Number 24

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

82times drawn · chance expected 95 −1.38σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

17.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

128longest completed wait · 1% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −1.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 17.5 draws · longest completed wait 128 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest20 · chance 17.7
2nd smallest23 · chance 32.7
3rd smallest30 · chance 22.9
4th smallest5 · chance 7.5
5th smallest4 · chance 1.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

81 20 49 14 16 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.9 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 90. 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
2009-06-30	8	3rd	12 19 24 51 56 78
2009-06-11	9	3rd	4 10 24 59 72 83
2009-05-21	12	4th	11 14 17 24 39 48

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-07-29	15	2nd	18 24 46 47 69 70
2006-06-24	38	3rd	5 11 24 26 49 68
2006-03-28	36	1st	24 25 33 42 57 89
2006-01-03	13	4th	13 14 22 24 46 81
2005-12-03	15	1st	24 40 53 60 63 68
2005-10-29	3	4th	3 6 21 24 37 48
2005-10-22	17	1st	24 35 38 61 70 86
2005-09-13	10	3rd	18 21 24 28 74 77
2005-08-20	6	1st	24 34 56 72 79 88
2005-08-06	1	4th	1 4 22 24 38 46
2005-08-04	1	1st	24 37 64 81 84 90
2005-08-02	9	1st	24 34 64 66 68 72
2005-07-12	8	2nd	5 24 28 41 51 73
2005-06-23	24	2nd	9 24 56 68 80 86
2005-04-02	14	2nd	7 24 42 49 54 65
2005-02-12	5	3rd	13 18 24 50 58 66
2005-01-26	4	3rd	1 22 24 44 47 79
2005-01-12	4	5th	2 12 16 20 24 79
2004-12-29	7	2nd	2 24 49 56 76 78
2004-12-04	9	2nd	20 24 38 42 44 79
2004-11-03	13	1st	24 35 39 60 72 75
2004-09-18	40	3rd	2 21 24 27 42 68
2004-05-03	5	3rd	2 7 24 56 82 85
2004-04-14	6	1st	24 51 64 69 71 77
2004-03-24	13	1st	24 50 58 69 87 88
2004-02-07	27	2nd	17 24 34 59 72 82
2003-11-05	26	3rd	13 14 24 29 73 79
2003-08-06	50	3rd	8 21 24 42 72 73
2003-02-12	3	3rd	14 22 24 34 60 85
2003-02-01	10	2nd	14 24 40 56 81 90
2002-12-31	49	1st	24 31 37 45 71 81
2002-07-27	11	3rd	11 20 24 31 40 49
2002-06-19	18	2nd	22 24 30 58 60 89
2002-04-17	32	1st	24 27 35 43 64 88
2001-12-29	16	1st	24 26 49 53 68 83
2001-11-03	42	2nd	7 24 30 59 66 89
2001-06-09	22	3rd	4 18 24 29 41 59
2001-03-24	46	3rd	2 8 24 36 80 84
2000-10-14	3	1st	24 35 37 63 81 85
2000-10-04	23	5th	2 3 15 16 24 67
2000-07-15	24	3rd	5 18 24 51 55 74
2000-04-22	3	1st	24 35 39 48 82 85
2000-04-12	38	2nd	18 24 45 58 62 80
1999-12-01	2	3rd	1 13 24 39 44 45
1999-11-24	9	3rd	12 16 24 48 53 58
1999-10-23	3	1st	24 46 57 73 79 81
1999-10-13	13	2nd	6 24 30 34 37 71
1999-08-28	5	5th	7 12 14 16 24 45
1999-08-11	50	3rd	10 19 24 29 42 67
1999-02-17	47	1st	24 45 49 63 78 83
1998-09-05	9	5th	15 16 20 23 24 87
1998-08-05	8	2nd	7 24 40 56 79 85
1998-07-08	5	3rd	5 20 24 48 78 80
1998-06-20	8	2nd	20 24 39 63 65 70
1998-05-23	31	3rd	7 12 24 37 58 81
1998-02-04	7	3rd	18 23 24 35 48 82
1998-01-10	1	1st	24 33 37 40 60 86
1998-01-07	—	3rd	20 23 24 29 66 73