Number 24

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

154times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.88σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

43longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 154 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 154 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 1 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 smallest10 · chance 6.8
2nd smallest31 · chance 34.7
3rd smallest57 · chance 60.3
4th smallest46 · chance 42.2
5th smallest10 · chance 10.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 15 3 42 20 44

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-07	3	4th	4 7 12 24 30
2026-09-26	43	3rd	6 20 24 26 29
2026-04-29	23	3rd	11 14 24 29 45
2026-02-07	11	5th	4 9 15

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-22	1	4th	1 4 20 24 31
2024-05-18	9	2nd	1 24 29 32 44
2024-04-17	7	2nd	14 24 28 38 40
2024-03-23	8	2nd	15 24 27 35 43
2024-02-24	5	3rd	18 20 24 34 39
2024-02-07	8	1st	24 25 31 33 42
2024-01-10	1	4th	6 11 21 24 42
2024-01-06	3	2nd	13 24 25 28 42
2023-12-27	10	4th	9 14 18 24 41
2023-11-22	4	1st	24 28 29 37 44
2023-11-08	7	4th	5 17 19 24 25
2023-10-14	4	5th	2 7 15 16 24
2023-09-30	6	4th	5 15 17 24 38
2023-09-09	1	2nd	3 24 27 35 45
2023-09-06	6	2nd	10 24 29 34 41
2023-08-16	24	4th	4 8 20 24 33
2023-05-24	20	2nd	2 24 34 43 44
2023-03-15	12	5th	11 13 15 23 24
2023-02-01	3	3rd	7 13 24 25 31
2023-01-21	3	2nd	15 24 27 28 36
2023-01-11	1	3rd	6 14 24 25 31
2023-01-07	4	2nd	3 24 38 42 43
2022-12-24	7	4th	1 13 20 24 42
2022-11-30	13	3rd	7 8 24 37 44
2022-10-15	3	4th	3 13 14 24 35
2022-10-05	31	4th	1 16 19 24 25
2022-06-18	4	4th	7 13 19 24 39
2022-06-04	2	3rd	2 8 24 35 40
2022-05-28	15	2nd	12 24 30 39 44
2022-04-06	9	3rd	6 15 24 37 39
2022-03-05	8	5th	8 10 18 19 24
2022-02-05	17	3rd	3 19 24 28 40
2021-12-08	9	4th	2 21 22 24 28
2021-11-06	1	2nd	15 24 31 34 45
2021-11-03	11	4th	3 20 23 24 30
2021-09-25	35	5th	2 3 15 23 24
2021-05-26	4	4th	7 8 20 24 37
2021-05-12	1	3rd	6 22 24 30 40
2021-05-08	2	3rd	13 22 24 26 38
2021-05-01	1	3rd	13 15 24 29 39
2021-04-28	13	3rd	6 14 24 33 38
2021-03-13	3	2nd	20 24 25 38 44
2021-03-03	2	2nd	7 24 31 35 36
2021-02-24	8	4th	6 12 20 24 44
2021-01-27	6	3rd	6 18 24 30 39
2021-01-06	4	4th	9 19 22 24 45
2020-12-23	4	4th	2 10 11 24 26
2020-12-09	7	4th	15 18 22 24 39
2020-11-14	2	4th	9 16 19 24 33
2020-11-07	17	3rd	4 23 24 28 44
2020-09-09	7	1st	24 32 33 41 43
2020-08-15	4	3rd	2 7 24 30 31
