Number 21

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,269 draws, 5 from 1–50.

330times drawn · chance expected 327 +0.18σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

45longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 330 times in 3,269 draws against 326.9 expected, +0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 48 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 330 times in 3,269 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 16 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 smallest36 · chance 37.0
2nd smallest98 · chance 113.8
3rd smallest130 · chance 120.1
4th smallest53 · chance 51.5
5th smallest13 · chance 7.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 22 8 15 3 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-01	8	4th	12 15 18 21 37
2026-09-23	24	3rd	3 17 21 41 49
2026-08-30	15	3rd	14 18 21 26 32
2026-08-15	2	2nd	8 21 27

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-06	26	3rd	2 12 21 23 39
2025-10-11	5	3rd	4 5 21 33 47
2025-10-06	3	3rd	16 18 21 35 48
2025-10-03	23	4th	10 14 16 21 41
2025-09-10	12	2nd	10 21 23 27 35
2025-08-29	14	2nd	11 21 38 39 50
2025-08-15	1	4th	5 6 9 21 34
2025-08-14	12	1st	21 30 36 38 50
2025-08-02	1	4th	6 16 17 21 48
2025-08-01	29	1st	21 22 33 35 36
2025-07-03	6	2nd	12 21 22 37 43
2025-06-27	4	3rd	2 16 21 28 34
2025-06-23	19	3rd	8 15 21 24 41
2025-06-04	4	4th	5 9 17 21 45
2025-05-29	2	1st	21 30 34 36 49
2025-05-27	9	2nd	15 21 25 34 41
2025-05-14	14	4th	2 3 13 21 36
2025-04-24	12	1st	21 29 36 44 49
2025-04-08	7	4th	1 13 18 21 39
2025-03-28	4	3rd	1 16 21 23 27
2025-03-22	22	3rd	8 14 21 36 43
2025-02-20	4	2nd	20 21 25 37 41
2025-02-14	7	2nd	17 21 27 37 41
2025-02-05	15	2nd	19 21 40 47 48
2025-01-15	14	3rd	11 18 21 44 48
2024-12-26	25	3rd	2 13 21 25 43
2024-11-21	7	3rd	12 13 21 37 48
2024-11-12	9	3rd	2 4 21 35 37
2024-10-30	7	2nd	12 21 23 27 46
2024-10-19	2	5th	5 11 18 20 21
2024-10-17	14	3rd	8 19 21 25 29
2024-09-27	5	1st	21 24 33 34 45
2024-09-20	5	3rd	4 12 21 34 45
2024-09-13	5	3rd	7 13 21 30 45
2024-09-06	39	3rd	6 18 21 30 43
2024-07-13	6	4th	5 6 19 21 37
2024-07-05	45	2nd	6 21 34 36 48
2024-05-03	10	2nd	9 21 25 29 47
2024-04-19	6	3rd	3 15 21 28 45
2024-04-11	7	2nd	7 21 22 41 49
2024-04-02	9	2nd	14 21 22 27 37
2024-03-20	1	3rd	3 12 21 25 41
2024-03-19	11	4th	7 12 14 21 33
2024-03-02	1	3rd	7 13 21 40 44
2024-03-01	1	3rd	2 14 21 32 47
2024-02-29	2	2nd	1 21 24 27 37
2024-02-27	19	4th	4 7 11 21 31
2024-01-31	4	2nd	10 21 29 36 37
2024-01-25	1	1st	21 24 34 48 50
2024-01-24	13	2nd	1 21 24 25 47
2024-01-05	3	4th	7 8 13 21 24
2024-01-02	1	1st	21 24 32 42 50
2023-12-30	4	2nd	11 21 30 44 47
2023-12-26	4	3rd	4 10 21 28 31
