Number 21

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

186times drawn · chance expected 198 −0.92σ

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

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

45longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 186 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −0.92σ. 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 186 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 smallest16 · chance 14.4
2nd smallest54 · chance 51.5
3rd smallest67 · chance 67.4
4th smallest39 · chance 40.5
5th smallest10 · chance 11.1
6th smallest0 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 43 14 39 40 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-08-15	3	4th	9 10 14 21 32 34
2026-08-05	11	3rd	4 19 21 22 30 45
2026-06-27	5	3rd	2 10 21 26 30 44
2026-06-10

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-27	11	4th	2 8 19 21 27 46
2023-11-18	17	2nd	5 21 31 32 34 48
2023-09-20	8	3rd	4 20 21 35 42 45
2023-08-23	33	3rd	5 10 21 27 39 50
2023-04-29	2	3rd	14 18 21 33 35 48
2023-04-22	5	4th	7 9 19 21 35 40
2023-04-05	5	3rd	4 5 21 39 43 48
2023-03-18	22	2nd	14 21 26 38 45 49
2022-12-31	1	4th	4 15 17 21 24 49
2022-12-28	5	1st	21 28 31 36 37 50
2022-12-10	25	4th	12 15 18 21 22 46
2022-09-14	6	1st	21 25 28 39 41 45
2022-08-24	12	4th	5 7 16 21 30 35
2022-07-13	26	2nd	13 21 24 31 32 33
2022-04-13	9	1st	21 30 38 43 48 49
2022-03-12	2	2nd	17 21 25 31 40 44
2022-03-05	2	5th	9 12 13 19 21 31
2022-02-26	38	1st	21 23 34 35 38 39
2021-10-16	12	2nd	10 21 27 30 31 32
2021-09-04	1	4th	12 13 19 21 42 53
2021-09-01	4	4th	1 13 18 21 37 43
2021-08-18	7	2nd	12 21 31 40 43 53
2021-07-24	3	4th	7 13 18 21 32 48
2021-07-14	13	3rd	10 15 21 31 32 53
2021-05-29	8	1st	21 27 35 41 49 52
2021-05-01	3	3rd	10 13 21 22 28 38
2021-04-21	6	3rd	6 11 21 28 39 51
2021-03-31	3	2nd	9 21 34 35 37 43
2021-03-20	23	2nd	20 21 32 34 41 47
2020-12-30	11	3rd	12 13 21 39 41 46
2020-11-21	3	2nd	5 21 30 32 48 52
2020-11-11	19	3rd	5 18 21 22 45 51
2020-09-05	9	3rd	6 10 21 28 40 44
2020-08-05	20	1st	21 24 33 45 48 52
2020-05-27	29	2nd	18 21 27 31 38 52
2020-02-15	7	5th	8 10 11 14 21 50
2020-01-22	8	4th	2 9 20 21 26 44
2019-12-25	12	3rd	5 15 21 42 47 53
2019-11-13	11	3rd	11 14 21 46 49 51
2019-10-05	18	4th	14 17 20 21 43 52
2019-08-03	29	2nd	6 21 33 34 51 53
2019-04-24	9	3rd	2 4 21 27 32 45
2019-03-23	18	2nd	2 21 23 25 33 34
2019-01-19	7	4th	6 8 19 21 39 46
2018-12-26	7	4th	1 14 17 21 40 43
2018-12-01	3	1st	21 30 39 44 45 46
2018-11-21	18	4th	12 14 20 21 34 50
2018-09-19	3	4th	5 14 17 21 23 53
2018-09-08	21	2nd	20 21 22 35 45 53
2018-06-27	4	2nd	3 21 28 38 42 52
2018-06-13	2	3rd	6 15 21 26 44 50
2018-06-06	1	2nd	19 21 38 43 47 48
2018-06-02	4	3rd	15 20 21 23 28 52
2018-05-19	4	5th	4 12 14 19 21 51
2018-05-05	15	2nd	9 21 37 38 39 47
2018-03-14	4	3rd	11 16 21 27 30 31
2018-02-28	7	5th	1 7 9 10 21 48
2018-02-03	1	3rd	16 19 21 37 50 51
2018-01-31	2	2nd	15 21 32 40 41 46
2018-01-24	21	4th	4 17 20 21 26 39
2017-11-11	34	2nd	13 21 32 37 40 44
2017-07-15	11	3rd	2 17 21 22 39 43
2017-06-07	7	3rd	3 12 21 35 41 50
2017-05-13	2	4th	4 16 20 21 27 43
2017-05-06	11	5th	5 6 13 16 21 48
2017-03-29	2	3rd	1 8 21 23 31 36
2017-03-22	6	3rd	3 13 21 30 32 42
2017-03-01	1	4th	9 12 17 21 30 49
