Number 21

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

369times drawn · chance expected 358 +0.61σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

37longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 369 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, +0.61σ. 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 369 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 smallest9 · chance 8.0
2nd smallest52 · chance 57.9
3rd smallest134 · chance 137.6
4th smallest131 · chance 127.0
5th smallest43 · chance 38.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 43.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 27 14 17 35 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-09	7	1st	21 23 27 29 30
2026-09-23	15	4th	3 17 20 21 28
2026-08-19	3	3rd	1 12 21 28 35
2026-08-12	8	4th	11 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-14	2	3rd	12 16 21 31 34
2025-11-10	4	3rd	2 19 21 27 34
2025-10-31	7	4th	3 7 8 21 34
2025-10-15	8	3rd	5 7 21 28 34
2025-09-26	2	3rd	8 9 21 22 34
2025-09-22	6	5th	6 7 8 14 21
2025-09-08	4	5th	3 6 8 17 21
2025-08-29	2	4th	12 14 15 21 34
2025-08-25	7	3rd	15 17 21 26 29
2025-08-08	1	3rd	1 15 21 23 32
2025-08-06	10	3rd	1 10 21 28 32
2025-07-14	7	4th	4 16 19 21 34
2025-06-27	13	3rd	7 14 21 26 34
2025-05-28	2	4th	9 11 14 21 22
2025-05-23	28	2nd	2 21 23 25 35
2025-03-19	1	3rd	8 15 21 31 34
2025-03-17	12	5th	6 13 15 20 21
2025-02-17	10	5th	6 8 12 14 21
2025-01-24	5	4th	6 16 18 21 22
2025-01-13	1	3rd	8 18 21 22 30
2025-01-10	4	5th	1 6 7 20 21
2025-01-01	7	2nd	9 21 22 25 34
2024-12-16	3	4th	5 11 15 21 28
2024-12-09	6	3rd	15 20 21 26 34
2024-11-25	30	3rd	8 9 21 29 34
2024-09-16	2	4th	1 4 9 21 22
2024-09-11	3	4th	7 17 19 21 30
2024-09-04	7	5th	4 10 14 16 21
2024-08-19	1	2nd	5 21 28 32 35
2024-08-16	2	4th	16 17 20 21 35
2024-08-12	16	3rd	1 15 21 22 28
2024-07-05	10	3rd	4 6 21 27 34
2024-06-12	6	3rd	3 5 21 27 34
2024-05-29	1	2nd	13 21 27 28 29
2024-05-27	14	3rd	1 6 21 26 34
2024-04-24	11	4th	8 9 12 21 30
2024-03-29	4	4th	12 15 17 21 29
2024-03-20	11	5th	2 9 11 20 21
2024-02-23	8	3rd	8 20 21 23 35
2024-02-05	3	5th	13 14 19 20 21
2024-01-29	2	2nd	17 21 25 27 33
2024-01-24	7	3rd	1 12 21 27 30
2024-01-08	3	4th	6 12 13 21 33
2024-01-01	7	3rd	2 20 21 27 32
2023-12-15	3	4th	9 15 17 21 26
2023-12-08	2	3rd	3 13 21 25 34
2023-12-04	7	3rd	12 19 21 27 30
