Number 23

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,411 draws, 5 from 1–45.

385times drawn · chance expected 379 +0.33σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

63longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 385 times in 3,411 draws against 379.0 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 385 times in 3,411 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 5 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 smallest24 · chance 20.7
2nd smallest90 · chance 96.1
3rd smallest161 · chance 151.3
4th smallest91 · chance 96.1
5th smallest19 · chance 20.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 13 32 22 34 18

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
2026-10-17	5	3rd	4 13 23 26 27
2026-10-12	1	3rd	16 18 23 28 40
2026-10-11	21	4th	3 8 17 23 37
2026-09-20	8	4th	3 16 22 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.

2026-03-13	7	3rd	21 22 23 28 34
2026-03-06	18	3rd	17 18 23 26 27
2026-02-16	14	3rd	10 16 23 33 40
2026-02-02	6	2nd	20 23 24 27 42
2026-01-27	1	2nd	16 23 24 32 41
2026-01-26	7	4th	2 16 20 23 35
2026-01-19	1	5th	1 8 10 17 23
2026-01-18	16	1st	23 28 32 33 43
2026-01-02	7	4th	5 9 14 23 28
2025-12-26	7	3rd	3 17 23 39 41
2025-12-19	2	2nd	21 23 26 29 44
2025-12-17	5	4th	6 13 16 23 44
2025-12-12	63	2nd	4 23 25 34 37
2025-10-10	15	5th	4 5 8 22 23
2025-09-25	2	3rd	11 20 23 40 41
2025-09-23	7	2nd	20 23 29 32 41
2025-09-16	10	5th	10 14 20 22 23
2025-09-06	5	2nd	5 23 25 34 35
2025-09-01	16	3rd	12 15 23 25 33
2025-08-16	8	5th	4 12 13 18 23
2025-08-08	1	4th	1 9 20 23 34
2025-08-07	17	2nd	7 23 26 29 35
2025-07-21	5	4th	3 5 19 23 43
2025-07-16	5	2nd	2 23 27 28 41
2025-07-11	27	3rd	9 22 23 34 44
2025-06-14	1	5th	2 12 19 20 23
2025-06-13	1	3rd	2 13 23 24 42
2025-06-12	3	3rd	4 14 23 30 39
2025-06-09	9	3rd	1 13 23 38 45
2025-05-31	3	4th	16 18 21 23 42
2025-05-28	11	3rd	2 12 23 27 45
2025-05-17	4	3rd	4 19 23 40 45
2025-05-13	2	3rd	3 8 23 35 42
2025-05-11	1	3rd	6 20 23 32 37
2025-05-10	12	4th	13 20 21 23 42
2025-04-28	11	4th	16 17 18 23 36
2025-04-17	6	2nd	7 23 32 40 42
2025-04-11	1	2nd	16 23 33 34 43
2025-04-10	1	3rd	6 9 23 28 30
2025-04-09	11	4th	9 10 19 23 32
2025-03-29	3	3rd	7 18 23 32 34
2025-03-26	6	4th	3 9 18 23 35
2025-03-20	14	3rd	2 19 23 31 40
2025-03-06	3	1st	23 25 34 40 45
2025-03-03	14	3rd	2 6 23 41 45
2025-02-17	7	4th	3 5 21 23 44
2025-02-10	4	4th	7 9 21 23 37
2025-02-06	5	4th	5 7 10 23 25
2025-02-01	4	3rd	10 21 23 32 34
