Number 24

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

324times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.20σ

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

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

41longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 324 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.20σ. 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 324 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest5 · chance 4.9
2nd smallest30 · chance 41.1
3rd smallest129 · chance 112.9
4th smallest130 · chance 121.6
5th smallest30 · chance 43.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 10 30 32 35 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-19	7	3rd	6 11 24 32 34
2025-04-12	5	3rd	15 20 24 27 34
2025-04-07	8	5th	1 19 21 23 24
2025-03-30	4	4th	9 12

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

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