Number 23

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,903 draws, 6 from 1–49.

257times drawn · chance expected 233 +1.68σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

56longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 257 times in 1,903 draws against 233.0 expected, +1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 257 times in 1,903 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 4 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 9.9
2nd smallest55 · chance 49.4
3rd smallest83 · chance 90.1
4th smallest78 · chance 75.1
5th smallest27 · chance 28.5
6th smallest7 · chance 4.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 10 12 26 38 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-30	6	3rd	10 19 23 31 41 42
2026-09-16	3	3rd	12 15 23 31 38 43
2026-09-09	2	2nd	11 23 25 33 35 39
2026-09-05	7	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-04	3	4th	2 4 22 23 28 41
2025-09-27	2	3rd	3 11 23 28 30 44
2025-09-22	3	5th	3 12 18 19 23 38
2025-09-15	1	5th	8 13 16 20 23 42
2025-09-13	19	3rd	20 21 23 35 39 44
2025-07-30	16	6th	2 4 8 10 16 23
2025-06-23	2	6th	2 9 14 17 19 23
2025-06-18	15	2nd	20 23 24 25 26 41
2025-05-14	6	3rd	8 22 23 26 29 44
2025-04-30	20	3rd	12 18 23 38 40 44
2025-03-15	3	2nd	14 23 24 32 36 38
2025-03-08	8	3rd	5 17 23 26 30 33
2025-02-17	5	4th	2 13 16 23 34 42
2025-02-05	3	2nd	16 23 24 27 31 36
2025-01-29	1	3rd	4 11 23 25 30 40
2025-01-27	17	3rd	17 22 23 36 37 44
2024-12-18	1	1st	23 27 32 37 38 43
2024-12-16	1	3rd	1 10 23 34 39 43
2024-12-14	18	3rd	6 11 23 24 27 40
2024-11-02	15	4th	5 10 16 23 36 38
2024-09-28	10	1st	23 26 29 32 33 40
2024-09-04	6	5th	1 3 8 19 23 39
2024-08-21	17	4th	11 16 21 23 25 34
2024-07-13	3	5th	12 15 18 20 23 24
2024-07-06	16	3rd	2 16 23 29 35 39
2024-05-29	1	5th	3 9 12 20 23 32
2024-05-27	9	2nd	5 23 26 37 39 41
2024-05-06	13	2nd	12 23 26 28 33 43
2024-04-06	4	3rd	13 17 23 25 29 42
2024-03-27	4	3rd	10 12 23 26 31 38
2024-03-18	3	6th	5 10 11 16 18 23
2024-03-11	1	6th	3 4 12 16 17 23
2024-03-09	3	3rd	4 9 23 26 39 40
2024-03-02	2	4th	6 9 19 23 31 43
2024-02-26	8	4th	3 10 12 23 25 39
2024-02-07	2	4th	13 17 22 23 30 34
2024-02-03	3	5th	7 18 19 22 23 40
2024-01-27	15	4th	2 9 20 23 29 31
2023-12-23	1	2nd	3 23 29 38 43 44
2023-12-20	6	5th	2 6 14 17 23 31
2023-12-06	9	3rd	2 14 23 39 42 44
2023-11-15	17	5th	3 7 16 19 23 31
2023-09-20	4	4th	3 10 16 23 32 34
2023-09-06	10	3rd	8 22 23 27 29 34
2023-08-02	29	4th	2 3 20 23 39 43
2023-04-22	3	3rd	14 21 23 26 38 40
2023-04-12	7	3rd	12 20 23 24 28 39
2023-03-18	6	4th	6 11 14 23 40 43
2023-02-25	1	3rd	8 15 23 25 31 45
2023-02-22	2	5th	4 5 11 21 23 24
2023-02-15	3	4th	2 6 10 23 46 48
2023-02-04	14	1st	23 24 29 31 35 36
2022-12-17	10	4th	5 9 14 23 35 41
2022-11-12	1	3rd	3 20 23 25 33 45
2022-11-09	3	2nd	3 23 31 38 42 43
2022-10-29	5	3rd	15 21 23 26 33 41
2022-10-12	3	2nd	2 23 32 37 38 41
2022-10-01	44	2nd	14 23 28 38 40 43
2022-04-30	1	2nd	13 23 36 39 41 45
2022-04-27	7	3rd	19 20 23 30 34 35
