Number 24

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

114times drawn · chance expected 112 +0.22σ

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

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

49longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +0.22σ. 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 114 times in 939 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 smallest2 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest20 · chance 21.1
3rd smallest54 · chance 43.6
4th smallest30 · chance 35.9
5th smallest8 · chance 10.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 36 31 13 15 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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	8	4th	2 14 16 24 26
2026-10-02	1	3rd	3 9 24 26 30
2026-10-01	8	3rd	7 14 24 37 42
2026-09-23	8	5th	2 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-02	4	2nd	19 24 25 27 30
2026-04-28	9	3rd	9 10 24 26 27
2026-04-19	10	2nd	12 24 27 30 35
2026-04-09	15	2nd	5 24 35 36 37
2026-03-25	3	2nd	4 24 31 34 35
2026-03-22	9	3rd	1 13 24 35 37
2026-03-13	1	3rd	6 11 24 31 36
2026-03-12	20	1st	24 29 31 37 38
2026-02-20	3	3rd	13 14 24 33 34
2026-02-17	3	3rd	2 22 24 36 39
2026-02-14	17	4th	5 15 19 24 30
2026-01-28	1	3rd	16 23 24 32 40
2026-01-27	5	2nd	17 24 26 33 39
2026-01-22	5	4th	9 10 15 24 41
2026-01-17	19	3rd	2 21 24 33 38
2025-12-29	7	3rd	5 13 24 28 35
2025-12-22	10	3rd	2 17 24 25 28
2025-12-12	6	3rd	5 9 24 29 31
2025-12-06	8	3rd	8 22 24 40 41
2025-11-28	1	5th	8 15 18 22 24
2025-11-27	1	3rd	11 23 24 25 29
2025-11-26	1	2nd	18 24 28 36 41
2025-11-25	6	3rd	9 10 24 27 36
2025-11-19	30	5th	2 3 5 13 24
2025-10-20	49	3rd	12 15 24 31 32
2025-09-01	2	4th	1 8 14 24 39
2025-08-30	8	2nd	8 24 28 39 41
2025-08-22	3	3rd	10 14 24 25 40
2025-08-19	13	4th	5 8 23 24 26
2025-08-06	1	2nd	11 24 28 32 33
2025-08-05	30	4th	9 16 17 24 33
2025-07-06	2	4th	10 13 17 24 27
2025-07-04	1	2nd	2 24 28 31 34
2025-07-03	6	3rd	8 11 24 30 37
2025-06-27	4	3rd	3 9 24 26 41
2025-06-23	9	5th	2 11 14 22 24
2025-06-14	4	3rd	2 6 24 31 37
2025-06-10	1	4th	9 11 23 24 39
2025-06-09	9	3rd	9 20 24 33 36
2025-05-31	11	5th	6 8 11 15 24
2025-05-20	11	4th	2 14 19 24 27
2025-05-09	15	4th	6 7 8 24 37
2025-04-24	22	4th	18 20 21 24 31
2025-04-02	5	2nd	12 24 32 36 37
2025-03-28	3	3rd	3 16 24 34 35
2025-03-25	8	3rd	5 15 24 39 41
2025-03-17	3	3rd	10 21 24 28 38
2025-03-14	4	3rd	5 9 24 28 32
2025-03-10	3	4th	1 3 10 24 25
2025-03-07	5	3rd	1 20 24 30 35
2025-03-02	34	3rd	7 13 24 32 36
2025-01-27	1	5th	3 11 15 20 24
2025-01-26	1	3rd	10 11 24 28 38
2025-01-25	6	3rd	8 13 24 30 36
2025-01-19	9	3rd	13 14 24 25 31
2025-01-10	4	3rd	5 8 24 26 29
2025-01-06	2	4th	12 16 22 24 32
2025-01-04	6	4th	9 14 22 24 35
2024-12-29	2	2nd	9 24 25 34 35
2024-12-27	7	3rd	6 23 24 30 39
2024-12-20	13	3rd	17 22 24 27 30
2024-12-07	9	4th	5 14 19 24 38
2024-11-28	1	2nd	4 24 26 32 42
2024-11-27	9	4th	13 15 18 24 32
2024-11-18	4	3rd	8 13 24 30 35
2024-11-14	2	3rd	1 3 24 36 41
2024-11-12	32	2nd	1 24 27 31 37
2024-10-11	6	3rd	8 20 24 28 29
2024-10-05	15	1st	24 25 28 33 36
2024-09-20	13	4th	9 11 14 24 40
2024-09-07	5	2nd	16 24 37 39 41
2024-09-02	2	3rd	10 13 24 25 30
2024-08-31	4	5th	14 15 16 18 24
2024-08-27	10	4th	5 6 21 24 34
2024-08-17	11	3rd	11 15 24 27 38
2024-08-06	17	2nd	7 24 25 36 40
2024-07-20	9	3rd	20 21 24 28 35
2024-07-11	5	3rd	1 3 24 31 38
2024-07-06	6	3rd	6 21 24 26 37
2024-06-30	3	4th	3 14 17 24 36
2024-06-27	22	4th	9 13 17 24 30
2024-06-05	15	2nd	6 24 29 36 39
2024-05-21	9	3rd	2 7 24 31 32
2024-05-12	12	4th	10 13 22 24 36
2024-04-30	9	2nd	8 24 31 38 40
2024-04-21	2	5th	3 10 13 19 24
2024-04-19	14	2nd	4 24 33 35 36
2024-04-05	1	3rd	5 6 24 34 39
2024-04-04	12	4th	2 3 7 24 42
2024-03-23	—	4th	12 19 22 24 34