Number 23

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

291times drawn · chance expected 304 −0.83σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 57% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

36longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 291 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −0.83σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 291 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 5 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 6.0
2nd smallest41 · chance 44.1
3rd smallest108 · chance 106.9
4th smallest110 · chance 101.8
5th smallest29 · chance 32.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 9 15 7 28 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-15	2	2nd	17 23 32 35 37
2025-04-13	6	3rd	8 13 23 32 34
2025-04-07	4	4th	1 19 21 23 24
2025-04-03	5	3rd	13 18

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-09	9	3rd	2 5 23 24 35
2024-11-30	14	5th	6 9 11 18 23
2024-11-16	3	2nd	9 23 27 30 32
2024-11-13	12	4th	4 7 17 23 28
2024-11-01	7	3rd	4 22 23 25 29
2024-10-25	3	3rd	12 22 23 35 38
2024-10-22	2	4th	8 14 18 23 30
2024-10-20	2	4th	6 9 18 23 25
2024-10-18	7	4th	2 12 17 23 35
2024-10-11	1	3rd	16 22 23 24 30
2024-10-10	9	3rd	9 17 23 26 27
2024-10-01	7	2nd	4 23 25 28 34
2024-09-24	9	3rd	2 8 23 35 36
2024-09-15	3	3rd	1 15 23 27 29
2024-09-12	7	5th	7 9 21 22 23
2024-09-05	7	4th	1 6 19 23 32
2024-08-29	2	4th	2 8 15 23 34
2024-08-27	9	5th	6 7 8 9 23
2024-08-18	24	2nd	7 23 26 35 37
2024-07-25	25	4th	3 16 17 23 37
2024-06-30	3	3rd	1 2 23 25 33
2024-06-27	11	2nd	6 23 24 25 27
2024-06-16	1	3rd	5 6 23 28 36
2024-06-15	13	3rd	7 19 23 31 36
2024-06-02	3	5th	8 10 14 16 23
2024-05-30	4	3rd	13 21 23 25 36
2024-05-26	23	4th	2 12 14 23 33
2024-05-03	3	2nd	19 23 26 31 37
2024-04-30	24	3rd	5 21 23 34 37
2024-04-06	5	2nd	11 23 29 31 33
2024-04-01	32	4th	7 11 13 23 31
2024-02-29	4	3rd	6 9 23 28 33
2024-02-25	4	3rd	1 3 23 31 32
2024-02-21	4	4th	7 12 16 23 37
2024-02-17	5	5th	2 3 12 17 23
2024-02-12	6	2nd	6 23 30 31 34
2024-02-06	13	3rd	13 22 23 29 35
2024-01-24	4	3rd	5 6 23 24 36
2024-01-20	13	5th	4 5 7 10 23
2024-01-07	3	2nd	13 23 32 33 34
2024-01-04	11	3rd	10 19 23 25 29
2023-12-24	4	4th	6 7 14 23 38
2023-12-20	7	3rd	8 9 23 28 36
2023-12-13	1	4th	3 15 18 23 36
2023-12-12	10	3rd	6 13 23 26 34
