Number 21

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

126times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.73σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

20.4average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

115longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.73σ. 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 126 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 20.4 draws · longest completed wait 115 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest60 · chance 49.7
2nd smallest43 · chance 55.2
3rd smallest22 · chance 19.1
4th smallest1 · chance 2.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

72 34 41 74 1 11

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.5 such strangers 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 77. 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
2026-10-03	6	1st	21 51 63 68
2026-09-19	16	2nd	15 21 44 58
2026-08-12	19	2nd	7 21 36 71
2026-06-29	8	1st	21 64 65 74
2026-06-10	50	3rd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-01	97	2nd	1 21 57 65
2023-03-20	14	4th	8 10 13 21
2023-02-15	43	2nd	18 21 66 76
2022-11-07	13	2nd	2 21 50 54
2022-10-08	2	1st	21 34 76 77
2022-10-03	1	1st	21 22 73 75
2022-10-01	2	1st	21 37 39 40
2022-09-26	7	1st	21 30 34 36
2022-09-10	14	1st	21 42 47 72
2022-08-08	11	1st	21 41 52 58
2022-07-13	25	3rd	3 19 21 32
2022-05-16	30	2nd	15 21 37 70
2022-03-07	43	2nd	3 21 49 68
2021-11-27	3	3rd	5 17 21 42
2021-11-20	24	3rd	16 20 21 70
2021-09-25	24	1st	21 22 48 72
2021-07-31	15	1st	21 26 49 51
2021-06-26	12	1st	21 24 32 41
2021-05-29	1	3rd	1 15 21 22
2021-05-26	45	3rd	1 19 21 49
2021-02-10	1	2nd	9 21 41 63
2021-02-08	5	1st	21 63 69 73
2021-01-27	12	1st	21 55 67 74
2020-12-30	1	1st	21 33 57 61
2020-12-28	39	1st	21 24 52 53
2020-09-28	10	1st	21 26 41 60
2020-09-05	18	2nd	17 21 34 55
2020-07-25	46	1st	21 29 42 58
2020-04-08	4	2nd	14 21 66 67
2020-03-30	1	1st	21 42 49 63
2020-03-28	3	2nd	5 21 39 73
2020-03-21	32	3rd	11 14 21 40
2020-01-06	13	2nd	20 21 52 55
2019-12-07	15	1st	21 47 73 74
2019-11-02	1	3rd	8 10 21 66
2019-10-30	10	2nd	10 21 27 72
2019-10-07	11	3rd	9 11 21 34
2019-09-11	4	2nd	14 21 33 51
2019-09-02	12	2nd	19 21 38 60
2019-08-05	2	2nd	1 21 41 59
2019-07-31	23	1st	21 26 41 43
2019-06-08	41	1st	21 33 36 65
2019-03-04	26	2nd	6 21 42 69
2019-01-02	6	2nd	16 21 32 65
2018-12-19	46	2nd	11 21 27 51
2018-09-03	33	2nd	1 21 44 47
2018-06-18	21	1st	21 27 30 75
2018-04-30	15	1st	21 43 62 66
2018-03-26	42	1st	21 23 29 66
2017-12-18	55	1st	21 41 46 50
2017-08-12	101	2nd	6 21 46 68
2016-12-19	16	1st	21 26 67 72
2016-11-12	36	2nd	20 21 24 44
2016-08-20	24	2nd	15 21 69 71
2016-06-25	40	1st	21 27 40 59
2016-03-23	3	2nd	20 21 23 43
2016-03-16	38	1st	21 45 48 75
2015-12-19	2	1st	21 53 68 70
2015-12-14	17	1st	21 23 27 76
2015-11-04	18	1st	21 25 55 56
2015-09-23	39	1st	21 32 63 66
2015-06-24	8	2nd	5 21 29 53
2015-06-06	3	1st	21 34 44 74
2015-05-30	53	1st	21 26 63 64
2015-01-26	6	2nd	15 21 62 67
2015-01-12	52	1st	21 40 72 75
2014-09-13	6	1st	21 27 61 72
2014-08-30	4	1st	21 29 57 69
2014-08-20	19	2nd	5 21 42 69
2014-07-07	51	2nd	8 21 28 50
2014-03-10	53	1st	21 22 51 73
2013-11-06	14	2nd	1 21 33 50
2013-10-05	4	1st	21 70 72 73
2013-09-25	42	3rd	3 8 21 42
2013-06-19	43	1st	21 38 58 60
2013-03-11	16	1st	21 24 60 65
2013-02-02	21	1st	21 37 61 73
2012-12-15	25	3rd	12 16 21 47
2012-10-17	10	1st	21 46 61 76
2012-09-24	17	3rd	4 15 21 70
2012-08-15	6	2nd	9 21 29 62
2012-08-01	1	1st	21 45 62 64
2012-07-30	3	2nd	20 21 26 70
2012-07-23	6	3rd	4 19 21 72
2012-07-09	9	2nd	15 21 57 77
2012-06-18	9	2nd	19 21 36 41
2012-05-28	5	1st	21 34 48 66
2012-05-16	16	1st	21 35 57 68
2012-04-07	4	3rd	11 12 21 74
2012-03-28	4	1st	21 27 34 53
2012-03-19	9	3rd	8 14 21 22
2012-02-27	24	3rd	5 11 21 30
2012-01-02	16	3rd	1 14 21 69
2011-11-26	7	1st	21 32 37 72
2011-11-09	115	2nd	19 21 35 63
2011-02-14	7	2nd	11 21 28 57
2011-01-29	23	1st	21 44 55 56
2010-12-06	8	1st	21 35 58 61
2010-11-17	35	1st	21 48 52 66
2010-08-28	21	1st	21 25 49 56
2010-07-10	8	1st	21 50 64 74
2010-06-21	—	2nd	16 21 28 55