Number 24

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

181times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.58σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

33longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 181 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, +0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 41 times, counted separately.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 181 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 3 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 1.4
2nd smallest14 · chance 13.2
3rd smallest49 · chance 44.5
4th smallest61 · chance 66.8
5th smallest43 · chance 44.5
6th smallest13 · chance 10.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 14 32 12 40 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-30	8	3rd	5 12 24 31 32 36
2026-09-02	1	5th	2 15 19 20 24 40
2026-08-29	2	3rd	15 16 24 27 33 35
2026-08-22

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-09	13	5th	7 13 16 20 24 39
2025-05-24	1	4th	1 14 17 24 34 36
2025-05-21	1	5th	3 5 7 22 24 36
2025-05-17	6	5th	2 6 7 10 24 38
2025-04-26	12	4th	7 9 14 24 29 38
2025-03-15	1	3rd	3 13 24 31 39 40
2025-03-12	1	4th	12 20 22 24 28 38
2025-03-08	4	4th	2 3 17 24 30 33
2025-02-22	17	4th	8 10 16 24 25 33
2024-12-25	3	3rd	11 16 24 25 26 35
2024-12-14	1	3rd	10 23 24 34 38 40
2024-12-11	7	3rd	1 12 24 25 29 30
2024-11-16	16	3rd	8 14 24 29 31 39
2024-09-21	2	6th	3 7 14 22 23 24
2024-09-14	14	4th	8 15 19 24 32 39
2024-07-27	4	2nd	8 24 33 34 35 36
2024-07-13	2	2nd	6 24 26 33 34 38
2024-07-06	3	5th	4 13 17 23 24 40
2024-06-26	1	3rd	10 12 24 34 35 37
2024-06-22	5	5th	3 5 7 14 24 36
2024-06-05	7	6th	5 14 15 20 21 24
2024-05-11	1	4th	5 18 20 24 30 38
2024-05-08	12	4th	1 3 14 24 34 35
2024-03-27	3	3rd	10 12 24 26 34 38
2024-03-16	9	5th	2 6 9 21 24 28
2024-02-14	3	3rd	15 19 24 30 34 40
2024-02-03	2	6th	4 9 10 12 19 24
2024-01-27	13	5th	11 12 14 17 24 40
2023-12-13	4	4th	9 10 15 24 26 38
2023-11-29	23	6th	7 8 9 14 15 24
2023-09-09	33	2nd	23 24 28 34 35 39
2023-05-17	8	4th	1 9 13 24 30 33
2023-04-19	3	2nd	3 24 28 30 34 40
2023-04-08	8	4th	4 14 15 24 28 35
2023-03-11	4	2nd	19 24 32 34 38 40
2023-02-25	1	4th	12 13 22 24 35 38
2023-02-22	4	5th	3 6 7 22 24 29
2023-02-08	10	4th	2 3 17 24 34 40
2023-01-04	1	4th	13 15 16 24 26 35
2022-12-31	1	4th	13 15 23 24 26 27
2022-12-28	10	4th	4 5 20 24 25 32
2022-11-23	1	4th	9 18 22 24 26 33
2022-11-19	5	3rd	4 10 24 31 32 33
2022-11-02	21	2nd	8 24 26 29 32 39
2022-08-20	5	4th	1 11 16 24 34 36
2022-08-03	12	5th	1 5 7 10 24 32
2022-06-22	11	4th	1 5 9 24 28 37
2022-05-14	4	5th	6 8 16 17 24 35
2022-04-30	25	3rd	1 21 24 26 28 32
2022-02-02	6	3rd	1 14 24 28 32 36
2022-01-12	2	6th	4 10 12 19 23 24
2022-01-05	2	5th	1 18 19 21 24 37
2021-12-29	7	5th	4 11 14 21 24 33
2021-12-04	11	2nd	3 24 34 36 37 38
2021-10-27	3	2nd	22 24 27 28 35 39
2021-10-16	7	1st	24 30 32 33 37 38
2021-09-22	2	4th	1 5 14 24 31 37
2021-09-15	1	2nd	4 24 26 27 30 31
2021-09-11	1	2nd	3 24 25 28 31 38
2021-09-08	5	5th	3 6 9 20 24 40
2021-08-21	4	3rd	16 20 24 27 28 31
2021-08-07	13	3rd	2 18 24 30 34 37
2021-06-23	1	6th	3 8 9 20 23 24
2021-06-19	5	4th	7 9 14 24 32 36
