Number 24

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.55σ

31draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 31 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 smallest6 · chance 5.6
2nd smallest26 · chance 28.8
3rd smallest59 · chance 50.1
4th smallest33 · chance 35.1
5th smallest4 · 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.

25 44 8 5 10 29

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
2026-06-25	21	3rd	5 6 24 27 30
2026-04-13	7	3rd	6 16 24 25 27
2026-03-19	2	4th	1 3 12 24 42
2026-03-12	5	2nd	22 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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