Number 21

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,400 draws, 5 from 1–45.

372times drawn · chance expected 378 −0.32σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 372 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, −0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 372 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest22 · chance 29.1
2nd smallest115 · chance 110.9
3rd smallest147 · chance 143.7
4th smallest75 · chance 75.0
5th smallest13 · chance 13.3

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.

28 42 6 3 19 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	9	3rd	1 19 21 26 32
2026-09-28	7	4th	6 7 12 21 42
2026-09-21	8	2nd	1 21 27 41 42
2026-09-13	15	3rd	2 3 21 27

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-15	2	2nd	4 21 24 41 43
2026-01-13	20	1st	21 29 32 42 43
2025-12-24	5	4th	7 9 15 21 26
2025-12-19	6	1st	21 23 26 29 44
2025-12-13	8	3rd	6 15 21 36 41
2025-12-05	4	3rd	2 3 21 29 43
2025-12-01	12	3rd	6 9 21 30 41
2025-11-19	7	2nd	5 21 30 37 41
2025-11-12	5	3rd	8 9 21 36 45
2025-11-07	9	3rd	11 15 21 25 35
2025-10-29	1	4th	2 17 19 21 22
2025-10-28	1	4th	7 11 20 21 43
2025-10-27	1	3rd	2 8 21 40 43
2025-10-26	6	3rd	14 20 21 36 45
2025-10-20	8	2nd	6 21 25 29 44
2025-10-12	4	2nd	17 21 25 33 34
2025-10-08	4	3rd	11 14 21 31 36
2025-10-04	1	3rd	8 16 21 25 42
2025-10-03	2	3rd	15 17 21 24 38
2025-10-01	12	4th	7 10 12 21 43
2025-09-19	1	2nd	15 21 24 25 28
2025-09-18	28	2nd	10 21 24 29 35
2025-08-21	10	3rd	8 20 21 35 42
2025-08-11	8	2nd	18 21 27 32 40
2025-08-03	4	2nd	6 21 26 35 42
2025-07-30	3	4th	7 13 14 21 38
2025-07-27	8	1st	21 30 36 37 43
2025-07-19	9	2nd	16 21 28 35 37
2025-07-10	13	1st	21 22 37 40 43
2025-06-27	5	4th	13 16 19 21 26
2025-06-22	3	1st	21 25 31 34 39
2025-06-19	19	4th	5 10 11 21 40
2025-05-31	9	3rd	16 18 21 23 42
2025-05-22	4	4th	5 9 11 21 26
2025-05-18	3	2nd	1 21 24 33 36
2025-05-15	1	3rd	14 19 21 35 42
2025-05-14	4	4th	3 10 16 21 36
2025-05-10	4	3rd	13 20 21 23 42
2025-05-06	21	4th	6 11 20 21 39
2025-04-15	3	4th	10 15 20 21 41
2025-04-12	6	3rd	10 20 21 24 44
2025-04-06	4	2nd	15 21 26 30 42
2025-04-02	12	3rd	5 13 21 22 43
2025-03-21	6	4th	5 6 12 21 33
2025-03-15	2	2nd	10 21 34 38 42
2025-03-13	5	2nd	19 21 26 35 43
2025-03-08	3	2nd	12 21 37 39 43
2025-03-05	13	1st	21 25 30 33 45
2025-02-20	3	3rd	1 5 21 32 42
2025-02-17	3	3rd	3 5 21 23 44
