Number 24

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

103times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.50σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

11.6average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

63longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.6 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 4 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 smallest15 · chance 10.3
2nd smallest36 · chance 37.6
3rd smallest39 · chance 41.3
4th smallest13 · chance 13.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 36 17 37 44 16

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
2026-10-05	7	3rd	15 22 24 31
2026-09-23	31	1st	24 39 41 44
2026-07-31	7	2nd	3 24 32 45
2026-07-18	7	3rd	5 7 24 30
2026-07-06	22	3rd	17

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 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-14	25	3rd	15 22 24 40
2025-03-31	63	3rd	6 18 24 34
2024-12-11	19	3rd	14 17 24 43
2024-11-08	19	3rd	3 15 24 33
2024-10-05	5	3rd	13 18 24 30
2024-09-27	3	2nd	1 24 35 36
2024-09-21	5	3rd	6 21 24 29
2024-09-13	6	3rd	6 7 24 27
2024-09-02	8	1st	24 32 37 44
2024-08-19	2	3rd	15 20 24 33
2024-08-16	19	2nd	15 24 37 40
2024-07-13	8	3rd	2 21 24 36
2024-06-29	5	2nd	21 24 30 44
2024-06-21	7	1st	24 35 37 45
2024-06-08	3	2nd	3 24 30 32
2024-06-03	41	2nd	5 24 26 44
2024-03-04	16	2nd	22 24 30 37
2024-01-27	15	2nd	8 24 29 36
2023-12-23	31	3rd	1 20 24 37
2023-10-11	1	1st	24 26 30 33
2023-10-09	22	3rd	7 16 24 34
2023-08-19	6	3rd	14 16 24 44
2023-08-05	4	3rd	1 18 24 43
2023-07-26	21	2nd	20 24 35 37
2023-06-07	11	3rd	11 15 24 40
2023-05-13	2	2nd	23 24 33 36
2023-05-08	20	2nd	16 24 30 36
2023-03-22	7	1st	24 38 40 41
2023-03-06	7	3rd	9 20 24 39
2023-02-18	9	2nd	16 24 30 34
2023-01-28	21	1st	24 27 39 44
2022-12-10	23	2nd	14 24 35 44
2022-10-17	1	4th	5 12 13 24
2022-10-15	11	3rd	11 12 24 40
2022-09-19	8	2nd	3 24 36 37
2022-08-31	6	2nd	1 24 42 44
2022-08-17	5	3rd	1 14 24 27
2022-08-06	19	2nd	15 24 33 39
2022-06-22	3	3rd	14 16 24 38
2022-06-15	10	4th	4 18 23 24
2022-05-23	6	3rd	4 12 24 36
2022-05-09	20	1st	24 40 42 45
2022-03-23	2	3rd	2 16 24 38
2022-03-19	52	1st	24 32 38 43
2021-11-17	3	2nd	8 24 32 40
2021-11-10	4	3rd	8 11 24 43
2021-11-01	8	1st	24 26 37 40
2021-10-13	2	3rd	16 19 24 40
2021-10-09	5	3rd	18 22 24 40
2021-09-27	6	4th	4 15 21 24
2021-09-13	34	3rd	15 22 24 33
2021-06-26	9	1st	24 32 34 36
2021-06-05	16	2nd	1 24 33 44
2021-04-28	9	3rd	1 11 24 38
2021-04-07	9	4th	16 17 20 24
2021-03-17	1	2nd	22 24 35 38
2021-03-15	5	2nd	21 24 44 45
2021-03-03	2	2nd	7 24 40 42
2021-02-27	11	2nd	4 24 35 45
2021-02-01	20	3rd	3 4 24 36
2020-12-16	6	4th	2 8 16 24
2020-12-02	16	1st	24 25 39 45
2020-10-26	7	3rd	2 6 24 29
2020-10-10	5	2nd	12 24 34 37
2020-09-28	24	4th	3 11 17 24
2020-08-03	11	3rd	1 17 24 40
2020-07-08	4	4th	1 3 9 24
2020-06-29	11	4th	16 17 20 24
2020-06-03	18	2nd	13 24 28 41
2020-04-22	2	4th	4 11 19 24
2020-04-18	23	1st	24 29 39 40
2020-02-24	4	2nd	17 24 26 28
2020-02-15	3	4th	3 4 21 24
2020-02-08	3	3rd	17 19 24 44
2020-02-01	1	3rd	1 17 24 33
2020-01-29	2	3rd	5 11 24 26
2020-01-25	7	4th	10 17 19 24
2020-01-08	3	3rd	9 13 24 42
2020-01-01	—	2nd	23 24 25 37