Number 24

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

113times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.22σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

50longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, +0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 8 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 9.3
2nd smallest30 · chance 34.1
3rd smallest53 · chance 43.2
4th smallest21 · chance 22.4
5th smallest4 · chance 4.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 5 51 22 25 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-09-23	2	2nd	13 24 32 41 48
2026-09-19	5	3rd	14 21 24 27 44
2026-09-07	9	3rd	1 15 24 35 42
2026-08-17	15	4th	5 8 10 24 27
2026-07-13	16	3rd	6 7 24 29 51
2026-06-06	1	3rd	8 22 24 37 47
2026-06-03	5	5th	2 5 19 22 24
2026-05-23	3	3rd	5 16 24 32 41
2026-05-16	7	3rd	1 4 24 31 46
2026-04-29	22	3rd	6 19 24 30 48
2026-03-09	3	5th	3 4 11 20 24
2026-03-02	4	4th	3 8 17 24 34
2026-02-21	23	4th	5 14 21 24 34
2025-12-29	32	3rd	1 5 24 35 51
2025-10-15	9	2nd	8 24 33 46 47
2025-09-24	5	2nd	6 24 27 35 46
2025-09-13	1	2nd	20 24 25 28 46
2025-09-10	14	2nd	14 24 38 49 50
2025-08-09	33	3rd	1 9 24 37 40
2025-05-24	2	3rd	8 19 24 28 49
2025-05-19	1	2nd	4 24 25 45 47
2025-05-17	7	3rd	16 18 24 25 34
2025-04-30	3	4th	5 22 23 24 36
2025-04-23	5	2nd	18 24 34 40 42

The other 89 appearances

2025-04-12	5	2nd	16 24 42 50 52
2025-03-31	16	2nd	11 24 33 38 47
2025-02-22	2	2nd	3 24 26 34 35
2025-02-17	30	3rd	20 22 24 37 48
2024-12-09	5	2nd	15 24 29 38 51
2024-11-27	5	4th	2 20 23 24 29
2024-11-16	11	4th	4 5 7 24 29
2024-10-21	9	4th	1 4 20 24 26
2024-09-30	8	1st	24 28 29 30 51
2024-09-11	1	5th	2 9 10 12 24
2024-09-09	12	4th	1 10 20 24 40
2024-08-12	2	2nd	9 24 27 28 52
2024-08-07	21	2nd	15 24 42 44 51
2024-06-19	13	3rd	19 21 24 44 51
2024-05-20	8	3rd	13 15 24 26 27
2024-05-01	6	3rd	14 19 24 26 40
2024-04-17	4	3rd	10 20 24 29 38
2024-04-08	9	1st	24 28 29 32 38
2024-03-18	5	3rd	19 23 24 31 44
2024-03-06	13	3rd	20 21 24 40 42
2024-02-05	7	4th	1 15 17 24 29
2024-01-20	12	4th	7 11 23 24 44
2023-12-23	7	4th	16 22 23 24 50
2023-12-06	3	2nd	22 24 27 34 43
2023-11-29	4	3rd	9 22 24 37 47
2023-11-20	27	3rd	10 14 24 41 51
2023-09-18	50	2nd	4 24 25 32 51
2023-05-24	7	3rd	1 23 24 35 43
2023-05-08	7	3rd	7 18 24 29 44
2023-04-22	3	4th	5 9 12 24 26
2023-04-15	7	3rd	10 17 24 30 37
2023-03-29	11	2nd	19 24 38 45 46
2023-03-04	4	3rd	2 5 24 32 52
2023-02-22	5	2nd	6 24 25 31 38
2023-02-11	6	3rd	2 3 24 28 46
2023-01-28	4	2nd	1 24 34 37 52
2023-01-18	19	3rd	12 18 24 27 45
2022-12-05	21	4th	4 13 17 24 34
2022-10-17	1	3rd	19 20 24 30 39
2022-10-15	8	3rd	3 16 24 26 50
2022-09-26	7	3rd	21 22 24 46 51
2022-09-10	17	2nd	19 24 32 33 52
2022-08-01	1	2nd	21 24 42 48 51
2022-07-30	3	3rd	17 22 24 25 36
2022-07-23	20	3rd	14 22 24 25 48
2022-05-18	6	3rd	8 18 24 31 46
2022-04-27	16	2nd	10 24 35 36 50
2022-03-02	22	3rd	8 17 24 26 38
2021-12-15	29	3rd	1 9 24 25 47
2021-09-04	17	3rd	1 5 24 25 28
2021-07-07	5	4th	1 4 19 24 43
2021-06-19	20	1st	24 35 39 42 45
2021-04-10	13	2nd	16 24 43 49 52
2021-02-24	12	3rd	5 7 24 39 50
2021-01-13	21	3rd	8 21 24 29 32
2020-10-31	5	3rd	5 6 24 29 40
2020-10-14	2	3rd	4 14 24 25 33
2020-10-07	3	3rd	17 19 24 34 51
2020-09-26	9	4th	11 12 18 24 51
2020-08-26	3	4th	5 16 22 24 31
2020-08-15	12	3rd	1 20 24 27 34
2020-07-04	1	4th	7 16 18 24 40
2020-07-01	30	3rd	4 22 24 30 35
2020-03-18	2	3rd	6 16 24 34 45
2020-03-11	1	3rd	2 11 24 29 50
2020-03-07	1	4th	1 13 14 24 25
2020-03-04	17	5th	5 6 18 22 24
2020-01-04	15	2nd	5 24 34 38 47
2019-11-13	5	3rd	18 23 24 30 49
2019-10-26	9	2nd	23 24 34 39 50
2019-09-25	29	2nd	10 24 40 42 49
2019-06-15	2	4th	4 12 23 24 31
2019-06-08	15	2nd	14 24 37 38 48
2019-04-17	2	3rd	2 17 24 34 51
2019-04-10	23	4th	1 14 16 24 50
2019-01-19	12	1st	24 29 46 49 51
2018-12-08	5	3rd	8 19 24 31 41
2018-11-21	7	2nd	3 24 25 33 39
2018-10-27	13	3rd	17 22 24 47 50
2018-09-12	12	3rd	1 23 24 42 51
2018-08-01	6	3rd	3 8 24 25 50
2018-07-11	3	3rd	9 22 24 31 38
2018-06-30	1	2nd	20 24 27 35 42
2018-06-27	10	3rd	17 21 24 37 50
2018-05-23	2	3rd	7 11 24 41 42
2018-05-16	14	1st	24 25 29 38 50
2018-03-28	5	2nd	7 24 40 46 51
2018-03-10	23	2nd	23 24 41 43 44
2017-12-20	—	4th	5 12 23 24 32

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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