Number 21

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

127times drawn · chance expected 103 +2.48σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

72longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +2.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 1 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 smallest22 · chance 30.3
2nd smallest58 · chance 53.9
3rd smallest36 · chance 33.4
4th smallest11 · chance 8.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 19 11 12 17 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 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 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 21 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	4	4th	11 13 14 21 65
2026-09-28	5	2nd	17 21 29 42 49
2026-09-16	12	2nd	2 21 24 25 64
2026-08-19	24	2nd	10 21 58 61

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-16	2	1st	21 22 25 32 38
2024-11-11	6	2nd	3 21 24 34 46
2024-10-28	11	1st	21 27 32 48 67
2024-10-02	4	3rd	1 2 21 37 43
2024-09-23	1	2nd	15 21 25 37 45
2024-09-21	5	3rd	17 19 21 37 45
2024-09-09	2	3rd	1 16 21 47 60
2024-09-04	5	3rd	7 10 21 33 59
2024-08-24	49	3rd	5 15 21 24 43
2024-05-01	10	4th	1 11 19 21 68
2024-04-08	11	2nd	6 21 23 39 54
2024-03-13	15	1st	21 29 54 59 62
2024-02-07	16	2nd	12 21 62 67 69
2024-01-01	15	2nd	12 21 42 44 49
2023-11-27	8	2nd	2 21 38 61 66
2023-11-08	7	2nd	14 21 33 39 62
2023-10-23	15	2nd	18 21 25 46 64
2023-09-18	16	2nd	2 21 26 40 42
2023-08-12	1	2nd	19 21 37 50 65
2023-08-09	26	3rd	10 15 21 67 69
2023-06-10	1	1st	21 32 42 46 50
2023-06-07	4	2nd	16 21 29 53 66
2023-05-29	2	1st	21 33 35 62 64
2023-05-24	6	2nd	12 21 44 50 58
2023-05-10	3	1st	21 24 33 55 69
2023-05-03	4	1st	21 26 30 45 47
2023-04-24	2	2nd	19 21 55 66 68
2023-04-19	8	3rd	4 11 21 38 64
2023-04-01	18	3rd	11 19 21 29 52
2023-02-18	60	2nd	8 21 31 32 37
2022-10-01	3	2nd	8 21 22 65 69
2022-09-24	22	3rd	3 9 21 24 29
2022-08-03	1	2nd	9 21 56 57 66
2022-08-01	40	2nd	15 21 31 36 65
2022-04-30	6	2nd	14 21 37 44 63
2022-04-16	7	2nd	15 21 32 62 65
2022-03-30	7	3rd	3 7 21 31 37
2022-03-14	6	1st	21 28 32 44 49
2022-02-28	2	2nd	7 21 39 47 55
2022-02-23	5	3rd	6 17 21 35 64
2022-02-12	13	3rd	8 10 21 41 62
2022-01-12	1	2nd	12 21 22 30 33
2022-01-10	1	4th	14 17 18 21 27
2022-01-08	14	2nd	20 21 36 60 65
2021-12-06	12	2nd	3 21 38 50 59
2021-11-08	18	1st	21 46 47 57 62
2021-09-27	18	1st	21 22 39 44 60
2021-08-14	3	2nd	6 21 49 65 67
2021-08-04	1	2nd	5 21 32 36 58
2021-07-31	7	2nd	1 21 22 34 47
2021-07-07	12	2nd	8 21 30 49 57
2021-05-26	5	3rd	2 8 21 34 62
2021-05-08	5	4th	12 17 20 21 26
2021-04-21	1	1st	21 25 32 63 67
2021-04-17	13	2nd	10 21 26 41 49
2021-03-03	4	1st	21 40 44 50 55
2021-02-17	36	3rd	1 15 21 32 46
2020-10-14	5	1st	21 37 52 53 58
2020-09-26	6	2nd	11 21 27 36 62
2020-09-05	2	2nd	15 21 22 27 47
2020-08-29	10	2nd	5 21 22 29 43
2020-07-25	6	2nd	5 21 36 61 62
2020-07-04	12	2nd	16 21 27 60 61
2020-05-23	8	4th	2 8 18 21 23
2020-04-25	14	3rd	1 3 21 47 57
2020-03-07	16	3rd	7 15 21 33 62
2020-01-11	2	2nd	3 21 23 31 59
2020-01-04	38	3rd	1 11 21 25 54
2019-08-24	1	4th	5 12 20 21 47
2019-08-21	1	2nd	12 21 22 29 32
2019-08-17	17	2nd	18 21 24 30 60
2019-06-19	20	3rd	4 18 21 26 38
2019-04-10	3	2nd	12 21 23 39 67
2019-03-30	7	1st	21 52 54 64 68
2019-03-06	2	3rd	6 10 21 35 46
2019-02-27	9	1st	21 31 42 49 59
2019-01-26	10	4th	8 12 20 21 32
2018-12-22	3	1st	21 28 30 40 59
2018-12-12	11	3rd	4 9 21 29 64
2018-11-03	3	2nd	15 21 24 32 65
2018-10-24	22	2nd	3 21 45 53 56
2018-08-08	8	2nd	10 21 30 43 63
2018-07-11	13	2nd	19 21 27 46 47
2018-05-26	3	2nd	1 21 31 45 49
2018-05-16	31	3rd	17 19 21 22 51
2018-01-27	23	2nd	17 21 26 47 54
2017-11-08	12	4th	12 14 20 21 34
2017-09-27	7	3rd	8 10 21 23 25
2017-09-02	8	2nd	6 21 41 52 62
2017-08-05	3	2nd	11 21 28 33 45
2017-07-26	14	3rd	7 19 21 42 69
2017-06-07	1	2nd	5 21 57 66 69
2017-06-03	8	3rd	3 9 21 41 54
2017-05-06	4	2nd	11 21 31 41 59
2017-04-22	38	1st	21 39 41 48 63
2016-12-10	4	2nd	12 21 32 44 66
2016-11-26	6	3rd	17 19 21 37 44
2016-11-05	2	1st	21 31 50 51 69
2016-10-29	20	3rd	19 20 21 42 48
2016-08-20	6	3rd	3 6 21 60 68
2016-07-30	44	3rd	11 17 21 23 32
2016-02-27	1	3rd	10 11 21 22 53
2016-02-24	—	1st	21 31 64 65 67