Number 24

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

406times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.73σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 50% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

46longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 406 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 406 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 6 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 smallest8 · chance 7.5
2nd smallest64 · chance 57.6
3rd smallest145 · chance 146.1
4th smallest142 · chance 146.1
5th smallest47 · chance 48.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 37 21 34 30 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-30	4	2nd	19 24 29 33 36
2026-09-23	20	4th	8 18 21 24 34
2026-08-19	2	5th	2 3 11 12 24
2026-08-15	7	3rd	11 16 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-30	1	1st	24 29 36 38 39
2026-01-28	18	5th	3 6 14 22 24
2025-12-27	3	3rd	3 21 24 26 33
2025-12-23	1	3rd	20 21 24 26 35
2025-12-20	1	4th	9 18 19 24 35
2025-12-19	26	3rd	14 20 24 26 37
2025-11-04	6	5th	1 15 21 23 24
2025-10-24	1	3rd	6 10 24 28 32
2025-10-22	9	4th	4 15 17 24 33
2025-10-07	7	3rd	5 23 24 33 38
2025-09-24	14	3rd	1 6 24 36 37
2025-08-30	15	3rd	7 18 24 28 31
2025-08-05	6	5th	8 15 17 23 24
2025-07-25	5	1st	24 31 35 36 39
2025-07-16	3	4th	8 9 18 24 37
2025-07-11	16	4th	5 17 21 24 29
2025-06-13	2	3rd	1 2 24 33 39
2025-06-10	10	3rd	7 15 24 25 32
2025-05-23	3	4th	4 6 12 24 30
2025-05-17	11	3rd	15 17 24 28 32
2025-04-29	6	5th	2 4 15 23 24
2025-04-18	1	4th	1 13 15 24 36
2025-04-16	2	1st	24 28 34 35 39
2025-04-12	10	4th	11 18 23 24 35
2025-03-26	17	4th	15 19 23 24 34
2025-02-25	2	3rd	2 17 24 30 37
2025-02-21	3	4th	3 19 21 24 37
2025-02-15	1	4th	3 12 19 24 31
2025-02-14	2	3rd	11 13 24 25 36
2025-02-11	6	4th	12 13 14 24 29
2025-01-31	2	4th	7 14 18 24 27
2025-01-28	36	5th	2 3 16 19 24
2024-11-26	6	5th	6 8 18 22 24
2024-11-15	17	5th	5 12 14 19 24
2024-10-16	20	3rd	9 17 24 28 37
2024-09-11	1	4th	10 16 22 24 32
2024-09-10	4	3rd	12 18 24 27 32
2024-09-03	9	4th	7 17 23 24 28
2024-08-17	3	5th	3 10 12 18 24
2024-08-13	2	5th	2 3 7 9 24
2024-08-09	3	4th	13 14 21 24 36
2024-08-03	6	5th	2 11 12 23 24
2024-07-24	16	3rd	1 3 24 33 34
2024-06-26	6	4th	3 4 14 24 39
2024-06-15	28	4th	12 16 19 24 36
2024-04-27	3	3rd	7 20 24 27 28
2024-04-23	2	3rd	8 14 24 37 38
2024-04-19	20	5th	7 17 19 21 24
2024-03-15	1	3rd	3 9 24 25 34
2024-03-13	2	4th	7 8 21 24 29
2024-03-09	15	5th	3 5 8 20 24
2024-02-13	8	3rd	9 14 24 33 36
2024-01-30	5	3rd	12 17 24 31 39
2024-01-20	11	3rd	18 20 24 26 33
