Number 24

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Oct 2020 – Oct 2023 rules — 720 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

95times drawn · chance expected 88 +0.82σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

36longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 720 draws against 87.8 expected, +0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 720 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 28 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 2.5
2nd smallest17 · chance 16.3
3rd smallest38 · chance 35.8
4th smallest27 · chance 31.3
5th smallest13 · chance 9.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 20 39 7 12 9

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
2023-09-19	1	5th	3 7 10 21 24
2023-09-18	22	4th	5 12 17 24 33
2023-08-27	1	3rd	4 9 24 31 35
2023-08-26	1	4th	10 19 23

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.

2023-04-05	24	4th	6 7 8 24 29
2023-03-12	2	3rd	15 17 24 30 37
2023-03-10	3	3rd	3 15 24 30 41
2023-03-07	8	2nd	7 24 26 31 39
2023-02-27	15	4th	3 4 11 24 34
2023-02-12	1	3rd	19 21 24 29 41
2023-02-11	10	4th	8 11 16 24 32
2023-02-01	6	3rd	8 23 24 29 32
2023-01-26	7	2nd	6 24 25 27 39
2023-01-19	2	3rd	9 10 24 30 39
2023-01-17	19	2nd	13 24 27 30 36
2021-12-29	11	2nd	6 24 32 36 37
2021-12-18	11	5th	1 4 8 22 24
2021-12-07	5	3rd	21 22 24 28 32
2021-12-02	4	3rd	2 15 24 30 36
2021-11-28	8	3rd	9 13 24 34 35
2021-11-20	1	5th	11 12 14 20 24
2021-11-19	7	2nd	19 24 25 31 35
2021-11-12	5	2nd	8 24 25 35 40
2021-11-07	1	4th	2 3 16 24 30
2021-11-06	14	3rd	16 21 24 38 40
2021-10-23	4	5th	6 18 20 22 24
2021-10-19	8	3rd	10 17 24 25 33
2021-10-11	1	3rd	11 12 24 28 29
2021-10-10	6	4th	7 9 22 24 32
2021-10-04	3	2nd	22 24 25 36 39
2021-10-01	4	5th	1 7 8 17 24
2021-09-27	1	3rd	12 14 24 39 40
2021-09-26	7	2nd	7 24 25 31 33
2021-09-19	6	5th	2 5 9 12 24
2021-09-13	9	5th	11 15 17 22 24
2021-09-04	8	4th	2 5 21 24 39
2021-08-27	2	3rd	2 15 24 25 36
2021-08-25	17	2nd	23 24 33 34 35
2021-08-08	2	5th	4 5 13 17 24
2021-08-06	4	4th	9 16 21 24 34
2021-08-02	24	3rd	5 8 24 34 41
2021-07-09	8	3rd	8 9 24 35 39
2021-07-01	3	4th	8 12 20 24 32
2021-06-28	8	4th	13 19 23 24 28
2021-06-20	8	4th	6 16 18 24 34
2021-06-12	2	4th	8 11 23 24 30
2021-06-10	27	3rd	5 11 24 27 36
2021-05-14	5	4th	2 21 22 24 29
2021-05-09	3	2nd	15 24 26 34 37
2021-05-06	8	4th	9 12 17 24 29
2021-04-28	1	4th	4 8 12 24 27
2021-04-27	3	2nd	14 24 30 32 41
2021-04-24	8	3rd	3 12 24 26 32
2021-04-16	10	2nd	20 24 33 37 40
2021-04-06	4	4th	6 7 18 24 33
2021-04-02	4	3rd	4 9 24 32 35
2021-03-29	10	5th	11 14 20 23 24
2021-03-19	7	5th	9 10 20 22 24
2021-03-12	10	2nd	20 24 30 33 34
2021-03-02	11	2nd	18 24 28 35 38
2021-02-19	1	3rd	14 21 24 27 33
2021-02-18	8	3rd	1 11 24 27 29
2021-02-10	2	3rd	1 7 24 27 37
2021-02-08	7	4th	5 10 18 24 28
2021-02-01	4	3rd	2 8 24 30 39
2021-01-28	1	3rd	4 18 24 37 40
2021-01-27	3	4th	7 16 22 24 32
2021-01-24	16	4th	9 16 20 24 39
2021-01-08	4	3rd	10 16 24 29 38
2021-01-04	4	4th	3 12 23 24 28
2020-12-31	18	3rd	20 21 24 27 37
2020-12-13	4	3rd	8 21 24 27 30
2020-12-09	34	4th	14 16 20 24 25
2020-11-05	3	3rd	7 15 24 25 29
2020-11-02	—	3rd	10 17 24 26 35