Number 24

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

95times drawn · chance expected 108 −1.40σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

30longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, −1.40σ. 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 24, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 697 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 30 · 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 24 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 0.7
2nd smallest7 · chance 6.3
3rd smallest20 · chance 20.4
4th smallest33 · chance 31.7
5th smallest27 · chance 25.0
6th smallest7 · chance 9.5
7th smallest0 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 25 5 28 38 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 24 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. 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 24 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-03-08	9	3rd	7 14 24 26 35 44 45
2022-01-04	7	4th	5 6 11 24 25 26 44
2021-11-16	29	2nd	13 24 32 34 35 38

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: 24 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-08-07	18	4th	14 15 21 24 26 31 40
2018-04-03	9	3rd	2 13 24 26 36 37 42
2018-01-30	20	4th	2 5 12 24 31 40 45
2017-09-12	2	4th	1 12 20 24 41 44 45
2017-08-29	30	5th	8 21 22 23 24 36 44
2017-01-31	1	5th	3 8 18 20 24 30 38
2017-01-24	3	3rd	17 20 24 27 31 34 43
2017-01-03	20	6th	1 12 15 17 23 24 27
2016-08-16	5	4th	9 11 20 24 27 36 44
2016-07-12	2	4th	1 11 19 24 28 29 39
2016-06-28	6	5th	11 13 16 19 24 32 44
2016-05-17	10	5th	5 10 18 21 24 42 44
2016-03-08	6	4th	1 9 21 24 35 44 45
2016-01-26	2	4th	5 13 23 24 26 35 41
2016-01-12	7	4th	9 10 17 24 34 35 43
2015-11-24	11	5th	1 9 12 22 24 25 30
2015-09-08	1	5th	4 9 13 21 24 37 38
2015-09-01	16	4th	13 18 22 24 25 43 45
2015-05-12	4	2nd	13 24 27 28 30 33 43
2015-04-14	3	4th	2 3 12 24 33 42 45
2015-03-24	10	4th	4 11 16 24 28 33 45
2015-01-13	7	2nd	23 24 33 36 38 40 44
2014-11-25	6	5th	8 9 13 16 24 25 42
2014-10-14	12	5th	3 12 17 21 24 38 45
2014-07-22	15	5th	3 16 17 19 24 25 35
2014-04-08	3	5th	6 12 18 19 24 25 35
2014-03-18	2	4th	2 4 19 24 30 33 38
2014-03-04	7	1st	24 30 32 34 38 41 42
2014-01-14	3	3rd	21 22 24 36 40 44 45
2013-12-24	1	4th	4 6 22 24 33 36 42
2013-12-17	3	3rd	17 20 24 26 34 36 39
2013-11-26	5	4th	5 6 12 24 26 31 40
2013-10-22	2	5th	7 15 20 21 24 28 42
2013-10-08	3	2nd	5 24 28 32 38 39 45
2013-09-17	14	3rd	8 9 24 27 31 41 44
2013-06-11	5	3rd	3 6 24 25 26 29 38
2013-05-07	3	3rd	16 18 24 28 31 35 44
2013-04-16	12	5th	4 7 16 22 24 37 40
2013-01-22	7	3rd	1 14 24 27 28 30 39
2012-12-04	2	6th	1 3 7 14 21 24 31
2012-11-20	20	2nd	19 24 26 34 39 43 44
2012-07-03	11	3rd	19 21 24 28 32 34 45
2012-04-17	3	3rd	9 21 24 27 35 38 40
2012-03-27	16	6th	3 11 15 17 18 24 39
2011-12-06	12	4th	2 8 12 24 29 30 33
2011-09-13	4	4th	6 18 20 24 31 37 38
2011-08-16	4	4th	5 18 22 24 25 39 41
2011-07-19	1	5th	5 8 9 20 24 27 34
2011-07-12	7	5th	7 8 16 21 24 27 35
2011-05-24	7	5th	7 9 15 21 24 25 40
2011-04-05	1	3rd	18 21 24 40 42 43 45
2011-03-29	12	3rd	3 17 24 25 27 34 41
2011-01-04	16	3rd	3 4 24 33 39 40 45
2010-09-14	16	3rd	18 23 24 25 29 34 41
2010-05-25	12	2nd	15 24 25 28 36 37 44
2010-03-02	3	4th	1 2 19 24 26 37 43
2010-02-09	10	4th	5 18 23 24 28 42 44
2009-12-01	1	5th	2 8 10 18 24 27 28
2009-11-24	2	4th	7 22 23 24 31 36 39
2009-11-10	3	3rd	1 16 24 25 31 35 36
2009-10-20	4	2nd	6 24 25 27 32 36 38
2009-09-22	2	6th	7 18 19 20 21 24 26
2009-09-08	2	6th	2 3 7 20 21 24 35
2009-08-25	1	5th	5 11 16 17 24 39 41
2009-08-18	9	4th	16 19 20 24 34 36 41
2009-06-16	6	4th	1 7 22 24 29 32 41
2009-05-05	1	5th	6 10 12 20 24 31 42
2009-04-28	7	4th	1 13 21 24 25 36 43
2009-03-10	5	4th	13 14 16 24 28 29 38
2009-02-03	1	5th	5 7 8 17 24 32 35
2009-01-27	—	3rd	3 21 24 28 31 34 45