Number 24

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

252times drawn · chance expected 234 +1.28σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 252 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, +1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 252 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 3 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 smallest5 · chance 7.8
2nd smallest34 · chance 42.8
3rd smallest92 · chance 85.6
4th smallest76 · chance 78.2
5th smallest37 · chance 32.6
6th smallest8 · chance 5.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 35 1 36 6 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-14	13	4th	3 4 9 24 32 37
2026-09-14	19	3rd	3 9 24 34 39 43
2026-08-01	13	5th	2 3 14 23 24 44
2026-07-01	6	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-15	2	3rd	3 9 24 30 31 32
2025-10-11	14	6th	8 10 12 14 18 24
2025-09-08	14	5th	12 13 21 22 24 31
2025-08-06	5	4th	10 18 21 24 30 41
2025-07-26	10	4th	6 14 21 24 30 40
2025-07-02	5	3rd	4 6 24 29 35 41
2025-06-21	1	3rd	11 12 24 27 31 33
2025-06-18	3	3rd	20 23 24 25 26 41
2025-06-11	1	4th	8 15 19 24 37 39
2025-06-09	3	3rd	6 12 24 25 27 38
2025-06-02	13	3rd	1 20 24 25 37 38
2025-05-03	3	5th	1 6 14 22 24 32
2025-04-26	4	4th	1 2 22 24 32 36
2025-04-16	1	4th	8 15 18 24 41 42
2025-04-14	5	4th	14 16 21 24 37 43
2025-04-02	8	4th	12 14 17 24 31 35
2025-03-15	2	3rd	14 23 24 32 36 38
2025-03-10	2	3rd	2 6 24 28 34 37
2025-03-05	2	5th	3 8 13 21 24 41
2025-03-01	1	3rd	3 14 24 26 36 38
2025-02-26	2	2nd	9 24 30 31 36 40
2025-02-22	7	4th	1 2 4 24 32 37
2025-02-05	6	3rd	16 23 24 27 31 36
2025-01-22	17	3rd	4 7 24 30 37 42
2024-12-14	3	4th	6 11 23 24 27 40
2024-12-07	5	4th	8 10 21 24 25 37
2024-11-25	1	3rd	7 12 24 26 29 41
2024-11-23	6	5th	1 5 13 14 24 25
2024-11-09	7	3rd	15 21 24 27 32 38
2024-10-23	4	2nd	21 24 29 34 36 41
2024-10-14	1	3rd	4 11 24 28 29 33
2024-10-12	11	2nd	2 24 31 37 43 44
2024-09-16	10	5th	4 15 17 21 24 25
2024-08-24	4	5th	5 6 8 9 24 32
2024-08-14	7	3rd	12 17 24 32 40 41
2024-07-29	3	5th	5 6 9 18 24 36
2024-07-22	4	3rd	15 20 24 30 31 40
2024-07-13	2	6th	12 15 18 20 23 24
2024-07-08	4	4th	6 19 20 24 39 41
2024-06-29	8	3rd	7 16 24 27 29 37
2024-06-10	9	4th	12 14 22 24 35 38
2024-05-20	1	4th	2 12 15 24 39 42
2024-05-18	2	4th	9 17 20 24 31 34
2024-05-13	48	3rd	4 19 24 35 37 40
2024-01-22	22	5th	2 3 8 11 24 37
2023-12-02	3	5th	4 11 18 19 24 44
2023-11-25	1	4th	12 14 20 24 32 41
2023-11-22	10	3rd	17 20 24 31 38 39
2023-10-25	15	3rd	1 4 24 25 36 47
2023-09-02	7	5th	3 4 7 13 24 26
2023-08-09	10	4th	6 9 20 24 35 47
2023-07-05	7	3rd	13 22 24 29 42 45
2023-06-10	2	4th	16 19 22 24 40 43
2023-06-03	5	4th	2 6 13 24 35 36
2023-05-17	10	4th	3 15 16 24 35 48
2023-04-12	3	4th	12 20 23 24 28 39
2023-04-01	1	3rd	6 14 24 32 36 49
2023-03-29	2	2nd	22 24 26 35 47 49
2023-03-22	8	2nd	15 24 29 30 39 47
2023-02-22	1	6th	4 5 11 21 23 24