2021-06-02	12	4th	7 15 19 24 33 39
2021-04-21	2	5th	2 8 11 21 24 38
2021-04-14	6	3rd	1 5 24 34 36 37
2021-03-24	14	5th	7 13 14 18 24 37
2021-02-03	2	6th	4 18 19 22 23 24
2021-01-27	1	5th	2 9 12 14 24 32
2021-01-23	10	4th	4 18 19 24 27 36
2020-12-19	9	3rd	2 6 24 32 33 39
2020-11-18	2	3rd	17 23 24 26 35 39
2020-11-11	2	3rd	14 19 24 25 30 34
2020-11-04	2	5th	4 6 8 16 24 38
2020-10-28	4	6th	3 4 5 15 16 24
2020-10-14	4	4th	1 11 12 24 29 38
2020-09-30	2	4th	9 14 22 24 31 40
2020-09-23	3	6th	8 9 11 17 19 24
2020-09-12	2	4th	12 13 20 24 29 39
2020-09-05	1	4th	3 11 18 24 31 32
2020-09-02	1	2nd	12 24 30 31 38 39
2020-08-29	3	5th	1 14 21 22 24 37
2020-08-19	7	4th	3 10 12 24 27 34
2020-07-25	1	3rd	18 22 24 32 38 40
2020-07-22	3	5th	1 9 11 18 24 33
2020-07-11	18	3rd	15 21 24 26 31 37
2020-05-09	9	6th	1 7 12 14 22 24
2020-04-08	6	5th	2 15 19 22 24 37
2020-03-18	4	4th	2 20 23 24 26 28
2020-03-04	2	3rd	3 19 24 32 33 39
2020-02-26	6	4th	12 20 21 24 34 38
2020-02-05	4	4th	4 19 22 24 27 30
2020-01-22	6	4th	5 16 19 24 27 35
2020-01-01	1	4th	3 10 11 24 32 33
2019-12-28	19	4th	19 21 22 24 30 40
2019-10-23	2	4th	16 18 23 24 33 37
2019-10-16	1	4th	17 18 22 24 32 36
2019-10-12	30	3rd	11 15 24 29 30 37
2019-06-29	2	3rd	12 16 24 27 29 30
2019-06-22	1	4th	4 7 22 24 36 39
2019-06-19	2	3rd	17 21 24 30 31 38
2019-06-12	17	3rd	11 12 24 25 28 35
2019-04-13	6	5th	1 13 19 22 24 40
2019-03-23	8	5th	3 5 12 22 24 38
2019-02-23	3	5th	2 9 11 20 24 32
2019-02-13	2	3rd	3 8 24 27 29 35
2019-02-06	3	5th	9 11 16 21 24 28
2019-01-26	1	4th	2 6 7 24 29 39
2019-01-23	11	5th	11 14 21 23 24 40
2018-12-15	2	6th	2 14 17 22 23 24
2018-12-08	20	5th	4 10 11 12 24 32
2018-09-29	12	3rd	6 17 24 26 36 39
2018-08-18	2	4th	12 20 22 24 39 40
2018-08-11	6	5th	3 6 10 16 24 33
2018-07-21	17	3rd	11 23 24 25 34 39
2018-05-23	3	4th	14 15 22 24 30 40
2018-05-12	1	3rd	9 17 24 27 30 34
2018-05-09	3	4th	6 11 22 24 29 30
2018-04-28	11	4th	9 20 22 24 33 37
2018-03-21	8	4th	10 15 23 24 36 37
2018-02-21	5	5th	4 5 12 21 24 38
2018-02-03	1	4th	1 8 22 24 27 28
2018-01-31	4	5th	4 13 14 20 24 26
2018-01-17	1	5th	5 8 17 20 24 28
2018-01-13	2	3rd	13 14 24 27 32 37
2018-01-06	5	3rd	2 18 24 26 27 36
2017-12-20	7	3rd	17 19 24 28 29 34
2017-11-25	24	5th	6 10 16 17 24 35
2017-09-02	2	4th	1 19 22 24 25 40
2017-08-26	7	5th	2 8 21 23 24 28
2017-08-02	8	3rd	4 18 24 30 32 40
2017-07-05	8	3rd	19 22 24 35 36 37
2017-06-07	1	4th	14 16 18 24 25 36
2017-06-03	31	3rd	4 16 24 25 31 35
2017-02-15	1	2nd	2 24 26 29 30 35
2017-02-11	7	3rd	3 4 24 27 32 36
2017-01-18	2	5th	1 9 13 15 24 37
2017-01-11	1	5th	7 11 18 21 24 33
2017-01-07	3	5th	7 19 20 23 24 25
2016-12-28	17	3rd	12 21 24 31 33 34
2016-10-29	8	6th	5 9 13 19 22 24
2016-10-01	3	5th	3 7 17 23 24 27
2016-09-21	8	2nd	15 24 28 29 33 38
2016-08-24	1	4th	1 5 22 24 30 32
2016-08-20	2	4th	1 5 6 24 29 36
2016-08-13	12	4th	11 14 22 24 28 38
2016-07-02	1	4th	5 10 21 24 30 40
2016-06-29	7	3rd	10 12 24 28 34 40
2016-06-04	4	4th	7 22 23 24 25 26
2016-05-21	12	3rd	3 17 24 28 35 40
2016-04-09	11	3rd	8 21 24 32 34 40
2016-03-02	4	3rd	4 18 24 27 34 36
2016-02-17	6	5th	4 5 12 22 24 32
2016-01-27	22	5th	8 9 12 13 24 30
2015-11-11	7	3rd	2 8 24 25 26 40
2015-10-17	—	5th	7 15 16 18 24 31