Number 24

In 2by2 under the 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 rules — 1,768 draws, 3 from 1–26 (an earlier era).

133times drawn · chance expected 204 −5.29σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

13.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

74longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

24 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 26

Drawn 133 times in 1,768 draws against 204.0 expected, −5.29σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 133 times in 1,768 draws · average wait 13.3 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 12 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest11 · chance 20.4
3rd smallest122 · chance 112.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 6 13 10 11 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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
2022-09-06	6	3rd	1 3 24
2022-08-31	4	3rd	10 14 24
2022-08-27	7	3rd	15 17 24
2022-08-20	36	3rd	7 19 24
2022-07-15	12	3rd	13 17 24
2022-07-03	51	3rd

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 3/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-07-01	5	3rd	6 20 24
2021-06-26	1	3rd	7 8 24
2021-06-25	23	3rd	18 18 24
2021-06-02	10	3rd	6 6 24
2021-05-23	7	3rd	1 10 24
2021-05-16	5	3rd	17 22 24
2021-05-11	22	3rd	6 12 24
2021-04-19	2	3rd	4 19 24
2021-04-17	8	3rd	3 21 24
2021-04-09	13	3rd	7 11 24
2021-03-27	0	2nd	13 24
2021-03-27	9	2nd	13 24
2021-03-18	19	3rd	10 16 24
2021-02-27	26	3rd	6 22 24
2021-02-01	2	3rd	1 19 24
2021-01-30	8	3rd	6 6 24
2021-01-22	12	2nd	11 24 25
2021-01-10	3	3rd	1 4 24
2021-01-07	9	3rd	16 16 24
2020-12-29	6	3rd	1 3 24
2020-12-23	10	3rd	1 16 24
2020-12-13	20	3rd	4 13 24
2020-11-23	9	3rd	4 9 24
2020-11-14	7	3rd	2 16 24
2020-11-07	21	3rd	18 23 24
2020-10-17	8	3rd	2 19 24
2020-10-09	3	3rd	12 13 24
2020-10-06	4	3rd	10 18 24
2020-10-02	47	3rd	6 17 24
2020-08-16	7	3rd	8 14 24
2020-08-09	3	3rd	9 14 24
2020-08-06	23	3rd	11 13 24
2020-07-14	8	3rd	16 17 24
2020-07-06	39	3rd	13 20 24
2020-05-28	2	3rd	8 9 24
2020-05-26	15	3rd	10 11 24
2020-05-11	39	3rd	11 19 24
2020-04-02	3	3rd	2 6 24
2020-03-30	11	3rd	3 9 24
2020-03-19	30	3rd	2 6 24
2020-02-18	2	3rd	3 11 24
2020-02-16	16	3rd	1 10 24
2020-01-31	7	3rd	5 6 24
2020-01-24	12	3rd	8 19 24
2020-01-12	8	3rd	4 14 24
2020-01-04	4	3rd	5 10 24
2019-12-31	4	2nd	13 24 26
2019-12-27	23	3rd	10 15 24
2019-12-04	24	2nd	23 24 25
2019-11-10	4	3rd	3 11 24
2019-11-06	28	3rd	6 23 24
2019-10-09	12	3rd	4 8 24
2019-09-27	4	3rd	9 10 24
2019-09-23	8	2nd	7 24 26
2019-09-15	5	3rd	6 17 24
2019-09-10	14	3rd	15 16 24
2019-08-27	4	3rd	5 21 24
2019-08-23	4	3rd	4 6 24
2019-08-19	1	3rd	5 18 24
2019-08-18	17	3rd	1 5 24
2019-08-01	4	3rd	5 19 24
2019-07-28	3	3rd	4 15 24
2019-07-25	10	3rd	8 23 24
2019-07-15	4	3rd	6 9 24
2019-07-11	2	3rd	10 19 24
2019-07-09	29	3rd	4 16 24
2019-06-10	28	3rd	5 13 24
2019-05-13	4	3rd	16 17 24
2019-05-09	1	3rd	2 16 24
2019-05-08	8	3rd	4 12 24
2019-04-30	11	3rd	4 9 24
2019-04-19	17	3rd	8 11 24
2019-04-02	6	3rd	8 13 24
2019-03-27	1	3rd	11 12 24
2019-03-26	7	3rd	6 7 24
2019-03-19	2	3rd	6 14 24
2019-03-17	7	3rd	5 8 24
2019-03-10	24	3rd	3 4 24
2019-02-14	3	3rd	1 6 24
2019-02-11	4	3rd	12 19 24
2019-02-07	13	3rd	1 22 24
2019-01-25	1	3rd	10 17 24
2019-01-24	13	3rd	2 12 24
2019-01-11	3	2nd	21 24 25
2019-01-08	6	3rd	2 12 24
2019-01-02	4	3rd	2 15 24
2017-12-29	12	3rd	3 4 24
2017-12-17	10	3rd	16 21 24
2017-12-07	1	3rd	4 5 24
2017-12-06	24	3rd	13 20 24
2017-11-12	20	3rd	6 23 24
2017-10-23	15	3rd	2 5 24
2017-10-08	9	3rd	6 10 24
2017-09-29	56	3rd	6 22 24
2017-08-04	19	3rd	18 22 24
2017-07-16	17	3rd	8 20 24
2017-06-29	1	3rd	12 21 24
2017-06-28	13	3rd	13 17 24
2017-06-15	2	3rd	9 13 24
2017-06-13	12	3rd	11 13 24
2017-06-01	4	3rd	4 18 24
2017-05-28	48	3rd	10 22 24
2017-04-10	51	3rd	4 16 24
2017-02-18	4	3rd	3 3 24
2017-02-14	19	3rd	7 11 24
2017-01-26	21	3rd	11 17 24
2017-01-05	24	3rd	9 21 24
2016-12-12	20	3rd	8 9 24
2016-11-22	—	3rd	4 21 24