Number 21

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

208times drawn · chance expected 203 +0.36σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 208 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 32 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 208 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 4 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 smallest4 · chance 4.2
2nd smallest26 · chance 28.0
3rd smallest62 · chance 66.5
4th smallest67 · chance 70.4
5th smallest41 · chance 33.3
6th smallest8 · chance 5.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 10 12 19 8 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-26	9	4th	5 12 19 21 24 38
2026-08-26	5	4th	11 13 14 21 27 39
2026-08-08	3	3rd	9 13 21 24 25 35
2026-07-29	5	3rd	8 19

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-09	1	4th	8 14 15 21 24 33
2025-04-05	2	2nd	3 21 27 37 38 39
2025-03-29	9	5th	4 11 14 15 21 36
2025-02-26	2	2nd	11 21 22 23 29 38
2025-02-19	1	4th	11 13 18 21 24 38
2025-02-15	3	5th	5 13 14 16 21 37
2025-02-05	5	5th	1 5 11 18 21 37
2025-01-18	5	3rd	12 13 21 26 34 38
2025-01-01	3	4th	8 16 17 21 23 27
2024-12-21	2	4th	2 3 9 21 24 33
2024-12-14	12	4th	10 14 17 21 24 32
2024-11-02	3	3rd	5 13 21 29 33 39
2024-10-23	1	3rd	12 17 21 28 30 32
2024-10-19	8	4th	2 15 20 21 26 30
2024-09-21	30	4th	10 12 19 21 25 36
2024-06-08	5	2nd	10 21 22 30 35 37
2024-05-22	1	3rd	10 19 21 29 36 39
2024-05-18	1	3rd	13 20 21 22 31 40
2024-05-15	5	4th	6 11 13 21 28 37
2024-04-27	1	6th	4 5 6 12 16 21
2024-04-24	4	2nd	19 21 27 30 34 37
2024-04-10	1	5th	8 11 12 17 21 24
2024-04-06	5	5th	2 5 6 10 21 30
2024-03-20	17	3rd	1 18 21 23 32 37
2024-01-20	7	4th	3 17 18 21 23 33
2023-12-27	4	6th	4 7 9 13 16 21
2023-12-13	14	3rd	4 10 21 24 34 40
2023-10-25	7	4th	9 10 20 21 26 35
2023-09-30	5	2nd	1 21 22 27 29 31
2023-09-13	13	4th	1 2 16 21 33 40
2023-07-29	4	5th	4 10 13 18 21 34
2023-07-15	6	4th	7 11 15 21 24 34
2023-06-24	2	3rd	6 7 21 22 23 40
2023-06-17	5	6th	2 10 13 17 19 21
2023-05-31	1	5th	3 11 14 18 21 25
2023-05-27	10	4th	4 15 17 21 22 29
2023-04-22	14	5th	1 12 13 18 21 34
2023-03-04	8	3rd	11 19 21 25 34 35
2023-02-04	14	4th	11 13 19 21 36 40
2022-12-17	4	4th	8 10 20 21 24 33
2022-12-03	1	5th	1 9 12 19 21 33
2022-11-30	10	5th	4 8 10 12 21 28
2022-10-26	13	3rd	7 15 21 22 29 39
2022-09-10	1	5th	2 10 14 17 21 33
2022-09-07	3	4th	5 12 19 21 26 38
