Number 23

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

377times drawn · chance expected 358 +1.07σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

41longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 377 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, +1.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 377 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest4 · chance 4.0
2nd smallest42 · chance 39.3
3rd smallest132 · chance 123.9
4th smallest123 · chance 150.2
5th smallest76 · chance 59.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 5 15 32 35 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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	9	2nd	21 23 27 29 30
2026-09-18	22	5th	7 9 13 17 23
2026-07-29	17	4th	3 7 8 23 35
2026-06-19	36	2nd	5 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-07	19	1st	23 26 27 28 33
2025-02-21	20	4th	9 16 19 23 25
2025-01-06	15	4th	2 19 20 23 30
2024-12-02	5	2nd	6 23 24 28 35
2024-11-20	2	3rd	11 15 23 29 35
2024-11-15	3	3rd	2 17 23 34 35
2024-11-08	2	2nd	20 23 24 32 35
2024-11-04	1	2nd	17 23 30 34 35
2024-11-01	2	5th	1 3 6 16 23
2024-10-28	12	2nd	3 23 29 30 32
2024-09-30	1	3rd	10 12 23 32 35
2024-09-27	6	3rd	2 20 23 27 34
2024-09-13	8	5th	1 4 15 22 23
2024-08-26	17	5th	11 14 17 19 23
2024-07-17	1	4th	8 16 19 23 25
2024-07-15	5	4th	6 8 19 23 24
2024-07-03	5	2nd	13 23 24 27 34
2024-06-21	6	4th	12 13 22 23 32
2024-06-07	8	3rd	7 14 23 29 33
2024-05-20	2	2nd	9 23 25 26 35
2024-05-15	21	5th	3 9 11 13 23
2024-03-27	1	3rd	5 8 23 29 35
2024-03-25	3	2nd	1 23 25 31 34
2024-03-18	4	3rd	7 13 23 31 35
2024-03-08	1	4th	14 17 18 23 33
2024-03-06	5	4th	2 3 14 23 32
2024-02-23	27	4th	8 20 21 23 35
2023-12-22	1	5th	2 11 13 15 23
2023-12-20	27	4th	4 8 17 23 31
2023-10-18	2	4th	4 5 17 23 28
2023-10-13	5	3rd	1 5 23 32 35
2023-10-02	8	4th	1 12 13 23 28
2023-09-13	11	4th	10 14 20 23 35
2023-08-18	1	4th	1 5 14 23 31
2023-08-16	9	5th	5 9 13 21 23
2023-07-26	3	3rd	14 19 23 32 33
2023-07-19	4	4th	3 8 18 23 31
2023-07-10	2	3rd	6 19 23 26 30
2023-07-05	17	4th	1 15 18 23 33
2023-05-26	2	5th	1 11 15 17 23
2023-05-22	13	3rd	1 11 23 25 26
2023-04-21	1	4th	2 5 18 23 27
2023-04-19	3	3rd	15 19 23 24 31
2023-04-12	2	4th	3 4 8 23 27
2023-04-07	1	2nd	13 23 26 31 34
2023-04-05	1	5th	7 9 11 13 23
2023-04-03	9	3rd	19 21 23 27 34
2023-03-13	6	4th	3 5 15 23 24
2023-02-27	9	5th	1 4 14 15 23
