Number 24

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

200times drawn · chance expected 215 −1.09σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

42longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 200 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −1.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 200 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 22 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 3.7
2nd smallest31 · chance 28.4
3rd smallest68 · chance 72.0
4th smallest78 · chance 72.0
5th smallest19 · chance 24.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 14 25 12 26 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2020-07-25	3	3rd	3 5 24 32 37
2020-07-18	11	4th	14 16 22 24 36
2020-06-22	1	1st	24 25 30 32 36
2020-06-20	16	4th	4 9 22

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-06-29	2	4th	2 20 21 24 32
2019-06-24	6	3rd	7 10 24 26 33
2019-06-10	13	1st	24 25 26 33 38
2019-05-11	2	4th	4 11 13 24 28
2019-05-06	8	4th	2 7 9 24 39
2019-04-17	11	3rd	1 8 24 30 38
2019-03-23	1	4th	15 18 22 24 31
2019-03-20	8	4th	13 14 15 24 30
2019-03-02	1	4th	14 20 21 24 39
2019-02-27	8	3rd	2 22 24 31 34
2019-02-09	12	4th	12 15 19 24 26
2019-01-12	8	2nd	21 24 32 34 35
2018-12-24	3	3rd	14 23 24 31 33
2018-12-17	17	3rd	17 18 24 25 39
2018-11-07	7	2nd	15 24 32 37 38
2018-10-22	2	4th	1 20 22 24 33
2018-10-17	18	5th	5 6 7 19 24
2018-09-05	18	5th	6 10 19 23 24
2018-07-25	3	4th	1 4 13 24 30
2018-07-18	1	3rd	5 11 24 28 39
2018-07-16	1	4th	2 5 10 24 26
2018-07-14	4	3rd	17 21 24 25 37
2018-07-04	3	3rd	18 20 24 25 36
2018-06-27	6	2nd	20 24 30 32 37
2018-06-13	14	4th	4 6 7 24 28
2018-05-12	6	4th	4 9 20 24 39
2018-04-28	8	4th	10 20 23 24 39
2018-04-09	9	4th	14 17 18 24 34
2018-03-19	13	4th	6 10 13 24 33
2018-02-17	10	3rd	15 19 24 33 35
2018-01-24	6	4th	4 12 15 24 28
2018-01-10	1	2nd	10 24 28 34 39
2018-01-08	13	4th	4 18 21 24 36
2017-12-09	5	4th	3 10 20 24 39
2017-11-27	15	4th	1 10 17 24 35
2017-10-23	25	3rd	8 15 24 36 38
2017-08-26	8	4th	3 10 22 24 26
2017-08-07	2	5th	2 3 6 23 24
2017-08-02	12	4th	5 13 22 24 32
2017-07-05	7	4th	2 4 12 24 28
2017-06-19	4	5th	8 12 18 19 24
2017-06-10	3	3rd	5 19 24 31 35
2017-06-03	17	3rd	7 17 24 30 39
2017-04-24	4	5th	4 7 11 23 24
2017-04-15	3	4th	12 16 18 24 36
2017-04-08	3	2nd	2 24 32 33 35
2017-04-01	3	3rd	13 22 24 25 32
2017-03-25	6	2nd	2 24 31 36 37
2017-03-11	9	3rd	8 20 24 26 31
2017-02-18	10	3rd	18 23 24 27 39
2017-01-25	9	4th	3 6 21 24 36
2017-01-04	5	4th	1 2 10 24 39
2016-12-24	25	3rd	3 10 24 26 31
2016-10-26	3	5th	5 10 12 22 24
2016-10-19	14	3rd	4 23 24 35 36
2016-09-17	4	4th	10 13 14 24 36
2016-09-07	4	4th	9 13 15 24 38
2016-08-29	15	4th	1 3 7 24 30
2016-07-25	1	4th	3 21 23 24 29
2016-07-23	5	2nd	6 24 25 26 29
2016-07-11	1	4th	1 4 14 24 31
2016-07-09	8	2nd	11 24 26 34 38
2016-06-20	13	3rd	4 13 24 34 38
2016-05-21	4	3rd	8 11 24 31 33
2016-05-11	29	3rd	1 2 24 33 37
2016-03-05	2	3rd	12 19 24 33 39
2016-02-29	22	4th	1 7 21 24 27
2016-01-09	12	3rd	2 9 24 33 34
2015-12-12	6	3rd	12 14 24 28 38
2015-11-28	6	2nd	16 24 26 36 38
2015-11-14	2	3rd	3 4 24 30 37
2015-11-09	3	4th	2 6 12 24 36
2015-11-02	14	3rd	9 13 24 33 34
2015-09-30	1	4th	3 14 20 24 35
2015-09-28	8	4th	19 20 21 24 29
