Number 24

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

109times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.67σ

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

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

65longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 65 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest6 · chance 7.7
2nd smallest30 · chance 28.6
3rd smallest34 · chance 39.4
4th smallest29 · chance 25.1
5th smallest10 · chance 7.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 39 20 30 1 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-02	4	4th	1 15 21 24 32 51
2026-08-19	2	3rd	1 6 24 32 48 54
2026-08-12	2	4th	3 14 22 24 34 54
2026-08-05	22	1st	24 26

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-10	8	3rd	9 19 24 31 39 56
2024-03-13	9	1st	24 26 28 34 35 37
2024-02-10	7	3rd	4 19 24 29 43 53
2024-01-17	6	2nd	10 24 28 30 44 48
2023-12-27	25	3rd	2 23 24 29 33 36
2023-09-30	4	5th	1 8 14 20 24 40
2023-09-16	10	4th	7 17 22 24 31 59
2023-08-12	1	4th	14 17 21 24 25 39
2023-08-09	9	3rd	10 16 24 29 34 48
2023-07-08	2	5th	6 15 18 23 24 59
2023-07-01	9	5th	1 12 20 22 24 35
2023-05-31	3	2nd	19 24 28 33 41 54
2023-05-20	12	2nd	7 24 34 36 44 51
2023-04-08	3	5th	4 12 19 20 24 42
2023-03-29	4	2nd	10 24 27 32 42 52
2023-03-15	3	3rd	2 12 24 37 39 43
2023-03-04	41	3rd	6 16 24 30 33 44
2022-10-12	13	3rd	20 21 24 26 39 47
2022-08-27	5	4th	7 10 20 24 30 38
2022-08-10	9	3rd	6 21 24 40 47 52
2022-07-09	12	4th	6 12 15 24 40 48
2022-05-28	4	3rd	5 16 24 34 44 57
2022-05-14	6	4th	12 15 21 24 39 50
2022-04-23	1	3rd	7 10 24 31 48 56
2022-04-20	4	3rd	5 8 24 47 50 53
2022-04-06	1	4th	3 17 23 24 30 49
2022-04-02	4	2nd	22 24 27 30 52 57
2022-03-19	12	2nd	20 24 33 34 50 51
2022-02-05	12	2nd	8 24 36 39 46 56
2021-12-25	6	2nd	15 24 26 30 42 59
2021-12-04	2	2nd	8 24 25 32 33 46
2021-11-27	3	5th	1 15 16 17 24 48
2021-11-17	9	2nd	13 24 34 35 49 55
2021-10-16	9	4th	4 18 21 24 37 58
2021-09-15	5	2nd	20 24 25 27 34 37
2021-08-28	18	2nd	18 24 34 49 50 57
2021-06-26	5	2nd	14 24 37 39 41 53
2021-06-09	13	3rd	9 15 24 34 43 49
2021-04-24	10	2nd	16 24 29 30 32 38
2021-03-20	8	3rd	12 15 24 34 36 51
2021-02-20	15	4th	3 16 18 24 36 56
2020-12-30	25	4th	11 17 21 24 37 49
2020-10-03	11	4th	1 4 13 24 27 47
2020-08-26	1	3rd	4 8 24 27 31 39
2020-08-22	6	3rd	19 23 24 28 37 51
2020-08-01	1	4th	4 10 13 24 53 56
2020-07-29	3	2nd	1 24 39 46 49 52
2020-07-18	5	3rd	1 20 24 32 33 42
2020-07-01	12	3rd	1 8 24 27 29 55
2020-05-20	16	2nd	7 24 26 37 40 57
2020-03-25	33	2nd	11 24 25 39 53 57
2019-11-30	31	3rd	8 16 24 36 40 57
2019-08-14	11	3rd	14 16 24 28 30 53
2019-07-06	3	1st	24 30 44 50 56 57
2019-06-26	21	4th	5 7 9 24 32 44
2019-04-13	19	4th	4 10 15 24 37 38
2019-02-06	13	3rd	3 16 24 41 44 53
2018-12-22	1	4th	4 15 17 24 32 56
2018-12-19	8	2nd	12 24 33 34 39 56
2018-11-21	6	1st	24 31 35 42 46 53
2018-10-31	65	4th	5 14 20 24 28 45
2018-03-17	27	4th	7 8 13 24 45 46
2017-12-13	2	4th	6 14 23 24 43 58
2017-12-06	5	3rd	3 19 24 31 50 52
2017-11-18	30	3rd	1 20 24 36 54 58
2017-08-05	1	2nd	14 24 30 45 49 56
2017-08-02	13	3rd	4 6 24 35 45 52
2017-06-17	9	5th	1 11 16 20 24 44
2017-05-17	4	4th	3 19 20 24 30 38
2017-05-03	1	3rd	13 22 24 34 41 57
2017-04-29	13	1st	24 29 30 36 46 48
2017-03-15	3	2nd	6 24 27 38 39 58
2017-03-04	2	1st	24 38 39 40 49 56
2017-02-25	33	2nd	18 24 34 38 41 49
2016-11-02	1	4th	5 14 19 24 31 38
2016-10-29	10	4th	7 8 16 24 29 58
2016-09-24	17	2nd	11 24 34 43 44 47
2016-07-27	6	2nd	9 24 26 38 40 46
2016-07-06	1	4th	1 3 20 24 38 39
2016-07-02	2	5th	3 9 16 19 24 43
2016-06-25	12	5th	13 14 18 22 24 56
2016-05-14	5	4th	9 12 23 24 32 51
2016-04-27	8	2nd	12 24 29 34 39 57
2016-03-30	35	3rd	5 13 24 31 40 41
2015-11-28	—	4th	7 12 20 24 34 52