Number 24

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

133times drawn · chance expected 141 −0.72σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

51longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 133 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, −0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 133 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 6 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 smallest5 · chance 3.5
2nd smallest24 · chance 22.8
3rd smallest54 · chance 50.1
4th smallest36 · chance 43.8
5th smallest14 · chance 12.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 10 13 37 22 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-12	2	4th	12 13 21 24 34
2017-06-10	4	3rd	6 22 24 36 41
2017-06-06	12	3rd	5 23 24 32 34
2017-05-25	4	3rd	2 21 24

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-11-29	3	5th	9 15 22 23 24
2016-11-26	4	3rd	3 18 24 39 41
2016-11-22	13	4th	1 8 10 24 41
2016-11-09	12	4th	7 14 16 24 28
2016-10-28	3	2nd	3 24 29 32 36
2016-10-25	5	3rd	1 4 24 28 39
2016-10-20	16	2nd	20 24 25 37 38
2016-10-04	9	3rd	3 15 24 26 31
2016-09-25	7	3rd	13 23 24 25 37
2016-09-18	15	4th	4 5 22 24 33
2016-09-03	12	4th	12 13 21 24 32
2016-08-22	9	3rd	4 15 24 26 33
2016-08-13	1	4th	4 11 13 24 36
2016-08-12	16	3rd	19 20 24 38 41
2016-07-27	2	2nd	21 24 29 36 37
2016-07-25	2	3rd	17 20 24 25 26
2016-07-23	11	3rd	13 22 24 32 35
2016-07-12	11	3rd	5 13 24 31 40
2016-07-01	5	5th	1 2 9 21 24
2016-06-26	7	2nd	17 24 25 30 36
2016-06-19	4	3rd	1 17 24 39 41
2016-06-15	5	4th	17 20 21 24 25
2016-06-10	11	3rd	6 23 24 29 34
2016-05-30	2	2nd	8 24 26 27 37
2016-05-28	3	2nd	10 24 31 32 39
2016-05-25	28	3rd	18 22 24 34 40
2016-04-27	1	3rd	6 7 24 26 41
2016-04-26	3	2nd	17 24 31 33 40
2016-04-23	5	2nd	23 24 27 30 37
2016-04-18	5	3rd	13 20 24 30 37
2016-04-13	29	3rd	9 16 24 25 34
2016-03-15	11	1st	24 29 30 32 36
2016-03-04	5	4th	2 10 15 24 39
2016-02-28	20	3rd	6 15 24 28 40
2016-02-08	13	2nd	5 24 31 37 40
2016-01-26	1	3rd	3 7 24 35 41
2016-01-25	1	5th	5 12 15 20 24
2016-01-24	2	5th	10 13 14 17 24
2016-01-22	6	3rd	2 13 24 36 41
2016-01-16	2	4th	7 18 22 24 26
2016-01-14	16	3rd	13 19 24 30 34
2015-12-29	13	2nd	11 24 32 36 38
2015-12-16	1	4th	4 16 23 24 26
2015-12-15	1	4th	2 5 10 24 25
2015-12-14	16	2nd	2 24 25 26 29
2015-11-28	6	1st	24 27 33 37 39
2015-11-22	7	3rd	1 9 24 34 39
2015-11-15	2	3rd	6 15 24 25 30
2015-11-13	7	4th	7 19 20 24 41
2015-11-06	6	5th	1 2 14 23 24
2015-10-31	4	5th	2 10 15 19 24
2015-10-27	6	3rd	6 15 24 36 40
2015-10-21	8	3rd	14 16 24 33 37
2015-10-13	12	3rd	10 19 24 27 41
2015-10-01	6	3rd	1 22 24 26 35
2015-09-25	18	4th	2 8 22 24 30
2015-09-07	35	3rd	13 22 24 26 27
2015-08-03	18	3rd	7 22 24 34 40
2015-07-16	4	3rd	12 17 24 30 40
2015-07-12	3	4th	1 12 22 24 28
2015-07-09	8	3rd	11 13 24 31 37
2015-07-01	3	4th	3 7 9 24 36
2015-06-28	3	3rd	7 10 24 33 35
2015-06-25	10	4th	7 14 15 24 27
2015-06-15	5	2nd	15 24 25 30 36
2015-06-10	51	3rd	5 13 24 31 36
2015-04-19	20	3rd	9 23 24 31 36
2015-03-30	6	4th	5 10 22 24 34
2015-03-24	7	2nd	15 24 27 32 36
2015-03-17	9	4th	1 3 20 24 38
2015-03-08	22	2nd	5 24 26 28 38
2015-02-14	21	2nd	7 24 30 36 38
2015-01-24	3	4th	12 16 21 24 39
2015-01-21	9	4th	7 12 22 24 37
2015-01-12	35	4th	14 15 23 24 30
2014-12-08	2	2nd	5 24 25 26 38
2014-12-06	7	4th	12 15 16 24 25
2014-11-29	16	4th	3 13 17 24 41
2014-11-13	1	5th	6 16 20 23 24
2014-11-12	6	3rd	16 23 24 29 39
2014-11-06	12	3rd	7 17 24 31 40
2014-10-25	6	2nd	10 24 26 33 37
2014-10-19	10	2nd	20 24 25 28 41
2014-10-09	6	3rd	8 9 24 27 35
2014-10-03	9	4th	4 10 22 24 27
2014-09-24	3	2nd	10 24 28 31 32
2014-09-21	6	3rd	9 18 24 32 34
2014-09-15	12	1st	24 28 29 37 41
2014-09-03	9	5th	3 13 20 21 24
2014-08-25	3	4th	10 12 22 24 35
2014-08-22	12	3rd	6 16 24 38 40
2014-08-10	3	2nd	4 24 29 30 39
2014-08-07	12	1st	24 29 37 39 41
2014-07-26	6	3rd	15 16 24 34 38
2014-07-20	5	4th	9 17 19 24 34
2014-07-15	2	3rd	8 10 24 33 39
2014-07-13	2	5th	3 17 21 23 24
2014-07-11	28	3rd	15 16 24 37 38
2014-06-13	1	3rd	3 15 24 34 37
2014-06-12	1	4th	12 15 23 24 29
2014-06-11	2	4th	14 16 18 24 33
2014-06-09	4	2nd	3 24 30 34 36
2014-06-05	13	3rd	1 20 24 27 38
2014-05-23	7	5th	2 14 19 20 24
2014-05-16	16	3rd	16 22 24 37 41
2014-04-30	1	3rd	10 21 24 32 33
2014-04-29	3	5th	3 4 10 19 24
2014-04-26	7	3rd	5 21 24 38 41
2014-04-19	—	4th	1 10 15 24 39