Number 21

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

172times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.19σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

43longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 172 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 172 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 20 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 smallest12 · chance 18.8
2nd smallest61 · chance 55.4
3rd smallest65 · chance 60.2
4th smallest25 · chance 30.1
5th smallest9 · chance 6.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 45 5 17 41 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-01	2	1st	21 22 28 41 49 57
2026-07-25	2	3rd	8 17 21 23 54 58
2026-07-18	1	2nd	13 21 29 34 42 45
2026-07-15

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-04	31	4th	6 13 16 21 35 40
2023-07-19	10	1st	21 23 28 34 45 58
2023-06-14	6	3rd	1 9 21 22 31 42
2023-05-24	21	3rd	2 10 21 31 32 46
2023-03-11	2	2nd	5 21 37 43 45 55
2023-03-04	11	3rd	4 8 21 38 49 51
2023-01-25	2	3rd	2 17 21 47 55 58
2023-01-18	2	3rd	5 9 21 25 35 42
2023-01-11	1	1st	21 25 31 43 45 54
2023-01-07	4	4th	13 14 16 21 24 39
2022-12-24	40	3rd	19 20 21 23 27 37
2022-08-06	2	2nd	10 21 25 35 40 45
2022-07-30	16	5th	2 10 17 18 21 41
2022-06-04	17	3rd	4 14 21 30 38 52
2022-04-06	9	5th	1 5 16 17 21 23
2022-03-05	4	3rd	1 11 21 38 39 52
2022-02-19	2	3rd	8 16 21 31 43 51
2022-02-12	15	4th	14 16 17 21 35 58
2021-12-22	2	3rd	14 20 21 41 43 58
2021-12-15	9	2nd	13 21 33 34 38 53
2021-11-13	14	2nd	10 21 24 49 52 55
2021-09-25	3	4th	1 2 10 21 40 57
2021-09-15	1	5th	3 9 14 16 21 25
2021-09-11	19	3rd	17 19 21 24 36 47
2021-07-07	1	1st	21 32 34 37 43 44
2021-07-03	6	2nd	5 21 31 45 49 54
2021-06-12	25	2nd	13 21 25 41 46 59
2021-03-17	8	2nd	13 21 25 36 39 56
2021-02-17	16	2nd	14 21 22 24 26 51
2020-12-23	1	4th	1 7 16 21 43 45
2020-12-19	14	4th	1 9 14 21 56 57
2020-10-31	13	4th	5 15 19 21 37 57
2020-09-16	3	1st	21 43 44 45 53 55
2020-09-05	7	3rd	2 19 21 27 36 54
2020-08-12	4	3rd	11 16 21 22 34 43
2020-07-29	12	3rd	12 17 21 29 48 56
2020-06-17	11	3rd	10 16 21 30 31 56
2020-05-09	30	1st	21 29 32 37 38 55
2020-01-25	11	2nd	5 21 23 29 36 44
2019-12-18	1	2nd	14 21 24 37 45 46
2019-12-14	16	2nd	14 21 36 38 42 56
2019-10-19	5	3rd	6 15 21 37 55 59
2019-10-02	3	3rd	3 17 21 23 27 43
2019-09-21	1	3rd	4 10 21 28 30 43
2019-09-18	13	3rd	8 18 21 23 29 56
2019-08-03	3	3rd	2 18 21 39 53 58
2019-07-24	3	2nd	14 21 22 27 44 48
2019-07-13	8	4th	9 12 14 21 44 55
2019-06-15	1	4th	3 14 20 21 24 34
2019-06-12	7	2nd	17 21 22 32 37 41
2019-05-18	13	2nd	18 21 23 46 54 59
2019-04-03	7	2nd	4 21 31 34 43 44
2019-03-09	13	3rd	17 20 21 43 46 52
2019-01-23	3	4th	6 18 19 21 23 51
2019-01-12	1	2nd	5 21 30 48 56 57
2019-01-09	12	2nd	17 21 31 33 46 53
2018-11-28	43	3rd	2 3 21 23 35 57
2018-06-30	4	3rd	9 15 21 35 49 56
2018-06-16	13	3rd	11 20 21 30 44 55
2018-05-02	3	3rd	4 9 21 25 37 39
2018-04-21	13	4th	9 19 20 21 45 47
2018-03-07	1	5th	3 8 9 16 21 53