2025-02-14	4	3rd	4 5 21 38 41
2025-02-10	5	3rd	7 9 21 23 37
2025-02-05	4	3rd	2 18 21 34 36
2025-02-01	3	2nd	10 21 23 32 34
2025-01-29	1	3rd	16 17 21 29 33
2025-01-28	20	3rd	4 15 21 23 37
2025-01-08	3	2nd	6 21 27 37 41
2025-01-05	1	4th	1 3 11 21 32
2025-01-04	4	3rd	6 16 21 26 28
2024-12-31	11	3rd	5 14 21 30 45
2024-12-20	2	4th	3 11 13 21 35
2024-12-18	19	1st	21 22 32 41 42
2024-11-29	13	1st	21 22 27 31 39
2024-11-16	9	2nd	15 21 30 31 38
2024-11-07	7	3rd	13 17 21 37 38
2024-10-31	7	3rd	3 6 21 31 45
2024-10-24	2	1st	21 23 25 26 44
2024-10-22	8	3rd	7 12 21 28 31
2024-10-14	13	2nd	19 21 24 26 31
2024-10-01	22	3rd	13 18 21 26 35
2024-09-09	9	5th	5 6 8 16 21
2024-08-31	2	3rd	2 3 21 24 33
2024-08-29	2	1st	21 23 26 44 45
2024-08-27	2	2nd	7 21 24 36 43
2024-08-25	3	3rd	3 20 21 33 43
2024-08-22	6	3rd	3 13 21 28 34
2024-08-16	11	3rd	10 12 21 25 41
2024-08-05	2	2nd	15 21 24 30 37
2024-08-03	3	3rd	8 11 21 25 31
2024-07-31	15	3rd	11 13 21 30 45
2024-07-16	9	3rd	5 13 21 26 31
2024-07-07	20	2nd	10 21 23 28 42
2024-06-17	22	5th	10 13 18 19 21
2024-05-26	11	3rd	6 13 21 34 35
2024-05-15	1	2nd	13 21 34 40 43
2024-05-14	9	4th	4 10 13 21 22
2024-05-05	9	2nd	9 21 23 28 43
2024-04-26	4	3rd	2 20 21 22 45
2024-04-22	3	2nd	6 21 23 26 37
2024-04-19	36	4th	3 5 19 21 32
2024-03-14	7	4th	7 8 15 21 42
2024-03-07	7	4th	13 18 19 21 36
2024-02-29	9	2nd	12 21 24 39 40
2024-02-20	15	4th	2 6 15 21 37
2024-02-05	3	2nd	14 21 23 27 28
2024-02-02	9	3rd	7 20 21 25 31
2024-01-24	3	1st	21 22 34 40 41
2024-01-21	8	3rd	6 11 21 27 35
2024-01-13	11	3rd	6 13 21 35 36
2024-01-02	15	5th	4 9 13 18 21
2023-12-18	3	1st	21 30 33 41 43
2023-12-15	13	3rd	12 15 21 26 32
2023-12-02	2	1st	21 27 33 38 40
2023-11-30	11	2nd	3 21 38 42 45
2023-11-19	18	4th	4 8 12 21 38
2023-11-01	2	3rd	12 19 21 28 35
2023-10-30	24	3rd	1 6 21 26 32
2023-10-06	10	3rd	15 19 21 33 40
2023-09-26	3	2nd	8 21 22 41 44
2023-09-23	37	4th	2 4 17 21 35
2023-08-17	7	3rd	3 6 21 36 45
2023-08-10	15	1st	21 33 35 38 40
2023-07-26	6	3rd	6 15 21 39 45
2023-07-20	16	3rd	11 17 21 23 42
2023-07-04	6	4th	10 12 15 21 34
2023-06-28	8	3rd	3 10 21 29 38
2023-06-20	10	2nd	2 21 30 42 44
2023-06-10	3	3rd	3 13 21 23 38
2023-06-07	16	3rd	1 9 21 27 28
2023-05-22	25	3rd	9 20 21 28 36
2023-04-27	13	4th	1 4 8 21 39
2023-04-14	41	5th	3 9 11 14 21
2023-03-04	5	4th	1 5 7 21 29
2023-02-27	15	2nd	5 21 22 23 38
2023-02-12	5	5th	2 12 13 19 21
