Number 21

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

250times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.78σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

11.4average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

56longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 250 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.4 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 16 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 smallest35 · chance 45.2
2nd smallest113 · chance 100.4
3rd smallest75 · chance 77.3
4th smallest26 · chance 24.4
5th smallest1 · chance 2.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 25 1 5 10 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-05	10	2nd	13 21 22 47 48
2026-01-26	8	4th	3 7 16 21 42
2026-01-18	18	1st	21 26 29 42 55
2025-12-31	4	3rd	7 10 21 35

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-04	4	2nd	1 21 24 32 46
2024-12-31	4	2nd	10 21 27 31 48
2024-12-27	6	3rd	10 11 21 28 51
2024-12-21	10	3rd	12 16 21 35 43
2024-12-11	14	4th	6 14 20 21 57
2024-11-27	8	2nd	17 21 25 31 47
2024-11-19	18	1st	21 23 30 33 47
2024-11-01	4	3rd	1 11 21 35 49
2024-10-28	19	2nd	14 21 36 43 59
2024-10-09	29	3rd	7 12 21 44 47
2024-09-10	9	4th	1 2 14 21 32
2024-09-01	9	2nd	6 21 33 49 50
2024-08-23	1	1st	21 26 32 39 58
2024-08-22	4	1st	21 28 30 40 53
2024-08-18	27	3rd	8 9 21 44 53
2024-07-22	8	3rd	11 16 21 34 45
2024-07-14	2	3rd	13 19 21 25 26
2024-07-12	45	4th	3 6 13 21 58
2024-05-28	14	3rd	1 3 21 23 60
2024-05-14	16	1st	21 24 25 27 34
2024-04-28	9	2nd	2 21 32 49 52
2024-04-19	6	4th	9 12 13 21 40
2024-04-13	16	2nd	14 21 24 27 38
2024-03-28	6	3rd	3 16 21 39 51
2024-03-22	20	3rd	3 11 21 38 42
2024-03-02	1	2nd	5 21 33 44 56
2024-03-01	1	2nd	6 21 36 39 55
2024-02-29	16	3rd	6 7 21 26 57
2024-02-13	2	3rd	3 7 21 41 49
2024-02-11	19	2nd	1 21 38 39 59
2024-01-23	30	2nd	6 21 42 43 54
2023-12-24	15	2nd	5 21 23 48 57
2023-12-09	9	1st	21 30 34 42 52
2023-11-30	8	3rd	7 14 21 58 60
2023-11-22	3	2nd	1 21 32 48 51
2023-11-19	4	3rd	3 19 21 40 48
2023-11-15	2	2nd	19 21 22 26 35
2023-11-13	1	3rd	5 16 21 50 57
2023-11-12	9	2nd	1 21 41 56 57
2023-11-03	9	2nd	14 21 30 32 55
2023-10-25	4	3rd	11 16 21 25 45
2023-10-21	36	4th	6 9 14 21 29
2023-09-15	5	3rd	2 4 21 24 51
2023-09-10	13	2nd	20 21 25 43 45
2023-08-28	7	2nd	15 21 33 40 44
2023-08-21	12	2nd	5 21 45 51 53
2023-08-09	4	2nd	17 21 29 34 48
2023-08-05	10	3rd	4 15 21 33 60
2023-07-26	20	2nd	15 21 37 39 42
2023-07-06	19	2nd	12 21 27 42 56
2023-06-17	22	3rd	11 14 21 41 58
2023-05-26	32	2nd	18 21 29 43 51
2023-04-24	6	1st	21 22 41 50 51
2023-04-18	9	5th	8 12 16 18 21
2023-04-09	2	3rd	9 16 21 27 28
2023-04-07	5	4th	10 17 20 21 54
