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Number 24 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 104 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.80σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
7.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
33 longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long
24 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 104 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.
24 Number 24, draw by draw Drawn 104 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 1 draws now
2 draws: 2010-01-09 to 2010-01-16 3 draws: 2010-01-16 to 2010-01-27 1 draws: 2010-01-27 to 2010-01-30 13 draws: 2010-01-30 to 2010-03-17 4 draws: 2010-03-17 to 2010-03-31 2 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-07 23 draws: 2010-04-07 to 2010-06-26 3 draws: 2010-06-26 to 2010-07-07 4 draws: 2010-07-07 to 2010-07-21 8 draws: 2010-07-21 to 2010-08-18 8 draws: 2010-08-18 to 2010-09-15 3 draws: 2010-09-15 to 2010-09-25 19 draws: 2010-09-25 to 2010-12-01 2 draws: 2010-12-01 to 2010-12-08 6 draws: 2010-12-08 to 2011-01-01 16 draws: 2011-01-01 to 2011-02-26 2 draws: 2011-02-26 to 2011-03-05 5 draws: 2011-03-05 to 2011-03-23 7 draws: 2011-03-23 to 2011-04-16 10 draws: 2011-04-16 to 2011-05-21 11 draws: 2011-05-21 to 2011-06-29 20 draws: 2011-06-29 to 2011-09-07 1 draws: 2011-09-07 to 2011-09-10 8 draws: 2011-09-10 to 2011-10-08 12 draws: 2011-10-08 to 2011-11-19 12 draws: 2011-11-19 to 2011-12-31 5 draws: 2011-12-31 to 2012-01-18 5 draws: 2012-01-18 to 2012-02-04 7 draws: 2012-02-04 to 2012-02-29 4 draws: 2012-02-29 to 2012-03-14 17 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-05-12 4 draws: 2012-05-12 to 2012-05-26 3 draws: 2012-05-26 to 2012-06-06 4 draws: 2012-06-06 to 2012-06-20 1 draws: 2012-06-20 to 2012-06-23 1 draws: 2012-06-23 to 2012-06-27 8 draws: 2012-06-27 to 2012-07-25 3 draws: 2012-07-25 to 2012-08-04 1 draws: 2012-08-04 to 2012-08-08 6 draws: 2012-08-08 to 2012-08-29 1 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-09-01 4 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-15 4 draws: 2012-09-15 to 2012-09-29 4 draws: 2012-09-29 to 2012-10-13 3 draws: 2012-10-13 to 2012-10-24 9 draws: 2012-10-24 to 2012-11-24 8 draws: 2012-11-24 to 2012-12-22 3 draws: 2012-12-22 to 2013-01-02 27 draws: 2013-01-02 to 2013-04-06 15 draws: 2013-04-06 to 2013-05-29 16 draws: 2013-05-29 to 2013-07-24 11 draws: 2013-07-24 to 2013-08-31 11 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-10-09 4 draws: 2013-10-09 to 2013-10-23 14 draws: 2013-10-23 to 2013-12-11 6 draws: 2013-12-11 to 2014-01-04 9 draws: 2014-01-04 to 2014-02-05 9 draws: 2014-02-05 to 2014-03-08 26 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-06-07 5 draws: 2014-06-07 to 2014-06-25 33 draws: 2014-06-25 to 2014-10-18 1 draws: 2014-10-18 to 2014-10-22 3 draws: 2014-10-22 to 2014-11-01 8 draws: 2014-11-01 to 2014-11-29 8 draws: 2014-11-29 to 2014-12-27 1 draws: 2014-12-27 to 2014-12-31 6 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-01-21 17 draws: 2015-01-21 to 2015-03-21 2 draws: 2015-03-21 to 2015-03-28 4 draws: 2015-03-28 to 2015-04-11 