Number 21

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

290times drawn · chance expected 304 −0.89σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

45longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 290 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −0.89σ. 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 290 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 10.5
2nd smallest56 · chance 59.7
3rd smallest123 · chance 113.5
4th smallest81 · chance 85.1
5th smallest25 · chance 21.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 27 32 5 7 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-14	7	3rd	5 7 21 27 34
2025-04-07	16	3rd	1 19 21 23 24
2025-03-22	9	5th	1 5 14 17 21
2025-03-13	5	3rd	2 14

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

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