Number 21

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

198times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.91σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

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

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 198 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 198 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 14 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 smallest14 · chance 18.1
2nd smallest61 · chance 63.1
3rd smallest78 · chance 74.9
4th smallest36 · chance 36.0
5th smallest9 · chance 5.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 39 45 20 28 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 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
2026-08-22	12	3rd	11 16 21 28 37
2026-07-11	2	3rd	1 4 21 36 44
2026-07-04	2	3rd	11 18 21 23 38
2026-06-27	22	2nd	16 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-10	12	2nd	9 21 32 34 42
2024-06-29	7	4th	8 10 12 21 25
2024-06-05	1	3rd	7 18 21 27 34
2024-06-01	1	5th	3 10 12 17 21
2024-05-29	24	3rd	4 19 21 25 37
2024-03-06	18	2nd	18 21 36 37 45
2024-01-03	7	4th	3 10 16 21 29
2023-12-09	21	3rd	14 19 21 32 47
2023-09-27	11	2nd	1 21 34 38 43
2023-08-19	18	2nd	15 21 28 42 43
2023-06-17	2	3rd	1 14 21 28 43
2023-06-10	3	4th	7 9 17 21 28
2023-05-31	1	3rd	1 17 21 23 30
2023-05-27	6	4th	4 17 20 21 36
2023-05-06	1	3rd	7 17 21 29 42
2023-05-03	10	3rd	17 20 21 24 44
2023-03-29	14	4th	7 9 12 21 39
2023-02-08	2	2nd	16 21 34 39 40
2023-02-01	4	3rd	9 20 21 30 36
2023-01-18	2	3rd	3 7 21 34 40
2023-01-11	19	3rd	7 16 21 44 46
2022-11-05	12	3rd	3 15 21 38 42
2022-09-24	13	3rd	6 12 21 23 36
2022-08-10	4	3rd	3 11 21 23 45
2022-07-27	15	5th	2 8 11 13 21
2022-06-04	4	3rd	9 13 21 27 45
2022-05-21	4	3rd	8 13 21 39 47
2022-05-07	2	3rd	13 20 21 29 46
2022-04-30	2	3rd	3 15 21 35 46
2022-04-23	11	3rd	13 19 21 22 39
2022-03-16	12	1st	21 28 33 45 46
2022-02-02	12	2nd	18 21 31 45 47
2021-12-22	8	4th	11 16 20 21 26
2021-11-24	12	5th	12 14 17 20 21
2021-10-13	1	3rd	1 14 21 37 40
2021-10-09	13	2nd	13 21 22 32 43
2021-08-25	3	3rd	2 6 21 39 47
2021-08-14	1	5th	2 13 17 19 21
2021-08-11	11	3rd	8 12 21 40 47
2021-07-03	5	3rd	4 9 21 33 40
2021-06-16	1	3rd	1 6 21 38 39
2021-06-12	9	3rd	5 10 21 22 36
2021-05-12	1	3rd	1 17 21 30 43
2021-05-08	16	3rd	10 12 21 22 28
2021-03-13	6	5th	3 7 8 13 21
2021-02-20	9	4th	2 5 8 21 45
2021-01-20	2	4th	5 8 15 21 37
2021-01-13	15	3rd	3 17 21 27 35
2020-11-21	6	4th	8 12 16 21 41
2020-10-31	22	4th	4 7 16 21 34
2020-08-15	5	3rd	14 18 21 42 45
2020-07-29	13	4th	2 16 20 21 34
2020-06-13	2	1st	21 25 30 34 42
2020-06-06	2	2nd	5 21 22 34 39
2020-05-30	8	3rd	6 13 21 36 38
2020-05-02	4	3rd	4 7 21 37 43
2020-04-18	12	4th	1 18 20 21 26
2020-03-07	15	4th	9 19 20 21 33
2020-01-15	5	2nd	7 21 28 42 44
2019-12-28	1	2nd	16 21 33 36 39
2019-12-25	6	2nd	20 21 32 36 37
2019-12-04	28	3rd	1 14 21 28 39
2019-08-28	7	3rd	14 16 21 31 39
2019-08-03	7	3rd	17 18 21 27 32
2019-07-10	10	4th	8 9 14 21 45
2019-06-05	13	3rd	12 16 21 28 41
2019-04-20	5	3rd	1 3 21 27 30
2019-04-03	1	3rd	2 9 21 37 42
2019-03-30	3	2nd	10 21 31 37 47
2019-03-20	1	2nd	15 21 25 28 41
2019-03-16	6	2nd	2 21 23 28 45
2019-02-23	15	2nd	15 21 23 26 34
