Number 24

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

162times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.59σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

31longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +1.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 2 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 smallest3 · chance 3.6
2nd smallest20 · chance 25.4
3rd smallest60 · chance 59.8
4th smallest60 · chance 55.8
5th smallest19 · chance 17.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 8 21 10 27 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-10	6	4th	9 10 14 24 26
2026-10-04	5	3rd	1 17 24 27 35
2026-09-29	10	3rd	14 19 24 28 39
2026-09-19	11	3rd	5 8 24 31

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-20	1	4th	4 10 15 24 26
2026-04-19	7	3rd	14 19 24 30 34
2026-04-12	31	4th	9 11 17 24 30
2026-03-12	2	3rd	10 17 24 36 39
2026-03-10	4	3rd	8 13 24 25 34
2026-03-06	3	4th	5 12 18 24 32
2026-03-03	7	3rd	2 14 24 25 29
2026-02-24	8	4th	6 13 21 24 28
2026-02-16	3	4th	9 10 21 24 36
2026-02-13	3	1st	24 27 34 39 40
2026-02-10	3	5th	1 5 7 13 24
2026-02-07	1	4th	4 13 14 24 33
2026-02-06	10	3rd	1 18 24 28 32
2026-01-27	15	3rd	9 19 24 30 32
2026-01-12	15	4th	1 6 11 24 38
2025-12-28	13	4th	8 14 21 24 33
2025-12-15	18	3rd	6 23 24 29 35
2025-11-27	6	3rd	5 14 24 27 33
2025-11-21	1	3rd	3 9 24 28 29
2025-11-20	2	2nd	11 24 31 32 37
2025-11-18	4	4th	4 5 23 24 26
2025-11-14	1	3rd	21 23 24 28 40
2025-11-13	6	5th	2 4 10 16 24
2025-11-07	15	4th	5 8 11 24 27
2025-10-23	18	3rd	2 8 24 26 33
2025-10-05	16	5th	7 10 11 21 24
2025-09-19	8	5th	11 13 16 21 24
2025-09-11	4	3rd	7 13 24 30 33
2025-09-07	13	4th	2 7 16 24 27
2025-08-25	10	3rd	1 17 24 27 34
2025-08-15	19	4th	4 13 15 24 33
2025-07-27	13	4th	9 18 20 24 38
2025-07-14	2	4th	6 8 9 24 27
2025-07-12	4	3rd	1 22 24 32 38
2025-07-08	7	3rd	1 14 24 34 37
2025-07-01	3	3rd	13 14 24 26 40
2025-06-28	1	2nd	7 24 27 31 33
2025-06-27	2	2nd	10 24 27 31 37
2025-06-25	8	3rd	2 17 24 28 31
2025-06-17	22	2nd	14 24 25 30 32
2025-05-26	14	4th	4 9 19 24 32
2025-05-12	1	3rd	1 7 24 34 35
2025-05-11	11	4th	5 14 19 24 26
2025-04-30	1	3rd	5 19 24 25 36
2025-04-29	3	4th	1 14 21 24 26
2025-04-26	1	3rd	9 15 24 27 29
2025-04-25	3	5th	4 15 16 20 24
2025-04-22	21	3rd	4 10 24 32 36
2025-04-01	1	4th	8 17 18 24 25
2025-03-31	1	3rd	5 23 24 33 36
2025-03-30	1	4th	5 16 23 24 37
2025-03-29	5	4th	2 5 21 24 39
2025-03-24	24	5th	2 14 16 23 24
2025-02-28	1	4th	2 3 18 24 25
2025-02-27	9	3rd	3 12 24 31 40
2025-02-18	6	2nd	18 24 27 30 39
2025-02-12	9	1st	24 25 28 33 38
