Number 21

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,817 draws, 6 from 1–49.

211times drawn · chance expected 222 −0.82σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,817 draws against 222.5 expected, −0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 211 times in 1,817 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 2 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 smallest9 · chance 12.1
2nd smallest45 · chance 50.5
3rd smallest90 · chance 76.7
4th smallest53 · chance 53.1
5th smallest13 · chance 16.7
6th smallest1 · chance 1.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 1 10 17 32 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-08	4	3rd	15 17 21 40 43 44
2026-09-28	16	3rd	13 16 21 23 26 33
2026-08-22	3	5th	2 3 15 19 21 45
2026-08-15	14	3rd	19

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-13	14	3rd	5 17 21 22 23 45
2025-08-11	2	3rd	2 16 21 28 32 34
2025-08-07	2	2nd	6 21 30 31 36 37
2025-08-02	21	5th	6 10 13 15 21 44
2025-06-02	3	4th	2 4 13 21 36 44
2025-05-22	10	2nd	20 21 30 31 42 44
2025-04-17	6	2nd	17 21 24 30 41 42
2025-03-27	6	4th	10 15 17 21 35 44
2025-03-06	5	2nd	2 21 25 26 33 37
2025-02-17	2	4th	2 16 20 21 40 41
2025-02-10	2	2nd	9 21 30 35 36 40
2025-02-03	2	3rd	10 13 21 22 29 37
2025-01-27	8	3rd	1 17 21 30 39 46
2024-12-30	2	5th	8 10 15 17 21 27
2024-12-23	22	3rd	7 10 21 28 33 41
2024-10-07	11	3rd	1 7 21 26 36 40
2024-08-29	19	4th	8 13 14 21 33 36
2024-06-24	1	4th	9 10 13 21 43 45
2024-06-20	22	1st	21 26 28 29 37 44
2024-04-04	1	3rd	6 14 21 27 30 35
2024-04-01	7	4th	1 6 12 21 30 46
2024-03-07	3	2nd	7 21 38 42 44 46
2024-02-26	11	2nd	11 21 23 26 33 42
2024-01-18	23	4th	1 3 17 21 29 42
2023-10-30	3	3rd	1 6 21 27 39 42
2023-10-19	6	2nd	3 21 22 26 32 34
2023-09-28	3	3rd	2 20 21 27 29 40
2023-09-18	3	5th	2 4 11 17 21 38
2023-09-07	5	4th	5 8 20 21 23 33
2023-08-21	2	4th	1 9 10 21 42 44
2023-08-14	1	3rd	10 12 21 30 38 45
2023-08-10	15	5th	1 3 5 15 21 22
2023-06-19	3	2nd	6 21 26 34 36 44
2023-06-08	1	2nd	18 21 25 26 36 38
2023-06-05	13	1st	21 26 28 37 38 44
2023-04-20	15	3rd	4 10 21 40 43 45
2023-02-27	9	2nd	9 21 27 31 32 45
2023-01-26	3	3rd	4 17 21 22 25 38
2023-01-16	9	3rd	11 19 21 35 37 45
2022-12-15	11	2nd	12 21 30 32 39 40
2022-11-07	1	3rd	1 6 21 30 33 46
2022-11-03	2	4th	7 18 20 21 37 41
2022-10-27	9	4th	1 9 19 21 22 38
2022-09-26	17	6th	2 3 9 14 17 21
2022-07-28	6	2nd	9 21 34 37 42 46
2022-07-07	3	2nd	8 21 22 23 27 38
