Number 24

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

89times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.53σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

31longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 727 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 15 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 smallest0 · chance 0.8
2nd smallest11 · chance 10.6
3rd smallest35 · chance 38.8
4th smallest43 · chance 38.8

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.

8 18 12 13 5 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-09-27	3	3rd	1 17 24 27
2026-09-24	4	4th	1 10 22 24
2026-09-20	22	3rd	15 23 24 31
2026-08-29	6	4th	8 11 22 24
2026-08-23	2	2nd

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

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