2023-02-06	1	4th	7 8 14 23 25
2023-02-03	14	5th	4 9 11 18 23
2023-01-02	1	5th	4 5 9 13 23
2022-12-30	2	5th	1 5 20 22 23
2022-12-26	9	4th	15 16 21 23 27
2022-12-05	8	5th	13 15 18 21 23
2022-11-16	10	2nd	9 23 26 31 33
2022-10-24	3	3rd	8 10 23 27 31
2022-10-17	1	5th	3 6 16 21 23
2022-10-14	11	2nd	9 23 25 27 31
2022-09-19	13	4th	5 13 17 23 31
2022-08-19	20	4th	1 9 15 23 24
2022-07-04	1	4th	2 11 20 23 26
2022-07-01	1	3rd	6 7 23 30 35
2022-06-29	6	2nd	8 23 28 31 34
2022-06-15	4	5th	4 5 6 17 23
2022-06-06	7	2nd	18 23 29 30 35
2022-05-20	2	2nd	9 23 27 30 35
2022-05-16	10	3rd	13 21 23 24 30
2022-04-22	5	3rd	9 13 23 24 26
2022-04-11	3	4th	1 14 17 23 25
2022-04-04	3	5th	9 11 17 21 23
2022-03-28	2	2nd	6 23 24 27 31
2022-03-23	6	2nd	20 23 25 29 30
2022-03-09	3	5th	8 10 11 12 23
2022-03-02	2	4th	2 4 10 23 35
2022-02-25	3	3rd	1 5 23 24 33
2022-02-18	14	5th	2 4 6 12 23
2022-01-17	12	5th	4 12 17 19 23
2021-12-20	12	2nd	4 23 26 32 33
2021-11-22	3	4th	9 10 18 23 32
2021-11-15	4	5th	5 18 19 21 23
2021-11-05	3	4th	13 15 17 23 24
2021-10-29	2	4th	12 15 20 23 34
2021-10-25	4	3rd	4 14 23 30 34
2021-10-15	18	3rd	10 20 23 26 28
2021-09-03	6	4th	1 13 15 23 31
2021-08-20	9	5th	1 4 8 17 23
2021-07-30	1	5th	4 12 20 22 23
2021-07-28	1	3rd	3 11 23 29 32
2021-07-26	21	5th	6 10 13 17 23
2021-06-07	12	4th	3 6 17 23 33
2021-05-10	2	4th	10 17 22 23 29
2021-05-05	5	4th	4 6 14 23 24
2021-04-23	16	4th	10 12 18 23 27
2021-03-17	41	3rd	2 4 23 27 34
2020-12-11	12	3rd	1 4 23 32 34
2020-11-13	1	4th	15 16 22 23 35
2020-11-11	6	2nd	6 23 24 31 33
2020-10-28	3	4th	7 16 18 23 31
2020-10-21	9	3rd	3 9 23 28 34
2020-09-30	10	4th	8 12 16 23 35
2020-09-07	5	5th	1 5 10 17 23
2020-08-26	5	4th	4 7 11 23 29
2020-08-14	2	4th	4 5 19 23 25
2020-08-10	2	3rd	12 15 23 27 31
2020-08-05	3	4th	9 13 18 23 32
2020-07-29	8	5th	6 9 15 16 23
2020-07-10	1	3rd	1 17 23 28 31
2020-07-08	3	3rd	20 21 23 26 34
2020-07-01	10	4th	10 19 22 23 24
2020-06-08	6	5th	4 9 13 15 23
2020-05-25	12	4th	14 15 16 23 27
2020-04-27	12	3rd	14 16 23 28 33
2020-03-30	3	4th	2 9 11 23 24
2020-03-23	15	4th	5 9 14 23 28
2020-02-17	2	5th	1 14 20 21 23
2020-02-12	12	4th	7 9 17 23 29
2020-01-15	1	4th	12 14 19 23 26
2020-01-13	1	4th	1 3 12 23 29
2020-01-10	4	4th	3 6 14 23 32
2020-01-01	5	5th	5 11 12 22 23
2019-12-20	7	2nd	18 23 29 33 35
2019-12-04	3	3rd	2 19 23 28 30
2019-11-27	9	5th	5 14 17 19 23
2019-11-06	3	3rd	3 6 23 29 33
