Number 21

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

136times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.71σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 67% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

50longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.71σ. 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 136 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest9 · chance 6.4
2nd smallest31 · chance 32.0
3rd smallest43 · chance 53.7
4th smallest44 · chance 35.8
5th smallest9 · chance 8.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 6 14 32 3 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	4	5th	2 12 15 19 21
2026-10-03	2	3rd	6 9 21 30 31
2026-10-01	16	4th	8 9 19 21 36
2026-09-15	9	4th	6 7 11 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-11	15	3rd	3 7 21 30 32
2026-02-24	8	3rd	6 13 21 24 28
2026-02-16	50	3rd	9 10 21 24 36
2025-12-28	9	3rd	8 14 21 24 33
2025-12-19	1	3rd	3 14 21 26 33
2025-12-18	11	3rd	5 17 21 22 30
2025-12-07	3	4th	6 9 19 21 25
2025-12-04	10	4th	1 8 9 21 29
2025-11-24	10	3rd	10 11 21 35 37
2025-11-14	3	1st	21 23 24 28 40
2025-11-11	7	3rd	2 15 21 31 37
2025-11-04	8	2nd	10 21 28 29 39
2025-10-27	7	2nd	13 21 22 32 37
2025-10-20	13	1st	21 30 32 35 40
2025-10-07	2	4th	3 13 17 21 38
2025-10-05	15	4th	7 10 11 21 24
2025-09-20	1	4th	3 6 17 21 37
2025-09-19	7	4th	11 13 16 21 24
2025-09-12	2	4th	10 12 17 21 26
2025-09-10	9	5th	1 12 18 20 21
2025-09-01	1	2nd	3 21 25 27 34
2025-08-31	2	2nd	16 21 35 37 39
2025-08-29	2	4th	5 16 18 21 39
2025-08-27	15	2nd	6 21 32 36 37
2025-08-12	26	3rd	6 19 21 23 26
2025-07-17	7	4th	1 14 15 21 25
2025-07-10	1	3rd	7 8 21 23 28
2025-07-09	35	2nd	6 21 32 38 40
2025-06-04	5	3rd	5 17 21 36 38
2025-05-30	29	4th	1 2 19 21 33
2025-05-01	2	3rd	3 9 21 22 27
2025-04-29	8	3rd	1 14 21 24 26
2025-04-21	10	4th	8 10 11 21 33
2025-04-11	3	5th	3 12 17 20 21
2025-04-08	5	4th	4 6 16 21 40
2025-04-03	5	4th	1 2 3 21 27
2025-03-29	2	3rd	2 5 21 24 39
2025-03-27	6	4th	7 13 20 21 30
2025-03-21	16	3rd	6 8 21 27 29
2025-03-05	1	4th	13 18 19 21 31
2025-03-04	3	4th	5 17 18 21 38
2025-03-01	8	3rd	1 16 21 39 40
2025-02-21	15	2nd	3 21 28 33 38
2025-02-06	6	4th	8 14 16 21 25
2025-01-31	8	3rd	2 14 21 33 39
2025-01-23	6	4th	10 12 13 21 28
2025-01-17	16	3rd	7 14 21 27 29
2025-01-01	1	4th	4 7 10 21 24
2024-12-31	15	2nd	5 21 30 35 37
2024-12-16	2	2nd	8 21 23 32 37
2024-12-14	5	5th	3 14 15 18 21
2024-12-09	10	3rd	3 18 21 32 40
2024-11-29	13	3rd	6 11 21 23 40
2024-11-16	7	3rd	10 18 21 24 39
2024-11-09	17	5th	2 5 15 17 21
2024-10-23	6	1st	21 24 27 28 32
2024-10-17	5	4th	5 11 18 21 37
2024-10-12	2	3rd	12 14 21 22 34
2024-10-10	2	1st	21 25 27 35 39
2024-10-08	1	4th	1 4 8 21 32
2024-10-07	1	2nd	5 21 22 26 30
2024-10-06	12	2nd	14 21 25 35 38
2024-09-24	4	2nd	2 21 27 28 35
2024-09-20	2	3rd	1 18 21 37 39
2024-09-18	6	3rd	9 13 21 30 38
2024-09-12	2	1st	21 25 26 29 30
2024-09-10	19	3rd	3 14 21 24 32
2024-08-22	4	2nd	15 21 22 23 34
2024-08-18	4	3rd	5 11 21 26 27
2024-08-14	8	3rd	12 20 21 24 38
2024-08-06	4	4th	5 12 13 21 34
2024-08-02	5	3rd	10 15 21 25 28
2024-07-28	6	4th	9 11 14 21 35
2024-07-22	15	5th	9 10 16 18 21
2024-07-07	14	4th	8 10 18 21 23
2024-06-23	3	3rd	6 7 21 24 35
2024-06-20	7	2nd	7 21 24 34 39
2024-06-13	5	1st	21 22 23 24 37
2024-06-08	2	2nd	16 21 24 29 39
2024-06-06	8	4th	2 6 9 21 36
2024-05-29	5	4th	1 12 20 21 40
2024-05-24	8	4th	3 8 10 21 39
2024-05-16	7	3rd	6 12 21 25 27
2024-05-09	4	4th	10 16 18 21 26
2024-05-05	2	2nd	5 21 22 25 26
2024-05-03	14	3rd	1 6 21 29 31
2024-04-19	2	4th	11 12 20 21 30
2024-04-17	1	4th	2 6 20 21 28
2024-04-16	10	3rd	5 18 21 24 39
2024-04-06	7	5th	9 12 14 20 21
2024-03-30	4	2nd	4 21 32 35 39
2024-03-26	1	2nd	11 21 23 26 37
2024-03-25	19	3rd	2 7 21 26 37
2024-03-06	9	2nd	12 21 26 30 32
2024-02-26	18	1st	21 23 32 33 39
2024-02-08	5	2nd	9 21 24 28 34
2024-02-03	14	2nd	6 21 32 33 36
2024-01-20	3	2nd	18 21 31 32 40
2024-01-17	31	4th	3 10 20 21 28
2023-12-17	3	3rd	2 14 21 31 35
2023-12-14	2	5th	13 15 17 19 21
2023-12-12	18	3rd	2 3 21 26 35
2023-11-24	16	2nd	18 21 24 26 31
2023-11-08	23	2nd	16 21 23 29 30
2023-10-16	3	4th	6 10 11 21 24
2023-10-13	24	4th	4 15 18 21 37
2023-09-19	2	2nd	15 21 23 27 32
2023-09-17	9	3rd	14 20 21 22 27
2023-09-08	1	2nd	10 21 24 33 40
2023-09-07	5	3rd	5 11 21 39 40
2023-09-02	15	3rd	15 16 21 24 31
2023-08-18	—	4th	5 7 15 21 35