Number 21

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,884 draws, 5 from 1–41.

275times drawn · chance expected 230 +3.19σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

69longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

21 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 41 numbers

Drawn 275 times in 1,884 draws against 229.8 expected, +3.19σ. Testing all 41 numbers at once means about 0.4 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.4e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 275 times in 1,884 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 2 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 smallest9 · chance 14.6
2nd smallest71 · chance 68.6
3rd smallest111 · chance 108.6
4th smallest71 · chance 68.6
5th smallest13 · chance 14.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 14 19 26 33 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-10-07	6	4th	2 3 6 21 23
2026-09-23	11	4th	10 15 20 21 30
2026-08-29	7	4th	5 6 18 21 23
2026-08-12	4	2nd	12 21

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-21	1	3rd	2 20 21 22 26
2025-05-19	8	2nd	12 21 22 27 28
2025-04-30	6	4th	4 9 14 21 29
2025-04-16	3	3rd	9 11 21 31 38
2025-04-09	4	3rd	4 14 21 30 37
2025-03-31	4	4th	1 13 14 21 29
2025-03-22	2	3rd	2 4 21 22 34
2025-03-17	1	3rd	7 18 21 25 35
2025-03-15	1	2nd	12 21 26 30 31
2025-03-12	23	4th	10 12 13 21 30
2025-01-18	3	4th	2 4 16 21 32
2025-01-11	4	3rd	9 16 21 24 36
2025-01-01	4	3rd	1 19 21 24 27
2024-12-23	7	3rd	16 18 21 24 37
2024-12-07	1	3rd	2 19 21 24 28
2024-12-04	5	3rd	3 5 21 28 37
2024-11-23	16	2nd	19 21 30 32 37
2024-10-16	2	5th	2 5 7 14 21
2024-10-12	1	2nd	18 21 31 33 39
2024-10-09	15	3rd	10 15 21 26 32
2024-09-04	11	3rd	6 18 21 24 38
2024-08-10	1	3rd	9 15 21 22 40
2024-08-07	14	2nd	12 21 24 27 31
2024-07-06	4	3rd	8 12 21 35 38
2024-06-26	1	2nd	7 21 31 35 36
2024-06-24	4	3rd	8 11 21 25 34
2024-06-15	1	4th	7 14 18 21 24
2024-06-12	6	3rd	12 17 21 28 31
2024-05-29	7	3rd	13 19 21 36 40
2024-05-13	11	4th	4 5 19 21 34
2024-04-17	5	4th	13 14 18 21 41
2024-04-06	3	3rd	8 19 21 27 41
2024-03-30	13	4th	10 13 15 21 27
2024-02-28	11	1st	21 22 24 25 30
2024-02-03	4	4th	8 12 15 21 25
2024-01-24	1	3rd	2 4 21 24 26
2024-01-22	3	3rd	3 9 21 24 37
2024-01-15	7	2nd	11 21 23 30 37
2023-12-30	1	4th	6 11 13 21 26
2023-12-27	7	3rd	7 20 21 31 36
2023-12-11	2	5th	3 7 17 20 21
2023-12-06	4	3rd	1 4 21 26 40
2023-11-27	3	3rd	9 16 21 22 29
2023-11-20	2	4th	5 13 17 21 39
2023-11-15	5	3rd	19 20 21 24 33
2023-11-04	2	4th	7 12 18 21 32
2023-10-30	1	2nd	15 21 27 36 41
2023-10-28	3	3rd	1 13 21 26 29
2023-10-21	5	3rd	2 14 21 22 34
2023-10-09	2	2nd	17 21 27 35 41
2023-10-04	4	2nd	1 21 33 34 41
2023-09-25	16	2nd	6 21 31 38 39
2023-08-05	4	2nd	13 21 27 32 40
2023-07-22	2	4th	11 13 16 21 35
2023-07-15	16	3rd	7 19 21 34 35
2023-05-20	15	3rd	2 19 21 29 39
2023-03-29	3	1st	21 25 26 35 37
2023-03-18	10	3rd	2 14 21 24 32
2023-02-11	2	2nd	20 21 27 32 35
2023-02-04	6	5th	2 6 13 20 21
2023-01-14	26	1st	21 25 29 37 39