2023-12-20	2	3rd	1 3 21 22 42
2023-12-16	21	4th	5 13 16 21 25
2023-11-17	9	3rd	2 13 21 25 46
2023-11-04	9	3rd	15 20 21 31 41
2023-10-24	3	2nd	20 21 40 41 45
2023-10-19	16	5th	2 4 11 20 21
2023-09-27	13	5th	1 5 9 14 21
2023-09-08	9	4th	14 17 19 21 38
2023-08-26	11	5th	2 12 13 16 21
2023-08-11	4	1st	21 27 31 46 48
2023-08-05	19	3rd	2 20 21 29 43
2023-07-11	8	4th	6 17 19 21 41
2023-06-29	1	3rd	10 20 21 22 37
2023-06-28	15	2nd	12 21 22 29 44
2023-06-07	2	3rd	5 19 21 33 50
2023-06-03	4	2nd	11 21 24 42 45
2023-05-30	2	3rd	1 15 21 33 37
2023-05-26	2	2nd	4 21 28 32 44
2023-05-24	14	3rd	4 15 21 38 42
2023-05-04	9	4th	1 11 18 21 26
2023-04-21	15	5th	3 5 7 17 21
2023-03-31	16	3rd	4 13 21 32 35
2023-03-09	4	1st	21 22 26 27 46
2023-03-03	2	4th	1 10 11 21 31
2023-03-01	4	2nd	2 21 24 33 46
2023-02-23	2	3rd	4 18 21 24 30
2023-02-21	1	4th	11 19 20 21 49
2023-02-18	6	3rd	8 17 21 29 37
2023-02-10	7	2nd	7 21 25 31 35
2023-02-01	22	3rd	6 8 21 22 42
2022-12-31	1	3rd	7 10 21 27 45
2022-12-30	1	3rd	7 16 21 46 50
2022-12-29	12	3rd	2 20 21 30 40
2022-12-13	13	1st	21 27 32 37 42
2022-11-24	6	3rd	9 19 21 23 38
2022-11-16	9	3rd	13 16 21 29 30
2022-11-03	5	4th	7 11 15 21 44
2022-10-27	27	2nd	16 21 25 33 42
2022-09-20	15	2nd	3 21 26 36 48
2022-08-30	3	2nd	3 21 24 29 41
2022-08-25	12	2nd	14 21 22 30 33
2022-08-09	8	3rd	6 20 21 27 36
2022-07-28	4	3rd	3 6 21 44 46
2022-07-22	17	4th	7 10 19 21 49
2022-06-29	2	3rd	3 13 21 28 38
2022-06-25	40	4th	9 10 15 21 46
2022-04-30	6	3rd	9 11 21 28 31
2022-04-22	1	2nd	19 21 28 30 40
2022-04-21	8	3rd	8 15 21 31 36
2022-04-09	3	3rd	10 20 21 30 41
2022-04-06	1	4th	2 4 18 21 22
2022-04-05	16	2nd	12 21 25 36 40
2022-03-12	6	3rd	3 5 21 30 36
2022-03-04	5	2nd	15 21 23 29 35
2022-02-25	6	4th	3 9 15 21 36
2022-02-17	37	2nd	14 21 26 35 37
2021-12-28	1	3rd	15 17 21 28 49
2021-12-25	16	2nd	9 21 31 43 44
2021-12-03	5	2nd	6 21 29 30 36
2021-11-26	6	3rd	5 19 21 22 37
2021-11-18	8	4th	5 9 18 21 34
2021-11-06	29	2nd	14 21 27 30 47
2021-09-28	5	1st	21 24 25 30 48
2021-09-21	17	3rd	1 14 21 26 36
2021-08-27	2	2nd	4 21 28 41 49
2021-08-25	1	4th	8 12 16 21 41
2021-08-24	5	3rd	12 14 21 35 41
2021-08-17	26	3rd	9 13 21 39 42
2021-07-10	3	2nd	13 21 24 25 50
2021-07-07	9	2nd	16 21 23 42 44
2021-06-24	2	2nd	9 21 22 26 43
2021-06-22	10	4th	5 9 17 21 22
2021-06-08	6	2nd	1 21 28 37 39
2021-05-29	19	3rd	2 12 21 35 49
2021-05-04	10	2nd	8 21 24 27 41
2021-04-20	1	2nd	19 21 35 38 48
2021-04-17	1	4th	3 6 14 21 37
2021-04-16	5	2nd	15 21 22 32 50
2021-04-09	18	1st	21 24 33 37 42
2021-03-16	22	2nd	18 21 31 39 49
2021-02-12	2	5th	2 9 12 13 21
2021-02-10	23	1st	21 29 35 45 49
2021-01-08	16	2nd	12 21 37 38 48
2020-12-17	33	3rd	1 10 21 23 46
