Number 21

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

232times drawn · chance expected 214 +1.34σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

58longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 232 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 232 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 5 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 smallest5 · chance 5.0
2nd smallest46 · chance 36.4
3rd smallest91 · chance 86.5
4th smallest68 · chance 79.8
5th smallest22 · chance 24.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 13 31 32 1 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-06	8	5th	4 13 15 20 21
2026-09-28	8	2nd	8 21 25 31 34
2026-09-20	7	2nd	8 21 22 30 32
2026-09-13	5	2nd	3 21 29 34

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-13	3	4th	5 13 18 21 27
2026-05-10	1	3rd	1 13 21 26 28
2026-05-09	5	4th	1 5 13 21 28
2026-05-04	1	5th	3 6 8 11 21
2026-05-03	15	4th	3 11 18 21 32
2026-04-18	7	4th	7 8 20 21 33
2026-04-11	6	2nd	8 21 26 27 32
2026-04-05	18	3rd	15 19 21 23 27
2026-03-18	2	3rd	13 20 21 31 34
2026-03-16	4	3rd	6 10 21 26 27
2026-03-12	4	3rd	10 19 21 27 33
2026-03-08	2	3rd	6 8 21 30 32
2026-03-06	6	2nd	3 21 23 29 34
2026-02-28	5	3rd	9 19 21 26 34
2026-02-23	1	4th	2 6 9 21 30
2026-02-22	6	3rd	2 15 21 22 29
2026-02-16	16	3rd	6 13 21 23 29
2026-01-31	4	4th	1 3 8 21 32
2026-01-27	2	4th	4 6 17 21 25
2026-01-25	2	5th	3 4 8 14 21
2026-01-23	7	4th	13 15 18 21 23
2026-01-16	7	2nd	9 21 22 28 30
2026-01-09	2	3rd	2 15 21 23 29
2026-01-07	8	3rd	17 18 21 33 34
2025-12-30	8	4th	2 11 18 21 24
2025-12-22	20	2nd	20 21 22 24 25
2025-12-02	3	4th	2 3 13 21 31
2025-11-29	17	4th	3 8 9 21 23
2025-11-12	11	3rd	2 16 21 34 35
2025-11-01	3	4th	3 15 18 21 32
2025-10-29	7	2nd	16 21 26 28 29
2025-10-22	12	3rd	13 17 21 23 27
2025-10-10	3	2nd	18 21 28 29 31
2025-10-07	6	4th	1 8 14 21 32
2025-10-01	1	2nd	16 21 23 30 35
2025-09-30	10	4th	3 6 7 21 27
2025-09-20	7	2nd	14 21 29 31 32
2025-09-13	5	3rd	13 15 21 24 29
2025-09-08	6	4th	1 12 19 21 33
2025-09-02	8	3rd	2 10 21 25 34
2025-08-25	6	4th	1 14 17 21 22
2025-08-19	6	4th	1 6 20 21 29
2025-08-13	8	3rd	15 19 21 25 35
2025-08-05	2	4th	16 18 20 21 25
2025-08-03	27	4th	3 6 18 21 31
2025-07-07	8	3rd	9 19 21 22 27
2025-06-29	4	5th	6 7 13 19 21
2025-06-25	9	5th	3 9 11 16 21
2025-06-16	6	2nd	20 21 24 26 32
2025-06-10	6	5th	4 8 10 15 21
2025-06-04	1	4th	1 3 11 21 34
2025-06-03	2	3rd	16 20 21 30 32
