Number 24

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

90times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.19σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

60longest completed wait · 1.0% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 60 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 1.0
2nd smallest5 · chance 8.5
3rd smallest25 · chance 24.8
4th smallest35 · chance 32.5
5th smallest21 · chance 19.1
6th smallest3 · chance 4.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 14 29 1 8 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-10	2	4th	2 17 22 24 29 42
2026-10-03	6	5th	3 14 19 20 24 27
2026-09-12	6	5th	6 7 15 22 24 26
2026-08-22	1	5th	1

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-28	13	3rd	19 21 24 27 35 38
2025-05-14	1	4th	10 15 21 24 26 27
2025-05-10	37	3rd	9 18 24 32 37 39
2025-01-01	6	5th	4 18 21 22 24 31
2024-12-07	5	4th	8 10 11 24 33 41
2024-11-20	16	6th	1 12 14 15 23 24
2024-09-25	6	4th	4 12 13 24 37 40
2024-09-04	5	4th	3 10 16 24 36 38
2024-08-17	9	5th	8 10 22 23 24 28
2024-07-17	38	2nd	19 24 27 32 36 41
2024-03-06	3	4th	1 7 19 24 32 37
2024-02-24	60	4th	4 14 15 24 31 35
2023-07-29	6	6th	2 3 14 19 20 24
2023-07-08	5	4th	6 15 16 24 28 32
2023-06-21	2	5th	4 6 14 16 24 30
2023-06-14	12	5th	6 8 12 19 24 33
2023-05-03	5	5th	4 6 8 10 24 28
2023-04-15	4	5th	5 10 19 22 24 42
2023-04-01	8	5th	1 4 7 13 24 38
2023-03-04	10	4th	1 15 20 24 34 38
2023-01-28	6	5th	4 11 17 23 24 31
2023-01-07	1	4th	1 19 23 24 29 31
2023-01-04	4	4th	2 16 17 24 34 35
2022-12-21	6	4th	1 5 13 24 26 37
2022-11-30	6	5th	3 17 21 22 24 37
2022-11-09	1	1st	24 26 27 35 39 40
2022-11-05	3	4th	1 8 11 24 29 35
2022-10-26	4	5th	2 4 17 23 24 27
2022-10-12	2	3rd	2 15 24 28 35 36
2022-10-05	1	3rd	6 21 24 25 27 37
2022-10-01	24	4th	4 8 22 24 28 34
2022-07-09	1	4th	3 14 16 24 28 30
2022-07-06	4	3rd	9 11 24 25 34 40
2022-06-22	10	3rd	21 22 24 27 29 37
2022-05-18	3	3rd	8 14 24 25 28 32
2022-05-07	2	5th	3 9 10 16 24 42
2022-04-30	4	4th	12 20 21 24 36 37
2022-04-16	4	3rd	9 16 24 25 36 37
2022-04-02	3	4th	5 7 21 24 37 38
2022-03-23	9	2nd	2 24 28 35 38 42
2022-02-19	6	3rd	13 23 24 34 36 39
2022-01-29	2	3rd	14 21 24 25 26 35
2022-01-22	8	2nd	15 24 29 32 34 41
2021-12-22	7	5th	2 4 7 16 24 28
2021-11-27	3	3rd	5 15 24 25 36 42
2021-11-17	4	5th	3 16 20 21 24 34
2021-11-03	6	4th	1 20 21 24 32 33
2021-10-13	5	4th	2 4 6 24 37 40
2021-09-25	6	4th	3 9 23 24 25 26
2021-09-04	6	5th	8 11 14 23 24 34
2021-08-14	4	3rd	4 14 24 25 35 42
2021-07-31	10	3rd	1 23 24 29 33 36
2021-06-26	1	2nd	1 24 29 32 37 41
2021-06-23	4	4th	9 14 20 24 27 38
2021-06-09	9	4th	7 14 17 24 26 29
2021-05-08	2	2nd	4 24 26 28 30 36
2021-05-01	13	5th	8 9 19 20 24 27
2021-03-17	13	4th	8 15 18 24 27 29
2021-01-30	1	3rd	4 5 24 25 30 41
2021-01-27	4	4th	2 8 14 24 27 34
2021-01-13	3	4th	3 8 13 24 25 38
2021-01-02	13	3rd	7 22 24 28 29 35
2020-11-18	15	4th	2 7 23 24 33 40
2020-09-26	10	4th	3 8 13 24 27 29
2020-08-22	1	4th	2 8 10 24 29 35
2020-08-19	—	5th	10 11 15 22 24 38