2025-01-28	14	4th	4 15 21 23 37
2025-01-14	22	2nd	2 23 29 31 41
2024-12-23	2	4th	4 15 18 23 40
2024-12-21	9	3rd	8 22 23 25 41
2024-12-12	1	1st	23 25 31 41 42
2024-12-11	1	2nd	6 23 27 36 40
2024-12-10	2	4th	1 15 16 23 26
2024-12-08	13	2nd	13 23 25 33 34
2024-11-25	17	3rd	1 16 23 30 34
2024-11-08	3	5th	9 10 18 19 23
2024-11-05	10	4th	3 9 16 23 24
2024-10-26	2	2nd	3 23 28 31 33
2024-10-24	4	2nd	21 23 25 26 44
2024-10-20	1	1st	23 24 25 33 35
2024-10-19	13	2nd	3 23 31 38 44
2024-10-06	1	1st	23 30 33 38 44
2024-10-05	6	4th	9 13 20 23 39
2024-09-29	3	3rd	6 20 23 28 39
2024-09-26	11	3rd	7 22 23 40 45
2024-09-15	5	2nd	17 23 24 35 37
2024-09-10	12	3rd	10 20 23 29 37
2024-08-29	1	2nd	21 23 26 44 45
2024-08-28	15	4th	3 8 18 23 25
2024-08-13	19	2nd	15 23 28 40 43
2024-07-25	12	2nd	16 23 26 30 42
2024-07-13	6	2nd	3 23 33 36 43
2024-07-07	3	3rd	10 21 23 28 42
2024-07-04	6	4th	1 14 17 23 43
2024-06-28	6	4th	8 18 22 23 34
2024-06-22	1	2nd	8 23 28 36 41
2024-06-21	6	4th	2 7 16 23 24
2024-06-15	4	3rd	11 18 23 26 44
2024-06-11	6	3rd	9 15 23 24 38
2024-06-05	19	5th	13 15 19 22 23
2024-05-17	9	3rd	1 16 23 25 28
2024-05-08	3	2nd	14 23 30 35 44
2024-05-05	13	3rd	9 21 23 28 43
2024-04-22	18	3rd	6 21 23 26 37
2024-04-04	9	3rd	11 19 23 34 42
2024-03-26	3	2nd	18 23 25 30 41
2024-03-23	3	4th	1 7 12 23 28
2024-03-20	21	3rd	6 22 23 25 34
2024-02-28	2	3rd	12 17 23 28 44
2024-02-26	3	3rd	12 18 23 29 30
2024-02-23	1	3rd	6 13 23 31 44
2024-02-22	3	3rd	18 19 23 25 35
2024-02-19	3	4th	2 4 8 23 31
2024-02-16	4	2nd	22 23 34 42 43
2024-02-12	3	3rd	13 22 23 30 36
2024-02-09	4	2nd	19 23 24 25 30
2024-02-05	2	3rd	14 21 23 27 28
2024-02-03	2	1st	23 34 35 43 44
2024-02-01	34	3rd	13 19 23 38 40
2023-12-29	5	3rd	10 18 23 40 44
2023-12-24	10	3rd	3 10 23 24 36
2023-12-14	20	1st	23 24 31 36 37
2023-11-24	3	3rd	5 8 23 24 30
2023-11-21	8	4th	1 9 11 23 30
2023-11-13	18	3rd	4 19 23 27 37
2023-10-26	6	2nd	7 23 24 28 36
2023-10-20	3	4th	3 9 17 23 28
2023-10-17	1	4th	7 13 22 23 27
2023-10-16	4	4th	2 9 13 23 38
2023-10-12	9	2nd	16 23 28 31 36
2023-10-03	15	3rd	3 19 23 35 41
2023-09-18	14	1st	23 25 32 33 42
2023-09-04	4	5th	7 9 13 20 23
2023-08-31	2	2nd	10 23 35 37 45
2023-08-29	16	2nd	10 23 25 40 45
2023-08-13	14	2nd	15 23 35 40 41
2023-07-30	1	1st	23 24 26 32 36
2023-07-29	1	3rd	9 16 23 35 39
2023-07-28	3	3rd	11 13 23 26 44
2023-07-25	1	2nd	5 23 29 30 32
2023-07-24	2	3rd	12 22 23 30 35
2023-07-22	2	2nd	8 23 25 34 40
2023-07-20	11	4th	11 17 21 23 42
2023-07-09	17	3rd	4 20 23 29 32
