Number 23

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

119times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.37σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

51longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −1.37σ. 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 119 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest9 · chance 6.4
2nd smallest29 · chance 29.7
3rd smallest42 · chance 46.8
4th smallest29 · chance 29.7
5th smallest10 · chance 6.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 29 5 6 8 16

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
2026-10-05	21	3rd	1 15 23 26 40
2026-07-23	9	4th	12 13 19 23 32
2026-06-22	8	4th	1 3 16 23 28
2026-05-25	13	3rd	5 17 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-01	1	1st	23 24 25 26 32
2024-03-28	16	2nd	19 23 28 34 35
2024-02-01	2	5th	10 11 13 15 23
2024-01-25	6	4th	10 18 20 23 25
2024-01-04	4	4th	5 10 13 23 28
2023-12-21	1	2nd	6 23 29 30 39
2023-12-18	2	2nd	14 23 24 29 34
2023-12-11	17	2nd	9 23 24 30 31
2023-10-12	1	3rd	4 9 23 41 44
2023-10-09	9	2nd	9 23 27 32 44
2023-09-07	12	3rd	8 11 23 34 43
2023-07-27	34	2nd	14 23 27 37 43
2023-03-30	10	4th	12 16 19 23 31
2023-02-23	27	4th	3 8 11 23 29
2022-11-21	4	2nd	22 23 27 30 38
2022-11-07	2	3rd	5 8 23 38 41
2022-10-31	8	2nd	17 23 30 34 37
2022-10-03	19	4th	6 11 13 23 41
2022-07-28	21	3rd	4 12 23 24 43
2022-05-16	1	3rd	4 5 23 29 44
2022-05-12	7	2nd	15 23 29 33 43
2022-04-18	9	3rd	2 17 23 34 42
2022-03-17	7	3rd	11 17 23 31 37
2022-02-21	14	3rd	12 20 23 38 44
2022-01-03	24	2nd	13 23 25 26 45
2021-10-11	6	1st	23 26 33 38 44
2021-09-20	13	3rd	8 18 23 28 37
2021-08-05	3	2nd	4 23 43 44 45
2021-07-26	11	1st	23 30 37 43 45
2021-06-17	21	3rd	6 21 23 37 39
2021-04-05	30	2nd	16 23 24 25 34
2020-12-21	4	4th	1 6 17 23 35
2020-12-07	10	3rd	9 16 23 24 40
2020-11-02	48	4th	5 7 21 23 35
2020-05-18	8	4th	1 2 5 23 37
2020-04-20	2	4th	1 7 11 23 39
2020-04-13	10	3rd	5 21 23 27 40
2020-03-09	17	4th	1 12 16 23 38
2020-01-09	4	2nd	7 23 25 30 34
2019-12-26	6	4th	4 5 18 23 44
2019-12-05	4	3rd	2 22 23 25 42
2019-11-21	5	4th	9 15 20 23 45
2019-11-04	14	4th	4 5 14 23 44
2019-09-16	10	2nd	19 23 28 31 45
2019-08-12	7	5th	4 9 19 22 23
2019-07-18	4	3rd	4 13 23 29 34
2019-07-04	3	2nd	13 23 29 36 43
2019-06-24	18	3rd	14 18 23 42 45
2019-04-22	5	5th	2 5 11 13 23
2019-04-04	16	3rd	8 10 23 30 32
2019-02-07	19	4th	6 9 16 23 39
2018-12-03	1	3rd	6 8 23 26 34
2018-11-29	11	3rd	8 16 23 24 32
2018-10-22	2	3rd	6 14 23 27 32
2018-10-15	3	4th	4 19 21 23 41
2018-10-04	1	5th	1 12 17 18 23
2018-10-01	1	2nd	7 23 28 29 41
2018-09-27	10	5th	1 2 8 18 23
2018-08-23	7	3rd	10 19 23 39 43
2018-07-30	35	1st	23 25 31 40 43
2018-03-29	33	3rd	10 16 23 34 37
2017-12-04	3	2nd	20 23 24 25 33
2017-11-23	13	3rd	8 20 23 31 33
2017-10-09	1	2nd	2 23 34 42 44
2017-10-05	3	4th	4 11 21 23 35
2017-09-25	8	3rd	8 9 23 24 41
2017-08-28	8	5th	1 9 10 17 23
2017-07-31	1	4th	8 16 18 23 40
2017-07-27	3	2nd	9 23 31 33 42
2017-07-17	8	4th	7 9 20 23 39
2017-06-19	4	1st	23 25 34 43 45
2017-06-05	11	5th	7 13 14 20 23
2017-04-27	16	2nd	14 23 24 29 41
2017-03-02	4	3rd	15 18 23 35 42
2017-02-16	15	4th	6 11 16 23 40
2016-12-26	1	4th	3 8 20 23 43
2016-12-22	45	3rd	2 10 23 33 44
2016-07-18	4	1st	23 28 33 36 37
2016-07-04	51	3rd	7 9 23 41 43
2016-01-07	4	3rd	2 3 23 30 39
2015-12-24	3	2nd	19 23 24 34 36
2015-12-14	3	3rd	4 12 23 32 37
2015-12-03	2	3rd	16 21 23 25 32
2015-11-26	7	3rd	3 11 23 30 43
2015-11-02	1	4th	3 6 8 23 29
2015-10-29	13	3rd	5 6 23 39 44
2015-09-14	6	4th	5 10 16 23 31
2015-08-24	14	3rd	20 22 23 32 36
2015-07-06	3	2nd	11 23 24 36 45
2015-06-25	1	4th	3 12 16 23 45
2015-06-18	1	2nd	21 23 30 35 39
2015-06-15	3	3rd	1 13 23 37 44
2015-06-04	4	5th	6 9 17 18 23
2015-05-21	13	2nd	20 23 29 31 36
2015-04-06	—	1st	23 24 30 32 44