Number 24

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

250times drawn · chance expected 225 +1.77σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

35longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, +1.77σ. 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 250 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest14 · chance 11.0
2nd smallest72 · chance 56.3
3rd smallest95 · chance 97.8
4th smallest56 · chance 68.5
5th smallest13 · chance 16.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 25 28 34 43 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-02	9	3rd	20 21 24 30 44
2026-09-23	32	3rd	13 20 24 36 45
2026-08-22	2	4th	8 9 17 24 37
2026-08-20	3	2nd	12 24 31

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-19	1	3rd	6 19 24 39 41
2026-03-18	1	2nd	19 24 33 34 44
2026-03-17	7	2nd	10 24 30 32 34
2026-03-10	14	3rd	12 21 24 27 40
2026-02-24	2	3rd	4 13 24 33 43
2026-02-22	5	3rd	7 16 24 26 31
2026-02-17	18	3rd	6 15 24 34 44
2026-01-30	6	3rd	10 17 24 43 45
2026-01-24	10	2nd	14 24 30 37 40
2026-01-14	7	4th	4 7 23 24 33
2026-01-07	3	3rd	18 19 24 35 43
2026-01-04	2	3rd	2 23 24 27 36
2026-01-02	8	3rd	4 19 24 38 43
2025-12-25	13	4th	3 6 23 24 34
2025-12-12	1	2nd	14 24 37 38 41
2025-12-11	2	4th	5 7 19 24 27
2025-12-09	5	3rd	4 12 24 28 45
2025-12-04	15	3rd	12 22 24 33 38
2025-11-18	5	3rd	6 16 24 30 31
2025-11-13	2	3rd	3 6 24 38 39
2025-11-11	5	1st	24 28 34 37 40
2025-11-06	26	3rd	8 9 24 43 45
2025-10-10	7	1st	24 25 31 34 41
2025-10-03	10	3rd	5 16 24 31 32
2025-09-23	1	2nd	23 24 28 36 40
2025-09-22	21	4th	6 10 16 24 28
2025-09-01	2	2nd	3 24 28 31 35
2025-08-30	19	4th	7 10 19 24 25
2025-08-11	5	2nd	11 24 26 36 41
2025-08-06	3	2nd	15 24 28 36 42
2025-08-03	11	3rd	7 23 24 29 31
2025-07-23	3	3rd	10 19 24 42 44
2025-07-20	4	3rd	2 9 24 33 35
2025-07-16	2	3rd	15 22 24 39 40
2025-07-14	1	2nd	10 24 26 33 44
2025-07-13	4	2nd	3 24 33 38 43
2025-07-09	8	2nd	12 24 25 39 45
2025-07-01	9	3rd	2 10 24 30 31
2025-06-22	11	4th	10 18 19 24 29
2025-06-11	13	3rd	4 17 24 25 41
2025-05-29	9	4th	1 3 11 24 32
2025-05-20	6	4th	12 19 23 24 45
2025-05-14	11	4th	8 11 19 24 42
2025-05-03	6	3rd	13 22 24 29 37
2025-04-27	1	1st	24 35 37 40 41
2025-04-26	11	3rd	10 11 24 31 38
2025-04-15	11	2nd	15 24 40 44 45
2025-04-04	4	3rd	4 10 24 35 42
2025-03-31	12	2nd	15 24 28 30 32
2025-03-19	17	3rd	6 13 24 26 29
2025-03-02	14	3rd	3 15 24 35 39
2025-02-16	2	2nd	8 24 28 30 38
2025-02-14	5	2nd	19 24 30 34 43
2025-02-09	11	4th	2 11 18 24 45
2025-01-29	3	1st	24 27 28 37 44
2025-01-26	22	5th	2 5 8 15 24
2025-01-04	8	3rd	12 23 24 25 33
2024-12-27	13	3rd	16 20 24 30 37
2024-12-14	15	3rd	12 15 24 34 41
