Number 23

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,786 draws, 5 from 1–43.

327times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.18σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

46longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 327 times in 2,786 draws against 324.0 expected, +0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 327 times in 2,786 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 46 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest12 · chance 14.2
2nd smallest68 · chance 73.3
3rd smallest123 · chance 128.2
4th smallest98 · chance 90.0
5th smallest26 · chance 21.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 19 13 32 2 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-10-11	4	3rd	1 20 23 36 38
2026-10-07	7	3rd	7 13 23 32 34
2026-09-30	4	1st	23 26 27 31 42
2026-09-26	3	3rd	8 15 23 32

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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-01	4	4th	3 16 20 23 27
2026-04-27	9	5th	3 13 19 21 23
2026-04-18	11	3rd	1 9 23 40 41
2026-04-07	3	4th	11 14 16 23 26
2026-04-04	5	3rd	10 20 23 26 33
2026-03-30	11	3rd	4 22 23 35 43
2026-03-19	3	2nd	16 23 24 40 41
2026-03-16	25	4th	13 17 18 23 41
2026-02-19	1	5th	4 10 19 22 23
2026-02-18	6	3rd	17 21 23 38 41
2026-02-12	6	2nd	17 23 24 26 35
2026-02-06	3	3rd	8 20 23 32 35
2026-02-03	5	2nd	18 23 28 31 42
2026-01-29	2	3rd	2 15 23 27 31
2026-01-27	9	2nd	14 23 24 27 34
2026-01-18	6	4th	11 13 22 23 31
2026-01-12	6	4th	12 19 20 23 43
2026-01-06	8	2nd	15 23 26 29 32
2025-12-29	2	4th	4 17 21 23 39
2025-12-27	4	4th	1 2 6 23 34
2025-12-23	16	3rd	10 11 23 32 40
2025-12-07	2	2nd	15 23 25 31 41
2025-12-05	2	3rd	14 22 23 24 35
2025-12-03	18	3rd	8 11 23 39 43
2025-11-15	6	3rd	2 19 23 26 39
2025-11-09	4	2nd	20 23 39 42 43
2025-11-05	13	4th	2 6 7 23 37
2025-10-23	13	2nd	2 23 30 40 43
2025-10-10	15	1st	23 27 30 40 42
2025-09-25	18	5th	4 11 17 21 23
2025-09-07	23	3rd	13 14 23 29 31
2025-08-15	4	3rd	2 13 23 32 37
2025-08-11	2	3rd	13 17 23 24 40
2025-08-09	20	4th	6 8 9 23 40
2025-07-20	5	2nd	15 23 26 29 34
2025-07-15	8	3rd	2 8 23 25 33
2025-07-07	1	3rd	8 22 23 28 34
2025-07-06	3	2nd	21 23 25 27 34
2025-07-03	34	4th	7 8 17 23 40
2025-05-30	21	3rd	4 5 23 26 42
2025-05-09	2	3rd	13 14 23 25 39
2025-05-07	5	4th	12 15 20 23 41
2025-05-02	10	4th	11 12 14 23 38
2024-12-30	2	3rd	16 20 23 24 29
2024-12-28	25	3rd	2 12 23 30 41
2024-12-03	2	3rd	15 16 23 31 32
2024-12-01	3	4th	5 15 21 23 36
2024-11-28	5	2nd	4 23 26 27 34
2024-11-23	10	2nd	2 23 28 33 40
2024-11-13	5	4th	8 9 22 23 43
2024-11-08	1	4th	3 13 15 23 30
2024-11-07	3	5th	16 17 18 19 23
