Number 24

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

229times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.68σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

38longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 229 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −0.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 229 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 12 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 3.7
2nd smallest27 · chance 26.5
3rd smallest64 · chance 68.6
4th smallest85 · chance 80.1
5th smallest43 · chance 42.1
6th smallest9 · chance 8.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 1 4 12 17 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-08-28	2	3rd	7 11 24 26 34 44
2026-08-21	1	4th	5 12 20 24 27 39
2026-08-18	3	2nd	16 24 27 33 35 39
2026-08-07	2	4th	3

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-07	1	5th	11 12 16 20 24 37
2025-03-04	7	3rd	1 8 24 37 41 43
2025-02-07	3	5th	1 8 10 17 24 44
2025-01-28	6	4th	6 8 12 24 28 30
2025-01-07	5	4th	2 8 20 24 29 32
2024-12-20	8	5th	1 2 4 16 24 33
2024-11-22	15	3rd	8 19 24 34 37 41
2024-10-01	10	6th	4 9 11 13 16 24
2024-08-27	1	4th	2 18 19 24 29 34
2024-08-23	8	3rd	13 14 24 36 38 41
2024-07-26	2	3rd	10 13 24 28 35 38
2024-07-19	5	3rd	3 7 24 31 42 43
2024-07-02	3	4th	2 14 17 24 28 31
2024-06-21	4	6th	3 6 11 13 19 24
2024-06-07	1	6th	7 11 16 20 23 24
2024-06-04	14	2nd	13 24 32 33 39 42
2024-04-16	2	4th	5 8 14 24 34 37
2024-04-09	8	3rd	9 13 24 29 33 37
2024-03-12	8	5th	3 4 5 17 24 28
2024-02-13	5	3rd	4 23 24 35 37 42
2024-01-26	1	4th	7 12 22 24 33 36
2024-01-23	4	3rd	13 22 24 30 32 39
2024-01-09	1	3rd	1 14 24 30 35 41
2024-01-05	5	3rd	1 12 24 31 36 38
2023-12-19	8	5th	1 11 18 21 24 31
2023-11-21	38	5th	9 10 19 22 24 27
2023-07-11	1	4th	2 7 12 24 27 38
2023-07-07	28	4th	1 3 5 24 32 39
2023-03-31	13	4th	8 9 12 24 37 38
2023-02-14	6	3rd	12 22 24 26 34 35
2023-01-24	2	2nd	7 24 26 31 37 40
2023-01-17	7	4th	6 21 22 24 32 41
2022-12-23	16	4th	14 16 18 24 38 42
2022-10-28	23	4th	19 20 23 24 35 39
2022-08-09	9	4th	1 18 22 24 29 37
2022-07-08	16	5th	2 3 12 20 24 31
2022-05-13	5	3rd	14 18 24 27 32 39
2022-04-26	3	4th	6 7 11 24 36 42
2022-04-15	8	4th	7 8 17 24 26 36
2022-03-18	1	5th	6 7 17 19 24 43
2022-03-15	16	3rd	7 19 24 34 37 40
2022-01-18	2	3rd	17 18 24 27 32 34
2022-01-11	24	5th	4 14 21 22 24 25
2021-10-19	13	5th	6 8 9 23 24 39
2021-09-03	15	4th	6 16 17 24 31 38
2021-07-13	9	4th	9 12 18 24 26 29
2021-06-11	9	2nd	10 24 36 37 40 44
2021-05-11	8	4th	2 14 17 24 29 32
2021-04-13	3	5th	1 4 10 17 24 31
2021-04-02	7	4th	8 13 19 24 29 39
2021-03-09	4	4th	5 11 15 24 30 34
