Number 23

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,586 draws, 5 from 1–47.

264times drawn · chance expected 275 −0.71σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

60longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 2,586 draws against 275.1 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 2,586 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 1 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 smallest16 · chance 17.2
2nd smallest65 · chance 72.0
3rd smallest118 · chance 103.1
4th smallest52 · chance 59.8
5th smallest13 · chance 11.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 5 46 14 42 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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	7	4th	15 18 21 23 37
2026-09-21	1	4th	14 15 21 23 44
2026-09-18	4	1st	23 24 31 32 35
2026-09-09	11	4th	7 11 17 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-05	7	3rd	2 9 23 35 46
2025-08-20	1	3rd	1 12 23 28 40
2025-08-18	4	4th	1 5 18 23 33
2025-08-08	60	3rd	18 21 23 31 43
2025-03-21	2	3rd	4 18 23 32 43
2025-03-17	15	4th	5 12 21 23 31
2025-02-10	32	1st	23 30 37 42 46
2024-11-27	4	2nd	9 23 26 29 40
2024-11-18	2	2nd	9 23 38 40 46
2024-11-13	7	5th	10 14 15 22 23
2024-10-28	6	4th	2 16 17 23 25
2024-10-14	5	4th	12 14 20 23 42
2024-10-02	46	3rd	9 15 23 24 29
2024-06-17	17	3rd	7 17 23 42 43
2024-05-08	3	4th	11 12 16 23 47
2024-05-01	14	4th	5 13 17 23 26
2024-03-29	14	3rd	8 11 23 31 42
2024-02-26	5	2nd	2 23 28 30 35
2024-02-14	10	3rd	3 8 23 32 47
2024-01-22	20	2nd	10 23 40 45 47
2023-12-06	2	3rd	3 6 23 34 47
2023-12-01	3	2nd	15 23 39 41 46
2023-11-24	21	2nd	19 23 27 28 31
2023-10-06	15	3rd	10 20 23 26 34
2023-09-01	57	1st	23 25 28 29 41
2023-04-21	13	2nd	7 23 35 36 38
2023-03-22	10	3rd	6 18 23 32 41
2023-02-27	13	3rd	1 2 23 28 30
2023-01-27	48	2nd	13 23 33 35 38
2022-10-10	17	4th	12 15 22 23 35
2022-08-31	22	5th	5 10 12 17 23
2022-07-11	4	3rd	9 21 23 25 27
2022-07-01	3	4th	3 5 18 23 29
2022-06-24	10	3rd	14 20 23 30 33
2022-06-01	1	3rd	4 9 23 28 37
2022-05-30	6	3rd	2 3 23 24 32
2022-05-16	8	4th	13 15 19 23 26
2022-04-27	10	5th	5 15 17 21 23
2022-04-04	20	3rd	7 9 23 35 39
2022-02-16	12	2nd	5 23 24 34 43
2022-01-19	20	4th	4 16 19 23 24
2021-12-03	1	2nd	5 23 41 42 44
2021-12-01	6	2nd	20 23 26 45 46
2021-11-17	4	3rd	10 19 23 32 40
2021-11-08	18	3rd	6 8 23 24 25
2021-09-27	3	3rd	11 22 23 25 44
2021-09-20	8	4th	1 7 21 23 44
2021-09-01	2	3rd	3 18 23 41 43
2021-08-27	26	3rd	11 13 23 40 43
2021-06-28	1	2nd	5 23 37 43 46
2021-06-25	3	2nd	19 23 27 31 36
2021-06-18	1	4th	5 6 8 23 24
2021-06-16	13	3rd	3 5 23 29 46
2021-05-17	15	3rd	14 18 23 31 46
2021-04-12	3	5th	10 13 16 22 23
2021-04-05	1	2nd	14 23 30 40 43
2021-04-02	18	2nd	12 23 25 29 31
2021-02-19	4	3rd	18 22 23 42 46
2021-02-10	4	3rd	12 21 23 38 42
2021-02-01	4	1st	23 27 28 41 46
2021-01-22	3	4th	1 5 16 23 27