2022-04-02	25	4th	14 16 19 23 29 30
2022-01-05	7	3rd	12 16 23 26 32 33
2021-12-11	7	2nd	8 23 26 32 35 40
2021-11-17	12	2nd	7 23 28 36 44 45
2021-10-06	7	3rd	7 20 23 30 33 40
2021-09-11	1	3rd	1 10 23 27 32 33
2021-09-08	1	2nd	21 23 24 37 40 43
2021-09-04	1	4th	1 2 11 23 28 49
2021-09-01	6	5th	2 7 20 21 23 41
2021-08-11	8	4th	5 21 22 23 33 38
2021-07-14	1	5th	1 2 16 19 23 44
2021-07-10	10	5th	9 10 15 17 23 33
2021-06-05	5	3rd	2 3 23 27 31 48
2021-05-19	1	3rd	3 8 23 36 37 40
2021-05-15	4	3rd	20 22 23 29 42 45
2021-05-01	4	4th	13 18 21 23 42 45
2021-04-17	8	2nd	21 23 31 34 46 49
2021-03-20	6	3rd	2 16 23 27 31 45
2021-02-27	2	2nd	17 23 30 35 38 40
2021-02-20	14	1st	23 26 28 32 33 36
2021-01-02	7	4th	11 16 17 23 24 30
2020-12-09	7	2nd	9 23 24 30 33 41
2020-11-14	7	2nd	16 23 32 37 44 47
2020-10-21	19	4th	6 14 21 23 25 43
2020-08-15	2	4th	15 18 22 23 29 38
2020-08-08	31	2nd	10 23 30 31 35 39
2020-04-22	15	4th	10 12 18 23 26 41
2020-02-29	2	3rd	8 11 23 28 31 34
2020-02-22	4	5th	2 7 12 19 23 28
2020-02-08	2	4th	7 15 16 23 42 43
2020-02-01	1	5th	7 8 10 19 23 39
2020-01-29	17	2nd	19 23 29 35 37 47
2019-11-30	5	3rd	3 16 23 28 35 37
2019-11-13	23	3rd	6 8 23 34 46 47
2019-08-24	1	2nd	3 23 27 33 38 43
2019-08-21	6	3rd	11 18 23 27 37 43
2019-07-31	12	5th	6 8 9 22 23 48
2019-06-19	1	2nd	17 23 30 35 38 41
2019-06-15	2	4th	5 14 15 23 45 46
2019-06-08	9	3rd	4 21 23 44 45 49
2019-05-08	9	4th	11 17 19 23 26 27
2019-04-06	1	4th	8 12 22 23 30 35
2019-04-03	3	4th	5 6 7 23 26 49
2019-03-23	10	3rd	6 16 23 27 41 46
2019-02-16	3	3rd	3 9 23 25 38 46
2019-02-06	3	4th	7 11 22 23 28 39
2019-01-26	10	4th	3 4 15 23 39 45
2018-12-22	8	2nd	18 23 24 26 38 49
2018-11-24	2	3rd	3 18 23 34 35 44
2018-11-17	3	3rd	2 17 23 36 40 48
2018-11-07	3	5th	3 4 9 20 23 39
2018-10-27	9	3rd	15 20 23 32 33 35
2018-09-26	5	3rd	1 2 23 27 34 43
2018-09-08	3	4th	3 15 16 23 45 46
2018-08-29	1	4th	8 11 15 23 31 38
2018-08-25	1	4th	5 15 20 23 24 46
2018-08-22	10	4th	14 15 18 23 27 30
2018-07-18	2	3rd	11 15 23 33 38 43
2018-07-11	6	3rd	4 10 23 26 43 45
2018-06-20	9	2nd	22 23 30 38 41 48
2018-05-19	18	4th	3 5 14 23 24 28
2018-03-17	7	2nd	8 23 32 35 36 40
2018-02-21	8	4th	5 10 12 23 39 48
2018-01-24	15	4th	1 10 20 23 28 49
2017-12-02	7	5th	2 5 14 15 23 26
2017-11-08	10	1st	23 31 32 36 41 42
2017-10-04	5	4th	4 14 20 23 31 48
2017-09-16	13	2nd	10 23 24 35 45 49
2017-08-02	5	4th	9 11 20 23 26 46
2017-07-15	5	2nd	11 23 27 31 36 43
2017-06-28	5	4th	11 12 18 23 34 45
2017-06-10	8	4th	5 9 18 23 31 48
2017-05-13	3	2nd	4 23 25 29 30 43
2017-05-03	1	2nd	6 23 25 40 47 48
2017-04-29	12	2nd	14 23 27 30 35 48
2017-03-18	5	2nd	12 23 28 33 40 44
2017-03-01	56	3rd	13 21 23 25 39 45
2016-08-17	4	3rd	5 7 23 24 37 44
2016-08-03	8	5th	8 10 17 22 23 46
2016-07-06	6	3rd	7 17 23 28 40 41
2016-06-15	10	4th	8 12 18 23 27 31
2016-05-11	9	4th	1 2 5 23 24 45
2016-04-09	7	5th	1 11 12 16 23 29
2016-03-16	3	3rd	4 21 23 30 33 34
2016-03-05	8	2nd	21 23 30 36 40 49
2016-02-06	3	2nd	13 23 26 30 31 34
2016-01-27	1	2nd	6 23 31 33 38 48
