In Daily Grand under the 5/49 + 1/7 · since Apr 2025 rules — 158 draws, 5 from 1–49.
23times drawn · chance expected 16 +1.81σ
17draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number
5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8
18longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long
21 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 23 times in 158 draws against 16.1 expected, +1.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
21
Number 21, draw by draw
Drawn 23 times in 158 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 18 · waiting 17 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.
Never drawn alongside 7 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 7 such strangers 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.
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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.