2022-10-15	1	4th	3 9 13 21 27
2022-10-12	4	2nd	8 21 22 23 37
2022-09-28	2	2nd	5 21 22 23 36
2022-09-21	4	3rd	11 14 21 22 23
2022-09-07	4	3rd	18 19 21 26 40
2022-08-24	15	3rd	6 13 21 39 40
2022-07-02	19	5th	4 8 12 18 21
2022-04-27	1	4th	3 16 19 21 38
2022-04-23	4	3rd	6 14 21 35 41
2022-04-09	18	2nd	9 21 24 26 37
2022-02-05	10	2nd	16 21 24 27 34
2022-01-01	7	3rd	1 16 21 26 31
2021-12-08	12	4th	3 9 11 21 33
2021-10-27	3	1st	21 29 32 35 36
2021-10-16	11	4th	3 14 19 21 41
2021-09-08	10	2nd	18 21 22 30 32
2021-08-04	9	2nd	11 21 23 30 32
2021-07-03	3	3rd	14 19 21 26 41
2021-06-23	4	4th	13 14 19 21 34
2021-06-09	3	4th	2 8 18 21 35
2021-05-29	4	3rd	12 17 21 37 38
2021-05-15	21	3rd	4 16 21 31 36
2021-03-03	6	3rd	14 16 21 25 34
2021-02-10	2	2nd	3 21 23 32 39
2021-02-03	3	2nd	14 21 25 27 35
2021-01-23	3	3rd	2 20 21 26 40
2021-01-13	1	1st	21 22 36 38 41
2021-01-09	5	2nd	8 21 26 28 39
2020-12-23	5	4th	4 8 16 21 29
2020-12-05	6	3rd	7 18 21 24 35
2020-11-14	9	3rd	8 13 21 32 34
2020-10-14	6	4th	12 17 19 21 39
2020-09-23	1	2nd	2 21 25 28 37
2020-09-19	2	3rd	3 10 21 33 41
2020-09-12	3	3rd	11 19 21 32 34
2020-09-02	6	4th	3 15 16 21 33
2020-08-12	5	4th	2 14 16 21 35
2020-07-25	14	5th	1 11 13 18 21
2020-06-06	2	2nd	4 21 34 37 38
2020-05-30	17	2nd	9 21 30 40 41
2020-04-01	5	2nd	9 21 25 33 38
2020-03-14	1	3rd	16 19 21 27 36
2020-03-11	3	3rd	11 12 21 26 38
2020-02-29	2	2nd	6 21 24 32 35
2020-02-22	7	3rd	10 16 21 22 34
2020-01-29	10	4th	12 13 18 21 33
2019-12-25	16	3rd	9 14 21 36 41
2019-10-30	4	4th	3 8 10 21 28
2019-10-16	31	2nd	3 21 26 33 35
2019-06-29	9	4th	5 7 20 21 27
2019-05-29	4	2nd	1 21 29 34 35
2019-05-15	3	4th	6 13 14 21 40
2019-05-04	7	4th	9 14 17 21 40
2019-04-10	1	4th	3 5 9 21 28
2019-04-06	20	4th	3 5 8 21 28
2019-01-26	1	3rd	6 19 21 34 40
2019-01-23	12	2nd	8 21 28 32 34
2018-12-12	4	4th	11 12 18 21 33
2018-11-28	9	2nd	18 21 29 36 40
2018-10-27	4	4th	7 11 16 21 37
2018-10-13	6	3rd	3 17 21 26 39
2018-09-22	6	5th	6 8 12 19 21
2018-09-01	3	3rd	4 12 21 26 36
2018-08-22	3	3rd	7 17 21 26 34
2018-08-11	7	4th	2 11 20 21 40
2018-07-18	6	2nd	9 21 28 29 33
2018-06-27	19	3rd	5 19 21 30 37
2018-04-21	5	3rd	15 17 21 23 27
2018-04-04	5	4th	5 11 16 21 39
2018-03-17	1	5th	5 7 14 15 21
2018-03-14	2	3rd	16 17 21 31 38
2018-03-07	17	4th	2 5 7 21 24
2018-01-06	4	2nd	7 21 23 33 39
2017-12-23	1	3rd	4 10 21 31 33
2017-12-20	3	4th	2 16 20 21 38
2017-12-09	9	3rd	11 20 21 25 32
2017-11-08	1	3rd	12 19 21 26 39
2017-11-04	15	4th	1 12 15 21 35
2017-09-13	9	2nd	16 21 24 25 35
2017-08-12	1	2nd	20 21 29 30 33
2017-08-09	5	2nd	19 21 28 35 41
2017-07-22	1	4th	9 13 15 21 35
2017-07-19	8	4th	2 4 6 21 33
2017-06-21	6	3rd	11 18 21 34 38
2017-05-31	18	4th	10 11 12 21 22
2017-03-29	18	3rd	3 4 21 24 40
2017-01-25	5	2nd	12 21 33 37 39
2017-01-07	7	3rd	5 12 21 33 40
2016-12-14	11	3rd	1 17 21 38 40
2016-11-05	10	3rd	3 8 21 29 38
2016-10-01	1	2nd	13 21 28 29 39
2016-09-28	5	3rd	1 19 21 24 41
2016-09-10	3	3rd	17 18 21 23 26
2016-08-31	24	3rd	3 16 21 25 26
2016-06-08	3	4th	11 13 20 21 28
