Number 23

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,163 draws, 6 from 1–40.

183times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.70σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

37longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 183 times in 1,163 draws against 174.4 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 183 times in 1,163 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 9 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 smallest3 · chance 2.0
2nd smallest19 · chance 16.6
3rd smallest48 · chance 49.9
4th smallest63 · chance 66.6
5th smallest38 · chance 39.5
6th smallest12 · chance 8.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 40 4 2 3 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-19	29	3rd	6 22 23 32 36 37
2026-06-10	11	3rd	9 18 23 31 36 39
2026-05-02	4	4th	7 12 19 23 25 38
2026-04-18

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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