Number 23

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

142times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.18σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

40longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 18 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 smallest9 · chance 7.7
2nd smallest45 · chance 35.4
3rd smallest45 · chance 55.8
4th smallest35 · chance 35.4
5th smallest8 · chance 7.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 1 28 36 12 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-08-08	20	3rd	6 14 23 32 39
2026-05-30	18	3rd	17 19 23 32 38
2026-03-28	6	2nd	8 23 35 36 38
2026-03-07	11	2nd	16 23 30

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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