Number 23

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

191times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.56σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

33longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 191 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 191 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 33 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest5 · chance 3.5
2nd smallest26 · chance 23.9
3rd smallest60 · chance 59.1
4th smallest66 · chance 65.7
5th smallest30 · chance 32.8
6th smallest4 · chance 5.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 31 37 16 9 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-21	1	4th	9 16 20 23 35 39
2022-11-17	3	2nd	3 23 27 30 31 35
2022-11-07	1	5th	1 11 12 20 23 32

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-08-23	2	4th	1 19 22 23 28 33
2021-08-16	4	4th	10 20 22 23 28 33
2021-08-02	17	5th	4 8 17 22 23 27
2021-06-03	10	2nd	12 23 24 27 39 40
2021-04-29	6	3rd	3 14 23 31 35 39
2021-04-08	15	3rd	11 20 23 28 36 38
2021-02-15	5	3rd	10 19 23 24 34 35
2021-01-28	2	4th	1 7 13 23 39 43
2021-01-21	27	2nd	4 23 29 31 37 43
2020-10-19	6	3rd	1 16 23 35 39 42
2020-09-28	10	3rd	5 15 23 28 32 42
2020-08-24	10	5th	2 8 18 19 23 32
2020-07-20	1	4th	8 18 20 23 31 32
2020-07-16	7	3rd	2 21 23 28 40 41
2020-06-22	5	5th	5 10 11 22 23 30
2020-06-04	23	3rd	3 19 23 24 32 34
2020-03-16	1	3rd	4 22 23 33 35 43
2020-03-12	9	3rd	16 19 23 32 35 36
2020-02-10	6	4th	9 13 22 23 33 43
2020-01-20	7	4th	1 9 16 23 35 43
2019-12-26	6	3rd	9 15 23 32 35 38
2019-12-05	18	4th	1 8 11 23 24 31
2019-10-03	6	4th	8 10 12 23 24 42
2019-09-12	3	4th	1 18 20 23 33 42
2019-09-02	11	1st	23 24 26 28 35 37
2019-07-25	2	2nd	7 23 31 34 35 38
2019-07-18	3	2nd	16 23 30 31 33 34
2019-07-08	4	4th	11 12 13 23 29 39
2019-06-24	4	3rd	1 7 23 25 26 29
2019-06-10	3	3rd	12 18 23 31 41 42
2019-05-30	11	3rd	9 17 23 28 37 43
2019-04-22	4	4th	4 7 20 23 26 31
2019-04-08	14	4th	7 8 10 23 28 32
2019-02-18	12	5th	2 3 4 6 23 32
2019-01-07	4	4th	2 5 21 23 37 43
2018-12-24	11	5th	5 8 13 16 23 40
2018-11-15	5	3rd	9 22 23 30 32 40
2018-10-29	7	4th	2 17 20 23 28 43
2018-10-04	3	5th	6 10 13 16 23 25
2018-09-24	4	4th	8 13 16 23 26 38
2018-09-10	6	3rd	13 17 23 26 32 33
2018-08-20	8	3rd	9 19 23 25 27 41
2018-07-23	2	6th	3 5 8 16 20 23
2018-07-16	5	4th	4 10 17 23 24 36
2018-06-28	1	4th	8 19 21 23 32 41
2018-06-25	7	4th	2 16 21 23 26 30
2018-05-31	4	3rd	6 12 23 33 36 38
2018-05-17	2	3rd	9 22 23 33 35 36
2018-05-10	1	4th	2 15 22 23 27 35
2018-05-07	3	5th	3 4 9 21 23 39
2018-04-26	11	3rd	15 22 23 25 38 43
2018-03-19	19	3rd	1 20 23 27 34 41
2018-01-11	1	4th	3 7 10 23 27 42
2018-01-08	2	5th	4 11 15 21 23 40
2018-01-01	8	4th	14 15 17 23 40 43
2017-12-04	14	2nd	11 23 25 32 33 40
2017-10-16	6	3rd	5 17 23 29 36 39
2017-09-25	3	3rd	7 17 23 30 37 40
2017-09-14	8	4th	12 14 18 23 24 28
2017-08-17	6	4th	7 17 18 23 26 37
2017-07-27	30	3rd	12 22 23 24 27 35
2017-04-13	6	4th	1 6 17 23 26 35
2017-03-23	1	5th	6 14 19 22 23 27
2017-03-20	5	3rd	12 21 23 30 35 36
2017-03-02	1	3rd	1 4 23 33 37 38
2017-02-27	1	4th	3 5 8 23 30 40
2017-02-23	1	4th	11 15 20 23 24 42
2017-02-20	12	5th	4 5 15 17 23 31
2017-01-09	8	2nd	10 23 31 36 40 41
2016-12-12	1	3rd	13 14 23 31 36 37
2016-12-08	8	3rd	4 9 23 29 37 38