2023-06-22	12	2nd	1 23 26 27 44
2023-06-10	2	4th	3 13 21 23 38
2023-06-08	5	3rd	15 19 23 24 31
2023-06-03	1	4th	3 5 17 23 42
2023-06-02	3	3rd	14 18 23 29 35
2023-05-30	24	2nd	2 23 28 41 42
2023-05-06	6	4th	1 4 8 23 27
2023-04-30	2	2nd	22 23 32 33 38
2023-04-28	3	2nd	17 23 32 35 42
2023-04-25	14	3rd	13 15 23 41 45
2023-04-11	12	3rd	6 15 23 39 44
2023-03-30	18	3rd	6 22 23 35 40
2023-03-12	13	5th	1 4 13 14 23
2023-02-27	2	4th	5 21 22 23 38
2023-02-25	22	3rd	14 18 23 24 44
2023-02-03	3	3rd	5 13 23 28 38
2023-01-31	17	3rd	5 17 23 25 26
2023-01-14	4	5th	12 17 18 19 23
2023-01-10	1	3rd	4 10 23 24 27
2023-01-09	6	1st	23 27 32 33 39
2023-01-03	26	1st	23 32 39 43 45
2022-12-08	3	2nd	6 23 26 29 34
2022-12-05	10	3rd	4 10 23 35 36
2022-11-25	17	5th	12 18 21 22 23
2022-11-08	34	3rd	3 4 23 30 40
2022-10-05	13	2nd	8 23 27 32 43
2022-09-22	19	4th	9 15 16 23 33
2022-09-03	1	4th	6 8 18 23 45
2022-09-02	4	2nd	10 23 30 32 43
2022-08-29	2	3rd	1 13 23 32 43
2022-08-27	1	3rd	8 16 23 28 39
2022-08-26	7	4th	10 16 21 23 45
2022-08-19	32	5th	1 6 14 15 23
2022-07-18	2	4th	2 11 12 23 28
2022-07-16	3	2nd	7 23 28 29 32
2022-07-13	13	3rd	2 13 23 30 31
2022-06-30	2	3rd	14 19 23 36 38
2022-06-28	21	3rd	10 16 23 32 36
2022-06-07	9	3rd	1 12 23 28 41
2022-05-29	5	3rd	17 21 23 39 40
2022-05-24	1	3rd	6 13 23 25 42
2022-05-23	12	1st	23 28 35 42 43
2022-05-11	3	4th	9 17 21 23 24
2022-05-08	13	3rd	9 16 23 32 37
2022-04-25	10	2nd	18 23 27 31 40
2022-04-15	22	2nd	9 23 32 41 44
2022-03-24	7	3rd	2 21 23 28 45
2022-03-17	8	2nd	7 23 32 34 38
2022-03-09	14	1st	23 27 28 31 32
2022-02-23	11	3rd	20 22 23 31 41
2022-02-12	13	2nd	14 23 25 40 42
2022-01-30	14	4th	4 8 16 23 45
2022-01-16	3	2nd	6 23 29 42 45
2022-01-13	2	2nd	3 23 26 27 29
2022-01-11	1	4th	13 15 18 23 45
2022-01-10	9	2nd	7 23 32 33 34
2022-01-01	3	4th	9 15 20 23 36
2021-12-29	5	1st	23 28 32 37 41
2021-12-24	5	4th	13 16 19 23 24
2021-12-19	2	3rd	7 9 23 42 45
2021-12-17	9	2nd	20 23 24 29 45
2021-12-08	13	4th	6 8 22 23 26
2021-11-25	7	2nd	19 23 24 26 27
2021-11-18	1	4th	10 16 22 23 30
2021-11-17	9	2nd	5 23 29 44 45
2021-11-08	1	2nd	13 23 24 29 32
2021-11-07	2	4th	19 21 22 23 28
2021-11-05	1	4th	10 15 16 23 29
2021-11-04	7	4th	4 5 13 23 36
2021-10-28	4	3rd	10 15 23 38 42
2021-10-24	8	4th	14 17 18 23 43
2021-10-16	7	2nd	7 23 29 30 33
2021-10-09	14	3rd	9 16 23 28 34
2021-09-25	1	3rd	14 16 23 41 43
2021-09-24	2	4th	9 10 12 23 26
2021-09-22	7	2nd	10 23 26 38 41
2021-09-15	2	3rd	13 16 23 30 39
2021-09-13	4	4th	14 19 22 23 40
