Number 24

In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 5 from 1–70 (an earlier era).

58times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.36σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

13.1average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0

47longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 58 times in 776 draws against 55.4 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 58 times in 776 draws · average wait 13.1 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 16 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 smallest7 · chance 10.9
2nd smallest28 · chance 23.4
3rd smallest15 · chance 17.6
4th smallest7 · chance 5.5
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 25 23 42 66 12

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers 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 70. 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
2025-02-07	1	2nd	4 24 32 41 55
2025-02-04	8	2nd	14 24 31 53 54
2025-01-07	12	2nd	20 24 33 39 48
2024-11-26	6	3rd	5 22

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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-11-23	13	2nd	7 24 54 57 58
2021-10-08	24	2nd	21 24 36 40 70
2021-07-16	36	1st	24 25 47 52 57
2021-03-12	8	2nd	2 24 25 31 65
2021-02-12	12	3rd	5 14 24 25 27
2021-01-01	8	2nd	8 24 53 68 69
2020-12-04	8	3rd	3 19 24 44 50
2020-11-06	18	2nd	18 24 27 34 60
2020-09-04	6	3rd	19 22 24 28 53
2020-08-14	33	2nd	3 24 29 42 47
2020-04-21	5	3rd	13 15 24 67 70
2020-04-03	43	1st	24 38 44 57 58
2019-11-05	3	3rd	2 9 24 49 54
2019-10-25	9	2nd	16 24 25 52 60
2019-09-24	1	3rd	6 14 24 42 46
2019-09-20	10	2nd	23 24 42 48 53
2019-08-16	5	3rd	4 14 24 26 46
2019-07-30	10	2nd	10 24 28 33 38
2019-06-25	2	1st	24 33 45 47 61
2019-06-18	14	4th	12 14 22 24 48
2019-04-30	2	1st	24 37 41 61 70
2019-04-23	3	2nd	7 24 30 48 67
2019-04-12	2	2nd	1 24 25 40 70
2019-04-05	11	3rd	8 22 24 38 64
2019-02-26	1	4th	10 12 14 24 60
2019-02-22	1	2nd	18 24 31 34 55
2019-02-19	3	2nd	17 24 34 56 65
2019-02-08	21	2nd	14 24 31 42 48
2018-11-27	13	2nd	12 24 37 42 57
2018-10-12	38	2nd	4 24 46 61 70
2018-06-01	26	2nd	5 24 52 62 66
2018-03-02	3	1st	24 28 42 60 64
2018-02-20	20	4th	17 19 23 24 43
2017-12-12	—	3rd	8 23 24 25 27