Number 24

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

85times drawn · chance expected 89 −0.43σ

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

5.2average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

21longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, −0.43σ. 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 85 times in 443 draws · average wait 5.2 draws · longest completed wait 21 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest3 · chance 5.3
4th smallest16 · chance 18.5
5th smallest30 · chance 30.8
6th smallest25 · chance 23.4
7th smallest11 · chance 6.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 11 2 3 32 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-01	3	7th	2 3 6 10 11 16 24
2026-09-10	10	3rd	2 11 24 28 29 32 34
2026-07-02	3	5th	6 12 17 22 24 30 32

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-14	1	3rd	5 15 24 27 30 32 35
2024-03-07	1	6th	2 4 6 8 20 24 30
2024-02-29	6	4th	3 5 13 24 25 31 33
2024-01-18	3	5th	17 20 21 22 24 31 34
2023-12-28	10	5th	9 11 15 16 24 27 35
2023-10-19	6	6th	1 3 4 6 7 24 26
2023-09-07	3	5th	11 14 18 20 24 27 29
2023-08-17	1	5th	10 12 17 21 24 26 30
2023-08-10	6	7th	9 10 11 16 18 23 24
2023-06-29	10	6th	1 3 5 8 18 24 28
2023-04-20	2	5th	1 12 13 18 24 30 32
2023-04-06	6	5th	6 12 17 21 24 30 33
2023-02-23	3	5th	3 5 6 11 24 26 30
2023-02-02	5	5th	2 7 15 21 24 31 35
2022-12-29	8	6th	4 6 9 22 23 24 26
2022-11-03	2	6th	2 6 8 12 22 24 32
2022-10-20	4	5th	6 11 14 17 24 25 33
2022-09-22	8	4th	10 15 21 24 26 28 35
2022-07-28	1	6th	5 9 10 19 23 24 34
2022-07-21	12	5th	2 7 8 9 24 25 26
2022-04-28	8	6th	1 7 12 16 19 24 25
2022-03-03	2	5th	2 4 12 18 24 27 28
2022-02-17	5	5th	6 7 13 22 24 30 34
2022-01-13	15	4th	2 9 13 24 28 29 33
2021-09-30	1	5th	2 7 14 18 24 25 27
2021-09-23	15	7th	3 8 10 14 21 23 24
2021-06-10	2	4th	2 13 15 24 25 32 35
2021-05-27	6	6th	2 5 6 10 12 24 25
2021-04-15	1	7th	1 5 9 12 17 19 24
2021-04-08	21	7th	3 4 12 13 14 21 24
2020-11-12	1	7th	6 9 11 14 19 23 24
2020-11-05	1	6th	2 3 13 14 21 24 35
2020-10-29	11	5th	1 2 10 16 24 28 31
2020-08-13	2	6th	5 6 14 15 16 24 32
2020-07-30	5	4th	3 9 19 24 27 30 35
2020-06-25	1	5th	8 12 18 20 24 27 35
2020-06-18	3	5th	7 14 17 22 24 28 32
2020-05-28	2	4th	9 10 21 24 25 30 32
2020-05-14	4	6th	3 4 8 22 23 24 31
2020-04-16	6	6th	8 12 15 18 19 24 25
2020-03-05	1	4th	10 16 23 24 27 28 33
2020-02-27	7	6th	1 9 16 17 22 24 31
2020-01-09	8	5th	3 4 7 9 24 29 31
2019-11-14	3	4th	8 10 20 24 26 28 32
2019-10-24	10	6th	1 7 11 12 19 24 30
2019-08-15	3	4th	7 14 21 24 27 30 35
2019-07-25	10	7th	1 3 9 11 22 23 24
2019-05-16	9	5th	1 11 13 17 24 34 35
2019-03-14	5	6th	2 5 8 17 20 24 27
2019-02-07	4	6th	6 11 17 20 22 24 32
2019-01-10	3	4th	3 7 10 24 28 31 34
2018-12-20	1	6th	5 9 13 19 20 24 32
2018-12-13	6	4th	7 8 15 24 26 28 35
2018-11-01	4	5th	4 8 11 17 24 30 35
2018-10-04	11	5th	3 11 21 22 24 28 32
2018-07-19	4	5th	2 4 22 23 24 25 29
2018-06-21	2	5th	2 5 9 13 24 31 35
2018-06-07	4	4th	14 22 23 24 30 32 34
2018-05-10	1	4th	6 14 15 24 26 32 35
2018-05-03	1	7th	1 3 6 16 19 20 24
2018-04-26	—	5th	9 14 15 19 24 34 35