Number 23

In Cash 5 under the 5/34 · Apr 2010 – Oct 2020 rules — 2,844 draws, 5 from 1–34 (an earlier era).

424times drawn · chance expected 418 +0.31σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

53longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

23 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 424 times in 2,844 draws against 418.2 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 23, draw by draw

Drawn 424 times in 2,844 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 10 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 smallest1 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest35 · chance 37.6
3rd smallest146 · chance 131.6
4th smallest164 · chance 175.5
5th smallest78 · chance 75.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 51.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 29 11 20 31 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2020-10-17	5	4th	2 10 17 23 25
2020-10-12	6	4th	3 6 22 23 26
2020-10-06	5	2nd	3 23 27 29 34
2020-10-01	3	4th	8 9 10

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-04-16	7	3rd	2 20 23 27 33
2020-04-09	5	3rd	7 18 23 30 32
2020-04-04	16	3rd	1 21 23 29 30
2019-12-27	28	4th	1 7 11 23 26
2019-11-29	1	2nd	21 23 24 30 34
2019-11-28	1	3rd	1 12 23 30 31
2019-11-27	25	5th	3 4 5 12 23
2019-11-02	1	3rd	1 5 23 27 28
2019-11-01	1	5th	1 11 15 20 23
2019-10-31	1	5th	7 12 14 21 23
2019-10-30	2	3rd	2 19 23 25 27
2019-10-28	17	5th	2 15 19 20 23
2019-10-11	9	3rd	4 14 23 27 30
2019-10-02	1	4th	9 12 13 23 31
2019-10-01	13	3rd	4 19 23 24 28
2019-09-18	1	5th	6 12 14 15 23
2019-09-17	1	4th	12 15 22 23 24
2019-09-16	13	4th	11 16 20 23 25
2019-09-03	12	4th	7 8 13 23 29
2019-08-22	3	4th	2 17 19 23 29
2019-08-19	2	4th	1 2 12 23 25
2019-08-17	2	4th	3 13 19 23 33
2019-08-15	7	3rd	5 19 23 26 32
2019-08-08	5	2nd	17 23 24 27 31
2019-08-03	17	5th	5 12 13 17 23
2019-07-17	3	5th	6 7 10 19 23
2019-07-14	9	3rd	2 11 23 26 31
2019-07-05	9	2nd	4 23 24 25 31
2019-06-26	8	3rd	8 10 23 29 30
2019-06-18	5	5th	13 16 18 21 23
2019-06-13	5	5th	3 9 17 18 23
2019-06-08	8	5th	10 11 14 21 23
2019-05-31	1	3rd	1 11 23 26 29
2019-05-30	4	5th	1 4 8 12 23
2019-05-26	2	3rd	2 18 23 29 30
2019-05-24	1	2nd	21 23 24 28 33
2019-05-23	6	2nd	22 23 25 27 34
2019-05-17	30	5th	7 11 20 21 23
