Number 23

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

336times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.74σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

49longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 336 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, +0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 336 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 17 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 smallest13 · chance 11.6
2nd smallest54 · chance 61.0
3rd smallest121 · chance 116.4
4th smallest93 · chance 101.2
5th smallest53 · chance 40.1
6th smallest2 · chance 5.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 13 29 33 11 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-09-12	41	3rd	14 16 23 26 39 47
2026-06-08	12	2nd	2 23 28 33 36 41
2026-05-11	8	4th	13 17 19 23 37 42
2026-04-22	12	4th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-25	1	4th	7 8 11 23 30 35
2025-06-23	9	5th	10 14 18 21 23 31
2025-06-02	5	4th	3 6 18 23 32 38
2025-05-21	3	5th	4 7 11 17 23 36
2025-05-14	10	3rd	4 18 23 24 27 47
2025-04-21	19	2nd	13 23 25 29 32 35
2025-03-08	3	4th	2 7 16 23 25 39
2025-03-01	4	3rd	6 11 23 28 34 45
2025-02-19	2	5th	6 14 17 21 23 31
2025-02-15	3	3rd	16 19 23 24 31 36
2025-02-08	8	3rd	17 19 23 34 38 48
2025-01-20	8	4th	1 12 14 23 26 33
2025-01-01	3	4th	4 6 22 23 40 42
2024-12-25	3	2nd	21 23 33 40 41 46
2024-12-18	7	4th	1 2 17 23 31 40
2024-12-02	6	3rd	19 21 23 25 33 38
2024-11-18	1	3rd	12 14 23 24 25 26
2024-11-16	4	3rd	5 16 23 32 44 45
2024-11-06	9	3rd	1 3 23 36 37 44
2024-10-16	4	3rd	4 19 23 29 43 46
2024-10-07	7	4th	11 15 22 23 28 39
2024-09-21	14	3rd	15 20 23 27 45 48
2024-08-19	1	4th	1 16 19 23 38 46
2024-08-17	1	5th	13 15 16 17 23 47
2024-08-14	1	4th	15 18 20 23 29 34
2024-08-12	5	2nd	15 23 31 32 35 44
2024-07-31	1	5th	2 4 8 17 23 41
2024-07-29	6	5th	5 12 18 19 23 33
2024-07-15	3	4th	4 10 21 23 36 47
2024-07-08	1	2nd	20 23 26 29 40 42
2024-07-06	2	4th	4 8 9 23 24 26
2024-07-01	1	3rd	1 12 23 28 42 47
2024-06-29	9	2nd	21 23 28 32 41 48
2024-06-08	28	5th	3 5 7 12 23 29
2024-04-03	2	3rd	2 6 23 25 35 47
2024-03-30	3	2nd	13 23 26 37 38 39
2024-03-23	3	4th	6 9 22 23 40 42
2024-03-16	14	5th	9 11 12 16 23 36
2024-02-12	1	4th	11 16 17 23 38 44
2024-02-10	3	4th	6 9 11 23 33 40
2024-02-03	1	3rd	9 20 23 28 32 42