2023-04-02	10	2nd	4 21 37 50 54
2023-03-23	27	3rd	6 19 21 26 41
2023-02-24	4	2nd	15 21 39 45 49
2023-02-20	28	2nd	13 21 23 49 51
2023-01-23	2	3rd	16 17 21 30 60
2023-01-21	23	2nd	4 21 28 32 36
2022-12-29	17	3rd	13 14 21 44 46
2022-12-12	1	3rd	5 18 21 50 52
2022-12-11	1	2nd	4 21 42 55 58
2022-12-10	4	3rd	5 14 21 31 50
2022-12-06	6	1st	21 29 34 36 41
2022-11-30	6	2nd	18 21 24 33 44
2022-11-24	19	2nd	4 21 46 56 59
2022-11-05	9	2nd	6 21 34 37 42
2022-10-27	5	2nd	6 21 32 55 59
2022-10-22	35	2nd	2 21 29 30 32
2022-09-17	3	2nd	2 21 32 42 54
2022-09-14	2	2nd	14 21 25 33 44
2022-09-12	4	1st	21 31 37 42 60
2022-09-08	6	1st	21 48 49 54 55
2022-09-02	10	2nd	2 21 27 39 49
2022-08-23	2	3rd	6 20 21 34 49
2022-08-21	7	2nd	2 21 30 48 58
2022-08-14	9	2nd	12 21 45 51 57
2022-08-05	3	3rd	6 20 21 26 57
2022-08-02	12	2nd	3 21 36 44 50
2022-07-21	11	4th	7 10 19 21 54
2022-07-10	12	4th	1 5 11 21 33
2022-06-28	1	1st	21 34 36 38 45
2022-06-27	36	2nd	9 21 34 44 48
2022-05-22	18	2nd	8 21 25 34 59
2022-05-04	26	2nd	8 21 22 34 53
2022-04-08	1	1st	21 25 45 46 54
2022-04-07	3	2nd	8 21 30 35 55
2022-04-04	10	2nd	16 21 43 49 53
2022-03-25	2	4th	2 5 8 21 55
2022-03-23	12	2nd	12 21 25 46 50
2022-03-11	2	2nd	6 21 31 36 59
2022-03-09	9	2nd	12 21 23 37 56
2022-02-28	4	2nd	17 21 27 30 54
2022-02-24	5	2nd	16 21 27 56 58
2022-02-19	2	2nd	2 21 31 45 59
2022-02-17	1	4th	9 11 14 21 35
2022-02-16	4	4th	2 7 14 21 25
2022-02-12	10	2nd	20 21 25 30 41
2022-02-02	12	2nd	17 21 22 28 44
2022-01-21	30	2nd	5 21 24 36 46
2021-12-22	41	4th	2 14 16 21 59
2021-11-11	3	2nd	5 21 31 45 47
2021-11-08	24	2nd	16 21 43 56 58
2021-10-15	8	3rd	4 11 21 34 38
2021-10-07	7	3rd	6 10 21 38 48
2021-09-30	3	4th	15 18 20 21 52
2021-09-27	19	4th	3 10 11 21 46
2021-09-08	18	4th	7 15 19 21 49
2021-08-21	11	1st	21 38 48 54 56
2021-08-10	10	4th	1 4 9 21 51
2021-07-31	16	2nd	10 21 44 53 58
2021-07-15	1	2nd	11 21 39 40 60
2021-07-14	6	2nd	10 21 35 46 48
2021-07-08	3	4th	1 8 15 21 48
2021-07-05	15	3rd	3 10 21 28 51
2021-06-20	8	1st	21 39 41 45 58
2021-06-12	3	2nd	16 21 23 24 58
2021-06-09	8	2nd	19 21 29 52 56
2021-06-01	5	1st	21 25 31 54 57
2021-05-27	7	3rd	5 14 21 38 42
2021-05-20	9	2nd	1 21 23 50 55
2021-05-11	4	2nd	6 21 25 56 57
2021-05-07	12	3rd	14 20 21 30 47
2021-04-25	19	3rd	6 10 21 44 50
2021-04-06	1	1st	21 23 25 34 51
2021-04-05	18	2nd	19 21 26 39 52
2021-03-18	2	2nd	9 21 22 37 59
2021-03-16	4	1st	21 44 45 53 58
2021-03-12	5	2nd	6 21 26 41 48
2021-03-07	1	1st	21 26 39 55 57
2021-03-06	12	3rd	2 7 21 32 37
2021-02-22	6	1st	21 22 24 28 41
2021-02-16	1	2nd	11 21 32 33 54
2021-02-15	27	3rd	8 18 21 28 46
2021-01-19	16	2nd	12 21 26 33 38
2021-01-03	5	3rd	10 15 21 25 30
2020-12-29	6	2nd	12 21 23 24 36
2020-12-23	3	3rd	1 18 21 23 32
