Number 24

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 641 draws, 5 from 1–34.

109times drawn · chance expected 94 +1.64σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

5.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

27longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 641 draws against 94.3 expected, +1.64σ. 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 109 times in 641 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 27 · 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 0.6
2nd smallest6 · chance 7.4
3rd smallest31 · chance 30.3
4th smallest46 · chance 47.2
5th smallest25 · chance 23.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 15 10 20 22 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-01	4	5th	6 12 18 22 24
2026-09-27	2	3rd	2 3 24 28 29
2026-09-25	4	3rd	1 16 24 30 32
2026-09-21	6	4th	4 7 11 24

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-29	6	4th	2 5 10 24 33
2026-05-23	4	4th	3 6 22 24 30
2026-05-19	5	4th	11 17 20 24 28
2026-05-14	3	4th	1 17 18 24 34
2026-05-11	6	5th	3 7 11 22 24
2026-05-05	8	3rd	11 18 24 28 31
2026-04-27	5	3rd	9 10 24 28 31
2026-04-22	2	4th	2 3 12 24 25
2026-04-20	7	3rd	7 9 24 26 32
2026-04-13	1	1st	24 25 26 27 33
2026-04-12	2	5th	5 10 15 17 24
2026-04-10	2	5th	1 8 20 23 24
2026-04-08	6	3rd	5 15 24 26 33
2026-04-02	1	4th	4 12 21 24 29
2026-04-01	24	4th	3 12 23 24 31
2026-03-08	14	4th	3 14 17 24 33
2026-02-22	5	5th	8 10 11 20 24
2026-02-17	1	4th	8 9 22 24 32
2026-02-16	2	5th	4 7 10 15 24
2026-02-14	6	4th	3 16 21 24 32
2026-02-08	2	5th	5 10 13 15 24
2026-02-06	3	3rd	13 22 24 30 31
2026-02-03	11	4th	5 12 17 24 28
2026-01-23	4	4th	6 16 19 24 32
2026-01-19	9	4th	10 11 12 24 33
2026-01-10	3	2nd	11 24 25 32 33
2026-01-07	2	5th	10 12 14 16 24
2026-01-05	6	4th	17 21 22 24 29
2025-12-30	12	4th	12 18 23 24 34
2025-12-18	24	3rd	8 12 24 25 28
2025-11-24	7	3rd	16 21 24 30 32
2025-11-17	2	3rd	20 23 24 30 31
2025-11-15	6	3rd	1 15 24 27 31
2025-11-09	4	3rd	20 21 24 26 27
2025-11-05	8	2nd	2 24 27 31 33
2025-10-28	4	4th	2 17 23 24 33
2025-10-24	27	4th	5 15 17 24 34
2025-09-27	1	5th	3 4 13 17 24
2025-09-26	7	3rd	6 22 24 26 34
2025-09-19	3	4th	4 17 22 24 25
2025-09-16	6	4th	11 12 19 24 29
2025-09-10	11	5th	4 9 13 16 24
2025-08-30	1	5th	1 3 9 14 24
2025-08-29	7	4th	10 14 21 24 27
2025-08-22	3	4th	3 7 11 24 27
2025-08-19	5	5th	15 18 19 22 24
2025-08-14	2	3rd	5 15 24 29 33
2025-08-12	5	4th	1 10 15 24 31
2025-08-07	5	4th	14 17 20 24 27
2025-08-02	3	4th	1 17 20 24 30
2025-07-30	14	3rd	4 22 24 25 29
2025-07-16	1	5th	2 4 10 16 24
2025-07-15	8	4th	2 6 17 24 29
2025-07-07	3	5th	8 10 17 21 24
2025-07-04	3	5th	5 9 10 20 24
2025-07-01	4	2nd	16 24 26 27 29
2025-06-27	6	5th	1 3 14 17 24
2025-06-21	2	4th	8 12 15 24 32
2025-06-19	5	2nd	23 24 26 31 32
2025-06-14	20	3rd	8 20 24 27 34
2025-05-25	5	5th	6 7 18 19 24
2025-05-20	10	4th	15 18 20 24 25
2025-05-10	3	2nd	19 24 26 29 34
2025-05-07	8	5th	1 7 12 14 24
2025-04-29	5	4th	7 8 18 24 30
2025-04-24	8	3rd	11 22 24 26 30
2025-04-16	1	3rd	7 21 24 32 34
2025-04-15	6	5th	3 6 18 23 24
2025-04-09	6	2nd	12 24 28 29 34
2025-04-03	3	5th	14 15 20 22 24
2025-03-31	5	5th	5 17 20 21 24
2025-03-26	7	4th	9 13 16 24 32
2025-03-19	2	3rd	8 21 24 26 34
2025-03-17	3	3rd	10 23 24 25 34
2025-03-14	1	3rd	1 9 24 33 34
2025-03-13	4	3rd	9 19 24 33 34
2025-03-09	2	4th	13 20 22 24 28
2025-03-07	4	4th	3 18 22 24 33
2025-03-03	6	5th	6 16 19 22 24
2025-02-25	9	5th	10 12 13 20 24
2025-02-16	5	4th	2 5 11 24 29
2025-02-11	3	4th	12 16 17 24 34
2025-02-08	13	4th	13 14 15 24 33
2025-01-26	6	3rd	16 17 24 27 31
2025-01-20	—	4th	1 8 23 24 30