2024-01-31	8	4th	3 12 17 23 33 47
2024-01-13	8	4th	4 16 21 23 37 43
2023-12-25	32	4th	8 13 20 23 29 43
2023-10-11	4	4th	10 12 20 23 34 35
2023-10-02	1	4th	6 10 17 23 29 32
2023-09-30	2	5th	1 11 20 22 23 43
2023-09-25	17	1st	23 25 40 43 44 45
2023-08-16	16	4th	17 20 22 23 29 45
2023-07-10	5	3rd	4 12 23 27 29 42
2023-06-28	7	5th	8 10 15 22 23 31
2023-06-12	1	3rd	6 11 23 32 36 46
2023-06-10	3	4th	7 12 17 23 36 42
2023-06-03	2	2nd	6 23 24 35 47 48
2023-05-29	8	2nd	22 23 35 41 46 48
2023-05-10	7	5th	2 3 11 21 23 30
2023-04-24	5	3rd	2 7 23 29 33 46
2023-04-12	1	3rd	13 22 23 36 43 48
2023-04-10	11	2nd	11 23 25 31 32 47
2023-03-15	10	3rd	4 6 23 29 33 36
2023-02-20	26	3rd	2 5 23 27 44 46
2022-12-21	14	2nd	8 23 29 33 47 48
2022-11-19	11	5th	4 5 12 22 23 34
2022-10-24	8	3rd	7 10 23 39 41 48
2022-10-05	1	3rd	7 8 23 30 33 37
2022-10-03	17	3rd	4 17 23 32 38 40
2022-08-24	27	4th	3 4 8 23 29 39
2022-06-22	1	4th	1 4 12 23 31 44
2022-06-20	3	4th	3 11 12 23 26 44
2022-06-13	47	1st	23 29 30 35 44 46
2022-02-23	7	4th	7 17 18 23 33 41
2022-02-07	15	3rd	16 21 23 27 44 46
2022-01-03	1	4th	11 15 16 23 24 34
2022-01-01	10	4th	1 4 20 23 40 46
2021-12-08	2	4th	6 7 14 23 24 30
2021-12-04	6	4th	13 15 18 23 25 44
2021-11-20	3	4th	3 8 20 23 32 36
2021-11-13	7	3rd	15 18 23 24 34 36
2021-10-27	7	5th	13 17 18 21 23 47
2021-10-11	10	4th	2 8 15 23 31 36
2021-09-18	4	5th	3 5 9 17 23 42
2021-09-08	19	3rd	19 22 23 29 42 44
2021-07-26	9	4th	16 19 21 23 25 27
2021-07-05	8	4th	1 2 3 23 28 43
2021-06-16	1	2nd	13 23 26 31 46 48
2021-06-14	2	3rd	12 15 23 29 38 45
2021-06-09	13	5th	2 3 14 22 23 43
2021-05-10	6	1st	23 35 40 44 46 47
2021-04-26	4	2nd	19 23 32 36 37 40
2021-04-17	6	1st	23 26 35 38 41 45
2021-04-03	15	5th	2 8 13 21 23 34
2021-02-27	1	5th	2 6 15 17 23 24
2021-02-24	15	4th	8 11 14 23 37 39
2021-01-20	4	2nd	17 23 36 41 46 48
2021-01-11	2	1st	23 26 31 38 43 48
2021-01-06	16	2nd	19 23 34 41 43 46
2020-11-30	5	4th	6 12 15 23 31 36
2020-11-18	3	4th	10 12 19 23 28 35
2020-11-11	5	3rd	8 12 23 36 42 43
2020-10-31	11	3rd	5 18 23 37 40 44
2020-10-05	5	4th	8 12 18 23 35 43
2020-09-23	6	2nd	9 23 42 44 45 46
2020-09-09	4	4th	4 13 16 23 40 44
2020-08-31	19	2nd	5 23 28 32 38 46
2020-07-18	13	3rd	1 9 23 25 30 42
2020-06-17	5	3rd	8 16 23 26 31 42
2020-06-06	15	4th	1 10 16 23 25 29
2020-05-02	14	2nd	20 23 30 42 44 46
2020-03-30	1	3rd	3 7 23 26 27 46