2022-08-27	6	2nd	12 21 30 32 35 39
2022-08-06	15	2nd	13 21 29 37 38 39
2022-06-15	1	3rd	9 12 21 22 25 35
2022-06-11	9	4th	3 4 5 21 24 40
2022-05-11	2	1st	21 22 25 28 33 37
2022-05-04	5	3rd	5 19 21 26 28 31
2022-04-16	14	2nd	4 21 22 23 30 37
2022-02-26	12	3rd	1 20 21 26 27 36
2022-01-15	12	4th	13 17 20 21 30 34
2021-12-04	7	3rd	2 9 21 24 29 39
2021-11-10	3	4th	9 12 18 21 37 40
2021-10-30	2	5th	5 7 8 17 21 40
2021-10-23	3	4th	12 13 18 21 26 32
2021-10-13	2	3rd	5 19 21 28 30 39
2021-10-06	4	2nd	9 21 22 32 35 37
2021-09-22	1	3rd	8 11 21 23 28 34
2021-09-18	2	5th	6 15 18 19 21 32
2021-09-11	17	4th	4 14 17 21 23 35
2021-07-14	3	5th	6 12 13 19 21 38
2021-07-03	7	4th	4 5 12 21 22 40
2021-06-09	5	4th	3 6 18 21 29 35
2021-05-22	5	2nd	19 21 23 36 38 39
2021-05-05	3	3rd	2 9 21 25 26 38
2021-04-24	3	3rd	4 5 21 26 31 36
2021-04-14	3	5th	1 9 12 16 21 23
2021-04-03	28	4th	8 15 16 21 25 34
2020-12-26	4	5th	1 7 11 16 21 38
2020-12-12	7	5th	1 5 9 18 21 35
2020-11-18	4	1st	21 23 24 27 30 38
2020-11-04	6	3rd	5 12 21 22 25 39
2020-10-14	10	4th	1 5 16 21 31 34
2020-09-09	7	4th	1 5 15 21 24 36
2020-08-15	5	3rd	8 12 21 22 23 27
2020-07-29	5	2nd	6 21 28 36 37 40
2020-07-11	29	4th	8 16 18 21 29 40
2020-04-01	2	2nd	8 21 25 28 32 35
2020-03-25	4	5th	7 8 10 17 21 27
2020-03-11	4	3rd	8 13 21 22 29 40
2020-02-26	4	4th	2 3 8 21 30 33
2020-02-12	4	4th	2 11 20 21 25 32
2020-01-29	4	2nd	10 21 26 27 28 31
2020-01-15	8	3rd	4 6 21 29 32 35
2019-12-18	1	3rd	6 19 21 24 32 34
2019-12-14	12	2nd	19 21 23 34 35 39
2019-11-02	4	3rd	13 16 21 23 27 35
2019-10-19	7	3rd	6 12 21 28 35 38
2019-09-25	2	4th	3 5 15 21 22 31
2019-09-18	8	4th	7 11 19 21 26 36
2019-08-21	7	5th	6 8 15 17 21 23
2019-07-27	21	6th	1 4 6 17 19 21
2019-05-15	7	4th	5 13 14 21 27 37
2019-04-20	1	3rd	1 10 21 32 37 39
2019-04-17	5	3rd	9 18 21 27 34 35
2019-03-30	2	6th	2 3 9 13 18 21
2019-03-23	1	2nd	10 21 23 24 27 36
2019-03-20	1	3rd	10 12 21 23 30 33
2019-03-16	3	4th	3 11 18 21 32 37
2019-03-06	14	4th	4 7 16 21 32 36
2019-01-16	15	3rd	3 8 21 22 30 35
2018-11-24	11	2nd	8 21 22 24 25 34
2018-10-17	13	4th	5 10 17 21 26 33
2018-09-01	1	4th	1 8 18 21 34 36
2018-08-29	8	5th	2 7 8 12 21 32
2018-08-01	1	3rd	4 5 21 22 31 34
2018-07-28	7	5th	4 10 14 17 21 23
2018-07-04	12	3rd	6 13 21 30 35 38
2018-05-23	4	3rd	1 14 21 23 38 39
2018-05-09	7	3rd	19 20 21 23 25 40
2018-04-14	1	3rd	3 14 21 25 34 35
2018-04-11	5	3rd	7 16 21 33 34 40