2024-01-02	17	4th	18 19 20 24 26
2023-12-02	15	4th	5 13 22 24 38
2023-11-07	6	4th	6 8 15 24 25
2023-10-27	6	3rd	2 12 24 30 31
2023-10-17	16	3rd	10 23 24 31 33
2023-09-19	7	2nd	13 24 25 27 28
2023-09-06	3	2nd	8 24 27 31 38
2023-09-01	9	5th	4 6 10 14 24
2023-08-16	3	4th	4 5 10 24 25
2023-08-11	1	3rd	2 15 24 26 30
2023-08-09	1	5th	1 7 11 22 24
2023-08-08	7	3rd	8 19 24 30 34
2023-07-26	13	3rd	16 22 24 33 35
2023-07-04	13	2nd	11 24 30 36 37
2023-06-10	3	4th	3 11 18 24 39
2023-06-06	7	4th	5 6 8 24 32
2023-05-24	2	2nd	9 24 27 30 36
2023-05-20	28	3rd	5 10 24 27 28
2023-04-01	9	3rd	6 9 24 28 30
2023-03-17	12	3rd	7 9 24 32 36
2023-02-24	15	4th	1 15 16 24 28
2023-01-28	11	3rd	16 20 24 32 33
2023-01-10	1	2nd	1 24 26 30 35
2023-01-07	3	3rd	1 4 24 27 28
2023-01-03	11	4th	12 18 20 24 39
2022-12-14	8	2nd	14 24 36 37 39
2022-11-30	1	2nd	6 24 25 31 34
2022-11-29	8	3rd	19 20 24 29 36
2022-11-15	7	3rd	2 23 24 27 28
2022-11-02	5	3rd	17 18 24 30 33
2022-10-25	1	3rd	8 12 24 35 36
2022-10-22	14	4th	9 17 20 24 39
2022-09-28	3	3rd	13 22 24 37 39
2022-09-23	46	3rd	5 15 24 27 31
2022-07-05	2	3rd	7 19 24 27 36
2022-07-01	21	4th	9 10 18 24 35
2022-05-25	5	3rd	22 23 24 30 37
2022-05-17	3	3rd	19 21 24 26 32
2022-05-11	1	4th	18 20 22 24 26
2022-05-10	3	4th	1 14 23 24 31
2022-05-04	3	4th	9 18 23 24 39
2022-04-29	2	2nd	3 24 28 34 35
2022-04-26	1	3rd	3 18 24 26 34
2022-04-23	1	3rd	1 3 24 27 36
2022-04-22	2	4th	7 8 17 24 32
2022-04-19	2	4th	6 19 23 24 39
2022-04-15	13	5th	6 12 17 19 24
2022-03-23	16	2nd	5 24 31 32 38
2022-02-23	8	4th	1 7 19 24 30
2022-02-09	5	3rd	4 10 24 26 29
2022-02-01	9	2nd	4 24 33 36 39
2022-01-15	15	4th	4 11 13 24 39
2021-12-21	22	4th	1 12 19 24 34
2021-11-12	4	3rd	2 21 24 25 33
2021-11-05	3	5th	2 6 13 14 24
2021-10-30	5	2nd	1 24 30 33 35
2021-10-22	9	3rd	12 17 24 26 33
2021-10-06	7	3rd	5 9 24 26 27
2021-09-24	20	4th	8 11 15 24 35
2021-08-20	7	2nd	2 24 33 37 39
2021-08-07	1	3rd	9 21 24 26 39
2021-08-06	2	5th	2 6 15 23 24
2021-08-03	1	5th	3 11 13 21 24
2021-07-31	1	4th	5 10 20 24 37
2021-07-30	3	2nd	10 24 26 28 35
2021-07-24	3	4th	8 16 19 24 35
2021-07-20	5	2nd	13 24 27 29 31
2021-07-10	8	4th	2 10 13 24 25
2021-06-26	8	2nd	6 24 29 33 37
2021-06-12	11	3rd	12 16 24 34 38
2021-05-25	9	3rd	9 23 24 25 38
2021-05-08	2	3rd	2 13 24 36 38
2021-05-05	6	3rd	9 16 24 27 34
2021-04-24	19	2nd	3 24 26 28 30
2021-03-23	5	4th	11 13 19 24 30
2021-03-13	3	2nd	6 24 27 31 35
2021-03-09	2	2nd	14 24 25 31 39
2021-03-05	1	2nd	11 24 26 36 39
2021-03-03	5	4th	4 12 22 24 32
2021-02-23	19	3rd	8 22 24 25 37
2021-01-20	1	3rd	3 18 24 25 35
2021-01-19	6	3rd	19 22 24 27 36
