Number 21

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2013 rules — 1,643 draws, 6 from 1–49.

189times drawn · chance expected 201 −0.92σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

40longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 189 times in 1,643 draws against 201.2 expected, −0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 39 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 189 times in 1,643 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 2 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 smallest10 · chance 10.8
2nd smallest39 · chance 45.2
3rd smallest70 · chance 68.7
4th smallest50 · chance 47.6
5th smallest18 · chance 15.0
6th smallest2 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 26 1 6 42 28

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
2026-10-08	6	5th	6 7 14 16 21 37
2026-09-24	18	3rd	6 9 21 32 38 45
2026-08-13	2	1st	21 27 33 41 48 49
2026-08-08	24	2nd	12

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.

2025-01-18	12	3rd	12 13 21 28 41 42
2024-12-21	11	3rd	4 7 21 23 31 46
2024-11-25	1	1st	21 25 31 32 44 48
2024-11-23	1	1st	21 31 38 39 41 49
2024-11-21	12	3rd	7 8 21 29 37 38
2024-10-24	1	3rd	9 19 21 28 41 43
2024-10-21	3	2nd	6 21 29 35 39 48
2024-10-14	4	4th	2 5 6 21 47 49
2024-10-05	25	3rd	7 11 21 28 35 41
2024-08-08	10	3rd	10 20 21 31 38 46
2024-07-15	3	3rd	11 19 21 30 31 34
2024-07-08	19	4th	4 5 12 21 39 48
2024-05-25	13	6th	1 3 15 16 20 21
2024-04-25	4	2nd	1 21 22 29 41 44
2024-04-15	6	2nd	18 21 23 24 30 32
2024-04-01	9	4th	5 7 14 21 34 44
2024-03-11	5	3rd	6 16 21 30 33 43
2024-02-29	13	3rd	4 18 21 25 35 45
2024-01-29	3	3rd	10 11 21 25 32 42
2024-01-22	3	2nd	12 21 26 28 43 44
2024-01-15	10	5th	1 2 7 9 21 42
2023-12-23	6	4th	1 6 9 21 29 32
2023-12-09	1	4th	5 8 20 21 23 24
2023-12-07	16	3rd	1 3 21 22 27 29
2023-10-30	2	3rd	7 18 21 40 45 49
2023-10-26	10	3rd	12 13 21 32 38 46
2023-10-02	4	4th	2 3 7 21 34 39
2023-09-23	12	2nd	20 21 26 37 42 49
2023-08-26	21	3rd	7 10 21 28 30 33
2023-07-08	16	4th	1 16 20 21 23 26
2023-06-01	12	3rd	10 20 21 30 38 41
2023-05-04	7	5th	1 2 14 20 21 41
2023-04-17	10	4th	1 7 11 21 26 43
2023-03-25	2	3rd	5 9 21 36 41 46
2023-03-20	1	1st	21 24 27 37 41 42
2023-03-18	5	2nd	2 21 23 28 34 45
2023-03-06	7	5th	1 6 16 18 21 43
2023-02-18	8	2nd	9 21 30 34 41 43
2023-01-30	10	4th	2 4 14 21 32 34
2023-01-07	17	3rd	5 8 21 24 32 38
2022-11-28	12	4th	1 15 16 21 30 40
2022-10-31	14	3rd	1 16 21 35 38 47
2022-09-29	8	4th	5 14 17 21 27 40
2022-09-10	27	2nd	16 21 35 38 47 48
2022-07-09	3	3rd	17 18 21 22 23 44
2022-06-30	1	2nd	12 21 23 30 40 49
2022-06-25	4	4th	2 4 12 21 40 45
2022-06-11	3	2nd	2 21 22 28 45 46
2022-06-02	7	4th	1 10 19 21 24 32
2022-05-07	1	4th	8 16 18 21 23 41
2022-05-05	7	3rd	3 8 21 22 26 40
2022-04-09	18	3rd	11 17 21 23 29 35
2022-02-05	8	1st	21 23 36 37 40 46
2022-01-08	24	4th	1 11 12 21 29 36
2021-10-16	1	3rd	6 10 21 42 43 47
2021-10-14	3	4th	4 8 19 21 24 33
2021-10-02	24	2nd	10 21 25 33 42 43
2021-07-10	1	3rd	15 20 21 25 32 42
2021-07-08	6	4th	2 5 16 21 34 35
2021-06-17	5	3rd	8 15 21 25 37 42
2021-05-29	7	4th	6 7 19 21 31 42
2021-05-06	5	3rd	1 14 21 26 35 49
2021-04-17	40	4th	1 6 13 21 26 40
2020-11-28	5	4th	2 4 13 21 25 28
2020-11-12	3	2nd	3 21 27 36 37 46
2020-10-31	7	3rd	2 13 21 32 41 43
2020-10-08	9	5th	1 6 9 11 21 39
2020-09-05	27	4th	7 12 14 21 34 38
