Number 23

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

138times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.55σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

36longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 138 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 3 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 smallest3 · chance 4.0
2nd smallest24 · chance 25.1
3rd smallest52 · chance 52.7
4th smallest45 · chance 43.9
5th smallest14 · chance 12.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 8 14 26 27 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-09	4	3rd	3 9 23 25 34
2026-10-05	14	3rd	8 10 23 33 34
2026-09-21	4	4th	2 7 20 23 33
2026-09-17	10	4th	2 16 20 23

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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