2020-10-31	10	3rd	4 12 21 22 24
2020-10-17	15	2nd	18 21 32 46 49
2020-09-26	4	3rd	4 9 21 42 47
2020-09-22	5	2nd	20 21 37 42 46
2020-09-15	21	3rd	15 17 21 25 46
2020-08-15	43	4th	2 8 15 21 26
2020-06-17	30	3rd	5 13 21 22 27
2020-05-06	5	1st	21 25 35 37 47
2020-04-29	15	2nd	6 21 26 31 45
2020-04-08	6	3rd	1 9 21 33 34
2020-03-31	1	3rd	8 15 21 43 50
2020-03-28	7	2nd	15 21 29 30 42
2020-03-19	21	2nd	15 21 24 36 40
2020-02-19	17	1st	21 25 27 43 46
2020-01-25	1	2nd	14 21 29 33 48
2020-01-24	1	2nd	10 21 35 41 47
2020-01-23	26	4th	2 8 18 21 43
2019-12-18	8	3rd	9 12 21 25 45
2019-12-06	6	3rd	9 13 21 29 43
2019-11-28	14	1st	21 31 32 38 48
2019-11-08	12	1st	21 22 30 38 39
2019-10-23	1	4th	5 8 11 21 36
2019-10-22	14	1st	21 24 27 41 50
2019-10-02	1	2nd	1 21 36 46 49
2019-10-01	14	3rd	6 10 21 42 48
2019-09-11	8	1st	21 23 28 32 50
2019-08-30	3	3rd	4 6 21 27 43
2019-08-27	13	4th	8 19 20 21 23
2019-08-08	4	2nd	6 21 35 37 40
2019-08-02	1	2nd	19 21 28 36 45
2019-08-01	5	2nd	4 21 26 29 37
2019-07-25	1	2nd	9 21 35 41 47
2019-07-24	7	2nd	9 21 31 33 47
2019-07-13	12	1st	21 33 35 42 46
2019-06-27	12	3rd	2 16 21 36 44
2019-06-11	2	4th	12 13 14 21 47
2019-06-07	6	5th	1 12 15 19 21
2019-05-30	25	3rd	8 20 21 31 38
2019-04-25	11	4th	4 6 10 21 41
2019-04-10	18	3rd	3 14 21 23 50
2019-03-15	23	3rd	12 17 21 34 41
2019-02-12	1	2nd	10 21 22 28 29
2019-02-09	6	1st	21 26 27 35 44
2019-02-01	24	3rd	3 12 21 24 28
2018-12-29	12	4th	6 12 15 21 32
2018-12-13	2	4th	1 6 16 21 49
2018-12-11	7	2nd	11 21 26 30 50
2018-11-30	1	3rd	2 17 21 22 23
2018-11-29	21	4th	7 9 12 21 47
2018-10-31	1	2nd	11 21 27 30 34
2018-10-30	20	3rd	7 8 21 24 50
2018-10-02	2	2nd	11 21 29 43 44
2018-09-28	8	2nd	1 21 31 42 47
2018-09-18	13	3rd	1 18 21 26 39
2018-08-30	4	2nd	10 21 35 45 49
2018-08-24	7	3rd	17 20 21 23 32
2018-08-15	22	4th	9 10 16 21 23
2018-07-14	3	2nd	18 21 39 48 50
2018-07-11	6	3rd	11 18 21 36 42
2018-07-03	31	3rd	8 14 21 31 32
2018-05-19	4	5th	8 16 17 20 21
2018-05-15	8	3rd	3 16 21 28 37
2018-05-03	5	3rd	13 19 21 36 37
2018-04-26	1	2nd	5 21 22 39 43
2018-04-25	2	2nd	8 21 26 27 50
2018-04-21	12	2nd	19 21 28 47 48
2018-04-05	9	3rd	1 2 21 26 40
2018-03-23	8	3rd	13 17 21 41 47
2018-03-13	4	2nd	3 21 40 43 44
2018-03-07	1	3rd	10 18 21 26 29
2018-03-06	18	3rd	6 11 21 22 50
2018-02-08	3	2nd	17 21 32 37 39
2018-02-03	12	3rd	3 7 21 23 47
2018-01-18	4	1st	21 24 34 42 49
2018-01-12	2	4th	3 18 19 21 33
2018-01-10	4	3rd	4 11 21 22 38
2018-01-04	19	1st	21 25 34 37 50
2017-12-08	3	2nd	18 21 30 36 37
2017-12-05	11	4th	7 12 15 21 22
2017-11-18	8	2nd	17 21 38 41 42
2017-11-08	6	3rd	1 17 21 36 40
2017-10-31	18	5th	3 7 11 14 21
2017-10-05	8	1st	21 37 40 45 46
2017-09-23	6	3rd	7 19 21 22 25
