Number 23

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

210times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.28σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

48longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, −0.28σ. 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 210 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 smallest2 · chance 2.2
2nd smallest16 · chance 21.9
3rd smallest70 · chance 69.0
4th smallest82 · chance 83.7
5th smallest40 · chance 33.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 13 8 15 4 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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	9	4th	2 15 17 23 24
2026-09-25	6	4th	5 15 22 23 28
2026-09-19	5	4th	2 3 14 23 26
2026-09-14	14	5th	6 11 12 16

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-24	17	3rd	1 19 23 29 32
2026-03-07	1	4th	8 11 15 23 24
2026-03-06	1	3rd	3 21 23 29 34
2026-03-05	2	3rd	16 20 23 24 29
2026-03-03	4	4th	6 11 18 23 24
2026-02-27	11	4th	1 9 13 23 27
2026-02-16	24	4th	6 13 21 23 29
2026-01-23	1	5th	13 15 18 21 23
2026-01-22	3	4th	3 15 19 23 30
2026-01-19	1	3rd	2 10 23 32 34
2026-01-18	4	2nd	6 23 26 27 33
2026-01-14	5	3rd	8 18 23 34 35
2026-01-09	17	4th	2 15 21 23 29
2025-12-23	3	5th	4 10 12 20 23
2025-12-20	7	3rd	10 14 23 24 35
2025-12-13	14	4th	4 9 11 23 35
2025-11-29	4	5th	3 8 9 21 23
2025-11-25	1	3rd	5 15 23 28 33
2025-11-24	16	4th	3 6 7 23 35
2025-11-08	2	3rd	1 10 23 24 34
2025-11-06	13	4th	1 10 18 23 29
2025-10-24	2	3rd	2 16 23 27 29
2025-10-22	2	4th	13 17 21 23 27
2025-10-20	12	4th	7 15 16 23 33
2025-10-08	7	5th	2 4 14 19 23
2025-10-01	14	3rd	16 21 23 30 35
2025-09-17	2	4th	5 14 22 23 32
2025-09-15	15	4th	5 8 18 23 29
2025-08-31	5	4th	5 14 17 23 35
2025-08-26	5	3rd	7 11 23 29 33
2025-08-21	14	4th	1 14 18 23 26
2025-08-07	1	5th	7 8 9 20 23
2025-08-06	4	5th	8 10 11 13 23
2025-08-02	3	3rd	13 17 23 31 35
2025-07-30	2	4th	1 7 20 23 33
2025-07-28	11	4th	3 7 20 23 25
2025-07-17	2	3rd	6 19 23 31 35
2025-07-15	30	3rd	15 17 23 25 34
2025-06-15	18	5th	2 11 14 17 23
2025-05-28	3	5th	4 6 8 10 23
2025-05-25	4	4th	13 15 16 23 28
2025-05-21	1	2nd	15 23 25 28 34
2025-05-20	7	4th	9 13 16 23 25
2025-05-13	5	5th	2 12 17 19 23
2025-05-08	3	4th	8 9 13 23 34
2025-05-05	1	4th	3 4 19 23 35
2025-05-04	4	5th	13 18 19 20 23
2025-04-30	5	5th	4 7 18 21 23
2025-04-25	13	3rd	13 21 23 25 31
2025-04-12	10	4th	6 10 18 23 35
2025-04-02	10	4th	3 16 17 23 27
2025-03-23	1	4th	2 12 20 23 24
2025-03-22	21	4th	2 17 19 23 25
2025-03-01	12	3rd	14 15 23 27 29
2025-02-17	5	3rd	15 17 23 27 35
2025-02-12	3	3rd	10 14 23 29 33
2025-02-09	11	3rd	3 13 23 24 26
2025-01-29	2	3rd	3 12 23 29 34
2025-01-27	5	5th	3 14 19 22 23
2025-01-22	1	3rd	15 22 23 33 35
2025-01-21	2	5th	5 6 8 10 23
2025-01-19	14	3rd	12 18 23 24 32
2025-01-05	6	4th	15 16 22 23 30
2024-12-30	1	4th	8 11 13 23 35
2024-12-29	5	3rd	7 15 23 25 30
2024-12-24	10	3rd	5 9 23 32 33
2024-12-14	1	3rd	4 9 23 30 33
2024-12-13	48	3rd	10 20 23 29 30
2024-10-26	5	3rd	17 21 23 25 29
2024-10-21	6	3rd	15 16 23 26 30
2024-10-15	8	5th	12 14 15 22 23
2024-10-07	9	2nd	3 23 26 30 31
2024-09-28	14	3rd	1 10 23 24 28
2024-09-14	3	4th	7 11 15 23 35
2024-09-11	1	3rd	16 22 23 34 35
2024-09-10	11	4th	2 17 20 23 33
2024-08-30	16	4th	3 10 16 23 28
2024-08-14	11	5th	5 8 12 20 23
2024-08-03	4	4th	6 13 17 23 32
