Number 24

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

229times drawn · chance expected 218 +0.78σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

35longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 229 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 229 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 4 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 2.8
2nd smallest20 · chance 25.6
3rd smallest87 · chance 76.7
4th smallest88 · chance 89.5
5th smallest33 · chance 34.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 5 11 1 7 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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	7 9 17 22 24
2026-09-09	2	4th	6 14 23 24 37
2026-09-02	4	4th	7 10 12 24 36
2026-08-19	8	3rd	6 9 24 25

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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