2023-12-02	8	1st	23 26 28 31 38
2023-11-24	10	2nd	10 23 24 25 34
2023-11-14	1	3rd	4 6 23 32 38
2023-11-13	10	3rd	16 19 23 28 31
2023-11-03	28	2nd	15 23 29 31 33
2023-10-06	5	4th	3 8 22 23 38
2023-10-01	19	2nd	4 23 26 27 38
2023-09-12	13	5th	6 15 16 19 23
2023-08-30	8	2nd	18 23 27 29 38
2023-08-22	15	4th	2 12 15 23 25
2023-08-07	18	1st	23 25 31 34 35
2023-07-20	2	4th	7 12 15 23 26
2023-07-18	8	4th	6 13 22 23 34
2023-07-10	6	3rd	8 14 23 28 38
2023-07-04	14	4th	4 10 17 23 31
2023-06-20	2	3rd	4 8 23 25 27
2023-06-18	8	4th	4 17 22 23 28
2023-06-10	14	2nd	18 23 30 31 36
2023-05-27	5	4th	4 8 10 23 24
2023-05-22	3	3rd	2 15 23 28 38
2023-05-19	5	4th	15 16 22 23 29
2023-05-14	22	3rd	1 10 23 32 35
2023-04-22	25	4th	1 4 10 23 31
2023-03-28	4	4th	2 19 21 23 27
2023-03-24	19	4th	3 13 16 23 30
2023-03-05	4	3rd	5 17 23 28 35
2023-03-01	17	4th	2 6 7 23 38
2023-02-12	16	4th	10 18 20 23 29
2023-01-27	1	4th	3 16 19 23 38
2023-01-26	5	3rd	5 20 23 26 33
2023-01-21	11	5th	8 11 14 21 23
2023-01-10	1	3rd	1 14 23 30 38
2023-01-09	13	4th	1 2 17 23 26
2022-12-27	3	3rd	17 22 23 28 30
2022-12-24	12	4th	7 10 12 23 32
2022-12-12	1	4th	4 10 21 23 36
2022-12-11	3	3rd	15 16 23 26 29
2022-12-08	10	4th	3 4 15 23 30
2022-11-28	1	4th	6 15 16 23 29
2022-11-27	1	2nd	15 23 27 32 38
2022-11-26	20	3rd	4 7 23 26 34
2022-11-06	12	4th	9 10 19 23 29
2022-10-25	12	4th	2 15 17 23 33
2022-10-13	1	4th	2 13 20 23 27
2022-10-12	4	4th	7 14 22 23 30
2022-10-08	19	4th	3 4 15 23 32
2022-09-19	1	3rd	3 22 23 25 36
2022-09-18	3	1st	23 24 31 33 34
2022-09-15	9	3rd	6 21 23 27 29
2022-09-06	10	3rd	4 15 23 30 36
2022-08-27	12	4th	1 2 19 23 26
2022-08-15	20	3rd	3 9 23 26 32
2022-07-26	4	2nd	20 23 24 28 29
2022-07-22	11	5th	6 7 15 19 23
2022-07-11	2	2nd	12 23 25 29 38
2022-07-09	13	4th	10 14 18 23 25
2022-06-26	9	3rd	7 11 23 25 32
2022-06-17	1	4th	11 12 19 23 33
2022-06-16	2	3rd	6 10 23 29 34
2022-06-14	7	4th	3 7 13 23 30
2022-06-07	9	3rd	3 16 23 31 37
2022-05-29	15	2nd	6 23 24 29 32
2022-05-14	21	4th	1 19 22 23 37
2022-04-23	3	3rd	4 22 23 30 31
2022-04-20	5	4th	3 8 12 23 28
2022-04-15	16	5th	4 7 10 18 23
2022-03-30	10	2nd	1 23 28 35 36
2022-03-20	9	3rd	21 22 23 31 38
2022-03-11	9	4th	2 17 20 23 30
2022-03-02	2	2nd	12 23 35 36 37
2022-02-28	2	3rd	7 22 23 27 32
2022-02-26	14	2nd	6 23 35 36 37
2022-02-12	8	4th	3 6 11 23 28
2022-02-04	28	2nd	5 23 27 32 34
