Number 21

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

403times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.56σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

33longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 403 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 403 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 9 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest18 · chance 16.7
2nd smallest90 · chance 89.1
3rd smallest163 · chance 158.7
4th smallest107 · chance 112.0
5th smallest25 · chance 26.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 26 27 15 19 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-25	1	2nd	12 21 26 27 37
2026-09-23	8	3rd	8 18 21 24 34
2026-09-09	3	3rd	1 19 21 22 37
2026-09-04	2	4th	13 16 17

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-21	2	3rd	7 17 21 27 28
2025-11-18	2	2nd	11 21 26 37 38
2025-11-14	6	3rd	3 4 21 34 38
2025-11-04	24	3rd	1 15 21 23 24
2025-09-23	2	2nd	14 21 22 25 26
2025-09-19	16	4th	1 8 20 21 23
2025-08-22	6	3rd	11 14 21 31 36
2025-08-12	7	1st	21 29 34 36 38
2025-07-30	1	4th	6 7 13 21 31
2025-07-29	10	2nd	4 21 22 27 28
2025-07-11	3	3rd	5 17 21 24 29
2025-07-05	1	3rd	6 18 21 28 29
2025-07-04	20	3rd	3 18 21 26 34
2025-05-30	10	2nd	16 21 25 26 34
2025-05-13	7	3rd	8 13 21 30 31
2025-04-30	18	3rd	1 19 21 29 34
2025-03-29	9	4th	4 9 13 21 35
2025-03-14	4	5th	11 15 17 19 21
2025-03-07	1	2nd	10 21 23 30 36
2025-03-05	2	3rd	1 16 21 31 36
2025-03-01	5	4th	2 3 17 21 28
2025-02-21	1	3rd	3 19 21 24 37
2025-02-19	16	4th	3 10 11 21 23
2025-01-22	2	3rd	7 20 21 26 33
2025-01-18	3	3rd	3 20 21 27 36
2025-01-14	9	4th	10 16 18 21 22
2024-12-28	17	3rd	6 17 21 27 34
2024-11-29	1	2nd	9 21 25 32 35
2024-11-27	15	3rd	3 8 21 33 34
2024-11-01	17	4th	1 13 18 21 35
2024-10-02	6	3rd	7 15 21 26 32
2024-09-21	4	4th	3 10 12 21 39
2024-09-14	20	3rd	4 14 21 22 29
2024-08-10	1	4th	4 10 12 21 25
2024-08-09	14	3rd	13 14 21 24 36
2024-07-16	6	3rd	15 20 21 25 28
2024-07-05	4	5th	10 11 13 15 21
2024-06-28	10	3rd	3 9 21 22 38
2024-06-11	5	3rd	6 12 21 35 38
2024-06-01	14	2nd	9 21 31 35 36
2024-05-08	4	2nd	15 21 22 23 35
2024-05-01	6	4th	2 12 15 21 22
2024-04-20	1	3rd	12 18 21 25 38
2024-04-19	5	4th	7 17 19 21 24
2024-04-10	12	3rd	8 15 21 28 29
2024-03-20	4	4th	5 8 13 21 22
2024-03-13	3	3rd	7 8 21 24 29
2024-03-08	2	4th	1 3 20 21 39
2024-03-05	1	3rd	12 15 21 23 37
2024-03-02	5	2nd	15 21 22 25 30
2024-02-23	2	3rd	9 10 21 22 31
2024-02-20	19	3rd	7 10 21 28 33
2024-01-17	28	3rd	7 17 21 27 36
2023-11-29	1	3rd	1 17 21 25 39
