Number 24

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

185times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.11σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

42longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 185 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 185 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 5 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 smallest6 · chance 7.7
2nd smallest24 · chance 37.1
3rd smallest67 · chance 65.3
4th smallest63 · chance 52.7
5th smallest22 · chance 19.5
6th smallest3 · chance 2.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 16 12 44 19 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-14	10	4th	1 8 12 24 29 42
2025-03-22	33	3rd	11 20 24 27 39 48
2025-01-04	4	4th	7 8 23 24 45 48
2024-12-26

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-24	25	3rd	4 13 24 27 28 41
2023-12-28	12	3rd	11 21 24 26 31 34
2023-11-30	5	3rd	7 13 24 29 38 39
2023-11-18	18	4th	7 16 22 24 41 44
2023-10-07	6	2nd	12 24 32 33 44 46
2023-09-23	3	3rd	11 13 24 39 43 46
2023-09-16	7	4th	7 8 21 24 30 32
2023-08-31	6	2nd	5 24 35 39 47 48
2023-08-17	13	3rd	7 18 24 28 43 48
2023-07-17	42	5th	3 7 15 17 24 42
2023-04-10	7	6th	1 2 11 17 18 24
2023-03-25	3	3rd	21 23 24 31 38 43
2023-03-18	12	2nd	13 24 34 46 49 50
2023-02-18	7	3rd	4 20 24 25 42 45
2023-02-02	5	3rd	7 20 24 28 37 50
2023-01-21	22	2nd	17 24 32 40 46 48
2022-12-01	13	3rd	7 10 24 27 46 48
2022-10-31	10	3rd	6 20 24 28 43 44
2022-10-08	37	4th	2 4 17 24 37 42
2022-07-14	1	3rd	4 11 24 26 42 49
2022-07-11	8	3rd	12 17 24 27 28 37
2022-06-23	2	3rd	18 22 24 28 41 44
2022-06-18	13	4th	4 6 7 24 28 29
2022-05-19	4	2nd	1 24 33 35 39 42
2022-05-09	18	3rd	3 8 24 27 31 32
2022-03-28	6	3rd	11 15 24 28 31 45
2022-03-14	5	3rd	5 6 24 25 31 45
2022-03-03	25	5th	6 11 16 18 24 43
2022-01-03	1	3rd	4 13 24 40 46 50
2022-01-01	15	4th	9 16 18 24 33 43
2021-11-27	14	3rd	3 21 24 30 35 44
2021-10-25	2	4th	3 21 23 24 44 47
2021-10-21	9	4th	4 7 8 24 41 44
2021-09-30	20	5th	2 17 19 23 24 43
2021-08-14	2	2nd	20 24 36 40 44 49
2021-08-09	7	2nd	4 24 36 45 48 49
2021-07-24	1	5th	10 16 19 20 24 41
2021-07-22	8	4th	8 12 19 24 25 34
2021-07-03	1	5th	1 16 18 23 24 46
2021-07-01	2	3rd	9 17 24 37 38 41
2021-06-26	2	4th	4 9 11 24 31 47
2021-06-21	11	4th	5 10 13 24 25 48
2021-05-27	5	3rd	12 20 24 33 34 39
2021-05-15	6	3rd	9 17 24 35 38 40
2021-05-01	1	4th	11 16 21 24 30 45
2021-04-29	1	3rd	3 20 24 26 29 47
2021-04-26	3	3rd	17 18 24 35 37 49
2021-04-19	2	2nd	5 24 41 43 44 49
2021-04-15	10	3rd	1 16 24 33 36 43
2021-03-22	21	3rd	10 19 24 43 45 46
2021-02-01	2	2nd	9 24 35 36 37 38
2021-01-28	12	4th	8 10 17 24 38 39
2020-12-31	3	4th	2 11 15 24 27 42
2020-12-24	8	3rd	17 19 24 29 37 50
2020-12-05	3	3rd	15 22 24 30 32 34
2020-11-28	11	3rd	16 19 24 33 38 47
2020-11-02	3	5th	2 14 15 23 24 44
2020-10-26	23	4th	10 12 23 24 25 42
2020-09-03	3	1st	24 26 27 32 41 44
2020-08-27	6	4th	16 19 22 24 26 44
2020-08-13	14	4th	7 19 23 24 32 51
2020-07-11	8	2nd	8 24 25 32 48 51
2020-06-22	2	4th	1 8 10 24 35 46
2020-06-18	4	4th	3 6 12 24 49 51
2020-06-08	5	5th	11 13 19 22 24 40
2020-05-28	7	4th	7 17 22 24 34 42
2020-05-11	1	3rd	20 21 24 34 39 45
2020-05-09	1	5th	6 8 10 21 24 49