2021-09-09	3	3rd	13 20 23 25 41
2021-09-06	6	4th	6 20 22 23 41
2021-08-31	3	4th	5 14 17 23 28
2021-08-28	11	2nd	18 23 32 36 38
2021-08-17	19	2nd	17 23 26 27 43
2021-07-29	18	2nd	2 23 28 32 38
2021-07-11	2	4th	1 17 21 23 38
2021-07-09	2	4th	7 11 17 23 25
2021-07-07	20	2nd	22 23 25 29 42
2021-06-17	15	3rd	4 11 23 36 37
2021-06-02	23	4th	2 11 20 23 26
2021-05-10	5	3rd	4 5 23 42 43
2021-05-05	1	3rd	5 16 23 41 45
2021-05-04	4	4th	11 18 20 23 34
2021-04-30	13	5th	3 10 15 18 23
2021-04-17	40	3rd	13 15 23 39 45
2021-03-08	10	4th	2 3 4 23 24
2021-02-26	3	3rd	7 14 23 39 43
2021-02-23	5	3rd	3 20 23 38 44
2021-02-18	16	2nd	16 23 25 29 40
2021-02-02	7	3rd	8 17 23 25 36
2021-01-26	23	1st	23 27 33 35 40
2021-01-03	18	3rd	11 18 23 28 37
2020-12-16	6	4th	4 8 22 23 34
2020-12-10	4	2nd	9 23 24 29 31
2020-12-06	1	2nd	22 23 30 34 41
2020-12-05	2	2nd	9 23 28 39 40
2020-12-03	1	3rd	2 13 23 40 43
2020-12-02	2	4th	2 6 21 23 32
2020-11-30	8	5th	3 7 10 13 23
2020-11-22	2	3rd	7 20 23 33 34
2020-11-20	11	4th	9 12 15 23 45
2020-11-09	1	3rd	1 4 23 38 39
2020-11-08	7	3rd	4 10 23 36 43
2020-11-01	17	3rd	8 10 23 27 45
2020-10-15	8	4th	3 7 11 23 25
2020-10-07	16	4th	9 16 20 23 35
2020-09-21	12	4th	3 7 21 23 27
2020-09-09	6	2nd	13 23 27 31 41
2020-09-03	4	2nd	22 23 29 37 38
2020-08-30	9	3rd	1 11 23 24 44
2020-08-21	24	3rd	8 15 23 33 44
2020-07-28	7	3rd	1 16 23 41 45
2020-07-21	4	3rd	2 17 23 24 34
2020-07-17	10	3rd	9 16 23 38 43
2020-07-07	6	1st	23 26 29 31 45
2020-07-01	1	4th	10 20 21 23 43
2020-06-30	13	2nd	13 23 29 32 45
2020-06-17	10	4th	8 11 16 23 31
2020-06-07	6	4th	2 5 10 23 43
2020-06-01	2	3rd	8 14 23 32 38
2020-05-30	8	2nd	8 23 28 38 43
2020-05-22	1	1st	23 26 34 37 40
2020-05-21	2	2nd	17 23 27 30 41
2020-05-19	62	2nd	5 23 28 35 37
2020-03-18	22	4th	9 13 22 23 24
2020-02-25	24	4th	19 20 22 23 26
2020-02-01	12	3rd	6 20 23 24 30
2020-01-20	1	1st	23 28 35 43 44
2020-01-19	1	2nd	3 23 25 29 39
2020-01-18	8	3rd	17 22 23 43 45
2020-01-10	23	1st	23 26 34 44 45
2019-12-18	24	3rd	6 19 23 27 29
2019-11-24	3	4th	3 7 14 23 37
2019-11-21	2	5th	3 6 11 20 23
2019-11-19	22	1st	23 29 30 41 42
2019-10-28	10	3rd	1 14 23 24 42
2019-10-18	10	3rd	2 16 23 25 30
2019-10-08	7	4th	7 17 20 23 38
2019-10-01	18	3rd	2 4 23 38 40
2019-09-13	22	3rd	5 18 23 27 31
2019-08-22	9	4th	2 8 12 23 32
2019-08-13	1	3rd	2 13 23 30 32
2019-08-12	13	2nd	17 23 26 29 31
2019-07-30	3	4th	2 10 14 23 25
2019-07-27	9	1st	23 28 33 34 39
2019-07-18	2	3rd	5 15 23 34 44
2019-07-16	14	3rd	11 19 23 28 35
