Number 24

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

242times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.29σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 242 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 242 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 13 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 smallest1 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest19 · chance 19.8
3rd smallest73 · chance 72.6
4th smallest99 · chance 101.7
5th smallest50 · chance 46.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 20 22 5 10 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-08-26	24	5th	1 5 10 20 24
2026-06-03	10	3rd	2 23 24 28 32
2026-04-29	20	4th	11 14 20 24 30
2026-02-18	3	4th	2 8 10

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-25	12	2nd	14 24 26 32 33
2024-11-13	8	4th	5 19 20 24 29
2024-10-16	6	4th	3 5 14 24 30
2024-09-25	8	3rd	15 20 24 25 29
2024-08-28	1	5th	2 16 21 23 24
2024-08-24	10	4th	8 9 22 24 31
2024-07-20	1	4th	10 20 22 24 28
2024-07-17	3	4th	16 20 21 24 25
2024-07-06	9	4th	1 12 18 24 35
2024-06-05	2	4th	12 20 23 24 28
2024-05-29	1	2nd	18 24 27 28 29
2024-05-25	1	4th	7 8 10 24 35
2024-05-22	6	2nd	13 24 25 30 31
2024-05-01	13	5th	3 13 14 22 24
2024-03-16	2	5th	2 15 17 21 24
2024-03-09	15	5th	11 13 15 19 24
2024-01-17	13	4th	3 15 17 24 33
2023-12-02	25	4th	8 19 23 24 28
2023-09-06	6	4th	8 10 17 24 26
2023-08-16	18	4th	3 5 19 24 26
2023-06-14	2	4th	3 7 19 24 32
2023-06-07	5	5th	1 19 20 22 24
2023-05-20	2	4th	1 14 22 24 27
2023-05-13	26	4th	1 7 11 24 32
2023-02-11	3	5th	12 14 18 23 24
2023-02-01	7	4th	1 9 15 24 25
2023-01-07	2	3rd	2 23 24 28 32
2022-12-31	3	5th	3 13 19 22 24
2022-12-21	1	4th	4 10 14 24 33
2022-12-17	7	3rd	7 8 24 29 33
2022-11-23	6	4th	13 17 18 24 33
2022-11-02	10	3rd	14 20 24 32 34
2022-09-28	13	3rd	3 17 24 25 34
2022-08-13	1	5th	3 5 10 22 24
2022-08-10	6	4th	2 10 12 24 30
2022-07-20	1	4th	4 10 12 24 35
2022-07-16	15	2nd	17 24 26 29 31
2022-05-25	2	2nd	7 24 28 32 33
2022-05-18	1	4th	3 6 11 24 33
2022-05-14	9	4th	3 7 14 24 26
2022-04-13	6	3rd	5 14 24 29 30
2022-03-23	7	4th	1 11 16 24 25
2022-02-26	19	4th	5 9 14 24 25
2021-12-22	3	5th	1 2 5 6 24
2021-12-11	2	3rd	5 22 24 26 27
2021-12-04	7	4th	8 21 23 24 29
2021-11-10	5	3rd	4 13 24 27 32
2021-10-23	2	3rd	11 16 24 28 33
2021-10-16	20	4th	7 19 20 24 25
2021-08-07	12	3rd	15 22 24 25 33
2021-06-26	9	3rd	17 20 24 26 32
2021-05-26	12	3rd	2 23 24 32 35
2021-04-14	6	2nd	5 24 27 31 32
2021-03-24	11	4th	2 4 6 24 28
2021-02-13	4	3rd	3 22 24 25 27