2023-11-17	10	4th	2 15 17 21 32
2023-10-25	20	3rd	1 18 21 25 33
2023-09-08	10	4th	2 9 17 21 29
2023-08-16	23	4th	5 9 13 21 23
2023-06-23	3	4th	2 9 19 21 25
2023-06-16	4	4th	3 13 16 21 35
2023-06-07	2	4th	7 17 19 21 34
2023-06-02	1	5th	1 4 5 11 21
2023-05-31	9	4th	6 10 18 21 26
2023-05-10	3	4th	7 10 13 21 34
2023-05-03	1	3rd	3 19 21 34 35
2023-05-01	3	4th	3 14 20 21 27
2023-04-24	6	4th	3 11 16 21 28
2023-04-10	3	3rd	11 19 21 22 35
2023-04-03	3	2nd	19 21 23 27 34
2023-03-27	9	2nd	17 21 24 27 31
2023-03-06	14	4th	6 10 19 21 33
2023-02-01	7	4th	5 7 10 21 26
2023-01-16	4	4th	2 10 18 21 34
2023-01-06	4	4th	13 14 17 21 22
2022-12-28	1	4th	5 11 19 21 25
2022-12-26	9	3rd	15 16 21 23 27
2022-12-05	2	4th	13 15 18 21 23
2022-11-30	2	2nd	17 21 25 26 35
2022-11-25	1	3rd	4 11 21 30 34
2022-11-23	2	4th	3 15 20 21 30
2022-11-18	4	1st	21 22 25 29 34
2022-11-09	6	4th	3 9 19 21 33
2022-10-26	4	5th	1 13 17 19 21
2022-10-17	8	4th	3 6 16 21 23
2022-09-28	2	1st	21 26 29 30 35
2022-09-23	12	5th	13 14 17 18 21
2022-08-26	11	4th	4 5 20 21 22
2022-08-01	3	3rd	9 19 21 27 28
2022-07-25	14	3rd	1 18 21 31 35
2022-06-22	4	5th	4 13 16 20 21
2022-06-13	1	4th	3 10 11 21 31
2022-06-10	6	5th	2 8 12 15 21
2022-05-27	4	4th	4 14 18 21 34
2022-05-18	1	3rd	9 17 21 29 33
2022-05-16	1	2nd	13 21 23 24 30
2022-05-13	7	4th	5 9 11 21 25
2022-04-27	10	3rd	3 19 21 28 35
2022-04-04	7	4th	9 11 17 21 23
2022-03-18	11	4th	8 10 11 21 33
2022-02-21	6	4th	7 9 19 21 26
2022-02-07	6	4th	13 16 20 21 33
2022-01-24	2	4th	1 4 13 21 29
2022-01-19	8	3rd	10 17 21 31 34
2021-12-31	2	3rd	12 20 21 29 34
2021-12-27	1	2nd	11 21 24 27 31
2021-12-24	7	4th	4 11 14 21 28
2021-12-08	5	2nd	1 21 22 28 33
2021-11-26	1	4th	4 6 15 21 33
2021-11-24	4	4th	7 9 10 21 34
2021-11-15	6	4th	5 18 19 21 23
2021-11-01	26	3rd	11 17 21 30 32
2021-09-01	26	5th	8 9 10 12 21
2021-07-02	10	3rd	5 12 21 25 33
2021-06-09	3	3rd	16 19 21 25 26
2021-06-02	13	3rd	14 18 21 25 35
2021-05-03	5	3rd	11 20 21 27 29
2021-04-21	1	2nd	2 21 22 34 35
2021-04-19	1	3rd	5 15 21 27 30
2021-04-16	3	3rd	8 19 21 28 34
2021-04-09	3	5th	6 10 16 20 21
2021-04-02	9	3rd	2 7 21 22 31
2021-03-12	3	4th	1 13 18 21 29
2021-03-05	12	4th	1 13 16 21 34
2021-02-05	7	3rd	9 10 21 25 27
2021-01-20	1	4th	5 10 14 21 30
2021-01-18	9	1st	21 22 27 31 35
2020-12-28	9	3rd	14 19 21 22 28
2020-12-07	1	4th	5 8 12 21 29
