Number 24

In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

104times drawn · chance expected 100 +0.47σ

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

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

34longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, +0.47σ. 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 104 times in 896 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 smallest5 · chance 4.6
2nd smallest17 · chance 23.4
3rd smallest47 · chance 40.7
4th smallest31 · chance 28.5
5th smallest4 · chance 6.8

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.

26 28 8 19 11 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2018-06-19	25	4th	12 20 23 24 37
2018-03-23	5	3rd	3 23 24 35 37
2018-03-06	13	2nd	12 24 29 35 36
2018-01-19	11	4th	1 3

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-06-14	5	2nd	20 24 40 44 45
2016-05-27	1	3rd	7 15 24 28 29
2016-05-24	2	4th	8 12 23 24 31
2016-05-17	3	4th	8 15 17 24 30
2016-05-06	7	3rd	3 13 24 41 44
2016-04-12	1	5th	2 16 18 20 24
2016-04-08	1	1st	24 28 34 35 43
2016-04-05	12	2nd	4 24 27 36 40
2016-02-23	7	5th	3 15 16 23 24
2016-01-29	7	4th	5 14 20 24 28
2016-01-05	1	1st	24 29 38 39 45
2016-01-01	6	3rd	13 17 24 34 40
2015-12-08	9	4th	7 10 12 24 26
2015-11-06	9	2nd	19 24 30 40 42
2015-10-06	2	1st	24 35 38 42 44
2015-09-29	14	4th	10 11 12 24 35
2015-08-11	7	4th	11 14 20 24 44
2015-07-17	4	3rd	8 23 24 42 44
2015-07-03	2	4th	2 9 19 24 26
2015-06-26	1	3rd	11 12 24 27 32
2015-06-23	12	4th	4 11 19 24 42
2015-05-12	10	3rd	18 21 24 28 41
2015-04-07	7	4th	5 16 22 24 40
2015-03-10	30	1st	24 26 27 31 33
2014-11-25	2	3rd	8 19 24 37 40
2014-11-18	4	4th	15 18 22 24 41
2014-11-04	17	4th	12 17 19 24 36
2014-09-05	15	3rd	1 8 24 33 43
2014-07-15	10	2nd	22 24 29 36 43
2014-06-10	4	3rd	11 15 24 28 35
2014-05-27	4	3rd	4 11 24 26 31
2014-05-13	3	4th	1 4 20 24 38
2014-05-02	7	3rd	11 14 24 36 41
2014-04-04	1	4th	3 16 22 24 44
2014-04-01	13	3rd	14 17 24 27 34
2014-02-14	10	5th	6 9 18 21 24
2014-01-10	15	3rd	4 7 24 36 39
2013-11-19	7	4th	13 19 20 24 26
2013-10-25	1	2nd	8 24 27 28 35
2013-10-22	5	4th	9 15 19 24 30
2013-10-04	1	4th	3 7 11 24 28
2013-10-01	7	3rd	1 19 24 35 37
2013-09-06	3	3rd	15 16 24 29 40
2013-08-27	34	3rd	4 23 24 35 43
2013-04-30	14	2nd	12 24 28 31 32
2013-03-08	17	3rd	8 19 24 34 37
2013-01-08	21	5th	8 11 12 23 24
2012-10-23	9	3rd	8 23 24 31 42
2012-09-21	8	3rd	13 16 24 39 43
2012-08-24	10	4th	3 9 14 24 26
2012-07-20	10	3rd	5 20 24 33 41
2012-06-15	13	4th	2 21 22 24 41
2012-05-01	3	3rd	12 17 24 30 36
2012-04-20	13	3rd	13 20 24 25 29
2012-03-02	1	2nd	13 24 41 43 45
2012-02-28	14	2nd	16 24 26 32 45
2012-01-10	4	3rd	18 20 24 26 40
2011-12-27	10	4th	10 12 17 24 26
2011-11-22	1	2nd	5 24 29 34 44
2011-11-18	11	2nd	9 24 36 37 45
2011-10-11	3	3rd	8 10 24 39 43
2011-09-30	2	3rd	11 21 24 28 35
2011-09-23	20	3rd	5 22 24 25 27
2011-07-15	10	4th	9 16 19 24 28
2011-06-10	1	2nd	13 24 26 30 42
2011-06-07	6	3rd	10 16 24 32 35
2011-05-17	13	3rd	13 16 24 26 27
2011-03-29	2	4th	3 15 17 24 38
2011-03-22	6	3rd	8 15 24 39 41
2011-03-01	1	3rd	1 7 24 28 37
2011-02-25	22	2nd	3 24 31 37 41
2010-12-10	2	4th	6 13 18 24 41
2010-12-03	30	2nd	19 24 37 43 45
2010-08-20	7	3rd	15 21 24 32 44
2010-07-27	1	4th	2 7 19 24 30
2010-07-23	16	3rd	18 23 24 33 37
2010-05-28	9	3rd	2 9 24 26 42
2010-04-27	32	4th	13 14 23 24 27
2010-01-01	16	3rd	17 21 24 32 37
2009-11-03	—	2nd	18 24 27 36 40