2021-01-30	1	4th	5 14 23 24 32
2021-01-27	5	4th	3 4 17 24 28
2021-01-09	7	5th	5 15 17 23 24
2020-12-16	10	4th	5 10 22 24 26
2020-11-11	4	3rd	12 14 24 27 29
2020-10-28	10	5th	2 12 20 23 24
2020-09-23	25	5th	3 13 17 19 24
2020-06-27	2	3rd	13 16 24 26 28
2020-06-20	7	4th	5 16 21 24 34
2020-05-27	9	4th	16 17 20 24 31
2020-04-25	5	3rd	9 19 24 33 34
2020-04-08	17	3rd	1 19 24 29 31
2020-02-08	3	4th	1 20 21 24 26
2020-01-29	1	5th	7 10 13 23 24
2020-01-25	8	4th	7 9 10 24 30
2019-12-28	3	3rd	10 16 24 27 34
2019-12-18	20	3rd	10 15 24 31 32
2019-10-09	6	5th	1 13 15 20 24
2019-09-18	1	4th	1 3 20 24 31
2019-09-14	15	4th	12 15 22 24 26
2019-07-24	1	4th	7 12 21 24 33
2019-07-20	1	2nd	20 24 27 33 35
2019-07-17	18	3rd	4 9 24 25 32
2019-05-15	10	5th	9 10 19 22 24
2019-04-10	16	2nd	21 24 25 32 34
2019-02-13	10	3rd	7 23 24 27 28
2019-01-09	6	5th	1 6 17 21 24
2018-12-19	15	5th	17 19 20 22 24
2018-10-27	3	3rd	12 20 24 25 33
2018-10-17	1	3rd	7 23 24 26 27
2018-10-13	3	3rd	11 18 24 31 34
2018-10-03	7	2nd	13 24 27 29 30
2018-09-08	5	3rd	16 18 24 30 35
2018-08-22	2	3rd	15 19 24 27 33
2018-08-15	2	5th	5 6 9 11 24
2018-08-08	7	2nd	21 24 25 29 31
2018-07-14	6	4th	1 9 20 24 27
2018-06-23	32	4th	1 4 6 24 27
2018-03-03	10	3rd	3 22 24 28 33
2018-01-27	19	4th	1 15 23 24 29
2017-11-22	5	3rd	3 14 24 27 33
2017-11-04	1	2nd	5 24 26 31 35
2017-11-01	3	5th	9 10 11 14 24
2017-10-21	9	5th	10 13 19 22 24
2017-09-20	4	4th	6 9 12 24 32
2017-09-06	9	4th	16 20 23 24 30
2017-08-05	14	4th	10 19 23 24 30
2017-06-17	4	4th	10 18 21 24 34
2017-06-03	1	3rd	11 16 24 33 34
2017-05-31	3	3rd	1 5 24 29 35
2017-05-20	4	3rd	17 23 24 31 34
2017-05-06	8	2nd	5 24 28 29 35
2017-04-08	10	5th	5 8 11 19 24
2017-03-04	21	3rd	8 22 24 26 35
2016-12-21	1	3rd	5 7 24 27 35
2016-12-17	21	4th	3 9 17 24 27
2016-10-05	9	3rd	6 18 24 34 35
2016-09-03	2	5th	2 6 7 12 24
2016-08-27	10	5th	6 7 10 18 24
2016-07-23	4	4th	5 13 22 24 32
2016-07-09	1	4th	3 6 20 24 27
2016-07-06	2	4th	10 12 18 24 35
2016-06-29	6	4th	1 15 18 24 33
2016-06-08	5	5th	4 16 22 23 24
2016-05-21	21	4th	14 15 18 24 29
2016-03-09	2	3rd	14 22 24 26 30
2016-03-02	8	3rd	4 12 24 25 30
2016-02-03	1	4th	3 10 12 24 32
2016-01-30	13	5th	2 4 12 19 24
2015-12-16	10	4th	5 8 12 24 31
2015-11-11	3	3rd	7 19 24 25 31
2015-10-31	7	4th	16 18 22 24 35
2015-10-07	1	5th	1 5 8 19 24
2015-10-03	6	2nd	19 24 29 32 34
2015-09-12	6	3rd	4 6 24 26 34
2015-08-22	8	4th	11 15 20 24 29
2015-07-25	9	5th	4 13 17 21 24
2015-06-24	8	3rd	16 23 24 25 33
2015-05-27	11	1st	24 25 26 31 32
2015-04-18	1	4th	3 8 18 24 26
2015-04-15	26	4th	1 7 22 24 27
