Number 24

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

223times drawn · chance expected 203 +1.56σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

27longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, +1.56σ. 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 223 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.0 draws · longest completed wait 27 · 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 smallest0 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest13 · chance 16.2
3rd smallest47 · chance 54.9
4th smallest92 · chance 82.3
5th smallest59 · chance 54.9
6th smallest12 · chance 13.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 22 4 12 19 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-26	5	5th	5 12 19 21 24 38
2026-08-29	6	4th	2 5 20 24 25 31
2026-08-08	1	4th	9 13 21 24 25 35
2026-08-05	1	4th	4

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-23	9	4th	13 16 17 24 25 31
2025-07-23	18	5th	4 9 14 20 24 26
2025-05-21	6	4th	3 5 6 24 27 37
2025-04-30	2	5th	1 12 14 20 24 38
2025-04-23	4	4th	10 19 22 24 31 40
2025-04-09	5	5th	8 14 15 21 24 33
2025-03-22	9	5th	5 6 12 19 24 26
2025-02-19	5	5th	11 13 18 21 24 38
2025-02-01	12	3rd	1 4 24 30 34 39
2024-12-21	2	5th	2 3 9 21 24 33
2024-12-14	2	5th	10 14 17 21 24 32
2024-12-07	11	4th	3 7 16 24 27 29
2024-10-30	5	3rd	10 22 24 25 31 36
2024-10-12	1	4th	10 11 20 24 28 33
2024-10-09	3	4th	1 3 10 24 32 38
2024-09-28	8	3rd	12 16 24 28 34 35
2024-08-31	5	4th	8 14 16 24 34 39
2024-08-14	1	3rd	5 12 24 25 29 32
2024-08-10	10	4th	3 6 17 24 25 30
2024-07-06	25	5th	9 12 16 17 24 28
2024-04-10	8	6th	8 11 12 17 21 24
2024-03-13	1	4th	5 15 23 24 30 36
2024-03-09	5	4th	12 15 22 24 34 36
2024-02-21	1	4th	1 20 22 24 28 34
2024-02-17	3	5th	5 6 10 22 24 34
2024-02-07	16	3rd	2 3 24 27 37 38
2023-12-13	1	4th	4 10 21 24 34 40
2023-12-09	10	4th	4 16 22 24 27 30
2023-11-04	2	5th	10 11 12 23 24 25
2023-10-28	14	4th	2 14 22 24 35 36
2023-09-09	5	4th	4 8 17 24 32 37
2023-08-23	5	6th	1 14 15 17 18 24
2023-08-05	4	3rd	18 23 24 26 28 32
2023-07-22	2	5th	3 4 12 22 24 25
2023-07-15	4	5th	7 11 15 21 24 34
2023-07-01	6	3rd	9 23 24 25 30 34
2023-06-10	1	5th	2 10 15 23 24 40
2023-06-07	17	3rd	6 15 24 30 34 37
2023-04-08	3	2nd	12 24 31 34 36 37
2023-03-29	4	3rd	14 23 24 35 36 37
2023-03-15	8	4th	3 4 5 24 33 39
2023-02-15	2	2nd	7 24 26 27 28 39
2023-02-08	4	5th	2 10 15 18 24 29
2023-01-25	4	5th	5 11 12 18 24 30
2023-01-11	1	5th	9 10 18 22 24 33
2023-01-07	6	5th	1 3 7 15 24 30
2022-12-17	2	5th	8 10 20 21 24 33
2022-12-10	7	5th	5 7 9 19 24 36
2022-11-16	2	4th	2 13 23 24 34 40