2022-01-07	24	3rd	18 19 23 29 35
2021-12-14	4	4th	9 13 16 23 28
2021-12-10	14	3rd	5 19 23 25 27
2021-11-26	6	3rd	2 17 23 32 36
2021-11-20	10	5th	9 14 18 21 23
2021-11-10	25	3rd	1 2 23 31 34
2021-10-16	4	4th	6 13 14 23 26
2021-10-12	25	4th	9 16 22 23 32
2021-09-17	6	4th	3 16 18 23 30
2021-09-11	5	4th	5 15 21 23 31
2021-09-06	6	3rd	2 5 23 29 31
2021-08-31	10	3rd	7 13 23 25 36
2021-08-21	30	4th	4 21 22 23 33
2021-07-22	2	2nd	1 23 29 35 37
2021-07-20	9	3rd	9 18 23 34 36
2021-07-11	8	4th	1 11 18 23 29
2021-07-03	2	2nd	13 23 25 26 33
2021-07-01	5	3rd	1 4 23 26 31
2021-06-26	2	4th	9 12 20 23 33
2021-06-24	8	4th	9 16 22 23 38
2021-06-16	3	4th	6 9 11 23 29
2021-06-13	2	4th	1 4 16 23 33
2021-06-11	4	4th	5 6 19 23 32
2021-06-07	5	3rd	14 19 23 24 38
2021-06-02	10	3rd	2 15 23 27 32
2021-05-23	13	3rd	4 17 23 25 28
2021-05-10	8	5th	1 2 4 22 23
2021-05-02	8	4th	2 3 9 23 38
2021-04-24	6	2nd	11 23 28 29 30
2021-04-18	18	3rd	2 8 23 24 30
2021-03-31	13	3rd	3 11 23 28 31
2021-03-18	8	4th	6 8 20 23 34
2021-03-10	9	4th	13 20 22 23 37
2021-03-01	7	3rd	7 15 23 33 37
2021-02-22	7	4th	15 17 21 23 24
2021-02-15	1	5th	3 15 16 18 23
2021-02-14	16	2nd	12 23 28 29 38
2021-01-29	11	3rd	2 20 23 24 35
2021-01-18	2	3rd	11 15 23 28 31
2021-01-16	3	4th	10 15 17 23 37
2021-01-13	5	2nd	7 23 30 33 34
2021-01-08	29	3rd	6 8 23 27 33
2020-12-10	4	2nd	4 23 26 32 36
2020-12-06	3	3rd	3 21 23 26 32
2020-12-03	13	4th	6 7 20 23 30
2020-11-20	2	2nd	10 23 32 36 38
2020-11-18	7	5th	10 11 14 15 23
2020-11-11	10	4th	4 15 20 23 35
2020-11-01	25	4th	7 9 22 23 34
2020-10-07	3	4th	9 18 19 23 34
2020-10-04	6	4th	5 13 22 23 32
2020-09-28	5	4th	11 20 22 23 29
2020-09-23	6	3rd	15 17 23 34 35
2020-09-17	13	3rd	4 12 23 27 36
2020-09-04	2	4th	9 20 22 23 25
2020-09-02	1	2nd	18 23 27 29 38
2020-09-01	7	3rd	13 20 23 34 38
2020-08-25	17	2nd	16 23 24 29 30
2020-08-08	3	5th	5 8 12 19 23
2020-08-05	6	4th	14 18 20 23 36
2020-07-30	6	3rd	3 9 23 31 34
2020-07-24	12	3rd	8 12 23 37 38
2020-07-09	1	3rd	3 14 23 27 29
2020-07-07	1	3rd	5 13 23 28 35
2020-07-04	2	3rd	1 19 23 31 33
2020-06-30	5	4th	9 14 19 23 26
2020-06-18	4	2nd	21 23 26 28 29
2020-06-09	3	4th	10 12 17 23 28
2020-06-02	2	4th	2 4 17 23 31
2020-05-28	4	3rd	15 18 23 25 32
2020-05-19	6	4th	6 7 15 23 35
2020-05-05	4	5th	3 9 19 20 23
2020-04-25	3	4th	1 8 17 23 35
2020-04-18	4	3rd	4 15 23 25 33
