Number 21

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

277times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.57σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

49longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 277 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 277 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 1 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 smallest8 · chance 7.5
2nd smallest41 · chance 44.2
3rd smallest84 · chance 93.4
4th smallest86 · chance 88.5
5th smallest46 · chance 37.6
6th smallest12 · chance 5.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 25 19 40 9 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-07	7	3rd	3 17 21 25 26 35
2026-09-21	4	5th	5 9 12 17 21 30
2026-09-12	1	4th	3 9 10 21 23 37
2026-09-09	10	5th	13

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-26	3	3rd	3 6 21 31 37 38
2025-11-19	5	6th	4 5 13 15 16 21
2025-11-08	2	4th	7 18 20 21 25 27
2025-11-03	1	4th	8 11 19 21 35 37
2025-11-01	8	3rd	9 15 21 36 37 40
2025-10-13	3	6th	2 7 10 14 15 21
2025-10-06	4	4th	4 7 11 21 28 39
2025-09-27	4	3rd	13 15 21 34 35 37
2025-09-17	7	4th	1 2 17 21 29 38
2025-09-01	4	3rd	5 13 21 25 30 33
2025-08-23	10	4th	8 9 11 21 28 38
2025-07-30	1	4th	9 12 14 21 24 30
2025-07-28	15	2nd	17 21 25 29 31 39
2025-06-23	7	4th	4 9 18 21 36 37
2025-06-07	4	3rd	2 7 21 27 28 40
2025-05-28	17	4th	3 5 12 21 24 29
2025-04-19	4	4th	7 9 17 21 26 30
2025-04-09	8	5th	4 7 16 18 21 36
2025-03-22	8	3rd	8 15 21 31 37 39
2025-03-03	6	3rd	14 18 21 25 27 39
2025-02-17	14	3rd	4 12 21 22 33 40
2025-01-15	1	5th	2 13 14 16 21 25
2025-01-13	5	3rd	5 9 21 25 35 39
2025-01-01	19	3rd	12 19 21 37 38 40
2024-11-16	9	4th	4 10 12 21 29 33
2024-10-26	2	4th	9 16 19 21 24 33
2024-10-21	2	5th	4 11 13 19 21 40
2024-10-16	6	3rd	6 7 21 28 38 39
2024-10-02	5	5th	6 12 19 20 21 33
2024-09-21	1	4th	7 10 17 21 25 39
2024-09-18	2	4th	3 8 11 21 23 33
2024-09-14	1	4th	1 5 14 21 36 39
2024-09-11	2	4th	1 3 15 21 29 33
2024-09-07	13	2nd	4 21 25 29 31 32
2024-08-07	4	5th	1 6 7 14 21 34
2024-07-29	4	3rd	1 18 21 26 29 38
2024-07-20	3	5th	2 4 6 18 21 28
2024-07-13	11	4th	1 2 16 21 23 34
2024-06-17	5	4th	7 10 17 21 22 33
2024-06-05	9	2nd	14 21 24 33 35 37
2024-05-15	4	5th	3 10 12 19 21 29
2024-05-06	20	2nd	17 21 29 30 31 35
2024-03-20	5	5th	6 10 11 20 21 29
2024-03-09	10	2nd	4 21 24 31 32 38
2024-02-14	6	4th	9 14 19 21 34 40
