Number 21

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

233times drawn · chance expected 214 +1.36σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 233 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, +1.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 53 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 233 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 14 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 smallest16 · chance 13.4
2nd smallest50 · chance 55.7
3rd smallest94 · chance 84.7
4th smallest49 · chance 58.6
5th smallest22 · chance 18.5
6th smallest2 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 38 41 17 4 9

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, 21 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 21 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-22	11	3rd	11 13 21 31 34 45
2026-07-15	13	4th	12 15 17 21 28 38
2026-05-30	6	4th	4 6 10 21 33 39
2026-05-09	10

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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