Number 23

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

134times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.03σ

31draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

19.1average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

93longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 19.1 draws · longest completed wait 93 · waiting 31 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest40 · chance 47.3
2nd smallest72 · chance 60.0
3rd smallest20 · chance 23.8
4th smallest2 · chance 2.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 31 43 70 35 75

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 77. 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
2026-08-01	46	2nd	14 23 29 36
2026-04-15	72	1st	23 40 59 72
2025-10-29	72	1st	23 39 50 72
2025-05-14	17	2nd	12 23 35 64
2025-04-05	37	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-05-07	30	4th	2 4 8 23
2022-02-26	6	2nd	8 23 30 31
2022-02-12	35	3rd	4 17 23 59
2021-11-22	23	1st	23 48 55 77
2021-09-29	18	2nd	19 23 41 51
2021-08-18	32	1st	23 27 47 67
2021-06-05	7	2nd	11 23 53 65
2021-05-19	13	2nd	12 23 36 61
2021-04-19	13	2nd	8 23 34 57
2021-03-20	8	2nd	11 23 37 59
2021-03-01	28	1st	23 28 49 68
2020-12-26	6	2nd	4 23 36 68
2020-12-12	8	2nd	1 23 64 77
2020-11-23	14	1st	23 57 61 67
2020-10-21	2	2nd	9 23 63 70
2020-10-17	7	1st	23 44 55 75
2020-09-30	38	1st	23 57 67 70
2020-07-04	9	2nd	9 23 71 75
2020-06-13	1	2nd	12 23 66 75
2020-06-10	12	2nd	2 23 41 68
2020-05-13	4	2nd	15 23 26 72
2020-05-04	3	2nd	12 23 56 72
2020-04-27	14	1st	23 35 61 72
2020-03-25	6	2nd	1 23 35 48
2020-03-11	4	2nd	5 23 37 47
2020-03-02	5	2nd	2 23 38 46
2020-02-19	36	2nd	8 23 34 35
2019-11-27	8	1st	23 30 39 62
2019-11-09	24	2nd	10 23 34 70
2019-09-14	14	2nd	12 23 26 37
2019-08-12	7	2nd	10 23 31 54
2019-07-27	43	2nd	9 23 24 65
2019-04-17	31	3rd	4 12 23 76
2019-02-04	11	3rd	5 17 23 30
2019-01-09	30	2nd	2 23 50 69
2018-10-31	3	2nd	22 23 31 51
2018-10-24	44	2nd	3 23 37 77
2018-07-14	4	1st	23 33 76 77
2018-07-04	2	1st	23 40 49 64
2018-06-30	4	2nd	13 23 47 55
2018-06-20	37	2nd	5 23 24 31
2018-03-26	32	2nd	21 23 29 66
2018-01-10	29	1st	23 27 31 50
2017-11-04	4	2nd	9 23 25 28
2017-10-25	10	1st	23 39 43 66
2017-10-02	25	2nd	10 23 50 71
2017-08-05	2	3rd	4 12 23 55
2017-07-31	5	2nd	20 23 42 67
2017-07-19	11	2nd	5 23 60 70
2017-06-24	16	2nd	16 23 28 57
2017-05-17	37	1st	23 38 43 52
2017-02-20	25	2nd	1 23 44 75
2016-12-24	12	2nd	3 23 35 51
2016-11-26	16	3rd	5 10 23 32
2016-10-19	16	2nd	10 23 46 75
2016-09-12	17	3rd	3 8 23 69
2016-08-03	12	3rd	18 19 23 25
2016-07-06	45	2nd	15 23 59 77
2016-03-23	1	3rd	20 21 23 43
2016-03-21	41	2nd	20 23 71 76
2015-12-16	1	2nd	11 23 45 61
2015-12-14	19	2nd	21 23 27 76
2015-10-31	2	1st	23 28 43 58
2015-10-26	67	2nd	13 23 43 65
2015-05-23	12	2nd	17 23 49 68
2015-04-25	4	2nd	14 23 49 51
2015-04-15	8	2nd	17 23 51 59
2015-03-28	8	3rd	7 12 23 73
2015-03-09	39	2nd	20 23 60 73
2014-12-08	39	3rd	8 15 23 77
2014-09-08	22	2nd	8 23 46 68
2014-07-19	22	1st	23 35 39 42
2014-05-28	1	1st	23 36 40 50
2014-05-26	19	2nd	8 23 34 41
2014-04-12	1	2nd	12 23 26 38
2014-04-09	4	3rd	11 14 23 52
2014-03-31	2	2nd	9 23 57 70
2014-03-26	30	2nd	11 23 32 68
2014-01-15	20	2nd	5 23 28 31
2013-11-30	21	3rd	1 19 23 61
2013-10-12	40	1st	23 34 53 70
2013-07-10	21	2nd	15 23 27 56
2013-05-22	12	1st	23 66 75 76
2013-04-24	40	1st	23 24 38 42
2013-01-21	10	1st	23 38 68 71
2012-12-29	7	3rd	7 22 23 47
2012-12-12	1	2nd	16 23 30 51
2012-12-10	12	1st	23 26 58 73
2012-11-12	4	1st	23 35 38 44
2012-11-03	5	2nd	2 23 29 69
2012-10-22	3	2nd	9 23 75 76
2012-10-15	3	4th	1 3 13 23
2012-10-08	9	1st	23 33 65 75
2012-09-17	33	2nd	15 23 45 56
2012-07-02	11	1st	23 43 66 77
2012-06-06	19	3rd	6 22 23 46
2012-04-21	40	2nd	2 23 29 31
2012-01-18	2	1st	23 28 33 48
2012-01-14	8	3rd	10 22 23 31
2011-12-26	12	1st	23 26 40 52
2011-11-28	14	1st	23 55 63 71
2011-10-26	8	1st	23 34 63 64
2011-10-08	58	1st	23 39 52 55
2011-05-25	59	1st	23 41 43 45
2011-01-08	3	2nd	5 23 27 70
2011-01-01	5	2nd	14 23 43 65
2010-12-20	55	3rd	11 14 23 35
2010-08-14	10	2nd	9 23 34 51
2010-07-21	26	1st	23 29 66 74
2010-05-22	—	1st	23 29 70 72