2018-03-24	23	4th	12 15 18 21 22 37
2018-01-03	1	3rd	8 20 21 34 35 38
2017-12-30	7	5th	1 3 12 20 21 32
2017-12-06	1	5th	3 7 16 19 21 40
2017-12-02	17	4th	2 14 15 21 23 32
2017-10-04	6	4th	2 3 5 21 33 37
2017-09-13	3	4th	10 18 19 21 25 35
2017-09-02	6	3rd	10 20 21 22 30 37
2017-08-12	5	3rd	2 14 21 23 30 31
2017-07-26	3	4th	4 5 12 21 34 40
2017-07-15	1	3rd	17 18 21 34 37 40
2017-07-12	3	3rd	5 18 21 26 30 32
2017-07-01	35	5th	4 8 10 12 21 35
2017-03-01	12	4th	1 11 18 21 22 38
2017-01-18	5	4th	8 13 14 21 25 31
2016-12-31	5	5th	6 8 11 16 21 34
2016-12-14	10	3rd	10 12 21 24 29 40
2016-11-09	5	3rd	1 3 21 22 29 30
2016-10-22	1	4th	17 19 20 21 26 35
2016-10-19	8	4th	9 18 20 21 28 30
2016-09-21	6	4th	10 11 17 21 31 34
2016-08-31	5	2nd	16 21 28 31 33 37
2016-08-13	6	1st	21 22 23 24 26 40
2016-07-23	8	4th	5 6 9 21 25 33
2016-06-25	5	3rd	15 19 21 24 25 29
2016-06-08	13	2nd	16 21 24 32 39 40
2016-04-23	1	2nd	19 21 24 26 30 37
2016-04-20	5	5th	2 3 9 12 21 26
2016-04-02	6	4th	7 10 13 21 28 31
2016-03-12	3	5th	7 9 12 15 21 25
2016-03-02	9	3rd	5 11 21 22 26 36
2016-01-30	6	3rd	10 14 21 28 29 37
2016-01-09	7	3rd	3 8 21 30 31 37
2015-12-16	4	6th	4 5 14 18 19 21
2015-12-02	6	6th	5 14 15 17 18 21
2015-11-11	1	3rd	8 12 21 23 29 35
2015-11-07	7	5th	13 14 16 19 21 39
2015-10-14	18	4th	9 15 19 21 26 30
2015-06-20	9	3rd	15 18 21 36 37 40
2015-04-18	1	4th	6 15 18 21 23 37
2015-04-11	7	4th	3 4 19 21 26 33
2015-02-21	10	3rd	6 18 21 26 31 39
2014-12-13	1	3rd	8 18 21 28 33 38
2014-12-06	12	4th	11 14 19 21 23 26
2014-09-13	9	5th	5 7 14 19 21 27
2014-07-12	15	2nd	14 21 30 31 36 37
2014-03-29	16	5th	4 10 13 19 21 24
2013-12-07	5	3rd	3 11 21 25 26 31
2013-11-02	5	5th	1 5 12 15 21 29
2013-09-28	1	2nd	1 21 29 33 39 40
2013-09-21	6	5th	6 8 17 18 21 26
2013-08-10	3	2nd	5 21 23 27 30 38
2013-07-20	21	5th	1 6 10 20 21 36
2013-02-23	5	2nd	13 21 28 29 38 40
2013-01-19	6	3rd	5 19 21 32 36 39
2012-12-08	1	4th	9 13 18 21 24 27
2012-12-01	4	5th	8 10 14 15 21 39
2012-11-03	6	4th	1 2 15 21 35 36
2012-09-22	5	5th	9 12 17 19 21 35
2012-08-18	6	3rd	10 13 21 23 27 35
2012-07-07	5	3rd	8 11 21 27 39 40
2012-06-02	1	4th	10 11 15 21 24 33
2012-05-26	7	5th	8 10 12 20 21 39
2012-04-07	1	2nd	5 21 24 27 30 35
2012-03-31	7	3rd	4 5 21 24 35 40
2012-02-11	1	5th	2 7 9 17 21 33
2012-02-04	9	1st	21 23 26 33 34 38
2011-12-03	4	4th	4 15 18 21 32 33
2011-11-05	—	3rd	2 5 21 31 35 38