2019-10-30	12	3rd	2 3 23 26 33
2019-10-02	1	5th	3 12 20 22 23
2019-09-30	3	2nd	16 23 25 26 30
2019-09-23	5	5th	1 7 9 16 23
2019-09-11	4	3rd	13 22 23 28 32
2019-09-02	8	4th	8 14 18 23 33
2019-08-14	2	4th	4 12 17 23 28
2019-08-09	9	3rd	11 18 23 26 27
2019-07-19	6	3rd	5 16 23 25 29
2019-07-05	7	4th	18 20 22 23 31
2019-06-19	4	5th	2 6 18 19 23
2019-06-10	8	4th	7 9 18 23 24
2019-05-22	1	4th	13 14 17 23 32
2019-05-20	2	3rd	11 17 23 29 34
2019-05-15	4	5th	5 11 17 22 23
2019-05-06	5	4th	1 5 13 23 31
2019-04-24	12	5th	9 10 11 22 23
2019-03-27	10	2nd	19 23 25 32 34
2019-03-04	5	4th	3 13 17 23 32
2019-02-20	2	3rd	5 10 23 25 35
2019-02-15	9	5th	4 5 12 17 23
2019-01-25	1	5th	5 13 15 17 23
2019-01-23	3	4th	6 10 14 23 25
2019-01-16	3	3rd	2 14 23 29 30
2019-01-09	8	3rd	7 10 23 25 29
2018-12-21	6	2nd	11 23 25 28 31
2018-12-07	1	3rd	4 9 23 29 34
2018-12-05	2	2nd	12 23 24 30 31
2018-11-30	4	3rd	7 11 23 30 32
2018-11-21	12	3rd	1 4 23 26 32
2018-10-24	5	4th	3 7 14 23 31
2018-10-12	1	3rd	5 6 23 25 32
2018-10-10	1	5th	2 3 12 16 23
2018-10-08	3	4th	9 14 20 23 32
2018-10-01	6	4th	4 12 16 23 31
2018-09-17	11	5th	2 3 5 14 23
2018-08-22	4	4th	14 18 20 23 25
2018-08-13	21	4th	3 16 17 23 32
2018-06-25	5	3rd	6 19 23 29 30
2018-06-13	2	3rd	12 14 23 27 35
2018-06-08	17	3rd	11 19 23 24 35
2018-04-30	6	4th	2 18 19 23 33
2018-04-16	2	3rd	12 20 23 24 31
2018-04-11	9	4th	8 15 18 23 31
2018-03-21	2	3rd	9 22 23 30 34
2018-03-16	5	5th	4 14 20 22 23
2018-03-05	9	3rd	7 11 23 31 34
2018-02-12	17	4th	12 16 17 23 26
2018-01-03	5	3rd	8 9 23 26 29
2017-12-22	15	4th	16 19 21 23 32
2017-11-17	8	3rd	6 11 23 24 33
2017-10-30	4	4th	6 16 22 23 25
2017-10-20	7	3rd	7 15 23 28 35
2017-10-04	3	3rd	3 18 23 25 26
2017-09-27	3	5th	9 13 17 22 23
2017-09-20	6	4th	1 16 18 23 25
2017-09-06	2	5th	6 7 8 21 23
2017-09-01	1	3rd	1 20 23 28 33
2017-08-30	11	3rd	6 7 23 33 34
2017-08-04	9	3rd	8 19 23 28 34
2017-07-14	1	3rd	8 15 23 25 28
2017-07-12	7	5th	4 9 12 18 23
2017-06-26	8	5th	4 9 14 21 23
2017-06-07	2	1st	23 25 27 31 33
2017-06-02	6	3rd	19 21 23 26 35
2017-05-19	7	4th	4 11 14 23 27
2017-05-03	1	4th	6 16 20 23 30
2017-05-01	7	5th	6 7 12 14 23
2017-04-14	11	3rd	1 21 23 24 26
2017-03-20	13	2nd	8 23 26 32 35
2017-02-17	6	3rd	11 13 23 27 35
2017-02-03	2	4th	5 6 7 23 30
2017-01-30	20	4th	7 10 22 23 29
2016-12-14	2	3rd	12 15 23 27 33
2016-12-09	15	3rd	17 18 23 29 30
2016-11-04	4	4th	2 8 14 23 27