2015-09-09	1	5th	10 15 21 22 24
2015-09-07	11	3rd	8 15 24 25 26
2015-08-12	2	2nd	9 24 30 32 39
2015-08-08	2	4th	5 13 18 24 29
2015-08-03	11	4th	1 12 13 24 33
2015-07-08	1	4th	5 13 21 24 34
2015-07-06	5	3rd	2 3 24 25 35
2015-06-24	13	2nd	11 24 28 33 34
2015-05-25	2	4th	7 12 23 24 38
2015-05-20	4	2nd	14 24 26 37 38
2015-05-11	7	3rd	8 16 24 34 35
2015-04-25	9	2nd	18 24 29 37 38
2015-04-04	5	4th	8 9 15 24 38
2015-03-23	11	4th	7 9 17 24 28
2015-02-25	7	3rd	6 14 24 30 31
2015-02-09	3	3rd	16 17 24 30 36
2015-02-02	5	4th	8 19 23 24 30
2015-01-21	6	2nd	4 24 27 30 36
2015-01-07	8	4th	14 21 23 24 25
2014-12-20	6	3rd	12 13 24 27 31
2014-12-06	1	3rd	1 7 24 25 32
2014-12-03	6	3rd	17 21 24 36 39
2014-11-19	16	3rd	12 16 24 31 32
2014-10-13	14	1st	24 25 27 31 33
2014-09-10	29	3rd	17 19 24 35 38
2014-07-05	13	3rd	16 22 24 25 37
2014-06-04	3	1st	24 25 28 31 37
2014-05-28	7	5th	5 13 16 23 24
2014-05-12	1	3rd	14 15 24 28 38
2014-05-10	5	2nd	12 24 26 31 35
2014-04-28	1	5th	3 4 16 20 24
2014-04-26	5	3rd	16 18 24 35 37
2014-04-14	3	4th	8 17 19 24 31
2014-04-07	26	5th	6 9 11 22 24
2014-02-05	2	2nd	20 24 25 30 32
2014-02-01	4	3rd	3 16 24 31 39
2014-01-22	2	4th	3 13 19 24 32
2014-01-18	4	4th	2 12 13 24 37
2014-01-08	11	3rd	3 17 24 36 38
2013-12-14	1	3rd	18 22 24 30 39
2013-12-11	8	2nd	1 24 26 37 39
2013-11-23	15	2nd	9 24 31 33 38
2013-10-19	4	2nd	19 24 25 26 27
2013-10-09	19	3rd	3 20 24 28 38
2013-08-26	4	5th	6 7 13 21 24
2013-08-17	21	4th	11 14 15 24 34
2013-06-29	2	2nd	11 24 26 32 35
2013-06-24	20	2nd	15 24 32 36 38
2013-05-08	7	5th	4 18 19 23 24
2013-04-22	5	3rd	3 22 24 26 36
2013-04-10	4	5th	1 14 16 23 24
2013-04-01	13	3rd	4 5 24 32 33
2013-03-02	38	4th	14 21 23 24 37
2012-12-03	7	5th	1 8 18 23 24
2012-11-17	1	5th	7 9 11 13 24
2012-11-14	32	3rd	14 18 24 32 37
2012-09-01	7	5th	2 5 9 22 24
2012-08-15	1	3rd	11 20 24 27 34
2012-08-13	9	4th	14 15 21 24 27
2012-07-23	9	4th	11 12 19 24 34
2012-07-02	13	4th	2 14 23 24 29
2012-06-02	13	4th	11 14 23 24 25
2012-05-02	5	4th	1 8 13 24 35
2012-04-21	26	2nd	19 24 25 33 35
2012-02-20	2	4th	11 12 18 24 37
2012-02-15	1	3rd	9 10 24 25 29
2012-02-13	7	3rd	2 16 24 25 32
2012-01-28	7	3rd	6 20 24 25 35
2012-01-11	8	4th	8 10 17 24 27
2011-12-24	8	3rd	7 14 24 26 31
2011-12-05	2	3rd	6 11 24 36 37
2011-11-30	17	4th	10 12 18 24 29
2011-10-22	2	4th	3 6 21 24 35
2011-10-17	3	2nd	17 24 31 36 37
2011-10-10	10	3rd	9 12 24 28 31
2011-09-17	13	4th	12 16 19 24 34
2011-08-17	10	2nd	13 24 26 27 32
2011-07-25	31	2nd	18 24 25 30 39
2011-05-14	7	4th	6 20 21 24 31
2011-04-27	2	4th	12 19 22 24 27
2011-04-23	2	2nd	7 24 27 29 32
2011-04-18	5	2nd	20 24 31 35 36
2011-04-06	14	3rd	2 8 24 26 38
2011-03-05	3	3rd	8 15 24 27 35
2011-02-26	11	4th	1 6 14 24 27
2011-01-31	2	5th	2 3 7 18 24
2011-01-26	21	4th	11 13 23 24 30
2010-12-08	3	4th	8 10 18 24 34
2010-12-01	34	3rd	7 8 24 38 39
2010-09-13	1	2nd	6 24 28 33 34
2010-09-11	16	5th	13 15 18 21 24
2010-08-04	10	3rd	5 11 24 25 26
2010-07-12	1	2nd	12 24 28 30 34
2010-07-10	9	4th	13 14 20 24 35
2010-06-19	13	3rd	2 14 24 32 36
2010-05-19	3	3rd	8 20 24 29 33
2010-05-12	1	3rd	2 4 24 31 35
2010-05-10	13	3rd	17 21 24 25 33
2010-04-10	27	2nd	11 24 26 29 35
2010-02-06	14	4th	11 16 22 24 33
2010-01-04	—	4th	5 14 16 24 30