2022-06-27	21	2nd	17 21 22 30 37 40
2022-04-14	9	3rd	6 20 21 22 32 42
2022-03-14	1	3rd	1 17 21 24 31 32
2022-03-10	23	4th	2 11 20 21 22 48
2021-12-20	18	3rd	1 5 21 40 43 46
2021-10-18	18	5th	7 10 12 13 21 27
2021-08-16	10	2nd	11 21 26 29 47 48
2021-07-12	4	1st	21 27 33 38 45 47
2021-06-28	7	3rd	9 18 21 27 40 45
2021-06-03	6	2nd	2 21 24 27 30 36
2021-05-13	1	4th	7 10 15 21 26 46
2021-05-10	5	5th	9 10 13 15 21 46
2021-04-22	4	4th	4 15 18 21 25 39
2021-04-08	10	3rd	11 17 21 29 42 45
2021-03-04	2	4th	6 10 11 21 23 37
2021-02-25	7	4th	15 19 20 21 44 47
2021-02-01	6	3rd	10 13 21 23 32 40
2021-01-11	16	1st	21 25 26 36 37 42
2020-11-16	8	4th	1 4 17 21 30 46
2020-10-19	10	2nd	8 21 27 41 46 49
2020-09-14	2	3rd	13 18 21 31 32 46
2020-09-07	7	4th	1 4 13 21 36 42
2020-08-13	5	2nd	3 21 31 34 42 43
2020-07-27	4	3rd	6 15 21 25 37 41
2020-07-13	28	1st	21 26 40 41 46 48
2020-04-06	8	3rd	3 8 21 23 24 27
2020-03-09	4	4th	2 4 19 21 33 43
2020-02-24	26	2nd	6 21 32 34 45 48
2019-11-25	19	4th	6 9 16 21 32 39
2019-09-19	1	3rd	1 9 21 33 41 45
2019-09-16	8	3rd	11 15 21 23 32 36
2019-08-19	6	3rd	14 15 21 24 34 36
2019-07-29	16	2nd	20 21 26 28 40 41
2019-06-03	1	2nd	19 21 30 34 40 46
2019-05-30	10	3rd	8 11 21 22 41 43
2019-04-25	3	3rd	5 10 21 24 45 47
2019-04-15	30	3rd	11 14 21 37 41 45
2018-12-31	12	3rd	11 13 21 22 45 49
2018-11-19	16	3rd	1 10 21 44 45 47
2018-09-24	3	3rd	4 17 21 22 29 31
2018-09-13	5	3rd	5 17 21 22 24 49
2018-08-27	8	3rd	6 16 21 38 44 45
2018-07-30	21	3rd	8 14 21 22 40 48
2018-05-17	20	2nd	4 21 27 34 44 45
2018-03-08	9	3rd	10 14 21 27 46 49
2018-02-05	19	3rd	9 17 21 29 38 48
2017-11-30	5	3rd	8 17 21 26 28 40
2017-11-13	15	4th	13 14 17 21 32 38
2017-09-21	4	3rd	10 13 21 25 34 38
2017-09-07	3	4th	1 7 17 21 35 36
2017-08-28	13	3rd	9 12 21 22 26 43
2017-07-13	3	3rd	2 11 21 27 28 34
2017-07-03	15	3rd	3 5 21 22 28 43
2017-05-11	8	3rd	3 15 21 29 39 48
2017-04-13	10	4th	9 14 15 21 39 48
2017-03-09	6	4th	1 5 14 21 48 49
2017-02-16	1	4th	5 14 16 21 35 45
2017-02-13	1	5th	5 9 10 18 21 26
2017-02-09	9	4th	2 15 18 21 22 29
2017-01-09	9	3rd	2 3 21 28 32 46
2016-12-08	14	3rd	7 12 21 36 42 45
2016-10-20	1	4th	1 18 19 21 37 39
2016-10-17	1	2nd	11 21 24 25 39 46
2016-10-13	16	2nd	16 21 24 27 32 36
2016-08-18	1	3rd	9 16 21 22 26 46
2016-08-15	4	2nd	8 21 25 28 43 45
2016-08-01	9	2nd	20 21 23 28 33 47
2016-06-30	7	3rd	1 7 21 31 39 44
2016-06-06	4	4th	12 15 20 21 36 43
2016-05-23	10	4th	3 7 14 21 32 42
