Number 21

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

182times drawn · chance expected 188 −0.47σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

33longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 182 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 33 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest7 · chance 6.6
2nd smallest37 · chance 37.5
3rd smallest78 · chance 71.2
4th smallest48 · chance 53.4
5th smallest12 · chance 13.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 32 5 9 11 17

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
2026-10-11	7	3rd	12 20 21 22 24
2026-10-04	6	3rd	1 9 21 29 31
2026-09-28	15	2nd	17 21 25 27 34
2026-09-13	3	3rd	4

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.

2026-02-21	20	2nd	1 21 27 32 34
2026-02-01	5	4th	5 17 18 21 31
2026-01-27	1	3rd	3 17 21 31 33
2026-01-26	1	5th	9 14 19 20 21
2026-01-25	7	4th	7 8 17 21 33
2026-01-18	3	4th	10 15 16 21 22
2026-01-15	6	2nd	16 21 23 29 38
2026-01-09	11	3rd	11 14 21 22 31
2025-12-29	14	4th	3 4 20 21 32
2025-12-15	7	4th	6 11 19 21 33
2025-12-08	5	5th	1 5 6 14 21
2025-12-03	9	5th	1 5 7 15 21
2025-11-24	6	3rd	13 20 21 22 25
2025-11-18	11	4th	11 12 14 21 31
2025-11-07	33	3rd	9 19 21 27 36
2025-10-05	6	3rd	1 2 21 22 28
2025-09-29	3	3rd	5 8 21 26 30
2025-09-26	1	3rd	2 19 21 26 34
2025-09-25	9	1st	21 23 26 30 33
2025-09-16	11	4th	8 17 20 21 38
2025-09-05	24	4th	5 13 18 21 28
2025-08-12	16	3rd	2 8 21 24 36
2025-07-27	5	1st	21 23 32 34 36
2025-07-22	10	2nd	4 21 22 35 37
2025-07-12	20	2nd	12 21 27 33 34
2025-06-22	5	5th	4 9 16 17 21
2025-06-17	9	2nd	18 21 24 27 34
2025-06-08	2	3rd	14 17 21 28 33
2025-06-06	3	3rd	4 6 21 23 37
2025-06-03	12	3rd	11 13 21 30 32
2025-05-22	1	3rd	9 10 21 32 37
2025-05-21	8	3rd	16 17 21 24 25
2025-05-13	2	3rd	1 16 21 25 31
2025-05-11	6	3rd	1 2 21 22 31
2025-05-05	1	2nd	4 21 25 32 36
2025-05-04	10	3rd	6 8 21 25 29
2025-04-24	33	3rd	1 17 21 30 35
2025-03-22	2	3rd	10 12 21 33 36
2025-03-20	3	5th	1 5 10 18 21
2025-03-17	3	2nd	8 21 24 32 35
2025-03-14	1	3rd	1 9 21 26 37
2025-03-13	13	5th	6 12 14 19 21
2025-02-28	14	3rd	10 13 21 22 38
2025-02-14	14	4th	1 13 15 21 34
2025-01-31	4	2nd	5 21 22 27 29
2025-01-27	15	4th	9 14 17 21 36
2025-01-12	2	3rd	13 17 21 22 35
2025-01-10	9	4th	8 9 14 21 22
2025-01-01	10	2nd	9 21 22 23 32
2024-12-22	16	3rd	12 17 21 22 31
2024-12-06	1	2nd	3 21 27 31 36
2024-12-05	5	3rd	14 19 21 35 37
2024-11-30	5	4th	5 6 9 21 36
2024-11-25	15	3rd	11 14 21 27 34
2024-11-10	3	1st	21 24 31 35 37
2024-11-07	1	4th	11 17 19 21 36
2024-11-06	1	3rd	7 17 21 27 28
2024-11-05	14	3rd	5 8 21 31 34
2024-10-22	3	2nd	13 21 25 32 34
2024-10-19	4	4th	1 6 9 21 23
2024-10-15	2	3rd	2 5 21 30 32
2024-10-13	1	3rd	10 17 21 31 35
2024-10-12	6	2nd	12 21 34 35 36
2024-10-06	1	4th	1 4 18 21 32
2024-10-05	8	3rd	7 12 21 24 38
2024-09-27	2	4th	5 9 15 21 38
2024-09-25	14	3rd	14 17 21 29 32