2023-11-28	16	3rd	5 12 21 25 31
2023-10-31	3	2nd	15 21 22 36 39
2023-10-25	10	3rd	16 19 21 26 39
2023-10-07	2	4th	9 18 20 21 32
2023-10-04	8	4th	7 12 15 21 23
2023-09-20	26	4th	10 19 20 21 26
2023-08-05	15	3rd	11 16 21 30 31
2023-07-11	11	4th	2 4 12 21 25
2023-06-21	4	1st	21 26 31 35 39
2023-06-14	8	3rd	10 18 21 31 38
2023-05-31	7	5th	6 12 13 15 21
2023-05-19	3	4th	5 12 19 21 30
2023-05-13	10	4th	4 13 19 21 34
2023-04-26	3	3rd	3 20 21 31 38
2023-04-21	3	3rd	5 14 21 31 37
2023-04-15	5	3rd	10 11 21 23 39
2023-04-07	5	3rd	1 12 21 22 38
2023-03-29	27	3rd	7 16 21 30 35
2023-02-10	28	3rd	8 9 21 23 25
2022-12-23	15	3rd	1 11 21 23 36
2022-11-26	2	3rd	1 14 21 27 34
2022-11-23	1	5th	5 6 8 18 21
2022-11-22	8	3rd	11 20 21 35 36
2022-11-08	17	2nd	5 21 26 28 38
2022-10-08	11	1st	21 25 27 32 34
2022-09-20	8	3rd	8 12 21 31 32
2022-09-06	8	3rd	1 14 21 22 37
2022-08-23	9	4th	1 11 19 21 27
2022-08-06	17	2nd	5 21 27 29 33
2022-07-08	10	2nd	16 21 22 25 30
2022-06-21	1	5th	6 9 12 17 21
2022-06-18	5	3rd	8 13 21 31 35
2022-06-10	7	3rd	4 7 21 25 37
2022-05-28	1	2nd	2 21 25 34 37
2022-05-27	6	2nd	11 21 33 36 37
2022-05-17	5	2nd	19 21 24 26 32
2022-05-07	10	4th	7 10 20 21 27
2022-04-20	5	2nd	11 21 30 33 38
2022-04-12	2	2nd	7 21 29 36 37
2022-04-08	11	2nd	5 21 35 37 38
2022-03-19	15	3rd	2 14 21 23 30
2022-02-22	3	3rd	2 6 21 34 37
2022-02-16	8	2nd	20 21 26 28 39
2022-02-02	5	3rd	11 16 21 23 27
2022-01-25	11	5th	10 11 12 17 21
2022-01-05	11	3rd	5 16 21 30 34
2021-12-17	11	5th	1 2 7 14 21
2021-11-27	5	4th	2 16 17 21 36
2021-11-19	1	4th	2 9 19 21 32
2021-11-17	3	2nd	19 21 22 29 33
2021-11-12	8	2nd	2 21 24 25 33
2021-10-29	5	4th	3 12 14 21 34
2021-10-20	4	2nd	12 21 32 33 38
2021-10-13	9	4th	3 6 9 21 33
2021-09-28	13	5th	3 7 13 15 21
2021-09-04	16	4th	1 11 14 21 28
2021-08-07	3	2nd	9 21 24 26 39
2021-08-03	22	4th	3 11 13 21 24
2021-06-25	4	3rd	7 11 21 33 39
2021-06-18	33	3rd	3 12 21 23 35
2021-04-21	4	1st	21 29 31 32 34
2021-04-14	11	2nd	2 21 26 35 39
2021-03-26	4	2nd	6 21 33 38 39
2021-03-19	1	2nd	14 21 26 30 31
2021-03-17	1	4th	13 15 18 21 28
2021-03-16	17	3rd	2 20 21 22 28
2021-02-13	3	3rd	5 13 21 29 39
2021-02-09	7	4th	7 8 14 21 34
2021-01-27	3	4th	7 10 15 21 33
2021-01-22	22	4th	8 10 18 21 38
2020-12-15	3	4th	7 14 17 21 32
2020-12-09	1	2nd	9 21 24 33 35
2020-12-08	9	3rd	10 14 21 24 26
2020-11-21	5	3rd	5 19 21 23 28
2020-11-13	16	2nd	15 21 27 31 32
2020-10-16	23	3rd	8 15 21 30 34
2020-09-05	10	3rd	13 14 21 23 36
2020-08-19	2	5th	1 3 10 20 21
2020-08-15	11	4th	1 10 15 21 39
2020-07-28	1	2nd	13 21 24 34 39
2020-07-25	21	4th	6 14 15 21 26