2023-02-07	6	3rd	1 11 21 22 28
2023-02-01	3	3rd	6 18 21 26 36
2023-01-29	1	3rd	9 19 21 31 35
2023-01-28	40	2nd	16 21 22 24 39
2022-12-19	8	2nd	5 21 25 27 30
2022-12-11	10	4th	9 11 13 21 39
2022-12-01	6	4th	7 13 18 21 32
2022-11-25	1	3rd	12 18 21 22 23
2022-11-24	13	3rd	5 13 21 29 35
2022-11-11	2	4th	12 15 19 21 28
2022-11-09	15	2nd	14 21 37 39 40
2022-10-25	10	3rd	1 18 21 26 29
2022-10-15	5	4th	3 14 20 21 32
2022-10-10	1	2nd	12 21 25 26 30
2022-10-09	3	2nd	12 21 25 33 35
2022-10-06	23	3rd	17 20 21 27 41
2022-09-13	5	4th	3 9 10 21 30
2022-09-08	13	2nd	16 21 22 29 33
2022-08-26	2	3rd	10 16 21 23 45
2022-08-24	4	3rd	12 19 21 31 32
2022-08-20	2	4th	1 10 12 21 31
2022-08-18	2	2nd	12 21 28 40 45
2022-08-16	13	3rd	3 9 21 27 34
2022-08-03	2	4th	3 7 11 21 36
2022-08-01	4	2nd	8 21 22 29 44
2022-07-28	1	1st	21 25 36 40 41
2022-07-27	16	4th	6 14 18 21 28
2022-07-11	23	3rd	19 20 21 28 38
2022-06-18	6	3rd	13 20 21 29 45
2022-06-12	9	3rd	14 17 21 30 31
2022-06-03	5	1st	21 28 30 37 43
2022-05-29	18	2nd	17 21 23 39 40
2022-05-11	7	3rd	9 17 21 23 24
2022-05-04	7	2nd	3 21 25 31 37
2022-04-27	7	4th	7 11 19 21 40
2022-04-20	1	4th	1 3 15 21 26
2022-04-19	11	2nd	17 21 22 31 39
2022-04-08	5	4th	12 18 20 21 43
2022-04-03	7	2nd	1 21 25 28 34
2022-03-27	3	2nd	4 21 30 33 40
2022-03-24	10	2nd	2 21 23 28 45
2022-03-14	1	3rd	15 17 21 27 30
2022-03-13	6	4th	6 16 17 21 24
2022-03-07	3	2nd	6 21 22 29 33
2022-03-04	4	3rd	14 15 21 31 42
2022-02-28	25	4th	9 19 20 21 30
2022-02-03	1	4th	2 6 17 21 36
2022-02-02	12	1st	21 22 31 38 41
2022-01-21	4	2nd	8 21 29 30 44
2022-01-17	10	4th	7 12 16 21 33
2022-01-07	32	2nd	13 21 35 42 43
2021-12-06	3	3rd	1 16 21 26 45
2021-12-03	26	2nd	19 21 27 28 41
2021-11-07	11	2nd	19 21 22 23 28
2021-10-27	6	3rd	13 16 21 29 38
2021-10-21	4	3rd	6 16 21 37 44
2021-10-17	4	3rd	12 16 21 31 41
2021-10-13	1	3rd	4 16 21 27 40
2021-10-12	2	4th	8 17 18 21 22
2021-10-10	14	3rd	6 17 21 28 30
2021-09-26	6	2nd	15 21 28 29 42
2021-09-20	8	2nd	19 21 27 38 42
2021-09-12	1	4th	4 6 10 21 26
2021-09-11	7	3rd	2 14 21 32 42
2021-09-04	5	3rd	11 15 21 24 36
2021-08-30	22	3rd	8 15 21 30 39
2021-08-08	18	3rd	1 9 21 40 42
2021-07-21	1	3rd	6 10 21 25 36
2021-07-20	9	4th	1 5 15 21 43
2021-07-11	10	3rd	1 17 21 23 38
2021-07-01	7	2nd	2 21 35 38 44
2021-06-24	6	5th	1 3 11 17 21
2021-06-18	9	2nd	19 21 40 42 45
2021-06-09	11	3rd	2 12 21 22 28
