Number 24

In Cash 5 under the 5/34 · Apr 2010 – Oct 2020 rules — 2,844 draws, 5 from 1–34 (an earlier era).

405times drawn · chance expected 418 −0.70σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

40longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 405 times in 2,844 draws against 418.2 expected, −0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 405 times in 2,844 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 1 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 smallest4 · chance 2.1
2nd smallest30 · chance 27.3
3rd smallest117 · chance 112.7
4th smallest171 · chance 175.3
5th smallest83 · chance 87.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 49.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 25 34 4 14 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2020-10-26	3	4th	4 8 19 24 33
2020-10-23	7	3rd	17 18 24 28 29
2020-10-16	12	5th	6 12 15 17 24
2020-10-04	38	5th	3 18 20

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

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