2020-06-19	11	4th	3 17 18 21 29
2020-05-30	25	4th	1 8 20 21 25
2020-04-17	1	4th	7 9 15 21 27
2020-04-15	5	2nd	7 21 26 28 36
2020-04-07	5	2nd	14 21 28 32 39
2020-03-28	1	2nd	1 21 26 28 29
2020-03-27	5	4th	3 4 15 21 36
2020-03-18	8	3rd	7 19 21 24 25
2020-03-04	14	4th	1 14 19 21 24
2020-02-08	3	2nd	7 21 28 35 38
2020-02-04	2	2nd	16 21 26 29 33
2020-01-31	1	3rd	12 19 21 30 37
2020-01-29	13	2nd	12 21 22 26 27
2020-01-07	7	3rd	16 19 21 35 37
2019-12-25	17	4th	8 9 18 21 27
2019-11-26	13	4th	4 5 20 21 36
2019-11-02	12	3rd	5 14 21 23 30
2019-10-12	7	3rd	5 8 21 26 38
2019-10-01	11	4th	5 9 11 21 39
2019-09-11	4	4th	9 10 19 21 28
2019-09-04	11	3rd	3 7 21 24 29
2019-08-16	5	3rd	5 7 21 27 32
2019-08-07	1	2nd	10 21 26 30 39
2019-08-06	6	3rd	9 17 21 27 30
2019-07-26	16	4th	3 6 10 21 35
2019-06-28	1	4th	2 10 18 21 24
2019-06-26	8	3rd	14 15 21 22 31
2019-06-12	2	1st	21 27 29 32 33
2019-06-08	13	3rd	4 12 21 25 31
2019-05-17	10	3rd	5 9 21 24 34
2019-04-30	11	4th	2 10 15 21 37
2019-04-10	3	2nd	13 21 27 29 38
2019-04-05	11	3rd	7 9 21 27 39
2019-03-16	12	3rd	15 17 21 26 28
2019-02-23	1	3rd	6 12 21 23 30
2019-02-22	6	3rd	4 10 21 23 38
2019-02-12	4	2nd	16 21 26 36 38
2019-02-05	5	1st	21 26 29 36 39
2019-01-26	14	2nd	14 21 26 32 38
2019-01-02	25	4th	5 6 20 21 31
2018-11-20	2	4th	1 7 15 21 30
2018-11-16	1	3rd	6 8 21 26 35
2018-11-14	6	4th	4 16 17 21 26
2018-11-03	1	2nd	7 21 27 35 39
2018-11-02	5	2nd	10 21 25 33 36
2018-10-24	3	2nd	16 21 24 27 37
2018-10-19	1	4th	4 15 17 21 22
2018-10-17	2	3rd	10 15 21 23 30
2018-10-13	3	3rd	2 19 21 22 31
2018-10-09	3	3rd	4 15 21 23 24
2018-10-03	7	3rd	13 16 21 30 37
2018-09-21	3	5th	2 8 14 20 21
2018-09-15	6	3rd	5 20 21 33 37
2018-09-05	1	2nd	13 21 26 33 36
2018-09-04	16	3rd	4 18 21 24 29
2018-08-07	6	2nd	16 21 27 29 38
2018-07-27	16	2nd	3 21 33 34 38
2018-06-29	3	2nd	20 21 27 31 33
2018-06-23	5	2nd	17 21 27 28 32
2018-06-15	8	3rd	3 5 21 31 36
2018-06-01	18	4th	7 13 20 21 34
2018-05-01	1	5th	2 4 16 20 21
2018-04-28	6	3rd	2 13 21 25 30
2018-04-18	6	5th	2 3 5 9 21
2018-04-07	4	4th	6 8 14 21 35
2018-03-31	3	3rd	15 18 21 30 34
2018-03-27	14	4th	3 16 18 21 36
2018-03-02	7	2nd	12 21 24 34 37
2018-02-17	7	3rd	9 16 21 24 27
2018-02-06	4	3rd	6 15 21 22 30
2018-01-30	1	3rd	1 18 21 26 29
2018-01-27	5	2nd	10 21 32 35 39
2018-01-17	8	2nd	7 21 22 29 37
2017-12-29	5	1st	21 24 25 29 35
2017-12-16	16	4th	2 11 14 21 34
2017-11-10	5	4th	3 5 17 21 36
2017-10-28	11	2nd	19 21 24 27 35
2017-10-04	15	3rd	1 8 21 27 34
2017-08-30	16	3rd	7 9 21 25 33
2017-07-22	13	2nd	11 21 28 30 35
2017-06-23	1	3rd	11 14 21 38 39
