Number 24

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

145times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.16σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

32longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 145 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 145 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 2 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 smallest1 · chance 3.6
2nd smallest22 · chance 21.5
3rd smallest51 · chance 47.4
4th smallest54 · chance 47.4
5th smallest16 · chance 21.5
6th smallest1 · chance 3.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 29 40 2 19 22

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
2026-10-03	11	3rd	1 7 24 33 41 45
2026-08-26	9	5th	7 9 14 15 24 42
2026-07-25	4	2nd	23 24 25 42 43 46
2026-07-11	1	2nd	10 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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-02	3	2nd	10 24 25 33 42 47
2025-06-21	5	3rd	15 19 24 31 34 42
2025-06-04	7	3rd	4 6 24 27 39 45
2025-05-10	12	3rd	2 9 24 30 38 40
2025-03-29	4	2nd	14 24 30 34 42 45
2025-03-15	5	4th	3 13 22 24 25 31
2025-02-26	7	3rd	18 22 24 35 37 39
2025-02-01	18	1st	24 26 30 35 36 40
2024-11-30	12	4th	4 7 20 24 25 44
2024-10-19	3	4th	11 16 23 24 40 44
2024-10-09	8	2nd	13 24 30 37 45 46
2024-09-11	11	4th	3 12 19 24 27 38
2024-08-03	8	3rd	13 19 24 37 38 42
2024-07-06	10	3rd	19 21 24 26 28 32
2024-06-01	6	4th	2 3 22 24 29 35
2024-05-11	14	3rd	8 16 24 27 28 42
2024-03-23	6	4th	13 14 19 24 30 40
2024-03-02	2	4th	2 5 7 24 38 45
2024-02-24	5	3rd	10 17 24 27 38 46
2024-02-07	1	3rd	11 22 24 27 30 35
2024-02-03	2	4th	2 12 20 24 36 45
2024-01-27	11	4th	3 8 10 24 32 41
2023-12-20	4	3rd	5 22 24 29 32 37
2023-12-06	7	2nd	3 24 29 31 38 40
2023-11-11	2	3rd	14 18 24 28 29 39
2023-11-04	7	2nd	8 24 29 37 41 42
2023-10-11	6	4th	2 12 16 24 39 40
2023-09-20	5	4th	6 10 21 24 26 29
2023-09-02	10	4th	3 7 13 24 25 33
2023-07-29	3	3rd	13 21 24 35 37 46
2023-07-19	5	3rd	3 20 24 28 29 31
2023-07-01	10	4th	6 8 11 24 42 46
2023-05-27	16	3rd	2 9 24 28 33 43
2023-04-01	4	4th	11 12 19 24 25 26
2023-03-18	5	5th	5 9 11 13 24 47
2023-03-01	21	5th	1 6 12 23 24 34
2022-12-17	7	2nd	23 24 37 42 45 46
2022-11-23	11	4th	9 21 22 24 30 46
2022-10-15	3	3rd	7 19 24 30 36 44
2022-10-05	6	4th	3 8 20 24 28 29
2022-09-14	2	3rd	2 14 24 30 38 44
2022-09-07	5	4th	8 11 16 24 35 40
2022-08-20	11	3rd	14 21 24 35 38 41
2022-07-13	27	4th	13 17 22 24 29 38
2022-04-09	2	4th	4 7 17 24 29 42
2022-04-02	21	4th	2 5 10 24 37 41
2022-01-19	4	3rd	21 23 24 27 35 36