2021-02-23	17	4th	1 9 19 24 25 34
2020-12-25	2	6th	3 5 7 9 13 24
2020-12-18	8	3rd	20 23 24 31 34 35
2020-11-20	3	3rd	1 22 24 27 35 44
2020-11-10	4	4th	9 11 23 24 30 34
2020-10-27	1	5th	1 5 9 13 24 38
2020-10-23	7	6th	4 7 10 13 19 24
2020-09-29	10	3rd	17 18 24 27 41 44
2020-08-25	5	3rd	1 22 24 32 35 38
2020-08-07	18	3rd	8 10 24 30 35 44
2020-06-05	5	4th	3 4 15 24 29 33
2020-05-19	7	2nd	7 24 25 28 41 42
2020-04-24	10	6th	2 7 8 12 17 24
2020-03-20	9	3rd	17 22 24 28 31 40
2020-02-18	3	4th	16 20 22 24 33 44
2020-02-07	22	5th	4 17 20 23 24 25
2019-11-22	3	4th	3 4 20 24 30 37
2019-11-12	11	3rd	15 16 24 27 30 40
2019-10-04	1	4th	1 3 17 24 25 35
2019-10-01	16	4th	7 15 23 24 25 43
2019-08-06	5	3rd	10 14 24 27 31 44
2019-07-19	10	4th	2 14 22 24 27 41
2019-06-14	13	4th	2 8 12 24 39 40
2019-04-30	3	4th	1 3 15 24 32 38
2019-04-19	3	2nd	2 24 28 39 43 44
2019-04-09	3	3rd	12 23 24 33 35 42
2019-03-29	7	3rd	9 12 24 35 39 41
2019-03-05	11	5th	1 9 11 22 24 25
2019-01-25	6	5th	3 16 20 23 24 44
2019-01-04	5	3rd	15 16 24 25 31 39
2018-12-18	2	5th	5 9 14 18 24 25
2018-12-11	14	2nd	4 24 25 31 35 38
2018-10-23	26	3rd	5 14 24 28 32 35
2018-07-24	5	2nd	19 24 25 31 37 42
2018-07-06	3	3rd	11 23 24 28 31 44
2018-06-26	13	3rd	4 21 24 28 39 42
2018-05-11	2	4th	7 19 22 24 36 42
2018-05-04	3	4th	2 8 9 24 41 43
2018-04-24	3	4th	1 5 9 24 31 44
2018-04-13	1	4th	7 17 21 24 34 42
2018-04-10	3	4th	8 16 20 24 35 43
2018-03-30	6	3rd	10 15 24 33 34 37
2018-03-09	5	3rd	10 22 24 29 35 38
2018-02-20	1	3rd	4 6 24 25 38 41
2018-02-16	4	2nd	1 24 27 35 37 38
2018-02-02	26	4th	16 20 21 24 28 35
2017-11-03	12	1st	24 30 34 37 38 39
2017-09-22	7	5th	2 4 12 14 24 32
2017-08-29	3	4th	9 13 21 24 38 43
2017-08-18	3	4th	6 10 21 24 28 39
2017-08-08	10	3rd	4 9 24 32 40 42
2017-07-04	7	4th	3 15 20 24 37 42
2017-06-09	25	3rd	2 22 24 26 37 44
2017-03-14	6	4th	2 13 23 24 29 37
2017-02-21	5	4th	6 11 22 24 28 39
2017-02-03	10	4th	14 20 21 24 26 36
2016-12-30	3	3rd	1 3 24 25 34 37
2016-12-20	1	4th	6 17 22 24 36 44
2016-12-16	8	5th	4 13 16 18 24 40
2016-11-18	6	3rd	16 19 24 33 34 39
2016-10-28	12	4th	2 16 21 24 28 34
2016-09-16	6	4th	1 5 16 24 30 44
2016-08-26	2	5th	2 5 14 22 24 30
2016-08-19	1	3rd	11 13 24 29 32 40
2016-08-16	4	3rd	6 18 24 26 27 40
2016-08-02	21	2nd	23 24 32 33 34 39
2016-05-20	1	3rd	22 23 24 25 31 33
2016-05-17	5	5th	9 10 15 21 24 44
2016-04-29	2	4th	3 13 21 24 41 43
2016-04-22	11	5th	5 14 15 19 24 39
2016-03-15	2	5th	12 14 15 21 24 43
2016-03-08	7	2nd	21 24 26 38 42 43
2016-02-12	8	6th	2 4 10 11 13 24
2016-01-15	11	5th	1 7 17 19 24 33
2015-12-08	13	4th	3 13 17 24 33 44
2015-10-23	5	5th	3 9 12 21 24 31
2015-10-06	17	3rd	5 22 24 33 35 44