2016-11-10	8	5th	4 9 13 15 23 30
2016-10-13	4	3rd	8 11 23 33 36 37
2016-09-29	1	4th	6 9 14 23 30 32
2016-09-26	1	1st	23 26 28 31 38 40
2016-09-22	10	4th	2 5 13 23 28 33
2016-08-18	7	3rd	4 11 23 24 26 41
2016-07-25	1	4th	10 14 17 23 28 43
2016-07-21	17	4th	3 4 20 23 29 38
2016-05-23	1	2nd	3 23 29 30 39 43
2016-05-19	4	2nd	22 23 24 28 29 33
2016-05-05	2	5th	3 19 20 21 23 33
2016-04-28	16	5th	2 5 7 19 23 31
2016-03-03	3	2nd	2 23 27 38 39 41
2016-02-22	28	1st	23 28 29 35 37 38
2015-11-16	2	5th	1 7 14 15 23 30
2015-11-09	7	3rd	1 3 23 31 39 42
2015-10-15	6	4th	1 4 8 23 34 37
2015-09-24	12	3rd	7 14 23 28 31 39
2015-08-13	17	5th	1 14 15 16 23 41
2015-06-15	1	3rd	13 20 23 30 31 39
2015-06-11	3	4th	4 16 22 23 27 31
2015-06-01	5	3rd	4 19 23 28 36 42
2015-05-14	2	3rd	5 13 23 28 32 42
2015-05-07	33	3rd	1 21 23 35 38 42
2015-01-12	2	2nd	6 23 24 37 39 41
2015-01-05	3	6th	9 14 16 17 22 23
2014-12-25	11	5th	2 6 13 18 23 24
2014-11-17	2	4th	1 15 18 23 28 41
2014-11-10	3	4th	1 6 12 23 28 40
2014-10-30	5	4th	4 16 20 23 41 43
2014-10-13	8	3rd	2 16 23 31 36 40
2014-09-15	9	3rd	4 14 23 31 34 43
2014-08-14	2	2nd	20 23 27 30 35 39
2014-08-07	1	3rd	6 21 23 26 29 41
2014-08-04	6	4th	14 16 19 23 31 35
2014-07-14	1	4th	11 15 17 23 29 37
2014-07-10	1	3rd	9 11 23 24 37 40
2014-07-07	15	3rd	11 17 23 26 37 43
2014-05-15	2	3rd	5 15 23 29 37 42
2014-05-08	2	4th	5 10 16 23 31 34
2014-05-01	3	4th	1 9 17 23 26 39
2014-04-21	6	3rd	3 18 23 24 35 42
2014-03-31	5	4th	10 11 17 23 30 32
2014-03-13	18	4th	14 16 21 23 31 34
2014-01-09	1	2nd	22 23 30 31 37 41
2014-01-06	11	3rd	8 13 23 29 37 39
2013-11-28	3	5th	3 6 9 17 23 24
2013-11-18	3	4th	7 8 20 23 37 43
2013-11-07	4	4th	4 15 19 23 36 40
2013-10-24	2	4th	12 15 18 23 38 40
2013-10-17	3	2nd	8 23 28 32 38 42
2013-10-07	2	3rd	13 21 23 30 37 42
2013-09-30	11	4th	3 14 21 23 25 41
2013-08-22	1	3rd	15 22 23 26 37 43
2013-08-19	14	5th	10 13 15 22 23 29
2013-07-01	21	3rd	4 9 23 26 29 31
2013-04-18	8	2nd	14 23 28 36 37 41
2013-03-21	7	2nd	9 23 25 26 29 32
2013-02-25	3	4th	8 14 20 23 30 38
2013-02-14	14	2nd	5 23 25 28 31 35
2012-12-27	12	5th	9 16 18 22 23 40
2012-11-15	2	4th	7 16 18 23 35 40
2012-11-08	3	4th	8 11 16 23 33 36
2012-10-29	6	2nd	1 23 25 26 34 37
2012-10-08	6	2nd	16 23 24 25 35 42
2012-09-17	13	5th	7 9 14 19 23 30
2012-08-02	7	3rd	12 21 23 28 40 42
2012-07-09	5	5th	3 7 17 18 23 38
2012-06-21	6	4th	11 20 21 23 41 42
2012-05-31	1	3rd	4 20 23 29 34 42
2012-05-28	19	2nd	8 23 24 26 39 41
2012-03-22	4	3rd	14 17 23 24 32 39
2012-03-08	3	5th	4 16 21 22 23 32
2012-02-27	1	4th	7 9 10 23 26 34
2012-02-23	1	4th	7 16 22 23 26 33
2012-02-20	2	1st	23 25 32 34 36 37
2012-02-09	17	4th	11 12 18 23 26 40
2011-12-12	14	4th	8 10 14 23 25 40
2011-10-24	7	2nd	15 23 26 28 32 43
2011-09-29	11	3rd	7 15 23 27 39 43
2011-08-22	5	3rd	2 12 23 34 39 40
2011-08-04	17	2nd	1 23 25 29 30 40
2011-06-06	8	5th	6 14 17 21 23 24
2011-05-09	18	2nd	9 23 26 27 33 41
2011-03-07	4	5th	3 8 14 17 23 34
2011-02-21	5	3rd	10 18 23 27 28 37
2011-02-03	5	4th	3 7 11 23 24 29
2011-01-17	1	4th	13 16 20 23 26 40
2011-01-13	2	5th	4 20 21 22 23 27
2011-01-06	10	2nd	16 23 28 32 37 43
2010-12-02	2	4th	3 7 15 23 29 30
2010-11-25	9	6th	1 2 12 15 17 23
2010-10-25	1	3rd	13 22 23 28 30 34
2010-10-21	22	3rd	13 22 23 28 30 34
2010-08-05	7	4th	9 13 20 23 27 28
2010-07-12	—	5th	2 12 15 19 23 39