Number 24

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

188times drawn · chance expected 211 −1.70σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

51longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 188 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −1.70σ. 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 188 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 5.8
2nd smallest24 · chance 31.9
3rd smallest68 · chance 63.9
4th smallest64 · chance 58.3
5th smallest25 · chance 24.3
6th smallest2 · chance 3.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 20 5 21 43 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-26	2	3rd	21 23 24 25 28 49
2026-09-19	6	3rd	1 11 24 26 32 33
2026-08-29	7	2nd	10 24 31 34 42 45
2026-08-05	10	2nd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-07	3	1st	24 31 34 35 42 43
2024-08-28	4	4th	1 12 17 24 39 43
2024-08-14	36	4th	3 20 22 24 30 37
2024-04-10	27	4th	1 6 14 24 32 42
2024-01-06	21	2nd	10 24 35 37 45 47
2023-10-25	7	3rd	9 16 24 25 37 47
2023-09-30	12	3rd	14 16 24 26 35 46
2023-08-19	8	4th	4 11 16 24 28 38
2023-07-22	3	5th	4 16 20 21 24 39
2023-07-12	16	2nd	19 24 38 41 43 46
2023-05-17	9	3rd	6 14 24 29 32 36
2023-04-15	4	3rd	3 16 24 26 40 46
2023-04-01	2	1st	24 35 37 39 40 43
2023-03-25	12	4th	1 15 23 24 27 33
2023-02-11	3	5th	18 20 22 23 24 47
2023-02-01	3	5th	4 6 12 21 24 42
2023-01-21	1	4th	6 7 11 24 33 34
2023-01-18	6	3rd	9 19 24 25 30 37
2022-12-28	11	3rd	13 18 24 27 42 49
2022-11-19	1	3rd	10 18 24 28 47 49
2022-11-16	3	4th	1 7 15 24 41 44
2022-11-05	11	4th	5 12 21 24 27 41
2022-09-28	16	3rd	20 23 24 37 39 49
2022-08-03	7	2nd	4 24 30 37 44 46
2022-07-09	1	3rd	3 17 24 37 43 48
2022-07-06	4	2nd	6 24 25 34 43 49
2022-06-22	5	4th	2 10 16 24 34 41
2022-06-04	1	3rd	12 21 24 35 43 46
2022-06-01	4	5th	3 13 15 18 24 40
2022-05-18	1	4th	5 20 22 24 45 48
2022-05-14	1	3rd	2 21 24 36 38 42
2022-05-11	17	3rd	5 22 24 29 36 37
2022-03-12	12	3rd	4 20 24 33 36 42
2022-01-29	18	5th	11 12 14 18 24 25
2021-11-27	2	4th	6 7 8 24 38 43
2021-11-20	20	2nd	6 24 31 33 36 47
2021-09-11	4	4th	4 12 23 24 25 40
2021-08-28	22	2nd	5 24 32 33 38 49
2021-06-12	5	2nd	13 24 26 32 34 43
2021-05-26	13	4th	10 13 14 24 33 49
2021-04-10	3	5th	7 13 15 21 24 36
2021-03-31	34	3rd	4 14 24 27 39 42
2020-12-02	3	5th	2 8 17 22 24 45
2020-11-21	8	5th	5 8 12 17 24 26
2020-10-24	2	4th	2 10 21 24 31 38
2020-10-17	4	4th	12 18 22 24 27 29
2020-10-03	1	4th	1 10 16 24 43 48
2020-09-30	2	2nd	7 24 25 28 32 49
2020-09-23	1	4th	2 8 9 24 25 32
2020-09-19	2	3rd	6 22 24 28 33 45
2020-09-12	8	2nd	7 24 34 36 47 48
2020-08-15	4	3rd	1 17 24 33 37 48
2020-08-01	7	3rd	1 20 24 35 39 49
2020-07-08	51	4th	4 8 13 24 42 49
2020-01-11	2	3rd	7 19 24 29 33 43
2020-01-04	5	5th	6 9 14 20 24 49
2019-12-18	32	4th	8 11 21 24 34 43
2019-08-28	14	3rd	4 11 24 25 27 41
2019-07-10	27	4th	2 10 19 24 43 47
2019-04-06	17	3rd	20 23 24 25 27 47
2019-02-06	7	3rd	4 11 24 25 38 45
2019-01-12	10	3rd	7 10 24 37 38 45
2018-12-08	16	5th	5 7 10 16 24 26
2018-10-13	24	4th	1 5 22 24 28 32
2018-07-21	9	3rd	12 18 24 30 33 41
2018-06-20	3	5th	5 16 18 21 24 44
2018-06-09	6	3rd	4 16 24 28 42 45
2018-05-19	23	1st	24 28 36 43 46 49
2018-02-28	1	3rd	7 15 24 28 38 44
2018-02-24	1	3rd	7 23 24 46 47 48