2021-01-15	28	5th	1 4 10 19 23
2020-11-11	16	4th	1 10 11 23 30
2020-10-05	2	3rd	11 21 23 35 37
2020-09-30	14	3rd	11 13 23 26 44
2020-08-28	12	1st	23 24 35 37 44
2020-07-31	22	4th	2 8 9 23 38
2020-06-10	13	3rd	9 19 23 42 47
2020-05-11	17	2nd	17 23 37 41 42
2020-04-01	9	3rd	9 11 23 44 45
2020-03-11	10	3rd	13 22 23 35 41
2020-02-17	10	3rd	18 21 23 30 46
2020-01-24	2	1st	23 29 32 39 45
2020-01-20	4	3rd	1 15 23 29 36
2020-01-10	8	3rd	8 20 23 27 37
2019-12-23	3	2nd	8 23 36 41 43
2019-12-16	3	3rd	4 14 23 31 34
2019-12-09	3	3rd	3 14 23 39 47
2019-12-02	5	2nd	14 23 37 41 42
2019-11-20	17	3rd	7 22 23 27 46
2019-10-11	2	3rd	12 21 23 37 44
2019-10-07	1	3rd	1 18 23 24 37
2019-10-04	2	4th	5 11 13 23 26
2019-09-30	22	5th	3 12 17 21 23
2019-08-09	12	3rd	17 19 23 30 43
2019-07-12	28	3rd	20 22 23 24 34
2019-05-08	18	2nd	11 23 26 34 39
2019-03-27	16	2nd	20 23 29 32 46
2019-02-18	11	2nd	19 23 34 37 41
2019-01-23	13	3rd	16 22 23 32 38
2018-12-24	2	2nd	22 23 29 32 34
2018-12-19	17	3rd	1 6 23 35 43
2018-11-09	2	4th	7 13 20 23 33
2018-11-05	1	3rd	7 9 23 27 37
2018-11-02	24	1st	23 26 27 30 37
2018-09-07	5	3rd	5 17 23 25 28
2018-08-27	3	3rd	11 12 23 35 46
2018-08-20	3	4th	3 6 20 23 46
2018-08-13	1	5th	4 8 12 16 23
2018-08-10	1	3rd	3 6 23 31 43
2018-08-08	6	3rd	15 22 23 27 31
2018-07-25	14	1st	23 24 32 39 41
2018-06-22	6	3rd	13 14 23 33 39
2018-06-08	11	3rd	6 17 23 41 44
2018-05-14	1	3rd	16 17 23 28 34
2018-05-11	3	4th	1 3 14 23 31
2018-05-04	10	2nd	16 23 26 27 28
2018-04-11	9	3rd	14 22 23 29 33
2018-03-21	2	1st	23 25 28 29 45
2018-03-16	18	5th	4 6 10 15 23
2018-02-02	29	4th	9 10 12 23 30
2017-11-27	29	3rd	6 10 23 29 33
2017-09-20	4	2nd	18 23 26 35 46
2017-09-11	3	3rd	5 21 23 26 33
2017-09-04	18	4th	6 14 19 23 31
2017-07-24	13	3rd	10 20 23 30 36
2017-06-23	9	3rd	14 18 23 24 34
2017-06-02	2	2nd	5 23 26 42 43
2017-05-29	7	3rd	15 20 23 24 43
2017-05-12	14	2nd	18 23 27 31 38
2017-04-10	4	4th	4 6 7 23 47
2017-03-31	5	3rd	9 19 23 28 44
2017-03-20	11	3rd	5 17 23 35 44
2017-02-22	2	1st	23 30 31 32 47
2017-02-17	16	2nd	11 23 34 35 41
2017-01-11	13	3rd	2 21 23 32 46
2016-12-12	6	1st	23 25 29 43 46
2016-11-28	4	3rd	5 13 23 34 40
2016-11-18	3	3rd	2 8 23 34 46
2016-11-11	4	2nd	1 23 30 40 46
2016-11-02	13	3rd	7 8 23 39 43
2016-10-03	25	3rd	13 22 23 38 47
2016-08-05	23	3rd	2 5 23 29 43
2016-06-13	13	2nd	21 23 29 41 46
2016-05-13	6	3rd	13 18 23 32 38
2016-04-29	23	2nd	4 23 26 27 47
2016-03-07	18	3rd	15 22 23 37 44
2016-01-25	17	5th	6 12 15 18 23
2015-12-16	10	3rd	2 6 23 26 41
2015-11-23	19	4th	4 9 10 23 46
2015-10-09	2	3rd	1 12 23 28 32
2015-10-05	4	4th	15 19 21 23 32
2015-09-25	9	4th	3 6 7 23 25
2015-09-04	10	3rd	10 12 23 38 43
2015-08-12	3	3rd	4 15 23 34 45
2015-08-05	4	2nd	20 23 32 41 43
2015-07-27	7	2nd	8 23 28 32 33
2015-07-10	10	3rd	4 9 23 25 41
2015-06-17	7	4th	1 7 21 23 35
2015-06-01	17	2nd	5 23 28 30 35
