Number 24

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

176times drawn · chance expected 162 +1.23σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

36longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 176 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +1.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 176 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 4 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 1.3
2nd smallest15 · chance 12.8
3rd smallest38 · chance 43.3
4th smallest62 · chance 65.0
5th smallest50 · chance 43.3
6th smallest11 · chance 10.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 5 17 26 16 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-07-25	34	4th	13 14 17 24 27 40
2020-03-28	5	5th	1 2 6 22 24 31
2020-03-11	3	3rd	4 5 24 25 28 31
2020-02-29	2

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-11-10	7	6th	4 5 6 17 19 24
2018-10-17	2	3rd	6 17 24 28 34 37
2018-10-10	4	3rd	2 12 24 31 33 36
2018-09-26	2	3rd	16 17 24 32 34 37
2018-09-19	4	2nd	15 24 25 26 30 36
2018-09-05	6	3rd	16 21 24 28 34 40
2018-08-15	6	5th	3 8 18 20 24 32
2018-07-25	2	5th	3 5 21 23 24 37
2018-07-18	9	3rd	1 5 24 27 33 37
2018-06-16	11	4th	3 16 18 24 25 28
2018-05-09	2	3rd	9 18 24 25 31 34
2018-05-02	24	4th	11 12 17 24 29 32
2018-02-07	11	2nd	5 24 35 36 38 40
2017-12-30	8	5th	1 11 19 23 24 34
2017-12-02	1	2nd	4 24 25 30 33 34
2017-11-29	36	5th	5 9 15 18 24 39
2017-07-26	1	4th	10 15 18 24 31 34
2017-07-22	2	5th	8 13 22 23 24 37
2017-07-15	17	4th	11 17 20 24 30 33
2017-05-17	8	2nd	14 24 25 28 34 37
2017-04-19	1	2nd	19 24 30 32 33 35
2017-04-15	8	6th	5 6 11 20 22 24
2017-03-18	4	5th	3 4 9 10 24 27
2017-03-04	9	4th	7 18 21 24 37 40
2017-02-01	7	5th	4 5 16 18 24 32
2017-01-07	16	4th	6 12 22 24 31 34
2016-11-12	2	4th	6 15 19 24 26 37
2016-11-05	4	5th	7 11 16 22 24 30
2016-10-22	4	4th	9 20 21 24 30 33
2016-10-08	4	4th	3 7 20 24 28 29
2016-09-24	9	3rd	12 13 24 29 33 37
2016-08-24	13	4th	9 11 16 24 35 36
2016-07-09	1	4th	4 10 19 24 29 32
2016-07-06	5	3rd	3 17 24 26 27 33
2016-06-18	1	4th	4 9 17 24 33 38
2016-06-15	2	2nd	9 24 32 33 39 40
2016-06-08	1	4th	7 9 16 24 29 32
2016-06-04	3	4th	11 15 21 24 28 29
2016-05-25	14	3rd	4 10 24 26 33 37
2016-04-06	1	3rd	5 12 24 31 32 33
2016-04-02	6	3rd	8 15 24 27 28 31
2016-03-12	3	5th	1 6 10 19 24 26
2016-03-02	12	5th	4 10 15 21 24 36
2016-01-20	2	5th	9 13 21 22 24 39
2016-01-13	2	4th	10 14 19 24 33 35
2016-01-06	17	2nd	23 24 25 35 36 38
2015-11-07	10	4th	3 7 16 24 30 32
2015-10-03	6	4th	3 22 23 24 26 38
2015-09-12	6	5th	1 6 7 16 24 40
2015-08-22	4	3rd	1 2 24 25 32 40
2015-08-08	9	3rd	4 22 24 30 34 37
2015-07-08	12	5th	10 11 14 20 24 28
2015-05-27	3	3rd	4 23 24 28 31 32
2015-05-16	1	4th	8 18 22 24 26 40
2015-05-13	2	2nd	14 24 26 28 29 37
2015-05-06	4	4th	3 9 17 24 31 34
2015-04-22	8	5th	3 5 8 15 24 35
2015-03-25	12	3rd	2 18 24 26 28 33
2015-02-11	3	5th	8 11 16 21 24 30
2015-01-31	1	4th	5 7 20 24 34 37
2015-01-28	2	2nd	1 24 25 29 33 35
2015-01-21	5	3rd	7 23 24 25 30 34
2015-01-03	6	6th	10 11 13 14 22 24
