Number 21

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 642 draws, 5 from 1–34.

90times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.49σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

40longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 642 draws against 94.4 expected, −0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 3 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest16 · chance 12.6
3rd smallest26 · chance 32.6
4th smallest41 · chance 32.6
5th smallest6 · chance 10.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 30 32 9 15 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-09	6	4th	5 7 15 21 29
2026-10-03	3	2nd	12 21 26 30 33
2026-09-30	20	5th	5 6 10 20 21
2026-09-10	3	4th	3 4 14 21

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-04	4	3rd	11 19 21 29 32
2026-05-31	16	4th	5 8 9 21 27
2026-05-15	8	4th	4 7 9 21 30
2026-05-07	1	4th	3 11 15 21 29
2026-05-06	3	5th	4 12 15 19 21
2026-05-03	1	3rd	9 17 21 23 32
2026-05-02	6	4th	3 12 13 21 30
2026-04-26	5	4th	14 15 19 21 30
2026-04-21	18	2nd	16 21 28 30 32
2026-04-03	1	4th	2 5 6 21 31
2026-04-02	4	3rd	4 12 21 24 29
2026-03-29	1	4th	5 9 20 21 34
2026-03-28	4	2nd	3 21 27 28 29
2026-03-24	2	4th	1 6 14 21 30
2026-03-22	10	4th	2 7 9 21 25
2026-03-12	17	5th	1 6 7 10 21
2026-02-23	3	4th	6 11 18 21 32
2026-02-20	6	3rd	9 17 21 25 32
2026-02-14	5	3rd	3 16 21 24 32
2026-02-09	5	3rd	4 14 21 25 30
2026-02-04	8	3rd	8 15 21 29 33
2026-01-27	2	4th	6 17 19 21 30
2026-01-25	13	1st	21 23 26 29 30
2026-01-12	4	3rd	4 16 21 28 31
2026-01-08	3	3rd	4 5 21 28 32
2026-01-05	1	2nd	17 21 22 24 29
2026-01-04	10	3rd	5 17 21 33 34
2025-12-25	17	3rd	18 20 21 28 32
2025-12-08	14	2nd	16 21 28 31 33
2025-11-24	6	2nd	16 21 24 30 32
2025-11-18	6	3rd	1 15 21 22 26
2025-11-12	3	4th	4 10 19 21 28
2025-11-09	5	2nd	20 21 24 26 27
2025-11-04	6	4th	1 13 14 21 31
2025-10-29	30	2nd	19 21 23 29 31
2025-09-29	27	3rd	11 15 21 31 33
2025-09-02	4	3rd	19 20 21 22 27
2025-08-29	1	3rd	10 14 21 24 27
2025-08-28	3	3rd	3 16 21 27 28
2025-08-25	7	5th	10 11 13 14 21
2025-08-18	9	4th	2 3 18 21 22
2025-08-09	5	2nd	16 21 26 28 34
2025-08-04	6	4th	6 8 11 21 25
2025-07-29	2	5th	9 10 13 15 21
2025-07-27	14	4th	1 6 16 21 29
2025-07-13	3	4th	8 10 15 21 32
2025-07-10	1	2nd	8 21 22 32 34
2025-07-09	2	4th	16 17 20 21 33
2025-07-07	40	4th	8 10 17 21 24
2025-05-28	2	3rd	5 8 21 26 30
2025-05-26	3	3rd	3 7 21 32 34
2025-05-23	6	4th	10 11 15 21 22
2025-05-17	4	4th	4 11 19 21 28
2025-05-13	13	2nd	5 21 22 23 27
2025-04-30	14	4th	4 9 10 21 22
2025-04-16	2	2nd	7 21 24 32 34
2025-04-14	1	4th	3 7 19 21 31
2025-04-13	13	3rd	6 11 21 27 33
2025-03-31	12	4th	5 17 20 21 24
2025-03-19	29	2nd	8 21 24 26 34
2025-02-18	15	4th	7 9 13 21 22
2025-02-03	6	3rd	5 7 21 23 34
2025-01-28	6	4th	5 7 13 21 25
2025-01-22	3	4th	8 15 17 21 23
2025-01-19	3	5th	1 4 8 12 21
2025-01-16	—	4th	6 7 8 21 27