2017-06-21	19	4th	3 6 9 21 22
2017-05-06	1	3rd	1 7 21 33 34
2017-05-05	3	3rd	1 11 21 32 36
2017-04-28	16	4th	8 14 19 21 22
2017-03-22	6	4th	3 13 20 21 39
2017-03-08	1	4th	6 18 20 21 37
2017-03-04	7	3rd	18 20 21 36 37
2017-02-17	5	4th	10 18 20 21 27
2017-02-04	2	3rd	1 10 21 26 32
2017-02-01	8	2nd	18 21 25 28 35
2017-01-13	5	4th	4 5 12 21 24
2016-12-31	6	3rd	17 20 21 29 39
2016-12-17	1	3rd	10 16 21 28 38
2016-12-16	13	2nd	1 21 25 35 39
2016-11-16	1	1st	21 29 30 32 37
2016-11-12	9	3rd	2 15 21 24 39
2016-10-22	5	4th	3 8 19 21 32
2016-10-12	11	4th	1 7 15 21 32
2016-09-16	19	2nd	16 21 22 33 39
2016-08-03	5	2nd	8 21 28 32 38
2016-07-22	14	4th	7 9 13 21 24
2016-06-18	4	2nd	8 21 28 29 30
2016-06-10	6	3rd	11 16 21 26 28
2016-05-27	10	4th	3 13 19 21 27
2016-05-04	21	3rd	3 4 21 31 38
2016-03-16	2	1st	21 24 27 32 36
2016-03-11	4	4th	1 12 16 21 24
2016-03-02	10	2nd	5 21 22 27 31
2016-02-06	5	4th	6 12 18 21 31
2016-01-27	1	2nd	19 21 22 30 35
2016-01-23	19	5th	4 5 9 14 21
2015-12-11	9	2nd	13 21 24 27 38
2015-11-20	3	4th	3 10 11 21 22
2015-11-13	5	3rd	9 13 21 29 32
2015-10-31	2	1st	21 27 28 35 39
2015-10-28	22	2nd	5 21 31 32 38
2015-09-05	5	2nd	1 21 22 24 38
2015-08-26	1	2nd	5 21 23 35 36
2015-08-22	3	3rd	15 20 21 26 35
2015-08-15	11	3rd	7 10 21 22 33
2015-07-22	2	4th	4 9 17 21 36
2015-07-17	2	3rd	16 19 21 28 38
2015-07-11	4	4th	4 12 19 21 39
2015-07-03	8	4th	1 3 17 21 34
2015-06-13	4	5th	1 2 8 17 21
2015-06-05	1	2nd	5 21 24 36 37
2015-06-03	1	3rd	3 16 21 28 32
2015-05-30	1	1st	21 30 34 37 39
2015-05-29	1	1st	21 22 34 35 37
2015-05-27	3	3rd	8 10 21 30 35
2015-05-20	8	3rd	6 10 21 22 32
2015-05-01	5	2nd	4 21 23 29 39
2015-04-18	22	5th	11 12 13 14 21
2015-02-27	13	5th	6 10 13 19 21
2015-01-28	29	5th	2 12 14 19 21
2014-11-21	5	3rd	5 15 21 26 32
2014-11-08	1	2nd	3 21 34 38 39
2014-11-07	8	3rd	9 11 21 26 37
2014-10-18	4	2nd	13 21 26 27 33
2014-10-10	7	2nd	6 21 25 31 34
2014-09-24	3	3rd	18 20 21 22 27
2014-09-17	22	3rd	4 19 21 26 27
2014-07-26	13	4th	11 12 18 21 33
2014-06-27	12	5th	1 9 16 19 21
2014-05-30	16	4th	1 4 16 21 31
2014-04-23	2	4th	5 14 15 21 24
2014-04-18	3	2nd	14 21 30 31 35
2014-04-11	4	3rd	6 14 21 37 38
2014-04-02	3	3rd	11 18 21 29 30
2014-03-26	23	2nd	18 21 23 25 26
2014-01-31	6	3rd	1 12 21 22 30
2014-01-17	4	3rd	2 18 21 22 37
2014-01-08	8	3rd	16 18 21 22 23
2013-12-20	8	4th	6 14 20 21 39
2013-11-30	8	4th	4 6 17 21 25
2013-11-13	1	3rd	2 10 21 25 27
2013-11-09	3	3rd	14 18 21 22 27
2013-11-02	6	3rd	12 16 21 24 38
2013-10-19	3	2nd	11 21 27 33 38
2013-10-12	17	2nd	16 21 23 31 36
2013-09-04	15	1st	21 29 35 36 38