2019-01-02	5	1st	21 29 39 42 47
2018-12-15	5	2nd	2 21 22 44 45
2018-11-28	14	2nd	18 21 26 34 43
2018-10-10	4	2nd	16 21 34 40 46
2018-09-26	14	2nd	9 21 28 32 36
2018-08-08	10	2nd	3 21 30 32 46
2018-07-04	28	1st	21 32 33 38 44
2018-03-28	16	4th	3 4 10 21 42
2018-01-31	7	4th	4 6 19 21 32
2018-01-06	6	3rd	4 15 21 24 39
2017-12-16	6	3rd	4 17 21 37 44
2017-11-25	3	3rd	13 17 21 25 46
2017-11-15	1	3rd	18 20 21 38 45
2017-11-11	11	3rd	4 16 21 39 47
2017-10-04	1	1st	21 24 27 30 39
2017-09-30	9	2nd	10 21 30 42 46
2017-08-30	3	1st	21 22 35 38 47
2017-08-19	15	3rd	8 14 21 27 47
2017-06-28	26	2nd	12 21 22 38 44
2017-03-29	28	4th	7 10 11 21 35
2016-12-21	6	2nd	16 21 28 40 41
2016-11-30	1	2nd	17 21 28 38 47
2016-11-26	4	3rd	1 16 21 22 39
2016-11-12	5	1st	21 35 37 40 44
2016-10-26	2	3rd	8 19 21 26 33
2016-10-19	30	5th	4 9 11 15 21
2016-07-06	6	2nd	17 21 29 45 46
2016-06-15	29	2nd	15 21 38 43 46
2016-03-05	5	5th	4 5 8 10 21
2016-02-17	4	1st	21 26 28 38 44
2016-02-03	9	3rd	11 14 21 32 47
2016-01-02	10	2nd	10 21 29 39 43
2015-11-28	3	4th	9 16 20 21 31
2015-11-18	9	2nd	13 21 34 37 41
2015-10-17	2	3rd	12 14 21 32 36
2015-10-10	6	1st	21 28 33 34 37
2015-09-19	1	2nd	17 21 27 30 47
2015-09-16	2	3rd	6 8 21 34 35
2015-09-09	7	4th	9 15 18 21 22
2015-08-15	6	2nd	14 21 27 30 45
2015-07-25	8	3rd	9 19 21 24 45
2015-06-27	28	4th	1 5 16 21 35
2015-03-21	8	2nd	2 21 28 39 45
2015-02-21	18	3rd	13 18 21 31 38
2014-12-20	1	3rd	5 7 21 31 33
2014-12-17	11	4th	6 7 14 21 26
2014-11-08	1	2nd	19 21 24 25 32
2014-11-05	1	3rd	1 15 21 24 26
2014-11-01	17	3rd	3 12 21 24 42
2014-09-03	33	3rd	12 18 21 26 41
2014-05-10	16	3rd	14 20 21 25 31
2014-03-15	8	3rd	10 20 21 23 36
2014-02-15	9	2nd	8 21 24 28 38
2014-01-15	2	2nd	9 21 34 43 46
2014-01-08	23	3rd	16 17 21 26 37
2013-10-19	18	2nd	4 21 33 38 41
2013-08-17	3	4th	5 8 19 21 37
2013-08-07	9	1st	21 29 31 35 45
2013-07-06	20	4th	2 18 20 21 45
2013-04-27	6	1st	21 32 36 39 40
2013-04-06	1	2nd	20 21 32 37 41
2013-04-03	3	2nd	15 21 25 31 44
2013-03-23	4	3rd	4 11 21 26 46
2013-03-09	29	3rd	3 11 21 36 47
2012-11-28	14	4th	2 9 13 21 46
2012-10-10	26	1st	21 35 40 44 47
2012-07-11	10	2nd	12 21 39 40 43
2012-06-06	8	3rd	4 18 21 23 42
2012-05-09	3	2nd	2 21 31 43 47
2012-04-28	7	4th	7 12 20 21 40
2012-04-04	4	2nd	7 21 26 28 30
2012-03-21	4	2nd	8 21 31 40 42
2012-03-07	22	3rd	11 18 21 30 34
2011-12-21	9	2nd	8 21 38 43 44
2011-11-19	2	3rd	4 18 21 33 39
2011-11-12	6	1st	21 22 25 28 43
2011-10-22	6	1st	21 27 34 39 45
2011-10-01	10	5th	3 5 13 15 21
2011-08-27	7	4th	6 7 17 21 25
2011-08-03	6	3rd	1 19 21 25 46
2011-07-13	1	3rd	3 13 21 25 36
2011-07-09	7	3rd	4 5 21 23 27
2011-06-15	17	4th	6 19 20 21 27
2011-04-16	12	2nd	7 21 25 26 35
2011-03-05	2	2nd	15 21 22 33 45
2011-02-26	3	2nd	9 21 23 41 47
2011-02-16	4	4th	2 8 16 21 23
2011-02-02	2	3rd	4 20 21 24 47
2011-01-26	4	3rd	11 18 21 27 47
2011-01-12	6	2nd	11 21 26 27 44
2010-12-22	31	3rd	3 18 21 22 42
2010-09-04	3	3rd	12 15 21 30 45
2010-08-25	1	2nd	6 21 22 30 38
2010-08-21	1	3rd	13 16 21 23 31
2010-08-18	11	2nd	18 21 28 43 47
2010-07-10	1	2nd	13 21 23 26 33
2010-07-07	6	5th	2 6 9 10 21
2010-06-16	20	2nd	17 21 26 37 42
2010-04-07	13	2nd	9 21 23 30 36
2010-02-20	1	3rd	19 20 21 24 45
2010-02-17	2	2nd	11 21 23 29 41
2010-02-10	—	2nd	19 21 26 30 42