2020-03-28	1	3rd	2 10 23 38 43 44
2020-03-25	1	2nd	2 23 25 36 46 48
2020-03-23	3	4th	7 8 21 23 37 40
2020-03-16	6	3rd	13 19 23 24 25 38
2020-03-02	13	2nd	4 23 26 45 46 47
2020-02-01	1	3rd	6 21 23 33 34 43
2020-01-29	2	5th	12 15 17 19 23 27
2020-01-25	15	3rd	2 17 23 27 28 32
2019-12-21	2	6th	8 11 12 15 20 23
2019-12-16	6	2nd	8 23 26 30 32 43
2019-12-02	4	3rd	15 20 23 27 33 38
2019-11-23	6	5th	5 8 12 18 23 27
2019-11-09	10	4th	6 7 11 23 37 45
2019-10-16	8	3rd	2 3 23 30 37 47
2019-09-28	20	4th	14 18 22 23 29 40
2019-08-12	6	3rd	4 11 23 38 45 47
2019-07-29	9	5th	12 13 15 18 23 30
2019-07-08	1	4th	11 13 16 23 25 44
2019-07-06	4	4th	3 9 17 23 37 38
2019-06-26	1	4th	1 16 18 23 34 42
2019-06-24	4	3rd	16 22 23 38 43 44
2019-06-15	1	5th	9 13 17 22 23 43
2019-06-12	12	3rd	5 18 23 35 41 45
2019-05-15	2	3rd	9 21 23 26 35 43
2019-05-11	3	4th	12 15 21 23 28 46
2019-05-04	5	5th	11 12 13 21 23 46
2019-04-22	16	4th	3 11 13 23 33 40
2019-03-16	5	3rd	11 15 23 24 40 48
2019-03-04	22	3rd	3 5 23 33 35 36
2019-01-12	2	4th	4 8 15 23 33 46
2019-01-07	5	4th	1 3 19 23 39 41
2018-12-26	5	2nd	15 23 29 33 41 42
2018-12-15	8	3rd	14 20 23 26 27 42
2018-11-26	5	4th	6 11 17 23 31 41
2018-11-14	13	3rd	10 18 23 33 37 41
2018-10-15	3	5th	2 3 17 19 23 38
2018-10-08	24	1st	23 34 36 42 44 47
2018-08-13	11	2nd	2 23 31 34 39 46
2018-07-18	2	3rd	4 20 23 24 28 42
2018-07-14	5	5th	7 11 15 19 23 43
2018-07-02	2	4th	2 18 21 23 32 44
2018-06-27	22	3rd	2 15 23 27 43 46
2018-05-07	15	3rd	3 15 23 25 43 48
2018-04-02	28	5th	2 4 13 18 23 48
2018-01-27	16	3rd	11 18 23 30 36 48
2017-12-20	2	4th	10 14 18 23 28 43
2017-12-16	6	2nd	19 23 32 43 45 48
2017-12-02	8	1st	23 26 28 30 33 35
2017-11-13	22	2nd	15 23 32 37 38 48
2017-09-23	11	3rd	5 20 23 29 35 44
2017-08-28	5	4th	8 14 20 23 34 44
2017-08-16	3	5th	5 14 20 22 23 31
2017-08-09	4	4th	12 13 18 23 24 28
2017-07-31	24	5th	9 15 16 17 23 36
2017-06-05	4	3rd	13 18 23 27 28 46
2017-05-27	1	4th	6 16 18 23 31 34
2017-05-24	8	6th	5 9 12 15 22 23
2017-05-06	5	3rd	6 14 23 35 40 45
2017-04-24	14	3rd	5 19 23 25 34 47
2017-03-22	23	3rd	10 15 23 26 39 40
2017-01-28	13	4th	9 18 21 23 43 48
2016-12-28	2	3rd	14 16 23 25 38 48
2016-12-24	4	5th	9 10 11 17 23 39
2016-12-14	1	3rd	8 21 23 26 36 39
2016-12-12	4	3rd	8 21 23 29 41 44
2016-12-03	34	2nd	18 23 29 33 36 42
2016-09-14	1	5th	1 5 6 17 23 31