2024-01-31	1	2nd	17 21 26 29 33 40
2024-01-29	7	3rd	10 13 21 22 25 37
2024-01-13	1	5th	3 14 15 17 21 31
2024-01-10	10	3rd	13 19 21 27 28 37
2023-12-16	17	4th	6 7 10 21 25 33
2023-11-06	5	4th	9 16 18 21 39 40
2023-10-25	2	2nd	12 21 24 26 33 36
2023-10-21	8	4th	2 9 19 21 34 37
2023-10-02	2	4th	8 9 16 21 23 40
2023-09-27	1	3rd	8 17 21 26 29 39
2023-09-25	3	3rd	4 16 21 23 33 38
2023-09-16	33	4th	8 11 17 21 27 32
2023-05-24	4	4th	9 11 16 21 32 35
2023-05-10	4	2nd	11 21 26 33 37 40
2023-04-26	1	6th	9 12 13 14 17 21
2023-04-22	13	3rd	12 20 21 25 35 39
2023-03-08	10	2nd	19 21 26 31 33 40
2023-02-01	1	2nd	2 21 23 27 30 37
2023-01-28	3	3rd	5 8 21 22 35 40
2023-01-18	12	2nd	20 21 25 26 33 39
2022-12-07	24	6th	1 4 7 9 13 21
2022-09-14	17	4th	7 13 20 21 27 29
2022-07-16	8	4th	6 8 9 21 24 40
2022-06-18	5	3rd	1 14 21 31 35 38
2022-06-01	2	4th	4 18 20 21 32 33
2022-05-25	4	3rd	10 18 21 25 28 33
2022-05-11	1	1st	21 25 29 31 33 37
2022-05-07	1	5th	6 11 14 15 21 28
2022-05-04	3	3rd	6 19 21 31 33 40
2022-04-23	17	5th	8 10 16 19 21 30
2022-02-23	11	4th	9 10 17 21 39 40
2022-01-15	2	3rd	6 15 21 28 32 37
2022-01-08	4	4th	9 10 18 21 24 31
2021-12-22	4	2nd	8 21 23 27 28 35
2021-12-08	2	5th	8 11 17 19 21 40
2021-12-01	3	2nd	11 21 22 30 32 34
2021-11-20	3	4th	2 17 20 21 24 38
2021-11-10	4	2nd	11 21 28 29 32 40
2021-10-27	5	4th	3 5 10 21 29 36
2021-10-09	7	3rd	13 18 21 24 28 40
2021-09-15	21	5th	3 5 10 15 21 36
2021-07-03	2	3rd	12 17 21 22 25 33
2021-06-26	1	2nd	19 21 27 28 31 38
2021-06-23	10	2nd	4 21 25 27 32 35
2021-05-19	5	5th	6 10 18 19 21 27
2021-05-01	1	5th	4 5 8 20 21 27
2021-04-28	10	3rd	8 19 21 24 29 34
2021-03-24	7	4th	7 10 20 21 33 35
2021-02-27	9	5th	6 12 14 17 21 25
2021-01-27	18	4th	3 9 11 21 29 36
2020-11-25	6	2nd	3 21 22 23 30 37
2020-11-04	5	2nd	20 21 28 32 33 35
2020-10-17	3	4th	4 8 16 21 33 38
2020-10-07	2	5th	3 12 14 20 21 23
2020-09-30	20	3rd	12 16 21 23 32 40
2020-07-22	14	3rd	7 14 21 23 27 37
2020-06-03	4	4th	5 7 10 21 22 33
2020-05-20	10	4th	6 13 20 21 26 34
2020-04-15	2	4th	3 8 11 21 22 39
2020-04-08	8	5th	9 10 16 17 21 31
2020-03-11	2	2nd	10 21 23 26 37 40
2020-03-04	2	3rd	18 20 21 22 30 32
2020-02-26	4	2nd	7 21 32 33 37 40
2020-02-12	1	4th	6 14 20 21 23 30
2020-02-08	24	3rd	9 13 21 22 32 37
2019-11-13	2	3rd	2 5 21 27 28 40
2019-11-06	1	6th	4 8 11 15 18 21
2019-11-02	4	3rd	15 18 21 22 36 39
2019-10-19	8	3rd	9 11 21 23 26 32
