd	10 14 23 35 37
2018-04-18	8	4th	19 20 22 23 34
2018-03-21	8	4th	2 7 15 23 31
2018-02-21	9	4th	14 16 19 23 27
2018-01-20	16	2nd	22 23 25 31 37
2016-11-26	2	3rd	5 21 23 25 37
2016-11-19	9	2nd	16 23 28 29 35
2016-10-19	5	5th	5 6 8 19 23
2016-10-01	4	3rd	7 18 23 24 28
2016-09-17	4	4th	2 9 17 23 30
2016-09-03	6	3rd	5 7 23 25 34
2016-08-13	2	4th	3 7 11 23 29
2016-08-06	7	5th	1 10 13 14 23
2016-07-13	4	5th	2 10 16 22 23
2016-06-29	5	3rd	6 17 23 33 35
2016-06-11	4	5th	3 5 18 19 23
2016-05-28	5	3rd	4 5 23 30 36
2016-05-11	12	3rd	19 21 23 27 33
2016-03-30	28	2nd	2 23 25 26 37
2015-12-23	9	4th	12 15 20 23 37
2015-11-21	1	3rd	4 18 23 29 37
2015-11-18	2	5th	5 12 14 17 23
2015-11-11	4	3rd	2 13 23 30 34
2015-10-28	18	3rd	17 18 23 29 32
2015-08-26	21	4th	1 18 19 23 27
2015-06-13	6	4th	6 11 15 23 30
2015-05-23	3	4th	2 12 16 23 28
2015-05-13	4	3rd	8 20 23 27 28
2015-04-29	4	2nd	11 23 24 25 29
2015-04-15	2	4th	6 12 19 23 25
2015-04-08	1	3rd	10 16 23 25 29
2015-04-04	2	2nd	4 23 27 28 30
2015-03-28	8	4th	1 12 18 23 29
2015-02-28	4	3rd	5 8 23 28 36
2015-02-14	1	4th	2 10 11 23 24
2015-02-11	21	3rd	14 19 23 25 37
2014-11-29	9	3rd	3 17 23 30 35
2014-10-29	11	3rd	14 15 23 26 29
2014-09-20	5	3rd	10 17 23 31 34
2014-09-03	4	4th	4 14 19 23 32
2014-08-20	15	5th	2 4 11 18 23
2014-06-28	27	3rd	1 16 23 26 29
2014-03-26	14	3rd	9 22 23 29 35
2014-02-05	9	2nd	19 23 26 27 28
2014-01-04	3	3rd	1 8 23 30 31
2013-12-21	5	4th	9 16 21 23 34
2013-12-04	15	3rd	16 22 23 27 35
2013-10-12	17	4th	1 3 12 23 31
2013-08-14	11	4th	19 20 22 23 37
2013-07-06	20	3rd	4 6 23 28 35
2013-04-27	29	3rd	12 18 23 26 33
2013-01-16	1	3rd	7 21 23 33 34
2013-01-12	16	4th	5 7 11 23 31
2012-11-17	18	4th	12 13 16 23 31
2012-09-15	1	3rd	12 19 23 25 27
2012-09-12	14	4th	4 11 18 23 31
2012-07-25	6	3rd	19 20 23 25 26
2012-07-04	13	4th	10 13 17 23 26
2012-05-19	15	4th	15 19 22 23 32
2012-03-28	6	4th	1 15 17 23 31
2012-03-07	7	2nd	3 23 24 26 33
2012-02-11	25	4th	9 13 14 23 37
2011-11-16	2	2nd	8 23 29 34 37
2011-11-09	2	4th	1 6 17 23 24
2011-11-02	5	2nd	21 23 29 33 36
2011-10-15	7	3rd	8 20 23 27 32
2011-09-21	12	3rd	3 12 23 24 27
2011-08-10	1	3rd	15 16 23 30 32
2011-08-06	1	3rd	11 18 23 34 37
2011-08-03	10	4th	3 6 20 23 29
2011-06-29	1	3rd	12 17 23 30 33
2011-06-25	7	2nd	12 23 24 29 31
2011-06-01	10	5th	4 8 9 18 23
2011-04-27	12	3rd	1 7 23 24 30
2011-03-16	11	4th	5 11 14 23 35
2011-02-05	3	2nd	18 23 25 30 33
2011-01-26	4	4th	5 11 22 23 24
2011-01-12	9	4th	3 15 16 23 32
2010-12-08	30	4th	13 15 19 23 26
2010-08-25	13	3rd	6 10 23 32 33
2010-07-10	10	4th	3 7 20 23 37
2010-06-05	9	2nd	11 23 27 28 36
2010-05-05	—	5th	12 13 15 21 23