2021-01-08	6	3rd	6 13 24 25 30
2020-12-29	2	4th	7 10 15 24 39
2020-12-25	1	2nd	9 24 25 28 31
2020-12-23	1	3rd	1 20 24 26 29
2020-12-22	5	3rd	13 22 24 36 38
2020-12-12	2	3rd	10 16 24 37 39
2020-12-09	1	3rd	9 21 24 33 35
2020-12-08	5	4th	10 14 21 24 26
2020-11-28	16	3rd	11 18 24 35 37
2020-10-31	4	4th	2 4 13 24 34
2020-10-24	2	3rd	10 15 24 34 36
2020-10-21	2	3rd	9 11 24 27 33
2020-10-17	7	4th	6 9 11 24 31
2020-10-06	6	4th	12 15 20 24 29
2020-09-25	3	5th	2 5 8 14 24
2020-09-19	6	2nd	16 24 34 37 38
2020-09-09	1	3rd	8 19 24 27 38
2020-09-08	3	4th	12 15 16 24 29
2020-09-02	7	2nd	12 24 26 34 37
2020-08-21	10	4th	5 7 15 24 25
2020-08-04	4	2nd	3 24 30 37 38
2020-07-28	6	3rd	13 21 24 34 39
2020-07-17	8	4th	5 14 20 24 30
2020-07-03	1	3rd	10 20 24 34 39
2020-07-01	11	4th	1 14 20 24 29
2020-06-12	4	2nd	6 24 25 36 37
2020-06-05	1	3rd	10 20 24 29 39
2020-06-03	15	3rd	13 18 24 27 35
2020-05-08	6	4th	1 10 19 24 34
2020-04-28	13	4th	12 14 19 24 30
2020-04-04	8	3rd	11 23 24 28 31
2020-03-21	2	4th	5 9 13 24 34
2020-03-18	4	4th	7 19 21 24 25
2020-03-11	4	5th	6 14 15 18 24
2020-03-04	5	5th	1 14 19 21 24
2020-02-25	1	4th	6 9 18 24 38
2020-02-22	4	4th	5 11 12 24 27
2020-02-15	12	4th	3 9 13 24 30
2020-01-25	5	2nd	4 24 25 26 28
2020-01-17	5	3rd	9 18 24 29 35
2020-01-08	7	2nd	2 24 25 29 32
2019-12-27	3	2nd	9 24 27 34 39
2019-12-21	3	4th	10 11 18 24 36
2019-12-17	5	3rd	2 7 24 32 37
2019-12-07	3	3rd	15 23 24 26 28
2019-12-03	31	4th	11 17 23 24 32
2019-10-09	9	3rd	18 20 24 28 33
2019-09-24	11	3rd	13 23 24 34 37
2019-09-04	29	4th	3 7 21 24 29
2019-07-16	6	3rd	3 19 24 27 37
2019-07-05	4	3rd	10 18 24 32 35
2019-06-28	2	5th	2 10 18 21 24
2019-06-25	22	3rd	8 20 24 28 34
2019-05-17	7	4th	5 9 21 24 34
2019-05-04	5	3rd	1 17 24 25 37
2019-04-26	30	5th	3 4 13 20 24
2019-03-05	2	4th	3 10 11 24 36
2019-03-01	1	2nd	8 24 27 31 35
2019-02-27	6	3rd	6 13 24 35 37
2019-02-16	14	3rd	9 22 24 27 33
2019-01-23	13	3rd	17 19 24 27 35
2019-01-01	16	2nd	2 24 32 33 36
2018-12-04	2	2nd	18 24 37 38 39
2018-11-30	3	4th	4 7 16 24 34
2018-11-24	4	4th	7 11 18 24 38
2018-11-17	4	3rd	13 14 24 31 34
2018-11-10	10	3rd	3 23 24 26 28
2018-10-24	9	3rd	16 21 24 27 37
2018-10-09	2	5th	4 15 21 23 24
2018-10-05	4	3rd	4 23 24 32 36
2018-09-28	11	4th	11 15 20 24 39
2018-09-08	3	2nd	20 24 33 34 37
2018-09-04	3	4th	4 18 21 24 29
2018-08-29	3	2nd	9 24 33 35 36
2018-08-24	3	1st	24 25 26 28 38
2018-08-18	5	4th	2 10 13 24 33
2018-08-10	4	5th	1 10 13 18 24
2018-08-03	14	3rd	10 19 24 26 33
2018-07-10	17	4th	8 18 19 24 25
2018-06-09	10	2nd	6 24 34 35 38
2018-05-23	2	2nd	8 24 26 35 36
2018-05-19	3	3rd	17 22 24 29 34