2017-09-15	2	3rd	14 20 21 38 45
2017-09-13	11	2nd	7 21 26 28 50
2017-08-29	15	2nd	7 21 26 28 48
2017-08-08	2	3rd	1 9 21 31 48
2017-08-04	5	4th	2 3 12 21 31
2017-07-28	22	2nd	2 21 24 41 43
2017-06-28	5	4th	3 10 15 21 33
2017-06-21	21	1st	21 24 27 28 48
2017-05-23	4	2nd	4 21 23 29 46
2017-05-17	7	4th	8 14 20 21 44
2017-05-06	4	3rd	2 9 21 32 34
2017-05-02	12	1st	21 28 32 36 43
2017-04-14	4	2nd	11 21 25 27 45
2017-04-08	8	2nd	11 21 24 26 46
2017-03-29	11	3rd	3 12 21 35 43
2017-03-14	3	3rd	17 18 21 22 25
2017-03-09	1	2nd	14 21 29 30 36
2017-03-08	2	2nd	17 21 23 30 41
2017-03-04	2	3rd	17 20 21 24 29
2017-03-02	3	2nd	7 21 26 27 28
2017-02-25	16	4th	3 7 10 21 36
2017-02-03	2	2nd	14 21 32 38 50
2017-02-01	14	3rd	8 11 21 26 50
2017-01-12	2	3rd	4 19 21 27 36
2017-01-10	1	5th	1 14 16 19 21
2017-01-07	20	3rd	1 6 21 30 35
2016-12-10	7	3rd	8 19 21 43 44
2016-12-01	18	4th	10 14 20 21 42
2016-11-05	10	1st	21 28 33 40 47
2016-10-22	1	3rd	13 18 21 27 34
2016-10-21	2	3rd	4 5 21 40 49
2016-10-19	5	4th	2 13 15 21 46
2016-10-12	2	3rd	6 17 21 28 46
2016-10-08	17	5th	1 3 8 19 21
2016-09-15	10	3rd	10 11 21 38 47
2016-09-01	3	4th	5 7 16 21 28
2016-08-27	11	4th	8 9 15 21 23
2016-08-09	4	4th	3 4 15 21 41
2016-08-03	6	2nd	5 21 22 24 28
2016-07-26	18	4th	6 12 15 21 38
2016-06-30	11	3rd	5 18 21 46 49
2016-06-15	1	3rd	3 20 21 28 46
2016-06-14	3	2nd	1 21 47 49 50
2016-06-09	34	2nd	8 21 38 45 48
2016-04-22	1	3rd	7 9 21 35 37
2016-04-21	2	1st	21 23 24 43 50
2016-04-19	3	3rd	11 20 21 24 44
2016-04-14	28	4th	12 16 20 21 36
2016-03-05	18	2nd	8 21 22 32 47
2016-02-10	25	3rd	1 18 21 36 50
2016-01-06	12	2nd	7 21 26 29 46
2015-12-17	1	2nd	19 21 22 28 45
2015-12-16	5	3rd	8 15 21 41 50
2015-12-09	13	3rd	15 18 21 23 34
2015-11-20	6	1st	21 24 26 27 36
2015-11-12	2	2nd	1 21 34 41 49
2015-11-10	11	2nd	11 21 24 38 39
2015-10-22	3	2nd	15 21 22 39 40
2015-10-15	30	4th	8 9 12 21 48
2015-08-05	1	4th	8 12 17 21 27
2015-08-01	19	2nd	11 21 22 23 27
2015-05-27	1	3rd	11 15 21 30 34
2015-05-23	4	3rd	9 19 21 25 34
2015-05-09	8	3rd	3 19 21 31 49
2015-04-11	7	2nd	14 21 38 46 48
2015-03-18	42	3rd	3 6 21 32 34
2014-10-22	27	2nd	11 21 22 38 49
2014-07-19	6	5th	1 4 12 15 21
2014-06-28	12	3rd	8 17 21 29 32
2014-05-17	13	3rd	1 14 21 28 39
2014-04-02	22	3rd	4 16 21 35 40
2014-01-15	1	3rd	1 14 21 34 35
2014-01-11	4	1st	21 22 39 44 45
2013-12-28	10	3rd	6 7 21 23 29
2013-11-23	6	4th	4 11 14 21 22
2013-11-02	7	1st	21 28 31 36 39
2013-10-09	3	3rd	2 9 21 24 47
2013-09-28	13	2nd	4 21 23 24 39
2013-08-14	1	3rd	6 9 21 25 43
2013-08-10	3	3rd	13 19 21 34 43
2013-07-31	5	3rd	8 14 21 23 42
2013-07-13	1	1st	21 23 36 37 39
2013-07-10	7	1st	21 27 28 37 40
2013-06-15	—	3rd	3 10 21 38 47