2018-02-21	3	5th	4 7 14 20 24 37
2018-02-10	11	3rd	19 22 24 35 42 44
2018-01-03	6	4th	4 14 18 24 27 40
2017-12-13	6	1st	24 32 40 42 44 47
2017-11-22	7	3rd	6 20 24 25 29 37
2017-10-28	4	4th	2 4 19 24 43 44
2017-10-14	5	6th	6 15 21 22 23 24
2017-09-27	2	3rd	19 23 24 26 37 48
2017-09-20	17	4th	4 12 17 24 39 43
2017-07-22	2	4th	9 12 20 24 35 47
2017-07-15	1	4th	4 6 8 24 32 37
2017-07-12	4	4th	5 13 23 24 36 46
2017-06-28	13	4th	3 5 15 24 39 40
2017-05-13	5	4th	1 4 13 24 31 43
2017-04-26	9	5th	2 4 9 16 24 31
2017-03-25	28	4th	10 18 22 24 27 30
2016-12-17	35	3rd	9 14 24 39 41 44
2016-08-17	5	5th	1 16 19 21 24 25
2016-07-30	5	3rd	2 23 24 45 46 49
2016-07-13	3	3rd	17 19 24 25 39 41
2016-07-02	13	3rd	14 15 24 39 42 45
2016-05-18	6	4th	5 15 18 24 30 40
2016-04-27	1	4th	5 9 14 24 27 46
2016-04-23	6	3rd	5 22 24 31 41 44
2016-04-02	11	3rd	10 12 24 29 35 37
2016-02-24	2	4th	2 12 15 24 29 39
2016-02-17	3	4th	17 18 20 24 31 48
2016-02-06	14	3rd	16 21 24 29 33 39
2015-12-19	21	5th	8 9 13 17 24 42
2015-10-07	2	3rd	1 5 24 26 31 39
2015-09-30	7	4th	2 13 21 24 35 44
2015-09-05	2	4th	2 10 14 24 29 35
2015-08-29	22	2nd	2 24 28 40 45 49
2015-06-13	24	4th	5 7 12 24 41 44
2015-03-21	1	3rd	7 20 24 28 30 43
2015-03-18	6	4th	2 19 23 24 34 40
2015-02-25	9	4th	5 8 20 24 39 45
2015-01-24	1	1st	24 27 28 31 45 48
2015-01-21	39	2nd	6 24 25 27 36 40
2014-09-06	13	4th	7 18 22 24 30 43
2014-07-23	7	4th	13 15 21 24 26 34
2014-06-28	28	3rd	4 5 24 37 43 44
2014-03-22	18	4th	11 14 16 24 25 35
2014-01-18	14	3rd	19 21 24 28 32 35
2013-11-30	18	4th	5 16 19 24 27 45
2013-09-28	5	3rd	4 16 24 40 43 49
2013-09-11	1	2nd	6 24 34 35 39 48
2013-09-07	15	4th	14 20 23 24 27 40
2013-07-17	9	2nd	18 24 25 26 43 44
2013-06-15	9	5th	2 7 21 23 24 35
2013-05-15	2	4th	1 4 19 24 32 38
2013-05-08	12	5th	1 7 19 21 24 46
2013-03-27	3	3rd	11 21 24 26 33 46
2013-03-16	6	2nd	8 24 37 42 43 47
2013-02-23	8	5th	10 16 19 20 24 41
2013-01-26	5	4th	4 18 21 24 35 42
2013-01-09	2	3rd	3 8 24 28 34 38
2013-01-02	4	3rd	19 20 24 26 32 38
2012-12-19	3	5th	3 8 13 20 24 44
2012-12-08	18	4th	17 18 19 24 29 30
2012-10-06	7	2nd	10 24 29 32 35 46
2012-09-12	7	3rd	1 7 24 30 31 47
2012-08-18	1	3rd	6 18 24 28 35 48
2012-08-15	1	4th	6 10 11 24 38 44
2012-08-11	14	6th	1 3 5 7 18 24
2012-06-23	1	3rd	2 14 24 29 33 45
2012-06-20	5	5th	4 13 20 22 24 34
2012-06-02	2	2nd	9 24 27 33 34 39
2012-05-26	2	4th	4 7 16 24 43 47
2012-05-19	5	4th	7 12 20 24 37 47
2012-05-02	7	3rd	6 21 24 37 44 46
2012-04-07	1	3rd	5 22 24 29 32 45
2012-04-04	4	4th	2 4 17 24 42 43
2012-03-21	7	3rd	9 22 24 32 34 46
2012-02-25	1	3rd	12 13 24 40 42 45
2012-02-22	22	4th	4 10 12 24 31 44
2011-12-07	6	4th	11 17 23 24 31 44
2011-11-16	8	3rd	5 10 24 25 26 37
2011-10-19	7	3rd	10 20 24 34 38 49
2011-09-24	5	3rd	13 15 24 34 40 47
2011-09-07	7	4th	7 10 16 24 35 42
2011-08-13	46	3rd	8 11 24 29 42 45
2011-03-05	5	3rd	5 20 24 34 36 38
2011-02-16	12	3rd	4 8 24 32 40 41
2011-01-05	5	3rd	16 22 24 31 35 36
2010-12-18	9	2nd	8 24 30 38 39 40
2010-11-17	10	2nd	21 24 27 32 36 37
2010-10-13	3	4th	3 14 23 24 31 44
2010-10-02	19	4th	5 6 14 24 31 32
2010-07-28	6	5th	2 8 13 21 24 31
2010-07-07	9	3rd	3 8 24 38 41 48
2010-06-05	7	3rd	18 21 24 28 37 39
2010-05-12	6	4th	5 17 20 24 39 40
2010-04-21	—	5th	1 3 15 20 24 44