2014-12-13	30	6th	1 7 11 18 21 24
2014-08-30	4	6th	8 9 13 18 20 24
2014-08-16	3	4th	3 10 14 24 28 33
2014-08-06	6	5th	5 6 11 17 24 29
2014-07-16	3	5th	5 9 14 16 24 39
2014-07-05	3	5th	12 18 19 21 24 36
2014-06-25	4	4th	10 15 17 24 25 31
2014-06-11	1	3rd	4 23 24 32 34 38
2014-06-07	6	4th	11 14 18 24 31 38
2014-05-17	7	5th	2 5 13 14 24 28
2014-04-23	7	4th	4 11 23 24 31 32
2014-03-29	3	4th	3 13 23 24 29 30
2014-03-19	3	5th	3 5 15 16 24 32
2014-03-08	6	4th	2 4 23 24 34 38
2014-02-15	6	3rd	3 10 24 26 32 39
2014-01-25	10	4th	11 13 17 24 38 40
2013-12-18	1	2nd	23 24 25 36 38 39
2013-12-14	15	5th	2 7 10 17 24 31
2013-10-23	7	3rd	5 7 24 25 26 37
2013-09-28	1	5th	7 14 16 23 24 29
2013-09-25	11	4th	5 8 21 24 27 39
2013-08-17	6	4th	1 2 18 24 26 40
2013-07-27	13	3rd	10 11 24 33 35 37
2013-06-12	1	4th	3 8 13 24 27 37
2013-06-08	4	5th	1 19 20 23 24 34
2013-05-25	1	4th	3 8 16 24 30 35
2013-05-22	4	3rd	12 15 24 28 35 36
2013-05-08	14	4th	8 16 19 24 25 26
2013-03-20	18	3rd	6 9 24 33 35 36
2013-01-16	1	6th	5 14 16 21 22 24
2013-01-12	2	5th	11 12 15 19 24 25
2013-01-05	6	4th	5 9 22 24 25 34
2012-12-15	7	4th	5 11 14 24 26 36
2012-11-21	8	3rd	1 15 24 28 32 34
2012-10-24	1	4th	2 10 16 24 26 30
2012-10-20	1	4th	8 9 22 24 32 34
2012-10-17	10	3rd	5 22 24 25 26 28
2012-09-12	1	5th	5 14 15 17 24 26
2012-09-08	11	3rd	4 13 24 25 28 36
2012-08-01	2	3rd	7 22 24 25 34 36
2012-07-25	9	4th	17 19 21 24 27 33
2012-06-23	7	4th	7 10 17 24 33 36
2012-05-30	6	3rd	3 14 24 25 34 36
2012-05-09	2	5th	4 8 12 23 24 31
2012-05-02	2	5th	7 14 16 23 24 28
2012-04-25	1	4th	8 14 22 24 25 30
2012-04-21	3	3rd	18 19 24 25 30 37
2012-04-11	7	6th	2 3 4 5 9 24
2012-03-17	1	4th	8 15 16 24 27 32
2012-03-14	4	5th	9 15 20 23 24 32
2012-02-29	1	3rd	5 10 24 33 36 37
2012-02-25	2	5th	12 13 18 23 24 35
2012-02-18	5	3rd	10 20 24 26 30 35
2012-02-01	5	4th	3 20 21 24 28 35
2012-01-14	4	4th	10 15 22 24 26 38
2011-12-31	4	5th	3 6 9 17 24 35
2011-12-17	1	4th	3 4 16 24 30 36
2011-12-14	11	3rd	5 13 24 29 31 36
2011-11-05	4	4th	7 9 17 24 30 31
2011-10-22	8	5th	7 13 18 22 24 27
2011-09-24	1	3rd	2 7 24 27 29 37
2011-09-21	1	2nd	18 24 26 32 37 39
2011-09-17	1	5th	2 3 20 21 24 32
2011-09-14	6	4th	3 4 8 24 31 39
2011-08-24	7	2nd	3 24 26 27 31 36
2011-07-30	1	4th	7 11 22 24 28 36
2011-07-27	2	5th	10 14 15 22 24 28
2011-07-20	5	3rd	13 14 24 29 31 32
2011-07-02	4	5th	9 16 20 23 24 32
2011-06-18	11	4th	12 17 23 24 28 31
2011-05-11	1	4th	2 11 13 24 25 29
2011-05-07	1	5th	2 6 15 16 24 28
2011-05-04	7	4th	1 6 11 24 33 36
2011-04-09	11	5th	13 16 17 22 24 38
2011-03-02	2	4th	5 8 10 24 28 35
2011-02-23	5	6th	2 5 6 7 10 24
2011-02-05	2	5th	3 12 14 23 24 29
2011-01-29	6	4th	6 8 18 24 34 37
2011-01-08	2	5th	7 17 22 23 24 26
2011-01-01	3	5th	9 10 15 22 24 40
2010-12-18	16	4th	1 8 21 24 29 35
2010-10-23	13	2nd	6 24 29 30 36 39
2010-09-08	10	4th	3 13 20 24 37 38
2010-08-04	5	4th	8 18 19 24 26 39
2010-07-17	2	5th	2 7 9 11 24 37
2010-07-10	3	5th	1 3 7 17 24 38
2010-06-30	18	4th	1 3 12 24 31 33
2010-04-28	1	5th	1 3 4 8 24 26
2010-04-24	—	5th	6 7 9 21 24 39