Number 23

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

78times drawn · chance expected 94 −1.75σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

32longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, −1.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 727 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 16 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 1.1
2nd smallest10 · chance 11.8
3rd smallest41 · chance 35.5
4th smallest27 · chance 29.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 25 11 18 3 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-09-26	6	3rd	3 13 23 31
2026-09-20	16	2nd	15 23 24 31
2026-09-04	24	3rd	7 21 23 31
2026-08-11	26	2nd	4 23 24 26
2026-07-16	3	3rd

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

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