Number 24

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

170times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.03σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

48longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 170 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 170 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 18 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 12.0
2nd smallest45 · chance 44.7
3rd smallest72 · chance 61.4
4th smallest35 · chance 39.1
5th smallest9 · chance 11.5
6th smallest2 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 27 15 22 28 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-08	3	3rd	2 9 24 26 28 35
2026-07-29	21	4th	6 8 14 24 31 58
2026-05-16	7	3rd	9 11 24 27 32 37
2026-04-22

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-27	23	4th	2 5 14 24 27 30
2023-11-08	6	4th	1 4 16 24 27 35
2023-10-18	16	2nd	8 24 27 28 50 59
2023-08-23	15	3rd	7 22 24 36 40 53
2023-07-01	8	3rd	15 19 24 36 40 49
2023-06-03	14	3rd	9 10 24 32 50 57
2023-04-15	1	3rd	1 10 24 35 38 48
2023-04-12	8	2nd	23 24 25 34 36 37
2023-03-15	5	3rd	11 23 24 28 30 31
2023-02-25	3	3rd	6 19 24 37 45 56
2023-02-15	5	3rd	2 22 24 27 29 32
2023-01-28	6	4th	5 16 22 24 26 54
2023-01-07	5	5th	13 14 16 21 24 39
2022-12-21	1	3rd	3 11 24 36 40 56
2022-12-17	6	5th	4 13 19 22 24 32
2022-11-26	2	3rd	5 18 24 27 39 46
2022-11-19	4	3rd	9 12 24 28 30 41
2022-11-05	3	4th	1 8 22 24 44 46
2022-10-26	26	2nd	2 24 28 38 45 59
2022-07-27	5	2nd	22 24 33 34 43 49
2022-07-09	1	1st	24 25 33 51 52 59
2022-07-06	15	4th	2 10 17 24 26 39
2022-05-14	10	3rd	20 22 24 25 29 51
2022-04-09	3	3rd	12 18 24 27 51 53
2022-03-30	19	3rd	1 16 24 40 56 59
2022-01-22	15	4th	12 15 19 24 34 57
2021-12-01	5	2nd	16 24 44 53 55 59
2021-11-13	18	3rd	10 21 24 49 52 55
2021-09-11	13	4th	17 19 21 24 36 47
2021-07-28	14	3rd	4 11 24 39 40 59
2021-06-09	18	2nd	6 24 25 43 45 55
2021-04-07	8	5th	2 6 7 20 24 43
2021-03-10	6	3rd	18 23 24 31 40 58
2021-02-17	10	4th	14 21 22 24 26 51
2021-01-13	17	2nd	15 24 44 52 54 57
2020-11-14	6	5th	3 6 12 17 24 52
2020-10-24	1	4th	9 10 15 24 25 57
2020-10-21	5	3rd	15 22 24 30 50 59
2020-10-03	7	3rd	19 20 24 42 44 56
2020-09-09	28	2nd	15 24 31 44 51 59
2020-06-03	9	1st	24 27 46 54 55 56
2020-05-02	23	3rd	1 22 24 27 37 51
2020-02-12	15	2nd	5 24 28 42 44 57
2019-12-21	1	1st	24 28 39 42 48 52
2019-12-18	2	3rd	14 21 24 37 45 46
2019-12-11	5	2nd	19 24 25 29 36 38
2019-11-23	7	4th	1 8 10 24 32 36
2019-10-30	10	1st	24 29 39 47 52 53
2019-09-25	3	2nd	7 24 27 38 55 58
2019-09-14	6	5th	1 9 14 22 24 25
2019-08-24	13	2nd	7 24 36 46 52 55
2019-07-10	6	3rd	4 8 24 26 38 43
2019-06-19	1	3rd	14 23 24 50 56 58
2019-06-15	5	5th	3 14 20 21 24 34
2019-05-29	1	4th	6 12 15 24 31 42
2019-05-25	7	3rd	15 22 24 42 50 53
2019-05-01	24	3rd	8 9 24 27 36 37
2019-02-06	3	1st	24 26 33 35 37 52
2019-01-26	11	2nd	20 24 27 34 35 59
2018-12-19	4	4th	1 20 22 24 34 39
2018-12-05	4	3rd	1 11 24 37 44 50
