Number 24

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

205times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.65σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

43longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 205 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, −0.65σ. 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 205 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 smallest0 · chance 1.5
2nd smallest17 · chance 16.8
3rd smallest60 · chance 61.5
4th smallest94 · chance 86.1
5th smallest34 · chance 39.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 4 1 31 3 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-11	3	2nd	6 24 27 28 31
2026-10-08	4	5th	2 15 16 18 24
2026-10-04	7	5th	2 15 17 23 24
2026-09-27	12	4th	13 15 16 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-27	3	3rd	15 16 24 25 35
2026-05-24	19	4th	3 8 13 24 31
2026-05-05	5	5th	3 14 17 22 24
2026-04-30	5	3rd	3 19 24 33 34
2026-04-25	12	3rd	4 6 24 29 33
2026-04-13	3	3rd	10 23 24 28 34
2026-04-10	18	3rd	17 18 24 28 31
2026-03-23	1	4th	7 8 11 24 35
2026-03-22	7	3rd	3 20 24 27 28
2026-03-15	8	3rd	3 8 24 26 31
2026-03-07	2	5th	8 11 15 23 24
2026-03-05	1	4th	16 20 23 24 29
2026-03-04	1	4th	2 3 11 24 31
2026-03-03	1	5th	6 11 18 23 24
2026-03-02	13	4th	1 6 18 24 33
2026-02-17	5	4th	2 4 22 24 33
2026-02-12	43	4th	2 7 17 24 25
2025-12-31	1	4th	4 11 17 24 30
2025-12-30	1	5th	2 11 18 21 24
2025-12-29	1	2nd	5 24 29 30 33
2025-12-28	4	4th	1 2 19 24 26
2025-12-24	2	4th	1 9 15 24 25
2025-12-22	2	4th	20 21 22 24 25
2025-12-20	3	4th	10 14 23 24 35
2025-12-17	2	3rd	5 14 24 31 33
2025-12-15	23	3rd	7 10 24 28 33
2025-11-22	1	3rd	1 9 24 26 28
2025-11-21	5	4th	3 6 8 24 33
2025-11-16	7	4th	6 10 16 24 31
2025-11-09	1	3rd	14 18 24 28 32
2025-11-08	16	4th	1 10 23 24 34
2025-10-23	11	4th	5 8 16 24 33
2025-10-12	1	4th	11 13 16 24 32
2025-10-11	7	3rd	4 18 24 26 32
2025-10-04	6	4th	1 17 18 24 27
2025-09-28	5	2nd	2 24 25 26 33
2025-09-23	4	3rd	5 7 24 30 32
2025-09-19	6	3rd	2 11 24 28 29
2025-09-13	1	4th	13 15 21 24 29
2025-09-12	6	3rd	15 16 24 27 32
2025-09-06	7	2nd	6 24 28 32 33
2025-08-30	1	4th	12 18 22 24 27
2025-08-29	2	3rd	4 6 24 25 33
2025-08-27	23	5th	6 9 14 18 24
2025-08-04	6	4th	13 16 22 24 29
2025-07-29	3	4th	6 15 19 24 25
2025-07-26	21	4th	1 9 10 24 27
2025-07-05	13	3rd	17 19 24 25 34
2025-06-22	6	5th	1 8 14 17 24
2025-06-16	4	3rd	20 21 24 26 32
2025-06-12	1	4th	7 14 16 24 29
2025-06-11	3	4th	1 2 22 24 28
2025-06-08	3	4th	3 15 17 24 25
2025-06-05	18	4th	1 6 13 24 25
2025-05-18	17	2nd	4 24 25 27 30
2025-05-01	4	4th	14 17 19 24 27
2025-04-27	4	5th	1 3 9 11 24
2025-04-23	20	4th	4 5 17 24 32
2025-04-03	11	3rd	7 17 24 27 30
2025-03-23	2	5th	2 12 20 23 24
2025-03-21	7	4th	7 13 16 24 26
2025-03-14	1	4th	5 9 20 24 30
2025-03-13	11	3rd	3 22 24 30 31
2025-03-02	2	4th	9 12 19 24 35
2025-02-28	4	4th	7 15 22 24 27
2025-02-24	15	3rd	8 20 24 25 29
2025-02-09	1	4th	3 13 23 24 26
2025-02-08	4	4th	1 3 21 24 31
2025-02-04	16	4th	7 20 22 24 34
2025-01-19	2	4th	12 18 23 24 32
2025-01-17	7	4th	1 6 17 24 26
2025-01-10	16	2nd	1 24 27 29 34
2024-12-25	15	3rd	4 14 24 26 30
2024-12-10	8	5th	8 9 14 20 24
2024-12-02	9	3rd	3 17 24 25 33
2024-11-23	22	4th	4 6 13 24 30
2024-11-01	4	2nd	20 24 28 34 35