2015-08-07	8	3rd	4 5 24 28 37 42
2015-07-10	16	4th	7 10 21 24 26 30
2015-05-15	5	5th	5 11 13 14 24 26
2015-04-28	28	3rd	7 10 24 33 37 42
2015-01-20	4	4th	11 14 23 24 26 40
2015-01-06	17	5th	4 5 9 22 24 30
2014-11-07	8	3rd	18 20 24 31 40 41
2014-10-10	22	2nd	1 24 25 28 36 39
2014-07-25	2	2nd	15 24 26 32 37 40
2014-07-18	6	4th	3 12 21 24 25 37
2014-06-27	7	5th	2 10 15 19 24 26
2014-06-03	3	4th	8 12 21 24 28 30
2014-05-23	2	4th	12 20 23 24 28 34
2014-05-16	21	3rd	15 22 24 34 42 43
2014-03-04	16	3rd	1 12 24 30 37 44
2014-01-07	8	4th	7 14 22 24 39 40
2013-12-10	8	5th	1 2 11 22 24 30
2013-11-12	17	5th	4 9 20 22 24 34
2013-09-13	2	2nd	19 24 29 34 38 43
2013-09-06	9	5th	6 10 13 20 24 33
2013-08-06	18	4th	5 17 21 24 29 33
2013-06-04	1	5th	1 2 6 11 24 41
2013-05-31	10	4th	3 11 12 24 30 41
2013-04-26	7	5th	4 17 20 23 24 33
2013-04-02	5	5th	1 7 20 21 24 26
2013-03-15	12	4th	4 10 19 24 31 42
2013-02-01	28	4th	16 18 22 24 26 30
2012-10-26	1	3rd	3 7 24 25 27 38
2012-10-23	6	5th	4 12 14 15 24 32
2012-10-02	5	2nd	12 24 25 34 39 40
2012-09-14	3	3rd	2 11 24 30 34 35
2012-09-04	4	3rd	11 18 24 31 34 40
2012-08-21	2	5th	3 10 17 21 24 30
2012-08-14	1	4th	13 17 21 24 27 34
2012-08-10	1	4th	2 4 22 24 29 39
2012-08-07	1	4th	4 9 12 24 28 41
2012-08-03	2	4th	6 8 17 24 26 40
2012-07-27	2	4th	7 11 18 24 33 35
2012-07-20	8	4th	6 17 19 24 28 32
2012-06-22	2	4th	1 15 20 24 41 42
2012-06-15	7	4th	1 5 10 24 37 44
2012-05-22	10	4th	7 14 15 24 33 43
2012-04-17	3	2nd	17 24 36 38 39 41
2012-04-06	2	2nd	9 24 27 31 35 40
2012-03-30	37	4th	4 14 16 24 30 42
2011-11-22	3	5th	2 10 19 23 24 43
2011-11-11	6	4th	1 4 6 24 29 34
2011-10-21	6	2nd	1 24 25 31 34 40
2011-09-30	2	2nd	23 24 25 27 28 33
2011-09-23	5	3rd	8 22 24 33 35 36
2011-09-06	3	4th	6 10 12 24 31 36
2011-08-26	7	5th	4 10 15 18 24 39
2011-08-02	1	6th	3 8 12 13 19 24
2011-07-29	1	3rd	17 23 24 27 28 38
2011-07-26	8	3rd	16 18 24 37 41 43
2011-06-28	11	3rd	7 15 24 29 36 43
2011-05-20	5	4th	8 14 17 24 25 38
2011-05-03	3	5th	3 4 10 18 24 41
2011-04-22	2	3rd	16 17 24 26 35 36
2011-04-15	17	4th	3 7 8 24 31 43
2011-02-15	4	4th	6 14 21 24 29 31
2011-02-01	9	2nd	19 24 25 28 30 33
2010-12-31	1	6th	1 4 16 18 19 24
2010-12-28	2	3rd	14 18 24 35 36 37
2010-12-21	13	2nd	17 24 32 33 35 36
2010-11-05	20	3rd	2 18 24 34 38 41
2010-08-27	1	3rd	2 20 24 32 38 44
2010-08-24	2	2nd	8 24 26 27 32 43
2010-08-17	2	4th	5 8 12 24 33 39
2010-08-10	4	4th	10 12 15 24 33 41
2010-07-27	8	3rd	5 11 24 29 40 43
2010-06-29	6	5th	2 3 21 23 24 25
2010-06-08	9	4th	4 15 19 24 42 44
2010-05-07	11	2nd	17 24 34 36 42 44
2010-03-30	6	3rd	8 12 24 28 29 41
2010-03-09	15	4th	6 17 19 24 40 41
2010-01-15	—	2nd	13 24 28 31 38 40