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Number 23 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 70 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.90σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
12.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
50 longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long
23 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 70 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
23 Number 23, draw by draw Drawn 70 times in 869 draws · average wait 12.5 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 1 draws now
6 draws: 2005-07-08 to 2005-07-29 20 draws: 2005-07-29 to 2005-10-07 21 draws: 2005-10-07 to 2005-12-20 18 draws: 2005-12-20 to 2006-02-21 7 draws: 2006-02-21 to 2006-03-17 25 draws: 2006-03-17 to 2006-06-13 13 draws: 2006-06-13 to 2006-07-28 24 draws: 2006-07-28 to 2006-10-20 12 draws: 2006-10-20 to 2006-12-01 34 draws: 2006-12-01 to 2007-03-30 6 draws: 2007-03-30 to 2007-04-20 8 draws: 2007-04-20 to 2007-05-18 19 draws: 2007-05-18 to 2007-07-24 17 draws: 2007-07-24 to 2007-09-21 1 draws: 2007-09-21 to 2007-09-25 7 draws: 2007-09-25 to 2007-10-19 9 draws: 2007-10-19 to 2007-11-20 8 draws: 2007-11-20 to 2007-12-18 12 draws: 2007-12-18 to 2008-01-29 50 draws: 2008-01-29 to 2008-07-22 6 draws: 2008-07-22 to 2008-08-12 1 draws: 2008-08-12 to 2008-08-15 5 draws: 2008-08-15 to 2008-09-02 2 draws: 2008-09-02 to 2008-09-09 16 draws: 2008-09-09 to 2008-11-04 19 draws: 2008-11-04 to 2009-01-09 11 draws: 2009-01-09 to 2009-02-17 22 draws: 2009-02-17 to 2009-05-05 7 draws: 2009-05-05 to 2009-05-29 45 draws: 2009-05-29 to 2009-11-03 10 draws: 2009-11-03 to 2009-12-08 15 draws: 2009-12-08 to 2010-01-29 16 draws: 2010-01-29 to 2010-03-26 9 draws: 2010-03-26 to 2010-04-27 7 draws: 2010-04-27 to 2010-05-21 9 draws: 2010-05-21 to 2010-06-22 18 draws: 2010-06-22 to 2010-08-24 5 draws: 2010-08-24 to 2010-09-10 26 draws: 2010-09-10 to 2010-12-10 15 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2011-02-01 6 draws: 2011-02-01 to 2011-02-22 3 draws: 2011-02-22 to 2011-03-04 7 draws: 2011-03-04 to 2011-03-29 4 draws: 2011-03-29 to 2011-04-12 1 draws: 2011-04-12 to 2011-04-15 14 draws: 2011-04-15 to 2011-06-03 14 draws: 2011-06-03 to 2011-07-22 14 draws: 2011-07-22 to 2011-09-09 2 draws: 2011-09-09 to 2011-09-16 6 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-10-07 13 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2011-11-22 10 draws: 2011-11-22 to 2011-12-27 12 draws: 2011-12-27 to 2012-02-07 15 draws: 2012-02-07 to 2012-03-30 6 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-20 19 draws: 2012-04-20 to 2012-06-26 3 draws: 2012-06-26 to 2012-07-06 1 draws: 2012-07-06 to 2012-07-10 10 draws: 2012-07-10 to 2012-08-14 2 draws: 2012-08-14 to 2012-08-21 10 draws: 2012-08-21 to 2012-09-25 29 draws: 2012-09-25 to 2013-01-04 26 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-04-05 26 draws: 2013-04-05 to 2013-07-05 6 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-07-26 2 draws: 2013-07-26 to 2013-08-02 16 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-09-27 3 draws: 2013-09-27 to 2013-10-08 2 draws: 2013-10-08 to 2013-10-15 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2013-10-15 2005-07-08 2005-07-29 2005-10-07 2005-12-20 2006-02-21 2006-03-17 2006-06-13 2006-07-28 2006-10-20 2006-12-01 2007-03-30 2007-04-20 2007-05-18 2007-07-24 2007-09-21 2007-09-25 2007-10-19 2007-11-20 2007-12-18 2008-01-29 2008-07-22 2008-08-12 2008-08-15 2008-09-02 2008-09-09 2008-11-04 2009-01-09 2009-02-17 2009-05-05 2009-05-29 2009-11-03 2009-12-08 2010-01-29 2010-03-26 2010-04-27 2010-05-21 2010-06-22 2010-08-24 2010-09-10 2010-12-10 2011-02-01 2011-02-22 2011-03-04 2011-03-29 2011-04-12 2011-04-15 2011-06-03 2011-07-22 2011-09-09 2011-09-16 2011-10-07 2011-11-22 2011-12-27 2012-02-07 2012-03-30 2012-04-20 2012-06-26 2012-07-06 2012-07-10 2012-08-14 2012-08-21 2012-09-25 2013-01-04 2013-04-05 2013-07-05 2013-07-26 2013-08-02 2013-09-27 2013-10-08 2013-10-15 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 4 times 2 draws: 5 times 3 draws: 3 times 4 draws: 1 time 5 draws: 2 times 6 draws: 7 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 3 times 15 draws: 3 times 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 3 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 3 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 1 time 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 1 time 51 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 7 · chance 8.4 2nd smallest 23 · chance 24.6 3rd smallest 28 · chance 25.0 4th smallest 11 · chance 10.4 5th smallest 1 · chance 1.5 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 56. 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 ← number 22 Every number number 24 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.