Number 24

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

176times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.80σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

59longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 176 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 176 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 9 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 smallest6 · chance 9.6
2nd smallest45 · chance 43.9
3rd smallest67 · chance 69.0
4th smallest53 · chance 43.9
5th smallest5 · chance 9.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 32 20 4 12 19

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
2026-09-09	20	2nd	9 24 28 34 41
2026-07-01	15	3rd	2 17 24 31 35
2026-05-09	22	3rd	12 18 24 25 43
2026-02-21	6	3rd	1 19

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.

2023-11-11	11	3rd	7 20 24 34 35
2023-10-04	7	4th	10 18 20 24 29
2023-09-09	12	1st	24 25 26 30 43
2023-07-29	13	2nd	4 24 31 32 46
2023-06-14	12	3rd	2 14 24 44 47
2023-05-03	19	4th	17 20 21 24 44
2023-02-25	6	4th	4 15 22 24 32
2023-02-04	6	4th	6 15 16 24 35
2023-01-14	16	4th	4 10 13 24 40
2022-11-19	6	2nd	1 24 32 34 44
2022-10-29	15	4th	6 12 19 24 28
2022-09-07	1	1st	24 25 28 39 44
2022-09-03	1	2nd	20 24 25 30 35
2022-08-31	8	4th	2 16 19 24 42
2022-08-03	3	3rd	1 10 24 25 43
2022-07-23	9	3rd	2 10 24 41 47
2022-06-22	2	1st	24 33 35 38 42
2022-06-15	20	3rd	8 13 24 25 33
2022-04-06	4	2nd	20 24 40 42 44
2022-03-23	9	1st	24 25 32 38 41
2022-02-19	59	3rd	3 12 24 30 36
2021-07-28	9	2nd	20 24 32 35 39
2021-06-26	18	3rd	11 19 24 32 44
2021-04-24	38	5th	12 14 17 22 24
2020-12-12	23	3rd	1 13 24 26 39
2020-09-23	6	3rd	7 12 24 32 34
2020-09-02	3	1st	24 27 36 40 46
2020-08-22	27	2nd	20 24 28 35 37
2020-05-20	3	2nd	2 24 29 30 37
2020-05-09	13	3rd	4 19 24 39 45
2020-03-25	7	3rd	18 22 24 28 44
2020-02-29	1	4th	5 20 22 24 32
2020-02-26	4	3rd	4 11 24 28 41
2020-02-12	1	4th	11 13 20 24 35
2020-02-08	21	2nd	6 24 26 28 32
2019-11-27	22	3rd	14 19 24 36 47
2019-09-11	2	4th	4 6 15 24 46
2019-09-04	1	3rd	16 22 24 43 45
2019-08-31	2	4th	5 8 13 24 39
2019-08-24	4	4th	4 6 14 24 45
2019-08-10	17	2nd	11 24 39 40 45
2019-06-12	23	4th	10 16 23 24 34
2019-03-23	20	2nd	11 24 25 45 47
2019-01-12	6	3rd	6 18 24 31 42
2018-12-22	1	2nd	18 24 26 35 40
2018-12-19	25	4th	7 9 17 24 35
2018-09-22	5	3rd	9 22 24 44 45
2018-09-05	4	3rd	6 8 24 27 38
2018-08-22	1	3rd	2 11 24 37 46
2018-08-18	2	3rd	4 5 24 30 38
2018-08-11	8	3rd	11 23 24 28 46
2018-07-14	8	3rd	5 12 24 26 37
2018-06-16	9	3rd	11 13 24 30 42
2018-05-16	11	3rd	18 22 24 31 43
2018-04-07	1	3rd	13 16 24 38 39
2018-04-04	6	4th	3 12 15 24 36
2018-03-14	3	4th	4 9 18 24 32
2018-03-03	7	2nd	6 24 42 43 45
2018-02-07	7	5th	7 15 18 20 24
2018-01-13	2	2nd	3 24 28 33 40
2018-01-06	1	4th	4 15 21 24 39
2018-01-03	2	2nd	18 24 27 31 35
