Number 23

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

275times drawn · chance expected 265 +0.64σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

47longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 275 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 275 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 15 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 10.5
2nd smallest66 · chance 57.9
3rd smallest104 · chance 107.3
4th smallest74 · chance 79.5
5th smallest22 · chance 19.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 28 10 25 1 29

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
2026-09-27	44	4th	7 18 20 23 32
2026-08-14	1	3rd	2 10 23 24 38
2026-08-13	12	4th	5 14 18 23 27
2026-08-01	47	4th	6 14 16 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-22	22	3rd	6 20 23 34 42
2025-12-31	1	2nd	13 23 25 27 40
2025-12-30	10	5th	3 6 12 14 23
2025-12-20	4	3rd	6 13 23 29 33
2025-12-16	7	3rd	8 22 23 28 35
2025-12-09	3	4th	1 6 18 23 25
2025-12-06	4	5th	3 11 14 16 23
2025-12-02	4	3rd	7 16 23 35 41
2025-11-28	4	4th	5 13 18 23 39
2025-11-24	17	4th	2 17 21 23 35
2025-11-07	3	3rd	11 20 23 33 39
2025-11-04	6	2nd	15 23 35 36 40
2025-10-29	2	2nd	5 23 24 28 37
2025-10-27	11	4th	2 7 15 23 33
2025-10-16	3	3rd	4 18 23 30 33
2025-10-13	7	2nd	5 23 24 29 40
2025-10-06	1	3rd	13 15 23 29 32
2025-10-05	8	3rd	2 8 23 26 32
2025-09-27	4	3rd	12 21 23 37 38
2025-09-23	1	4th	4 5 17 23 28
2025-09-22	1	2nd	2 23 30 33 40
2025-09-21	4	2nd	21 23 28 30 40
2025-09-17	32	2nd	22 23 29 32 40
2025-08-16	3	5th	1 6 11 14 23
2025-08-13	1	2nd	12 23 35 36 37
2025-08-12	13	3rd	13 19 23 34 38
2025-07-30	8	5th	7 15 16 17 23
2025-07-22	11	2nd	5 23 31 32 36
2025-07-11	3	3rd	8 15 23 35 41
2025-07-08	5	4th	6 10 21 23 25
2025-07-03	11	4th	6 13 21 23 39
2025-06-22	2	3rd	14 17 23 28 32
2025-06-20	23	2nd	20 23 24 27 37
2025-05-28	7	2nd	5 23 27 37 42
2025-05-21	7	5th	3 4 10 12 23
2025-05-14	1	4th	7 9 10 23 38
2025-05-13	15	2nd	8 23 24 36 41
2025-04-28	6	3rd	3 21 23 40 42
2025-04-22	1	4th	10 14 16 23 37
2025-04-21	5	4th	1 5 13 23 41
2025-04-16	31	1st	23 27 33 34 42
2025-03-16	2	2nd	18 23 26 38 41
2025-03-14	10	3rd	11 21 23 29 35
2025-03-04	7	2nd	19 23 28 30 41
2025-02-25	10	3rd	19 21 23 28 32
2025-02-15	13	4th	9 15 18 23 25
2025-02-02	4	4th	8 9 22 23 32
2025-01-29	5	3rd	12 15 23 25 36
2025-01-24	11	5th	3 6 9 12 23
2025-01-13	1	2nd	3 23 26 30 38
2025-01-12	6	4th	3 6 19 23 29
2025-01-06	7	2nd	8 23 26 32 35
2024-12-30	16	3rd	5 7 23 31 32
2024-12-14	12	3rd	12 14 23 24 39
2024-12-02	3	3rd	10 19 23 33 34
2024-11-29	1	3rd	1 17 23 24 33
2024-11-28	6	4th	10 11 20 23 29
2024-11-22	9	3rd	4 9 23 25 37
2024-11-13	10	1st	23 27 34 38 41
2024-11-03	9	4th	4 5 13 23 40
2024-10-25	4	5th	1 17 20 22 23
2024-10-21	9	5th	11 12 13 14 23
2024-10-12	2	4th	3 12 15 23 31
2024-10-10	1	1st	23 27 33 38 40
2024-10-09	6	2nd	10 23 25 27 35
2024-10-03	2	2nd	8 23 28 31 42
2024-10-01	6	5th	1 12 18 21 23
