Number 21

In Lotto Plus 1 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 213 draws, 6 from 1–47.

33times drawn · chance expected 27 +1.19σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

25longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 33 times in 213 draws against 27.2 expected, +1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 2 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 33 times in 213 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 25 · waiting 6 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 smallest1 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest7 · chance 7.2
3rd smallest10 · chance 11.9
4th smallest10 · chance 8.9
5th smallest5 · chance 3.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 3 9 34 41 47

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 46 numbers; chance expects about 1 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 47. 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
2026-09-19	2	5th	4 11 15 18 21 37
2026-09-12	8	4th	3 8 9 21 25 32
2026-08-15	20	2nd	6 21 31 36 39 40
2026-06-06	1	4th	11 12 15 21 23 46
2026-06-03	5	3rd	9 13 21 22 32 33
2026-05-16	1	2nd	4 21 34 43 46 47
2026-05-13	19	3rd	5 6 21 27 39 41
2026-03-07	3	3rd	12 14 21 28 37 47
2026-02-25	3	3rd	7 16 21 22 23 38
2026-02-14	1	3rd	10 19 21 29 41 42
2026-02-11	2	5th	1 3 7 11 21 25
2026-02-04	12	3rd	2 3 21 39 42 47
2025-12-24	4	4th	3 9 14 21 22 39
2025-12-10	1	2nd	4 21 30 34 39 44
2025-12-06	3	5th	7 8 9 15 21 32
2025-11-26	2	5th	7 10 13 20 21 38
2025-11-19	11	2nd	8 21 24 32 39 47
2025-10-08	25	3rd	6 14 21 39 46 47
2025-07-12	7	4th	5 15 20 21 27 29
2025-06-18	6	4th	2 3 17 21 34 41
2025-05-28	13	4th	1 8 15 21 31 43
2025-04-12	6	3rd	3 13 21 29 34 40
2025-03-22	2	3rd	16 19 21 23 28 43
2025-03-15	6	4th	13 16 19 21 31 32

The other 9 appearances

2025-02-22	2	4th	1 2 9 21 22 43
2025-02-15	14	5th	5 6 14 18 21 31
2024-12-28	4	4th	8 18 20 21 34 41
2024-12-14	1	1st	21 30 40 41 45 47
2024-12-11	3	3rd	2 9 21 23 25 34
2024-11-30	6	2nd	14 21 31 33 38 42
2024-11-09	3	4th	16 17 19 21 28 30
2024-10-30	7	2nd	16 21 23 26 29 38
2024-10-05	—	2nd	20 21 41 42 44 46

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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