Number 24

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

115times drawn · chance expected 109 +0.57σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 115 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 115 times in 897 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 7 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 smallest2 · chance 3.0
2nd smallest18 · chance 19.7
3rd smallest49 · chance 43.3
4th smallest41 · chance 37.9
5th smallest5 · chance 11.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 33 2 16 19 39

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
2018-10-27	5	3rd	11 16 24 25 34
2018-10-22	11	3rd	5 14 24 30 38
2018-10-11	10	2nd	12 24 29 33 39
2018-10-01	1	3rd	1 18 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.

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