2016-09-12	10	1st	23 28 34 35 42 45
2016-08-20	1	2nd	1 23 29 35 39 48
2016-08-17	10	2nd	5 23 26 42 43 46
2016-07-25	4	3rd	3 22 23 28 34 35
2016-07-16	2	4th	3 7 13 23 26 43
2016-07-11	19	5th	7 12 14 16 23 33
2016-05-28	1	4th	7 9 13 23 40 44
2016-05-25	4	3rd	3 4 23 32 38 41
2016-05-16	15	4th	10 18 19 23 32 40
2016-04-11	7	5th	12 13 17 19 23 41
2016-03-26	1	3rd	5 6 23 24 33 44
2016-03-23	8	3rd	7 19 23 25 29 36
2016-03-05	2	4th	13 17 22 23 31 35
2016-02-29	10	3rd	7 9 23 24 34 35
2016-02-06	3	2nd	4 23 24 30 34 48
2016-01-30	9	5th	3 7 13 19 23 36
2016-01-09	18	4th	8 10 19 23 31 47
2015-11-28	5	3rd	2 5 23 28 29 38
2015-11-16	2	3rd	12 22 23 25 38 47
2015-11-11	1	3rd	8 21 23 27 29 32
2015-11-09	15	3rd	5 12 23 33 41 45
2015-10-05	9	3rd	4 19 23 27 31 39
2015-09-14	8	4th	8 11 15 23 39 43
2015-08-26	3	5th	6 7 19 20 23 37
2015-08-19	2	4th	1 9 14 23 39 47
2015-08-15	17	3rd	14 21 23 26 34 37
2015-07-06	16	3rd	18 20 23 33 34 45
2015-05-30	4	5th	5 9 14 20 23 25
2015-05-20	4	4th	8 12 21 23 36 41
2015-05-11	5	3rd	4 9 23 27 28 45
2015-04-29	28	3rd	3 10 23 29 33 46
2015-02-23	3	2nd	5 23 25 29 30 45
2015-02-16	1	1st	23 28 29 31 33 34
2015-02-14	9	2nd	6 23 32 33 39 42
2015-01-24	1	2nd	10 23 29 34 38 47
2015-01-21	2	4th	13 14 17 23 32 45
2015-01-17	7	3rd	4 8 23 24 26 36
2014-12-31	13	3rd	10 13 23 25 35 39
2014-12-01	8	1st	23 25 32 36 46 48
2014-11-12	9	2nd	5 23 29 37 40 41
2014-10-22	10	2nd	5 23 26 31 32 33
2014-09-29	10	3rd	4 5 23 36 41 44
2014-09-06	4	2nd	19 23 25 30 31 47
2014-08-27	1	3rd	11 21 23 33 38 39
2014-08-25	24	5th	5 7 13 15 23 27
2014-06-30	1	4th	2 4 13 23 25 47
2014-06-28	1	2nd	16 23 31 37 43 46
2014-06-25	1	5th	2 5 10 15 23 31
2014-06-23	3	3rd	6 9 23 29 32 36
2014-06-16	4	3rd	8 20 23 28 37 39
2014-06-07	33	3rd	13 19 23 30 42 43
2014-03-22	13	5th	1 5 15 17 23 27
2014-02-19	1	5th	15 16 20 22 23 44
2014-02-17	11	5th	2 7 18 21 23 39
2014-01-22	3	4th	2 6 16 23 27 39
2014-01-15	13	3rd	3 20 23 29 33 35
2013-12-16	10	4th	5 14 19 23 40 47
2013-11-23	7	3rd	12 13 23 27 28 32
2013-11-06	1	5th	2 7 21 22 23 37
2013-11-04	5	2nd	14 23 24 27 43 46
2013-10-23	11	3rd	6 15 23 28 43 47
2013-09-28	2	4th	5 14 18 23 35 37
2013-09-23	1	4th	11 13 15 23 29 44
2013-09-21	3	4th	7 11 13 23 24 32
2013-09-14	15	2nd	22 23 28 33 43 47
2013-08-10	4	3rd	12 21 23 26 36 45
2013-07-31	16	3rd	5 21 23 29 36 48
2013-06-24	1	3rd	2 15 23 35 38 39