2024-09-25	3	3rd	19 21 23 29 38
2024-09-22	2	4th	4 6 9 23 35
2024-09-20	10	3rd	1 21 23 28 40
2024-09-10	18	4th	2 5 8 23 27
2024-08-23	17	2nd	5 23 25 30 33
2024-08-06	1	2nd	15 23 24 32 37
2024-08-05	24	3rd	3 9 23 34 42
2024-07-12	2	3rd	10 21 23 24 28
2024-07-10	1	4th	5 12 17 23 38
2024-07-09	3	4th	11 13 21 23 35
2024-07-06	8	2nd	10 23 26 36 38
2024-06-28	4	2nd	6 23 25 28 30
2024-06-24	4	2nd	6 23 27 28 39
2024-06-20	33	3rd	4 18 23 26 38
2024-05-18	5	5th	12 16 21 22 23
2024-05-13	14	3rd	8 22 23 35 42
2024-04-29	23	3rd	14 19 23 24 32
2024-04-06	12	3rd	10 17 23 24 30
2024-03-25	5	3rd	10 20 23 27 34
2024-03-20	7	4th	18 20 22 23 25
2024-03-13	9	4th	3 9 10 23 29
2024-03-04	3	3rd	10 17 23 34 35
2024-03-01	17	3rd	10 19 23 31 32
2024-02-13	4	2nd	1 23 25 32 36
2024-02-09	15	2nd	5 23 25 28 29
2024-01-25	1	4th	1 13 20 23 32
2024-01-24	3	5th	3 8 16 21 23
2024-01-21	6	3rd	5 6 23 38 39
2024-01-15	5	3rd	17 21 23 24 37
2024-01-10	2	2nd	19 23 27 31 38
2024-01-08	1	4th	2 17 22 23 35
2024-01-07	11	4th	1 13 17 23 38
2023-12-27	33	4th	5 15 20 23 24
2023-11-24	15	2nd	5 23 26 36 40
2023-11-09	4	2nd	19 23 28 38 40
2023-11-05	2	2nd	16 23 28 33 41
2023-11-03	4	5th	10 18 19 20 23
2023-10-30	12	4th	3 5 21 23 42
2023-10-18	1	4th	3 13 17 23 33
2023-10-17	3	3rd	3 5 23 28 34
2023-10-14	6	4th	4 7 15 23 32
2023-10-08	1	3rd	13 20 23 25 32
2023-10-07	4	3rd	11 21 23 32 40
2023-10-03	29	4th	5 13 17 23 41
2023-09-04	10	4th	1 7 13 23 29
2023-08-25	7	3rd	3 11 23 24 33
2023-08-18	6	2nd	19 23 24 29 31
2023-08-12	2	4th	1 9 11 23 27
2023-08-10	1	4th	2 13 21 23 27
2023-08-09	16	3rd	11 16 23 31 32
2023-07-24	2	4th	1 15 19 23 32
2023-07-22	6	3rd	9 19 23 26 40
2023-07-16	3	2nd	3 23 31 36 41
2023-07-13	2	3rd	9 12 23 35 42
2023-07-11	2	4th	1 6 21 23 27
2023-07-09	6	3rd	4 17 23 28 38
2023-07-03	5	3rd	11 20 23 28 40
2023-06-28	14	2nd	18 23 25 27 29
2023-06-14	23	2nd	18 23 29 30 40
2023-05-22	4	3rd	19 22 23 26 42
2023-05-18	1	5th	2 10 19 20 23
2023-05-17	7	2nd	4 23 26 27 36
2023-05-10	2	4th	8 10 15 23 29
2023-05-08	8	3rd	5 21 23 31 42
2023-04-30	8	3rd	18 20 23 25 33
2023-04-22	6	2nd	17 23 31 36 40
2023-04-16	22	3rd	4 14 23 33 34
2023-03-25	29	3rd	1 9 23 29 36
2023-02-24	4	3rd	2 16 23 29 41
2023-02-20	3	2nd	2 23 25 27 41
2023-02-17	14	4th	7 12 16 23 33
2023-02-03	3	2nd	7 23 31 36 41
2023-01-31	1	3rd	11 19 23 24 32
2023-01-30	6	3rd	10 12 23 29 34
2023-01-24	13	2nd	2 23 27 34 35
2023-01-11	13	3rd	7 18 23 36 39
2022-12-29	1	3rd	21 22 23 25 27
2022-12-28	3	2nd	13 23 27 28 36
2022-12-25	4	3rd	20 21 23 32 35
2022-12-21	11	3rd	2 22 23 31 39
2022-12-10	8	3rd	6 7 23 24 33
2022-12-02	1	3rd	9 11 23 33 36
2022-12-01	10	3rd	5 16 23 26 28
2022-11-21	1	4th	1 2 18 23 36
2022-11-20	4	1st	23 25 30 37 40
2022-11-16	4	2nd	3 23 31 35 36
2022-11-12	2	2nd	2 23 28 29 42
2022-11-10	3	3rd	6 17 23 26 37
2022-11-07	4	3rd	3 14 23 38 40
2022-11-03	2	3rd	4 22 23 25 38
2022-11-01	10	2nd	22 23 25 28 34
2022-10-22	4	3rd	2 3 23 25 28