2024-09-11	9	4th	3 4 9 21 33
2024-09-02	1	5th	3 5 9 12 21
2024-09-01	2	3rd	7 19 21 32 37
2024-08-30	25	4th	5 16 17 21 27
2024-08-05	7	3rd	17 18 21 28 35
2024-07-29	8	4th	9 10 19 21 38
2024-07-21	2	4th	3 6 18 21 34
2024-07-19	9	4th	4 9 11 21 37
2024-07-10	2	4th	2 5 15 21 25
2024-07-08	12	4th	3 6 14 21 36
2024-06-26	9	3rd	9 19 21 33 34
2024-06-17	15	2nd	19 21 24 25 27
2024-06-02	4	4th	1 12 16 21 23
2024-05-29	5	4th	1 15 16 21 35
2024-05-24	2	5th	2 4 11 14 21
2024-05-22	4	4th	1 7 18 21 32
2024-05-18	2	2nd	11 21 22 24 31
2024-05-16	2	3rd	5 9 21 29 37
2024-05-14	3	4th	7 8 19 21 34
2024-05-11	11	4th	3 5 11 21 36
2024-04-30	2	3rd	12 13 21 22 37
2024-04-28	14	4th	4 6 17 21 36
2024-04-14	5	2nd	1 21 27 29 33
2024-04-09	9	1st	21 24 28 36 38
2024-03-31	5	3rd	1 17 21 22 33
2024-03-26	7	2nd	11 21 25 35 37
2024-03-19	16	4th	7 10 11 21 27
2024-03-03	3	3rd	8 14 21 23 28
2024-02-29	6	3rd	11 14 21 26 35
2024-02-23	2	3rd	6 9 21 32 36
2024-02-21	2	3rd	16 18 21 34 35
2024-02-19	12	2nd	11 21 23 29 38
2024-02-07	9	3rd	6 7 21 36 38
2024-01-29	2	1st	21 25 27 30 31
2024-01-27	20	3rd	1 19 21 32 38
2024-01-07	2	2nd	11 21 22 23 29
2024-01-05	14	3rd	6 20 21 28 29
2023-12-22	1	2nd	3 21 29 30 35
2023-12-21	3	2nd	10 21 35 36 37
2023-12-18	6	5th	1 2 9 18 21
2023-12-12	17	2nd	11 21 29 33 38
2023-11-25	1	2nd	2 21 27 33 36
2023-11-24	11	2nd	6 21 23 26 32
2023-11-13	12	3rd	1 11 21 24 26
2023-11-01	1	5th	8 13 14 19 21
2023-10-31	2	4th	3 4 20 21 25
2023-10-29	1	3rd	5 10 21 22 32
2023-10-28	1	4th	6 10 15 21 26
2023-10-27	29	2nd	18 21 23 26 38
2023-09-28	5	3rd	7 11 21 27 30
2023-09-23	6	3rd	12 17 21 35 37
2023-09-17	12	4th	2 10 14 21 22
2023-09-05	2	2nd	1 21 23 32 38
2023-09-03	13	3rd	11 13 21 32 37
2023-08-21	1	2nd	4 21 23 34 35
2023-08-20	5	3rd	8 10 21 27 31
2023-08-15	1	4th	5 9 19 21 25
2023-08-14	5	3rd	1 20 21 31 36
2023-08-09	15	3rd	6 11 21 22 33
2023-07-25	2	4th	9 13 17 21 24
2023-07-23	1	4th	7 8 19 21 32
2023-07-22	25	2nd	12 21 27 28 34
2023-06-27	10	3rd	10 11 21 25 36
2023-06-17	16	4th	11 13 18 21 32
2023-06-01	24	2nd	8 21 22 26 30
2023-05-08	3	1st	21 24 25 27 35
2023-05-05	2	2nd	18 21 22 26 33
2023-05-03	1	3rd	6 16 21 23 24
2023-05-02	2	3rd	6 11 21 35 38
2023-04-30	1	4th	1 4 20 21 27
2023-04-29	5	4th	3 6 8 21 32
2023-04-24	1	3rd	8 15 21 25 37
2023-04-23	8	3rd	8 10 21 26 32
2023-04-15	4	5th	5 6 9 20 21
2023-04-11	22	4th	7 13 14 21 24
2023-03-20	17	4th	1 3 8 21 30
2023-03-03	8	2nd	2 21 24 33 37
2023-02-23	12	3rd	5 20 21 26 37
2023-02-11	1	2nd	11 21 23 28 37
2023-02-10	5	3rd	5 14 21 29 36
2023-02-05	1	2nd	1 21 24 28 37
2023-02-04	4	4th	4 5 11 21 25
2023-01-31	10	2nd	20 21 31 33 34
2023-01-21	20	3rd	5 7 21 26 31
2023-01-01	2	3rd	12 16 21 27 32
2022-12-30	7	3rd	14 18 21 23 24
2022-12-23	17	3rd	2 15 21 24 25
2022-12-06	2	4th	7 14 16 21 27
2022-12-04	3	3rd	5 9 21 32 37
2022-12-01	5	3rd	1 10 21 23 29
2022-11-26	—	3rd	8 10 21 34 36