Number 24

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 868 draws, 5 from 1–54.

87times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.78σ

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

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

51longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 87 times in 868 draws against 80.4 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 87 times in 868 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 26 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 smallest8 · chance 8.1
2nd smallest29 · chance 27.7
3rd smallest29 · chance 32.7
4th smallest19 · chance 15.8
5th smallest2 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 31 11 12 13 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 54. 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
2026-04-26	9	3rd	19 21 24 40 54
2026-02-22	15	1st	24 36 41 46 53
2025-11-09	30	4th	1 5 18 24 29
2025-04-13	23	4th	14 15

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-09-25	6	3rd	2 18 24 28 34
2022-08-14	18	3rd	18 20 24 40 41
2022-04-10	41	3rd	4 16 24 49 51
2021-06-27	10	3rd	18 20 24 31 38
2021-04-18	6	3rd	19 21 24 42 44
2021-03-07	7	2nd	15 24 40 42 48
2021-01-17	3	5th	7 8 10 17 24
2020-12-27	5	2nd	16 24 30 41 45
2020-11-22	18	2nd	18 24 28 36 45
2020-07-19	24	1st	24 30 43 49 50
2019-11-24	1	2nd	13 24 40 48 54
2019-11-17	8	3rd	1 12 24 43 47
2019-09-22	1	1st	24 29 35 51 54
2019-09-15	3	2nd	9 24 29 33 54
2019-08-25	7	2nd	17 24 31 34 36
2019-07-07	3	3rd	20 23 24 34 41
2019-06-16	4	2nd	9 24 27 43 45
2019-05-19	3	3rd	19 20 24 37 45
2019-04-28	4	4th	2 4 5 24 43
2019-03-31	10	4th	8 12 15 24 33
2019-01-20	1	3rd	3 7 24 36 42
2019-01-13	5	2nd	2 24 44 45 48
2018-12-09	2	2nd	12 24 27 30 32
2018-11-25	5	3rd	3 17 24 38 52
2018-10-21	7	4th	2 8 12 24 31
2018-09-02	10	3rd	13 15 24 27 42
2018-06-24	5	4th	7 8 17 24 49
2018-05-20	4	1st	24 27 34 35 44
2018-04-22	21	3rd	11 13 24 26 41
2017-11-26	19	2nd	3 24 39 50 54
2017-07-16	9	1st	24 38 45 47 51
2017-05-14	51	3rd	13 23 24 25 45
2016-05-22	6	5th	6 12 14 17 24
2016-04-10	4	3rd	10 11 24 31 50
2016-03-13	12	4th	10 12 22 24 53
2015-12-20	41	4th	4 16 23 24 31
2015-03-08	22	2nd	17 24 31 38 53
2014-10-05	3	2nd	7 24 43 44 50
2014-09-14	3	4th	9 10 13 24 36
2014-08-24	10	4th	2 6 7 24 27
2014-06-15	15	4th	6 11 15 24 38
2014-03-02	10	3rd	9 15 24 38 39
2013-12-22	1	2nd	11 24 36 43 47
2013-12-15	2	3rd	3 20 24 40 46
2013-12-01	5	2nd	6 24 46 48 54
2013-10-27	2	2nd	4 24 39 41 48
2013-10-13	30	2nd	11 24 27 30 50
2013-03-17	37	4th	2 8 21 24 40
2012-07-01	23	3rd	3 21 24 27 53
2012-01-22	2	3rd	11 23 24 32 46
2012-01-08	10	4th	2 18 19 24 43
2011-10-30	5	1st	24 30 31 38 44
2011-09-25	3	4th	6 12 14 24 37
2011-09-04	13	3rd	6 12 24 34 45
2011-06-05	7	2nd	7 24 31 47 51
2011-04-17	36	4th	4 13 18 24 54
2010-08-08	2	2nd	22 24 25 29 34
2010-07-25	9	2nd	23 24 30 46 52
2010-05-23	12	4th	11 12 18 24 46
2010-02-28	3	2nd	12 24 28 29 45
2010-02-07	3	2nd	22 24 45 47 51
2010-01-17	2	1st	24 30 39 40 50
2010-01-03	—	2nd	21 24 48 51 53