2022-10-18	1	2nd	15 23 25 36 41
2022-10-17	6	2nd	17 23 25 28 32
2022-10-11	10	4th	2 11 18 23 34
2022-10-01	15	4th	6 18 21 23 39
2022-09-16	5	4th	3 4 19 23 26
2022-09-11	36	3rd	14 21 23 28 39
2022-08-06	12	3rd	7 17 23 28 29
2022-07-25	8	4th	5 9 14 23 35
2022-07-17	2	3rd	7 20 23 27 34
2022-07-15	24	3rd	6 13 23 35 36
2022-06-21	13	3rd	2 5 23 40 42
2022-06-08	11	4th	3 4 16 23 31
2022-05-28	19	3rd	1 8 23 30 38
2022-05-09	14	5th	6 10 16 20 23
2022-04-25	13	3rd	11 21 23 27 37
2022-04-12	6	2nd	13 23 33 34 40
2022-04-06	1	3rd	2 22 23 26 38
2022-04-05	8	3rd	9 10 23 30 31
2022-03-28	2	2nd	2 23 31 34 38
2022-03-26	1	3rd	18 20 23 36 42
2022-03-25	5	2nd	22 23 31 40 41
2022-03-20	15	3rd	11 16 23 30 38
2022-03-05	2	3rd	1 11 23 25 29
2022-03-03	17	3rd	1 19 23 40 42
2022-02-14	2	1st	23 27 33 35 37
2022-02-12	5	4th	3 5 8 23 34
2022-02-07	6	3rd	16 17 23 29 32
2022-02-01	7	3rd	4 22 23 31 42
2022-01-25	12	3rd	16 22 23 24 26
2022-01-13	1	4th	1 9 15 23 24
2022-01-12	2	2nd	13 23 29 31 35
2022-01-10	2	2nd	10 23 25 34 40
2022-01-08	3	4th	1 9 15 23 42
2022-01-05	8	5th	2 5 14 16 23
2021-12-28	1	2nd	10 23 24 37 41
2021-12-27	5	3rd	13 20 23 26 37
2021-12-22	10	1st	23 24 28 40 42
2021-12-12	3	5th	4 9 18 21 23
2021-12-09	24	4th	10 12 18 23 39
2021-11-15	6	3rd	5 9 23 34 35
2021-11-09	6	4th	12 17 19 23 31
2021-11-03	9	2nd	4 23 28 33 41
2021-10-25	1	5th	9 16 17 21 23
2021-10-24	9	3rd	9 10 23 30 35
2021-10-15	6	4th	10 14 16 23 26
2021-10-09	5	2nd	2 23 31 37 39
2021-10-04	9	4th	4 8 15 23 31
2021-09-25	1	4th	7 11 12 23 29
2021-09-24	11	3rd	13 20 23 27 34
2021-09-13	3	3rd	6 17 23 27 33
2021-09-10	2	1st	23 25 27 34 37
2021-09-08	2	5th	1 4 12 18 23
2021-09-06	9	5th	2 8 14 20 23
2021-08-28	5	3rd	3 7 23 40 42
2021-08-23	7	3rd	8 18 23 29 40
2021-08-16	8	3rd	1 10 23 26 31
2021-08-08	4	2nd	6 23 27 31 32
2021-08-04	8	4th	10 14 15 23 28
2021-07-27	1	4th	15 16 22 23 34
2021-07-26	3	5th	1 3 5 20 23
2021-07-23	2	3rd	8 14 23 31 34
2021-07-21	21	4th	2 9 13 23 31
2021-06-30	6	3rd	9 15 23 27 34
2021-06-24	12	4th	4 6 16 23 33
2021-06-12	29	4th	4 18 22 23 24
2021-05-14	2	4th	11 12 13 23 37
2021-05-12	4	4th	9 17 19 23 33
2021-05-08	11	3rd	10 14 23 36 41
2021-04-27	3	3rd	1 13 23 25 38
2021-04-24	5	4th	10 14 17 23 25
2021-04-19	4	2nd	2 23 26 30 38
2021-04-15	15	1st	23 25 27 33 41
2021-03-31	2	4th	6 8 19 23 30
2021-03-29	1	4th	9 12 20 23 31
2021-03-28	3	2nd	1 23 24 38 42
2021-03-25	10	2nd	3 23 25 40 41
2021-03-15	17	3rd	12 17 23 30 37
2021-02-26	13	2nd	14 23 25 29 33
2021-02-13	1	3rd	1 16 23 28 29
2021-02-12	16	3rd	1 17 23 32 34
2021-01-27	28	3rd	10 18 23 27 30
2020-12-30	46	3rd	3 11 23 29 42
2020-11-14	3	4th	7 18 21 23 30
2020-11-11	16	4th	7 16 17 23 37
2020-10-26	2	2nd	1 23 24 32 37
2020-10-24	18	5th	4 5 6 20 23
2020-10-06	2	3rd	10 17 23 33 38
2020-10-04	6	4th	8 14 15 23 30
2020-09-28	5	3rd	12 20 23 31 40
2020-09-23	2	1st	23 24 26 32 39
2020-09-21	10	3rd	2 15 23 28 36
2020-09-11	—	3rd	4 12 23 29 36