2023-02-18	4	3rd	2 7 24 35 42 49
2023-02-04	1	2nd	23 24 29 31 35 36
2023-02-01	5	3rd	14 19 24 28 43 44
2023-01-14	7	4th	6 14 15 24 40 41
2022-12-21	9	3rd	7 12 24 29 38 42
2022-11-19	4	4th	10 12 21 24 36 44
2022-11-05	19	5th	3 8 9 22 24 36
2022-08-31	1	2nd	11 24 34 36 39 42
2022-08-27	4	4th	14 20 21 24 44 48
2022-08-13	12	3rd	7 19 24 30 37 43
2022-07-02	23	3rd	2 12 24 31 37 41
2022-04-13	11	3rd	13 18 24 34 36 40
2022-03-05	2	3rd	3 8 24 25 33 47
2022-02-26	9	3rd	1 22 24 30 35 42
2022-01-26	3	3rd	3 6 24 30 48 49
2022-01-15	6	3rd	6 13 24 29 32 44
2021-12-25	8	1st	24 27 32 41 42 44
2021-11-27	23	4th	5 8 13 24 42 48
2021-09-08	15	3rd	21 23 24 37 40 43
2021-07-17	13	4th	1 5 14 24 25 34
2021-06-02	8	2nd	16 24 28 30 45 46
2021-05-05	15	5th	2 8 17 22 24 41
2021-03-13	11	3rd	3 18 24 37 43 49
2021-02-03	9	4th	1 3 9 24 30 48
2021-01-02	7	5th	11 16 17 23 24 30
2020-12-09	4	3rd	9 23 24 30 33 41
2020-11-25	12	6th	2 4 19 21 22 24
2020-10-14	6	3rd	10 19 24 36 42 49
2020-09-23	1	3rd	7 8 24 30 33 34
2020-09-19	24	4th	7 17 18 24 28 34
2020-06-27	3	5th	1 3 7 10 24 45
2020-06-17	1	3rd	7 9 24 26 30 41
2020-06-13	19	5th	4 10 16 22 24 44
2020-04-08	1	3rd	13 21 24 25 30 49
2020-04-04	6	4th	1 2 7 24 26 32
2020-03-14	3	5th	6 15 19 21 24 38
2020-03-04	11	2nd	15 24 26 30 31 47
2020-01-25	4	2nd	14 24 25 31 46 47
2020-01-11	6	3rd	1 21 24 26 29 37
2019-12-21	7	4th	2 3 21 24 36 38
2019-11-27	2	3rd	1 5 24 27 35 43
2019-11-20	9	3rd	14 19 24 29 37 44
2019-10-19	14	5th	4 18 19 22 24 47
2019-08-31	11	2nd	3 24 29 36 37 45
2019-07-24	9	3rd	12 13 24 27 31 41
2019-06-22	9	2nd	18 24 28 39 42 49
2019-05-22	15	5th	7 8 19 22 24 29
2019-03-30	4	3rd	13 19 24 27 36 39
2019-03-16	5	3rd	9 15 24 35 39 44
2019-02-27	7	3rd	7 10 24 25 34 48
2019-02-02	9	4th	6 17 18 24 31 35
2019-01-02	3	4th	1 3 14 24 33 44
2018-12-22	34	3rd	18 23 24 26 38 49
2018-08-25	6	5th	5 15 20 23 24 46
2018-08-04	22	4th	5 13 17 24 35 49
2018-05-19	9	5th	3 5 14 23 24 28
2018-04-18	27	4th	1 10 17 24 28 38
2018-01-13	4	4th	5 13 21 24 31 43
2017-12-30	3	5th	8 11 20 21 24 25
2017-12-20	21	3rd	3 18 24 30 39 47
2017-10-07	6	3rd	14 20 24 36 37 42
2017-09-16	8	3rd	10 23 24 35 45 49
2017-08-19	16	2nd	15 24 26 40 43 48
2017-06-24	3	3rd	8 15 24 29 43 48
2017-06-14	11	5th	3 7 13 21 24 32
2017-05-06	6	3rd	9 11 24 37 38 39
2017-04-15	2	4th	17 18 21 24 29 42
2017-04-08	3	4th	6 11 13 24 28 30
2017-03-29	10	3rd	6 16 24 39 40 45
2017-02-22	3	1st	24 27 28 30 34 35
2017-02-11	9	2nd	17 24 26 33 34 39
2017-01-11	10	2nd	22 24 25 35 36 43
2016-12-07	9	4th	4 12 16 24 28 48
2016-11-05	7	4th	2 19 20 24 32 33
2016-10-12	7	4th	1 9 18 24 29 48
2016-09-17	5	3rd	1 8 24 27 29 35
2016-08-31	1	2nd	17 24 31 35 43 45
2016-08-27	3	2nd	14 24 30 34 35 45
2016-08-17	5	4th	5 7 23 24 37 44
2016-07-30	3	2nd	6 24 29 31 34 48
2016-07-20	6	2nd	6 24 25 34 41 48
2016-06-29	1	4th	2 17 22 24 44 48
2016-06-25	6	3rd	5 14 24 35 43 44
2016-06-04	3	4th	9 15 20 24 32 42
