Number 24

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

127times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.32σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

37longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 38 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 12 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 smallest1 · chance 2.4
2nd smallest16 · chance 16.1
3rd smallest42 · chance 39.3
4th smallest42 · chance 43.5
5th smallest21 · chance 21.7
6th smallest5 · chance 3.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 30 12 41 11 22

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
2026-07-18	3	4th	5 7 13 24 30 41
2026-06-27	16	3rd	15 17 24 28 36 37
2026-03-07	6	3rd	16 17 24 33 35 36
2026-01-24	25	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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-10-22	1	4th	7 17 21 24 35 41
2022-10-15	10	5th	5 7 11 12 24 40
2022-08-06	2	3rd	14 15 24 31 33 39
2022-07-23	18	3rd	3 20 24 32 38 40
2022-03-19	10	2nd	10 24 32 34 38 43
2022-01-08	5	4th	3 17 20 24 27 29
2021-12-04	8	2nd	8 24 31 39 44 45
2021-10-09	8	3rd	18 22 24 34 40 42
2021-08-14	7	5th	3 9 13 19 24 28
2021-06-26	3	2nd	1 24 26 32 34 36
2021-06-05	10	3rd	1 11 24 32 33 44
2021-03-27	4	5th	2 4 12 23 24 35
2021-02-27	3	3rd	4 6 24 35 42 45
2021-02-06	9	6th	3 6 8 10 12 24
2020-12-05	8	4th	1 9 11 24 32 41
2020-10-10	1	3rd	5 12 24 26 34 37
2020-10-03	14	4th	3 11 21 24 29 38
2020-06-27	10	3rd	15 19 24 28 35 41
2020-04-18	9	2nd	23 24 29 39 40 41
2020-02-15	1	5th	3 4 11 21 24 39
2020-02-08	1	3rd	17 19 24 36 38 44
2020-02-01	1	4th	1 10 17 24 29 33
2020-01-25	1	4th	10 17 19 24 36 38
2020-01-18	22	4th	3 10 12 24 34 35
2019-08-17	9	4th	6 19 23 24 28 35
2019-06-15	1	3rd	8 18 24 39 41 42
2019-06-08	5	3rd	1 22 24 36 39 42
2019-05-04	13	4th	7 8 23 24 27 33
2019-02-02	4	5th	1 5 12 21 24 45
2019-01-05	5	4th	3 18 20 24 26 34
2018-12-01	1	2nd	5 24 25 27 31 38
2018-11-24	11	4th	7 10 20 24 29 37
2018-09-08	5	3rd	19 22 24 25 42 43
2018-08-04	2	3rd	12 14 24 25 35 38
2018-07-21	7	6th	2 4 14 15 16 24
2018-06-02	17	5th	7 14 17 19 24 37
2018-02-03	30	5th	11 12 13 23 24 27
2017-07-08	4	4th	11 18 22 24 26 33
2017-06-10	2	5th	12 14 20 22 24 44
2017-05-27	5	4th	15 17 18 24 42 45
2017-04-22	3	5th	11 13 18 21 24 30
2017-04-01	14	3rd	16 20 24 32 34 37
2016-12-24	5	4th	4 5 9 24 34 39
2016-11-19	2	5th	1 12 14 16 24 40
2016-11-05	16	3rd	9 23 24 34 38 43
2016-07-16	10	5th	1 3 7 12 24 32
2016-05-07	1	4th	1 3 14 24 31 35
2016-04-30	5	4th	2 20 22 24 27 30
2016-03-26	1	4th	5 9 17 24 32 43
2016-03-19	8	4th	8 10 16 24 28 31
2016-01-23	1	2nd	20 24 33 41 44 45
2016-01-16	4	6th	1 3 11 13 22 24
2015-12-19	3	4th	3 6 11 24 33 34
2015-11-28	6	5th	1 9 17 18 24 34
2015-10-17	10	6th	2 7 10 13 23 24
2015-08-08	4	3rd	1 13 24 28 29 33
2015-07-11	13	3rd	14 23 24 28 41 45
2015-04-11	1	5th	3 7 13 21 24 30
2015-04-04	2	2nd	1 24 34 40 44 45
2015-03-21	2	5th	2 11 12 16 24 39
2015-03-07	2	3rd	3 6 24 40 41 44
2015-02-21	1	4th	5 10 11 24 39 41
2015-02-14	5	3rd	16 22 24 35 37 42
2015-01-10	10	3rd	4 19 24 25 27 34
2014-11-01	9	4th	9 15 21 24 30 42
2014-08-30	2	3rd	2 14 24 37 40 44
2014-08-16	16	6th	2 3 15 16 18 24
2014-04-26	3	3rd	12 20 24 32 39 45
2014-04-05	14	3rd	1 22 24 29 36 39
2013-12-28	4	3rd	17 22 24 25 26 40
2013-11-30	17	1st	24 27 30 37 43 45
2013-08-03	20	3rd	1 14 24 26 30 37
2013-03-16	28	2nd	4 24 25 29 32 43
2012-09-01	37	3rd	9 19 24 28 29 31
2011-12-17	4	4th	6 11 12 24 26 36
2011-11-19	5	4th	9 18 23 24 33 36
2011-10-15	8	5th	8 12 18 21 24 30
2011-08-20	4	2nd	3 24 26 30 32 39
2011-07-23	11	4th	1 4 22 24 31 33
2011-05-07	5	2nd	12 24 26 28 39 44
2011-04-02	5	3rd	10 14 24 30 40 41
2011-02-26	8	5th	1 4 21 23 24 43
2010-12-31	5	5th	10 11 13 19 24 41
2010-11-27	3	4th	2 12 15 24 35 37
2010-11-06	4	2nd	15 24 25 28 30 39
2010-10-09	2	3rd	1 11 24 26 32 36
2010-09-25	9	3rd	12 22 24 26 31 38
2010-07-24	7	4th	6 13 16 24 30 33
2010-06-05	5	3rd	5 13 24 26 28 41
2010-05-01	7	2nd	20 24 25 29 31 34
2010-03-13	1	3rd	7 17 24 31 42 43
2010-03-06	10	4th	4 18 21 24 28 41
2009-12-26	2	4th	6 9 11 24 28 42
2009-12-12	6	3rd	1 2 24 25 31 34
2009-10-31	2	2nd	6 24 29 30 37 44
2009-10-17	4	4th	2 10 22 24 26 44
2009-09-19	7	3rd	2 20 24 29 33 41
2009-08-01	5	3rd	5 16 24 27 28 40
2009-06-27	7	4th	9 14 20 24 25 38
2009-05-09	10	5th	8 13 14 22 24 31
2009-02-28	2	4th	17 21 22 24 28 34
2009-02-14	3	5th	5 6 20 23 24 26
2009-01-24	—	2nd	18 24 31 32 41 44