2024-11-29	10	3rd	4 7 24 42 44
2024-11-19	6	1st	24 25 33 39 41
2024-11-13	14	4th	5 7 8 24 43
2024-10-30	6	3rd	15 22 24 37 40
2024-10-24	1	4th	8 13 23 24 25
2024-10-23	10	3rd	1 12 24 44 45
2024-10-13	9	3rd	3 8 24 38 43
2024-10-04	6	3rd	12 16 24 29 37
2024-09-28	6	2nd	23 24 27 31 32
2024-09-22	8	4th	2 3 4 24 28
2024-09-14	3	4th	10 11 22 24 35
2024-09-11	5	2nd	2 24 34 42 45
2024-09-06	27	1st	24 26 35 37 44
2024-08-10	5	5th	3 11 13 23 24
2024-08-05	7	3rd	9 20 24 25 37
2024-07-29	5	2nd	17 24 40 43 44
2024-07-24	19	4th	5 11 20 24 28
2024-07-05	16	2nd	17 24 29 36 44
2024-06-19	13	3rd	7 21 24 26 30
2024-06-06	10	2nd	16 24 32 43 45
2024-05-27	3	2nd	7 24 29 35 42
2024-05-24	3	3rd	1 2 24 33 44
2024-05-21	10	2nd	23 24 36 41 42
2024-05-11	8	3rd	8 15 24 25 27
2024-05-03	18	3rd	10 22 24 30 39
2024-04-15	6	2nd	7 24 30 34 41
2024-04-09	10	4th	3 10 14 24 34
2024-03-30	6	4th	5 6 13 24 40
2024-03-24	3	1st	24 34 36 38 40
2024-03-21	1	4th	4 9 22 24 39
2024-03-20	10	4th	1 10 15 24 38
2024-03-10	3	4th	5 11 14 24 27
2024-03-07	2	3rd	7 19 24 33 45
2024-03-05	11	2nd	15 24 28 32 38
2024-02-23	7	5th	9 10 20 23 24
2024-02-16	6	4th	4 18 21 24 35
2024-02-10	5	4th	2 4 8 24 42
2024-02-05	8	2nd	17 24 30 35 43
2024-01-28	1	4th	8 12 16 24 29
2024-01-27	2	2nd	8 24 26 33 34
2024-01-25	7	2nd	18 24 27 33 41
2024-01-18	2	2nd	21 24 25 36 45
2024-01-16	2	2nd	9 24 25 28 35
2024-01-14	4	4th	7 19 20 24 38
2024-01-10	3	1st	24 28 29 30 38
2024-01-07	25	4th	2 6 17 24 45
2023-12-13	4	3rd	9 13 24 26 36
2023-12-09	1	3rd	3 16 24 33 41
2023-12-08	1	4th	4 13 22 24 38
2023-12-07	1	2nd	22 24 25 35 38
2023-12-06	20	3rd	11 18 24 34 35
2023-11-16	1	3rd	7 10 24 30 43
2023-11-15	5	4th	9 16 20 24 41
2023-11-10	2	2nd	17 24 32 39 44
2023-11-08	9	4th	4 6 10 24 42
2023-10-30	16	3rd	18 20 24 28 43
2023-10-14	3	2nd	16 24 27 36 39
2023-10-11	6	3rd	16 18 24 30 32
2023-10-05	19	3rd	19 21 24 25 33
2023-09-16	7	1st	24 27 28 35 43
2023-09-09	4	4th	4 8 12 24 29
2023-09-05	4	3rd	2 13 24 39 45
2023-09-01	2	2nd	16 24 32 40 45
2023-08-30	27	2nd	3 24 34 42 44
2023-08-03	26	3rd	7 17 24 30 35
2023-07-08	24	2nd	18 24 31 33 37
2023-06-14	11	3rd	9 15 24 27 35
2023-06-03	10	4th	8 12 13 24 27
2023-05-24	26	2nd	19 24 28 34 36
2023-04-28	35	2nd	18 24 38 40 45
2023-03-24	13	2nd	16 24 29 40 43
2023-03-11	16	2nd	17 24 36 37 44
2023-02-23	3	2nd	4 24 28 32 36
2023-02-20	11	2nd	15 24 25 38 42
2023-02-09	17	2nd	21 24 36 37 40
2023-01-23	10	3rd	16 22 24 30 37
2023-01-13	1	3rd	21 23 24 27 37
2023-01-12	1	2nd	7 24 37 40 44
2023-01-11	4	3rd	8 23 24 30 38
2023-01-07	4	3rd	8 9 24 28 35
2023-01-03	2	3rd	7 9 24 25 27
2023-01-01	11	4th	9 16 20 24 25
2022-12-21	18	4th	5 13 17 24 29