2017-12-27	6	4th	1 8 14 24 41
2017-12-06	11	5th	1 2 7 12 24
2017-10-28	3	3rd	8 12 24 30 37
2017-10-18	3	3rd	5 10 24 33 35
2017-10-07	1	3rd	16 18 24 41 47
2017-10-04	21	2nd	21 24 27 30 39
2017-07-22	2	2nd	17 24 35 36 38
2017-07-15	8	2nd	8 24 26 32 44
2017-06-17	9	2nd	5 24 25 40 47
2017-05-17	3	3rd	8 20 24 27 34
2017-05-06	20	2nd	16 24 31 40 44
2017-02-25	2	3rd	3 11 24 30 46
2017-02-18	2	3rd	9 18 24 27 41
2017-02-11	16	2nd	11 24 27 34 40
2016-12-17	18	2nd	10 24 32 34 40
2016-10-15	5	4th	4 5 13 24 43
2016-09-28	21	3rd	8 18 24 37 43
2016-07-16	1	2nd	5 24 31 39 43
2016-07-13	18	4th	8 13 14 24 27
2016-05-11	3	2nd	8 24 31 32 43
2016-04-30	9	3rd	13 16 24 29 38
2016-03-30	3	2nd	22 24 28 33 39
2016-03-19	3	4th	2 17 19 24 33
2016-03-09	5	3rd	2 17 24 31 41
2016-02-20	3	2nd	22 24 31 34 36
2016-02-10	9	4th	3 8 12 24 30
2016-01-09	8	3rd	5 12 24 25 36
2015-12-12	3	4th	11 12 22 24 42
2015-12-02	2	2nd	1 24 32 36 42
2015-11-25	35	3rd	12 20 24 25 39
2015-07-25	2	4th	9 19 21 24 45
2015-07-18	20	3rd	4 22 24 31 43
2015-05-09	3	2nd	8 24 41 44 47
2015-04-29	9	2nd	5 24 25 34 47
2015-03-28	11	3rd	7 9 24 29 41
2015-02-18	3	1st	24 28 29 32 44
2015-02-07	4	4th	6 20 23 24 29
2015-01-24	4	4th	1 15 23 24 30
2015-01-10	18	4th	1 5 16 24 30
2014-11-08	1	3rd	19 21 24 25 32
2014-11-05	1	4th	1 15 21 24 26
2014-11-01	43	4th	3 12 21 24 42
2014-06-04	5	3rd	7 11 24 37 47
2014-05-17	6	4th	2 4 20 24 27
2014-04-26	8	3rd	15 16 24 29 35
2014-03-29	11	3rd	12 20 24 30 42
2014-02-19	1	4th	10 15 22 24 31
2014-02-15	13	3rd	8 21 24 28 38
2014-01-01	4	4th	3 9 19 24 42
2013-12-18	4	4th	14 16 17 24 33
2013-12-04	27	2nd	7 24 28 43 46
2013-08-31	29	3rd	4 18 24 33 47
2013-05-22	33	2nd	19 24 32 45 47
2013-01-26	7	4th	4 10 23 24 44
2013-01-02	2	4th	4 6 22 24 29
2012-12-26	3	3rd	2 9 24 33 37
2012-12-15	2	3rd	11 15 24 26 28
2012-12-08	33	2nd	17 24 30 33 45
2012-08-15	7	4th	2 18 23 24 39
2012-07-21	19	4th	8 19 23 24 30
2012-05-16	1	4th	9 15 17 24 35
2012-05-12	14	2nd	10 24 26 30 35
2012-03-24	4	3rd	8 19 24 26 36
2012-03-10	3	2nd	14 24 28 35 40
2012-02-29	6	4th	11 13 17 24 47
2012-02-08	38	2nd	11 24 26 36 38
2011-09-28	10	3rd	6 13 24 29 44
2011-08-24	18	2nd	12 24 32 34 35
2011-06-22	3	3rd	1 16 24 27 28
2011-06-11	1	2nd	1 24 27 34 36
2011-06-08	2	4th	1 3 14 24 41
2011-06-01	9	4th	1 10 15 24 45
2011-04-30	3	3rd	4 18 24 33 35
2011-04-20	22	3rd	6 13 24 27 31
2011-02-02	3	4th	4 20 21 24 47
2011-01-22	15	3rd	2 19 24 35 45
2010-12-01	1	3rd	19 23 24 33 35
2010-11-27	11	4th	7 17 18 24 37
2010-10-20	5	2nd	11 24 27 36 43
2010-10-02	9	2nd	20 24 25 32 34
2010-09-01	5	3rd	5 16 24 32 33
2010-08-14	3	3rd	8 12 24 36 40
2010-08-04	5	3rd	5 9 24 27 37
2010-07-17	10	5th	12 16 18 20 24
2010-06-12	12	3rd	3 22 24 32 35
2010-05-01	3	3rd	3 5 24 25 41
2010-04-21	11	2nd	19 24 34 35 42
2010-03-13	6	4th	9 15 20 24 43
2010-02-20	14	4th	19 20 21 24 45
2010-01-02	—	4th	4 9 19 24 41