2018-11-21	4	2nd	9 24 34 35 57 58
2018-11-07	8	2nd	18 24 37 50 58 59
2018-10-10	2	2nd	15 24 30 37 44 59
2018-10-03	13	4th	4 18 19 24 31 42
2018-08-18	4	2nd	12 24 27 30 40 53
2018-08-04	5	3rd	9 20 24 31 32 53
2018-07-18	48	4th	4 7 19 24 30 45
2018-01-31	2	4th	7 20 22 24 46 54
2018-01-24	1	2nd	4 24 41 42 49 51
2018-01-20	29	3rd	10 15 24 44 45 55
2017-10-11	5	3rd	6 16 24 25 37 38
2017-09-23	21	2nd	7 24 37 40 50 56
2017-07-12	1	2nd	17 24 27 29 31 49
2017-07-08	14	3rd	7 21 24 33 41 45
2017-05-20	6	3rd	13 14 24 35 36 50
2017-04-29	1	2nd	9 24 34 40 47 59
2017-04-26	5	3rd	5 21 24 31 32 55
2017-04-08	15	3rd	4 15 24 33 37 58
2017-02-15	17	4th	1 3 10 24 35 56
2016-12-17	13	2nd	16 24 25 28 51 52
2016-11-02	5	3rd	9 21 24 26 50 54
2016-10-15	13	5th	1 8 17 18 24 42
2016-08-31	22	3rd	17 23 24 28 32 57
2016-06-15	21	2nd	8 24 31 39 54 59
2016-04-02	2	3rd	8 10 24 28 40 52
2016-03-26	9	2nd	13 24 44 48 56 59
2016-02-24	1	4th	1 12 15 24 35 41
2016-02-20	6	2nd	2 24 26 36 43 55
2016-01-30	41	2nd	1 24 27 43 48 50
2015-09-09	4	4th	2 5 8 24 28 41
2015-08-26	6	2nd	3 24 31 33 41 48
2015-08-05	13	3rd	16 21 24 35 43 47
2015-06-20	14	3rd	4 21 24 34 36 54
2015-05-02	2	3rd	5 15 24 31 52 59
2015-04-25	2	3rd	9 18 24 34 49 58
2015-04-18	6	2nd	5 24 29 33 48 53
2015-03-28	3	3rd	1 3 24 43 48 52
2015-03-18	10	3rd	4 11 24 33 45 47
2015-02-11	3	2nd	22 24 37 39 44 48
2015-01-31	1	6th	3 5 9 21 23 24
2015-01-28	6	2nd	19 24 36 37 47 53
2015-01-07	3	4th	5 11 21 24 34 55
2014-12-27	44	1st	24 28 39 45 46 47
2014-07-26	5	4th	5 11 19 24 52 54
2014-07-09	17	3rd	7 9 24 26 48 49
2014-05-10	14	3rd	8 22 24 44 50 57
2014-03-22	15	3rd	2 7 24 36 53 57
2014-01-29	8	2nd	17 24 27 28 31 34
2014-01-01	15	3rd	9 14 24 26 35 55
2013-11-09	32	3rd	5 6 24 25 28 33
2013-07-20	13	2nd	8 24 43 45 54 56
2013-06-05	9	3rd	8 21 24 43 48 53
2013-05-04	20	3rd	10 17 24 25 52 53
2013-02-23	1	4th	1 13 16 24 32 57
2013-02-20	21	4th	7 15 18 24 36 41
2012-12-08	1	3rd	15 23 24 31 36 41
2012-12-05	6	4th	6 10 16 24 33 39
2012-11-14	1	2nd	17 24 27 28 50 55
2012-11-10	11	4th	6 14 17 24 41 59
2012-10-03	1	2nd	22 24 37 45 52 56
2012-09-29	14	2nd	6 24 41 42 49 55
2012-08-11	15	2nd	14 24 25 34 42 43
2012-06-20	7	2nd	15 24 32 34 43 57
2012-05-26	4	4th	8 12 19 24 32 53
2012-05-12	6	2nd	10 24 28 35 43 55
2012-04-21	11	4th	3 5 19 24 33 53
2012-03-14	1	3rd	7 17 24 39 48 55
2012-03-10	13	5th	5 16 18 21 24 54
2012-01-25	8	6th	1 6 11 13 23 24
2011-12-28	12	2nd	21 24 26 41 53 57
2011-11-16	1	3rd	7 23 24 43 50 53
2011-11-12	7	2nd	8 24 32 36 40 42
2011-10-19	3	2nd	12 24 33 46 54 59
2011-10-08	12	3rd	1 23 24 25 36 52
2011-08-27	17	3rd	1 14 24 25 50 58
2011-06-29	18	4th	13 15 21 24 28 45
2011-04-27	7	3rd	16 22 24 33 37 42
2011-04-02	1	4th	15 18 19 24 41 59
2011-03-30	3	2nd	6 24 28 34 41 55
2011-03-19	6	3rd	1 14 24 31 42 51
2011-02-26	22	4th	13 18 23 24 30 54
2010-12-11	3	4th	16 18 21 24 34 41
2010-12-01	7	2nd	15 24 27 55 56 58
2010-11-06	3	4th	1 13 23 24 45 50
2010-10-27	—	3rd	12 13 24 35 39 41