2015-01-14	4	5th	2 4 8 13 24
2014-12-31	3	3rd	6 11 24 28 35
2014-12-20	6	5th	5 11 17 22 24
2014-11-29	1	4th	10 20 21 24 28
2014-11-26	21	3rd	12 22 24 29 35
2014-09-13	4	2nd	21 24 27 33 35
2014-08-30	3	2nd	3 24 28 33 35
2014-08-20	4	5th	8 9 10 21 24
2014-08-06	15	4th	7 15 22 24 34
2014-06-14	8	4th	1 2 10 24 31
2014-05-17	7	3rd	1 12 24 25 26
2014-04-23	1	4th	7 18 23 24 26
2014-04-19	5	3rd	3 18 24 25 30
2014-04-02	3	4th	12 15 19 24 27
2014-03-22	2	4th	8 10 22 24 34
2014-03-15	1	4th	1 14 15 24 34
2014-03-12	2	5th	7 15 21 23 24
2014-03-05	7	3rd	13 15 24 26 28
2014-02-08	4	3rd	14 21 24 28 33
2014-01-25	1	3rd	2 23 24 25 26
2014-01-22	5	4th	7 13 20 24 25
2014-01-04	5	3rd	2 6 24 27 28
2013-12-18	2	5th	2 7 11 20 24
2013-12-11	2	3rd	13 23 24 26 34
2013-12-04	6	5th	3 9 11 20 24
2013-11-13	1	4th	3 20 21 24 30
2013-11-09	3	2nd	7 24 26 29 33
2013-10-30	5	3rd	6 18 24 28 30
2013-10-12	1	4th	7 11 12 24 26
2013-10-09	37	5th	1 9 10 15 24
2013-06-01	40	5th	4 5 6 13 24
2013-01-12	7	4th	10 18 22 24 34
2012-12-19	13	4th	4 5 7 24 28
2012-11-03	4	3rd	18 23 24 31 35
2012-10-20	8	3rd	10 16 24 30 35
2012-09-22	2	5th	4 6 19 23 24
2012-09-15	3	3rd	13 17 24 28 33
2012-09-05	2	2nd	23 24 29 31 34
2012-08-29	4	4th	5 6 7 24 28
2012-08-15	1	4th	5 11 17 24 25
2012-08-11	1	5th	8 12 16 18 24
2012-08-08	5	3rd	10 12 24 25 29
2012-07-21	16	5th	2 3 5 9 24
2012-05-26	4	5th	1 4 7 16 24
2012-05-12	3	4th	6 9 20 24 30
2012-05-02	4	4th	5 6 7 24 27
2012-04-18	4	3rd	8 15 24 25 35
2012-04-04	10	3rd	19 23 24 26 34
2012-02-29	18	4th	7 12 14 24 33
2011-12-28	1	3rd	7 17 24 31 33
2011-12-24	7	4th	2 15 17 24 30
2011-11-30	11	4th	10 14 20 24 32
2011-10-22	11	4th	7 10 13 24 27
2011-09-14	3	3rd	1 5 24 27 29
2011-09-03	2	5th	4 8 15 22 24
2011-08-27	10	3rd	15 16 24 27 33
2011-07-23	1	4th	7 9 10 24 34
2011-07-20	2	5th	2 9 21 23 24
2011-07-13	7	4th	3 7 11 24 31
2011-06-18	8	3rd	7 16 24 28 30
2011-05-21	1	4th	8 20 22 24 31
2011-05-18	5	3rd	11 12 24 26 35
2011-04-30	15	4th	5 11 12 24 34
2011-03-09	5	3rd	7 9 24 31 34
2011-02-19	5	3rd	4 22 24 26 34
2011-02-02	15	4th	6 13 19 24 30
2010-12-11	3	4th	1 3 13 24 33
2010-12-01	9	4th	12 14 18 24 34
2010-10-30	15	4th	7 15 17 24 26
2010-09-08	6	4th	16 18 20 24 26
2010-08-18	11	5th	6 7 15 22 24
2010-07-10	4	2nd	9 24 27 29 32
2010-06-26	1	4th	5 6 12 24 29
2010-06-23	7	5th	6 11 18 23 24
2010-05-29	1	4th	2 9 12 24 35
2010-05-26	4	4th	2 8 22 24 25
2010-05-12	1	5th	2 10 18 20 24
2010-05-08	1	4th	3 6 13 24 29
2010-05-05	1	4th	7 20 21 24 26
2010-05-01	3	5th	2 6 22 23 24
2010-04-21	1	3rd	4 10 24 31 35
2010-04-17	—	3rd	7 19 24 29 34