2024 NBA Draft Lottery Winner odds, date, how it works

The NBA Draft Lottery can determine the outlooks of the league's non-playoff teams, as teams who see the ping-pong balls bounce their way could end up with a franchise-changing prospect.

That happened to the San Antonio Spurs in the 2023 Lottery, as they won the draw for the first-overall pick and drafted 7-foot-4 French phenom Victor Wembanyama.

There is no clear-cut, consensus top pick heading into the 2024 edition, but the teams who missed out on the postseason will hope for a high pick in order to select a key player for the future.

2024 NBA Draft Lottery winner odds

DET Pistons	+600
WAS Wizards	+600
CHA Hornets	+625
POR Trail Blazers	+650
SA Spurs	+800
TOR Raptors	+1000
MEM Grizzlies	+1200
UTA Jazz	+1500
BKN Nets	+2000
ATL Hawks	+3000
CHI Bulls	+4000
HOU Rockets	+6000
GS Warriors	+10000
SAC Kings	+10000

When is the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery?

The 2024 NBA Draft Lottery will take place on Sunday, May 12 in Chicago, Illinois.

How does the NBA Draft Lottery work?

A total of 14 ping-pong balls labeled with numbers 1 through 14 are loaded into a lottery machine, and four balls are drawn from the machine.

There are 1,001 possible combinations of numbers that can be picked, and each team gets numerical combinations assigned to them, the amount of which is based on the team's odds to win the first-overall pick.

Then, four balls are drawn to form a four-number combination.

The team that was assigned the number combination that is drawn wins the first pick. Then, the process is repeated for the second, third and fourth picks.

If a team that has already been drawn sees one of their assigned number combinations drawn again, the result is discarded and the process repeats until an eligible team is chosen.

After the first four picks are awarded, picks five through 14 are ordered in reverse order of each Lottery team's regular season win-loss record.

What are the percentages for each team to land No. 1 pick?

Team	Probability for No. 1 pick
Detroit Pistons	14.0%
Washington Wizards	14.0%
Charlotte Hornets	13.3%
Portland Trail Blazers	13.2%
San Antonio Spurs	10.5%
Toronto Raptors	9.0%
Memphis Grizzlies	7.5%
Utah Jazz	6.0%
Houston Rockets (from Brooklyn Nets)	4.5%
Atlanta Hawks	3.0%
Chicago Bulls	2.0%
Houston Rockets	1.5%
Sacramento Kings	0.8%
Golden State Warriors	0.7%

Odds mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.