2020-12-04	5	4th	10 12 17 21 35
2020-11-23	1	2nd	2 21 24 30 33
2020-11-20	1	4th	3 14 17 21 22
2020-11-18	4	4th	15 17 19 21 31
2020-11-09	13	3rd	3 8 21 24 25
2020-10-09	3	5th	1 8 17 18 21
2020-10-02	37	5th	7 11 12 20 21
2020-07-08	1	2nd	20 21 23 26 34
2020-07-06	5	3rd	7 16 21 22 27
2020-06-24	4	3rd	1 11 21 28 32
2020-06-15	10	3rd	9 10 21 22 25
2020-05-22	1	3rd	1 7 21 28 31
2020-05-20	6	1st	21 25 30 33 34
2020-05-06	7	3rd	5 20 21 26 35
2020-04-20	4	3rd	6 20 21 25 34
2020-04-10	3	4th	3 6 20 21 26
2020-04-03	3	2nd	2 21 28 34 35
2020-03-27	15	5th	10 11 13 15 21
2020-02-21	1	4th	12 13 18 21 30
2020-02-19	1	5th	4 6 9 17 21
2020-02-17	6	4th	1 14 20 21 23
2020-02-03	1	4th	5 17 18 21 32
2020-01-31	1	3rd	4 17 21 32 34
2020-01-29	3	2nd	1 21 24 27 30
2020-01-22	7	3rd	6 14 21 24 30
2020-01-06	13	3rd	11 19 21 25 31
2019-12-06	6	5th	2 3 12 15 21
2019-11-22	1	3rd	8 15 21 22 24
2019-11-20	11	3rd	11 14 21 22 27
2019-10-25	18	4th	6 7 18 21 35
2019-09-13	6	2nd	19 21 22 24 25
2019-08-30	2	3rd	5 19 21 24 26
2019-08-26	15	3rd	10 14 21 24 25
2019-07-22	8	3rd	10 14 21 29 35
2019-07-03	5	3rd	7 13 21 24 32
2019-06-21	15	4th	8 16 17 21 30
2019-05-17	3	3rd	4 14 21 22 32
2019-05-10	14	5th	8 17 19 20 21
2019-04-08	9	5th	2 3 6 20 21
2019-03-18	7	3rd	10 19 21 28 33
2019-03-01	11	2nd	2 21 22 30 33
2019-02-04	2	2nd	11 21 22 31 35
2019-01-30	1	4th	8 13 14 21 28
2019-01-28	4	2nd	11 21 29 32 34
2019-01-18	24	2nd	15 21 28 30 35
2018-11-23	4	3rd	9 12 21 30 34
2018-11-14	10	5th	3 12 15 17 21
2018-10-22	10	4th	12 13 14 21 35
2018-09-28	3	3rd	16 19 21 22 27
2018-09-21	11	3rd	7 18 21 25 27
2018-08-27	4	3rd	2 8 21 26 27
2018-08-17	3	2nd	5 21 24 26 29
2018-08-10	4	3rd	13 15 21 29 34
2018-08-01	6	5th	6 7 9 16 21
2018-07-18	1	2nd	16 21 27 29 33
2018-07-16	6	3rd	6 10 21 22 32
2018-07-02	2	2nd	16 21 22 26 27
2018-06-27	4	4th	2 13 18 21 22
2018-06-18	14	2nd	17 21 24 25 26
2018-05-16	1	3rd	9 17 21 25 35
2018-05-14	8	3rd	1 20 21 27 34
2018-04-25	2	4th	12 15 16 21 34
2018-04-20	7	3rd	3 7 21 24 35
2018-04-04	2	1st	21 24 27 30 32
2018-03-30	1	4th	10 11 16 21 25
2018-03-28	7	5th	8 10 12 16 21
2018-03-12	6	4th	2 3 19 21 34
2018-02-26	14	4th	3 13 14 21 27
2018-01-24	6	4th	1 4 12 21 32
2018-01-10	1	4th	9 11 13 21 24
2018-01-08	4	2nd	10 21 28 30 33
2017-12-29	3	5th	9 10 14 20 21
2017-12-22	12	3rd	16 19 21 23 32
2017-11-24	16	4th	9 12 14 21 27
2017-10-18	14	4th	3 9 17 21 34