2024-11-04	1	2nd	13 23 31 34 37
2024-11-03	5	5th	15 17 18 22 23
2024-10-29	3	2nd	10 23 37 42 43
2024-10-26	2	3rd	7 10 23 32 36
2024-10-24	7	4th	10 12 15 23 29
2024-10-17	22	3rd	11 21 23 29 33
2024-09-25	7	3rd	16 22 23 35 42
2024-09-18	3	3rd	7 22 23 33 41
2024-09-15	32	4th	7 8 17 23 29
2024-08-14	9	5th	6 20 21 22 23
2024-08-05	8	5th	5 6 7 9 23
2024-07-28	1	2nd	14 23 29 32 38
2024-07-27	5	4th	13 15 16 23 42
2024-07-22	20	2nd	10 23 26 37 40
2024-07-02	2	3rd	7 9 23 31 41
2024-06-30	6	1st	23 32 37 38 40
2024-06-24	7	5th	6 9 16 19 23
2024-06-17	2	3rd	10 13 23 32 36
2024-06-15	17	4th	6 7 8 23 24
2024-05-29	8	4th	9 13 15 23 32
2024-05-21	1	3rd	19 20 23 26 33
2024-05-20	2	2nd	22 23 27 28 40
2024-05-18	4	2nd	15 23 29 40 43
2024-05-14	14	4th	4 5 19 23 29
2024-04-30	9	4th	14 17 19 23 43
2024-04-21	13	2nd	3 23 26 40 42
2024-04-08	1	1st	23 27 33 36 42
2024-04-07	4	3rd	19 20 23 24 39
2024-04-03	29	2nd	12 23 28 29 31
2024-03-05	1	2nd	13 23 28 29 32
2024-03-04	17	2nd	20 23 26 33 34
2024-02-16	9	4th	4 18 21 23 42
2024-02-07	3	3rd	19 21 23 31 34
2024-02-04	8	2nd	15 23 25 31 33
2024-01-27	12	3rd	3 12 23 36 38
2024-01-15	13	4th	11 16 21 23 43
2024-01-02	10	3rd	1 22 23 28 32
2023-12-23	16	3rd	1 14 23 39 43
2023-12-07	1	4th	8 14 21 23 42
2023-12-06	28	3rd	18 21 23 37 42
2023-11-08	1	4th	15 17 21 23 25
2023-11-07	7	3rd	2 16 23 37 38
2023-10-31	7	3rd	2 15 23 26 38
2023-10-24	4	2nd	2 23 29 39 42
2023-10-20	2	2nd	1 23 39 41 42
2023-10-18	8	1st	23 26 33 34 37
2023-10-10	3	3rd	1 11 23 30 32
2023-10-07	13	5th	1 4 20 21 23
2023-09-24	4	4th	9 15 19 23 24
2023-09-20	14	4th	12 13 18 23 37
2023-09-06	12	4th	5 6 20 23 29
2023-08-25	10	4th	6 19 22 23 26
2023-08-15	5	3rd	6 16 23 30 33
2023-08-10	7	2nd	12 23 31 39 40
2023-08-03	6	3rd	3 20 23 31 37
2023-07-28	2	2nd	16 23 38 41 42
2023-07-26	3	5th	4 17 18 20 23
2023-07-23	14	4th	5 6 17 23 34
2023-07-09	18	1st	23 24 25 38 42
2023-06-21	3	3rd	2 22 23 24 27
2023-06-18	4	4th	10 14 20 23 36
2023-06-14	3	4th	11 13 22 23 31
2023-06-11	12	5th	2 6 16 21 23
2023-05-30	5	3rd	1 13 23 28 32
2023-05-25	3	3rd	4 9 23 32 38
2023-05-22	20	3rd	12 21 23 28 36
2023-05-02	19	2nd	22 23 25 27 43
2023-04-13	3	3rd	2 12 23 26 39
2023-04-10	8	5th	1 5 7 22 23
2023-04-02	9	4th	10 15 19 23 34
2023-03-24	5	3rd	2 17 23 32 36
2023-03-19	9	4th	5 6 8 23 38
2023-03-10	7	3rd	10 22 23 26 37
2023-03-03	17	4th	7 8 15 23 24
2023-02-14	23	4th	2 13 22 23 33
2023-01-22	5	2nd	17 23 26 31 40
2023-01-17	5	5th	5 8 15 21 23
2023-01-12	7	4th	1 12 15 23 42
2023-01-05	15	2nd	15 23 29 35 43
2022-12-21	6	3rd	10 12 23 28 38
2022-12-15	4	3rd	12 16 23 25 37
2022-12-11	12	4th	2 5 13 23 33
2022-11-29	20	4th	11 12 19 23 24
2022-11-09	17	2nd	7 23 32 37 39
