Number 23

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 641 draws, 5 from 1–34.

85times drawn · chance expected 94 −1.03σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

40longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 641 draws against 94.3 expected, −1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 85 times in 641 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 26 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 smallest1 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest13 · chance 7.5
3rd smallest18 · chance 26.4
4th smallest35 · chance 35.2
5th smallest18 · chance 15.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 9 18 30 19 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-09-15	2	2nd	14 23 24 25 33
2026-09-13	2	5th	1 2 6 7 23
2026-09-11	5	4th	6 18 19 23 24
2026-09-06	4	2nd	1 23 24 26

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-10	5	4th	1 8 20 23 24
2026-04-05	4	3rd	15 18 23 26 32
2026-04-01	1	3rd	3 12 23 24 31
2026-03-31	8	4th	14 18 19 23 33
2026-03-23	3	3rd	12 15 23 28 33
2026-03-20	3	3rd	8 10 23 28 30
2026-03-17	2	2nd	1 23 26 29 34
2026-03-15	1	4th	1 8 16 23 27
2026-03-14	8	3rd	3 16 23 30 32
2026-03-06	40	3rd	4 17 23 28 32
2026-01-25	12	2nd	21 23 26 29 30
2026-01-13	7	4th	1 12 15 23 31
2026-01-06	7	4th	3 10 13 23 30
2025-12-30	8	3rd	12 18 23 24 34
2025-12-22	1	4th	5 7 16 23 27
2025-12-21	4	4th	1 10 20 23 26
2025-12-17	8	5th	6 15 18 19 23
2025-12-09	5	4th	2 12 14 23 31
2025-12-04	3	5th	12 17 18 20 23
2025-12-01	4	4th	6 14 19 23 34
2025-11-27	1	4th	5 12 15 23 26
2025-11-26	9	5th	2 6 8 11 23
2025-11-17	19	2nd	20 23 24 30 31
2025-10-29	1	3rd	19 21 23 29 31
2025-10-28	18	3rd	2 17 23 24 33
2025-10-10	20	2nd	9 23 25 29 30
2025-09-20	7	4th	15 18 20 23 31
2025-09-13	7	4th	1 5 10 23 34
2025-09-06	1	5th	5 12 17 22 23
2025-09-05	4	2nd	17 23 26 29 31
2025-09-01	5	3rd	5 7 23 28 30
2025-08-27	17	5th	3 4 13 18 23
2025-08-10	2	4th	2 5 9 23 30
2025-08-08	16	5th	1 10 11 15 23
2025-07-23	34	2nd	19 23 29 30 34
2025-06-19	3	1st	23 24 26 31 32
2025-06-16	13	4th	8 9 11 23 27
2025-06-03	7	3rd	8 18 23 28 33
2025-05-27	14	3rd	9 20 23 25 28
2025-05-13	2	4th	5 21 22 23 27
2025-05-11	7	4th	2 9 10 23 30
2025-05-04	1	5th	3 6 15 19 23
2025-05-03	18	5th	1 13 19 20 23
2025-04-15	11	4th	3 6 18 23 24
2025-04-04	5	3rd	2 9 23 26 33
2025-03-30	5	4th	5 6 12 23 29
2025-03-25	8	4th	9 16 18 23 32
2025-03-17	6	2nd	10 23 24 25 34
2025-03-11	3	3rd	9 20 23 27 34
2025-03-08	4	2nd	10 23 28 29 33
2025-03-04	8	4th	1 9 14 23 33
2025-02-24	5	4th	3 19 22 23 30
2025-02-19	12	2nd	6 23 27 28 34
2025-02-07	2	4th	12 13 18 23 28
2025-02-05	2	2nd	9 23 28 29 30
2025-02-03	9	4th	5 7 21 23 34
2025-01-25	3	5th	4 7 9 16 23
2025-01-22	1	5th	8 15 17 21 23
2025-01-21	1	4th	2 7 15 23 30
2025-01-20	6	3rd	1 8 23 24 30
2025-01-14	—	5th	5 6 15 19 23