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Star 21 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 63 times drawn · chance expected 55 +1.16σ
92 draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number
21.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
131 longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long
21 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 63 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, +1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 92 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
21 Number 21, draw by draw Drawn 63 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 21.2 draws · longest completed wait 131 · waiting 92 draws now
1 draws: 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-25 18 draws: 2015-11-25 to 2016-01-27 14 draws: 2016-01-27 to 2016-03-16 50 draws: 2016-03-16 to 2016-09-07 21 draws: 2016-09-07 to 2016-11-19 10 draws: 2016-11-19 to 2016-12-24 38 draws: 2016-12-24 to 2017-05-06 12 draws: 2017-05-06 to 2017-06-17 5 draws: 2017-06-17 to 2017-07-05 56 draws: 2017-07-05 to 2018-01-17 2 draws: 2018-01-17 to 2018-01-24 18 draws: 2018-01-24 to 2018-03-28 1 draws: 2018-03-28 to 2018-03-31 16 draws: 2018-03-31 to 2018-05-26 30 draws: 2018-05-26 to 2018-09-08 23 draws: 2018-09-08 to 2018-11-28 20 draws: 2018-11-28 to 2019-02-06 7 draws: 2019-02-06 to 2019-03-02 5 draws: 2019-03-02 to 2019-03-20 27 draws: 2019-03-20 to 2019-06-22 6 draws: 2019-06-22 to 2019-07-13 11 draws: 2019-07-13 to 2019-08-21 20 draws: 2019-08-21 to 2019-10-30 8 draws: 2019-10-30 to 2019-11-27 52 draws: 2019-11-27 to 2020-05-27 22 draws: 2020-05-27 to 2020-08-12 8 draws: 2020-08-12 to 2020-09-09 48 draws: 2020-09-09 to 2021-02-24 18 draws: 2021-02-24 to 2021-04-28 41 draws: 2021-04-28 to 2021-09-08 1 draws: 2021-09-08 to 2021-09-11 1 draws: 2021-09-11 to 2021-09-13 131 draws: 2021-09-13 to 2022-07-16 52 draws: 2022-07-16 to 2022-11-14 10 draws: 2022-11-14 to 2022-12-07 95 draws: 2022-12-07 to 2023-07-17 29 draws: 2023-07-17 to 2023-09-23 13 draws: 2023-09-23 to 2023-10-23 9 draws: 2023-10-23 to 2023-11-13 4 draws: 2023-11-13 to 2023-11-22 6 draws: 2023-11-22 to 2023-12-06 20 draws: 2023-12-06 to 2024-01-22 2 draws: 2024-01-22 to 2024-01-27 9 draws: 2024-01-27 to 2024-02-17 29 draws: 2024-02-17 to 2024-04-24 7 draws: 2024-04-24 to 2024-05-11 7 draws: 2024-05-11 to 2024-05-27 7 draws: 2024-05-27 to 2024-06-12 4 draws: 2024-06-12 to 2024-06-22 6 draws: 2024-06-22 to 2024-07-06 3 draws: 2024-07-06 to 2024-07-13 32 draws: 2024-07-13 to 2024-09-25 3 draws: 2024-09-25 to 2024-10-02 14 draws: 2024-10-02 to 2024-11-04 81 draws: 2024-11-04 to 2025-05-12 9 draws: 2025-05-12 to 2025-06-02 13 draws: 2025-06-02 to 2025-07-02 14 draws: 2025-07-02 to 2025-08-04 44 draws: 2025-08-04 to 2025-11-15 19 draws: 2025-11-15 to 2025-12-29 23 draws: 2025-12-29 to 2026-02-21 9 draws: 2026-02-21 to 2026-03-14 Still waiting — at least 92 draws since 2026-03-14 2015-11-21 2015-11-25 2016-01-27 2016-03-16 2016-09-07 2016-11-19 2016-12-24 2017-05-06 2017-06-17 2017-07-05 2018-01-17 2018-01-24 2018-03-28 2018-03-31 2018-05-26 2018-09-08 2018-11-28 2019-02-06 2019-03-02 2019-03-20 2019-06-22 2019-07-13 2019-08-21 2019-10-30 2019-11-27 2020-05-27 2020-08-12 2020-09-09 2021-02-24 2021-04-28 2021-09-08 2021-09-11 2021-09-13 2022-07-16 2022-11-14 2022-12-07 2023-07-17 2023-09-23 2023-10-23 2023-11-13 2023-11-22 2023-12-06 2024-01-22 2024-01-27 2024-02-17 2024-04-24 2024-05-11 2024-05-27 2024-06-12 2024-06-22 2024-07-06 2024-07-13 2024-09-25 2024-10-02 2024-11-04 2025-05-12 2025-06-02 2025-07-02 2025-08-04 2025-11-15 2025-12-29 2026-02-21 2026-03-14 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 63 · chance 63.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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 The other 39 appearances ← star 20 Every number star 22 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.