Number 21

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

126times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.47σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

37longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, +0.47σ. 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 126 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 9.9
2nd smallest35 · chance 37.6
3rd smallest54 · chance 48.7
4th smallest23 · chance 25.4
5th smallest9 · chance 4.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 32 3 13 19 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-06	14	4th	10 11 18 21 35
2026-09-22	4	4th	1 3 15 21 34
2026-09-18	10	3rd	5 20 21 27 44
2026-09-08	20	2nd	6 21 22 33

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-13	16	2nd	9 21 25 36 37
2026-01-28	3	3rd	4 8 21 22 35
2026-01-25	3	4th	1 4 12 21 24
2026-01-22	4	2nd	3 21 25 33 45
2026-01-18	7	1st	21 23 32 38 39
2026-01-11	24	3rd	12 13 21 28 43
2025-12-18	3	1st	21 27 31 41 42
2025-12-15	4	3rd	6 17 21 27 30
2025-12-11	4	2nd	8 21 27 29 43
2025-12-07	9	3rd	6 16 21 25 30
2025-11-28	1	4th	4 7 18 21 32
2025-11-27	13	3rd	11 19 21 28 40
2025-11-14	8	3rd	7 11 21 28 30
2025-11-06	4	3rd	8 13 21 29 42
2025-11-02	15	3rd	8 18 21 24 32
2025-10-18	1	3rd	8 13 21 41 44
2025-10-17	10	3rd	3 7 21 23 35
2025-10-07	6	3rd	14 19 21 34 42
2025-10-01	21	4th	4 11 18 21 42
2025-09-10	5	2nd	17 21 36 38 42
2025-09-05	8	4th	9 17 19 21 34
2025-08-28	10	4th	10 12 17 21 39
2025-08-18	4	3rd	7 19 21 40 43
2025-08-14	6	3rd	15 19 21 35 45
2025-08-08	1	4th	3 7 8 21 26
2025-08-07	17	2nd	9 21 28 31 39
2025-07-21	19	2nd	19 21 22 32 42
2025-07-02	8	4th	2 7 11 21 27
2025-06-24	4	3rd	2 17 21 32 36
2025-06-20	14	2nd	12 21 30 33 40
2025-06-06	7	2nd	4 21 23 30 36
2025-05-30	20	3rd	5 14 21 26 27
2025-05-10	6	3rd	11 16 21 23 33
2025-05-04	6	3rd	3 7 21 24 42
2025-04-28	2	3rd	13 19 21 31 43
2025-04-26	5	5th	6 8 18 20 21
2025-04-21	1	2nd	13 21 37 39 42
2025-04-20	1	4th	8 10 13 21 26
2025-04-19	2	2nd	13 21 42 43 44
2025-04-17	8	3rd	5 18 21 41 44
2025-04-09	5	3rd	6 13 21 26 32
2025-04-04	10	2nd	17 21 22 35 44
2025-03-25	11	3rd	9 20 21 30 34
2025-03-14	5	5th	3 8 13 15 21
2025-03-09	6	2nd	19 21 22 32 41
2025-03-03	9	2nd	17 21 23 29 44
2025-02-22	12	3rd	15 20 21 39 41
2025-02-10	6	3rd	2 12 21 35 42
2025-02-04	1	2nd	8 21 33 42 43
2025-02-03	2	4th	5 10 15 21 35
2025-02-01	19	3rd	1 2 21 32 39
2025-01-13	4	2nd	14 21 23 38 41
2025-01-09	1	3rd	3 4 21 27 28
2025-01-08	2	5th	6 9 12 20 21
2025-01-06	10	4th	1 13 20 21 32
2024-12-27	5	2nd	16 21 30 32 43
2024-12-22	3	4th	4 11 18 21 22
2024-12-19	5	3rd	16 17 21 27 32
2024-12-14	25	2nd	3 21 27 30 38
2024-11-19	7	5th	4 10 15 17 21
2024-11-12	4	2nd	2 21 30 33 42
2024-11-08	1	2nd	7 21 27 30 34
2024-11-07	11	2nd	10 21 23 25 30
2024-10-27	37	4th	2 4 11 21 39
2024-09-20	6	4th	5 7 13 21 36
2024-09-14	13	4th	7 8 19 21 44
2024-09-01	8	2nd	11 21 27 33 35
2024-08-24	2	3rd	2 12 21 32 45
2024-08-22	6	1st	21 25 26 37 38
2024-08-16	7	2nd	14 21 23 32 45
2024-08-09	17	3rd	13 15 21 24 35
2024-07-23	9	3rd	13 19 21 22 35
2024-07-14	3	2nd	18 21 33 39 45
2024-07-11	5	2nd	20 21 34 36 42
2024-07-06	2	3rd	6 18 21 22 40
2024-07-04	11	5th	9 10 12 18 21
2024-06-23	4	3rd	3 14 21 34 37
2024-06-19	15	4th	2 17 19 21 44
2024-06-04	14	2nd	18 21 32 38 44
2024-05-21	7	4th	6 8 19 21 33
2024-05-14	1	5th	1 3 5 20 21
2024-05-13	10	2nd	2 21 33 34 44
2024-05-03	1	3rd	8 15 21 33 34
2024-05-02	13	2nd	11 21 24 28 29
2024-04-19	7	3rd	17 19 21 30 42
2024-04-12	27	3rd	11 15 21 23 44
2024-03-16	17	2nd	10 21 24 28 31
2024-02-28	6	4th	1 6 14 21 27
2024-02-22	4	3rd	1 14 21 30 39
2024-02-18	21	3rd	17 20 21 25 39
2024-01-28	20	3rd	4 5 21 23 44
2024-01-08	18	3rd	7 15 21 41 43
2023-12-21	6	4th	1 4 6 21 43
2023-12-15	3	2nd	13 21 26 35 43
2023-12-12	4	2nd	8 21 38 41 43
2023-12-08	5	2nd	13 21 24 37 43
2023-12-03	3	3rd	1 8 21 24 30
2023-11-30	12	3rd	9 19 21 30 44
2023-11-18	10	3rd	3 4 21 37 44
2023-11-08	9	3rd	8 14 21 32 38
2023-10-30	11	3rd	8 15 21 27 36
2023-10-19	—	1st	21 32 36 39 42