2025-06-01	8	3rd	2 18 21 29 31
2025-05-24	7	2nd	2 21 28 31 32
2025-05-17	5	1st	21 26 27 29 35
2025-05-12	1	4th	7 11 14 21 25
2025-05-11	11	3rd	6 19 21 27 34
2025-04-30	4	4th	4 7 18 21 23
2025-04-26	1	3rd	5 14 21 26 31
2025-04-25	7	2nd	13 21 23 25 31
2025-04-18	4	3rd	7 12 21 22 30
2025-04-14	3	3rd	5 10 21 25 31
2025-04-11	6	5th	7 11 15 16 21
2025-04-05	4	3rd	11 13 21 26 31
2025-04-01	5	3rd	11 17 21 22 31
2025-03-27	7	3rd	3 18 21 31 34
2025-03-20	1	2nd	20 21 22 25 33
2025-03-19	3	3rd	10 16 21 25 35
2025-03-16	7	2nd	11 21 30 33 35
2025-03-09	1	3rd	16 18 21 25 32
2025-03-08	4	3rd	2 20 21 32 35
2025-03-04	5	3rd	2 14 21 34 35
2025-02-27	6	5th	1 3 8 15 21
2025-02-21	3	4th	1 13 17 21 27
2025-02-18	10	4th	9 15 16 21 26
2025-02-08	2	3rd	1 3 21 24 31
2025-02-06	4	2nd	14 21 28 29 33
2025-02-02	8	5th	5 6 13 14 21
2025-01-25	14	2nd	5 21 22 31 33
2025-01-11	2	4th	2 6 18 21 27
2025-01-09	8	4th	6 16 17 21 35
2025-01-01	1	3rd	4 11 21 28 31
2024-12-31	3	4th	7 10 12 21 29
2024-12-28	1	4th	1 6 12 21 27
2024-12-27	6	3rd	6 17 21 32 33
2024-12-21	37	4th	8 11 20 21 25
2024-11-14	12	3rd	3 5 21 22 30
2024-11-02	3	5th	5 6 9 19 21
2024-10-30	3	3rd	11 13 21 22 35
2024-10-27	1	2nd	12 21 25 30 31
2024-10-26	7	2nd	17 21 23 25 29
2024-10-19	6	4th	3 4 6 21 31
2024-10-13	2	3rd	7 14 21 26 28
2024-10-11	15	3rd	1 3 21 26 34
2024-09-26	4	1st	21 26 28 31 34
2024-09-22	58	2nd	14 21 22 24 31
2024-07-26	2	3rd	10 15 21 22 27
2024-07-24	2	4th	4 11 18 21 27
2024-07-22	8	4th	1 6 11 21 34
2024-07-14	2	5th	8 12 13 20 21
2024-07-12	2	4th	8 14 16 21 31
2024-07-10	10	4th	10 18 20 21 35
2024-06-30	3	2nd	15 21 29 33 34
2024-06-27	1	3rd	11 19 21 28 35
2024-06-26	12	2nd	3 21 24 28 33
2024-06-14	7	3rd	11 14 21 26 32
2024-06-07	1	4th	9 11 20 21 22
2024-06-06	10	4th	8 9 19 21 24
2024-05-27	9	3rd	1 12 21 22 25
2024-05-18	10	2nd	5 21 25 28 34
2024-05-08	7	3rd	18 19 21 26 28
2024-05-01	11	2nd	6 21 22 26 35
2024-04-20	3	3rd	1 15 21 33 34
2024-04-17	1	4th	5 8 14 21 23
2024-04-16	2	3rd	8 9 21 29 35
2024-04-14	6	4th	2 14 20 21 33
2024-04-08	4	3rd	7 10 21 22 29
2024-04-04	8	4th	5 6 19 21 33
2024-03-27	6	1st	21 23 27 29 32
2024-03-21	7	3rd	1 5 21 24 26
2024-03-14	5	2nd	11 21 23 28 31
2024-03-09	21	4th	1 13 17 21 27
2024-02-17	1	4th	10 16 19 21 34
2024-02-16	13	5th	1 2 10 12 21
2024-02-03	7	2nd	19 21 27 29 35
2024-01-27	13	1st	21 22 23 26 30
2024-01-14	8	3rd	4 6 21 28 32
2024-01-06	1	2nd	5 21 22 23 34
2024-01-05	4	5th	4 6 17 19 21
2024-01-01	2	3rd	8 12 21 27 30
