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Number 24 In Lotto under the 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 601 draws, 6 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 91 times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.30σ
10 draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number
6.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5
36 longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long
24 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 91 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +1.30σ. 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 11 times, counted separately.
24 Number 24, draw by draw Drawn 91 times in 601 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 10 draws now
1 draws: 2010-01-09 to 2010-01-13 2 draws: 2010-01-13 to 2010-01-20 5 draws: 2010-01-20 to 2010-02-06 10 draws: 2010-02-06 to 2010-03-13 1 draws: 2010-03-13 to 2010-03-17 1 draws: 2010-03-17 to 2010-03-20 4 draws: 2010-03-20 to 2010-04-03 3 draws: 2010-04-03 to 2010-04-14 4 draws: 2010-04-14 to 2010-04-28 6 draws: 2010-04-28 to 2010-05-19 7 draws: 2010-05-19 to 2010-06-12 8 draws: 2010-06-12 to 2010-07-10 7 draws: 2010-07-10 to 2010-08-04 6 draws: 2010-08-04 to 2010-08-25 11 draws: 2010-08-25 to 2010-10-02 3 draws: 2010-10-02 to 2010-10-13 1 draws: 2010-10-13 to 2010-10-16 7 draws: 2010-10-16 to 2010-11-10 9 draws: 2010-11-10 to 2010-12-11 8 draws: 2010-12-11 to 2011-01-08 7 draws: 2011-01-08 to 2011-02-02 9 draws: 2011-02-02 to 2011-03-05 2 draws: 2011-03-05 to 2011-03-12 7 draws: 2011-03-12 to 2011-04-06 4 draws: 2011-04-06 to 2011-04-20 5 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-07 14 draws: 2011-05-07 to 2011-06-25 10 draws: 2011-06-25 to 2011-07-30 9 draws: 2011-07-30 to 2011-08-31 18 draws: 2011-08-31 to 2011-11-02 5 draws: 2011-11-02 to 2011-11-19 2 draws: 2011-11-19 to 2011-11-26 6 draws: 2011-11-26 to 2011-12-17 1 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2011-12-21 1 draws: 2011-12-21 to 2011-12-24 36 draws: 2011-12-24 to 2012-04-28 11 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-06-06 7 draws: 2012-06-06 to 2012-06-30 12 draws: 2012-06-30 to 2012-08-11 5 draws: 2012-08-11 to 2012-08-29 3 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-09-08 3 draws: 2012-09-08 to 2012-09-19 1 draws: 2012-09-19 to 2012-09-22 7 draws: 2012-09-22 to 2012-10-17 3 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2012-10-27 4 draws: 2012-10-27 to 2012-11-10 11 draws: 2012-11-10 to 2012-12-19 2 draws: 2012-12-19 to 2012-12-26 5 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-01-12 1 draws: 2013-01-12 to 2013-01-16 22 draws: 2013-01-16 to 2013-04-03 18 draws: 2013-04-03 to 2013-06-05 8 draws: 2013-06-05 to 2013-07-03 5 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-20 9 draws: 2013-07-20 to 2013-08-21 1 draws: 2013-08-21 to 2013-08-24 10 draws: 2013-08-24 to 2013-09-28 9 draws: 2013-09-28 to 2013-10-30 6 draws: 2013-10-30 to 2013-11-20 10 draws: 2013-11-20 to 2013-12-26 5 draws: 2013-12-26 to 2014-01-11 9 draws: 2014-01-11 to 2014-02-12 1 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-02-15 1 draws: 2014-02-15 to 2014-02-19 4 draws: 2014-02-19 to 2014-03-05 8 draws: 2014-03-05 to 2014-04-02 7 draws: 2014-04-02 to 2014-04-26 4 draws: 2014-04-26 to 2014-05-10 3 draws: 2014-05-10 to 2014-05-21 4 draws: 2014-05-21 to 2014-06-04 1 draws: 2014-06-04 to 2014-06-07 3 draws: 2014-06-07 to 2014-06-18 8 draws: 2014-06-18 to 2014-07-16 2 draws: 2014-07-16 to 2014-07-23 2 draws: 2014-07-23 to 2014-07-30 1 draws: 2014-07-30 to 2014-08-02 1 draws: 2014-08-02 to 2014-08-06 11 draws: 2014-08-06 to 2014-09-13 30 draws: 2014-09-13 to 2014-12-27 11 draws: 2014-12-27 to 2015-02-05 1 draws: 2015-02-05 to 2015-02-07 1 draws: 2015-02-07 to 2015-02-11 11 draws: 2015-02-11 to 2015-03-21 13 draws: 2015-03-21 to 2015-05-06 6 draws: 2015-05-06 to 2015-05-27 13 draws: 2015-05-27 to 2015-07-11 2 draws: 2015-07-11 to 2015-07-18 1 draws: 2015-07-18 to 2015-07-22 10 draws: 2015-07-22 to 2015-08-26 1 draws: 2015-08-26 to 2015-08-29 Still waiting — at least 10 draws since 2015-08-29 2010-01-09 2010-01-13 2010-01-20 2010-02-06 2010-03-13 2010-03-17 2010-03-20 2010-04-03 2010-04-14 2010-04-28 2010-05-19 2010-06-12 2010-07-10 2010-08-04 2010-08-25 2010-10-02 2010-10-13 2010-10-16 2010-11-10 2010-12-11 2011-01-08 2011-02-02 2011-03-05 2011-03-12 2011-04-06 2011-04-20 2011-05-07 2011-06-25 2011-07-30 2011-08-31 2011-11-02 2011-11-19 2011-11-26 2011-12-17 2011-12-21 2011-12-24 2012-04-28 2012-06-06 2012-06-30 2012-08-11 2012-08-29 2012-09-08 2012-09-19 2012-09-22 2012-10-17 2012-10-27 2012-11-10 2012-12-19 2012-12-26 2013-01-12 2013-01-16 2013-04-03 2013-06-05 2013-07-03 2013-07-20 2013-08-21 2013-08-24 2013-09-28 2013-10-30 2013-11-20 2013-12-26 2014-01-11 2014-02-12 2014-02-15 2014-02-19 2014-03-05 2014-04-02 2014-04-26 2014-05-10 2014-05-21 2014-06-04 2014-06-07 2014-06-18 2014-07-16 2014-07-23 2014-07-30 2014-08-02 2014-08-06 2014-09-13 2014-12-27 2015-02-05 2015-02-07 2015-02-11 2015-03-21 2015-05-06 2015-05-27 2015-07-11 2015-07-18 2015-07-22 2015-08-26 2015-08-29 2010-01-02 2015-10-03
1 draws: 18 times 2 draws: 7 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 7 times 5 draws: 7 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 8 times 8 draws: 5 times 9 draws: 6 times 10 draws: 5 times 11 draws: 6 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 2 · chance 1.7 2nd smallest 8 · chance 11.5 3rd smallest 35 · chance 28.2 4th smallest 31 · chance 31.2 5th smallest 15 · chance 15.6 6th smallest 0 · chance 2.8 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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 ← number 23 Every number number 25 → 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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.