2018-12-23	1	5th	7 11 17 18 23
2018-12-22	15	3rd	9 12 23 24 29
2018-12-07	2	3rd	19 20 23 25 31
2018-12-05	6	5th	1 3 8 19 23
2018-11-29	10	3rd	1 17 23 31 32
2018-11-19	5	3rd	3 17 23 29 34
2018-11-14	10	3rd	5 8 23 26 27
2018-11-04	13	4th	11 15 22 23 31
2018-10-22	5	3rd	1 16 23 29 30
2018-10-17	11	2nd	20 23 30 32 34
2018-10-06	4	4th	2 15 20 23 25
2018-10-02	1	3rd	4 15 23 24 32
2018-10-01	27	3rd	17 19 23 24 25
2018-09-04	11	3rd	4 10 23 25 27
2018-08-24	5	5th	3 16 17 19 23
2018-08-19	1	3rd	11 22 23 30 32
2018-08-18	4	4th	1 2 15 23 30
2018-08-14	1	4th	1 10 17 23 29
2018-08-13	1	4th	3 5 6 23 33
2018-08-12	9	4th	2 14 18 23 34
2018-08-03	24	3rd	4 13 23 31 33
2018-07-10	6	4th	10 16 22 23 31
2018-07-04	11	3rd	2 21 23 25 26
2018-06-23	17	5th	1 11 15 22 23
2018-06-06	1	3rd	9 13 23 26 31
2018-06-05	4	3rd	10 20 23 30 33
2018-06-01	8	4th	5 9 14 23 26
2018-05-24	9	4th	20 21 22 23 29
2018-05-15	14	3rd	1 11 23 27 34
2018-05-01	10	4th	12 16 20 23 27
2017-12-27	7	4th	1 4 12 23 28
2017-12-20	2	4th	11 13 18 23 27
2017-12-18	2	3rd	6 19 23 26 28
2017-12-16	6	4th	12 14 19 23 28
2017-12-10	5	2nd	3 23 29 30 33
2017-12-05	6	4th	4 5 20 23 29
2017-11-29	2	5th	10 11 14 21 23
2017-11-27	6	3rd	13 21 23 25 31
2017-11-21	19	3rd	12 18 23 27 28
2017-11-02	3	2nd	7 23 28 31 32
2017-10-30	5	5th	2 6 8 11 23
2017-10-25	1	3rd	12 20 23 26 30
2017-10-24	8	5th	10 14 15 18 23
2017-10-16	10	4th	1 2 21 23 24
2017-10-06	5	4th	4 13 21 23 27
2017-10-01	17	4th	7 9 19 23 24
2017-09-14	3	4th	8 12 13 23 30
2017-09-11	9	2nd	10 23 26 28 30
2017-09-02	9	3rd	5 16 23 25 26
2017-08-24	20	3rd	14 19 23 24 29
2017-08-04	5	4th	4 11 20 23 34
2017-07-30	1	4th	8 10 13 23 28
2017-07-29	1	4th	2 4 22 23 24
2017-07-28	6	4th	4 6 18 23 32
2017-07-22	3	5th	1 2 10 12 23
2017-07-19	2	3rd	5 6 23 26 33
2017-07-17	6	3rd	15 17 23 25 33
2017-07-11	1	2nd	6 23 24 26 31
2017-07-10	9	4th	4 13 18 23 27
2017-07-01	4	3rd	5 11 23 27 32
2017-06-27	1	4th	1 5 17 23 31
2017-06-26	2	4th	8 10 12 23 30
2017-06-24	1	2nd	13 23 25 27 28
2017-06-23	3	3rd	11 16 23 24 28
2017-06-20	10	3rd	4 18 23 25 26
2017-06-10	1	4th	6 16 18 23 29
2017-06-09	4	2nd	17 23 25 30 33
2017-06-05	1	4th	8 11 17 23 28
2017-06-04	5	4th	3 13 16 23 26
2017-05-30	14	4th	9 12 13 23 24
2017-05-16	9	2nd	21 23 25 28 31
2017-05-07	7	5th	4 10 13 21 23