2018-03-03	22	3rd	2 4 21 34 37 48
2017-12-16	3	2nd	8 21 44 49 53 59
2017-12-06	3	2nd	4 21 29 30 31 32
2017-11-25	34	3rd	2 14 21 23 38 44
2017-07-29	6	2nd	19 21 22 28 41 42
2017-07-08	1	2nd	7 21 24 33 41 45
2017-07-05	20	3rd	18 19 21 30 54 56
2017-04-26	6	2nd	5 21 24 31 32 55
2017-04-05	7	3rd	14 15 21 23 41 50
2017-03-11	5	3rd	1 17 21 33 44 45
2017-02-22	16	3rd	15 17 21 38 40 42
2016-12-28	12	2nd	16 21 40 41 44 49
2016-11-16	2	2nd	2 21 25 26 40 57
2016-11-09	2	1st	21 23 25 28 46 59
2016-11-02	11	2nd	9 21 24 26 50 54
2016-09-24	2	2nd	16 21 32 33 35 57
2016-09-17	2	3rd	12 13 21 50 56 58
2016-09-10	7	4th	4 5 13 21 53 57
2016-08-17	3	2nd	15 21 26 39 46 53
2016-08-06	6	3rd	13 18 21 27 58 59
2016-07-16	8	2nd	14 21 27 36 53 56
2016-06-18	2	2nd	10 21 30 38 45 59
2016-06-11	14	3rd	3 19 21 44 49 57
2016-04-23	21	3rd	8 16 21 23 39 43
2016-02-10	5	3rd	11 14 21 28 40 49
2016-01-23	1	3rd	1 17 21 35 51 52
2016-01-20	4	4th	10 16 17 21 33 58
2016-01-06	8	1st	21 22 29 32 39 47
2015-12-09	10	4th	4 5 12 21 32 41
2015-11-04	23	3rd	12 14 21 45 50 55
2015-08-15	1	2nd	2 21 40 42 49 53
2015-08-12	1	4th	6 9 16 21 36 44
2015-08-08	1	2nd	6 21 27 41 43 56
2015-08-05	13	2nd	16 21 24 35 43 47
2015-06-20	3	2nd	4 21 24 34 36 54
2015-06-10	4	3rd	5 18 21 22 28 31
2015-05-27	25	3rd	2 9 21 25 45 54
2015-02-28	2	2nd	4 21 26 27 53 57
2015-02-21	4	2nd	8 21 23 50 52 53
2015-02-07	2	5th	4 9 17 18 21 52
2015-01-31	7	4th	3 5 9 21 23 24
2015-01-07	9	3rd	5 11 21 24 34 55
2014-12-06	13	1st	21 30 33 41 50 58
2014-10-22	1	3rd	10 13 21 35 43 56
2014-10-18	4	3rd	11 20 21 31 37 41
2014-10-04	9	2nd	13 21 38 39 41 57
2014-09-03	10	2nd	2 21 34 41 52 59
2014-07-30	15	3rd	9 10 21 43 44 50
2014-06-07	6	3rd	3 9 21 29 52 58
2014-05-17	3	4th	4 5 19 21 23 29
2014-05-07	1	2nd	20 21 29 32 45 48
2014-05-03	17	3rd	6 19 21 26 41 57
2014-03-05	23	4th	17 18 20 21 32 42
2013-12-14	14	5th	4 15 19 20 21 28
2013-10-26	1	4th	6 10 16 21 29 54
2013-10-23	2	4th	4 5 12 21 52 58
2013-10-16	38	3rd	7 15 21 33 35 46
2013-06-05	22	2nd	8 21 24 43 48 53
2013-03-20	2	3rd	11 20 21 26 43 58
2013-03-13	18	3rd	12 17 21 30 50 59
2013-01-09	6	2nd	2 21 29 35 40 43
2012-12-19	9	2nd	12 21 29 33 42 54
2012-11-17	3	2nd	8 21 27 28 50 53
2012-11-07	24	3rd	12 17 21 23 26 51
2012-08-15	3	2nd	5 21 44 45 51 56
2012-08-04	10	3rd	11 13 21 35 48 55
2012-06-30	23	3rd	8 9 21 26 35 38
2012-04-11	9	1st	21 32 37 43 48 57
2012-03-10	14	4th	5 16 18 21 24 54
2012-01-21	5	2nd	8 21 36 39 58 59
2012-01-04	1	3rd	1 20 21 27 37 38
2011-12-31	1	3rd	11 13 21 35 44 54
2011-12-28	21	1st	21 24 26 41 53 57
2011-10-15	5	3rd	5 18 21 43 48 49
2011-09-28	8	4th	2 11 12 21 36 50
2011-08-31	18	2nd	5 21 31 35 41 55
2011-06-29	3	3rd	13 15 21 24 28 45
2011-06-18	13	3rd	6 11 21 45 55 57
2011-05-04	12	2nd	13 21 35 41 46 55
2011-03-23	11	2nd	4 21 30 36 40 46
2011-02-12	17	3rd	8 16 21 36 41 44
2010-12-15	1	2nd	4 21 27 32 33 36
2010-12-11	1	3rd	16 18 21 24 34 41
2010-12-08	3	3rd	8 15 21 28 53 56
2010-11-27	1	5th	1 10 13 17 21 58
2010-11-24	—	2nd	17 21 32 50 55 59