Number 23

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

119times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.66σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

11.6average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

80longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 11.6 draws · longest completed wait 80 · waiting 2 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 smallest30 · chance 23.8
2nd smallest45 · chance 48.8
3rd smallest30 · chance 34.9
4th smallest12 · chance 10.4
5th smallest2 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 35 2 28 60 63

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 23 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 23 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-05	2	2nd	16 23 32 36 54
2026-09-30	8	3rd	4 6 23 33 44
2026-09-12	80	3rd	14 16 23 58 69
2026-03-09	6	2nd	22 23 28 36

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-01	21	1st	23 29 32 49 61
2024-12-14	4	3rd	12 17 23 52 67
2024-12-04	43	2nd	1 23 25 28 61
2024-08-26	3	3rd	2 4 23 68 69
2024-08-19	2	4th	1 2 15 23 28
2024-08-14	6	3rd	8 9 23 29 62
2024-07-31	37	1st	23 34 37 50 58
2024-05-06	1	2nd	7 23 24 56 60
2024-05-04	11	3rd	14 20 23 53 69
2024-04-08	7	3rd	6 21 23 39 54
2024-03-23	3	2nd	6 23 25 34 51
2024-03-16	11	2nd	12 23 44 57 61
2024-02-19	71	2nd	4 23 45 50 53
2023-09-06	15	4th	9 14 20 23 63
2023-08-02	9	1st	23 24 33 51 64
2023-07-12	2	1st	23 35 45 66 67
2023-07-08	11	2nd	7 23 24 32 43
2023-06-12	10	4th	2 3 16 23 68
2023-05-20	3	2nd	17 23 32 38 63
2023-05-13	11	4th	3 15 20 23 46
2023-04-17	28	1st	23 25 35 63 64
2023-02-11	2	2nd	10 23 30 54 65
2023-02-06	4	4th	5 11 22 23 69
2023-01-28	21	3rd	2 18 23 27 47
2022-12-10	20	2nd	9 23 47 49 68
2022-10-24	29	2nd	18 23 35 45 54
2022-08-17	12	1st	23 28 41 50 55
2022-07-20	2	3rd	10 20 23 49 65
2022-07-16	1	3rd	3 18 23 32 57
2022-07-13	56	2nd	22 23 36 47 63
2022-03-05	32	2nd	8 23 37 52 63
2021-12-20	22	3rd	2 13 23 34 66
2021-10-30	7	2nd	5 23 28 43 56
2021-10-13	8	1st	23 29 47 59 60
2021-09-25	46	2nd	22 23 37 62 63
2021-05-05	7	2nd	16 23 28 40 63
2021-04-10	25	3rd	14 16 23 50 53
2021-01-13	8	3rd	4 19 23 25 49
2020-12-16	12	2nd	4 23 37 61 67
2020-11-04	7	1st	23 32 33 45 49
2020-10-10	6	3rd	5 18 23 40 50
2020-09-19	9	3rd	11 14 23 47 57
2020-08-19	25	2nd	13 23 47 55 58
2020-05-23	18	5th	2 8 18 21 23
2020-03-21	2	2nd	2 23 40 59 69
2020-03-14	11	2nd	9 23 26 30 32
2020-02-05	7	1st	23 30 35 41 57
2020-01-11	4	3rd	3 21 23 31 59
2019-12-28	13	2nd	20 23 39 59 60
2019-11-13	3	1st	23 26 27 28 66
2019-11-02	10	2nd	3 23 32 37 58
2019-09-28	22	2nd	15 23 34 51 55
2019-07-13	2	2nd	13 23 32 35 68
2019-07-06	9	3rd	4 8 23 46 65
2019-06-05	9	2nd	17 23 28 34 38
2019-05-04	1	3rd	6 16 23 30 61
2019-05-01	6	2nd	5 23 28 56 66
2019-04-10	22	3rd	12 21 23 39 67
2019-01-23	18	1st	23 25 47 48 50
2018-11-21	12	3rd	7 14 23 38 55
2018-10-10	23	2nd	8 23 27 42 60
2018-07-21	9	2nd	9 23 56 58 68
2018-06-20	4	3rd	4 14 23 27 56
2018-06-06	1	1st	23 28 41 53 56
2018-06-02	1	1st	23 25 37 44 64
2018-05-30	12	2nd	17 23 26 46 68
2018-04-18	20	5th	9 10 12 17 23
2018-02-07	1	1st	23 34 35 40 47
2018-02-03	23	2nd	15 23 27 48 53
2017-11-15	12	1st	23 32 44 48 50
2017-10-04	2	2nd	22 23 62 63 66
2017-09-27	10	4th	8 10 21 23 25
2017-08-23	12	4th	6 7 16 23 26
2017-07-12	21	4th	1 2 18 23 61
2017-04-29	6	2nd	22 23 24 45 62
2017-04-08	9	1st	23 36 51 53 60
2017-03-08	13	1st	23 33 42 46 59
2017-01-21	2	1st	23 25 45 52 67
2017-01-14	5	1st	23 55 59 64 69
2016-12-28	21	2nd	16 23 30 44 58
2016-10-15	9	1st	23 49 57 64 67
2016-09-14	2	3rd	10 11 23 28 31
2016-09-07	8	2nd	22 23 29 33 55
2016-08-10	3	1st	23 56 61 64 67
2016-07-30	2	4th	11 17 21 23 32
2016-07-23	7	3rd	5 7 23 35 39
2016-06-29	3	1st	23 29 37 60 64
2016-06-18	5	2nd	2 23 41 53 63
2016-06-01	3	1st	23 30 33 40 69
2016-05-21	1	4th	5 7 9 23 32
2016-05-18	11	1st	23 25 39 54 67
2016-04-09	4	3rd	14 22 23 41 61
2016-03-26	2	2nd	11 23 42 52 68
2016-03-19	3	2nd	11 23 43 54 60
2016-03-09	—	2nd	14 23 32 34 68