Number 23

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,441 draws, 5 from 1–38.

181times drawn · chance expected 190 −0.67σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

29longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 181 times in 1,441 draws against 189.6 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 181 times in 1,441 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 1 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 smallest5 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest26 · chance 27.4
3rd smallest77 · chance 66.5
4th smallest60 · chance 63.3
5th smallest13 · chance 20.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 1 4 29 37 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-10-22	5	3rd	2 8 23 29 30
2026-10-17	7	3rd	17 18 23 29 36
2026-10-10	7	3rd	14 20 23 24 33
2026-10-03	20	4th	3

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

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