2020-12-20	6	2nd	20 21 36 47 53
2020-12-14	6	3rd	6 15 21 33 42
2020-12-08	4	2nd	19 21 24 28 30
2020-12-04	8	2nd	9 21 27 48 56
2020-11-26	30	3rd	4 9 21 27 40
2020-10-27	36	3rd	1 13 21 30 41
2020-09-21	33	3rd	6 18 21 51 52
2020-08-19	11	2nd	16 21 32 41 56
2020-08-08	10	1st	21 37 41 43 60
2020-07-29	5	3rd	8 11 21 36 39
2020-07-24	8	1st	21 24 30 31 33
2020-07-16	1	2nd	12 21 23 25 57
2020-07-15	10	2nd	6 21 29 57 58
2020-07-05	4	3rd	11 15 21 52 58
2020-07-01	27	1st	21 31 34 38 47
2020-06-04	5	3rd	1 5 21 25 60
2020-05-30	1	2nd	9 21 24 42 44
2020-05-29	3	2nd	12 21 35 43 46
2020-05-26	13	3rd	10 13 21 31 41
2020-05-13	7	3rd	1 18 21 43 50
2020-05-06	3	3rd	9 17 21 25 34
2020-05-03	2	2nd	19 21 22 35 48
2020-05-01	3	1st	21 34 40 49 50
2020-04-28	15	2nd	18 21 36 41 48
2020-04-13	1	2nd	8 21 54 56 59
2020-04-12	4	2nd	4 21 23 29 59
2020-04-08	11	2nd	2 21 22 28 46
2020-03-28	13	1st	21 26 35 58 59
2020-03-15	11	1st	21 24 34 39 46
2020-03-04	7	4th	8 12 17 21 34
2020-02-26	16	2nd	17 21 32 36 52
2020-02-10	3	3rd	5 7 21 22 41
2020-02-07	13	3rd	10 15 21 49 50
2020-01-25	2	2nd	18 21 37 49 57
2020-01-23	9	2nd	14 21 24 49 60
2020-01-14	33	2nd	16 21 28 45 51
2019-12-12	2	2nd	6 21 49 53 55
2019-12-10	2	1st	21 32 36 39 53
2019-12-08	18	3rd	17 18 21 44 50
2019-11-20	5	2nd	17 21 31 49 51
2019-11-15	7	2nd	12 21 28 46 56
2019-11-08	2	2nd	11 21 31 52 57
2019-11-06	32	3rd	1 7 21 36 47
2019-10-05	14	4th	1 5 20 21 57
2019-09-21	22	2nd	13 21 23 26 48
2019-08-30	12	2nd	17 21 35 43 50
2019-08-18	22	1st	21 23 35 44 46
2019-07-27	5	3rd	4 6 21 26 52
2019-07-22	23	2nd	5 21 28 56 58
2019-06-24	16	4th	7 10 18 21 28
2019-04-29	9	2nd	1 21 24 30 35
2019-03-28	2	3rd	4 6 21 37 58
2019-03-21	6	2nd	15 21 27 31 52
2019-02-28	4	4th	3 15 18 21 35
2019-02-14	17	3rd	7 10 21 33 48
2018-12-17	18	3rd	9 19 21 44 50
2018-10-15	1	1st	21 23 31 55 57
2018-10-11	3	1st	21 27 46 51 53
2018-10-01	1	2nd	2 21 31 36 52
2018-09-27	4	1st	21 25 34 38 42
2018-09-13	13	1st	21 26 42 51 59
2018-07-30	7	1st	21 45 48 51 58
2018-07-05	21	2nd	16 21 28 31 44
2018-04-23	5	2nd	16 21 22 47 52
2018-04-05	1	3rd	3 10 21 24 59
2018-04-02	14	3rd	7 12 21 24 40
2018-02-12	3	4th	1 5 17 21 33
2018-02-01	13	3rd	10 20 21 25 52
2017-12-18	10	4th	8 9 12 21 45
2017-11-13	16	3rd	9 17 21 29 58
2017-09-18	9	2nd	4 21 26 35 42
2017-08-17	7	3rd	11 15 21 23 58
2017-07-24	56	3rd	7 20 21 41 59
2017-01-09	7	1st	21 28 31 44 51
2016-12-15	18	3rd	5 7 21 44 57
2016-10-13	13	3rd	3 19 21 26 43
2016-08-29	49	2nd	5 21 25 31 55
2016-03-10	1	3rd	6 12 21 40 57
2016-03-07	5	2nd	9 21 24 37 38
2016-02-18	25	1st	21 24 37 38 49
2015-11-23	1	2nd	4 21 42 43 59
2015-11-19	21	3rd	2 7 21 38 48
2015-09-07	6	2nd	4 21 26 45 46
2015-08-17	30	3rd	5 19 21 24 27
2015-05-04	—	3rd	3 5 21 30 60