2015-04-22	13	4th	2 14 17 23 43
2015-03-23	5	4th	2 12 22 23 28
2015-03-11	3	3rd	4 17 23 28 42
2015-03-04	26	2nd	15 23 25 29 34
2015-01-02	1	3rd	8 15 23 31 35
2014-12-31	15	2nd	16 23 26 28 36
2014-11-26	3	3rd	7 15 23 25 26
2014-11-19	3	3rd	5 7 23 44 45
2014-11-12	27	3rd	12 13 23 33 34
2014-09-10	8	5th	9 10 19 22 23
2014-08-22	9	2nd	12 23 25 33 35
2014-08-01	1	3rd	3 16 23 41 47
2014-07-30	4	3rd	2 4 23 33 41
2014-07-21	4	2nd	2 23 31 32 33
2014-07-11	4	4th	1 9 10 23 32
2014-07-02	3	1st	23 26 39 42 44
2014-06-25	5	2nd	2 23 24 26 42
2014-06-13	1	1st	23 25 26 34 43
2014-06-11	20	3rd	5 14 23 33 44
2014-04-25	21	2nd	7 23 26 37 39
2014-03-07	1	3rd	14 18 23 32 44
2014-03-05	1	2nd	13 23 28 37 46
2014-03-03	3	3rd	10 18 23 31 37
2014-02-24	26	2nd	17 23 24 36 42
2013-12-25	2	2nd	8 23 29 42 44
2013-12-20	5	3rd	5 17 23 29 34
2013-12-09	6	3rd	3 21 23 40 43
2013-11-25	8	3rd	13 17 23 26 42
2013-11-06	22	4th	2 11 18 23 26
2013-09-16	19	2nd	18 23 25 36 46
2013-08-02	8	2nd	10 23 32 33 34
2013-07-15	1	2nd	4 23 30 35 41
2013-07-12	9	4th	1 8 10 23 35
2013-06-21	4	3rd	12 19 23 29 40
2013-06-12	5	4th	5 13 15 23 35
2013-05-31	1	3rd	10 16 23 30 35
2013-05-29	5	4th	4 11 14 23 45
2013-05-17	10	2nd	9 23 25 33 40
2013-04-24	20	3rd	5 6 23 38 41
2013-03-08	18	3rd	9 20 23 25 41
2013-01-25	8	1st	23 25 33 38 43
2013-01-07	9	3rd	8 14 23 30 43
2012-12-17	2	3rd	3 6 23 30 39
2012-12-12	8	2nd	3 23 25 27 45
2012-11-23	5	4th	2 7 12 23 38
2012-11-12	12	3rd	1 3 23 26 35
2012-10-15	8	3rd	7 17 23 29 37
2012-09-26	21	3rd	2 14 23 26 42
2012-08-08	10	2nd	13 23 35 41 42
2012-07-16	4	4th	4 6 20 23 43
2012-07-06	5	4th	14 19 21 23 33
2012-06-25	8	4th	13 15 18 23 34
2012-06-06	2	4th	2 11 12 23 42
2012-06-01	4	4th	3 4 19 23 36
2012-05-23	14	1st	23 33 35 37 47
2012-04-20	6	4th	1 14 22 23 45
2012-04-06	5	2nd	8 23 28 42 45
2012-03-26	2	3rd	11 12 23 26 42
2012-03-21	5	3rd	16 19 23 42 47
2012-03-09	7	3rd	8 15 23 27 36
2012-02-22	2	3rd	5 18 23 24 41
2012-02-17	7	2nd	14 23 30 41 42
2012-02-01	6	3rd	4 14 23 26 34
2012-01-18	16	4th	3 10 15 23 29
2011-12-12	4	3rd	11 22 23 26 37
2011-12-02	2	4th	14 18 19 23 29
2011-11-28	17	3rd	1 22 23 27 35
2011-10-19	17	3rd	11 18 23 37 39
2011-09-09	32	2nd	10 23 38 41 42
2011-06-27	32	3rd	9 16 23 26 46
2011-04-13	7	2nd	1 23 31 42 43
2011-03-28	14	2nd	12 23 24 32 45
2011-02-23	1	2nd	13 23 28 30 33
2011-02-21	7	3rd	9 19 23 44 46
2011-02-04	19	2nd	19 23 34 43 45
2010-12-22	8	2nd	7 23 33 34 44
2010-12-03	20	4th	1 4 18 23 25
2010-10-18	8	2nd	15 23 26 32 45
2010-09-29	18	1st	23 24 26 28 32
2010-08-18	4	5th	2 11 14 21 23
2010-08-09	7	2nd	11 23 25 33 36
2010-07-23	9	3rd	4 16 23 33 42
2010-07-02	3	4th	15 17 18 23 42
2010-06-25	14	3rd	9 11 23 38 42
2010-05-24	1	3rd	16 17 23 42 47
2010-05-21	1	3rd	12 14 23 39 46
2010-05-19	1	4th	9 15 19 23 45
2010-05-17	8	3rd	5 19 23 33 41
2010-04-28	2	3rd	14 22 23 26 27
2010-04-23	—	3rd	11 15 23 27 40