2017-04-30	4	4th	7 8 19 23 29
2017-04-26	10	3rd	3 12 23 24 27
2016-12-22	7	5th	7 10 17 20 23
2016-12-15	2	3rd	7 9 23 25 30
2016-12-13	1	5th	2 4 8 22 23
2016-12-12	1	4th	5 11 18 23 34
2016-12-11	8	3rd	3 19 23 25 33
2016-12-03	1	3rd	10 20 23 31 33
2016-12-02	5	4th	7 18 20 23 29
2016-11-27	2	3rd	20 22 23 24 25
2016-11-25	1	4th	1 8 10 23 31
2016-11-24	3	4th	12 15 21 23 24
2016-11-21	3	4th	14 21 22 23 32
2016-11-18	10	5th	2 5 10 15 23
2016-11-08	4	3rd	3 6 23 24 27
2016-11-04	26	4th	3 15 21 23 30
2016-10-09	5	4th	1 11 19 23 30
2016-10-04	5	3rd	20 21 23 24 25
2016-09-29	3	4th	3 4 21 23 31
2016-09-26	1	3rd	4 18 23 27 31
2016-09-25	4	4th	4 9 20 23 29
2016-09-21	1	3rd	9 17 23 27 29
2016-09-20	1	4th	6 10 13 23 27
2016-09-19	5	3rd	9 22 23 29 32
2016-09-14	2	3rd	4 14 23 27 34
2016-09-12	7	5th	3 12 15 21 23
2016-09-05	10	3rd	8 18 23 29 32
2016-08-26	6	3rd	2 22 23 24 32
2016-08-20	5	3rd	9 11 23 26 32
2016-08-15	3	4th	2 9 21 23 30
2016-08-12	26	3rd	3 16 23 30 31
2016-07-17	8	4th	2 7 9 23 25
2016-07-09	2	5th	1 10 12 17 23
2016-07-07	53	3rd	1 8 23 25 28
2016-05-15	3	3rd	5 16 23 27 34
2016-05-12	6	5th	1 8 16 22 23
2016-05-06	18	3rd	6 8 23 26 28
2015-12-24	5	4th	1 10 12 23 27
2015-12-19	5	4th	9 10 17 23 28
2015-12-14	2	5th	1 10 12 19 23
2015-12-12	1	4th	1 7 22 23 33
2015-12-11	1	5th	3 6 20 21 23
2015-12-10	3	4th	6 20 21 23 28
2015-12-07	3	4th	14 15 16 23 34
2015-12-04	11	3rd	7 20 23 25 32
2015-11-23	20	4th	2 10 13 23 32
2015-11-03	2	3rd	9 19 23 24 34
2015-11-01	10	4th	3 8 10 23 30
2015-10-22	7	3rd	16 22 23 32 34
2015-10-15	15	4th	9 11 13 23 33
2015-09-30	3	5th	3 12 15 17 23
2015-09-27	24	5th	1 5 6 8 23
2015-09-03	22	5th	2 13 16 20 23
2015-08-12	5	3rd	10 19 23 24 26
2015-08-07	3	3rd	6 16 23 27 31
2015-08-04	5	3rd	8 17 23 28 32
2015-07-30	3	3rd	5 21 23 24 34
2015-07-27	1	3rd	14 18 23 26 29
2015-07-26	1	4th	10 11 16 23 31
2015-07-25	5	3rd	7 9 23 26 32
2015-07-20	1	4th	4 6 7 23 27
2015-07-19	3	4th	1 8 19 23 30
2015-07-16	1	5th	5 6 9 16 23
2015-07-15	1	5th	6 7 18 19 23
2015-07-14	8	2nd	8 23 24 29 31
2015-07-06	2	2nd	16 23 24 25 27
2015-07-04	8	3rd	6 20 23 27 31
2015-06-26	7	3rd	2 10 23 25 30
2015-06-19	9	3rd	10 13 23 25 26
2015-06-10	6	3rd	18 22 23 29 32
2015-06-04	11	3rd	2 3 23 28 29
2015-05-24	3	3rd	12 22 23 26 30
