Number 23

In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – May 2016 rules — 2,219 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

263times drawn · chance expected 284 −1.36σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 263 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, −1.36σ. 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 263 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest12 · chance 6.5
2nd smallest49 · chance 43.9
3rd smallest89 · chance 98.8
4th smallest81 · chance 87.8
5th smallest32 · chance 26.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 10 12 1 7 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-05-14	1	4th	3 4 7 23 38
2016-05-13	19	3rd	11 17 23 29 34
2016-04-24	8	4th	3 14 21 23 38
2016-04-16	3	4th	12 17 20

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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