Number 24

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2023 rules — 523 draws, 5 from 1–41.

76times drawn · chance expected 64 +1.63σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 76 times in 523 draws against 63.8 expected, +1.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 76 times in 523 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 10 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 2.0
2nd smallest9 · chance 13.0
3rd smallest37 · chance 28.6
4th smallest19 · chance 25.0
5th smallest10 · chance 7.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 21 25 26 3 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-09-19	3	3rd	4 8 24 36 37
2026-09-12	11	3rd	20 23 24 26 37
2026-08-17	15	3rd	9 19 24 26 31
2026-07-13	3	3rd	13 17

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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