2016-10-26	8	4th	3 6 15 23 27
2016-10-07	13	3rd	2 7 23 24 32
2016-09-07	3	4th	16 17 22 23 31
2016-08-31	5	3rd	13 20 23 26 28
2016-08-19	7	4th	3 4 8 23 33
2016-08-03	8	3rd	3 10 23 26 32
2016-07-15	5	3rd	1 4 23 28 34
2016-07-04	7	4th	2 11 16 23 25
2016-06-17	6	3rd	8 20 23 24 30
2016-06-03	2	4th	5 12 18 23 29
2016-05-30	1	4th	7 11 21 23 29
2016-05-27	5	5th	9 10 15 22 23
2016-05-16	2	1st	23 30 32 34 35
2016-05-11	2	5th	4 9 19 20 23
2016-05-06	2	4th	4 11 18 23 27
2016-05-02	9	4th	4 7 21 23 35
2016-04-11	4	4th	5 12 13 23 32
2016-04-01	1	3rd	13 16 23 31 32
2016-03-30	13	4th	1 4 12 23 27
2016-02-29	5	4th	10 14 18 23 33
2016-02-17	8	3rd	15 21 23 28 35
2016-01-29	1	2nd	16 23 26 31 32
2016-01-27	14	3rd	2 20 23 27 30
2015-12-25	1	4th	1 2 8 23 25
2015-12-23	1	4th	5 11 21 23 30
2015-12-21	1	3rd	14 20 23 24 30
2015-12-18	9	4th	6 8 10 23 24
2015-11-27	6	3rd	9 15 23 27 32
2015-11-13	2	3rd	7 8 23 25 27
2015-11-09	3	3rd	6 15 23 25 30
2015-11-02	9	5th	7 12 15 19 23
2015-10-12	15	3rd	12 19 23 32 33
2015-09-07	5	4th	2 10 15 23 35
2015-08-26	7	3rd	5 19 23 25 26
2015-08-10	3	2nd	14 23 25 32 34
2015-08-03	3	3rd	5 18 23 32 35
2015-07-27	6	5th	7 13 14 21 23
2015-07-13	21	3rd	3 5 23 32 34
2015-05-25	2	5th	3 7 14 15 23
2015-05-20	8	3rd	5 16 23 29 34
2015-05-01	8	3rd	7 9 23 24 30
2015-04-13	16	2nd	14 23 24 29 35
2015-03-06	1	5th	7 8 12 22 23
2015-03-04	7	4th	8 10 14 23 25
2015-02-16	11	5th	3 9 15 19 23
2015-01-21	2	4th	2 8 22 23 24
2015-01-16	11	3rd	17 22 23 26 27
2014-12-22	4	5th	8 10 19 22 23
2014-12-12	6	3rd	3 13 23 29 35
2014-11-28	5	2nd	16 23 24 27 29
2014-11-17	6	4th	6 10 16 23 27
2014-11-03	1	4th	11 15 16 23 25
2014-10-31	14	3rd	3 22 23 30 34
2014-09-29	21	3rd	13 21 23 28 34
2014-08-11	4	4th	12 14 17 23 32
2014-08-01	5	5th	2 5 12 18 23
2014-07-21	20	3rd	6 8 23 25 29
2014-06-04	5	3rd	11 15 23 24 35
2014-05-23	13	5th	2 3 8 19 23
2014-04-23	1	3rd	12 14 23 30 34
2014-04-21	7	4th	1 11 15 23 31
2014-04-04	5	4th	1 14 17 23 28
2014-03-24	10	5th	6 7 10 15 23
2014-02-28	1	5th	4 6 11 14 23
2014-02-26	12	2nd	5 23 30 33 35
2014-01-29	15	4th	1 3 21 23 31
2013-12-25	4	4th	6 9 21 23 29
2013-12-16	6	4th	8 10 20 23 25
2013-12-02	2	2nd	21 23 27 33 35
2013-11-27	2	3rd	10 12 23 27 32
2013-11-22	6	5th	3 8 15 17 23
2013-11-08	13	3rd	1 19 23 24 28
2013-10-09	4	3rd	1 2 23 24 29
2013-09-30	5	4th	7 9 18 23 31
2013-09-18	2	5th	1 3 7 12 23
2013-09-13	1	3rd	17 18 23 25 29