2019-07-02	2	3rd	10 15 23 29 36
2019-06-30	4	3rd	1 4 23 33 44
2019-06-26	34	3rd	20 22 23 28 41
2019-05-23	4	3rd	4 6 23 31 45
2019-05-19	10	5th	6 11 12 13 23
2019-05-09	7	4th	4 8 21 23 35
2019-05-02	17	2nd	13 23 32 35 45
2019-04-15	7	2nd	12 23 29 35 38
2019-04-08	4	3rd	9 21 23 25 27
2019-04-04	1	4th	18 19 21 23 37
2019-04-03	14	3rd	13 20 23 30 40
2019-03-20	8	4th	2 13 16 23 24
2019-03-12	6	3rd	8 9 23 34 39
2019-03-06	5	3rd	2 7 23 33 41
2019-03-01	22	3rd	8 16 23 30 43
2019-02-07	11	3rd	2 19 23 28 32
2019-01-27	23	3rd	13 22 23 37 40
2019-01-04	3	1st	23 26 31 36 38
2019-01-01	13	4th	17 18 21 23 43
2018-12-19	6	4th	4 8 12 23 34
2018-12-13	8	3rd	15 18 23 31 34
2018-12-05	4	3rd	17 20 23 31 35
2018-12-01	4	3rd	4 21 23 32 45
2018-11-27	1	4th	12 15 19 23 26
2018-11-26	11	2nd	20 23 26 34 36
2018-11-15	5	2nd	12 23 28 35 39
2018-11-10	7	3rd	16 21 23 25 45
2018-11-03	30	3rd	1 5 23 27 43
2018-10-04	63	4th	1 19 22 23 27
2018-08-02	5	3rd	8 20 23 33 41
2018-07-28	25	3rd	2 20 23 43 45
2018-07-03	11	3rd	13 17 23 24 28
2018-06-22	13	4th	8 15 21 23 36
2018-06-09	1	2nd	11 23 26 32 40
2018-06-08	1	3rd	2 13 23 26 43
2018-06-07	8	5th	6 11 13 20 23
2018-05-30	10	2nd	8 23 29 33 38
2018-05-20	12	3rd	17 19 23 44 45
2018-05-08	6	4th	13 18 20 23 33
2018-05-02	2	2nd	14 23 28 29 34
2018-04-30	8	3rd	4 14 23 42 43
2018-04-22	10	3rd	1 18 23 41 43
2018-04-12	4	3rd	20 22 23 27 39
2018-04-08	2	3rd	12 14 23 24 32
2018-04-06	2	3rd	1 14 23 27 30
2018-04-04	4	4th	17 18 21 23 28
2018-03-31	13	3rd	15 22 23 28 34
2018-03-18	2	2nd	5 23 27 32 36
2018-03-16	8	5th	1 7 15 22 23
2018-03-08	2	3rd	8 22 23 30 42
2018-03-06	6	2nd	21 23 35 37 40
2018-02-28	12	3rd	5 22 23 31 42
2018-02-16	3	3rd	3 5 23 28 34
2018-02-13	4	3rd	1 19 23 25 34
2018-02-09	2	3rd	4 9 23 38 43
2018-02-07	5	4th	4 19 21 23 43
2018-02-02	3	2nd	6 23 27 33 39
2018-01-30	6	2nd	12 23 32 38 43
2018-01-24	9	3rd	18 20 23 24 42
2018-01-15	7	2nd	7 23 32 43 45
2018-01-08	5	4th	3 7 20 23 40
2018-01-03	13	2nd	13 23 31 35 41
2017-12-21	9	3rd	2 18 23 27 38
2017-12-12	15	3rd	9 19 23 26 29
2017-11-27	3	2nd	3 23 25 35 39
2017-11-24	7	3rd	7 8 23 24 40
2017-11-17	5	3rd	16 22 23 34 43
2017-11-12	10	5th	1 5 7 21 23
2017-11-02	7	3rd	5 11 23 34 36
2017-10-26	18	4th	4 6 13 23 24
2017-10-07	6	3rd	3 12 23 25 42
2017-09-30	7	3rd	6 13 23 28 32
2017-09-23	2	3rd	11 18 23 26 42
2017-09-21	36	3rd	2 22 23 31 43
2017-08-16	11	4th	3 7 22 23 39
2017-08-05	8	2nd	22 23 26 28 37
2017-07-28	6	4th	12 14 20 23 37
2017-07-22	—	3rd	13 15 23 28 35