2018-05-15	7	3rd	4 18 24 33 37
2018-05-02	6	5th	1 9 20 22 24
2018-04-21	28	3rd	6 9 24 31 37
2018-03-03	1	3rd	15 19 24 32 34
2018-03-02	7	3rd	12 21 24 34 37
2018-02-17	9	4th	9 16 21 24 27
2018-02-02	12	3rd	11 20 24 25 32
2018-01-06	4	4th	4 6 16 24 34
2017-12-29	9	2nd	21 24 25 29 35
2017-12-08	4	4th	1 8 13 24 30
2017-11-29	13	4th	4 13 20 24 32
2017-10-28	4	3rd	19 21 24 27 35
2017-10-20	6	4th	7 12 19 24 37
2017-10-06	2	4th	6 7 20 24 39
2017-09-30	4	3rd	6 14 24 38 39
2017-09-22	22	2nd	17 24 30 34 38
2017-08-02	34	5th	7 10 15 19 24
2017-05-13	1	5th	4 5 12 14 24
2017-05-12	4	4th	13 18 22 24 36
2017-05-03	16	1st	24 28 33 34 37
2017-03-25	7	3rd	10 12 24 34 35
2017-03-10	3	2nd	23 24 30 32 33
2017-03-03	14	4th	15 16 17 24 31
2017-01-28	2	4th	5 10 12 24 31
2017-01-25	5	4th	5 11 14 24 27
2017-01-13	22	5th	4 5 12 21 24
2016-11-23	2	4th	2 4 10 24 29
2016-11-18	2	4th	6 7 9 24 38
2016-11-12	3	4th	2 15 21 24 39
2016-11-05	5	4th	2 16 18 24 26
2016-10-26	11	4th	7 13 15 24 38
2016-09-30	8	1st	24 27 34 36 37
2016-09-10	3	3rd	10 17 24 26 34
2016-09-03	10	3rd	9 19 24 26 30
2016-08-12	3	4th	7 13 20 24 33
2016-08-05	2	4th	4 11 16 24 38
2016-07-30	3	5th	2 3 9 23 24
2016-07-23	1	5th	4 7 22 23 24
2016-07-22	9	5th	7 9 13 21 24
2016-07-01	8	4th	7 8 11 24 36
2016-06-11	5	2nd	3 24 32 35 36
2016-06-01	15	3rd	13 16 24 29 33
2016-04-27	17	3rd	5 18 24 32 34
2016-03-18	1	1st	24 26 32 35 38
2016-03-16	2	2nd	21 24 27 32 36
2016-03-11	3	5th	1 12 16 21 24
2016-03-04	6	2nd	9 24 26 30 33
2016-02-19	30	3rd	2 12 24 30 33
2015-12-11	3	3rd	13 21 24 27 38
2015-12-04	31	2nd	1 24 32 37 39
2015-09-23	1	2nd	3 24 32 35 37
2015-09-19	3	3rd	11 20 24 33 39
2015-09-12	3	2nd	2 24 30 32 36
2015-09-05	3	4th	1 21 22 24 38
2015-08-29	5	3rd	5 8 24 31 39
2015-08-19	8	2nd	7 24 27 34 36
2015-07-31	24	4th	15 16 20 24 27
2015-06-05	9	3rd	5 21 24 36 37
2015-05-15	19	2nd	2 24 29 30 35
2015-04-01	10	4th	6 22 23 24 38
2015-03-07	1	2nd	20 24 29 30 34
2015-03-06	4	4th	4 7 17 24 37
2015-02-25	7	3rd	7 10 24 30 37
2015-02-07	7	2nd	19 24 25 26 35
2015-01-23	4	4th	5 6 17 24 39
2015-01-14	8	5th	9 12 14 16 24
2014-12-26	11	3rd	7 19 24 29 37
2014-11-29	11	4th	8 10 15 24 31
2014-11-05	2	2nd	3 24 25 30 35
2014-10-31	4	2nd	1 24 28 31 35
2014-10-22	13	4th	3 15 18 24 30
2014-09-20	1	4th	2 8 20 24 38
2014-09-19	2	3rd	6 22 24 26 33
2014-09-13	7	4th	1 6 15 24 31
2014-08-29	2	3rd	19 23 24 31 36
2014-08-23	2	2nd	11 24 28 30 39
2014-08-20	19	4th	17 19 20 24 32
2014-07-05	5	5th	5 11 19 22 24
2014-06-25	27	3rd	10 14 24 25 31
2014-04-23	1	5th	5 14 15 21 24
2014-04-19	19	4th	1 7 9 24 38
2014-03-07	2	3rd	3 12 24 30 37