2019-09-21	6	4th	1 3 12 21 23 36
2019-08-31	21	3rd	13 15 21 22 24 27
2019-06-19	4	2nd	16 21 22 25 28 38
2019-06-05	1	5th	2 11 12 13 21 28
2019-06-01	1	5th	1 11 14 17 21 36
2019-05-29	8	3rd	3 5 21 31 37 41
2019-05-01	4	4th	14 15 16 21 33 38
2019-04-17	1	3rd	8 16 21 22 24 28
2019-04-13	16	4th	7 15 18 21 23 33
2019-02-16	3	3rd	1 19 21 28 32 34
2019-02-06	8	4th	1 14 16 21 32 41
2019-01-09	8	4th	3 5 19 21 31 34
2018-12-12	9	3rd	11 19 21 28 36 42
2018-11-10	5	3rd	3 16 21 22 30 36
2018-10-24	20	4th	5 9 18 21 23 31
2018-08-15	2	3rd	3 20 21 22 24 42
2018-08-08	1	5th	2 6 10 11 21 38
2018-08-04	3	4th	1 7 12 21 29 38
2018-07-25	5	5th	5 11 15 19 21 42
2018-07-07	8	5th	3 11 17 18 21 39
2018-06-09	1	2nd	15 21 22 25 26 27
2018-06-06	6	1st	21 23 26 28 30 37
2018-05-16	1	4th	1 12 16 21 30 42
2018-05-12	1	3rd	2 17 21 22 25 34
2018-05-09	18	4th	13 14 17 21 26 34
2018-03-07	8	2nd	19 21 25 26 31 42
2018-02-07	3	6th	1 5 6 9 15 21
2018-01-27	2	5th	6 13 14 17 21 24
2018-01-20	5	2nd	15 21 32 33 34 38
2018-01-03	8	5th	7 12 15 19 21 23
2017-12-06	5	6th	1 5 14 18 20 21
2017-11-18	8	3rd	14 15 21 22 40 41
2017-10-21	5	4th	13 14 16 21 39 42
2017-10-04	9	3rd	4 19 21 25 29 42
2017-09-02	3	4th	1 14 17 21 22 35
2017-08-23	7	6th	2 3 6 8 14 21
2017-07-29	25	1st	21 23 29 30 33 37
2017-05-03	2	2nd	8 21 28 34 35 39
2017-04-26	7	4th	5 10 16 21 25 38
2017-04-01	5	5th	1 11 14 15 21 30
2017-03-15	9	3rd	2 19 21 30 33 37
2017-02-11	2	3rd	1 19 21 27 38 40
2017-02-04	11	4th	6 18 19 21 31 41
2016-12-28	18	3rd	6 10 21 26 29 32
2016-10-26	3	4th	3 9 17 21 23 35
2016-10-15	2	5th	9 15 18 19 21 31
2016-10-08	5	5th	8 15 17 18 21 25
2016-09-21	4	3rd	6 16 21 22 23 35
2016-09-07	3	1st	21 22 25 26 41 42
2016-08-27	2	5th	1 4 13 19 21 35
2016-08-20	7	4th	1 10 12 21 23 40
2016-07-27	1	5th	1 5 7 16 21 27
2016-07-23	2	4th	8 13 17 21 22 27
2016-07-16	4	1st	21 25 26 27 29 34
2016-07-02	6	2nd	14 21 24 30 34 41
2016-06-11	2	2nd	18 21 25 27 35 38
2016-06-04	16	4th	7 19 20 21 36 39
2016-04-09	5	4th	6 10 16 21 33 36
2016-03-23	16	3rd	3 20 21 22 39 42
2016-01-27	5	5th	2 9 10 15 21 22
2016-01-09	5	3rd	6 15 21 33 36 42
2015-12-23	17	3rd	6 11 21 25 26 40
2015-10-24	3	3rd	7 12 21 23 31 40
2015-10-14	9	5th	2 13 17 20 21 35
2015-09-12	6	2nd	20 21 24 33 37 38
2015-08-22	8	5th	5 7 14 16 21 40
2015-07-25	5	4th	4 9 14 21 29 31
2015-07-08	5	3rd	17 20 21 24 36 41
2015-06-20	7	3rd	7 19 21 23 34 39
2015-05-27	9	4th	5 12 19 21 25 42
