Number 24

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

274times drawn · chance expected 265 +0.57σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

50longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 274 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 274 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 9 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 8.3
2nd smallest56 · chance 50.8
3rd smallest101 · chance 104.7
4th smallest92 · chance 86.3
5th smallest20 · chance 24.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 6 14 22 3 25

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
2026-10-03	5	2nd	19 24 26 29 30
2026-09-28	5	4th	6 7 14 24 37
2026-09-23	2	4th	6 9 18 24 36
2026-09-21	10	3rd	6 17 24 26

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.

2026-03-17	6	3rd	1 3 24 33 38
2026-03-11	4	4th	5 11 16 24 34
2026-03-07	9	2nd	2 24 30 31 36
2026-02-26	4	3rd	15 22 24 32 38
2026-02-22	13	3rd	4 16 24 29 33
2026-02-09	4	3rd	6 8 24 32 37
2026-02-05	5	4th	14 16 21 24 30
2026-01-31	17	3rd	10 14 24 31 40
2026-01-14	2	5th	10 12 14 17 24
2026-01-12	1	4th	8 14 22 24 37
2026-01-11	7	3rd	6 22 24 34 42
2026-01-04	3	3rd	4 13 24 35 36
2026-01-01	8	4th	4 11 19 24 33
2025-12-24	12	3rd	20 22 24 31 40
2025-12-12	7	2nd	16 24 25 41 42
2025-12-05	2	2nd	12 24 25 31 41
2025-12-03	14	2nd	3 24 25 27 36
2025-11-19	5	4th	3 10 12 24 26
2025-11-14	15	3rd	10 11 24 32 37
2025-10-30	1	3rd	13 21 24 28 32
2025-10-29	1	3rd	5 23 24 28 37
2025-10-28	13	1st	24 25 31 35 42
2025-10-15	2	2nd	14 24 25 30 41
2025-10-13	2	3rd	5 23 24 29 40
2025-10-11	1	3rd	10 14 24 29 39
2025-10-10	27	3rd	16 18 24 28 32
2025-09-13	9	2nd	15 24 26 28 32
2025-09-04	1	5th	3 7 13 20 24
2025-09-03	2	2nd	17 24 26 33 41
2025-09-01	8	4th	1 17 19 24 31
2025-08-24	9	5th	5 8 9 19 24
2025-08-15	9	3rd	13 19 24 29 36
2025-08-06	8	3rd	13 21 24 26 38
2025-07-29	4	4th	4 16 20 24 33
2025-07-25	35	4th	6 10 21 24 26
2025-06-20	4	3rd	20 23 24 27 37
2025-06-16	8	3rd	14 22 24 28 35
2025-06-08	1	3rd	1 11 24 25 39
2025-06-07	6	3rd	7 22 24 32 40
2025-06-01	13	4th	3 4 18 24 27
2025-05-19	6	1st	24 30 35 37 38
2025-05-13	3	3rd	8 23 24 36 41
2025-05-10	1	3rd	12 13 24 27 28
2025-05-09	12	4th	2 14 15 24 36
2025-04-27	7	2nd	15 24 33 38 42
2025-04-20	3	4th	16 20 22 24 41
2025-04-17	10	3rd	2 20 24 26 28
2025-04-07	5	3rd	6 20 24 25 32
2025-04-02	1	2nd	4 24 27 37 41
2025-04-01	2	4th	16 21 22 24 33
2025-03-30	2	5th	6 10 12 17 24
2025-03-28	8	3rd	10 21 24 31 38
2025-03-20	5	4th	6 10 11 24 30
2025-03-15	3	3rd	6 18 24 32 39
2025-03-12	16	4th	7 8 17 24 40
2025-02-24	30	3rd	7 10 24 35 42
2025-01-25	2	3rd	4 19 24 32 36
2025-01-23	18	3rd	7 8 24 27 30
2025-01-05	3	2nd	1 24 25 31 34
2025-01-02	19	2nd	1 24 30 32 33
2024-12-14	7	4th	12 14 23 24 39
2024-12-07	8	5th	6 8 18 20 24
2024-11-29	5	4th	1 17 23 24 33
2024-11-24	7	4th	5 13 16 24 29
2024-11-17	2	2nd	17 24 27 35 41
2024-11-15	28	4th	3 8 13 24 40