2025-02-03	14	2nd	14 24 31 32 34
2025-01-20	6	4th	9 18 22 24 39
2025-01-14	12	2nd	15 24 28 31 37
2025-01-02	1	2nd	15 24 32 35 39
2025-01-01	2	5th	4 7 10 21 24
2024-12-30	8	2nd	22 24 28 38 39
2024-12-22	12	3rd	15 17 24 34 38
2024-12-10	3	3rd	15 20 24 27 37
2024-12-07	16	2nd	2 24 29 36 40
2024-11-21	5	5th	5 8 18 23 24
2024-11-16	4	4th	10 18 21 24 39
2024-11-12	8	3rd	4 10 24 27 35
2024-11-04	7	1st	24 29 32 34 36
2024-10-28	5	4th	1 3 9 24 30
2024-10-23	4	2nd	21 24 27 28 32
2024-10-19	23	4th	8 20 22 24 27
2024-09-26	3	3rd	4 12 24 27 33
2024-09-23	7	4th	13 16 23 24 40
2024-09-16	1	4th	3 4 7 24 36
2024-09-15	5	2nd	7 24 25 34 36
2024-09-10	6	4th	3 14 21 24 32
2024-09-04	2	3rd	19 22 24 26 34
2024-09-02	7	4th	7 12 16 24 26
2024-08-26	3	3rd	4 5 24 32 38
2024-08-23	9	4th	3 14 16 24 35
2024-08-14	9	4th	12 20 21 24 38
2024-08-05	11	4th	2 10 11 24 34
2024-07-25	1	4th	8 9 11 24 33
2024-07-24	15	4th	1 14 23 24 31
2024-07-09	16	3rd	13 18 24 26 37
2024-06-23	1	4th	6 7 21 24 35
2024-06-22	2	4th	4 11 22 24 27
2024-06-20	7	3rd	7 21 24 34 39
2024-06-13	4	4th	21 22 23 24 37
2024-06-09	1	2nd	14 24 29 31 37
2024-06-08	8	3rd	16 21 24 29 39
2024-05-31	4	4th	1 5 7 24 40
2024-05-27	5	3rd	20 22 24 37 39
2024-05-22	1	4th	2 16 22 24 37
2024-05-21	8	5th	8 12 14 17 24
2024-05-13	3	3rd	14 23 24 26 39
2024-05-10	3	5th	1 4 13 22 24
2024-05-07	6	4th	1 8 15 24 32
2024-05-01	5	5th	9 16 19 22 24
2024-04-26	1	2nd	17 24 29 34 38
2024-04-25	7	3rd	8 14 24 33 39
2024-04-18	2	3rd	3 19 24 28 31
2024-04-16	6	4th	5 18 21 24 39
2024-04-10	9	3rd	10 20 24 29 39
2024-04-01	5	2nd	15 24 28 34 38
2024-03-27	5	4th	10 15 17 24 28
2024-03-22	5	4th	6 9 17 24 31
2024-03-17	9	3rd	12 14 24 30 36
2024-03-08	5	3rd	10 13 24 33 40
2024-03-03	4	4th	3 4 6 24 30
2024-02-28	3	5th	9 14 17 23 24
2024-02-25	3	5th	4 5 12 15 24
2024-02-22	3	5th	5 6 9 19 24
2024-02-19	4	3rd	4 5 24 25 40
2024-02-15	7	3rd	15 16 24 27 29
2024-02-08	1	3rd	9 21 24 28 34
2024-02-07	3	3rd	2 6 24 30 31
2024-02-04	8	3rd	2 4 24 27 31
2024-01-27	4	3rd	7 23 24 25 28
2024-01-23	8	3rd	6 8 24 29 40
2024-01-15	9	4th	3 14 22 24 25
2024-01-06	3	3rd	9 20 24 28 36
2024-01-03	7	4th	6 13 19 24 31
2023-12-27	21	4th	1 6 11 24 36
2023-12-06	12	2nd	4 24 26 35 36
2023-11-24	11	3rd	18 21 24 26 31
2023-11-13	3	3rd	6 22 24 36 38
2023-11-10	15	4th	6 12 15 24 35
2023-10-26	2	4th	1 3 8 24 26
2023-10-24	8	2nd	2 24 27 34 37
2023-10-16	21	5th	6 10 11 21 24
2023-09-25	17	4th	6 19 23 24 33
2023-09-08	6	3rd	10 21 24 33 40
2023-09-02	11	4th	15 16 21 24 31
2023-08-22	3	4th	1 5 18 24 34
2023-08-19	—	3rd	8 11 24 27 31