Number 21

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

342times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.22σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 342 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 342 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 6 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 smallest21 · chance 19.6
2nd smallest87 · chance 81.8
3rd smallest119 · chance 124.3
4th smallest92 · chance 86.1
5th smallest21 · chance 27.1
6th smallest2 · chance 3.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 41 20 19 38 33

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
2026-09-26	4	5th	4 10 14 16 21 36
2026-09-16	3	1st	21 23 31 35 39 42
2026-09-09	1	3rd	1 19 21 22 26 38
2026-09-07

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.

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