2024-10-18	5	2nd	2 24 32 36 41
2024-10-13	15	3rd	1 3 24 25 38
2024-09-28	2	2nd	13 24 32 36 38
2024-09-26	8	3rd	8 20 24 25 40
2024-09-18	4	4th	4 5 22 24 40
2024-09-14	14	4th	6 15 16 24 42
2024-08-31	2	4th	5 11 21 24 34
2024-08-29	4	4th	14 15 18 24 35
2024-08-25	15	4th	2 3 17 24 30
2024-08-10	4	3rd	1 14 24 27 42
2024-08-06	7	3rd	15 23 24 32 37
2024-07-30	5	2nd	5 24 26 28 30
2024-07-25	3	4th	11 16 19 24 37
2024-07-22	1	4th	4 14 20 24 27
2024-07-21	9	3rd	11 20 24 30 41
2024-07-12	11	4th	10 21 23 24 28
2024-07-01	1	4th	6 10 19 24 27
2024-06-30	4	4th	2 17 20 24 42
2024-06-26	7	4th	1 8 22 24 35
2024-06-19	3	4th	2 6 22 24 27
2024-06-16	10	3rd	4 7 24 26 28
2024-06-06	11	3rd	14 15 24 31 42
2024-05-26	14	4th	3 9 11 24 25
2024-05-12	7	4th	6 7 17 24 37
2024-05-05	6	5th	1 4 10 21 24
2024-04-29	1	4th	14 19 23 24 32
2024-04-28	8	3rd	17 22 24 27 35
2024-04-20	14	4th	4 18 21 24 30
2024-04-06	2	4th	10 17 23 24 30
2024-04-04	9	3rd	6 22 24 35 41
2024-03-26	11	4th	8 13 21 24 42
2024-03-15	5	3rd	6 22 24 36 42
2024-03-10	8	3rd	6 12 24 31 42
2024-03-02	3	3rd	7 21 24 28 33
2024-02-28	3	2nd	16 24 34 36 41
2024-02-25	15	2nd	16 24 25 30 33
2024-02-10	6	2nd	1 24 26 27 38
2024-02-04	18	2nd	17 24 34 37 41
2024-01-17	1	3rd	3 11 24 31 35
2024-01-16	1	2nd	19 24 30 33 38
2024-01-15	12	4th	17 21 23 24 37
2024-01-03	7	2nd	2 24 26 27 41
2023-12-27	1	5th	5 15 20 23 24
2023-12-26	9	2nd	6 24 35 39 40
2023-12-17	8	4th	9 12 15 24 38
2023-12-09	17	2nd	14 24 28 29 31
2023-11-22	15	4th	14 18 22 24 28
2023-11-07	11	3rd	16 17 24 29 35
2023-10-27	3	3rd	13 20 24 26 38
2023-10-24	1	1st	24 26 31 35 36
2023-10-23	8	3rd	1 8 24 26 35
2023-10-15	3	2nd	11 24 26 33 38
2023-10-12	20	5th	7 15 17 20 24
2023-09-22	12	3rd	5 17 24 25 33
2023-09-10	13	3rd	5 13 24 25 31
2023-08-28	3	4th	2 11 22 24 31
2023-08-25	4	4th	3 11 23 24 33
2023-08-21	3	2nd	1 24 28 30 37
2023-08-18	18	3rd	19 23 24 29 31
2023-07-31	4	3rd	11 13 24 34 41
2023-07-27	12	2nd	13 24 29 34 38
2023-07-15	1	3rd	4 7 24 25 35
2023-07-14	4	3rd	1 10 24 34 41
2023-07-10	15	4th	3 8 17 24 37
2023-06-25	2	3rd	9 14 24 27 42
2023-06-23	13	1st	24 26 30 40 42
2023-06-10	17	3rd	11 20 24 38 40
2023-05-24	20	4th	5 10 12 24 39
2023-05-04	3	3rd	3 15 24 35 38
2023-05-01	22	2nd	8 24 31 34 41
2023-04-09	7	2nd	6 24 28 32 33
2023-04-02	4	3rd	2 7 24 37 40
2023-03-29	5	2nd	12 24 29 36 40
2023-03-24	16	5th	10 11 18 19 24
2023-03-08	6	2nd	9 24 29 39 40
2023-03-02	5	2nd	16 24 31 36 38
2023-02-25	6	4th	10 12 22 24 41
2023-02-19	15	4th	1 7 13 24 41
2023-02-04	4	4th	6 12 16 24 31
2023-01-31	2	4th	11 19 23 24 32
2023-01-29	2	4th	4 12 17 24 41
2023-01-27	9	4th	8 14 19 24 30
2023-01-18	4	3rd	12 18 24 30 42
2023-01-14	11	4th	7 9 14 24 37
2023-01-03	7	3rd	1 13 24 32 38
2022-12-27	9	3rd	5 18 24 32 34
2022-12-18	8	4th	1 17 19 24 32
2022-12-10	40	4th	6 7 23 24 33
2022-10-31	15	2nd	19 24 25 30 39
2022-10-16	17	3rd	2 20 24 31 35
2022-09-29	2	3rd	14 18 24 32 34
2022-09-27	4	5th	3 12 14 17 24