2017-09-15	4	3rd	2 11 21 22 28
2017-09-06	4	4th	6 7 8 21 23
2017-08-28	3	4th	4 11 12 21 27
2017-08-21	23	5th	4 5 8 15 21
2017-06-28	1	4th	1 11 12 21 34
2017-06-26	7	4th	4 9 14 21 23
2017-06-09	3	4th	4 8 18 21 29
2017-06-02	2	2nd	19 21 23 26 35
2017-05-29	19	3rd	6 16 21 31 34
2017-04-14	3	2nd	1 21 23 24 26
2017-04-07	7	4th	2 10 17 21 25
2017-03-22	9	4th	1 8 13 21 35
2017-03-01	2	4th	1 11 18 21 29
2017-02-24	2	5th	6 15 16 17 21
2017-02-20	2	4th	1 4 8 21 26
2017-02-15	9	4th	8 11 20 21 26
2017-01-25	28	4th	11 12 15 21 29
2016-11-21	9	4th	2 12 17 21 33
2016-10-31	12	2nd	9 21 29 31 35
2016-10-03	4	2nd	6 21 25 31 34
2016-09-23	12	4th	4 14 17 21 35
2016-08-26	5	2nd	8 21 26 27 29
2016-08-15	3	5th	2 3 12 14 21
2016-08-08	13	3rd	9 11 21 27 28
2016-07-08	12	3rd	2 15 21 28 31
2016-06-10	4	4th	2 9 14 21 33
2016-06-01	1	4th	8 11 15 21 24
2016-05-30	9	3rd	7 11 21 23 29
2016-05-09	3	3rd	10 19 21 27 29
2016-05-02	4	3rd	4 7 21 23 35
2016-04-22	13	4th	7 9 19 21 34
2016-03-23	8	4th	10 11 19 21 27
2016-03-04	5	4th	4 9 19 21 30
2016-02-22	2	2nd	4 21 24 28 35
2016-02-17	3	2nd	15 21 23 28 35
2016-02-10	9	3rd	14 19 21 31 34
2016-01-20	5	4th	4 17 18 21 26
2016-01-08	7	2nd	5 21 24 26 33
2015-12-23	12	3rd	5 11 21 23 30
2015-11-25	22	3rd	5 12 21 24 35
2015-10-05	2	5th	2 10 16 20 21
2015-09-30	1	4th	5 11 18 21 32
2015-09-28	3	4th	5 7 10 21 22
2015-09-21	8	4th	3 5 10 21 29
2015-09-02	4	3rd	12 15 21 25 28
2015-08-24	12	4th	4 6 7 21 32
2015-07-27	12	4th	7 13 14 21 23
2015-06-29	2	4th	4 5 7 21 34
2015-06-24	1	3rd	5 11 21 26 31
2015-06-22	6	4th	12 15 20 21 25
2015-06-08	12	3rd	1 8 21 24 30
2015-05-11	17	2nd	13 21 22 31 33
2015-04-01	6	4th	4 12 18 21 29
2015-03-18	3	4th	2 7 10 21 32
2015-03-11	13	3rd	5 18 21 26 30
2015-02-09	7	5th	8 14 15 20 21
2015-01-23	5	3rd	4 10 21 22 31
2015-01-12	17	3rd	2 17 21 26 35
2014-12-03	15	3rd	2 14 21 24 34
2014-10-29	1	3rd	6 7 21 28 34
2014-10-27	4	2nd	5 21 25 30 33
2014-10-17	3	5th	11 17 18 20 21
2014-10-10	2	4th	10 11 19 21 25
2014-10-06	1	5th	7 8 12 17 21
2014-10-03	2	3rd	1 4 21 29 31
2014-09-29	2	2nd	13 21 23 28 34
2014-09-24	4	4th	3 10 15 21 25
2014-09-15	6	4th	6 9 12 21 35
2014-09-01	2	3rd	2 14 21 24 31
2014-08-27	15	4th	6 12 16 21 25
2014-07-23	9	4th	1 11 16 21 26
2014-07-02	5	4th	6 12 16 21 34
2014-06-20	9	3rd	8 18 21 25 35
2014-05-30	1	2nd	7 21 28 30 32
2014-05-28	3	5th	10 11 16 19 21