2015-05-21	1	3rd	9 15 23 33 34
2015-05-20	2	3rd	8 22 23 25 29
2015-05-18	3	3rd	2 8 23 27 33
2015-05-15	6	3rd	11 20 23 26 34
2015-05-09	9	4th	5 8 10 23 33
2015-04-29	11	3rd	11 15 23 28 30
2014-12-25	6	4th	3 14 15 23 31
2014-12-19	2	4th	2 10 19 23 33
2014-12-17	15	3rd	6 8 23 24 29
2014-12-02	9	5th	2 8 11 14 23
2014-11-23	2	5th	3 7 9 19 23
2014-11-21	15	4th	8 11 17 23 32
2014-11-06	4	4th	1 7 18 23 28
2014-11-02	1	4th	2 11 19 23 26
2014-11-01	6	5th	1 3 5 9 23
2014-10-26	10	3rd	8 16 23 28 34
2014-10-16	3	5th	8 11 12 18 23
2014-10-13	4	5th	13 14 16 21 23
2014-10-09	5	4th	1 5 6 23 33
2014-10-04	1	2nd	17 23 26 27 31
2014-10-03	3	3rd	6 13 23 32 33
2014-09-30	4	2nd	14 23 26 27 29
2014-09-26	18	3rd	5 6 23 26 34
2014-09-08	5	5th	1 7 10 18 23
2014-09-03	3	4th	2 5 6 23 34
2014-08-31	2	3rd	19 20 23 32 34
2014-08-29	6	2nd	22 23 30 31 33
2014-08-23	2	3rd	7 21 23 31 34
2014-08-21	8	3rd	4 10 23 29 30
2014-08-13	8	4th	4 7 19 23 25
2014-08-05	2	4th	6 14 19 23 29
2014-08-03	6	4th	1 13 19 23 31
2014-07-28	4	3rd	16 20 23 30 32
2014-07-24	6	4th	16 20 22 23 34
2014-07-18	5	4th	7 19 22 23 29
2014-07-13	5	2nd	11 23 28 29 33
2014-07-08	4	4th	4 12 15 23 32
2014-07-04	1	4th	13 14 15 23 30
2014-07-03	1	4th	8 16 21 23 29
2014-07-02	7	5th	4 7 14 19 23
2014-06-25	2	3rd	14 17 23 25 27
2014-06-23	1	3rd	1 20 23 26 27
2014-06-22	8	3rd	10 15 23 26 31
2014-06-14	14	2nd	10 23 24 25 27
2014-05-31	1	4th	9 10 11 23 32
2014-05-30	9	4th	3 8 9 23 29
2014-05-21	7	4th	10 13 22 23 33
2014-05-14	4	3rd	1 10 23 27 34
2014-05-10	2	4th	4 5 11 23 31
2014-05-08	1	4th	5 6 10 23 24
2014-05-07	32	3rd	5 7 23 24 28
2013-12-11	5	3rd	3 22 23 25 27
2013-12-06	4	3rd	15 19 23 25 27
2013-12-02	4	4th	11 21 22 23 34
2013-11-28	3	4th	9 10 11 23 29
2013-11-25	3	3rd	1 20 23 27 31
2013-11-22	20	5th	2 8 16 21 23
2013-11-02	6	3rd	19 21 23 24 33
2013-10-27	1	5th	6 7 11 16 23
2013-10-25	2	3rd	18 22 23 25 28
2013-10-23	1	3rd	7 19 23 33 34
2013-10-22	5	5th	4 6 11 20 23
2013-10-17	7	4th	9 14 16 23 28
2013-10-10	13	3rd	11 20 23 25 30
2013-09-27	8	5th	7 11 14 19 23
2013-09-19	1	4th	3 4 15 23 25
2013-09-18	4	4th	10 14 15 23 26
2013-09-14	5	5th	1 3 5 9 23
2013-09-09	2	4th	3 5 13 23 31
2013-09-07	1	3rd	6 20 23 24 27
2013-09-06	17	4th	4 9 11 23 34
2013-08-20	1	3rd	3 7 23 27 34
2013-08-19	10	3rd	8 21 23 32 34