2022-01-05	1	2nd	8 24 36 38 41 45
2022-01-01	6	4th	4 5 21 24 25 41
2021-12-11	16	4th	2 12 20 24 43 46
2021-10-16	8	5th	1 7 20 21 24 44
2021-09-18	17	4th	9 14 22 24 37 44
2021-07-21	13	2nd	20 24 27 32 39 43
2021-06-05	19	4th	10 16 17 24 26 42
2021-03-31	5	4th	2 5 8 24 43 47
2021-03-13	13	5th	2 5 7 10 24 46
2021-01-27	9	2nd	7 24 27 33 34 40
2020-12-26	3	3rd	22 23 24 28 32 41
2020-12-16	18	3rd	15 19 24 32 38 40
2020-10-14	28	2nd	4 24 30 38 39 42
2020-07-08	13	4th	10 15 22 24 32 42
2020-05-23	3	2nd	15 24 28 34 40 45
2020-05-13	6	4th	2 9 15 24 31 33
2020-04-22	4	2nd	14 24 25 26 29 40
2020-04-08	10	3rd	10 13 24 32 33 42
2020-03-04	4	5th	1 7 10 12 24 34
2020-02-19	3	4th	6 10 16 24 25 46
2020-02-08	5	3rd	14 20 24 38 41 45
2020-01-22	3	5th	10 15 19 21 24 37
2020-01-11	8	5th	3 15 20 22 24 45
2019-12-14	4	3rd	11 17 24 29 30 47
2019-11-30	5	5th	6 7 19 22 24 46
2019-11-13	12	5th	2 6 8 9 24 39
2019-10-02	5	5th	6 10 16 23 24 37
2019-09-14	1	3rd	16 21 24 30 31 43
2019-09-11	3	3rd	2 15 24 33 41 42
2019-08-31	3	4th	13 19 22 24 34 40
2019-08-21	20	4th	10 13 23 24 25 44
2019-06-12	4	3rd	7 14 24 27 35 38
2019-05-29	7	4th	3 11 12 24 37 39
2019-05-04	6	2nd	22 24 26 39 42 47
2019-04-13	32	4th	6 7 17 24 27 44
2018-12-22	1	4th	5 20 21 24 34 45
2018-12-19	3	4th	1 5 19 24 27 42
2018-12-08	2	4th	9 15 17 24 41 43
2018-12-01	10	2nd	16 24 31 39 43 47
2018-10-27	1	2nd	14 24 30 38 40 45
2018-10-24	13	3rd	8 19 24 29 42 45
2018-09-08	18	3rd	5 12 24 36 37 42
2018-07-07	2	3rd	3 11 24 26 29 47
2018-06-30	21	3rd	19 22 24 30 38 45
2018-04-18	7	4th	5 14 15 24 27 41
2018-03-24	16	3rd	2 17 24 25 35 40
2018-01-27	9	4th	2 12 22 24 33 41
2017-12-27	9	4th	17 20 22 24 25 40
2017-11-25	2	4th	4 16 18 24 32 35
2017-11-18	13	4th	15 17 21 24 28 36
2017-10-04	2	3rd	15 18 24 28 33 47
2017-09-27	2	2nd	19 24 31 36 38 42
2017-09-20	16	4th	3 11 14 24 30 35
2017-07-26	4	4th	1 6 13 24 37 40
2017-07-12	2	3rd	5 6 24 30 38 47
2017-07-05	4	5th	7 16 18 20 24 37
2017-06-21	3	3rd	12 15 24 29 33 46
2017-06-10	11	5th	5 6 19 20 24 29
2017-05-03	2	3rd	1 15 24 31 35 36
2017-04-26	4	3rd	1 16 24 28 39 40
2017-04-12	7	4th	7 14 18 24 25 31
2017-03-18	14	4th	9 11 18 24 30 44
2017-01-28	2	4th	13 14 22 24 25 42
2017-01-21	1	5th	18 21 22 23 24 36
2017-01-18	2	3rd	2 12 24 31 34 43
2017-01-11	12	6th	8 12 13 16 19 24
2016-11-30	12	3rd	1 5 24 34 39 41
2016-10-19	3	3rd	2 11 24 28 37 47
2016-10-08	8	3rd	9 18 24 26 27 35
2016-09-10	20	4th	5 6 14 24 26 29
2016-07-02	14	3rd	4 11 24 40 42 43
2016-05-14	20	3rd	19 20 24 31 43 47
2016-03-05	28	4th	2 8 16 24 33 42
2015-11-28	—	4th	3 7 17 24 26 29