2021-05-29	1	4th	8 12 17 21 34
2021-05-28	27	2nd	16 21 29 33 45
2021-05-01	20	2nd	4 21 31 35 44
2021-04-11	5	2nd	5 21 40 42 44
2021-04-06	13	2nd	16 21 40 42 43
2021-03-24	4	3rd	19 20 21 28 41
2021-03-20	28	3rd	14 15 21 22 28
2021-02-20	4	3rd	4 15 21 37 45
2021-02-16	3	3rd	3 18 21 25 27
2021-02-13	7	3rd	6 20 21 29 38
2021-02-06	3	2nd	5 21 22 27 43
2021-02-03	7	2nd	5 21 24 40 45
2021-01-27	7	5th	11 14 18 19 21
2021-01-20	14	3rd	6 18 21 22 34
2021-01-06	11	3rd	13 20 21 34 45
2020-12-26	12	4th	3 5 17 21 40
2020-12-14	6	3rd	9 11 21 28 32
2020-12-08	6	2nd	19 21 24 28 30
2020-12-02	3	3rd	2 6 21 23 32
2020-11-29	29	4th	6 15 18 21 29
2020-10-31	23	4th	3 4 11 21 42
2020-10-08	2	2nd	18 21 24 27 35
2020-10-06	2	2nd	10 21 37 40 42
2020-10-04	13	2nd	10 21 26 28 34
2020-09-21	2	3rd	3 7 21 23 27
2020-09-19	4	5th	1 3 10 11 21
2020-09-15	5	3rd	9 12 21 31 38
2020-09-10	18	2nd	8 21 30 36 44
2020-08-23	6	2nd	12 21 39 42 44
2020-08-17	28	2nd	6 21 28 30 36
2020-07-20	9	3rd	8 14 21 26 27
2020-07-11	3	3rd	6 18 21 28 44
2020-07-08	7	2nd	11 21 30 38 44
2020-07-01	3	3rd	10 20 21 23 43
2020-06-28	5	4th	4 5 13 21 40
2020-06-23	23	3rd	1 16 21 29 31
2020-05-31	27	2nd	6 21 27 37 43
2020-05-04	6	2nd	20 21 35 38 40
2020-04-28	3	3rd	3 20 21 29 36
2020-04-25	18	4th	1 3 5 21 35
2020-04-07	4	2nd	10 21 24 38 41
2020-04-03	18	3rd	2 8 21 40 42
2020-03-16	28	3rd	4 8 21 37 43
2020-02-17	14	2nd	18 21 30 34 38
2020-02-03	17	4th	8 12 20 21 24
2020-01-17	15	3rd	10 17 21 25 40
2020-01-02	4	4th	7 12 16 21 27
2019-12-29	18	2nd	9 21 26 37 43
2019-12-11	13	3rd	10 12 21 27 40
2019-11-28	19	3rd	6 15 21 41 45
2019-11-09	7	3rd	8 9 21 24 42
2019-11-02	6	3rd	8 11 21 35 44
2019-10-27	3	2nd	17 21 39 40 42
2019-10-24	3	2nd	1 21 26 29 32
2019-10-21	1	2nd	20 21 25 39 41
2019-10-20	36	2nd	8 21 29 37 39
2019-09-14	16	3rd	3 20 21 30 36
2019-08-29	14	4th	12 17 19 21 42
2019-08-15	6	4th	2 6 14 21 40
2019-08-09	2	2nd	7 21 26 33 36
2019-08-07	29	1st	21 27 33 34 43
2019-07-09	18	2nd	9 21 27 31 45
2019-06-21	35	3rd	4 19 21 28 36
2019-05-17	1	5th	5 11 17 18 21
2019-05-16	7	3rd	13 19 21 24 26
2019-05-09	2	3rd	4 8 21 23 35
2019-05-07	7	4th	3 7 20 21 42
2019-04-30	4	2nd	1 21 33 41 44
2019-04-26	7	2nd	4 21 28 41 45
2019-04-19	10	2nd	11 21 28 30 42
2019-04-09	1	5th	6 7 10 19 21
2019-04-08	2	2nd	9 21 23 25 27
2019-04-06	1	3rd	1 18 21 32 42
2019-04-05	1	5th	9 10 11 18 21
