Number 24

In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 1/10 · Apr 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 524 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

82times drawn · chance expected 75 +0.89σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 524 draws against 74.9 expected, +0.89σ. 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 82 times in 524 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.6
2nd smallest9 · chance 6.7
3rd smallest23 · chance 24.6
4th smallest30 · chance 34.4
5th smallest20 · chance 15.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 7 22 4 25 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2025-09-19	5	4th	11 13 21 24 25
2025-09-08	3	4th	6 7 12 24 29
2025-09-01	15	4th	4 7 21 24 27
2025-07-28	14	5th	12 15

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-25	11	4th	2 4 9 24 27
2024-09-30	1	5th	8 11 14 17 24
2024-09-27	6	2nd	7 24 25 34 35
2024-09-13	32	4th	3 5 8 24 26
2024-07-01	1	2nd	12 24 29 33 35
2024-06-28	2	2nd	15 24 30 31 35
2024-06-24	1	3rd	4 12 24 25 33
2024-06-21	2	4th	5 7 16 24 35
2024-06-17	3	5th	5 16 18 23 24
2024-06-10	2	4th	7 9 19 24 27
2024-06-05	9	3rd	2 4 24 31 33
2024-05-15	1	3rd	2 15 24 32 33
2024-05-13	1	3rd	4 11 24 26 33
2024-05-10	1	3rd	15 20 24 26 27
2024-05-08	4	5th	1 2 14 19 24
2024-04-29	22	3rd	17 22 24 29 32
2024-03-06	9	3rd	9 13 24 30 35
2024-02-14	12	2nd	5 24 25 27 29
2024-01-17	11	5th	2 8 15 19 24
2023-12-18	1	4th	6 13 17 24 30
2023-12-15	26	3rd	1 23 24 31 33
2023-10-16	6	4th	8 13 14 24 25
2023-10-02	2	4th	2 8 14 24 25
2023-09-27	9	4th	12 17 22 24 31
2023-09-06	7	2nd	8 24 27 31 32
2023-08-21	1	4th	5 11 22 24 27
2023-08-18	2	4th	13 16 21 24 27
2023-08-14	7	3rd	4 9 24 26 33
2023-07-28	1	3rd	14 22 24 26 31
2023-07-26	5	5th	3 7 10 23 24
2023-07-14	3	4th	2 7 21 24 35
2023-07-07	5	3rd	4 10 24 26 35
2023-06-26	5	4th	1 16 23 24 27
2023-06-14	15	3rd	1 12 24 30 31
2023-05-10	8	4th	12 13 22 24 34
2023-04-21	1	3rd	12 22 24 27 28
2023-04-19	8	4th	7 18 21 24 25
2023-03-29	2	5th	4 12 14 15 24
2023-03-24	3	4th	10 16 22 24 29
2023-03-17	7	4th	4 5 13 24 26
2023-03-01	15	2nd	19 24 25 30 33
2023-01-25	2	2nd	3 24 25 29 35
2023-01-20	6	4th	7 10 15 24 30
2023-01-04	5	4th	3 11 14 24 30
2022-12-19	13	3rd	4 7 24 27 29
2022-11-18	7	5th	7 9 14 21 24
2022-11-02	4	4th	13 16 20 24 31
2022-10-24	6	5th	1 12 15 20 24
2022-10-10	2	5th	9 15 18 19 24
2022-10-05	23	3rd	3 19 24 30 34
2022-08-12	6	5th	5 8 9 23 24
2022-07-29	5	3rd	12 15 24 26 29
2022-07-18	4	3rd	8 17 24 30 33
2022-07-08	6	3rd	3 12 24 26 34
2022-06-22	5	3rd	12 23 24 30 32
2022-06-10	15	5th	2 8 10 16 24
2022-05-06	1	4th	1 4 17 24 33
2022-05-04	—	4th	5 7 20 24 25