2014-03-01	2	4th	8 10 22 24 29
2014-02-26	1	4th	9 14 19 24 27
2014-02-22	18	1st	24 25 31 32 38
2014-01-11	6	4th	8 16 22 24 36
2013-12-28	6	4th	16 17 23 24 35
2013-12-14	10	5th	2 12 13 19 24
2013-11-22	8	4th	9 10 22 24 38
2013-11-02	2	4th	12 16 21 24 38
2013-10-30	2	3rd	10 22 24 30 38
2013-10-25	1	3rd	6 19 24 25 38
2013-10-23	3	3rd	16 17 24 26 34
2013-10-16	9	4th	1 6 18 24 31
2013-09-25	12	3rd	4 13 24 28 33
2013-08-28	13	5th	3 4 12 22 24
2013-07-27	12	4th	16 18 21 24 34
2013-06-29	10	3rd	5 8 24 25 32
2013-06-07	14	4th	6 8 10 24 35
2013-05-04	32	2nd	3 24 30 31 37
2013-02-20	9	5th	1 6 11 14 24
2013-01-30	4	3rd	21 22 24 28 31
2013-01-19	5	4th	6 8 22 24 26
2013-01-09	2	5th	4 11 12 14 24
2013-01-04	5	4th	6 14 17 24 28
2012-12-22	8	4th	18 19 21 24 30
2012-12-05	2	4th	9 12 14 24 38
2012-11-30	9	4th	10 18 19 24 34
2012-11-09	3	2nd	18 24 27 31 33
2012-11-02	27	2nd	20 24 26 29 34
2012-08-31	23	4th	2 12 21 24 25
2012-07-07	22	4th	1 7 18 24 33
2012-05-18	13	2nd	2 24 25 27 32
2012-04-18	5	4th	3 5 20 24 30
2012-04-06	2	4th	1 17 22 24 37
2012-03-31	4	3rd	10 22 24 27 30
2012-03-23	11	4th	2 4 14 24 30
2012-02-25	9	3rd	3 22 24 36 39
2012-02-04	7	4th	18 21 23 24 35
2012-01-20	8	5th	2 9 11 20 24
2011-12-31	9	4th	8 16 21 24 32
2011-12-10	7	4th	7 14 20 24 30
2011-11-25	6	4th	7 13 22 24 39
2011-11-11	1	2nd	8 24 30 35 38
2011-11-09	1	3rd	9 17 24 28 36
2011-11-05	2	3rd	12 23 24 33 39
2011-11-02	3	3rd	6 12 24 25 36
2011-10-26	4	4th	6 13 19 24 28
2011-10-15	4	4th	1 17 19 24 31
2011-10-07	15	3rd	3 7 24 30 33
2011-09-02	14	3rd	7 8 24 25 29
2011-07-30	1	3rd	3 17 24 28 32
2011-07-29	2	3rd	13 17 24 26 37
2011-07-23	3	4th	4 20 21 24 30
2011-07-16	33	3rd	21 22 24 28 30
2011-04-30	4	3rd	5 7 24 28 32
2011-04-22	2	3rd	11 23 24 25 32
2011-04-16	7	2nd	12 24 28 37 39
2011-04-01	17	4th	12 15 21 24 36
2011-02-19	2	2nd	19 24 29 30 37
2011-02-16	3	4th	1 9 15 24 37
2011-02-09	10	4th	2 13 22 24 34
2011-01-15	19	5th	5 8 11 20 24
2010-12-03	7	4th	1 3 19 24 35
2010-11-17	4	4th	10 13 14 24 35
2010-11-06	12	3rd	9 23 24 25 38
2010-10-09	6	4th	12 20 23 24 32
2010-09-25	1	3rd	9 18 24 26 32
2010-09-24	5	4th	8 17 21 24 30
2010-09-11	9	2nd	23 24 26 28 29
2010-08-21	6	3rd	8 15 24 27 36
2010-08-07	5	4th	3 9 10 24 37
2010-07-28	3	3rd	5 11 24 34 37
2010-07-21	6	4th	7 19 21 24 34
2010-07-07	1	4th	2 3 9 24 25
2010-07-03	18	2nd	14 24 25 27 31
2010-05-22	5	5th	3 4 12 23 24
2010-05-12	3	3rd	11 21 24 32 38
2010-05-01	1	4th	2 6 15 24 30
2010-04-28	12	2nd	5 24 26 31 34
2010-03-17	5	4th	1 7 12 24 29
2010-02-27	5	3rd	19 23 24 30 33
2010-02-10	2	3rd	7 8 24 28 32
2010-02-03	—	4th	5 17 18 24 34