2017-02-25	2	2nd	20 21 35 39 49 53
2017-02-18	1	3rd	9 15 21 44 46 47
2017-02-15	12	4th	6 17 20 21 40 43
2017-01-04	4	2nd	13 21 24 38 47 48
2016-12-21	3	4th	2 4 7 21 34 48
2016-12-10	4	3rd	8 17 21 41 42 45
2016-11-26	8	2nd	8 21 33 36 37 38
2016-10-29	12	2nd	6 21 22 39 43 44
2016-09-17	1	2nd	14 21 26 31 35 49
2016-09-14	13	1st	21 25 32 37 39 43
2016-07-30	17	2nd	10 21 22 40 42 50
2016-06-01	26	3rd	6 17 21 31 41 51
2016-03-02	2	4th	18 19 20 21 24 38
2016-02-24	3	2nd	3 21 33 43 45 50
2016-02-13	26	3rd	9 10 21 23 37 53
2015-11-14	6	2nd	11 21 27 31 44 51
2015-10-24	3	4th	12 17 18 21 46 49
2015-10-14	18	4th	7 10 19 21 31 38
2015-08-12	4	2nd	15 21 23 25 34 42
2015-07-29	7	3rd	4 16 21 26 41 52
2015-07-04	2	3rd	14 16 21 28 34 43
2015-06-27	6	3rd	6 14 21 29 30 48
2015-06-06	7	2nd	16 21 23 29 32 38
2015-05-13	6	4th	7 12 15 21 26 43
2015-04-22	16	4th	11 13 14 21 35 43
2015-02-25	7	2nd	4 21 29 31 43 51
2015-01-31	8	2nd	2 21 28 31 47 52
2015-01-03	5	2nd	2 21 24 44 50 51
2014-12-17	9	4th	4 5 18 21 35 48
2014-11-15	3	2nd	3 21 39 45 47 53
2014-11-05	5	3rd	15 17 21 22 47 51
2014-10-18	6	2nd	1 21 25 27 29 40
2014-09-27	3	4th	2 3 9 21 23 33
2014-09-17	1	3rd	6 10 21 34 45 47
2014-09-13	1	2nd	11 21 31 33 46 50
2014-09-10	6	3rd	4 5 21 34 45 52
2014-08-20	16	3rd	9 18 21 39 40 51
2014-06-25	2	3rd	2 9 21 36 39 48
2014-06-18	1	3rd	10 15 21 25 26 36
2014-06-14	1	3rd	3 8 21 23 35 51
2014-06-11	13	2nd	14 21 31 42 45 52
2014-04-26	2	3rd	8 17 21 29 36 42
2014-04-19	2	5th	9 11 12 14 21 39
2014-04-12	10	4th	6 9 14 21 28 29
2014-03-08	12	5th	7 9 13 17 21 43
2014-01-25	16	4th	2 3 7 21 36 43
2013-11-30	2	2nd	18 21 29 30 35 45
2013-11-23	4	2nd	1 21 36 40 44 45
2013-11-09	4	4th	9 12 15 21 33 45
2013-10-26	17	3rd	10 16 21 25 37 49
2013-08-28	11	4th	3 9 11 21 24 49
2013-07-20	12	2nd	8 21 22 27 40 44
2013-06-08	4	1st	21 24 34 41 47 52
2013-05-25	1	2nd	1 21 26 30 46 48
2013-05-22	6	1st	21 24 33 37 43 46
2013-05-01	6	4th	4 9 17 21 35 51
2013-04-10	15	2nd	14 21 24 32 41 45
2013-02-16	7	2nd	8 21 26 27 30 40
2013-01-23	1	2nd	15 21 22 24 39 41
2013-01-19	4	3rd	12 13 21 26 46 48
2013-01-05	2	3rd	8 19 21 23 36 40
2012-12-29	16	3rd	15 18 21 31 40 41
2012-11-03	3	3rd	10 16 21 23 41 44
2012-10-24	7	3rd	8 11 21 26 28 38
2012-09-29	4	3rd	10 15 21 28 35 41
2012-09-15	1	3rd	5 12 21 24 51 53
2012-09-12	1	5th	2 6 7 11 21 41
2012-09-08	19	2nd	14 21 27 31 45 52
2012-07-04	6	3rd	7 11 21 28 43 46
2012-06-13	10	3rd	1 2 21 42 45 49
2012-05-09	22	5th	1 6 14 17 21 34
2012-02-22	14	4th	6 12 17 21 26 42
2012-01-04	5	3rd	9 18 21 22 33 51
2011-12-17	4	2nd	6 21 40 46 51 52
2011-12-03	25	1st	21 27 39 48 49 53
2011-09-07	7	1st	21 26 32 35 39 44
2011-08-13	3	2nd	4 21 28 37 41 44
2011-08-03	17	2nd	14 21 22 24 44 48
2011-06-04	14	5th	5 8 16 18 21 51
2011-04-16	3	3rd	1 12 21 33 34 40
2011-04-06	1	3rd	2 15 21 22 24 45
2011-04-02	3	2nd	8 21 34 35 37 40
2011-03-23	22	3rd	7 10 21 33 39 41
2011-01-05	6	4th	11 16 19 21 37 45
2010-12-15	37	3rd	3 4 21 25 35 40
2010-08-07	7	3rd	11 12 21 26 35 48
2010-07-14	8	2nd	13 21 25 26 37 46
2010-06-16	11	3rd	6 8 21 24 41 53
2010-05-08	4	4th	1 15 18 21 22 51
2010-04-24	6	2nd	12 21 25 34 47 53
2010-04-03	5	2nd	6 21 28 30 31 34
2010-03-17	2	4th	8 10 18 21 31 40
2010-03-10	2	4th	5 12 20 21 42 48
2010-03-03	—	1st	21 33 34 38 43 44