Number 21

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

101times drawn · chance expected 112 −1.09σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

33longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, −1.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 939 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 7 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 smallest4 · chance 6.0
2nd smallest34 · chance 26.5
3rd smallest31 · chance 39.8
4th smallest29 · chance 23.9
5th smallest3 · chance 4.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 3 31 30 15 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-05	5	3rd	8 19 21 31 42
2026-09-30	7	3rd	5 14 21 31 33
2026-09-23	5	4th	2 12 18 21 24
2026-09-18	3	3rd	19 20

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-28	15	4th	10 12 17 21 37
2026-02-13	25	4th	4 11 20 21 30
2026-01-19	2	2nd	20 21 29 30 32
2026-01-17	13	2nd	2 21 24 33 38
2026-01-04	2	3rd	3 15 21 28 31
2026-01-02	5	4th	7 9 11 21 30
2025-12-28	3	4th	3 10 14 21 34
2025-12-25	14	2nd	3 21 30 40 41
2025-12-11	4	3rd	2 9 21 22 42
2025-12-07	6	3rd	9 13 21 29 33
2025-12-01	21	4th	7 10 19 21 33
2025-11-10	7	3rd	8 17 21 36 41
2025-11-03	9	2nd	17 21 22 37 41
2025-10-25	3	4th	3 17 18 21 23
2025-10-22	3	2nd	10 21 23 30 41
2025-10-19	5	4th	1 8 18 21 23
2025-10-14	15	3rd	6 10 21 28 31
2025-09-29	1	4th	12 17 20 21 27
2025-09-28	1	2nd	2 21 23 28 29
2025-09-27	27	4th	3 11 16 21 27
2025-08-31	16	4th	2 10 18 21 38
2025-08-15	5	2nd	11 21 28 32 34
2025-08-10	13	3rd	2 10 21 29 40
2025-07-28	33	2nd	7 21 26 33 41
2025-06-25	7	4th	11 17 19 21 32
2025-06-18	22	3rd	6 20 21 31 37
2025-05-27	12	2nd	16 21 30 31 38
2025-05-15	21	2nd	3 21 22 33 36
2025-04-24	16	3rd	18 20 21 24 31
2025-04-08	4	3rd	3 11 21 22 28
2025-04-04	15	3rd	4 14 21 22 37
2025-03-20	3	3rd	1 14 21 31 36
2025-03-17	14	2nd	10 21 24 28 38
2025-03-03	6	4th	6 10 15 21 27
2025-02-25	22	4th	5 11 14 21 40
2025-02-03	22	2nd	6 21 26 32 37
2025-01-12	9	2nd	15 21 23 29 33
2025-01-03	20	4th	3 15 18 21 37
2024-12-14	13	1st	21 27 29 30 32
2024-12-01	29	2nd	4 21 29 34 41
2024-11-02	2	3rd	2 5 21 29 39
2024-10-31	6	3rd	1 15 21 23 27
2024-10-25	9	3rd	6 17 21 28 33
2024-10-16	2	2nd	19 21 27 31 33
2024-10-14	11	4th	8 9 17 21 30
2024-10-03	9	1st	21 34 37 39 41
2024-09-24	2	4th	7 8 16 21 23
2024-09-22	1	1st	21 22 27 38 39
2024-09-21	2	2nd	15 21 27 40 41
2024-09-19	23	4th	3 11 19 21 36
2024-08-27	1	3rd	5 6 21 24 34
2024-08-26	3	4th	13 14 17 21 35
2024-08-23	5	4th	3 5 13 21 38
2024-08-18	6	5th	2 9 12 17 21
2024-08-12	11	2nd	15 21 26 30 32
2024-08-01	3	4th	6 14 19 21 27
2024-07-29	1	3rd	6 19 21 25 40
2024-07-28	1	4th	7 13 15 21 33
2024-07-27	2	2nd	10 21 34 35 41
2024-07-25	5	4th	7 11 15 21 22
2024-07-20	7	2nd	20 21 24 28 35
2024-07-13	1	3rd	6 14 21 32 41
2024-07-12	6	3rd	11 17 21 37 42
2024-07-06	10	2nd	6 21 24 26 37
2024-06-26	19	2nd	4 21 27 28 38
2024-06-07	3	4th	3 17 18 21 26
2024-06-04	2	2nd	17 21 25 28 38
2024-06-02	6	2nd	15 21 23 31 36
2024-05-27	18	3rd	18 19 21 25 31
2024-05-09	1	2nd	17 21 23 29 39
2024-05-08	4	3rd	3 6 21 30 31
2024-05-04	2	2nd	4 21 30 34 40
2024-05-02	16	3rd	3 4 21 25 32
2024-04-16	2	3rd	7 9 21 37 41
2024-04-14	4	2nd	1 21 31 33 34
2024-04-10	13	4th	7 11 13 21 30
2024-03-28	—	1st	21 23 31 37 39