Number 21

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

121times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.26σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

32longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 121 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 33 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 121 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 13 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 21 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 smallest4 · chance 4.7
2nd smallest25 · chance 23.7
3rd smallest36 · chance 42.8
4th smallest42 · chance 35.1
5th smallest11 · chance 13.0
6th smallest3 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 1 22 13 17 6

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, 21 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 21 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-11	3	4th	13 14 16 21 29 41
2026-06-20	14	5th	3 6 9 14 21 22
2026-03-14	2	2nd	14 21 27 34 36 40
2026-02-28	8	3rd

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: 21 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-06-24	14	3rd	4 8 21 29 30 37
2023-03-18	5	4th	1 6 15 21 43 44
2023-02-11	16	5th	4 7 19 20 21 22
2022-10-22	5	3rd	7 17 21 24 35 41
2022-09-17	2	4th	4 7 9 21 23 25
2022-09-03	5	5th	3 6 10 18 21 39
2022-07-30	7	4th	8 12 17 21 26 42
2022-06-11	10	4th	10 11 19 21 39 45
2022-04-02	1	5th	1 4 6 15 21 27
2022-03-26	9	4th	2 8 13 21 22 33
2022-01-22	4	4th	1 12 14 21 39 43
2021-12-25	5	3rd	6 19 21 30 31 42
2021-11-20	12	4th	9 17 20 21 25 33
2021-08-28	21	3rd	17 19 21 22 23 30
2021-04-03	14	2nd	1 21 31 38 39 41
2020-12-26	5	4th	2 5 11 21 30 32
2020-11-21	7	2nd	2 21 27 37 39 42
2020-10-03	11	3rd	3 11 21 24 29 38
2020-07-18	8	3rd	2 18 21 22 35 43
2020-05-23	2	2nd	1 21 25 30 32 45
2020-05-09	12	2nd	7 21 22 35 38 39
2020-02-15	15	4th	3 4 11 21 24 39
2019-11-02	2	5th	1 2 10 12 21 42
2019-10-19	16	2nd	18 21 26 39 41 43
2019-06-29	9	3rd	5 14 21 33 35 42
2019-04-27	2	3rd	1 16 21 26 39 41
2019-04-13	5	4th	16 18 19 21 22 25
2019-03-09	2	3rd	16 17 21 27 29 43
2019-02-23	2	4th	13 19 20 21 25 37
2019-02-09	1	6th	9 11 13 16 17 21
2019-02-02	12	4th	1 5 12 21 24 45
2018-11-10	7	2nd	1 21 22 23 38 44
2018-09-22	8	2nd	9 21 26 29 32 44
2018-07-28	9	1st	21 27 29 31 37 40
2018-05-26	1	2nd	10 21 25 29 38 40
2018-05-19	11	3rd	6 9 21 33 39 42
2018-03-03	10	2nd	2 21 29 35 36 45
2017-12-23	15	4th	8 11 13 21 23 34
2017-09-09	1	2nd	12 21 28 35 40 42
2017-09-02	4	3rd	16 17 21 22 23 44
2017-08-05	9	5th	1 7 11 20 21 32
2017-06-03	3	2nd	9 21 27 30 32 35
2017-05-13	3	3rd	1 16 21 30 35 40
2017-04-22	9	4th	11 13 18 21 24 30
2017-02-18	5	1st	21 25 28 30 33 37
2017-01-14	13	3rd	9 12 21 22 30 41
2016-10-15	1	3rd	2 8 21 22 31 40
2016-10-08	13	4th	2 3 6 21 26 38
2016-07-09	6	3rd	13 17 21 25 33 38
2016-05-28	2	2nd	1 21 34 35 37 42
2016-05-14	5	4th	4 10 13 21 33 34
2016-04-09	6	4th	3 6 18 21 23 41
2016-02-27	15	4th	3 5 18 21 22 38
2015-11-14	6	3rd	6 10 21 28 37 42
2015-10-03	3	4th	3 6 7 21 22 43
2015-09-12	22	3rd	16 17 21 29 38 42
2015-04-11	14	4th	3 7 13 21 24 30
2015-01-03	2	2nd	18 21 35 38 39 43
2014-12-20	1	5th	6 8 9 19 21 41
2014-12-13	6	5th	6 11 16 17 21 44
2014-11-01	3	3rd	9 15 21 24 30 42
2014-10-11	26	4th	3 11 13 21 42 44
2014-04-12	2	4th	13 18 20 21 28 45
2014-03-29	7	2nd	10 21 22 26 29 41
2014-02-08	15	4th	6 15 17 21 22 42
2013-10-26	3	4th	9 13 16 21 33 44
2013-10-05	1	4th	6 8 11 21 27 31
2013-09-28	7	3rd	1 13 21 27 34 37
2013-08-10	7	3rd	8 18 21 23 27 37
2013-06-22	1	5th	13 17 18 20 21 43
2013-06-15	10	6th	1 4 15 16 17 21
2013-04-06	32	3rd	19 20 21 23 25 43
2012-08-25	2	3rd	4 17 21 27 28 30
2012-08-11	5	1st	21 22 27 31 32 38
2012-07-07	11	3rd	2 15 21 31 37 38
2012-04-21	5	5th	1 2 15 16 21 28
2012-03-17	1	3rd	4 10 21 30 41 42
2012-03-10	4	2nd	20 21 26 32 41 43
2012-02-11	17	4th	3 13 17 21 25 35
2011-10-15	4	4th	8 12 18 21 24 30
2011-09-17	1	4th	8 10 12 21 37 42
2011-09-10	1	3rd	10 20 21 25 38 39
2011-09-03	24	3rd	1 7 21 22 23 27
2011-03-19	1	6th	2 6 7 8 18 21
2011-03-12	2	4th	4 13 17 21 38 40
2011-02-26	5	3rd	1 4 21 23 24 43
2011-01-22	9	4th	3 15 17 21 34 43
2010-11-20	23	3rd	7 19 21 25 38 42
2010-06-12	5	4th	1 7 11 21 23 43
2010-05-08	5	2nd	7 21 34 39 42 43
2010-04-03	4	3rd	12 18 21 22 33 38
2010-03-06	5	3rd	4 18 21 24 28 41
2010-01-30	12	4th	12 13 15 21 22 43
2009-11-07	8	3rd	1 14 21 29 33 36
2009-09-12	24	2nd	4 21 30 35 42 43
2009-03-28	4	2nd	5 21 22 25 27 38
2009-02-28	—	2nd	17 21 22 24 28 34