Number 24

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

94times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.76σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

39longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 7 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 1.5
2nd smallest14 · chance 10.2
3rd smallest19 · chance 25.4
4th smallest31 · chance 31.0
5th smallest21 · chance 19.3
6th smallest8 · chance 5.9
7th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 4 14 20 25 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-03-17	5	3rd	7 10 24 25 34 45 49
2026-02-27	9	4th	7 9 22 24 34 36 37
2026-01-27	24	3rd	5 9 24 30 36 39

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-15	1	2nd	22 24 31 33 39 45 46
2024-03-12	5	6th	3 15 20 21 23 24 34
2024-02-23	1	3rd	8 16 24 28 40 41 47
2024-02-20	7	4th	1 4 23 24 31 40 48
2024-01-26	5	5th	7 11 21 22 24 26 35
2024-01-09	1	5th	1 2 12 20 24 26 28
2024-01-05	12	4th	3 6 11 24 29 45 50
2023-11-24	6	2nd	2 24 25 28 36 37 46
2023-11-03	13	6th	5 7 9 10 19 24 40
2023-09-19	20	5th	4 7 13 20 24 30 48
2023-07-11	6	4th	5 16 23 24 31 40 48
2023-06-20	2	3rd	5 10 24 30 32 43 48
2023-06-13	6	5th	1 2 8 12 24 44 45
2023-05-23	5	6th	1 7 10 18 23 24 34
2023-05-05	15	4th	8 16 22 24 25 30 32
2023-03-14	4	4th	4 15 17 24 27 32 41
2023-02-28	15	4th	1 3 8 24 35 42 43
2023-01-06	10	4th	7 14 20 24 35 40 50
2022-12-02	14	5th	4 9 14 18 24 30 45
2022-10-14	6	2nd	2 24 27 31 40 43 46
2022-09-23	1	4th	15 17 21 24 28 32 43
2022-09-20	1	5th	9 10 11 20 24 31 48
2022-09-16	28	3rd	2 13 24 34 39 40 46
2022-06-10	11	7th	8 14 16 17 19 22 24
2022-05-03	8	4th	6 11 22 24 27 29 33
2022-04-05	9	2nd	14 24 34 39 43 48 50
2022-03-04	9	5th	2 4 14 18 24 46 47
2022-02-01	6	3rd	9 14 24 26 29 39 49
2022-01-11	5	3rd	1 3 24 25 27 36 47
2021-12-24	5	3rd	3 11 24 25 29 32 42
2021-12-07	2	4th	9 16 19 24 27 34 40
2021-11-30	13	5th	4 7 8 22 24 30 49
2021-10-15	9	4th	14 17 20 24 25 38 48
2021-09-14	6	2nd	17 24 27 33 38 41 48
2021-08-24	5	2nd	1 24 26 29 30 45 50
2021-08-06	1	3rd	14 15 24 43 44 48 49
2021-08-03	5	5th	4 5 9 15 24 36 48
2021-07-16	8	3rd	13 17 24 26 33 46 48
2021-06-18	3	4th	11 14 15 24 34 43 47
2021-06-08	4	4th	1 9 14 24 26 37 42
2021-05-25	3	5th	6 9 11 19 24 38 46
2021-05-14	6	4th	3 18 19 24 26 27 45
2021-04-23	5	6th	1 3 4 11 19 24 42
2021-04-06	3	3rd	2 14 24 25 35 44 45
2021-03-26	15	4th	2 4 16 24 25 27 49
2021-02-02	7	2nd	17 24 27 34 38 42 48
2021-01-08	1	3rd	4 21 24 25 26 27 42
2021-01-05	9	4th	1 16 21 24 35 37 39
2020-12-04	1	5th	5 7 14 23 24 46 47
2020-12-01	18	6th	1 4 9 15 18 24 31
2020-09-29	4	6th	4 6 9 15 22 24 28
2020-09-15	12	4th	1 5 6 24 27 28 32
2020-08-04	2	2nd	18 24 25 30 31 33 48
2020-07-28	3	4th	7 10 11 24 39 43 48
2020-07-17	10	6th	5 11 15 18 20 24 46
2020-06-12	6	3rd	1 16 24 28 30 31 47
2020-05-22	1	6th	9 11 14 21 22 24 41
2020-05-19	29	3rd	22 23 24 25 37 40 49
2020-02-07	8	2nd	21 24 26 31 36 48 49
2020-01-10	2	4th	10 13 14 24 28 47 48
2020-01-03	10	4th	8 18 20 24 31 37 39
2019-11-29	8	5th	3 8 14 15 24 33 48
2019-11-01	7	3rd	10 20 24 25 32 39 46
2019-10-08	9	2nd	18 24 31 38 44 46 50
2019-09-06	6	3rd	4 5 24 25 43 44 50
2019-08-16	4	2nd	22 24 25 26 29 32 46
2019-08-02	1	4th	11 20 23 24 26 41 44
2019-07-30	1	5th	4 6 10 15 24 40 43
2019-07-26	21	5th	11 15 17 20 24 25 50
2019-05-14	—	2nd	9 24 27 33 40 44 48