2020-05-07	13	2nd	16 24 30 31 43 51
2020-04-06	1	5th	1 3 6 23 24 35
2020-04-04	1	4th	16 17 19 24 36 49
2020-04-02	3	4th	3 7 16 24 34 42
2020-03-26	11	5th	1 8 9 13 24 41
2020-02-29	13	3rd	10 13 24 27 33 43
2020-01-30	3	4th	1 12 15 24 28 48
2020-01-23	31	3rd	2 5 24 30 33 39
2019-11-11	5	5th	13 16 17 22 24 34
2019-10-31	1	1st	24 25 41 48 49 51
2019-10-28	12	5th	3 14 20 22 24 40
2019-09-30	3	3rd	1 9 24 30 49 52
2019-09-23	2	2nd	22 24 25 33 37 52
2019-09-19	5	4th	5 12 14 24 32 48
2019-09-07	8	1st	24 27 33 42 43 44
2019-08-19	22	1st	24 27 28 39 41 46
2019-06-29	1	3rd	8 10 24 28 31 49
2019-06-27	2	4th	8 10 23 24 39 46
2019-06-22	2	3rd	1 21 24 31 35 45
2019-06-17	10	3rd	10 17 24 28 40 47
2019-05-25	3	1st	24 27 32 41 43 50
2019-05-18	20	3rd	2 17 24 41 46 47
2019-04-01	35	4th	1 7 19 24 30 49
2019-01-10	4	4th	6 16 22 24 30 41
2018-12-31	32	3rd	14 21 24 39 41 46
2018-10-18	2	4th	3 13 23 24 50 51
2018-10-13	16	4th	3 12 13 24 36 49
2018-09-06	1	2nd	2 24 30 35 43 44
2018-09-03	4	2nd	5 24 28 30 50 52
2018-08-25	13	3rd	5 8 24 26 27 43
2018-07-26	14	4th	1 8 19 24 31 45
2018-06-23	2	4th	5 8 11 24 36 45
2018-06-18	1	3rd	10 19 24 32 36 43
2018-06-16	3	3rd	6 14 24 25 38 46
2018-06-09	6	4th	4 9 15 24 30 36
2018-05-26	3	4th	4 13 20 24 37 44
2018-05-19	4	4th	12 13 22 24 36 44
2018-05-10	2	4th	17 18 19 24 42 45
2018-05-05	3	3rd	6 7 24 39 44 46
2018-04-28	15	4th	12 16 21 24 31 51
2018-03-24	7	3rd	10 19 24 40 45 46
2018-03-08	6	3rd	21 22 24 38 39 49
2018-02-22	7	5th	2 11 19 22 24 32
2018-02-05	3	4th	2 15 19 24 49 50
2018-01-29	2	3rd	3 10 24 28 36 38
2018-01-25	2	3rd	9 18 24 29 30 41
2018-01-20	7	2nd	17 24 32 37 40 47
2018-01-04	11	4th	13 14 15 24 33 52
2017-12-09	3	4th	1 21 23 24 32 51
2017-12-02	5	4th	11 12 22 24 25 42
2017-11-20	4	3rd	7 23 24 31 50 51
2017-11-11	1	3rd	6 22 24 31 43 44
2017-11-09	4	4th	7 9 16 24 46 51
2017-10-30	2	2nd	7 24 27 36 40 44
2017-10-26	15	4th	9 13 17 24 42 48
2017-09-21	14	4th	4 18 21 24 46 47
2017-08-19	1	3rd	7 20 24 25 40 44
2017-08-17	27	4th	10 16 19 24 31 33
2017-06-15	12	3rd	14 22 24 25 35 48
2017-05-18	18	5th	2 5 9 19 24 47
2017-04-06	16	4th	7 22 23 24 26 49
2017-02-27	4	5th	3 19 20 21 24 52
2017-02-18	9	3rd	7 18 24 33 39 47
2017-01-28	1	4th	5 12 20 24 40 44
2017-01-26	4	3rd	8 10 24 36 45 51
2017-01-16	19	4th	10 15 16 24 35 44
2016-12-03	1	4th	1 4 20 24 33 44
2016-12-01	7	4th	10 17 18 24 36 46
2016-11-14	2	4th	4 7 21 24 40 42
2016-11-10	14	3rd	8 13 24 28 38 39
2016-10-08	7	3rd	4 17 24 32 37 51
2016-09-22	4	3rd	20 23 24 42 46 51
2016-09-12	4	2nd	18 24 33 35 38 45
2016-09-03	7	4th	12 15 18 24 29 37
2016-08-18	6	4th	9 17 18 24 29 49
2016-08-04	18	2nd	16 24 28 33 48 50
2016-06-23	25	2nd	4 24 33 34 42 50
2016-04-25	19	4th	3 16 22 24 37 38
2016-03-12	6	4th	10 11 14 24 28 51
2016-02-27	1	2nd	6 24 30 34 37 42
2016-02-25	39	1st	24 25 32 36 38 45
2015-11-26	20	3rd	17 23 24 39 45 50
2015-10-10	25	4th	2 10 22 24 26 27
2015-08-13	21	2nd	18 24 26 36 43 47
2015-06-25	2	4th	3 13 19 24 34 43
2015-06-20	18	3rd	12 21 24 29 30 36
2015-05-09	2	2nd	18 24 25 34 36 42
2015-05-04	11	3rd	13 19 24 26 34 50
2015-04-09	31	5th	1 12 14 19 24 26
2015-01-26	4	5th	4 5 6 17 24 46
2015-01-17	5	5th	12 14 17 22 24 31
2015-01-05	1	4th	8 17 18 24 25 48
2015-01-03	—	4th	14 15 16 24 31 42