Number 24

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.67σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

45longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 4 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 smallest8 · chance 5.6
2nd smallest26 · chance 28.8
3rd smallest49 · chance 50.1
4th smallest38 · chance 35.1
5th smallest7 · chance 8.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 42 8 15 32 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-07	2	2nd	5 24 26 28 38
2026-10-05	10	4th	4 11 14 24 42
2026-09-25	12	1st	24 35 36 43 45
2026-09-13	2	3rd	13 17 24 28

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-11	3	2nd	6 24 32 42 44
2026-03-08	21	3rd	15 23 24 27 31
2026-02-15	9	3rd	3 4 24 26 32
2026-02-06	12	4th	3 5 9 24 44
2026-01-25	17	5th	1 4 12 21 24
2026-01-08	4	2nd	10 24 38 42 43
2026-01-04	12	3rd	4 7 24 25 45
2025-12-23	11	3rd	6 8 24 27 40
2025-12-12	6	4th	2 6 12 24 40
2025-12-06	12	4th	5 8 19 24 42
2025-11-24	2	4th	7 14 16 24 35
2025-11-22	5	2nd	7 24 32 33 41
2025-11-17	9	3rd	12 13 24 32 36
2025-11-08	6	4th	7 8 19 24 25
2025-11-02	1	4th	8 18 21 24 32
2025-11-01	7	4th	2 9 23 24 42
2025-10-25	4	3rd	13 23 24 37 45
2025-10-21	16	2nd	7 24 25 29 37
2025-10-05	10	1st	24 27 34 37 38
2025-09-25	7	3rd	2 20 24 35 37
2025-09-18	9	2nd	2 24 34 35 45
2025-09-09	31	3rd	14 19 24 34 37
2025-08-09	4	2nd	22 24 25 34 42
2025-08-05	7	5th	3 4 15 20 24
2025-07-29	12	2nd	19 24 34 35 43
2025-07-17	18	2nd	15 24 29 35 43
2025-06-29	8	1st	24 29 30 35 42
2025-06-21	19	3rd	14 20 24 25 35
2025-06-02	2	4th	8 10 14 24 42
2025-05-31	8	2nd	15 24 30 33 34
2025-05-23	19	3rd	7 15 24 36 41
2025-05-04	4	4th	3 7 21 24 42
2025-04-30	1	4th	9 14 22 24 28
2025-04-29	21	1st	24 30 34 37 38
2025-04-08	6	4th	12 16 17 24 32
2025-04-02	23	3rd	1 15 24 36 43
2025-03-10	4	3rd	8 10 24 27 38
2025-03-06	14	3rd	6 15 24 32 42
2025-02-20	3	2nd	16 24 36 38 41
2025-02-17	9	3rd	17 22 24 37 44
2025-02-08	8	3rd	12 22 24 35 36
2025-01-31	15	3rd	1 14 24 27 43
2025-01-16	22	4th	2 5 16 24 39
2024-12-25	2	3rd	2 18 24 27 32
2024-12-23	2	2nd	17 24 29 31 41
2024-12-21	5	3rd	10 15 24 32 40
2024-12-16	17	2nd	18 24 28 31 40
2024-11-29	1	4th	7 8 10 24 40
2024-11-28	10	4th	7 11 18 24 42
2024-11-18	14	1st	24 41 42 44 45
2024-11-04	2	3rd	10 18 24 27 30
2024-11-02	3	3rd	2 23 24 27 41
2024-10-30	4	2nd	16 24 30 38 45
2024-10-26	3	2nd	10 24 35 36 39
2024-10-23	6	3rd	19 23 24 25 39
2024-10-17	4	3rd	13 15 24 35 40
2024-10-13	2	4th	2 5 10 24 35
2024-10-11	8	4th	10 11 15 24 33
2024-10-03	12	4th	2 16 19 24 45
2024-09-21	13	4th	6 9 14 24 37
2024-09-08	10	1st	24 28 33 37 40
2024-08-29	3	3rd	8 17 24 25 32
2024-08-26	11	3rd	6 12 24 31 37
2024-08-15	5	4th	3 9 23 24 27
2024-08-10	1	3rd	3 6 24 38 41
2024-08-09	14	4th	13 15 21 24 35
2024-07-26	2	3rd	3 22 24 25 42
2024-07-24	2	3rd	14 23 24 41 43
2024-07-22	3	2nd	1 24 31 34 45
2024-07-19	33	4th	8 18 20 24 27
2024-06-16	2	4th	4 9 16 24 28
2024-06-14	14	3rd	4 14 24 31 35
2024-05-31	4	5th	6 9 20 23 24
2024-05-27	7	2nd	20 24 26 31 43
2024-05-20	3	3rd	15 18 24 42 45
2024-05-17	6	3rd	2 11 24 39 40
2024-05-11	7	1st	24 25 27 28 45
2024-05-04	2	4th	1 13 19 24 38
2024-05-02	8	3rd	11 21 24 28 29
2024-04-24	2	4th	1 22 23 24 26
2024-04-22	7	3rd	8 18 24 33 35
2024-04-15	7	4th	5 14 20 24 43
2024-04-08	8	5th	4 10 13 16 24
2024-03-31	1	3rd	4 6 24 32 38
2024-03-30	3	3rd	11 22 24 27 31
2024-03-27	11	5th	3 10 15 23 24
2024-03-16	14	3rd	10 21 24 28 31
2024-03-02	1	2nd	8 24 27 32 42
2024-03-01	4	4th	13 16 20 24 37
2024-02-26	3	3rd	3 8 24 32 44
2024-02-23	7	3rd	15 23 24 30 33
2024-02-16	3	3rd	1 15 24 38 41
2024-02-13	2	4th	3 7 8 24 36
2024-02-11	23	3rd	9 20 24 26 35
2024-01-19	8	1st	24 25 35 39 44
2024-01-11	1	5th	3 5 6 16 24
2024-01-10	33	4th	5 13 14 24 38
2023-12-08	5	3rd	13 21 24 37 43
2023-12-03	13	4th	1 8 21 24 30
2023-11-20	10	3rd	16 18 24 26 35
2023-11-10	3	2nd	8 24 30 31 41
2023-11-07	5	4th	9 13 22 24 40
2023-11-02	11	4th	6 8 23 24 25
2023-10-22	—	3rd	17 19 24 30 32