2016-05-25	2	2nd	1 24 29 32 37 44
2016-05-18	2	4th	5 12 17 24 25 30
2016-05-11	5	5th	1 2 5 23 24 45
2016-04-23	21	3rd	8 12 24 26 33 43
2016-02-10	11	2nd	9 24 27 31 32 49
2016-01-02	10	2nd	13 24 25 31 34 36
2015-11-28	11	2nd	4 24 29 30 33 35
2015-10-21	2	3rd	8 19 24 28 39 43
2015-10-14	19	3rd	18 22 24 25 26 41
2015-08-08	12	4th	1 11 12 24 36 47
2015-06-27	7	2nd	21 24 28 29 33 40
2015-06-03	3	4th	3 9 16 24 29 49
2015-05-23	7	3rd	12 20 24 29 31 32
2015-04-29	14	3rd	14 17 24 30 34 43
2015-03-11	14	4th	1 8 18 24 38 44
2015-01-21	3	4th	6 12 15 24 25 37
2015-01-10	10	6th	3 6 8 17 20 24
2014-12-06	4	4th	7 10 12 24 42 47
2014-11-22	4	5th	7 14 18 20 24 25
2014-11-08	7	4th	3 12 23 24 35 45
2014-10-15	7	2nd	23 24 25 28 40 44
2014-09-20	4	3rd	8 13 24 30 33 42
2014-09-06	4	5th	2 12 15 23 24 38
2014-08-23	1	3rd	8 11 24 27 35 44
2014-08-20	2	3rd	7 13 24 31 37 41
2014-08-13	15	6th	5 9 11 13 22 24
2014-06-21	19	4th	4 6 19 24 39 40
2014-04-16	8	3rd	17 22 24 26 30 48
2014-03-19	8	4th	9 10 20 24 25 34
2014-02-19	7	1st	24 36 43 45 48 49
2014-01-25	6	4th	1 10 13 24 30 47
2014-01-04	17	3rd	2 3 24 25 29 38
2013-11-06	12	2nd	17 24 27 31 36 41
2013-09-25	1	3rd	5 19 24 26 35 44
2013-09-21	3	3rd	8 16 24 33 36 42
2013-09-11	3	4th	7 11 13 24 31 45
2013-08-31	8	3rd	19 23 24 33 37 43
2013-08-03	12	3rd	1 21 24 40 41 49
2013-06-22	1	3rd	9 23 24 36 37 42
2013-06-19	2	2nd	15 24 25 35 42 48
2013-06-12	6	3rd	1 21 24 27 46 48
2013-05-22	17	4th	9 13 17 24 26 45
2013-03-23	6	3rd	12 21 24 25 28 29
2013-03-02	2	4th	12 14 18 24 41 43
2013-02-23	2	3rd	11 22 24 30 36 44
2013-02-16	5	2nd	3 24 36 41 47 49
2013-01-30	1	3rd	1 21 24 41 43 45
2013-01-26	1	5th	5 13 14 19 24 48
2013-01-23	9	3rd	1 21 24 29 33 34
2012-12-22	2	3rd	1 14 24 25 27 49
2012-12-15	5	3rd	11 23 24 40 43 45
2012-11-28	8	2nd	2 24 26 27 30 32
2012-10-31	26	1st	24 26 35 39 48 49
2012-08-01	15	4th	9 19 22 24 30 44
2012-06-09	25	3rd	18 19 24 27 36 37
2012-03-14	4	6th	5 6 14 18 22 24
2012-02-29	10	3rd	12 16 24 42 45 48
2012-01-25	10	5th	6 7 9 11 24 33
2011-12-21	1	3rd	17 18 24 33 35 36
2011-12-17	13	3rd	9 16 24 28 40 45
2011-11-02	16	4th	4 6 10 24 28 32
2011-09-07	5	2nd	14 24 35 39 41 46
2011-08-20	3	4th	8 17 20 24 42 43
2011-08-10	15	5th	2 8 19 20 24 33
2011-06-18	3	4th	2 5 14 24 39 45
2011-06-08	2	3rd	5 8 24 26 33 49
2011-06-01	3	3rd	6 23 24 32 34 48
2011-05-21	16	4th	10 21 23 24 29 36
2011-03-26	9	4th	3 7 13 24 43 47
2011-02-23	8	3rd	1 12 24 28 37 48
2011-01-26	21	4th	1 13 23 24 40 44
2010-11-13	4	3rd	1 10 24 38 44 47
2010-10-30	2	2nd	1 24 31 37 43 47
2010-10-23	13	4th	1 13 23 24 41 47
2010-09-08	7	3rd	6 19 24 25 35 46
2010-08-14	7	2nd	18 24 25 26 27 31
2010-07-21	5	3rd	6 14 24 27 32 47
2010-07-03	8	5th	1 9 12 23 24 37
2010-06-05	4	4th	4 6 14 24 39 46
2010-05-22	2	2nd	15 24 25 28 29 40
2010-05-15	6	3rd	1 14 24 27 28 35
2010-04-24	14	2nd	10 24 31 34 35 42
2010-03-06	4	3rd	16 17 24 35 36 37
2010-02-20	—	4th	11 16 17 24 31 35