2013-07-31	1	4th	14 16 19 21 31
2013-07-27	3	3rd	16 18 21 24 34
2013-07-20	5	3rd	15 18 21 23 38
2013-07-10	2	3rd	7 19 21 30 36
2013-07-05	7	3rd	2 20 21 25 38
2013-06-19	10	2nd	9 21 22 26 28
2013-05-25	4	3rd	5 7 21 29 31
2013-05-17	28	5th	1 3 13 19 21
2013-03-13	2	2nd	19 21 22 31 32
2013-03-08	6	3rd	5 13 21 22 28
2013-02-22	10	3rd	2 8 21 26 32
2013-01-30	8	1st	21 22 24 28 31
2013-01-11	8	3rd	3 7 21 25 37
2012-12-22	1	3rd	18 19 21 24 30
2012-12-21	4	3rd	2 19 21 23 34
2012-12-12	13	3rd	4 9 21 27 39
2012-11-10	5	2nd	12 21 28 32 38
2012-10-31	4	3rd	10 19 21 33 34
2012-10-20	11	3rd	3 18 21 27 34
2012-09-26	5	4th	2 3 14 21 37
2012-09-14	6	4th	5 16 18 21 30
2012-08-31	4	3rd	2 12 21 24 25
2012-08-22	2	5th	1 4 13 15 21
2012-08-17	12	4th	2 7 20 21 33
2012-07-20	8	4th	6 9 12 21 28
2012-06-30	13	5th	3 6 12 15 21
2012-06-01	2	3rd	5 14 21 26 29
2012-05-26	12	1st	21 30 34 35 39
2012-04-28	3	3rd	6 8 21 34 36
2012-04-21	1	5th	6 8 13 18 21
2012-04-20	7	4th	3 12 19 21 28
2012-04-04	10	4th	4 5 10 21 34
2012-03-10	12	3rd	2 15 21 29 34
2012-02-11	3	3rd	6 17 21 28 32
2012-02-04	15	2nd	18 21 23 24 35
2011-12-31	5	3rd	8 16 21 24 32
2011-12-21	15	4th	5 14 20 21 38
2011-11-16	7	3rd	4 19 21 27 30
2011-10-29	4	2nd	15 21 23 26 29
2011-10-21	1	4th	2 4 9 21 25
2011-10-19	19	4th	1 13 20 21 36
2011-09-03	11	3rd	12 15 21 22 26
2011-08-10	7	4th	1 2 13 21 31
2011-07-23	3	3rd	4 20 21 24 30
2011-07-16	7	1st	21 22 24 28 30
2011-07-01	4	4th	5 7 10 21 34
2011-06-22	10	3rd	10 16 21 26 30
2011-05-28	10	3rd	14 16 21 27 37
2011-05-06	12	4th	2 8 15 21 23
2011-04-08	1	3rd	6 12 21 25 36
2011-04-06	2	2nd	7 21 29 31 35
2011-04-01	2	3rd	12 15 21 24 36
2011-03-26	4	3rd	8 16 21 32 35
2011-03-18	7	4th	6 12 15 21 26
2011-03-02	2	3rd	3 5 21 28 31
2011-02-25	1	4th	3 4 19 21 32
2011-02-23	8	3rd	2 3 21 27 35
2011-02-04	4	4th	6 12 15 21 22
2011-01-26	1	1st	21 26 28 38 39
2011-01-22	15	4th	6 9 18 21 36
2010-12-18	17	5th	2 8 12 17 21
2010-11-10	3	3rd	1 10 21 27 30
2010-11-03	4	2nd	4 21 28 33 34
2010-10-23	9	3rd	4 17 21 32 39
2010-10-02	4	2nd	1 21 22 31 33
2010-09-24	6	3rd	8 17 21 24 30
2010-09-10	4	4th	11 15 20 21 32
2010-09-01	14	4th	8 12 17 21 28
2010-07-30	4	3rd	4 17 21 31 37
2010-07-21	2	3rd	7 19 21 24 34
2010-07-16	3	3rd	14 19 21 22 31
2010-07-09	23	2nd	2 21 33 35 38
2010-05-15	2	2nd	11 21 23 33 37
2010-05-12	10	2nd	11 21 24 32 38
2010-04-07	4	3rd	4 17 21 30 34
2010-03-24	8	3rd	6 14 21 23 25
2010-02-24	2	5th	2 10 11 14 21
2010-02-17	3	4th	9 10 19 21 22
2010-02-06	7	4th	2 11 19 21 23
2010-01-13	2	2nd	6 21 28 30 31
2010-01-06	1	4th	1 7 19 21 25
2010-01-02	—	3rd	2 18 21 26 33