2013-08-09	3	5th	3 11 17 22 23
2013-08-06	2	5th	2 7 14 17 23
2013-08-04	4	3rd	4 8 23 33 34
2013-07-31	14	5th	9 11 16 19 23
2013-07-17	4	5th	1 5 9 17 23
2013-07-13	11	4th	12 14 18 23 33
2013-07-02	3	5th	5 7 8 20 23
2013-06-29	1	3rd	12 16 23 25 34
2013-06-28	3	4th	5 12 16 23 27
2013-06-25	6	3rd	9 18 23 25 33
2013-06-19	5	4th	5 10 18 23 24
2013-06-14	2	3rd	3 13 23 30 32
2013-06-12	1	5th	4 6 7 15 23
2013-06-11	1	4th	1 2 8 23 26
2013-06-10	8	4th	2 10 15 23 28
2013-06-02	2	4th	3 6 16 23 27
2013-05-31	15	4th	11 15 17 23 30
2013-05-16	1	3rd	12 22 23 27 32
2013-05-15	3	4th	2 12 18 23 27
2013-05-12	10	5th	3 5 7 8 23
2013-05-02	6	4th	6 15 18 23 32
2013-04-26	11	2nd	12 23 28 31 34
2012-12-22	4	4th	5 6 15 23 30
2012-12-18	4	3rd	2 6 23 24 29
2012-12-14	1	2nd	12 23 24 25 26
2012-12-13	10	5th	7 9 12 15 23
2012-12-03	5	4th	1 11 16 23 25
2012-11-28	11	2nd	15 23 24 25 29
2012-11-17	10	4th	10 14 15 23 29
2012-11-07	7	5th	6 14 20 21 23
2012-10-31	11	3rd	8 9 23 31 33
2012-10-20	10	4th	10 13 14 23 28
2012-10-10	6	3rd	4 22 23 28 34
2012-10-04	2	2nd	14 23 31 33 34
2012-10-02	18	3rd	13 22 23 25 29
2012-09-14	14	4th	14 21 22 23 25
2012-08-31	2	5th	4 11 18 20 23
2012-08-29	1	5th	1 5 12 15 23
2012-08-28	7	3rd	10 11 23 31 32
2012-08-21	2	5th	2 5 20 21 23
2012-08-19	5	3rd	3 19 23 29 33
2012-08-14	7	4th	11 12 20 23 26
2012-08-07	14	4th	3 8 19 23 24
2012-07-24	3	4th	1 17 22 23 24
2012-07-21	2	5th	8 9 10 15 23
2012-07-19	3	4th	10 11 13 23 26
2012-07-16	1	4th	1 6 16 23 34
2012-07-15	6	4th	6 8 11 23 26
2012-07-09	4	3rd	6 7 23 31 33
2012-07-05	4	4th	2 9 20 23 29
2012-07-01	2	3rd	19 21 23 32 34
2012-06-28	3	5th	9 15 17 21 23
2012-06-25	21	5th	2 4 5 6 23
2012-06-04	1	3rd	16 21 23 24 29
2012-06-03	7	5th	13 15 17 20 23
2012-05-27	13	5th	12 13 18 22 23
2012-05-14	4	3rd	3 9 23 29 34
2012-05-07	10	2nd	19 23 26 27 29
2012-04-27	7	4th	5 7 17 23 30
2011-12-29	4	4th	12 20 21 23 24
2011-12-25	6	4th	5 12 15 23 30
2011-12-19	7	4th	7 20 21 23 31
2011-12-12	2	4th	10 13 17 23 27
2011-12-10	2	3rd	6 14 23 24 25
2011-12-08	12	4th	1 15 19 23 32
2011-11-26	3	3rd	3 6 23 26 31
2011-11-23	1	3rd	9 15 23 29 30
2011-11-22	10	2nd	6 23 24 30 32
2011-11-12	2	4th	1 7 17 23 26
2011-11-10	7	2nd	5 23 26 31 34
2011-11-03	1	4th	10 17 20 23 27
2011-11-02	3	4th	3 9 13 23 32
2011-10-30	3	4th	12 18 20 23 31