2020-06-04	3	4th	9 12 16 21 22 23
2020-05-23	1	5th	1 8 9 14 21 23
2020-05-21	32	4th	2 5 9 21 34 49
2019-11-28	15	3rd	7 11 21 41 43 46
2019-10-05	2	3rd	2 7 21 24 30 42
2019-09-28	11	3rd	10 15 21 22 42 43
2019-08-22	2	1st	21 24 38 39 45 46
2019-08-15	2	4th	3 5 10 21 26 49
2019-08-08	2	2nd	9 21 31 35 43 47
2019-08-01	3	3rd	6 11 21 22 28 41
2019-07-20	10	2nd	15 21 22 26 28 35
2019-06-15	1	4th	12 15 18 21 32 43
2019-06-13	2	3rd	12 15 21 30 44 47
2019-06-06	1	4th	6 11 17 21 36 45
2019-06-01	1	2nd	14 21 22 26 44 49
2019-05-30	6	3rd	2 15 21 39 44 48
2019-05-09	1	2nd	11 21 24 26 35 38
2019-05-04	3	2nd	9 21 34 35 47 48
2019-04-25	3	4th	4 15 16 21 28 42
2019-04-13	11	3rd	15 18 21 29 40 47
2019-03-07	9	4th	4 6 15 21 26 40
2019-02-02	8	2nd	8 21 25 27 43 47
2019-01-05	16	2nd	19 21 29 37 41 49
2018-11-10	3	2nd	20 21 22 24 40 46
2018-11-01	5	2nd	13 21 28 36 37 40
2018-10-13	5	5th	3 11 15 17 21 40
2018-09-27	3	5th	4 10 17 18 21 42
2018-09-15	3	2nd	4 21 24 26 34 36
2018-09-06	21	3rd	3 11 21 27 28 34
2018-06-23	26	4th	7 8 9 21 24 25
2018-03-24	2	3rd	17 18 21 23 27 48
2018-03-17	9	2nd	8 21 35 36 37 43
2018-02-15	13	3rd	1 2 21 22 27 47
2017-12-30	1	4th	8 9 11 21 42 44
2017-12-28	9	3rd	3 5 21 26 28 34
2017-11-25	8	1st	21 29 31 32 34 46
2017-10-28	14	3rd	3 17 21 35 37 38
2017-09-09	14	4th	1 10 20 21 37 44
2017-07-22	4	2nd	18 21 27 37 38 40
2017-07-08	4	3rd	3 16 21 25 26 39
2017-06-24	2	3rd	11 14 21 30 39 40
2017-06-17	7	4th	3 13 16 21 28 43
2017-05-25	10	2nd	18 21 28 32 34 42
2017-04-20	9	3rd	11 16 21 22 28 46
2017-03-18	8	4th	3 5 14 21 28 43
2017-02-18	19	4th	5 15 19 21 29 39
2016-12-15	2	3rd	16 17 21 26 31 38
2016-12-08	1	4th	7 12 13 21 44 46
2016-12-03	5	5th	3 5 8 13 21 43
2016-11-17	4	4th	2 9 16 21 30 31
2016-11-03	4	2nd	12 21 29 30 44 46
2016-10-20	2	6th	5 7 15 18 20 21
2016-10-13	5	4th	1 5 18 21 32 36
2016-09-24	7	3rd	4 9 21 42 45 48
2016-09-01	8	3rd	17 19 21 31 35 48
2016-08-04	11	5th	5 8 12 14 21 28
2016-06-25	1	3rd	6 19 21 22 34 37
2016-06-23	2	4th	9 16 20 21 33 41
2016-06-16	11	5th	8 9 15 19 21 49
2016-05-07	12	5th	4 5 16 18 21 36
2016-03-26	2	2nd	19 21 28 32 43 48
2016-03-19	29	3rd	1 12 21 35 44 45
2015-12-10	14	1st	21 22 32 33 38 42
2015-10-22	1	4th	2 3 8 21 27 41
2015-10-17	1	4th	1 2 11 21 22 44
2015-10-15	2	3rd	1 7 21 27 38 46
2015-10-08	1	3rd	12 14 21 30 37 40
2015-10-03	8	3rd	1 19 21 28 45 48
2015-09-05	15	3rd	5 17 21 23 42 46
2015-07-16	4	5th	2 3 4 7 21 38
2015-07-02	3	2nd	18 21 32 36 45 46
2015-06-20	3	3rd	9 17 21 31 34 41
2015-06-11	19	3rd	11 15 21 25 38 44
2015-04-04	9	4th	11 15 16 21 27 33
2015-03-05	7	3rd	2 5 21 24 28 44
2015-02-07	10	2nd	12 21 28 30 38 42
2015-01-03	2	2nd	1 21 22 25 28 30
2014-12-27	6	3rd	1 10 21 23 33 47
2014-12-06	31	5th	3 10 11 15 21 37
2014-08-21	8	4th	2 6 8 21 26 43
2014-07-24	1	2nd	10 21 26 33 34 47
2014-07-19	16	3rd	3 12 21 37 42 47
2014-05-24	24	1st	21 33 36 38 45 47
2014-03-01	10	5th	2 17 19 20 21 26
2014-01-25	7	4th	3 6 7 21 34 49
2014-01-02	22	1st	21 33 35 37 41 42
2013-10-17	7	4th	2 11 14 21 30 48
2013-09-21	12	3rd	6 10 21 24 33 36
2013-08-10	3	3rd	4 12 21 29 35 38
2013-08-01	10	2nd	10 21 26 33 40 45
2013-06-27	6	5th	3 4 19 20 21 36
2013-06-06	7	2nd	6 21 30 31 36 39
2013-05-11	2	3rd	9 14 21 25 26 42
2013-05-04	1	4th	2 10 12 21 37 40
2013-05-02	2	3rd	8 16 21 32 40 42
2013-04-25	4	3rd	4 5 21 32 35 47
2013-04-11	—	3rd	4 6 21 26 33 40