Number 24

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

210times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.32σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

52longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 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 31 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 210 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest9 · chance 6.5
2nd smallest37 · chance 35.7
3rd smallest67 · chance 71.4
4th smallest67 · chance 65.2
5th smallest24 · chance 27.1
6th smallest6 · chance 4.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 13 37 48 21 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-29	6	4th	16 20 23 24 25 33
2026-08-08	4	4th	3 7 18 24 45 48
2026-07-25	32	4th	1 8 9 24 36 37
2026-04-04	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-15	22	4th	13 17 23 24 40 48
2024-02-28	9	2nd	7 24 34 42 46 49
2024-01-27	4	5th	8 11 13 23 24 36
2024-01-13	52	1st	24 28 31 40 42 48
2023-07-15	9	2nd	17 24 31 32 35 47
2023-06-14	2	4th	12 18 22 24 25 47
2023-06-07	29	4th	1 15 19 24 32 44
2023-02-25	1	3rd	2 23 24 25 39 40
2023-02-22	4	3rd	3 19 24 25 27 43
2023-02-08	2	4th	6 12 19 24 38 47
2023-02-01	2	4th	8 22 23 24 34 38
2023-01-25	8	3rd	5 13 24 33 35 41
2022-12-28	1	5th	2 10 16 17 24 26
2022-12-24	12	5th	10 11 21 22 24 30
2022-11-12	6	3rd	1 20 24 32 36 37
2022-10-22	6	3rd	2 17 24 36 40 49
2022-10-01	1	4th	4 19 21 24 25 36
2022-09-28	10	4th	7 10 11 24 32 40
2022-08-24	6	4th	9 15 22 24 26 41
2022-08-03	3	3rd	10 15 24 27 42 46
2022-07-23	10	3rd	6 23 24 26 39 42
2022-06-18	4	5th	4 6 20 21 24 44
2022-06-04	5	2nd	14 24 32 36 37 48
2022-05-18	19	3rd	14 22 24 28 42 48
2022-03-12	4	4th	3 8 20 24 37 47
2022-02-26	6	5th	6 8 12 16 24 35
2022-02-05	12	6th	2 9 12 14 23 24
2021-12-25	46	4th	4 13 21 24 31 45
2021-07-17	28	2nd	22 24 28 35 37 45
2021-04-10	8	4th	5 16 19 24 28 34
2021-03-13	18	2nd	15 24 27 29 42 49
2021-01-09	5	4th	4 8 18 24 31 32
2020-12-23	6	3rd	7 15 24 31 33 34
2020-12-02	7	2nd	22 24 28 41 47 49
2020-11-07	6	4th	1 16 19 24 26 47
2020-10-17	2	4th	7 8 9 24 25 34
2020-10-10	2	3rd	6 23 24 29 36 38
2020-10-03	10	3rd	12 22 24 37 39 43
2020-08-29	5	4th	3 13 21 24 29 40
2020-08-12	13	2nd	16 24 27 43 48 49
2020-06-27	31	4th	1 13 14 24 36 44
2020-03-11	2	2nd	5 24 32 37 43 44
2020-03-04	6	4th	6 8 15 24 38 41
2020-02-12	2	3rd	16 20 24 33 36 47
2020-02-05	7	4th	1 3 6 24 29 45
2020-01-11	2	5th	2 3 7 18 24 26