2019-04-04	10	3rd	18 19 21 23 37
2019-03-25	7	3rd	9 13 21 42 43
2019-03-18	11	2nd	17 21 35 42 45
2019-03-07	2	2nd	8 21 25 34 45
2019-03-05	31	2nd	8 21 24 25 30
2019-02-02	10	2nd	18 21 25 30 32
2019-01-23	3	4th	6 13 19 21 36
2019-01-20	11	2nd	17 21 26 40 45
2019-01-09	8	4th	13 14 15 21 43
2019-01-01	7	3rd	17 18 21 23 43
2018-12-25	24	2nd	14 21 35 37 38
2018-12-01	10	2nd	4 21 23 32 45
2018-11-21	1	3rd	14 20 21 33 37
2018-11-20	3	3rd	3 10 21 28 44
2018-11-17	3	3rd	5 17 21 25 35
2018-11-14	1	5th	2 7 14 16 21
2018-11-13	3	4th	4 11 18 21 32
2018-11-10	2	2nd	16 21 23 25 45
2018-11-08	8	2nd	11 21 26 40 43
2018-10-31	8	2nd	11 21 29 31 44
2018-10-23	35	4th	7 10 15 21 35
2018-09-18	7	4th	1 3 10 21 41
2018-09-11	19	2nd	3 21 33 34 35
2018-08-23	2	3rd	9 14 21 28 41
2018-08-21	1	3rd	15 17 21 32 38
2018-08-20	2	4th	7 9 17 21 42
2018-08-18	18	4th	7 13 19 21 36
2018-07-31	4	3rd	8 17 21 35 37
2018-07-27	15	4th	4 15 17 21 40
2018-07-12	11	4th	3 18 19 21 29
2018-07-01	9	4th	2 7 11 21 40
2018-06-22	2	3rd	8 15 21 23 36
2018-06-20	15	4th	3 4 15 21 35
2018-06-05	2	2nd	7 21 28 36 41
2018-06-03	17	4th	7 12 17 21 24
2018-05-17	21	3rd	4 20 21 28 31
2018-04-26	2	2nd	2 21 27 28 43
2018-04-24	1	3rd	3 11 21 27 36
2018-04-23	7	3rd	4 16 21 42 44
2018-04-16	1	2nd	19 21 34 36 41
2018-04-15	6	1st	21 24 33 34 43
2018-04-09	5	4th	3 8 13 21 38
2018-04-04	2	3rd	17 18 21 23 28
2018-04-02	18	3rd	1 11 21 26 28
2018-03-15	4	3rd	1 2 21 37 41
2018-03-11	2	2nd	13 21 24 30 37
2018-03-09	2	2nd	14 21 32 33 39
2018-03-07	1	2nd	10 21 27 37 41
2018-03-06	9	1st	21 23 35 37 40
2018-02-25	8	3rd	5 8 21 34 41
2018-02-17	6	3rd	7 10 21 34 42
2018-02-11	4	3rd	12 14 21 25 27
2018-02-07	2	3rd	4 19 21 23 43
2018-02-05	13	2nd	5 21 32 33 40
2018-01-23	7	2nd	19 21 36 37 45
2018-01-16	4	3rd	4 9 21 27 42
2018-01-12	2	4th	10 12 19 21 42
2018-01-10	4	2nd	5 21 30 36 39
2018-01-06	1	4th	4 7 9 21 25
2018-01-05	13	2nd	5 21 30 34 42
2017-12-23	4	3rd	12 14 21 30 39
2017-12-19	37	3rd	12 17 21 25 35
2017-11-12	1	4th	1 5 7 21 23
2017-11-11	42	3rd	3 19 21 22 41
2017-09-28	2	4th	3 6 16 21 27
2017-09-26	6	1st	21 34 37 38 43
2017-09-20	19	3rd	8 12 21 32 39
2017-09-01	19	3rd	9 14 21 26 44
2017-08-13	1	2nd	6 21 26 28 35
2017-08-12	16	2nd	6 21 27 30 42
2017-07-27	13	3rd	2 10 21 33 35
2017-07-14	15	3rd	1 10 21 27 41
2017-06-29	5	2nd	19 21 32 41 43
2017-06-24	5	2nd	13 21 34 41 44
2017-06-19	—	4th	10 19 20 21 45