Number 21

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

96times drawn · chance expected 116 −1.94σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

112longest completed wait · 0.1% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −1.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 96 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 112 · waiting 1 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 10.5
2nd smallest21 · chance 30.9
3rd smallest45 · chance 33.6
4th smallest13 · chance 16.8
5th smallest6 · chance 3.9
6th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 56 7 14 44 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-02	2	3rd	1 15 21 24 32 51
2026-08-26	29	4th	11 13 14 21 47 54
2026-05-16	49	2nd	4 21 23 27 36 57
2025-11-26	14	2nd	10 21

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-12-07	12	2nd	9 21 33 37 45 51
2022-10-26	4	4th	7 13 20 21 46 53
2022-10-12	12	2nd	20 21 24 26 39 47
2022-08-31	6	3rd	13 16 21 30 49 54
2022-08-10	12	2nd	6 21 24 40 47 52
2022-06-29	2	3rd	3 17 21 26 46 59
2022-06-22	3	1st	21 36 40 46 48 54
2022-06-11	8	2nd	20 21 32 34 52 59
2022-05-14	1	3rd	12 15 21 24 39 50
2022-05-11	17	1st	21 34 37 39 44 51
2022-03-12	2	3rd	7 13 21 23 39 44
2022-03-05	5	2nd	10 21 29 33 42 51
2022-02-16	10	1st	21 27 31 50 53 59
2022-01-12	1	2nd	8 21 37 39 56 59
2022-01-08	1	1st	21 28 33 36 43 46
2022-01-05	17	3rd	3 5 21 28 56 57
2021-11-06	4	3rd	3 7 21 29 34 39
2021-10-23	2	3rd	4 13 21 27 28 37
2021-10-16	7	3rd	4 18 21 24 37 58
2021-09-22	5	2nd	13 21 33 40 44 52
2021-09-04	22	3rd	1 14 21 36 39 41
2021-06-19	18	3rd	12 18 21 38 44 54
2021-04-17	11	4th	7 8 18 21 23 57
2021-03-10	10	4th	1 5 9 21 26 42
2021-02-03	7	4th	4 9 17 21 26 46
2021-01-09	3	2nd	9 21 23 30 35 38
2020-12-30	3	3rd	11 17 21 24 37 49
2020-12-19	20	4th	4 10 14 21 27 28
2020-10-10	12	2nd	11 21 36 45 49 56
2020-08-29	3	3rd	5 10 21 47 51 57
2020-08-19	17	1st	21 22 32 36 45 50
2020-06-20	2	2nd	7 21 26 30 40 48
2020-06-13	8	4th	10 12 19 21 35 51
2020-05-16	2	3rd	4 20 21 44 48 52
2020-05-09	4	3rd	7 18 21 26 42 50
2020-04-25	18	3rd	3 9 21 25 28 59
2020-02-22	1	1st	21 23 25 27 36 47
2020-02-19	19	3rd	7 18 21 27 28 48
2019-12-14	3	2nd	2 21 23 32 44 49
2019-12-04	19	3rd	9 13 21 25 28 31
2019-09-28	112	3rd	2 19 21 23 29 42
2018-09-01	3	2nd	3 21 22 38 46 55
2018-08-22	29	3rd	15 20 21 25 34 47
2018-05-12	1	3rd	1 15 21 30 35 44
2018-05-09	6	2nd	18 21 25 30 56 59
2018-04-18	2	3rd	4 11 21 39 41 59
2018-04-11	20	1st	21 25 32 52 56 59
2018-01-31	26	3rd	5 19 21 42 44 57
2017-11-01	9	5th	13 14 18 19 21 36
2017-09-30	5	3rd	13 18 21 30 50 54
2017-09-13	6	4th	4 11 14 21 29 56
2017-08-23	9	3rd	8 16 21 41 44 56
2017-07-22	7	3rd	5 13 21 35 41 47
2017-06-28	7	3rd	2 10 21 23 54 56
2017-06-03	6	3rd	12 19 21 38 47 51
2017-05-13	21	4th	7 14 15 21 23 57
2017-03-01	3	3rd	2 7 21 22 47 53
2017-02-18	6	3rd	11 13 21 37 49 59
2017-01-28	4	2nd	5 21 23 34 43 45
2017-01-14	1	3rd	14 19 21 36 53 54
2017-01-11	11	1st	21 26 29 35 46 59
2016-12-03	21	5th	3 8 9 19 21 54
2016-09-21	24	2nd	20 21 28 33 49 56
2016-06-29	16	3rd	10 19 21 45 46 56
2016-05-04	12	6th	1 2 3 4 20 21
2016-03-23	1	3rd	7 14 21 35 41 42
2016-03-19	2	1st	21 27 31 34 40 54
2016-03-12	3	2nd	13 21 30 39 51 56
2016-03-02	9	3rd	4 15 21 26 39 58
2016-01-30	10	3rd	1 6 21 31 41 44
2015-12-26	19	2nd	17 21 31 38 44 58
2015-10-21	—	3rd	13 14 21 25 51 53