2020-01-04	3	2nd	23 24 36 42 45 46
2019-12-25	7	2nd	17 24 28 33 36 45
2019-11-30	2	4th	1 8 18 24 30 45
2019-11-23	9	3rd	16 19 24 29 31 36
2019-10-23	2	3rd	11 13 24 28 40 46
2019-10-16	13	4th	2 4 9 24 44 45
2019-08-31	2	4th	2 21 22 24 48 49
2019-08-24	1	6th	3 7 8 14 20 24
2019-08-21	10	3rd	2 17 24 25 40 43
2019-07-17	6	2nd	21 24 33 36 41 42
2019-06-26	3	4th	4 10 17 24 26 33
2019-06-15	2	3rd	10 19 24 30 35 49
2019-06-08	22	5th	9 12 15 20 24 43
2019-03-23	11	6th	3 6 20 22 23 24
2019-02-13	1	3rd	5 19 24 29 36 41
2019-02-09	28	2nd	1 24 35 41 42 49
2018-11-03	3	3rd	7 8 24 32 42 48
2018-10-24	5	5th	4 11 19 23 24 34
2018-10-06	6	3rd	20 23 24 33 37 48
2018-09-15	6	4th	3 4 18 24 32 36
2018-08-25	6	4th	3 6 12 24 43 49
2018-08-04	13	5th	3 9 11 21 24 45
2018-06-20	2	2nd	14 24 31 35 37 48
2018-06-13	10	3rd	6 22 24 31 32 34
2018-05-09	1	4th	15 17 21 24 36 37
2018-05-05	2	3rd	4 18 24 26 33 48
2018-04-28	9	1st	24 31 33 34 44 46
2018-03-28	10	4th	11 12 19 24 28 46
2018-02-21	7	3rd	10 11 24 25 30 49
2018-01-27	3	4th	7 8 13 24 28 35
2018-01-17	9	2nd	6 24 34 39 43 44
2017-12-16	10	3rd	2 13 24 26 31 41
2017-11-11	1	3rd	15 21 24 31 37 42
2017-11-08	5	2nd	22 24 25 32 39 42
2017-10-21	3	2nd	3 24 26 30 34 49
2017-10-11	8	2nd	18 24 32 36 37 44
2017-09-13	2	3rd	18 22 24 28 29 33
2017-09-06	4	5th	9 15 18 21 24 28
2017-08-23	6	3rd	9 15 24 33 40 46
2017-08-02	14	3rd	13 16 24 25 38 43
2017-06-14	16	2nd	17 24 26 27 35 49
2017-04-19	7	4th	4 11 21 24 44 49
2017-03-25	5	4th	5 9 14 24 30 35
2017-03-08	1	3rd	10 17 24 28 35 36
2017-03-04	5	3rd	5 16 24 31 38 47
2017-02-15	8	4th	1 16 17 24 41 46
2017-01-18	2	4th	10 17 20 24 33 35
2017-01-11	12	1st	24 34 36 38 42 43
2016-11-30	10	4th	15 16 20 24 26 31
2016-10-26	1	3rd	15 17 24 27 42 47
2016-10-22	33	2nd	13 24 29 31 33 47
2016-06-29	10	4th	8 11 20 24 41 42
2016-05-25	3	4th	4 17 18 24 29 39
2016-05-14	31	3rd	8 21 24 33 41 46
2016-01-27	15	3rd	4 13 24 36 39 41
2015-12-05	7	4th	10 11 17 24 26 29
2015-11-11	13	4th	8 13 20 24 37 42
2015-09-26	9	4th	6 13 14 24 32 34
2015-08-26	4	3rd	5 7 24 45 46 49
2015-08-12	11	2nd	20 24 27 28 38 48
2015-07-04	12	4th	20 22 23 24 39 41
2015-05-23	3	3rd	8 23 24 31 35 44
2015-05-13	2	3rd	3 16 24 40 41 48
2015-05-06	4	4th	13 16 19 24 27 30
2015-04-22	6	2nd	4 24 27 35 38 48
2015-04-01	14	6th	4 7 12 16 22 24
2015-02-11	1	3rd	1 13 24 29 43 49
2015-02-07	2	3rd	14 16 24 41 42 48
2015-01-31	11	5th	9 13 18 20 24 36
