Number 24

In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

90times drawn · chance expected 72 +2.31σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

5.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

23longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, +2.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 8 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 503 draws · average wait 5.4 draws · longest completed wait 23 · 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 24 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 smallest0 · chance 1.3
2nd smallest6 · chance 9.0
3rd smallest29 · chance 23.5
4th smallest28 · chance 29.9
5th smallest21 · chance 19.5
6th smallest4 · chance 6.2
7th smallest2 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 16 26 39 43 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2019-03-01	5	3rd	2 23 24 29 40 48 49
2019-01-25	10	4th	6 12 20 24 40 42 47
2018-11-16	2	3rd	11 17 24 34 41

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 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-09-23	13	3rd	3 13 24 36 39 44 45
2016-06-24	7	4th	2 17 22 24 26 42 48
2016-05-06	1	4th	1 8 10 24 26 37 45
2016-04-29	6	4th	11 21 22 24 26 36 43
2016-03-18	2	4th	6 8 15 24 26 39 44
2016-03-04	8	3rd	4 14 24 41 42 44 48
2016-01-08	5	4th	13 15 21 24 25 36 48
2015-12-04	9	3rd	8 15 24 25 27 36 43
2015-10-02	11	3rd	10 12 24 26 34 43 47
2015-07-17	8	2nd	23 24 29 36 42 43 49
2015-05-22	1	4th	1 4 21 24 29 30 46
2015-05-15	5	3rd	16 23 24 25 40 46 47
2015-04-10	4	5th	7 8 16 18 24 25 46
2015-03-13	1	7th	2 8 10 15 17 20 24
2015-03-06	22	5th	2 8 9 10 24 26 41
2014-10-03	3	3rd	7 15 24 25 27 43 47
2014-09-12	5	5th	5 6 8 13 24 37 46
2014-08-08	2	6th	6 9 16 19 20 24 30
2014-07-25	6	3rd	7 9 24 30 35 42 43
2014-06-13	3	3rd	12 16 24 29 36 40 47
2014-05-23	4	4th	3 11 16 24 31 39 43
2014-04-25	1	3rd	3 9 24 25 28 36 40
2014-04-18	9	3rd	9 16 24 30 39 40 45
2014-02-14	8	7th	6 8 11 16 17 19 24
2013-12-20	1	4th	2 13 18 24 27 37 43
2013-12-13	3	3rd	6 16 24 32 36 45 47
2013-11-22	2	2nd	2 24 35 38 39 41 48
2013-11-08	2	5th	7 8 10 15 24 26 41
2013-10-25	4	3rd	13 16 24 29 33 40 49
2013-09-27	1	4th	10 11 18 24 26 42 47
2013-09-20	8	4th	2 14 15 24 40 43 44
2013-07-26	7	5th	5 9 12 18 24 35 42
2013-06-07	2	3rd	5 19 24 34 35 38 43
2013-05-24	7	4th	9 19 21 24 39 43 48
2013-04-05	2	5th	2 14 15 17 24 38 40
2013-03-22	4	6th	7 12 16 19 21 24 47
2013-02-22	1	3rd	5 12 24 31 39 45 49
2013-02-15	14	3rd	14 23 24 25 28 41 45
2012-11-09	22	5th	8 9 11 22 24 42 46
2012-06-08	1	4th	9 10 16 24 26 44 48
2012-06-01	3	4th	4 7 13 24 26 27 43
2012-05-11	7	4th	1 6 7 24 31 36 39
2012-03-23	1	5th	6 18 21 23 24 32 48
2012-03-16	3	4th	5 7 18 24 28 41 49
2012-02-24	4	4th	6 17 23 24 25 31 38
2012-01-27	6	2nd	8 24 28 34 37 43 45
2011-12-16	3	2nd	11 24 26 31 42 44 46
2011-11-25	7	4th	8 10 15 24 30 35 49
2011-10-07	2	3rd	12 13 24 25 26 41 43
2011-09-23	1	3rd	8 16 24 27 30 38 40
2011-09-16	4	4th	12 18 22 24 28 43 49
2011-08-19	3	3rd	4 14 24 41 43 46 49
2011-07-29	2	5th	1 2 3 17 24 35 36
2011-07-15	10	6th	3 7 8 12 18 24 41
2011-05-06	1	3rd	6 19 24 25 26 35 36
2011-04-29	4	4th	1 13 20 24 39 45 47
2011-04-01	11	5th	5 6 11 12 24 26 34
2011-01-14	10	5th	2 6 10 12 24 30 37
2010-11-05	17	3rd	7 10 24 30 35 36 39
2010-07-09	6	4th	9 10 19 24 28 30 31
2010-05-28	5	4th	11 18 23 24 27 28 39
2010-04-23	10	5th	8 11 16 21 24 28 41
2010-02-12	2	5th	9 12 17 23 24 42 47
2010-01-29	3	4th	16 17 22 24 40 41 47
2010-01-08	6	5th	8 17 21 23 24 28 39
2009-11-27	—	3rd	11 15 24 26 37 38 43