2011-10-27	7	4th	3 5 19 23 25
2011-10-20	16	4th	8 13 19 23 29
2011-10-02	5	2nd	17 23 28 29 31
2011-09-27	16	4th	15 16 20 23 28
2011-09-11	8	3rd	8 13 23 24 25
2011-09-03	2	4th	5 7 13 23 32
2011-09-01	7	4th	7 15 20 23 26
2011-08-24	12	5th	5 9 18 19 23
2011-08-10	2	2nd	10 23 24 25 31
2011-08-08	1	4th	5 8 19 23 28
2011-08-07	1	5th	3 5 6 7 23
2011-08-06	5	4th	4 9 20 23 31
2011-08-01	2	3rd	1 21 23 28 30
2011-07-30	7	3rd	15 21 23 31 32
2011-07-23	6	4th	3 21 22 23 32
2011-07-17	3	4th	2 17 22 23 34
2011-07-14	4	4th	9 15 22 23 29
2011-07-10	4	3rd	10 17 23 24 30
2011-07-06	27	4th	11 15 22 23 30
2011-06-09	5	2nd	18 23 25 30 34
2011-06-04	4	5th	6 7 11 15 23
2011-05-31	4	3rd	9 18 23 32 34
2011-05-27	1	3rd	4 14 23 24 32
2011-05-26	5	4th	10 12 13 23 26
2011-05-21	7	4th	1 2 14 23 26
2011-05-14	4	3rd	5 8 23 25 32
2011-05-10	7	3rd	16 20 23 29 32
2011-05-03	2	5th	11 19 21 22 23
2011-05-01	39	3rd	8 18 23 31 32
2011-03-22	4	3rd	14 22 23 28 34
2011-03-18	11	3rd	9 22 23 28 29
2011-03-07	7	4th	3 11 22 23 31
2011-02-28	16	3rd	11 14 23 26 32
2011-02-12	11	3rd	4 12 23 28 34
2011-02-01	16	4th	16 17 19 23 31
2011-01-16	3	3rd	5 14 23 29 31
2011-01-13	11	5th	4 9 12 14 23
2011-01-02	6	5th	4 7 13 17 23
2010-12-27	6	3rd	10 18 23 26 32
2010-12-21	6	4th	14 18 20 23 24
2010-12-15	1	2nd	9 23 28 31 33
2010-12-14	7	3rd	12 16 23 31 34
2010-12-07	19	4th	2 12 20 23 27
2010-11-18	3	4th	7 11 20 23 33
2010-11-15	10	4th	5 7 14 23 27
2010-11-05	2	4th	2 13 15 23 28
2010-11-03	4	1st	23 29 31 32 33
2010-10-30	19	5th	5 8 10 16 23
2010-10-11	9	5th	1 3 4 14 23
2010-10-02	2	4th	15 17 21 23 29
2010-09-30	26	5th	5 6 7 13 23
2010-09-04	15	3rd	17 21 23 27 29
2010-08-20	18	5th	3 11 12 14 23
2010-08-02	3	4th	5 9 14 23 24
2010-07-30	18	4th	10 13 16 23 27
2010-07-12	2	5th	4 11 15 21 23
2010-07-10	8	4th	5 7 21 23 28
2010-07-02	5	3rd	7 16 23 25 30
2010-06-27	1	3rd	3 22 23 28 31
2010-06-26	10	4th	2 16 17 23 27
2010-06-16	5	4th	3 4 10 23 33
2010-06-11	3	3rd	4 17 23 24 25
2010-06-08	10	3rd	3 4 23 24 29
2010-05-29	2	4th	12 18 19 23 34
2010-05-27	1	5th	13 19 20 21 23
2010-05-26	2	3rd	3 6 23 27 28
2010-05-24	10	5th	2 7 12 21 23
2010-05-14	7	3rd	3 4 23 31 33
2010-05-07	2	4th	3 7 15 23 25
2010-05-05	10	4th	1 9 20 23 32
2010-04-25	7	4th	9 10 20 23 30
2010-04-18	—	4th	5 13 19 23 28