Number 24

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

97times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.08σ

31draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

38longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 31 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest19 · chance 19.4
3rd smallest34 · chance 34.2
4th smallest32 · chance 27.6
5th smallest7 · chance 10.2
6th smallest1 · chance 1.4

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.

3 32 12 19 43 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-06-04	7	2nd	8 24 32 34 36 52
2025-05-10	16	4th	3 13 18 24 30 31
2025-03-15	1	3rd	6 23 24 34 47 49
2025-03-12	5	3rd

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-05	3	4th	19 20 23 24 43 44
2023-06-24	12	4th	4 9 18 24 32 51
2023-05-13	21	4th	10 16 23 24 30 49
2023-03-01	1	2nd	23 24 25 26 34 35
2023-02-25	7	4th	12 14 19 24 33 42
2023-02-01	38	3rd	2 21 24 38 44 48
2022-09-21	7	4th	8 15 16 24 32 42
2022-08-27	14	4th	4 10 14 24 31 37
2022-07-09	7	2nd	6 24 29 35 41 44
2022-06-15	14	3rd	2 19 24 36 45 50
2022-04-27	1	4th	4 14 17 24 32 49
2022-04-23	7	4th	1 9 18 24 34 51
2022-03-30	12	3rd	12 18 24 31 38 44
2022-02-16	1	3rd	4 11 24 25 27 41
2022-02-12	22	4th	12 19 21 24 25 39
2021-11-24	10	3rd	6 18 24 39 43 48
2021-10-20	6	3rd	3 17 24 35 42 43
2021-09-29	17	3rd	14 15 24 33 35 51
2021-07-31	24	1st	24 29 36 37 39 45
2021-05-08	8	4th	2 12 15 24 26 43
2021-04-10	23	3rd	1 13 24 25 43 46
2021-01-20	7	3rd	19 20 24 32 46 48
2020-12-26	8	2nd	8 24 33 37 44 49
2020-11-28	7	4th	6 12 15 24 36 37
2020-11-04	3	4th	2 14 17 24 34 51
2020-10-24	10	2nd	1 24 30 32 39 49
2020-09-19	11	5th	4 9 10 23 24 32
2020-08-12	5	3rd	12 23 24 30 44 49
2020-07-25	4	4th	5 9 20 24 27 48
2020-07-11	5	3rd	7 20 24 36 43 52
2020-06-24	1	6th	3 9 14 19 21 24
2020-06-20	7	2nd	6 24 28 40 45 49
2020-05-27	9	4th	3 9 15 24 39 42
2020-04-25	2	2nd	4 24 36 39 44 48
2020-04-18	1	3rd	8 14 24 31 38 47
2020-04-15	3	1st	24 28 33 36 48 51
2020-04-04	21	5th	3 4 10 21 24 43
2020-01-22	6	3rd	12 19 24 31 37 52
2020-01-01	3	3rd	4 5 24 40 42 47
2019-12-18	15	3rd	10 17 24 32 40 44
2019-10-26	4	3rd	14 18 24 30 33 37
2019-10-12	2	3rd	8 13 24 25 34 48
2019-10-05	2	4th	2 12 23 24 25 43
2019-09-28	15	3rd	3 17 24 28 42 46
2019-08-07	5	3rd	15 19 24 27 44 52
2019-07-20	17	2nd	8 24 28 29 32 51
2019-05-22	16	4th	2 3 23 24 50 52
2019-03-27	5	4th	5 11 17 24 46 52
2019-03-09	1	2nd	20 24 32 36 48 49
2019-03-06	12	4th	6 16 23 24 30 46
2019-01-23	1	3rd	3 5 24 28 32 38
2019-01-19	8	4th	2 7 17 24 39 46
2018-12-22	3	3rd	2 19 24 39 45 51
2018-12-12	35	2nd	6 24 34 37 38 50
2018-08-11	3	2nd	17 24 25 36 37 51
2018-08-01	20	4th	2 8 18 24 27 49
2018-05-23	12	4th	5 11 23 24 31 49
2018-04-11	5	3rd	2 10 24 33 35 46
2018-03-24	5	4th	1 3 12 24 31 49
2018-03-07	11	2nd	17 24 30 32 38 52
2018-01-27	1	5th	6 7 15 21 24 48
2018-01-24	2	4th	3 18 19 24 32 40
2018-01-17	4	3rd	12 18 24 28 30 41
2018-01-03	3	2nd	3 24 31 35 37 43
2017-12-23	5	4th	6 8 19 24 39 41
2017-12-06	1	5th	5 7 17 18 24 49
2017-12-02	7	2nd	13 24 25 43 50 51
2017-11-08	8	2nd	1 24 38 39 47 51
2017-10-11	3	3rd	5 15 24 28 42 49
2017-09-30	3	4th	7 11 19 24 25 51
2017-09-20	4	4th	3 7 22 24 34 37
2017-09-06	7	3rd	1 7 24 29 44 51
2017-08-12	—	1st	24 34 38 40 41 46