Number 23

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

74times drawn · chance expected 87 −1.42σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

11.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

57longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 74 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −1.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 74 times in 865 draws · average wait 11.6 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 7 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 6.1
2nd smallest28 · chance 22.5
3rd smallest24 · chance 28.3
4th smallest13 · chance 14.5
5th smallest2 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 5 45 30 31 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-09-15	19	2nd	7 23 25 27 50
2026-07-10	8	5th	2 12 13 20 23
2026-06-12	31	2nd	7 23 27 30 45
2026-02-24	2	2nd	19 23 33 34

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-15	7	4th	5 18 21 23 31
2024-10-22	8	2nd	2 23 27 45 49
2024-09-24	2	2nd	19 23 30 31 38
2024-09-17	3	1st	23 26 43 44 49
2024-09-06	5	3rd	10 17 23 44 46
2024-08-20	24	4th	5 7 13 23 40
2024-05-28	3	3rd	2 3 23 39 45
2024-05-17	21	3rd	18 22 23 31 32
2024-03-05	18	3rd	2 4 23 27 31
2024-01-02	36	3rd	9 20 23 46 50
2023-08-29	36	2nd	8 23 31 36 44
2023-04-25	17	4th	10 12 13 23 47
2023-02-24	5	2nd	7 23 31 38 43
2023-02-07	16	3rd	3 4 23 32 49
2022-12-13	14	2nd	16 23 36 43 46
2022-10-25	6	2nd	20 23 27 39 46
2022-10-04	4	1st	23 24 27 38 41
2022-09-20	7	3rd	13 16 23 45 47
2022-08-26	2	4th	3 11 17 23 45
2022-08-19	19	1st	23 36 39 40 43
2022-06-14	37	2nd	5 23 26 46 48
2022-02-04	7	4th	2 10 11 23 24
2022-01-11	9	2nd	20 23 27 38 45
2021-12-10	1	1st	23 24 27 48 49
2021-12-07	16	5th	4 7 17 19 23
2021-10-12	8	1st	23 30 32 36 39
2021-09-14	6	3rd	16 18 23 31 35
2021-08-24	2	2nd	21 23 34 35 41
2021-08-17	1	3rd	10 18 23 30 48
2021-08-13	17	2nd	5 23 41 42 50
2021-06-15	4	2nd	13 23 24 27 44
2021-06-01	57	3rd	3 5 23 37 42
2020-11-10	11	2nd	6 23 30 35 36
2020-10-02	34	3rd	8 10 23 41 50
2020-06-05	14	2nd	14 23 28 40 48
2020-04-17	12	4th	16 19 20 23 25
2020-03-06	9	2nd	6 23 26 28 47
2020-02-04	7	3rd	3 15 23 37 45
2020-01-10	11	1st	23 25 28 30 40
2019-12-03	17	4th	5 6 15 23 45
2019-10-04	5	3rd	4 5 23 29 31
2019-09-17	18	3rd	13 21 23 35 49
2019-07-16	19	4th	3 5 20 23 40
2019-05-10	29	3rd	14 22 23 39 43
2019-01-29	3	3rd	6 7 23 25 29
2019-01-18	16	2nd	8 23 26 38 40
2018-11-23	19	4th	3 6 8 23 30
2018-09-18	8	3rd	15 22 23 31 38
2018-08-21	5	3rd	19 21 23 34 45
2018-08-03	—	3rd	1 15 23 24 35