2022-10-23	4	3rd	20 22 23 27 36
2022-10-19	1	1st	23 26 27 32 42
2022-10-18	9	4th	7 14 16 23 40
2022-10-09	17	3rd	7 15 23 31 32
2022-09-22	12	3rd	6 13 23 33 37
2022-09-10	36	4th	12 18 22 23 43
2022-08-05	2	3rd	7 21 23 33 40
2022-08-03	1	3rd	2 15 23 39 41
2022-08-02	5	3rd	7 13 23 24 29
2022-07-28	22	1st	23 29 31 32 36
2022-07-06	4	4th	11 12 14 23 34
2022-07-02	1	4th	14 18 21 23 42
2022-07-01	6	4th	2 4 11 23 32
2022-06-25	13	2nd	1 23 26 37 39
2022-06-12	1	3rd	5 9 23 32 39
2022-06-11	12	4th	7 15 21 23 31
2022-05-30	4	4th	5 10 20 23 25
2022-05-26	14	5th	1 7 15 22 23
2022-05-12	30	4th	7 16 20 23 35
2022-04-12	4	4th	6 13 22 23 29
2022-04-08	17	4th	7 11 13 23 34
2022-03-22	12	4th	6 18 19 23 28
2022-03-10	3	3rd	2 13 23 35 41
2022-03-07	40	3rd	6 14 23 30 33
2022-01-26	2	2nd	13 23 28 32 38
2022-01-24	16	2nd	9 23 25 36 43
2022-01-08	8	3rd	1 3 23 25 32
2021-12-31	7	4th	7 9 14 23 41
2021-12-24	3	4th	2 4 14 23 40
2021-12-21	18	5th	8 11 15 21 23
2021-12-03	1	4th	3 8 17 23 38
2021-12-02	35	3rd	2 21 23 33 35
2021-10-28	1	3rd	2 12 23 24 42
2021-10-27	6	4th	13 16 19 23 29
2021-10-21	11	2nd	15 23 38 39 43
2021-10-10	5	4th	7 9 19 23 37
2021-10-05	1	3rd	3 8 23 26 32
2021-10-04	2	3rd	3 16 23 33 34
2021-10-02	8	4th	2 6 12 23 30
2021-09-24	2	3rd	3 21 23 28 34
2021-09-22	10	4th	8 9 16 23 34
2021-09-12	5	4th	12 13 19 23 32
2021-09-07	4	4th	3 7 15 23 27
2021-09-03	4	2nd	18 23 25 36 38
2021-08-30	3	3rd	12 15 23 25 28
2021-08-27	6	3rd	2 13 23 24 29
2021-08-21	14	3rd	12 14 23 32 40
2021-08-07	3	2nd	9 23 24 26 41
2021-08-04	7	4th	4 16 20 23 31
2021-07-28	13	2nd	10 23 29 30 32
2021-07-15	6	3rd	5 10 23 25 31
2021-07-09	7	2nd	8 23 36 38 43
2021-07-02	2	2nd	16 23 26 31 37
2021-06-30	4	5th	10 14 19 20 23
2021-06-26	11	1st	23 26 28 29 40
2021-06-15	1	3rd	12 15 23 25 40
2021-06-14	2	4th	1 15 19 23 36
2021-06-12	15	5th	2 14 21 22 23
2021-05-28	13	1st	23 30 32 33 38
2021-05-15	10	3rd	8 19 23 34 35
2021-05-05	8	5th	13 18 19 21 23
2021-04-27	31	2nd	10 23 26 35 36
2021-03-27	24	4th	6 7 22 23 32
2021-03-03	2	3rd	19 22 23 24 35
2021-03-01	8	4th	2 6 18 23 33
2021-02-21	3	3rd	7 14 23 24 38
2021-02-18	2	3rd	14 22 23 24 36
2021-02-16	1	4th	1 9 22 23 27
2021-02-15	20	5th	6 9 11 18 23
2021-01-26	30	3rd	6 18 23 24 34
2020-12-27	20	3rd	9 19 23 40 42
2020-12-07	7	4th	2 5 15 23 34
2020-11-30	2	2nd	19 23 26 37 42
2020-11-28	4	4th	5 14 20 23 33
2020-11-24	2	1st	23 25 38 42 43
2020-11-22	10	5th	4 12 13 18 23
2020-11-12	3	4th	4 13 19 23 31
2020-11-09	1	3rd	10 19 23 25 37
2020-11-08	5	2nd	19 23 26 33 40
2020-11-03	3	2nd	6 23 24 35 39
2020-10-31	17	2nd	21 23 30 39 42
2020-10-14	24	4th	7 12 15 23 32
2020-09-20	5	3rd	16 18 23 25 38