2022-09-23	13	3rd	3 17 24 33 41
2022-09-10	3	3rd	9 22 24 25 26
2022-09-07	10	4th	9 10 15 24 25
2022-08-28	12	3rd	1 17 24 29 31
2022-08-16	21	2nd	15 24 29 31 39
2022-07-26	13	3rd	9 16 24 26 36
2022-07-13	4	3rd	17 18 24 27 35
2022-07-09	1	3rd	12 21 24 25 36
2022-07-08	2	2nd	17 24 27 28 38
2022-07-06	5	3rd	3 18 24 29 36
2022-07-01	4	3rd	3 17 24 28 35
2022-06-27	5	4th	6 11 14 24 36
2022-06-22	6	2nd	8 24 27 31 38
2022-06-16	7	5th	9 14 17 19 24
2022-06-09	8	4th	2 7 21 24 32
2022-06-01	10	4th	4 11 13 24 34
2022-05-22	17	4th	6 8 22 24 37
2022-05-05	3	2nd	9 24 25 33 37
2022-05-02	11	4th	14 17 18 24 35
2022-04-21	8	4th	3 12 19 24 26
2022-04-13	4	4th	5 7 8 24 28
2022-04-09	5	5th	8 19 21 22 24
2022-04-04	12	4th	3 11 15 24 26
2022-03-23	4	3rd	14 19 24 26 27
2022-03-19	4	3rd	8 13 24 26 41
2022-03-15	17	3rd	17 21 24 29 39
2022-02-26	1	5th	3 5 6 22 24
2022-02-25	1	2nd	10 24 29 31 42
2022-02-24	29	3rd	5 20 24 28 42
2022-01-26	1	3rd	2 3 24 30 37
2022-01-25	5	4th	16 22 23 24 26
2022-01-20	1	3rd	13 15 24 30 41
2022-01-19	6	2nd	21 24 32 37 39
2022-01-13	7	5th	1 9 15 23 24
2022-01-06	5	4th	4 15 16 24 34
2022-01-01	1	4th	16 18 20 24 41
2021-12-31	3	3rd	15 20 24 26 38
2021-12-28	6	3rd	10 23 24 37 41
2021-12-22	14	2nd	23 24 28 40 42
2021-12-08	1	2nd	7 24 31 35 42
2021-12-07	8	4th	5 8 13 24 35
2021-11-29	4	4th	2 19 20 24 28
2021-11-25	9	4th	6 16 21 24 31
2021-11-16	21	3rd	7 20 24 30 40
2021-10-26	33	4th	3 13 22 24 42
2021-09-23	2	4th	9 14 21 24 42
2021-09-21	19	4th	8 11 16 24 25
2021-09-02	1	3rd	1 22 24 37 40
2021-09-01	18	2nd	17 24 25 26 31
2021-08-14	15	4th	7 16 17 24 35
2021-07-30	8	2nd	22 24 25 28 37
2021-07-22	2	2nd	8 24 31 32 40
2021-07-20	6	2nd	21 24 26 35 42
2021-07-14	2	4th	8 9 13 24 27
2021-07-12	10	3rd	4 10 24 25 28
2021-07-02	1	4th	6 16 17 24 33
2021-07-01	19	5th	8 13 15 21 24
2021-06-12	9	5th	4 18 22 23 24
2021-06-03	50	3rd	7 20 24 32 38
2021-04-14	1	3rd	15 21 24 28 34
2021-04-13	7	3rd	3 19 24 34 42
2021-04-06	9	5th	5 15 21 22 24
2021-03-28	8	3rd	1 23 24 38 42
2021-03-20	7	4th	2 6 9 24 39
2021-03-13	3	5th	2 3 4 19 24
2021-03-10	3	4th	3 12 17 24 25
2021-03-07	20	4th	4 10 22 24 40
2021-02-15	8	3rd	3 14 24 31 40
2021-02-07	3	5th	4 11 16 20 24
2021-02-04	6	2nd	18 24 26 39 40
2021-01-29	3	3rd	6 11 24 28 30
2021-01-26	9	3rd	3 19 24 25 41
2021-01-17	5	3rd	11 19 24 27 29
2021-01-12	3	3rd	3 17 24 32 33
2021-01-09	3	3rd	14 17 24 25 26
2021-01-06	6	3rd	1 16 24 28 36
2020-12-31	9	4th	6 11 21 24 34
2020-12-22	20	3rd	6 22 24 25 27
2020-12-02	26	3rd	4 6 24 35 37
2020-11-06	6	4th	5 15 20 24 30
2020-10-31	1	2nd	17 24 28 29 35
2020-10-30	3	4th	2 5 14 24 30
2020-10-27	1	4th	8 11 21 24 27
2020-10-26	11	3rd	1 23 24 32 37
2020-10-15	1	5th	3 9 20 22 24
2020-10-14	4	4th	6 10 20 24 25
2020-10-10	1	4th	10 12 21 24 41
2020-10-09	16	3rd	18 20 24 25 27
2020-09-23	3	2nd	23 24 26 32 39
2020-09-20	12	1st	24 27 36 37 39
2020-09-08	1	2nd	7 24 33 36 41
2020-09-07	—	3rd	9 15 24 32 39