Number 24

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–50.

104times drawn · chance expected 87 +1.97σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

32longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

24 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 866 draws against 86.6 expected, +1.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 24, draw by draw

Drawn 104 times in 866 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 32 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest7 · chance 7.3
2nd smallest24 · chance 29.4
3rd smallest46 · chance 40.4
4th smallest21 · chance 22.6
5th smallest6 · chance 4.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 15 38 29 41 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-13	4	3rd	3 15 24 30 31
2026-09-29	9	3rd	17 19 24 43 44
2026-08-28	2	3rd	19 22 24 25 47
2026-08-21	5	4th	2 4 5 24

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-24	32	3rd	12 15 24 43 49
2024-10-04	32	3rd	2 8 24 42 48
2024-06-14	22	2nd	19 24 40 45 49
2024-03-29	14	3rd	1 13 24 25 35
2024-02-09	9	3rd	8 16 24 29 36
2024-01-09	5	3rd	12 20 24 33 43
2023-12-22	2	1st	24 27 29 34 38
2023-12-15	2	2nd	16 24 34 38 44
2023-12-08	5	3rd	2 22 24 32 33
2023-11-21	1	3rd	3 13 24 45 49
2023-11-17	1	3rd	4 20 24 30 42
2023-11-14	3	2nd	10 24 30 33 44
2023-11-03	9	3rd	1 8 24 26 31
2023-10-03	8	4th	3 8 15 24 45
2023-09-05	3	4th	4 12 18 24 50
2023-08-25	9	5th	3 4 7 13 24
2023-07-25	10	2nd	14 24 25 44 48
2023-06-20	8	2nd	20 24 33 44 48
2023-05-23	5	2nd	20 24 26 28 38
2023-05-05	22	3rd	2 20 24 29 43
2023-02-17	15	5th	1 2 4 19 24
2022-12-27	2	3rd	3 19 24 28 45
2022-12-20	9	4th	4 9 19 24 29
2022-11-18	13	2nd	13 24 29 47 50
2022-10-04	15	2nd	23 24 27 38 41
2022-08-12	21	1st	24 30 38 39 44
2022-05-31	1	4th	1 5 17 24 33
2022-05-27	2	2nd	7 24 26 27 50
2022-05-20	1	4th	2 14 19 24 39
2022-05-17	4	2nd	15 24 32 35 46
2022-05-03	14	1st	24 26 35 39 44
2022-03-15	1	2nd	19 24 37 38 41
2022-03-11	10	3rd	5 11 24 37 47
2022-02-04	16	5th	2 10 11 23 24
2021-12-10	5	2nd	23 24 27 48 49
2021-11-23	3	4th	3 18 21 24 28
2021-11-12	3	2nd	2 24 27 41 49
2021-11-02	4	2nd	11 24 25 26 38
2021-10-19	3	4th	15 19 21 24 41
2021-10-08	2	4th	4 14 18 24 38
2021-10-01	2	1st	24 25 38 40 49
2021-09-24	27	3rd	14 17 24 31 43
2021-06-22	2	3rd	3 11 24 33 41
2021-06-15	7	3rd	13 23 24 27 44
2021-05-21	15	3rd	19 21 24 45 50
2021-03-30	21	3rd	7 16 24 25 38
2021-01-15	4	1st	24 31 40 45 48
2021-01-01	1	3rd	1 7 24 30 44
2020-12-29	2	3rd	15 17 24 28 30
2020-12-18	4	3rd	20 22 24 28 47
2020-12-04	6	3rd	13 15 24 30 50
2020-11-13	16	5th	1 11 16 19 24
2020-09-18	18	3rd	8 19 24 29 44
2020-07-17	16	3rd	12 15 24 30 38
2020-05-22	12	3rd	9 10 24 41 45
2020-04-10	9	4th	7 14 22 24 41
2020-03-10	26	3rd	6 8 24 25 50
2019-12-10	26	3rd	18 21 24 40 50
2019-09-10	5	3rd	10 15 24 28 50
2019-08-23	20	5th	8 9 15 20 24
2019-06-14	23	1st	24 26 27 35 39
2019-03-26	6	3rd	1 8 24 26 30
2019-03-05	1	3rd	1 18 24 48 49
2019-03-01	5	1st	24 29 34 46 49
2019-02-12	6	3rd	15 16 24 38 47
2019-01-22	2	3rd	6 15 24 41 47
2019-01-15	3	3rd	9 13 24 27 29
2019-01-04	14	3rd	7 9 24 26 29
2018-11-16	1	2nd	20 24 32 33 35
2018-11-13	4	4th	4 6 19 24 41
2018-10-30	1	3rd	19 20 24 27 29
2018-10-26	5	4th	2 15 19 24 38
2018-10-09	2	4th	5 13 22 24 40
2018-10-02	1	4th	3 7 15 24 35
2018-09-28	7	2nd	7 24 31 36 50
2018-09-04	5	3rd	3 13 24 25 41
2018-08-17	3	3rd	9 19 24 35 42
2018-08-07	1	4th	2 3 19 24 30
2018-08-03	3	4th	1 15 23 24 35
2018-07-24	—	4th	9 15 18 24 29