Number 23

In Powerball Double Play under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Aug 2021 rules — 804 draws, 5 from 1–69.

73times drawn · chance expected 58 +2.01σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

46longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 73 times in 804 draws against 58.3 expected, +2.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 73 times in 804 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 1 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 smallest15 · chance 14.6
2nd smallest32 · chance 29.9
3rd smallest22 · chance 21.4
4th smallest4 · chance 6.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 18 14 29 38 62

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 68 numbers; chance expects about 0.9 such strangers 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 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 ×1.22

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	5	3rd	17 18 23 66 69
2026-09-26	6	2nd	9 23 31 59 69
2026-09-12	14	3rd	14 16 23 58 69
2026-08-10	11	2nd	4 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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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