2022-11-09	2	4th	10 11 20 24 26 32
2022-11-02	12	4th	12 20 22 24 28 31
2022-09-21	5	3rd	8 13 24 27 28 35
2022-09-03	1	4th	12 16 19 24 38 39
2022-08-31	2	4th	8 13 14 24 31 33
2022-08-24	3	3rd	6 18 24 29 30 34
2022-08-13	4	3rd	19 23 24 28 30 36
2022-07-30	3	5th	6 12 16 23 24 36
2022-07-20	3	4th	5 19 22 24 25 28
2022-07-09	1	4th	2 22 23 24 32 38
2022-07-06	7	2nd	10 24 28 31 35 38
2022-06-11	10	5th	3 4 5 21 24 40
2022-05-07	3	4th	5 14 16 24 31 39
2022-04-27	10	4th	12 16 19 24 25 37
2022-03-23	2	5th	1 5 16 23 24 39
2022-03-16	7	5th	4 11 14 15 24 35
2022-02-19	11	4th	6 14 17 24 29 32
2022-01-12	1	4th	8 13 20 24 25 32
2022-01-08	8	5th	14 15 16 23 24 38
2021-12-11	2	3rd	15 20 24 31 34 36
2021-12-04	4	4th	2 9 21 24 29 39
2021-11-20	19	5th	2 3 4 17 24 28
2021-09-15	7	4th	14 19 22 24 28 37
2021-08-21	2	6th	4 12 14 18 23 24
2021-08-14	6	3rd	10 23 24 29 35 38
2021-07-24	12	5th	7 9 10 14 24 35
2021-06-12	16	5th	4 12 15 18 24 36
2021-04-17	2	4th	1 8 22 24 35 40
2021-04-10	13	3rd	6 23 24 28 30 35
2021-02-24	4	2nd	7 24 26 31 36 38
2021-02-10	2	4th	8 19 20 24 26 40
2021-02-03	10	3rd	1 19 24 26 32 37
2020-12-30	12	4th	2 5 9 24 26 28
2020-11-18	3	3rd	21 23 24 27 30 38
2020-11-07	13	5th	1 14 16 20 24 31
2020-09-23	4	6th	1 4 11 17 18 24
2020-09-09	1	5th	1 5 15 21 24 36
2020-09-05	4	5th	5 10 14 18 24 30
2020-08-22	5	2nd	20 24 26 36 37 39
2020-08-05	1	6th	5 9 19 20 22 24
2020-08-01	7	4th	7 16 22 24 31 34
2020-07-08	6	3rd	14 15 24 31 32 37
2020-06-17	13	2nd	2 24 32 35 36 38
2020-05-02	1	5th	6 7 9 22 24 38
2020-04-29	20	4th	11 16 23 24 29 33
2020-02-19	3	3rd	12 16 24 25 31 35
2020-02-08	2	5th	12 13 14 15 24 38
2020-02-01	2	4th	16 20 22 24 30 32
2020-01-25	2	4th	10 11 19 24 28 34
2020-01-18	3	4th	1 5 20 24 34 37
2020-01-08	1	5th	2 4 6 23 24 25
2020-01-04	2	5th	6 7 12 17 24 33
2019-12-28	3	4th	6 10 16 24 28 34
2019-12-18	15	4th	6 19 21 24 32 34
2019-10-26	1	6th	8 12 16 19 20 24
2019-10-23	12	4th	2 3 20 24 26 39
2019-09-11	3	4th	7 8 13 24 32 38
2019-08-31	1	4th	2 4 5 24 30 37
2019-08-28	6	5th	4 15 19 23 24 25
2019-08-07	5	4th	3 7 11 24 25 40
2019-07-20	18	5th	4 5 13 22 24 28
2019-05-18	6	5th	9 10 12 20 24 25
2019-04-27	10	4th	4 8 22 24 29 37
2019-03-23	12	4th	10 21 23 24 27 36
2019-02-09	6	3rd	1 4 24 25 26 37
2019-01-19	2	4th	1 12 17 24 32 33
2019-01-12	2	5th	4 6 18 19 24 40
2019-01-05	3	5th	2 4 20 23 24 34
2018-12-26	6	2nd	3 24 29 30 32 40
2018-12-05	3	5th	1 5 18 23 24 25
2018-11-24	3	4th	8 21 22 24 25 34
2018-11-14	6	4th	6 8 20 24 27 31
2018-10-24	5	3rd	9 19 24 33 37 39
2018-10-06	2	3rd	8 13 24 26 29 39
2018-09-29	6	3rd	15 19 24 29 32 35