2014-12-24	6	4th	1 3 21 24 31 46
2014-12-03	1	4th	1 3 4 24 28 36
2014-11-29	2	3rd	9 20 24 26 43 47
2014-11-22	9	4th	5 7 20 24 37 49
2014-10-22	15	3rd	10 13 24 29 31 32
2014-08-30	2	2nd	3 24 25 33 40 48
2014-08-23	5	3rd	10 17 24 28 31 46
2014-08-06	2	5th	8 10 11 21 24 44
2014-07-30	10	2nd	13 24 25 29 43 45
2014-06-25	5	3rd	1 10 24 28 39 45
2014-06-07	6	2nd	3 24 28 40 43 48
2014-05-17	17	1st	24 33 35 40 43 49
2014-03-19	6	2nd	13 24 28 34 45 49
2014-02-26	2	1st	24 25 26 30 34 39
2014-02-19	21	4th	2 7 15 24 37 45
2013-12-07	11	5th	2 8 11 15 24 27
2013-10-30	6	3rd	4 9 24 41 47 48
2013-10-09	11	3rd	18 22 24 30 43 48
2013-08-31	12	3rd	5 6 24 29 35 39
2013-07-20	4	3rd	3 20 24 26 37 47
2013-07-06	10	3rd	21 23 24 33 38 44
2013-06-01	3	3rd	2 7 24 37 38 40
2013-05-22	1	3rd	1 20 24 33 37 43
2013-05-18	1	2nd	5 24 26 28 33 45
2013-05-15	1	4th	11 14 21 24 25 43
2013-05-11	1	5th	2 10 16 21 24 49
2013-05-08	14	4th	12 21 23 24 38 46
2013-03-20	3	3rd	9 14 24 43 45 46
2013-03-09	18	3rd	15 18 24 28 29 49
2013-01-05	7	1st	24 29 34 36 41 42
2012-12-12	14	3rd	6 7 24 27 28 46
2012-10-24	1	4th	9 10 11 24 34 42
2012-10-20	4	4th	13 14 21 24 32 35
2012-10-06	4	2nd	20 24 27 40 44 45
2012-09-22	2	4th	4 19 22 24 32 33
2012-09-15	2	5th	9 10 12 19 24 31
2012-09-08	3	4th	1 4 6 24 26 29
2012-08-29	4	5th	3 5 8 14 24 34
2012-08-15	14	5th	1 6 12 19 24 31
2012-06-27	14	4th	4 10 19 24 32 35
2012-05-09	8	5th	2 6 15 19 24 38
2012-04-11	28	4th	1 2 16 24 36 49
2012-01-04	5	5th	1 8 11 21 24 41
2011-12-17	3	3rd	3 5 24 27 38 46
2011-12-07	1	3rd	6 8 24 27 31 41
2011-12-03	14	2nd	8 24 34 38 41 42
2011-10-15	4	2nd	14 24 27 36 39 42
2011-10-01	13	3rd	8 15 24 25 30 35
2011-08-17	2	4th	7 18 23 24 27 32
2011-08-10	23	3rd	9 18 24 27 29 43
2011-05-21	4	5th	7 8 17 22 24 30
2011-05-07	2	3rd	2 23 24 27 36 48
2011-04-30	6	4th	1 6 7 24 30 48
2011-04-09	5	3rd	17 23 24 40 45 48
2011-03-23	8	5th	5 10 11 21 24 43
2011-02-23	8	4th	5 6 15 24 35 48
2011-01-26	2	4th	4 6 22 24 31 40
2011-01-19	3	6th	7 13 18 21 23 24
2011-01-08	10	5th	5 6 11 16 24 40
2010-12-04	2	4th	9 12 16 24 25 38
2010-11-27	8	4th	4 13 23 24 37 47
2010-10-30	7	3rd	10 15 24 29 35 38
2010-10-06	23	3rd	10 20 24 32 37 47
2010-07-17	5	1st	24 26 28 37 43 48
2010-06-30	18	3rd	4 14 24 26 34 43
2010-04-28	7	2nd	6 24 27 34 36 42
2010-04-03	8	5th	1 2 13 17 24 39
2010-03-06	1	4th	7 9 14 24 25 44
2010-03-03	6	4th	10 19 23 24 33 38
2010-02-10	2	2nd	13 24 30 32 37 48
2010-02-03	—	2nd	9 24 29 35 37 40