Number 24

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

81times drawn · chance expected 84 −0.36σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

45longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 81 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 3 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 smallest4 · chance 4.4
2nd smallest17 · chance 20.2
3rd smallest34 · chance 31.8
4th smallest23 · chance 20.2
5th smallest3 · chance 4.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 3 36 6 16 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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	2nd	16 24 30 36 41
2026-09-21	4	1st	24 28 37 40 42
2026-09-07	3	4th	4 18 22 24 42
2026-08-27	7	2nd	1 24 28 31

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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