Number 24

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 4 from 1–77.

131times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.31σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

19.5average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

88longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 131 times in 2,589 draws against 134.5 expected, −0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 131 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 19.5 draws · longest completed wait 88 · waiting 18 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 smallest50 · chance 43.7
2nd smallest61 · chance 59.1
3rd smallest19 · chance 25.0
4th smallest1 · chance 3.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

70 27 59 36 41 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 77. 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
2026-09-09	3	2nd	16 24 68 71
2026-09-02	3	1st	24 60 62 68
2026-08-26	9	2nd	11 24 30 38
2026-08-05	53	3rd	3 15 24 29
2026-04-04	20	1st

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-07	7	1st	24 30 41 62
2024-01-22	30	1st	24 56 59 60
2023-11-13	13	1st	24 69 70 73
2023-10-14	21	1st	24 26 44 58
2023-08-26	18	2nd	16 24 60 75
2023-07-15	1	2nd	5 24 27 31
2023-07-12	7	1st	24 38 40 71
2023-06-26	52	2nd	1 24 33 45
2023-02-25	18	1st	24 41 51 66
2023-01-14	13	3rd	12 15 24 37
2022-12-14	18	3rd	4 22 24 68
2022-11-02	44	2nd	14 24 26 72
2022-07-23	8	2nd	12 24 45 61
2022-07-04	14	2nd	19 24 61 77
2022-06-01	23	2nd	20 24 27 44
2022-04-09	1	2nd	1 24 58 74
2022-04-06	19	1st	24 58 59 70
2022-02-21	32	2nd	20 24 48 61
2021-12-08	12	2nd	17 24 35 76
2021-11-10	3	2nd	7 24 51 55
2021-11-03	25	2nd	19 24 42 74
2021-09-06	21	1st	24 30 41 54
2021-07-19	3	2nd	9 24 41 62
2021-07-12	7	1st	24 30 53 61
2021-06-26	20	2nd	21 24 32 41
2021-05-10	10	2nd	18 24 53 54
2021-04-17	47	2nd	3 24 65 66
2020-12-28	25	2nd	21 24 52 53
2020-10-31	9	3rd	12 20 24 32
2020-10-10	70	2nd	5 24 49 75
2020-04-29	11	2nd	15 24 36 55
2020-04-04	61	2nd	10 24 48 59
2019-11-13	29	3rd	12 13 24 70
2019-09-07	5	2nd	13 24 38 54
2019-08-26	13	2nd	12 24 39 68
2019-07-27	1	3rd	9 23 24 65
2019-07-24	19	1st	24 41 49 69
2019-06-10	67	2nd	18 24 29 66
2019-01-05	3	1st	24 56 63 72
2018-12-29	6	2nd	3 24 32 41
2018-12-15	20	3rd	7 12 24 38
2018-10-29	20	1st	24 25 33 58
2018-09-12	18	2nd	10 24 40 63
2018-08-01	18	2nd	14 24 63 73
2018-06-20	88	3rd	5 23 24 31
2017-11-27	20	1st	24 44 47 63
2017-10-11	25	2nd	16 24 28 36
2017-08-14	81	2nd	8 24 32 47
2017-02-06	4	1st	24 39 43 54
2017-01-28	1	1st	24 26 52 70
2017-01-25	31	3rd	11 18 24 27
2016-11-14	1	1st	24 28 32 58
2016-11-12	39	3rd	20 21 24 44
2016-08-13	68	1st	24 29 40 41
2016-03-07	78	1st	24 36 37 47
2015-09-07	11	2nd	22 24 34 48
2015-08-12	15	1st	24 57 67 69
2015-07-08	19	1st	24 35 59 61
2015-05-25	24	1st	24 41 49 57
2015-03-30	13	1st	24 39 42 74
2015-02-28	17	4th	2 15 18 24
2015-01-19	15	2nd	17 24 36 56
2014-12-15	8	2nd	13 24 35 74
2014-11-26	3	2nd	16 24 31 42
2014-11-19	15	2nd	13 24 38 75
2014-10-15	2	2nd	6 24 34 42
2014-10-11	1	2nd	11 24 59 71
2014-10-08	10	2nd	8 24 63 77
2014-09-15	4	1st	24 26 27 64
2014-09-06	16	2nd	11 24 45 56
2014-07-30	2	1st	24 58 68 75
2014-07-26	2	2nd	18 24 63 70
2014-07-21	28	2nd	3 24 40 68
2014-05-17	38	2nd	20 24 51 52
2014-02-17	7	1st	24 48 54 64
2014-02-01	12	2nd	5 24 32 66
2014-01-04	11	1st	24 29 33 42
2013-12-09	19	3rd	5 18 24 39
2013-10-26	38	1st	24 29 70 71
2013-07-29	6	1st	24 27 29 56
2013-07-15	10	1st	24 44 70 76
2013-06-22	24	1st	24 27 55 74
2013-04-27	1	1st	24 47 59 71
2013-04-24	19	2nd	23 24 38 42
2013-03-11	18	2nd	21 24 60 65
2013-01-28	1	1st	24 37 71 73
2013-01-26	7	2nd	9 24 59 74
2013-01-09	19	1st	24 52 54 69
2012-11-26	7	1st	24 60 63 70
2012-11-10	36	1st	24 31 32 51
2012-08-18	36	3rd	2 12 24 27
2012-05-26	48	2nd	4 24 64 72
2012-02-01	35	2nd	14 24 36 71
2011-11-12	2	2nd	8 24 38 54
2011-11-07	20	3rd	13 19 24 30
2011-09-21	8	3rd	11 16 24 27
2011-09-03	16	1st	24 29 50 53
2011-07-27	12	1st	24 27 38 73
2011-06-29	41	1st	24 56 68 74
2011-03-26	27	1st	24 26 27 75
2011-01-22	5	1st	24 36 47 75
2011-01-10	39	2nd	19 24 59 62
2010-10-11	29	2nd	8 24 52 63
2010-08-04	1	1st	24 42 52 53
2010-08-02	13	2nd	8 24 36 76
2010-07-03	4	1st	24 32 48 72
2010-06-23	—	1st	24 42 56 70