2016-05-28	1	5th	1 5 8 17 21
2016-05-25	4	3rd	1 2 21 34 41
2016-05-11	12	4th	4 11 19 21 29
2016-03-30	2	2nd	14 21 29 31 32
2016-03-23	7	2nd	15 21 30 38 41
2016-02-27	69	2nd	2 21 28 33 37
2015-07-01	1	3rd	3 9 21 35 36
2015-06-27	4	3rd	7 12 21 23 37
2015-06-13	1	4th	16 17 20 21 28
2015-06-10	1	1st	21 22 30 31 34
2015-06-06	7	2nd	14 21 25 34 41
2015-05-13	4	4th	2 4 10 21 27
2015-04-29	31	1st	21 26 27 28 35
2015-01-10	1	2nd	20 21 26 34 38
2015-01-07	5	3rd	4 11 21 23 24
2014-12-20	5	2nd	7 21 23 24 25
2014-12-03	11	3rd	2 6 21 27 37
2014-10-25	2	2nd	16 21 27 29 33
2014-10-18	5	3rd	5 10 21 36 41
2014-10-01	25	2nd	11 21 26 27 30
2014-07-05	1	3rd	7 10 21 23 38
2014-07-02	7	4th	4 18 19 21 26
2014-06-07	7	4th	3 14 15 21 40
2014-05-14	2	2nd	16 21 27 36 38
2014-05-07	9	3rd	6 20 21 24 41
2014-04-05	1	2nd	14 21 30 37 38
2014-04-02	2	3rd	5 11 21 33 34
2014-03-26	1	3rd	11 14 21 23 41
2014-03-22	4	3rd	2 14 21 27 32
2014-03-08	10	5th	2 3 14 16 21
2014-02-01	15	4th	1 8 12 21 37
2013-12-11	1	4th	1 15 19 21 34
2013-12-07	8	4th	12 17 19 21 25
2013-11-09	4	2nd	4 21 34 37 41
2013-10-26	5	2nd	20 21 27 29 37
2013-10-09	2	2nd	4 21 31 34 38
2013-10-02	6	2nd	20 21 28 33 35
2013-09-11	2	3rd	12 18 21 25 40
2013-09-04	2	3rd	10 12 21 30 35
2013-08-28	10	4th	12 15 16 21 36
2013-07-24	3	4th	2 14 17 21 32
2013-07-13	9	2nd	10 21 22 30 37
2013-06-12	3	3rd	2 10 21 32 41
2013-06-01	2	3rd	13 18 21 22 25
2013-05-25	1	2nd	18 21 23 28 38
2013-05-22	5	3rd	4 15 21 33 35
2013-05-04	1	3rd	10 14 21 22 26
2013-05-01	4	2nd	10 21 33 37 41
2013-04-17	2	2nd	10 21 24 27 41
2013-04-10	1	1st	21 24 31 33 41
2013-04-06	7	4th	8 12 18 21 32
2013-03-13	2	3rd	12 19 21 24 30
2013-03-06	8	3rd	8 20 21 31 36
2013-02-06	8	3rd	8 20 21 26 31
2013-01-09	2	2nd	15 21 29 33 40
2013-01-02	17	4th	1 9 10 21 27
2012-11-03	8	3rd	7 13 21 22 30
2012-10-06	3	2nd	14 21 24 37 38
2012-09-26	3	4th	6 12 20 21 33
2012-09-15	13	3rd	6 7 21 24 39
2012-07-28	4	3rd	3 16 21 30 33
2012-07-14	7	4th	8 9 20 21 41
2012-06-20	9	3rd	5 9 21 24 34
2012-05-19	5	3rd	5 10 21 24 37
2012-05-02	4	2nd	19 21 31 35 36
2012-04-18	3	3rd	1 8 21 25 30
2012-04-07	12	4th	4 6 13 21 36
2012-02-25	1	4th	3 13 19 21 26
2012-02-22	12	4th	9 14 17 21 40
2012-01-11	11	3rd	11 17 21 39 40
2011-12-03	1	3rd	6 13 21 23 41
2011-11-30	7	2nd	18 21 30 31 35
2011-11-05	9	4th	9 11 20 21 25
2011-10-05	6	3rd	2 16 21 29 33
2011-09-14	5	2nd	19 21 23 26 38
2011-08-27	6	3rd	4 13 21 24 36
2011-08-06	4	3rd	4 18 21 24 28
2011-07-23	12	3rd	1 9 21 24 37
2011-06-11	6	3rd	3 13 21 35 40
2011-05-21	3	3rd	3 13 21 22 40
2011-05-11	24	3rd	7 18 21 26 33
2011-02-16	7	2nd	1 21 22 31 41
2011-01-22	2	2nd	11 21 31 36 39
2011-01-15	18	4th	2 6 10 21 32
2010-11-13	1	2nd	3 21 25 27 36
2010-11-10	6	4th	1 3 16 21 39
2010-10-20	11	3rd	6 12 21 26 33
2010-09-11	4	4th	6 8 15 21 22
2010-08-28	2	2nd	2 21 24 27 34
2010-08-21	4	4th	6 10 16 21 24
2010-08-07	9	4th	1 3 20 21 26
2010-07-07	1	5th	1 6 9 12 21
2010-07-03	13	3rd	4 14 21 23 29
2010-05-19	5	3rd	9 14 21 27 40
2010-05-01	—	2nd	7 21 23 24 25