Number 24

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

190times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.48σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

31longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 190 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.48σ. 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 190 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest16 · chance 19.9
3rd smallest54 · chance 54.8
4th smallest69 · chance 67.6
5th smallest36 · chance 37.6
6th smallest10 · chance 7.5

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.

13 34 35 16 3 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-10	6	4th	1 5 10 24 34 38
2022-10-20	10	5th	1 9 14 21 24 34
2022-09-15	15	6th	2 11 16 19 22 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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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