Number 23

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,884 draws, 5 from 1–41.

220times drawn · chance expected 230 −0.69σ

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

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,884 draws against 229.8 expected, −0.69σ. 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 220 times in 1,884 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 55 · 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 7.4
2nd smallest33 · chance 43.2
3rd smallest96 · chance 85.1
4th smallest62 · chance 66.7
5th smallest22 · chance 17.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 4 27 13 20 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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	11	5th	2 3 6 21 23
2026-09-12	6	2nd	20 23 24 26 37
2026-08-29	15	5th	5 6 18 21 23
2026-07-25	7	4th	6 11 14

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-11	3	1st	23 27 29 30 31
2025-10-04	12	5th	4 7 13 19 23
2025-09-06	12	3rd	3 4 23 26 39
2025-08-09	13	2nd	12 23 26 37 41
2025-07-09	7	2nd	20 23 27 31 32
2025-06-23	35	2nd	8 23 24 26 32
2025-04-02	3	4th	4 13 22 23 36
2025-03-26	13	4th	9 11 15 23 40
2025-02-24	18	2nd	13 23 33 35 39
2025-01-13	23	4th	2 6 20 23 24
2024-11-20	2	2nd	6 23 28 34 35
2024-11-16	1	4th	3 10 17 23 25
2024-11-13	10	3rd	4 5 23 35 39
2024-10-21	10	3rd	2 4 23 25 36
2024-09-28	4	3rd	16 20 23 37 39
2024-09-18	4	5th	1 3 6 18 23
2024-09-09	5	4th	5 9 19 23 36
2024-08-28	10	2nd	15 23 24 33 41
2024-08-05	21	3rd	1 14 23 27 29
2024-06-17	10	4th	10 16 20 23 28
2024-05-25	4	3rd	11 14 23 34 35
2024-05-15	23	3rd	13 14 23 32 38
2024-03-23	8	5th	4 5 8 15 23
2024-03-04	3	3rd	2 10 23 28 32
2024-02-26	1	3rd	4 15 23 28 31
2024-02-24	11	3rd	2 7 23 25 38
2024-01-29	6	4th	4 5 15 23 35
2024-01-15	1	3rd	11 21 23 30 37
2024-01-13	12	3rd	14 17 23 26 37
2023-12-16	7	5th	12 13 15 20 23
2023-11-29	9	1st	23 25 27 35 36
2023-11-08	24	4th	2 16 22 23 27
2023-09-13	1	4th	1 6 15 23 31
2023-09-09	6	4th	8 14 17 23 25
2023-08-19	3	3rd	15 18 23 27 33
2023-08-09	8	4th	5 13 17 23 33
2023-07-12	2	3rd	1 16 23 26 38
2023-07-05	1	3rd	1 12 23 28 33
2023-07-01	4	4th	6 9 13 23 39
2023-06-17	11	4th	1 13 15 23 35
2023-05-10	11	4th	12 19 20 23 37
2023-04-01	6	4th	1 7 22 23 34
2023-03-11	4	2nd	22 23 28 30 40
2023-02-25	10	4th	2 6 11 23 26
2023-01-21	29	4th	2 4 14 23 31
2022-10-12	2	4th	8 21 22 23 37
