Number 24

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

100times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.28σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

13.7average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

63longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 13.7 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 10 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 smallest21 · chance 18.3
2nd smallest36 · chance 40.1
3rd smallest30 · chance 30.8
4th smallest12 · chance 9.8
5th smallest1 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

63 56 7 64 2 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 24 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 24 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	23	3rd	2 21 24 25 64
2026-07-25	20	3rd	3 4 24 36 47
2026-06-08	12	2nd	3 24 34 43 49
2026-05-11	8	1st	24 30 37 56

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-06	8	3rd	7 23 24 56 60
2024-04-17	3	1st	24 29 44 47 54
2024-04-10	4	4th	6 7 12 24 36
2024-04-01	15	2nd	19 24 40 42 56
2024-02-26	15	1st	24 29 42 51 54
2024-01-22	12	1st	24 25 43 52 63
2023-12-25	6	4th	5 12 20 24 29
2023-12-11	8	2nd	1 24 27 31 62
2023-11-22	4	2nd	20 24 33 39 42
2023-11-13	1	1st	24 33 35 37 42
2023-11-11	6	4th	1 12 14 24 57
2023-10-28	3	2nd	14 24 50 59 64
2023-10-21	4	3rd	6 15 24 67 68
2023-10-11	11	2nd	22 24 40 52 64
2023-09-16	19	4th	8 11 19 24 46
2023-08-02	6	2nd	23 24 33 51 64
2023-07-19	4	5th	7 10 11 13 24
2023-07-10	1	2nd	2 24 34 53 58
2023-07-08	1	3rd	7 23 24 32 43
2023-07-05	17	2nd	17 24 48 62 68
2023-05-27	7	1st	24 38 39 48 56
2023-05-10	14	2nd	21 24 33 55 69
2023-04-08	4	3rd	11 22 24 51 60
2023-03-29	7	3rd	4 9 24 46 66
2023-03-13	7	3rd	3 10 24 46 63
2023-02-25	18	2nd	11 24 58 66 67
2023-01-14	10	1st	24 26 39 47 57
2022-12-21	9	3rd	12 15 24 34 59
2022-11-30	9	3rd	4 19 24 47 66
2022-11-09	18	3rd	7 14 24 30 56
2022-09-28	2	3rd	6 10 24 33 67
2022-09-24	10	4th	3 9 21 24 29
2022-08-31	3	4th	7 8 19 24 28
2022-08-24	4	2nd	6 24 35 37 44
2022-08-15	1	2nd	20 24 47 50 63
2022-08-13	17	2nd	19 24 35 43 62
2022-07-04	36	3rd	15 16 24 31 56
2022-04-11	36	3rd	5 7 24 31 34
2022-01-17	13	2nd	9 24 35 46 65
2021-12-18	19	3rd	2 6 24 51 61
2021-11-03	36	3rd	1 2 24 50 57
2021-08-07	11	2nd	7 24 36 54 60
2021-06-30	53	1st	24 29 50 65 66
2020-12-26	23	2nd	10 24 27 35 53
2020-10-07	63	2nd	6 24 30 53 56
2020-02-29	12	1st	24 44 46 50 51
2020-01-18	11	2nd	20 24 38 56 68
2019-12-11	26	1st	24 29 42 44 63
2019-09-11	7	3rd	6 17 24 53 57
2019-08-17	14	3rd	18 21 24 30 60
2019-06-29	28	3rd	13 17 24 59 62
2019-03-23	11	1st	24 25 52 60 66
2019-02-13	29	4th	2 8 14 24 69
2018-11-03	12	3rd	15 21 24 32 65
2018-09-22	2	1st	24 61 63 64 69
2018-09-15	8	4th	2 18 19 24 34
2018-08-18	39	1st	24 34 52 61 67
2018-04-04	1	2nd	8 24 42 54 64
2018-03-31	5	2nd	8 24 52 55 61
2018-03-14	5	3rd	6 12 24 41 68
2018-02-24	13	1st	24 25 38 62 63
2018-01-10	8	2nd	7 24 33 49 50
2017-12-13	4	2nd	2 24 28 51 58
2017-11-29	19	1st	24 26 28 59 63
2017-09-23	2	1st	24 45 55 56 57
2017-09-16	1	3rd	17 18 24 25 31
2017-09-13	9	2nd	17 24 35 57 63
2017-08-12	30	2nd	20 24 26 35 49
2017-04-29	32	3rd	22 23 24 45 62
2017-01-07	14	3rd	3 12 24 37 63
2016-11-19	23	2nd	16 24 28 43 61
2016-08-31	16	3rd	5 10 24 56 61
2016-07-06	6	2nd	2 24 31 57 66
2016-06-15	6	3rd	4 22 24 31 33
2016-05-25	16	2nd	11 24 41 59 64
2016-03-30	—	1st	24 44 53 55 63