2016-01-23	14	4th	3 7 8 23 31 35
2015-12-05	4	5th	2 7 18 21 23 33
2015-11-21	5	2nd	16 23 26 35 41 48
2015-11-04	10	4th	7 9 17 23 25 26
2015-09-30	7	2nd	1 23 33 36 41 49
2015-09-05	19	4th	5 7 19 23 34 40
2015-07-01	7	4th	19 20 21 23 30 31
2015-06-06	17	6th	6 7 13 15 20 23
2015-04-08	16	3rd	17 22 23 39 40 41
2015-02-11	2	3rd	6 22 23 30 42 49
2015-02-04	10	3rd	14 21 23 34 43 48
2014-12-31	6	2nd	12 23 25 36 38 40
2014-12-10	3	5th	7 9 11 16 23 47
2014-11-29	6	3rd	2 6 23 28 35 44
2014-11-08	2	3rd	3 12 23 24 35 45
2014-11-01	5	3rd	3 14 23 39 42 48
2014-10-15	8	1st	23 24 25 28 40 44
2014-09-17	1	5th	1 8 20 22 23 31
2014-09-13	2	2nd	13 23 31 32 44 49
2014-09-06	2	4th	2 12 15 23 24 38
2014-08-30	1	4th	1 11 17 23 32 48
2014-08-27	21	2nd	6 23 26 36 39 45
2014-06-14	2	4th	4 17 20 23 27 46
2014-06-07	11	3rd	5 21 23 25 29 41
2014-04-30	3	3rd	12 13 23 34 38 49
2014-04-19	20	4th	3 7 17 23 37 47
2014-02-08	5	4th	4 6 20 23 39 46
2014-01-22	7	4th	4 20 21 23 26 38
2013-12-28	10	3rd	2 7 23 29 43 49
2013-11-23	8	2nd	15 23 33 34 44 45
2013-10-26	3	3rd	1 10 23 26 33 39
2013-10-16	2	6th	3 5 13 15 18 23
2013-10-09	6	4th	9 10 19 23 31 49
2013-09-18	5	4th	4 16 22 23 27 44
2013-08-31	11	2nd	19 23 24 33 37 43
2013-07-24	1	2nd	3 23 35 42 44 47
2013-07-20	4	5th	1 3 7 9 23 28
2013-07-06	2	2nd	8 23 26 34 40 49
2013-06-29	2	4th	7 10 17 23 44 45
2013-06-22	2	2nd	9 23 24 36 37 42
2013-06-15	5	5th	3 7 10 21 23 38
2013-05-29	5	4th	6 16 19 23 32 41
2013-05-11	3	3rd	19 21 23 26 45 48
2013-05-01	3	4th	11 18 20 23 28 40
2013-04-20	7	3rd	1 11 23 39 47 48
2013-03-27	12	2nd	10 23 28 37 45 48
2013-02-13	17	4th	3 18 20 23 31 42
2012-12-15	19	2nd	11 23 24 40 43 45
2012-10-10	11	3rd	5 18 23 32 44 49
2012-09-01	2	3rd	10 17 23 30 42 46
2012-08-25	2	3rd	1 10 23 26 27 47
2012-08-18	3	3rd	8 19 23 27 29 39
2012-08-08	10	4th	8 10 18 23 29 38
2012-07-04	8	3rd	2 16 23 35 36 38
2012-06-06	3	2nd	13 23 29 33 45 48
2012-05-26	5	2nd	13 23 28 30 45 49
2012-05-09	2	3rd	12 15 23 36 45 49
2012-05-02	4	4th	12 15 19 23 32 40
2012-04-18	22	3rd	8 12 23 26 32 35
2012-02-01	4	4th	12 16 19 23 29 47
2012-01-18	11	3rd	9 18 23 25 26 46
2011-12-10	6	3rd	10 19 23 29 30 38
2011-11-19	8	2nd	4 23 25 27 28 49
2011-10-22	5	4th	1 3 19 23 36 49
2011-10-05	5	3rd	2 13 23 30 39 43
2011-09-17	2	2nd	13 23 29 30 41 42
2011-09-10	18	4th	6 8 22 23 31 35
2011-07-09	11	4th	10 13 14 23 26 43
2011-06-01	1	2nd	6 23 24 32 34 48
2011-05-28	2	2nd	16 23 26 28 30 42
2011-05-21	8	3rd	10 21 23 24 29 36
2011-04-23	10	6th	3 8 14 16 19 23
2011-03-19	15	2nd	5 23 27 28 30 49
2011-01-26	2	3rd	1 13 23 24 40 44
2011-01-19	9	2nd	21 23 27 37 38 48
2010-12-18	8	3rd	8 19 23 41 42 49
2010-11-20	8	4th	10 12 18 23 37 45
2010-10-23	4	3rd	1 13 23 24 41 47
2010-10-09	13	4th	1 11 12 23 37 47
2010-08-25	15	3rd	1 12 23 33 37 42
2010-07-03	2	4th	1 9 12 23 24 37
2010-06-26	34	3rd	9 18 23 34 37 43
2010-02-27	1	3rd	2 20 23 36 47 49
2010-02-24	8	3rd	1 20 23 32 40 47
2010-01-27	2	3rd	10 22 23 27 29 38
2010-01-20	—	3rd	12 15 23 27 45 48