14 draws: 2015-04-11 to 2015-05-30 2 draws: 2015-05-30 to 2015-06-06 2 draws: 2015-06-06 to 2015-06-13 12 draws: 2015-06-13 to 2015-07-25 2 draws: 2015-07-25 to 2015-08-01 4 draws: 2015-08-01 to 2015-08-15 15 draws: 2015-08-15 to 2015-10-07 7 draws: 2015-10-07 to 2015-10-31 16 draws: 2015-10-31 to 2015-12-26 5 draws: 2015-12-26 to 2016-01-13 11 draws: 2016-01-13 to 2016-02-20 9 draws: 2016-02-20 to 2016-03-23 12 draws: 2016-03-23 to 2016-05-04 8 draws: 2016-05-04 to 2016-06-01 9 draws: 2016-06-01 to 2016-07-02 5 draws: 2016-07-02 to 2016-07-20 1 draws: 2016-07-20 to 2016-07-23 6 draws: 2016-07-23 to 2016-08-13 2 draws: 2016-08-13 to 2016-08-20 5 draws: 2016-08-20 to 2016-09-07 2 draws: 2016-09-07 to 2016-09-14 18 draws: 2016-09-14 to 2016-11-16 3 draws: 2016-11-16 to 2016-11-26 10 draws: 2016-11-26 to 2016-12-31 9 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-02-01 2 draws: 2017-02-01 to 2017-02-08 9 draws: 2017-02-08 to 2017-03-11 4 draws: 2017-03-11 to 2017-03-25 2 draws: 2017-03-25 to 2017-04-01 9 draws: 2017-04-01 to 2017-05-03 14 draws: 2017-05-03 to 2017-06-21 6 draws: 2017-06-21 to 2017-07-12 4 draws: 2017-07-12 to 2017-07-26 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2017-07-26 2010-01-09 2010-01-16 2010-01-27 2010-01-30 2010-03-17 2010-03-31 2010-04-07 2010-06-26 2010-07-07 2010-07-21 2010-08-18 2010-09-15 2010-09-25 2010-12-01 2010-12-08 2011-01-01 2011-02-26 2011-03-05 2011-03-23 2011-04-16 2011-05-21 2011-06-29 2011-09-07 2011-09-10 2011-10-08 2011-11-19 2011-12-31 2012-01-18 2012-02-04 2012-02-29 2012-03-14 2012-05-12 2012-05-26 2012-06-06 2012-06-20 2012-06-23 2012-06-27 2012-07-25 2012-08-04 2012-08-08 2012-08-29 2012-09-01 2012-09-15 2012-09-29 2012-10-13 2012-10-24 2012-11-24 2012-12-22 2013-01-02 2013-04-06 2013-05-29 2013-07-24 2013-08-31 2013-10-09 2013-10-23 2013-12-11 2014-01-04 2014-02-05 2014-03-08 2014-06-07 2014-06-25 2014-10-18 2014-10-22 2014-11-01 2014-11-29 2014-12-27 2014-12-31 2015-01-21 2015-03-21 2015-03-28 2015-04-11 2015-05-30 2015-06-06 2015-06-13 2015-07-25 2015-08-01 2015-08-15 2015-10-07 2015-10-31 2015-12-26 2016-01-13 2016-02-20 2016-03-23 2016-05-04 2016-06-01 2016-07-02 2016-07-20 2016-07-23 2016-08-13 2016-08-20 2016-09-07 2016-09-14 2016-11-16 2016-11-26 2016-12-31 2017-02-01 2017-02-08 2017-03-11 2017-03-25 2017-04-01 2017-05-03 2017-06-21 2017-07-12 2017-07-26 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 9 times 2 draws: 12 times 3 draws: 9 times 4 draws: 13 times 5 draws: 7 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 8 times 9 draws: 8 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 4 times 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 3 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 1 time 34 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 3 · chance 3.2 2nd smallest 22 · chance 17.7 3rd smallest 33 · chance 35.3 4th smallest 36 · chance 32.3 5th smallest 7 · chance 13.4 6th smallest 3 · chance 2.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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 ← number 23 Every number number 25 → 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.