2020-04-09	2	4th	6 15 17 23 29
2020-04-04	4	3rd	4 9 23 28 35
2020-03-26	10	3rd	7 11 23 24 32
2020-03-03	22	4th	8 11 18 23 33
2020-01-11	2	3rd	1 9 23 29 34
2020-01-07	8	3rd	1 18 23 26 27
2019-12-19	10	5th	2 8 10 13 23
2019-11-26	5	2nd	12 23 27 29 30
2019-11-14	6	3rd	6 11 23 30 31
2019-10-31	8	3rd	6 9 23 28 32
2019-10-12	6	3rd	1 11 23 25 26
2019-09-28	14	3rd	1 3 23 26 28
2019-08-27	5	3rd	15 19 23 25 31
2019-08-15	17	4th	9 10 17 23 27
2019-07-06	18	3rd	7 17 23 25 31
2019-05-25	10	3rd	2 9 23 30 34
2019-05-02	1	3rd	5 7 23 29 34
2019-04-30	4	4th	6 14 18 23 35
2019-04-20	5	3rd	9 17 23 24 31
2019-04-09	3	5th	3 8 13 18 23
2019-04-02	9	3rd	2 18 23 29 35
2019-03-12	6	3rd	4 9 23 27 32
2019-02-26	3	4th	2 7 11 23 29
2019-02-19	9	2nd	6 23 24 28 30
2019-01-29	15	4th	5 7 11 23 31
2018-12-25	12	5th	2 12 17 20 23
2018-11-27	12	3rd	9 19 23 27 31
2018-10-30	9	4th	17 19 20 23 30
2018-10-09	12	5th	4 18 19 22 23
2018-09-11	1	2nd	17 23 28 30 34
2018-09-08	5	2nd	16 23 25 26 30
2018-08-28	1	3rd	9 15 23 24 27
2018-08-25	20	3rd	1 7 23 24 25
2018-07-10	2	5th	2 8 12 15 23
2018-07-05	1	4th	2 10 18 23 28
2018-07-03	17	4th	18 20 22 23 31
2018-05-24	1	4th	7 11 19 23 30
2018-05-22	1	3rd	11 22 23 25 29
2018-05-19	2	5th	4 5 19 22 23
2018-05-15	10	4th	14 15 20 23 35
2018-04-21	2	3rd	10 14 23 30 34
2018-04-17	2	4th	2 3 17 23 25
2018-04-12	1	4th	12 21 22 23 27
2018-04-10	5	4th	2 16 20 23 34
2018-03-29	11	3rd	5 9 23 29 31
2018-03-03	3	4th	5 15 21 23 26
2018-02-24	1	3rd	1 22 23 31 32
2018-02-22	4	4th	3 9 15 23 35
2018-02-13	9	4th	1 12 22 23 26
2018-01-23	5	4th	9 11 21 23 33
2018-01-11	7	5th	1 11 14 18 23
2017-12-26	8	4th	2 13 16 23 28
2017-12-07	36	5th	4 7 9 17 23
2017-09-14	12	3rd	18 19 23 26 27
2017-08-17	5	3rd	10 19 23 25 34
2017-08-05	7	4th	9 14 18 23 28
2017-07-20	10	3rd	3 21 23 25 35
2017-06-27	8	4th	4 13 22 23 25
2017-06-08	6	3rd	10 20 23 27 34
2017-05-25	1	3rd	4 11 23 27 28
2017-05-23	10	4th	7 10 21 23 34
2017-04-29	10	5th	3 4 9 15 23
2017-04-06	5	3rd	4 5 23 29 34
2017-03-25	4	3rd	1 4 23 24 28
2017-03-16	2	5th	1 10 11 19 23
2017-03-11	7	5th	14 15 18 19 23
2017-02-23	1	4th	12 14 17 23 31
2017-02-21	18	5th	8 13 18 22 23
2017-01-10	4	2nd	10 23 24 26 28
2016-12-31	7	5th	6 7 9 22 23
2016-12-15	1	3rd	10 16 23 27 31
2016-12-13	7	4th	4 7 14 23 34
2016-11-26	1	4th	7 12 15 23 28
2016-11-24	—	3rd	9 18 23 24 34