2020-09-15	1	3rd	8 10 23 34 42
2020-09-14	22	4th	10 15 21 23 36
2020-08-23	18	4th	9 13 22 23 33
2020-08-05	4	4th	7 12 18 23 38
2020-08-01	5	2nd	11 23 25 30 39
2020-07-27	3	2nd	19 23 30 31 39
2020-07-24	11	2nd	9 23 25 36 41
2020-07-13	9	3rd	3 20 23 30 34
2020-07-04	4	3rd	3 19 23 24 30
2020-06-30	12	3rd	1 21 23 39 42
2020-06-18	8	3rd	5 17 23 24 25
2020-06-10	1	4th	3 8 18 23 43
2020-06-09	1	3rd	8 9 23 25 39
2020-06-08	6	4th	6 8 14 23 33
2020-06-02	6	2nd	6 23 32 39 40
2020-05-27	3	4th	5 14 17 23 35
2020-05-24	14	4th	8 13 21 23 43
2020-05-10	17	2nd	9 23 27 33 42
2020-04-23	4	3rd	2 15 23 25 41
2020-04-19	7	3rd	11 18 23 26 39
2020-04-12	6	3rd	11 12 23 25 34
2020-04-06	6	2nd	14 23 25 35 42
2020-03-31	2	2nd	3 23 28 34 41
2020-03-29	4	3rd	3 13 23 30 35
2020-03-25	12	3rd	6 14 23 31 42
2020-03-13	6	5th	9 13 19 20 23
2020-03-07	21	2nd	5 23 37 40 43
2020-02-15	3	3rd	2 7 23 31 32
2020-02-12	4	2nd	15 23 28 31 33
2020-02-08	25	3rd	20 21 23 25 34
2020-01-14	1	3rd	11 15 23 28 42
2020-01-13	2	4th	4 6 12 23 33
2020-01-11	5	2nd	6 23 29 31 38
2020-01-06	18	5th	1 10 17 21 23
2019-12-19	13	3rd	8 11 23 35 40
2019-12-06	8	3rd	8 15 23 25 26
2019-11-28	7	3rd	1 14 23 24 25
2019-11-21	2	3rd	9 17 23 33 34
2019-11-19	4	3rd	2 16 23 28 33
2019-11-15	3	3rd	6 19 23 24 31
2019-11-12	13	2nd	18 23 32 33 37
2019-10-30	8	4th	4 13 18 23 37
2019-10-22	5	4th	19 20 22 23 33
2019-10-17	8	2nd	13 23 34 37 39
2019-10-09	2	4th	6 10 13 23 40
2019-10-07	11	4th	3 19 22 23 27
2019-09-26	1	3rd	15 20 23 25 31
2019-09-25	4	2nd	6 23 28 30 31
2019-09-21	5	4th	3 4 15 23 32
2019-09-16	2	3rd	11 15 23 38 41
2019-09-14	1	4th	3 6 12 23 31
2019-09-13	12	3rd	6 12 23 26 41
2019-09-01	1	3rd	14 18 23 41 42
2019-08-31	10	3rd	15 20 23 27 38
2019-08-21	13	3rd	3 4 23 35 43
2019-08-08	46	3rd	1 3 23 27 34
2019-06-23	18	4th	2 19 20 23 30
2019-06-05	9	4th	5 9 19 23 27
2019-05-27	4	4th	7 8 9 23 31
2019-05-23	13	3rd	2 14 23 25 36
2019-05-10	6	2nd	17 23 31 36 41
2019-05-04	14	3rd	5 19 23 34 39
2019-04-20	3	5th	9 10 18 20 23
2019-04-17	1	1st	23 25 28 30 42
2019-04-16	6	4th	11 17 20 23 39
2019-04-10	4	3rd	3 17 23 28 39
2019-04-06	5	3rd	5 6 23 37 39
2019-04-01	5	2nd	22 23 24 35 38
2019-03-27	5	3rd	13 18 23 24 36
2019-03-22	19	3rd	10 19 23 31 39
2019-03-03	19	4th	5 11 16 23 34
2019-02-12	16	3rd	2 15 23 31 36
2019-01-27	1	3rd	1 8 23 27 35
2019-01-26	7	5th	5 10 16 19 23
2019-01-19	5	4th	9 13 14 23 39
2019-01-14	1	4th	3 6 16 23 41
2019-01-13	4	5th	4 7 16 20 23
2019-01-09	32	3rd	7 22 23 29 32
2018-12-08	8	2nd	16 23 24 29 38
2018-11-30	6	2nd	6 23 33 36 43
2018-11-24	1	2nd	21 23 26 27 30
2018-11-23	11	3rd	1 13 23 34 36
2018-11-12	8	4th	2 18 19 23 39
2018-11-04	—	2nd	8 23 33 41 42