2024-07-30	11	3rd	13 19 23 24 31
2024-07-19	8	4th	1 7 13 23 27
2024-07-11	2	4th	4 5 12 23 24
2024-07-09	8	4th	8 14 18 23 31
2024-07-01	15	5th	9 12 14 20 23
2024-06-16	3	1st	23 26 27 28 32
2024-06-13	11	4th	8 11 20 23 27
2024-06-02	3	4th	5 15 18 23 29
2024-05-30	4	4th	6 8 13 23 32
2024-05-26	24	3rd	10 20 23 25 34
2024-05-02	15	2nd	5 23 27 32 33
2024-04-17	10	5th	5 8 14 21 23
2024-04-07	10	3rd	4 8 23 32 33
2024-03-28	1	3rd	1 3 23 32 35
2024-03-27	13	2nd	21 23 27 29 32
2024-03-14	3	3rd	11 21 23 28 31
2024-03-11	8	4th	7 17 19 23 34
2024-03-03	7	4th	7 12 14 23 35
2024-02-25	2	3rd	8 9 23 27 35
2024-02-23	4	2nd	2 23 26 29 35
2024-02-19	23	5th	8 9 16 19 23
2024-01-27	7	3rd	21 22 23 26 30
2024-01-20	8	3rd	5 22 23 28 29
2024-01-12	5	4th	11 16 18 23 31
2024-01-07	1	4th	7 16 20 23 35
2024-01-06	6	4th	5 21 22 23 34
2023-12-31	7	3rd	13 15 23 25 31
2023-12-24	1	4th	4 10 13 23 28
2023-12-23	2	3rd	14 16 23 27 34
2023-12-21	2	4th	10 12 19 23 24
2023-12-19	1	5th	3 12 21 22 23
2023-12-18	6	3rd	7 18 23 25 26
2023-12-12	2	3rd	7 19 23 28 31
2023-12-10	1	4th	3 13 20 23 27
2023-12-09	7	5th	3 19 21 22 23
2023-12-02	6	3rd	6 10 23 24 33
2023-11-26	1	4th	4 5 17 23 35
2023-11-25	1	3rd	8 10 23 27 29
2023-11-24	5	3rd	13 19 23 25 31
2023-11-19	6	5th	2 6 11 14 23
2023-11-13	2	4th	10 11 19 23 30
2023-11-11	11	5th	1 8 12 19 23
2023-10-31	1	5th	8 11 16 22 23
2023-10-30	13	5th	15 16 19 22 23
2023-10-17	1	3rd	1 4 23 26 28
2023-10-16	14	4th	4 12 17 23 27
2023-10-02	15	4th	9 10 18 23 35
2023-09-17	1	4th	4 17 19 23 27
2023-09-16	2	3rd	8 13 23 25 28
2023-09-14	1	5th	4 5 10 22 23
2023-09-13	21	3rd	9 18 23 24 34
2023-08-01	5	5th	5 12 17 19 23
2023-07-20	1	3rd	1 22 23 27 32
2023-07-18	3	3rd	7 13 23 27 33
2023-07-11	5	2nd	4 23 24 27 32
2023-06-29	3	4th	4 13 22 23 24
2023-06-22	5	3rd	4 22 23 26 34
2023-06-10	23	4th	6 8 10 23 30
2023-04-18	5	3rd	17 20 23 28 32
2023-04-06	7	2nd	4 23 28 33 34
2023-03-21	1	2nd	12 23 26 28 35
2023-03-18	11	5th	2 7 19 22 23
2023-02-21	1	3rd	2 10 23 24 33
2023-02-18	14	3rd	8 13 23 25 34
2023-01-17	26	5th	16 17 18 19 23
2022-11-17	3	3rd	6 7 23 33 34
2022-11-10	8	4th	2 5 16 23 32
2022-10-22	8	3rd	14 21 23 27 28
2022-10-04	6	3rd	15 19 23 26 35
2022-09-20	7	3rd	4 11 23 26 34
2022-09-03	10	3rd	11 19 23 26 29
2022-08-11	3	5th	4 10 16 17 23
2022-08-04	3	3rd	1 13 23 27 35
2022-07-28	2	3rd	14 15 23 25 26
2022-07-23	1	4th	6 9 10 23 29
2022-07-21	2	3rd	2 16 23 31 32
2022-07-16	23	4th	15 16 17 23 34
2022-05-24	6	4th	9 15 16 23 25
2022-05-10	6	4th	1 8 18 23 33
2022-04-26	4	3rd	17 21 23 29 33
2022-04-16	2	5th	4 7 10 13 23
2022-04-12	1	5th	5 10 17 22 23
2022-04-09	6	5th	5 8 12 15 23
2022-03-26	7	4th	5 8 17 23 25
2022-03-10	5	5th	2 5 11 18 23
2022-02-26	14	5th	4 10 13 16 23
2022-01-25	4	5th	1 15 16 18 23
2022-01-15	5	3rd	3 22 23 30 32
2022-01-04	4	3rd	10 20 23 32 35
2021-12-25	4	3rd	1 2 23 30 34
2021-12-16	5	4th	4 12 22 23 24
2021-12-04	7	3rd	9 21 23 27 31
2021-11-18	2	4th	6 13 18 23 34
2021-11-13	2	4th	1 5 8 23 25
2021-11-09	6	2nd	12 23 28 29 31
2021-10-26	14	4th	14 20 22 23 34
2021-09-23	2	2nd	19 23 25 28 31
2021-09-18	1	3rd	7 13 23 25 26
2021-09-16	2	4th	4 11 21 23 31
2021-09-11	1	4th	4 11 18 23 29
2021-09-09	11	1st	23 25 27 29 35
2021-08-14	7	4th	2 4 21 23 34
2021-07-29	5	4th	13 14 16 23 30
2021-07-17	2	4th	7 8 20 23 24
2021-07-13	17	4th	2 5 10 23 31
2021-06-03	7	2nd	7 23 25 31 35
2021-05-15	—	2nd	14 23 25 26 33