2020-08-01	9	4th	6 10 11 24 37
2020-07-01	21	2nd	3 24 32 34 43
2020-04-18	1	3rd	1 19 24 28 41
2020-04-15	10	3rd	6 13 24 26 36
2020-03-11	6	3rd	3 13 24 28 44
2020-02-19	3	3rd	3 21 24 40 42
2020-02-08	5	4th	4 10 14 24 41
2020-01-22	8	5th	11 13 17 22 24
2019-12-25	1	4th	3 4 8 24 25
2019-12-21	15	3rd	8 23 24 42 45
2019-10-30	9	2nd	18 24 29 39 45
2019-09-28	34	5th	3 8 11 17 24
2019-06-01	7	5th	1 5 16 21 24
2019-05-08	2	1st	24 25 28 29 40
2019-05-01	4	4th	1 12 23 24 44
2019-04-17	18	3rd	14 22 24 26 43
2019-02-13	2	3rd	3 8 24 26 35
2019-02-06	5	1st	24 31 39 42 44
2019-01-19	5	1st	24 26 29 36 43
2019-01-02	5	1st	24 26 31 40 43
2018-12-15	5	4th	7 9 12 24 43
2018-11-28	10	3rd	7 21 24 26 37
2018-10-24	3	2nd	17 24 28 33 43
2018-10-13	1	2nd	11 24 36 37 38
2018-10-10	3	5th	2 3 10 16 24
2018-09-29	8	3rd	4 17 24 29 33
2018-09-01	11	4th	4 5 8 24 29
2018-07-25	3	5th	5 8 12 13 24
2018-07-14	1	3rd	1 13 24 39 40
2018-07-11	3	3rd	15 16 24 33 34
2018-06-30	2	4th	9 12 21 24 42
2018-06-23	10	3rd	16 23 24 27 42
2018-05-19	6	3rd	14 15 24 29 44
2018-04-28	5	4th	6 16 21 24 34
2018-04-11	3	4th	3 10 13 24 31
2018-03-31	27	3rd	11 20 24 36 45
2017-12-27	6	3rd	7 11 24 38 45
2017-12-06	15	2nd	23 24 32 37 44
2017-10-14	8	2nd	13 24 34 36 37
2017-09-16	17	2nd	18 24 38 39 43
2017-07-19	18	2nd	5 24 28 36 38
2017-05-17	9	4th	1 12 14 24 29
2017-04-15	9	4th	5 16 20 24 33
2017-03-15	1	4th	3 7 11 24 39
2017-03-11	7	4th	7 14 22 24 25
2017-02-15	2	3rd	7 17 24 25 43
2017-02-08	13	4th	10 20 22 24 38
2016-12-24	7	4th	6 15 20 24 44
2016-11-30	14	2nd	22 24 29 35 38
2016-10-12	7	2nd	18 24 41 42 45
2016-09-17	1	3rd	1 11 24 33 41
2016-09-14	18	1st	24 29 30 36 44
2016-07-13	7	3rd	2 9 24 26 43
2016-06-18	8	2nd	4 24 34 43 45
2016-05-21	7	3rd	12 16 24 33 42
2016-04-27	16	4th	4 5 7 24 45
2016-03-02	9	3rd	5 11 24 29 34
2016-01-30	25	3rd	5 23 24 34 35
2015-11-04	3	2nd	11 24 25 30 35
2015-10-24	3	3rd	6 12 24 41 42
2015-10-14	1	3rd	5 20 24 36 38
2015-10-10	3	4th	7 9 14 24 33
2015-09-30	9	3rd	19 22 24 25 42
2015-08-29	4	4th	1 4 17 24 26
2015-08-15	2	3rd	1 5 24 30 44
2015-08-08	25	1st	24 27 32 37 42
2015-05-13	8	2nd	15 24 27 33 34
2015-04-15	32	4th	1 10 20 24 35
2014-12-24	3	3rd	5 21 24 29 39
2014-12-13	16	3rd	15 19 24 25 41
2014-10-18	1	2nd	3 24 26 31 41
2014-10-15	13	3rd	12 22 24 30 37
2014-08-30	3	3rd	8 22 24 31 35
2014-08-20	2	3rd	1 3 24 29 33
2014-08-13	3	4th	5 6 22 24 30
2014-08-02	7	3rd	12 23 24 39 42
2014-07-09	10	3rd	13 20 24 34 42
2014-06-04	—	3rd	14 15 24 27 34