2022-10-05	2	2nd	9 23 33 39 40
2022-09-28	2	4th	5 21 22 23 36
2022-09-21	12	5th	11 14 21 22 23
2022-08-10	13	4th	2 11 17 23 31
2022-06-25	11	3rd	20 22 23 33 39
2022-05-18	10	4th	9 11 15 23 33
2022-04-13	12	4th	9 14 15 23 33
2022-03-02	38	4th	4 8 18 23 38
2021-10-20	7	4th	1 14 19 23 28
2021-09-25	15	3rd	4 16 23 25 37
2021-08-04	3	3rd	11 21 23 30 32
2021-07-24	25	3rd	2 20 23 36 39
2021-04-28	3	5th	6 8 13 17 23
2021-04-17	1	2nd	9 23 33 37 38
2021-04-14	5	2nd	8 23 24 31 40
2021-03-27	8	3rd	10 22 23 34 41
2021-02-27	5	2nd	15 23 26 40 41
2021-02-10	12	3rd	3 21 23 32 39
2020-12-30	3	5th	5 7 8 19 23
2020-12-19	2	3rd	1 9 23 30 35
2020-12-12	10	2nd	9 23 25 34 40
2020-11-07	4	5th	3 13 17 22 23
2020-10-24	4	4th	2 6 11 23 37
2020-10-10	9	3rd	1 13 23 32 34
2020-09-09	15	3rd	4 17 23 35 41
2020-07-18	15	3rd	13 15 23 28 41
2020-05-27	4	3rd	3 17 23 35 41
2020-05-13	24	3rd	8 18 23 24 38
2020-02-19	10	3rd	8 17 23 35 39
2020-01-15	7	3rd	1 17 23 29 31
2019-12-21	5	4th	7 8 15 23 25
2019-12-04	1	4th	1 6 18 23 38
2019-11-30	10	3rd	7 12 23 37 38
2019-10-26	1	3rd	5 13 23 37 38
2019-10-23	3	3rd	3 12 23 24 29
2019-10-12	12	1st	23 28 37 38 40
2019-08-31	5	5th	10 13 15 17 23
2019-08-14	1	3rd	8 20 23 31 39
2019-08-10	4	3rd	8 20 23 31 39
2019-07-27	18	3rd	8 17 23 32 39
2019-05-25	1	4th	2 4 19 23 31
2019-05-22	32	4th	11 17 22 23 39
2019-01-30	11	3rd	3 11 23 27 37
2018-12-22	15	4th	2 3 10 23 40
2018-10-31	2	3rd	16 22 23 31 38
2018-10-24	5	3rd	5 16 23 27 28
2018-10-06	6	3rd	7 22 23 29 31
2018-09-15	1	2nd	15 23 27 32 37
2018-09-12	15	3rd	1 13 23 33 40
2018-07-21	4	3rd	12 19 23 32 37
2018-07-07	4	3rd	14 15 23 29 40
2018-06-23	1	3rd	4 12 23 28 38
2018-06-20	8	4th	4 5 15 23 36
2018-05-23	9	3rd	5 8 23 24 39
2018-04-21	4	4th	15 17 21 23 27
2018-04-07	5	2nd	3 23 26 27 29
2018-03-21	10	2nd	2 23 28 38 41
2018-02-14	2	3rd	16 18 23 32 33
2018-02-07	2	1st	23 27 31 33 41
2018-01-31	4	2nd	20 23 29 33 39
2018-01-17	3	5th	2 9 15 17 23
2018-01-06	1	3rd	7 21 23 33 39
2018-01-03	2	3rd	7 13 23 31 40
2017-12-27	36	3rd	14 15 23 29 35
2017-08-23	19	3rd	4 20 23 35 37
2017-06-17	7	4th	10 16 18 23 37
2017-05-24	1	2nd	20 23 25 27 35
2017-05-20	6	5th	5 8 14 17 23
2017-04-29	2	5th	1 5 7 10 23
2017-04-22	6	3rd	1 16 23 34 37
2017-04-01	15	4th	6 12 22 23 41
2017-02-08	15	2nd	3 23 25 32 33
2016-12-17	11	3rd	1 16 23 25 27
2016-11-09	7	2nd	9 23 35 40 41
2016-10-15	3	4th	1 12 22 23 31