2013-06-22	3	4th	1 2 17 23 42 44
2013-06-15	5	4th	2 3 20 23 33 47
2013-06-03	2	4th	3 5 17 23 26 30
2013-05-29	5	3rd	15 18 23 29 38 46
2013-05-18	9	3rd	12 22 23 38 42 45
2013-04-27	8	1st	23 26 35 36 37 48
2013-04-08	3	3rd	4 9 23 30 41 43
2013-04-01	1	5th	5 18 21 22 23 47
2013-03-30	8	4th	1 13 15 23 28 30
2013-03-11	5	3rd	2 11 23 40 47 48
2013-02-27	5	3rd	1 21 23 35 39 47
2013-02-16	3	2nd	5 23 25 29 35 36
2013-02-09	2	5th	1 4 5 15 23 45
2013-02-04	6	2nd	19 23 29 35 47 48
2013-01-21	1	4th	1 6 19 23 32 46
2013-01-19	1	4th	11 15 19 23 31 39
2013-01-16	14	3rd	1 9 23 32 46 47
2012-12-15	22	5th	9 11 13 17 23 31
2012-10-24	4	3rd	2 6 23 24 42 45
2012-10-15	2	2nd	10 23 27 29 33 38
2012-10-10	2	2nd	8 23 24 26 32 44
2012-10-06	1	3rd	15 17 23 27 28 31
2012-10-03	14	2nd	16 23 24 32 33 37
2012-09-01	9	3rd	1 10 23 30 34 38
2012-08-11	2	3rd	13 14 23 31 34 42
2012-08-06	18	3rd	3 12 23 27 33 43
2012-06-25	3	5th	5 14 15 18 23 46
2012-06-18	18	5th	4 9 11 19 23 39
2012-05-05	11	5th	6 8 12 18 23 31
2012-04-09	4	3rd	7 9 23 37 40 44
2012-03-31	3	3rd	2 19 23 28 33 45
2012-03-24	6	3rd	12 15 23 32 40 47
2012-03-10	9	2nd	21 23 27 33 46 48
2012-02-18	3	3rd	6 12 23 27 31 39
2012-02-11	11	4th	6 11 13 23 36 47
2012-01-16	2	3rd	1 17 23 40 42 48
2012-01-11	5	2nd	13 23 25 26 29 38
2011-12-31	6	3rd	6 15 23 25 39 43
2011-12-17	12	3rd	9 11 23 33 45 47
2011-11-19	2	4th	6 7 15 23 42 43
2011-11-14	6	4th	3 8 15 23 33 41
2011-10-31	16	2nd	6 23 25 28 41 48
2011-09-24	5	4th	9 11 20 23 32 37
2011-09-12	10	4th	3 10 18 23 36 48
2011-08-20	9	3rd	8 21 23 26 27 44
2011-07-30	21	5th	3 10 15 16 23 27
2011-06-11	1	5th	1 13 14 20 23 39
2011-06-08	3	5th	3 4 11 22 23 29
2011-06-01	2	3rd	9 13 23 32 34 35
2011-05-28	2	2nd	13 23 27 28 31 32
2011-05-23	5	3rd	3 9 23 25 36 41
2011-05-11	8	2nd	2 23 40 46 47 48
2011-04-23	11	2nd	14 23 24 28 40 48
2011-03-28	2	3rd	6 21 23 28 33 45
2011-03-23	3	3rd	5 15 23 31 35 39
2011-03-16	4	3rd	8 12 23 28 30 41
2011-03-07	9	3rd	8 10 23 24 41 44
2011-02-14	1	4th	3 8 21 23 28 38
2011-02-12	2	5th	2 3 11 22 23 26
2011-02-07	4	3rd	4 10 23 32 34 36
2011-01-29	1	2nd	14 23 30 32 39 45
2011-01-26	5	5th	4 8 9 15 23 35
2011-01-15	20	1st	23 33 34 37 39 44
2010-11-29	49	3rd	8 13 23 37 42 44
2010-08-07	28	4th	4 6 16 23 33 48
2010-06-02	9	5th	7 11 12 15 23 45
2010-05-12	1	3rd	6 10 23 26 36 47
2010-05-10	—	5th	10 16 17 20 23 26