2015-04-25	4	3rd	1 18 21 29 32 34
2015-04-11	17	3rd	4 11 21 28 33 41
2015-02-11	5	3rd	4 8 21 26 28 39
2015-01-24	4	4th	5 7 18 21 26 27
2015-01-10	4	3rd	3 13 21 24 26 29
2014-12-27	17	4th	6 12 14 21 36 41
2014-10-29	5	3rd	12 17 21 29 40 42
2014-10-11	21	4th	1 9 19 21 26 33
2014-07-30	12	4th	6 7 14 21 28 40
2014-06-18	4	3rd	5 13 21 28 38 39
2014-06-04	3	3rd	8 13 21 26 38 41
2014-05-24	1	2nd	2 21 23 28 33 40
2014-05-21	2	4th	12 17 18 21 23 34
2014-05-14	7	2nd	12 21 22 24 29 40
2014-04-19	5	4th	5 10 12 21 31 37
2014-04-02	10	1st	21 24 29 30 35 38
2014-02-26	4	6th	3 4 6 11 17 21
2014-02-12	1	2nd	14 21 23 24 36 40
2014-02-08	10	3rd	1 16 21 25 26 36
2014-01-04	7	3rd	11 15 21 24 32 34
2013-12-07	8	1st	21 26 27 32 37 42
2013-11-09	4	5th	4 7 10 18 21 25
2013-10-26	17	3rd	1 3 21 33 36 40
2013-08-28	2	4th	6 16 18 21 37 42
2013-08-21	7	3rd	12 19 21 32 33 35
2013-07-27	9	5th	1 6 15 19 21 36
2013-06-26	1	3rd	9 19 21 28 29 31
2013-06-22	9	4th	3 4 20 21 28 33
2013-05-22	19	4th	9 16 19 21 28 29
2013-03-16	4	2nd	18 21 27 29 30 38
2013-03-02	4	3rd	10 20 21 29 30 36
2013-02-16	8	3rd	3 9 21 30 32 33
2013-01-19	3	6th	8 9 11 15 16 21
2013-01-09	3	3rd	10 20 21 23 30 42
2012-12-29	20	4th	14 16 20 21 33 40
2012-10-20	3	4th	1 9 11 21 33 35
2012-10-10	5	3rd	11 15 21 25 27 35
2012-09-22	2	4th	4 13 16 21 29 38
2012-09-15	15	2nd	5 21 27 28 38 41
2012-07-25	49	3rd	4 13 21 23 28 38
2012-02-04	1	2nd	13 21 27 28 30 36
2012-02-01	3	5th	14 15 16 19 21 36
2012-01-21	3	2nd	5 21 30 33 36 42
2012-01-11	6	3rd	8 12 21 36 40 42
2011-12-21	7	4th	1 3 17 21 35 39
2011-11-26	1	2nd	20 21 25 33 37 42
2011-11-23	2	4th	9 10 19 21 24 33
2011-11-16	7	4th	5 14 16 21 29 38
2011-10-22	3	2nd	8 21 25 28 32 33
2011-10-12	1	5th	4 7 8 19 21 27
2011-10-08	9	3rd	5 6 21 24 25 33
2011-09-07	3	5th	1 12 14 18 21 28
2011-08-27	3	6th	12 14 16 18 19 21
2011-08-17	4	5th	2 8 12 15 21 27
2011-08-03	5	4th	4 6 9 21 24 25
2011-07-16	4	4th	1 9 18 21 34 35
2011-07-02	5	5th	1 3 7 15 21 42
2011-06-15	2	3rd	12 18 21 25 32 40
2011-06-08	18	1st	21 24 25 33 34 39
2011-04-06	8	4th	10 17 18 21 35 40
2011-03-09	13	3rd	4 18 21 22 35 42
2011-01-22	24	2nd	7 21 26 29 34 37
2010-10-27	6	3rd	2 15 21 30 32 36
2010-10-06	13	5th	1 4 5 10 21 23
2010-08-21	10	4th	15 16 18 21 25 36
2010-07-17	3	3rd	10 11 21 24 28 33
2010-07-07	1	3rd	6 17 21 35 36 37
2010-07-03	19	4th	3 5 6 21 34 40
2010-04-28	—	3rd	10 17 21 24 26 37