Number 23

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

120times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.10σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

39longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 10 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 smallest9 · chance 6.5
2nd smallest33 · chance 29.9
3rd smallest47 · chance 47.2
4th smallest27 · chance 29.9
5th smallest4 · chance 6.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 27 38 16 41 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-01	3	3rd	12 13 23 29 45
2026-09-28	18	5th	4 10 15 20 23
2026-09-10	1	2nd	8 23 28 39 43
2026-09-09	18	3rd	7 16 23 27

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-18	2	4th	8 20 21 23 28
2026-02-16	6	3rd	3 19 23 29 41
2026-02-10	23	3rd	1 3 23 31 33
2026-01-18	12	2nd	21 23 32 38 39
2026-01-06	3	3rd	12 14 23 38 40
2026-01-03	6	2nd	4 23 27 33 40
2025-12-28	9	1st	23 25 30 36 38
2025-12-19	9	5th	8 11 18 22 23
2025-12-10	2	2nd	12 23 31 33 42
2025-12-08	4	3rd	12 19 23 28 32
2025-12-04	4	3rd	10 14 23 37 44
2025-11-30	21	4th	1 9 10 23 28
2025-11-09	8	3rd	3 18 23 35 44
2025-11-01	1	3rd	2 9 23 24 42
2025-10-31	6	3rd	2 20 23 32 45
2025-10-25	1	2nd	13 23 24 37 45
2025-10-24	7	3rd	1 6 23 26 37
2025-10-17	1	4th	3 7 21 23 35
2025-10-16	2	3rd	2 22 23 26 43
2025-10-14	1	2nd	4 23 26 32 43
2025-10-13	14	3rd	5 10 23 29 30
2025-09-29	9	3rd	16 22 23 26 33
2025-09-20	9	2nd	20 23 26 28 33
2025-09-11	10	1st	23 32 34 37 45
2025-09-01	13	2nd	6 23 32 39 40
2025-08-19	17	3rd	12 18 23 38 39
2025-08-02	9	4th	16 20 22 23 41
2025-07-24	6	3rd	5 16 23 26 36
2025-07-18	22	3rd	7 18 23 37 41
2025-06-26	8	2nd	9 23 28 36 39
2025-06-18	3	2nd	2 23 39 42 44
2025-06-15	8	4th	5 13 20 23 36
2025-06-07	1	2nd	10 23 35 38 39
2025-06-06	8	3rd	4 21 23 30 36
2025-05-29	1	3rd	1 16 23 39 45
2025-05-28	3	4th	6 7 18 23 27
2025-05-25	15	2nd	5 23 27 29 34
2025-05-10	24	4th	11 16 21 23 33
2025-04-16	6	2nd	20 23 25 41 45
2025-04-10	4	4th	12 13 16 23 25
2025-04-06	18	3rd	3 17 23 29 44
2025-03-19	4	1st	23 26 32 39 41
2025-03-15	8	2nd	13 23 28 36 38
2025-03-07	4	1st	23 25 26 41 44
2025-03-03	2	3rd	17 21 23 29 44
2025-03-01	3	1st	23 27 30 32 38
2025-02-26	13	2nd	14 23 28 39 45
2025-02-13	4	2nd	2 23 34 36 43
2025-02-09	22	3rd	2 16 23 26 35
2025-01-18	3	3rd	10 12 23 37 38
2025-01-15	2	3rd	17 19 23 33 36
2025-01-13	6	3rd	14 21 23 38 41
2025-01-07	14	4th	5 10 19 23 31
2024-12-24	27	2nd	17 23 25 30 43
2024-11-27	20	2nd	22 23 27 36 41
2024-11-07	5	3rd	10 21 23 25 30
2024-11-02	1	2nd	2 23 24 27 41
2024-11-01	9	3rd	5 20 23 37 45
2024-10-23	30	2nd	19 23 24 25 39
2024-09-23	12	4th	4 8 22 23 40
2024-09-11	5	4th	1 9 17 23 42
2024-09-06	2	3rd	4 6 23 27 29
2024-09-04	14	3rd	8 11 23 26 41
2024-08-21	5	3rd	7 16 23 26 38
2024-08-16	1	3rd	14 21 23 32 45
2024-08-15	14	3rd	3 9 23 24 27
2024-08-01	8	4th	16 17 22 23 25
2024-07-24	3	2nd	14 23 24 41 43
2024-07-21	19	3rd	5 13 23 32 35
2024-07-02	3	1st	23 26 28 43 44
2024-06-29	2	3rd	6 9 23 26 37
2024-06-27	27	2nd	13 23 37 42 43
2024-05-31	6	4th	6 9 20 23 24
2024-05-25	31	1st	23 25 27 30 34
2024-04-24	8	3rd	1 22 23 24 26
2024-04-16	4	4th	3 7 16 23 32
2024-04-12	11	4th	11 15 21 23 44
2024-04-01	4	3rd	2 10 23 26 40
2024-03-28	1	3rd	2 9 23 33 38
2024-03-27	5	4th	3 10 15 23 24
2024-03-22	14	2nd	18 23 28 35 38
2024-03-08	3	4th	2 15 22 23 41
2024-03-05	5	2nd	9 23 31 34 43
2024-02-29	6	4th	8 15 22 23 38
2024-02-23	11	2nd	15 23 24 30 33
2024-02-12	6	2nd	11 23 30 41 44
2024-02-06	9	3rd	14 22 23 27 42
2024-01-28	4	4th	4 5 21 23 44
2024-01-24	20	2nd	7 23 27 36 38
2024-01-04	4	3rd	5 15 23 40 44
2023-12-31	17	3rd	15 16 23 27 35
2023-12-14	12	3rd	2 9 23 31 44
2023-12-02	9	4th	4 15 17 23 40
2023-11-23	20	3rd	11 19 23 27 43
2023-11-03	1	3rd	13 19 23 27 29
2023-11-02	—	3rd	6 8 23 24 25