2018-09-08	15	4th	18 20 22 24 29 35
2018-07-18	6	4th	2 5 13 24 33 39
2018-06-27	5	4th	2 19 22 24 27 34
2018-06-09	15	6th	2 3 4 9 20 24
2018-04-18	9	4th	1 19 20 24 35 39
2018-03-17	1	4th	15 16 19 24 25 40
2018-03-14	14	5th	17 18 19 20 24 28
2018-01-24	16	4th	1 16 20 24 25 28
2017-11-29	1	5th	5 9 14 17 24 31
2017-11-25	10	3rd	7 22 24 25 34 37
2017-10-21	3	5th	5 13 15 22 24 29
2017-10-11	3	3rd	4 15 24 29 33 35
2017-09-30	4	3rd	4 16 24 25 32 34
2017-09-16	14	5th	3 9 15 20 24 37
2017-07-29	15	3rd	10 13 24 29 33 40
2017-06-07	10	4th	7 9 16 24 26 39
2017-05-03	5	5th	10 11 16 19 24 36
2017-04-15	6	4th	2 14 15 24 27 29
2017-03-25	1	4th	4 9 10 24 37 38
2017-03-22	9	3rd	2 11 24 28 29 37
2017-02-18	18	4th	6 10 14 24 28 35
2016-12-17	1	4th	2 12 22 24 26 31
2016-12-14	1	4th	10 12 21 24 29 40
2016-12-10	1	3rd	14 19 24 33 35 36
2016-12-07	9	4th	10 12 19 24 26 34
2016-11-05	9	4th	3 11 16 24 38 40
2016-10-05	9	3rd	11 12 24 30 36 37
2016-09-03	6	2nd	18 24 25 27 32 34
2016-08-13	8	4th	21 22 23 24 26 40
2016-07-16	6	3rd	8 10 24 26 30 40
2016-06-25	3	4th	15 19 21 24 25 29
2016-06-15	2	2nd	8 24 28 30 32 36
2016-06-08	5	3rd	16 21 24 32 39 40
2016-05-21	8	3rd	8 11 24 26 27 37
2016-04-23	7	3rd	19 21 24 26 30 37
2016-03-30	3	5th	12 13 22 23 24 27
2016-03-19	9	5th	1 5 7 12 24 38
2016-02-17	8	4th	3 10 20 24 30 33
2016-01-20	5	4th	4 12 17 24 28 34
2016-01-02	1	4th	1 5 22 24 30 32
2015-12-30	10	3rd	11 19 24 27 36 40
2015-11-25	7	2nd	12 24 25 27 36 39
2015-10-31	1	4th	4 9 20 24 26 37
2015-10-28	3	4th	14 15 23 24 28 33
2015-10-17	7	4th	1 6 12 24 26 34
2015-09-12	27	4th	16 17 19 24 34 35
2015-03-07	6	4th	1 2 6 24 26 30
2015-01-24	4	4th	8 19 22 24 27 28
2014-12-27	7	5th	9 10 15 19 24 28
2014-11-08	4	2nd	9 24 25 35 36 39
2014-10-11	8	4th	4 10 20 24 25 39
2014-08-16	12	3rd	2 10 24 26 29 33
2014-05-24	2	5th	10 14 16 22 24 35
2014-05-10	4	5th	3 4 5 9 24 35
2014-04-12	2	4th	7 10 22 24 29 38
2014-03-29	5	6th	4 10 13 19 21 24
2014-02-22	1	3rd	9 22 24 27 34 40
2014-02-15	6	5th	8 9 17 19 24 28
2014-01-04	17	4th	12 14 16 24 26 37
2013-09-07	6	3rd	2 4 24 32 33 38
2013-07-27	12	3rd	1 2 24 32 36 37
2013-05-04	3	2nd	15 24 26 27 38 40
2013-04-13	10	4th	6 7 16 24 37 38
2013-02-02	7	5th	5 6 13 19 24 39
2012-12-15	1	4th	6 12 23 24 25 36
2012-12-08	18	5th	9 13 18 21 24 27
2012-08-04	5	4th	10 12 13 24 29 38
2012-06-30	3	6th	2 9 10 14 22 24
2012-06-09	1	6th	5 6 7 10 17 24
2012-06-02	3	5th	10 11 15 21 24 33
2012-05-12	2	4th	2 13 16 24 35 36
2012-04-28	3	6th	1 4 12 13 20 24
2012-04-07	1	3rd	5 21 24 27 30 35
2012-03-31	3	4th	4 5 21 24 35 40
2012-03-10	—	4th	8 11 15 24 35 39