2024-10-28	14	4th	5 17 19 24 30
2024-10-14	5	2nd	19 24 27 29 33
2024-10-09	3	3rd	2 4 24 28 30
2024-10-06	8	4th	3 13 22 24 25
2024-09-28	3	4th	1 10 23 24 28
2024-09-25	1	3rd	3 8 24 28 31
2024-09-24	2	3rd	1 4 24 31 32
2024-09-22	16	4th	14 21 22 24 31
2024-09-06	4	3rd	9 13 24 25 35
2024-09-02	6	2nd	5 24 25 30 34
2024-08-27	7	3rd	9 20 24 29 32
2024-08-20	21	5th	4 9 15 18 24
2024-07-30	12	4th	13 19 23 24 31
2024-07-18	7	4th	11 17 19 24 29
2024-07-11	4	5th	4 5 12 23 24
2024-07-07	1	3rd	15 16 24 28 35
2024-07-06	8	4th	4 9 18 24 31
2024-06-28	2	4th	14 16 17 24 29
2024-06-26	6	3rd	3 21 24 28 33
2024-06-20	10	4th	3 13 17 24 31
2024-06-10	2	3rd	5 8 24 26 28
2024-06-08	2	4th	17 18 22 24 29
2024-06-06	3	5th	8 9 19 21 24
2024-06-03	15	4th	2 16 22 24 30
2024-05-19	8	2nd	4 24 25 30 31
2024-05-11	2	3rd	1 3 24 26 29
2024-05-09	2	3rd	10 22 24 31 34
2024-05-07	2	3rd	5 17 24 28 31
2024-05-05	33	5th	2 9 16 22 24
2024-04-02	9	5th	3 7 12 20 24
2024-03-24	3	2nd	7 24 25 30 32
2024-03-21	1	4th	1 5 21 24 26
2024-03-20	3	4th	4 8 10 24 28
2024-03-17	1	4th	3 12 18 24 34
2024-03-16	10	4th	3 8 12 24 31
2024-03-06	15	4th	16 17 22 24 33
2024-02-20	6	2nd	2 24 25 29 34
2024-02-14	3	4th	3 6 8 24 31
2024-02-11	16	4th	7 9 19 24 33
2024-01-26	3	4th	3 6 18 24 29
2024-01-23	25	3rd	1 20 24 30 31
2023-12-29	3	3rd	2 11 24 31 34
2023-12-26	5	3rd	10 11 24 32 33
2023-12-21	5	5th	10 12 19 23 24
2023-12-16	5	4th	7 11 15 24 28
2023-12-11	3	4th	8 9 15 24 29
2023-12-08	6	4th	4 15 20 24 34
2023-12-02	3	4th	6 10 23 24 33
2023-11-29	15	4th	7 12 21 24 28
2023-11-14	9	5th	5 13 14 21 24
2023-11-05	10	3rd	1 9 24 26 29
2023-10-26	1	4th	5 6 12 24 29
2023-10-25	17	4th	14 15 21 24 26
2023-10-08	2	4th	6 18 19 24 33
2023-10-06	3	2nd	11 24 25 29 31
2023-10-03	7	4th	7 15 17 24 34
2023-09-26	13	4th	1 13 18 24 33
2023-09-13	2	4th	9 18 23 24 34
2023-09-11	14	3rd	5 18 24 28 31
2023-08-12	9	4th	6 16 22 24 35
2023-07-22	5	4th	4 8 18 24 33
2023-07-11	4	3rd	4 23 24 27 32
2023-07-01	1	4th	4 14 21 24 25
2023-06-29	2	5th	4 13 22 23 24
2023-06-24	19	2nd	15 24 25 30 34
2023-05-11	24	3rd	12 18 24 28 32
2023-03-16	9	3rd	9 22 24 31 33
2023-02-23	1	5th	1 3 13 17 24
2023-02-21	13	4th	2 10 23 24 33
2023-01-21	1	5th	8 17 19 22 24
2023-01-19	4	5th	3 9 18 22 24
2023-01-10	9	3rd	3 4 24 26 30
2022-12-20	1	4th	4 6 9 24 35
2022-12-17	20	4th	4 7 16 24 34
2022-11-01	2	4th	7 12 16 24 31
2022-10-27	8	4th	4 9 14 24 32
2022-10-08	16	4th	14 17 18 24 33
2022-09-01	2	4th	1 15 20 24 27
2022-08-27	6	5th	1 5 11 15 24
2022-08-13	8	4th	13 19 21 24 30
2022-07-26	9	5th	1 4 15 19 24
2022-07-05	27	5th	13 15 19 22 24
2022-05-03	24	4th	5 9 11 24 33
2022-03-08	6	5th	9 17 19 21 24
2022-02-22	26	4th	1 3 20 24 32
2021-12-23	3	4th	5 6 11 24 29
2021-12-16	6	5th	4 12 22 23 24
2021-12-02	2	3rd	1 8 24 27 32
2021-11-27	1	3rd	8 13 24 26 30
2021-11-25	11	4th	6 16 19 24 26
2021-10-30	7	4th	7 8 19 24 30
2021-10-14	2	5th	7 9 10 16 24
2021-10-09	6	4th	4 7 22 24 30
2021-09-25	15	3rd	5 11 24 27 29
2021-08-21	4	4th	1 6 15 24 33
2021-08-12	1	3rd	1 13 24 29 33
2021-08-10	1	3rd	7 11 24 31 35
2021-08-07	9	3rd	6 11 24 28 34
2021-07-17	1	5th	7 8 20 23 24
2021-07-15	5	3rd	5 14 24 30 31
2021-07-03	5	4th	5 11 13 24 33
2021-06-22	3	5th	1 16 20 21 24
2021-06-15	11	3rd	18 19 24 30 34
2021-05-18	—	4th	2 5 10 24 33