2016-10-05	7	4th	6 13 20 23 24
2016-09-10	19	4th	17 18 21 23 26
2016-07-06	2	1st	23 24 29 34 37
2016-06-29	32	2nd	12 23 26 27 41
2016-03-09	9	4th	12 16 22 23 34
2016-02-06	1	5th	3 8 17 22 23
2016-02-03	11	3rd	7 14 23 31 40
2015-12-26	1	3rd	16 22 23 25 29
2015-12-23	13	4th	12 19 22 23 27
2015-11-07	5	4th	1 4 6 23 30
2015-10-21	6	2nd	14 23 27 34 37
2015-09-30	23	3rd	17 20 23 27 32
2015-07-11	4	2nd	7 23 32 33 39
2015-06-27	21	4th	7 12 21 23 37
2015-04-15	1	2nd	15 23 29 39 41
2015-04-11	5	3rd	1 10 23 27 32
2015-03-25	3	3rd	5 10 23 34 35
2015-03-14	4	4th	6 8 16 23 30
2015-02-28	2	4th	16 17 22 23 28
2015-02-21	13	3rd	5 15 23 33 40
2015-01-07	5	4th	4 11 21 23 24
2014-12-20	9	3rd	7 21 23 24 25
2014-11-19	1	3rd	6 22 23 36 40
2014-11-15	5	3rd	5 6 23 29 36
2014-10-29	6	3rd	11 15 23 29 32
2014-10-08	8	3rd	3 7 23 32 36
2014-09-10	18	3rd	4 5 23 29 30
2014-07-09	1	3rd	2 11 23 39 41
2014-07-05	2	4th	7 10 21 23 38
2014-06-28	1	3rd	9 12 23 25 28
2014-06-25	1	3rd	6 18 23 35 39
2014-06-21	2	3rd	13 14 23 36 41
2014-06-14	23	2nd	6 23 24 27 39
2014-03-26	55	4th	11 14 21 23 41
2013-09-14	26	4th	13 17 18 23 35
2013-06-15	6	3rd	10 16 23 27 33
2013-05-25	10	3rd	18 21 23 28 38
2013-04-20	9	3rd	5 18 23 27 31
2013-03-20	6	3rd	4 7 23 31 37
2013-02-27	12	3rd	1 10 23 25 33
2013-01-16	1	1st	23 27 31 35 38
2013-01-12	4	2nd	13 23 24 29 35
2012-12-29	7	4th	7 19 20 23 27
2012-12-05	1	3rd	5 16 23 26 40
2012-12-01	11	5th	2 12 16 20 23
2012-10-24	1	4th	3 8 16 23 26
2012-10-20	2	4th	1 9 13 23 28
2012-10-13	10	5th	4 10 13 19 23
2012-09-08	4	2nd	15 23 26 30 32
2012-08-25	24	3rd	14 19 23 29 30
2012-05-30	11	3rd	13 18 23 33 37
2012-04-21	25	4th	12 15 20 23 38
2012-01-25	1	3rd	1 11 23 33 40
2012-01-21	4	3rd	13 19 23 27 40
2012-01-07	10	3rd	19 22 23 24 35
2011-12-03	13	4th	6 13 21 23 41
2011-10-19	2	3rd	1 4 23 30 39
2011-10-12	8	3rd	4 12 23 30 36
2011-09-14	12	3rd	19 21 23 26 38
2011-08-03	2	2nd	19 23 27 29 40
2011-07-27	16	3rd	8 11 23 29 30
2011-06-01	9	3rd	14 15 23 29 38
2011-04-30	44	3rd	10 13 23 29 32
2010-11-27	10	2nd	22 23 30 31 34
2010-10-23	4	4th	9 14 17 23 26
2010-10-09	5	4th	4 5 16 23 33
2010-09-22	10	2nd	3 23 24 32 39
2010-08-18	1	5th	6 9 11 20 23
2010-08-14	12	3rd	2 20 23 25 32
2010-07-03	8	4th	4 14 21 23 29
2010-06-05	1	2nd	4 23 32 33 35
2010-06-02	6	4th	2 8 9 23 40
2010-05-12	3	5th	2 11 15 18 23
2010-05-01	5	3rd	7 21 23 24 25
2010-04-14	—	2nd	5 23 34 35 41