2022-12-03	4	2nd	21 24 29 33 38
2022-11-29	3	3rd	6 13 24 26 45
2022-11-26	4	4th	13 22 23 24 36
2022-11-22	11	2nd	11 24 25 30 41
2022-11-11	3	3rd	7 21 24 29 31
2022-11-08	2	4th	4 21 22 24 39
2022-11-06	1	3rd	6 15 24 38 43
2022-11-05	14	3rd	2 11 24 37 40
2022-09-14	4	2nd	17 24 27 36 38
2022-08-31	3	3rd	2 7 24 34 45
2022-08-20	6	2nd	2 24 27 29 39
2022-07-30	14	1st	24 25 32 34 41
2022-06-11	1	2nd	9 24 28 37 40
2022-06-08	17	2nd	5 24 28 39 43
2022-04-09	11	2nd	7 24 32 42 43
2022-03-02	2	5th	3 9 21 22 24
2022-02-23	20	3rd	10 17 24 34 45
2021-12-15	1	5th	4 6 19 20 24
2021-12-11	7	4th	3 16 20 24 45
2021-11-17	9	3rd	4 22 24 26 39
2021-10-16	1	3rd	10 11 24 25 27
2021-10-13	26	3rd	19 22 24 29 34
2021-07-14	3	4th	9 16 21 24 39
2021-07-03	4	4th	2 11 19 24 34
2021-06-19	8	3rd	2 5 24 39 45
2021-05-22	11	2nd	19 24 29 38 43
2021-04-14	2	5th	1 5 10 11 24
2021-04-07	2	3rd	17 18 24 28 32
2021-03-31	7	4th	5 6 21 24 42
2021-03-06	2	3rd	19 23 24 25 37
2021-02-27	11	4th	2 5 13 24 42
2021-01-20	7	4th	3 5 17 24 26
2020-12-26	12	5th	6 9 11 13 24
2020-11-14	5	5th	3 5 16 19 24
2020-10-28	3	4th	17 18 22 24 31
2020-10-17	5	2nd	19 24 26 30 40
2020-09-30	5	3rd	13 22 24 32 42
2020-09-12	3	3rd	4 19 24 30 37
2020-09-02	5	4th	5 12 13 24 30
2020-08-15	17	4th	1 15 17 24 25
2020-06-17	6	3rd	4 5 24 29 30
2020-05-27	17	4th	3 8 14 24 27
2020-03-28	4	5th	7 12 13 19 24
2020-03-14	5	4th	10 12 23 24 28
2020-02-26	1	2nd	23 24 27 34 41
2020-02-22	10	3rd	9 21 24 40 41
2020-01-18	1	3rd	22 23 24 28 36
2020-01-15	3	4th	7 14 21 24 35
2020-01-04	6	5th	1 15 17 19 24
2019-12-14	8	2nd	16 24 25 33 39
2019-11-16	6	2nd	2 24 25 27 44
2019-10-26	5	4th	5 11 13 24 44
2019-10-09	2	2nd	7 24 35 41 43
2019-10-02	13	4th	1 13 20 24 39
2019-08-17	2	5th	2 12 17 21 24
2019-08-10	18	2nd	6 24 27 28 34
2019-06-08	11	3rd	11 14 24 38 43
2019-05-01	5	1st	24 25 32 34 44
2019-04-13	6	3rd	17 21 24 30 45
2019-03-23	9	5th	8 13 15 22 24
2019-02-20	3	3rd	2 23 24 25 30
2019-02-09	2	3rd	4 13 24 32 36
2019-02-02	4	4th	4 5 12 24 36
2019-01-19	13	3rd	5 17 24 26 33
2018-12-05	2	2nd	3 24 27 34 36
2018-11-28	9	3rd	6 13 24 25 27
2018-10-27	3	2nd	12 24 32 36 44
2018-10-17	29	3rd	17 21 24 40 43
2018-07-07	4	2nd	8 24 32 40 42
2018-06-23	1	2nd	10 24 27 29 41
2018-06-20	11	2nd	1 24 26 33 37
2018-05-12	8	2nd	11 24 27 28 29
2018-04-14	24	4th	3 7 18 24 25
2018-01-20	13	4th	1 3 17 24 28
2017-12-06	4	3rd	4 6 24 33 37
2017-11-22	15	2nd	5 24 25 32 41
2017-09-30	17	3rd	2 14 24 30 33
2017-08-02	1	3rd	6 9 24 34 41
2017-07-29	10	4th	12 21 22 24 37
2017-06-24	2	2nd	23 24 30 36 44
2017-06-17	12	2nd	2 24 26 40 42
2017-05-06	11	2nd	22 24 36 41 44
2017-03-29	1	3rd	1 17 24 42 44
2017-03-25	—	2nd	7 24 30 36 42