Number 23

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 938 draws, 5 from 1–42.

124times drawn · chance expected 112 +1.24σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

32longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 938 draws against 111.7 expected, +1.24σ. 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 124 times in 938 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 4.7
2nd smallest21 · chance 26.1
3rd smallest62 · chance 48.4
4th smallest26 · chance 35.8
5th smallest8 · chance 9.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 13 19 25 27 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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	2	3rd	3 12 23 26 29
2026-10-07	8	2nd	5 23 31 32 40
2026-09-29	8	3rd	4 7 23 32 39
2026-09-21	11	4th	5 12

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-04	4	4th	6 12 19 23 42
2026-04-30	9	3rd	1 7 23 27 33
2026-04-21	5	3rd	9 14 23 27 35
2026-04-16	2	4th	13 16 22 23 32
2026-04-14	8	4th	2 10 11 23 26
2026-04-06	19	3rd	2 11 23 31 33
2026-03-18	2	5th	4 5 7 11 23
2026-03-16	5	5th	2 5 11 15 23
2026-03-11	8	3rd	6 10 23 36 39
2026-03-03	4	5th	5 10 13 15 23
2026-02-27	8	3rd	12 20 23 27 32
2026-02-19	7	1st	23 26 32 35 36
2026-02-12	3	3rd	17 18 23 33 37
2026-02-09	12	4th	2 3 20 23 29
2026-01-28	5	2nd	16 23 24 32 40
2026-01-23	3	4th	10 11 18 23 32
2026-01-20	15	4th	5 17 19 23 39
2026-01-05	2	3rd	3 13 23 37 39
2026-01-03	8	3rd	2 6 23 25 33
2025-12-26	5	3rd	1 6 23 29 39
2025-12-21	3	3rd	8 15 23 27 33
2025-12-18	1	3rd	13 19 23 32 35
2025-12-17	9	4th	4 13 19 23 37
2025-12-08	3	3rd	8 18 23 31 33
2025-12-05	8	3rd	13 17 23 33 42
2025-11-27	16	2nd	11 23 24 25 29
2025-11-11	3	3rd	4 19 23 38 42
2025-11-08	10	2nd	13 23 34 35 38
2025-10-29	4	4th	1 15 18 23 28
2025-10-25	3	5th	3 17 18 21 23
2025-10-22	3	3rd	10 21 23 30 41
2025-10-19	11	5th	1 8 18 21 23
2025-10-08	3	3rd	2 4 23 27 32
2025-10-05	2	2nd	2 23 25 27 35
2025-10-03	5	3rd	15 22 23 35 40
2025-09-28	5	3rd	2 21 23 28 29
2025-09-23	25	3rd	2 10 23 33 39
2025-08-29	1	3rd	10 16 23 31 32
2025-08-28	9	3rd	3 18 23 26 30
2025-08-19	2	3rd	5 8 23 24 26
2025-08-17	14	3rd	1 8 23 41 42
2025-08-03	3	4th	1 4 13 23 30
2025-07-31	11	3rd	4 12 23 25 37
2025-07-20	3	4th	6 13 20 23 40
2025-07-17	3	1st	23 27 31 35 42
2025-07-14	7	4th	5 13 15 23 27
2025-07-07	17	5th	5 8 20 22 23
2025-06-20	10	2nd	9 23 25 36 39
2025-06-10	2	3rd	9 11 23 24 39
2025-06-08	5	3rd	7 11 23 35 36
2025-06-03	24	3rd	11 14 23 26 39
2025-05-10	22	3rd	8 10 23 28 29
2025-04-18	4	3rd	6 16 23 27 41
2025-04-14	3	2nd	19 23 25 28 31
2025-04-11	4	3rd	8 22 23 34 37
2025-04-07	8	3rd	7 19 23 29 34
2025-03-30	32	2nd	22 23 34 35 36
2025-02-26	21	3rd	2 18 23 25 34
2025-02-05	6	4th	5 13 19 23 36
2025-01-30	18	3rd	14 19 23 25 42
2025-01-12	4	3rd	15 21 23 29 33
2025-01-08	1	2nd	13 23 28 38 40
2025-01-07	11	5th	7 8 17 20 23
2024-12-27	3	2nd	6 23 24 30 39
2024-12-24	3	4th	3 14 19 23 29
2024-12-21	12	2nd	2 23 32 38 40
2024-12-09	7	3rd	14 18 23 28 35
2024-12-02	3	3rd	11 19 23 32 39
2024-11-29	9	2nd	13 23 26 41 42
2024-11-20	16	2nd	2 23 25 30 37
2024-11-04	3	3rd	1 11 23 27 30
2024-11-01	1	2nd	18 23 25 31 34
2024-10-31	1	4th	1 15 21 23 27
2024-10-30	6	3rd	7 16 23 28 42
2024-10-24	2	4th	7 8 20 23 25
2024-10-22	22	2nd	13 23 28 31 35
2024-09-30	6	3rd	10 19 23 38 40
2024-09-24	6	5th	7 8 16 21 23
2024-09-18	8	4th	3 5 17 23 34
2024-09-10	20	1st	23 32 36 37 38
2024-08-21	5	1st	23 26 33 39 40
2024-08-16	13	4th	2 18 19 23 41
2024-08-03	4	1st	23 27 29 31 33
2024-07-30	4	4th	6 7 18 23 39
2024-07-26	8	1st	23 25 36 40 42
2024-07-18	1	3rd	17 18 23 41 42
2024-07-17	16	3rd	8 19 23 25 33
2024-07-01	7	3rd	13 15 23 32 34
2024-06-24	1	3rd	1 18 23 25 36
2024-06-23	5	3rd	8 13 23 25 34
2024-06-18	1	4th	13 16 19 23 27
2024-06-17	8	4th	3 16 19 23 41
2024-06-09	7	4th	1 4 19 23 40
2024-06-02	24	3rd	15 21 23 31 36
2024-05-09	11	3rd	17 21 23 29 39
2024-04-28	6	1st	23 31 36 37 41
2024-04-22	5	3rd	2 20 23 36 42
2024-04-17	11	3rd	7 13 23 37 38
2024-04-06	9	4th	3 16 19 23 28
2024-03-28	—	2nd	21 23 31 37 39