2023-12-30	5	2nd	18 21 25 31 35
2023-12-25	3	5th	3 6 7 10 21
2023-12-22	3	3rd	12 18 21 33 34
2023-12-19	10	3rd	3 12 21 22 23
2023-12-09	8	3rd	3 19 21 22 23
2023-12-01	2	3rd	8 17 21 29 33
2023-11-29	8	3rd	7 12 21 24 28
2023-11-21	7	5th	1 6 10 19 21
2023-11-14	2	4th	5 13 14 21 24
2023-11-12	2	5th	7 10 11 12 21
2023-11-10	14	3rd	12 14 21 30 35
2023-10-27	2	3rd	7 14 21 29 34
2023-10-25	2	3rd	14 15 21 24 26
2023-10-23	1	3rd	2 8 21 32 34
2023-10-22	1	3rd	6 19 21 28 30
2023-10-21	8	3rd	13 18 21 27 35
2023-10-13	2	3rd	5 14 21 25 34
2023-10-11	1	3rd	7 11 21 30 35
2023-10-10	5	3rd	1 2 21 31 34
2023-10-05	14	2nd	9 21 26 32 33
2023-09-21	1	3rd	1 14 21 30 33
2023-09-20	12	5th	1 4 14 17 21
2023-09-07	7	3rd	5 17 21 32 34
2023-08-22	12	4th	5 10 18 21 32
2023-07-25	10	5th	4 7 8 16 21
2023-07-01	7	3rd	4 14 21 24 25
2023-06-15	4	2nd	17 21 26 27 33
2023-06-06	2	2nd	13 21 29 32 34
2023-06-01	7	5th	1 11 12 15 21
2023-05-16	1	4th	2 14 19 21 32
2023-05-13	12	2nd	2 21 27 29 32
2023-04-15	2	3rd	4 17 21 25 27
2023-04-11	1	2nd	19 21 28 32 35
2023-04-08	15	3rd	11 15 21 32 35
2023-03-04	2	2nd	1 21 30 31 33
2023-02-28	1	5th	3 7 14 18 21
2023-02-25	6	4th	10 18 19 21 27
2023-02-11	4	4th	7 12 14 21 33
2023-02-02	9	3rd	3 9 21 29 32
2023-01-12	6	4th	6 15 17 21 34
2022-12-29	2	3rd	1 16 21 27 29
2022-12-24	1	3rd	12 15 21 29 31
2022-12-22	6	4th	13 15 16 21 25
2022-12-08	20	4th	2 14 17 21 26
2022-10-22	9	2nd	14 21 23 27 28
2022-10-01	17	4th	9 13 17 21 33
2022-08-23	3	4th	13 14 18 21 28
2022-08-16	1	2nd	12 21 22 25 28
2022-08-13	2	3rd	13 19 21 24 30
2022-08-09	12	3rd	3 10 21 29 35
2022-07-12	2	4th	2 9 20 21 30
2022-07-07	9	4th	3 4 11 21 31
2022-06-16	5	3rd	12 17 21 27 32
2022-06-04	8	3rd	1 15 21 29 32
2022-05-17	2	4th	13 18 19 21 28
2022-05-12	7	4th	2 7 9 21 33
2022-04-26	3	2nd	17 21 23 29 33
2022-04-19	5	2nd	12 21 25 32 35
2022-04-07	6	1st	21 22 28 29 35
2022-03-24	2	3rd	6 17 21 28 32
2022-03-19	5	4th	5 11 13 21 31
2022-03-08	3	4th	9 17 19 21 24
2022-03-01	37	2nd	6 21 28 33 34
2021-12-04	6	2nd	9 21 23 27 31
2021-11-20	4	5th	1 8 13 18 21
2021-11-11	19	2nd	2 21 30 31 32
2021-09-28	5	4th	5 8 17 21 34
2021-09-16	5	3rd	4 11 21 23 31
2021-09-04	1	5th	1 3 13 17 21
2021-09-02	6	4th	11 13 17 21 35
2021-08-19	2	3rd	9 18 21 25 29
2021-08-14	9	3rd	2 4 21 23 34
2021-07-24	6	3rd	11 13 21 26 32
2021-07-10	8	4th	4 13 18 21 29
2021-06-22	1	4th	1 16 20 21 24
2021-06-19	4	3rd	7 8 21 29 35
2021-06-10	2	3rd	13 20 21 31 35
2021-06-05	—	3rd	1 6 21 27 28