2014-05-21	5	3rd	3 13 21 27 31
2014-05-09	12	4th	11 13 16 21 28
2014-04-11	9	4th	10 14 20 21 22
2014-03-21	12	3rd	17 19 21 22 32
2014-02-21	3	5th	1 3 14 19 21
2014-02-14	3	3rd	14 19 21 22 35
2014-02-07	4	3rd	8 20 21 22 31
2014-01-29	4	3rd	1 3 21 23 31
2014-01-20	4	4th	3 12 19 21 27
2014-01-10	7	4th	6 7 10 21 33
2013-12-25	7	3rd	6 9 21 23 29
2013-12-09	3	2nd	8 21 24 27 33
2013-12-02	5	1st	21 23 27 33 35
2013-11-20	3	2nd	15 21 29 31 35
2013-11-13	14	3rd	11 17 21 22 35
2013-10-11	4	3rd	12 17 21 29 30
2013-10-02	33	5th	2 4 5 7 21
2013-07-17	13	4th	4 12 20 21 23
2013-06-17	8	1st	21 22 24 25 28
2013-05-29	4	3rd	8 18 21 26 27
2013-05-20	3	4th	7 15 18 21 32
2013-05-13	6	3rd	3 20 21 26 31
2013-04-29	5	3rd	17 20 21 27 28
2013-04-17	6	3rd	8 14 21 26 27
2013-04-03	5	4th	10 13 14 21 33
2013-03-22	12	2nd	4 21 25 32 33
2013-02-22	1	3rd	1 6 21 27 35
2013-02-20	2	3rd	5 19 21 28 29
2013-02-15	2	2nd	2 21 25 28 33
2013-02-11	13	3rd	2 17 21 26 27
2013-01-11	18	4th	9 16 20 21 25
2012-11-30	10	5th	4 9 12 14 21
2012-11-07	5	3rd	13 19 21 27 31
2012-10-26	3	3rd	5 7 21 33 34
2012-10-19	2	4th	9 11 16 21 23
2012-10-15	4	4th	4 9 14 21 25
2012-10-05	16	3rd	8 20 21 26 30
2012-08-29	3	4th	4 5 13 21 23
2012-08-22	3	3rd	11 17 21 32 35
2012-08-15	3	3rd	8 15 21 34 35
2012-08-08	4	3rd	10 11 21 33 34
2012-07-30	12	3rd	14 16 21 32 33
2012-07-02	5	2nd	4 21 23 29 35
2012-06-20	6	4th	13 17 20 21 35
2012-06-06	1	4th	7 16 20 21 35
2012-06-04	12	4th	14 15 17 21 27
2012-05-07	3	3rd	6 16 21 27 34
2012-04-30	25	5th	5 7 9 10 21
2012-03-02	1	3rd	15 20 21 22 26
2012-02-29	6	2nd	15 21 23 25 26
2012-02-15	7	3rd	7 13 21 24 34
2012-01-30	3	3rd	2 3 21 25 26
2012-01-23	6	5th	4 8 14 15 21
2012-01-09	13	4th	4 14 17 21 33
2011-12-09	37	3rd	1 16 21 27 35
2011-09-14	10	4th	3 5 10 21 27
2011-08-22	25	2nd	4 21 27 31 35
2011-06-24	7	3rd	14 18 21 27 35
2011-06-08	14	4th	9 11 17 21 29
2011-05-06	1	2nd	2 21 25 26 29
2011-05-04	3	4th	6 9 11 21 34
2011-04-27	2	3rd	7 8 21 25 27
2011-04-22	8	4th	12 18 20 21 27
2011-04-04	1	3rd	7 9 21 27 32
2011-04-01	1	3rd	2 3 21 26 28
2011-03-30	32	2nd	15 21 23 27 28
2011-01-14	3	1st	21 23 26 27 35
2011-01-07	9	2nd	14 21 31 34 35
2010-12-17	6	2nd	15 21 23 32 35
2010-12-03	2	2nd	3 21 23 29 34
2010-11-29	10	4th	3 4 17 21 30
2010-11-05	10	4th	10 14 15 21 29
2010-10-13	3	5th	1 6 10 15 21
2010-10-06	—	4th	3 7 8 21 29