Number 24

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

105times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.02σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

52longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 52 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 7.4
2nd smallest29 · chance 29.6
3rd smallest45 · chance 40.7
4th smallest18 · chance 22.8
5th smallest4 · chance 4.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 6 26 42 5 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-09	20	3rd	5 20 24 31 45
2026-07-31	1	2nd	10 24 25 31 45
2026-07-28	42	3rd	5 7 24 30 49
2026-03-03	1	3rd	6 7 24

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-24	4	5th	6 10 16 23 24
2024-12-10	29	2nd	5 24 25 29 47
2024-08-30	2	2nd	3 24 27 33 42
2024-08-23	12	3rd	9 15 24 47 50
2024-07-12	8	3rd	12 18 24 25 39
2024-06-14	13	4th	2 13 16 24 32
2024-04-30	19	3rd	13 22 24 33 47
2024-02-23	2	1st	24 27 28 30 49
2024-02-16	2	4th	8 13 14 24 26
2024-02-09	19	2nd	23 24 35 37 45
2023-12-05	5	4th	4 6 20 24 25
2023-11-17	13	2nd	2 24 26 46 50
2023-10-03	3	4th	6 20 22 24 45
2023-09-22	5	3rd	3 23 24 34 35
2023-09-05	52	3rd	1 7 24 41 48
2023-03-07	1	3rd	11 13 24 35 50
2023-03-03	5	4th	3 6 8 24 50
2023-02-14	22	1st	24 26 38 43 46
2022-11-29	2	3rd	15 20 24 35 38
2022-11-22	2	3rd	21 22 24 29 42
2022-11-15	1	3rd	13 21 24 31 33
2022-11-11	5	3rd	2 19 24 25 44
2022-10-25	3	2nd	7 24 34 39 46
2022-10-14	10	1st	24 28 29 34 48
2022-09-09	17	3rd	17 23 24 26 27
2022-07-12	3	3rd	14 18 24 25 50
2022-07-01	16	3rd	6 18 24 34 46
2022-05-06	6	4th	3 8 18 24 40
2022-04-15	3	2nd	6 24 30 32 48
2022-04-05	3	4th	1 11 13 24 49
2022-03-25	7	3rd	6 10 24 27 29
2022-03-01	1	2nd	8 24 26 39 42
2022-02-25	11	3rd	10 13 24 30 42
2022-01-18	51	4th	3 12 19 24 30
2021-07-23	7	2nd	23 24 26 34 50
2021-06-29	2	4th	6 12 20 24 48
2021-06-22	15	2nd	6 24 26 27 41
2021-04-30	1	3rd	1 16 24 28 46
2021-04-27	8	3rd	13 14 24 35 49
2021-03-30	8	1st	24 27 28 29 42
2021-03-02	6	3rd	2 19 24 26 49
2021-02-09	17	3rd	5 10 24 31 37
2020-12-11	1	4th	6 9 13 24 41
2020-12-08	37	4th	1 4 21 24 46
2020-07-31	3	2nd	21 24 30 46 49
2020-07-21	9	3rd	14 15 24 29 42
2020-06-19	2	4th	5 14 19 24 43
2020-06-12	2	2nd	2 24 39 45 46
2020-06-05	19	4th	5 11 17 24 37
2020-03-31	14	3rd	12 17 24 30 36
2020-02-11	5	1st	24 26 32 43 46
2020-01-24	1	5th	3 4 6 9 24
2020-01-21	9	3rd	10 11 24 36 46
2019-12-20	24	2nd	8 24 30 32 34
2019-09-27	11	1st	24 37 41 43 46
2019-08-20	18	4th	20 22 23 24 37
2019-06-18	5	2nd	12 24 37 40 44
2019-05-31	22	3rd	1 23 24 26 35
2019-03-15	2	3rd	3 15 24 42 46
2019-03-08	11	4th	17 18 19 24 40
2019-01-29	24	2nd	14 24 26 32 39
2018-11-06	9	2nd	14 24 36 40 43
2018-10-05	14	3rd	8 16 24 26 35
2018-08-17	22	4th	2 15 18 24 43
2018-06-01	10	3rd	17 18 24 29 40
2018-04-27	12	2nd	12 24 40 41 46
2018-03-16	14	3rd	4 17 24 27 31
2018-01-26	1	3rd	6 15 24 28 48
2018-01-23	9	5th	5 8 9 23 24
2017-12-22	6	2nd	5 24 30 31 43
2017-12-01	2	2nd	5 24 29 35 46
2017-11-24	15	2nd	19 24 28 30 50
2017-10-03	7	2nd	6 24 32 48 50
2017-09-08	6	2nd	9 24 42 47 49
2017-08-18	5	2nd	2 24 39 42 45
2017-08-01	17	3rd	14 21 24 29 30
2017-06-02	17	3rd	8 10 24 33 42
2017-04-04	1	3rd	1 9 24 33 34
2017-03-31	13	2nd	17 24 26 28 45
2017-02-14	36	3rd	2 10 24 40 44
2016-10-11	—	4th	5 12 20 24 37