Number 21

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

247times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.12σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

57longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 247 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.12σ. 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 247 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 smallest25 · chance 24.3
2nd smallest82 · chance 81.0
3rd smallest98 · chance 92.4
4th smallest34 · chance 42.6
5th smallest8 · chance 6.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

48 15 17 22 37 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-17	4	2nd	12 21 28 32 34
2026-02-13	7	3rd	6 18 21 35 39
2026-02-06	11	2nd	17 21 29 36 39
2026-01-26	8	2nd	3 21 22

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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