2013-09-11	2	4th	2 6 14 23 28
2013-09-06	16	5th	8 12 15 22 23
2013-07-31	6	3rd	2 20 23 27 35
2013-07-17	1	5th	4 12 20 21 23
2013-07-15	4	5th	5 9 16 18 23
2013-07-05	12	3rd	3 6 23 25 30
2013-06-07	2	5th	4 12 14 17 23
2013-06-03	4	3rd	5 15 23 27 33
2013-05-24	1	4th	6 19 20 23 30
2013-05-22	3	5th	2 8 19 22 23
2013-05-15	6	2nd	18 23 24 27 28
2013-05-01	2	3rd	5 10 23 29 30
2013-04-26	6	4th	2 9 22 23 25
2013-04-12	2	3rd	7 11 23 29 33
2013-04-08	3	3rd	7 13 23 30 33
2013-04-01	2	3rd	4 10 23 28 35
2013-03-27	18	4th	7 11 14 23 33
2013-02-13	2	3rd	11 20 23 25 30
2013-02-08	2	4th	6 8 12 23 31
2013-02-04	4	3rd	20 22 23 27 33
2013-01-25	2	4th	1 13 18 23 32
2013-01-21	2	3rd	7 19 23 24 27
2013-01-16	3	3rd	5 17 23 28 35
2013-01-09	25	4th	1 11 15 23 33
2012-11-12	6	3rd	3 17 23 24 25
2012-10-29	4	4th	4 13 16 23 33
2012-10-19	8	5th	9 11 16 21 23
2012-10-01	1	3rd	18 22 23 31 34
2012-09-28	11	5th	13 15 16 17 23
2012-09-03	2	2nd	7 23 27 30 33
2012-08-29	2	5th	4 5 13 21 23
2012-08-24	15	3rd	18 20 23 29 32
2012-07-20	8	3rd	2 9 23 29 32
2012-07-02	10	3rd	4 21 23 29 35
2012-06-08	20	4th	5 8 11 23 28
2012-04-23	15	3rd	1 5 23 28 30
2012-03-19	5	4th	6 18 22 23 27
2012-03-07	1	2nd	4 23 27 30 34
2012-03-05	2	4th	3 8 19 23 31
2012-02-29	14	3rd	15 21 23 25 26
2012-01-27	28	4th	3 8 10 23 34
2011-11-23	9	2nd	20 23 24 26 28
2011-11-02	13	3rd	1 10 23 27 34
2011-10-03	1	2nd	5 23 31 32 33
2011-09-30	1	3rd	14 16 23 24 35
2011-09-28	8	5th	1 3 10 15 23
2011-09-09	2	4th	8 11 13 23 26
2011-09-05	3	4th	11 13 14 23 32
2011-08-29	2	3rd	2 5 23 26 30
2011-08-24	8	3rd	8 10 23 25 29
2011-08-05	4	2nd	13 23 25 30 35
2011-07-27	7	3rd	1 17 23 25 34
2011-07-11	2	3rd	13 14 23 26 32
2011-07-06	10	5th	5 9 14 19 23
2011-06-13	4	3rd	10 22 23 27 32
2011-06-03	3	3rd	1 13 23 26 34
2011-05-27	2	3rd	11 14 23 24 29
2011-05-23	2	3rd	6 18 23 25 28
2011-05-18	3	5th	5 10 12 22 23
2011-05-11	10	4th	5 11 18 23 29
2011-04-18	3	2nd	1 23 28 29 31
2011-04-11	5	2nd	12 23 24 29 30
2011-03-30	1	3rd	15 21 23 27 28
2011-03-28	7	5th	4 8 13 15 23
2011-03-11	15	3rd	11 20 23 28 29
2011-02-04	9	3rd	15 18 23 29 32
2011-01-14	11	2nd	21 23 26 27 35
2010-12-20	1	5th	2 3 6 20 23
2010-12-17	1	3rd	15 21 23 32 35
2010-12-15	5	4th	13 14 17 23 31
2010-12-03	3	3rd	3 21 23 29 34
2010-11-26	7	2nd	22 23 27 29 31
2010-11-10	10	3rd	9 19 23 30 32
2010-10-18	4	1st	23 24 29 30 35
2010-10-08	2	5th	5 18 19 22 23
2010-10-04	—	3rd	1 10 23 26 27