2016-04-18	8	4th	11 12 17 21 39 47
2016-03-21	6	4th	11 15 20 21 22 47
2016-02-29	9	2nd	1 21 26 32 38 45
2016-01-28	9	5th	3 6 11 17 21 36
2015-12-28	9	1st	21 28 32 33 41 45
2015-11-26	8	1st	21 24 28 37 41 48
2015-10-29	3	2nd	8 21 28 43 45 48
2015-10-19	4	3rd	10 15 21 32 37 42
2015-10-05	20	3rd	1 13 21 39 41 45
2015-07-27	5	3rd	10 16 21 30 35 37
2015-07-09	4	3rd	13 19 21 33 34 41
2015-06-25	25	4th	7 13 18 21 23 36
2015-03-30	9	4th	3 11 16 21 32 45
2015-02-26	17	5th	6 11 18 20 21 32
2014-12-29	2	3rd	8 14 21 26 31 45
2014-12-22	12	4th	6 11 12 21 22 46
2014-11-10	2	3rd	4 11 21 24 37 45
2014-11-03	1	3rd	11 15 21 23 43 48
2014-10-30	19	2nd	5 21 23 39 40 46
2014-08-25	39	3rd	2 10 21 26 32 33
2014-04-10	10	4th	2 14 18 21 34 44
2014-03-06	9	4th	1 10 12 21 32 37
2014-02-03	4	3rd	2 6 21 28 31 40
2014-01-20	7	2nd	3 21 27 29 40 47
2013-12-26	23	3rd	17 19 21 25 40 42
2013-10-07	26	3rd	1 18 21 40 44 49
2013-07-08	10	3rd	10 12 21 27 32 43
2013-06-03	9	2nd	15 21 29 37 42 44
2013-05-02	1	4th	2 14 19 21 31 38
2013-04-29	2	4th	3 8 14 21 23 46
2013-04-22	1	2nd	18 21 22 24 26 32
2013-04-18	1	3rd	5 14 21 24 27 34
2013-04-15	7	1st	21 23 27 43 45 49
2013-03-21	1	4th	14 15 17 21 33 49
2013-03-18	4	3rd	4 6 21 23 30 49
2013-03-04	6	4th	6 14 16 21 24 49
2013-02-11	6	1st	21 23 26 38 44 45
2013-01-21	6	5th	5 7 8 15 21 33
2012-12-31	16	3rd	2 19 21 35 43 47
2012-11-05	7	3rd	1 6 21 28 34 46
2012-10-11	3	3rd	1 15 21 27 38 39
2012-10-01	16	3rd	9 13 21 24 36 43
2012-08-06	14	3rd	6 10 21 25 43 48
2012-06-18	35	2nd	10 21 26 28 37 49
2012-02-16	11	2nd	17 21 24 28 42 46
2012-01-09	7	2nd	16 21 29 36 43 48
2011-12-15	11	4th	2 8 9 21 32 49
2011-11-07	9	3rd	14 18 21 24 26 40
2011-10-06	13	3rd	9 14 21 23 30 46
2011-08-22	2	2nd	16 21 22 26 38 42
2011-08-15	1	3rd	6 18 21 25 27 42
2011-08-11	18	4th	2 11 20 21 23 29
2011-06-09	9	3rd	5 14 21 25 36 45
2011-05-09	12	4th	5 9 11 21 30 31
2011-03-28	11	2nd	1 21 26 30 32 42
2011-02-17	4	3rd	12 14 21 27 28 35
2011-02-03	24	2nd	5 21 23 37 38 48
2010-11-11	1	3rd	1 3 21 24 31 47
2010-11-08	3	5th	2 3 12 16 21 41
2010-10-28	1	4th	11 12 17 21 32 37
2010-10-25	4	3rd	1 13 21 30 39 43
2010-10-11	22	2nd	4 21 23 36 42 49
2010-07-26	2	3rd	7 17 21 41 45 49
2010-07-19	1	3rd	9 13 21 35 41 42
2010-07-15	2	3rd	4 8 21 36 48 49
2010-07-08	9	3rd	9 17 21 35 38 49
2010-06-07	1	2nd	19 21 23 33 40 47
2010-06-03	1	2nd	16 21 27 31 41 44
2010-05-31	4	3rd	1 11 21 38 42 46
2010-05-17	38	2nd	4 21 22 34 41 48
2010-01-04	—	3rd	6 14 21 27 31 47