Number 21

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

299times drawn · chance expected 265 +2.21σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 60% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

37longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 299 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +2.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 299 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 5 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 smallest19 · chance 17.7
2nd smallest73 · chance 78.5
3rd smallest118 · chance 117.8
4th smallest75 · chance 70.7
5th smallest14 · chance 14.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 8 29 10 16 40

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
2026-10-07	1	4th	3 17 18 21 38
2026-10-06	4	3rd	11 15 21 37 38
2026-10-02	1	2nd	3 21 28 29 30
2026-10-01	9	2nd	2 21 22 32

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.

2026-05-13	7	3rd	3 18 21 25 38
2026-05-06	3	3rd	10 16 21 27 37
2026-05-03	2	4th	5 9 18 21 28
2026-05-01	16	4th	1 9 16 21 34
2026-04-15	1	4th	4 6 14 21 27
2026-04-14	2	1st	21 23 29 30 31
2026-04-12	5	4th	2 13 19 21 40
2026-04-07	1	2nd	14 21 28 31 39
2026-04-06	11	2nd	14 21 22 27 34
2026-03-26	6	2nd	14 21 22 27 31
2026-03-20	4	3rd	5 18 21 32 34
2026-03-16	30	4th	1 10 19 21 34
2026-02-14	9	3rd	3 7 21 23 31
2026-02-05	3	3rd	14 16 21 24 30
2026-02-02	1	5th	2 9 13 19 21
2026-02-01	5	3rd	7 10 21 25 28
2026-01-27	4	4th	1 3 7 21 27
2026-01-23	2	2nd	12 21 31 32 41
2026-01-21	19	4th	5 12 17 21 25
2026-01-02	8	3rd	1 17 21 29 34
2025-12-25	10	4th	2 5 16 21 41
2025-12-15	7	1st	21 22 27 36 38
2025-12-08	14	3rd	8 9 21 33 37
2025-11-24	1	3rd	2 17 21 23 35
2025-11-23	8	3rd	7 17 21 22 42
2025-11-15	16	3rd	5 19 21 33 37
2025-10-30	11	2nd	13 21 24 28 32
2025-10-19	5	3rd	2 6 21 30 35
2025-10-14	12	2nd	3 21 22 25 32
2025-10-02	5	2nd	20 21 27 36 39
2025-09-27	3	2nd	12 21 23 37 38
2025-09-24	3	4th	6 11 20 21 30
2025-09-21	5	1st	21 23 28 30 40
2025-09-16	5	4th	3 11 14 21 22
2025-09-11	13	2nd	2 21 29 32 41
2025-08-29	23	4th	2 16 17 21 39
2025-08-06	1	2nd	13 21 24 26 38
2025-08-05	8	4th	2 4 8 21 32
2025-07-28	3	3rd	8 18 21 32 34
2025-07-25	11	3rd	6 10 21 24 26
2025-07-14	4	3rd	16 18 21 26 30
2025-07-10	2	3rd	1 3 21 34 40
2025-07-08	5	3rd	6 10 21 23 25
2025-07-03	6	3rd	6 13 21 23 39
2025-06-27	3	1st	21 26 28 32 35
2025-06-24	11	2nd	3 21 28 29 39
2025-06-13	19	2nd	9 21 32 33 40
2025-05-25	8	3rd	15 17 21 31 38
2025-05-17	17	5th	5 7 10 20 21
2025-04-30	2	3rd	5 14 21 31 42
2025-04-28	9	2nd	3 21 23 40 42
2025-04-19	15	3rd	4 19 21 37 41
2025-04-04	3	3rd	11 20 21 38 40
2025-04-01	4	2nd	16 21 22 24 33
2025-03-28	1	2nd	10 21 24 31 38
2025-03-27	13	1st	21 25 26 36 37
2025-03-14	1	2nd	11 21 23 29 35
2025-03-13	6	1st	21 25 29 33 40
2025-03-07	10	3rd	4 16 21 30 33
2025-02-25	15	2nd	19 21 23 28 32
2025-02-10	3	2nd	9 21 27 28 35
2025-02-07	8	3rd	8 11 21 33 42
2025-01-30	13	1st	21 22 37 40 41
2025-01-17	8	5th	2 12 13 17 21
2025-01-09	8	4th	4 19 20 21 38
2025-01-01	1	4th	2 6 16 21 35
2024-12-31	10	4th	12 16 18 21 41
2024-12-21	6	4th	6 12 14 21 33
2024-12-15	5	4th	4 8 17 21 29
2024-12-10	5	4th	3 9 12 21 42
2024-12-05	12	1st	21 29 36 37 38
2024-11-23	5	5th	3 4 9 15 21
2024-11-18	4	2nd	13 21 35 38 41
2024-11-14	5	3rd	12 20 21 28 35
2024-11-09	2	5th	3 10 11 13 21
2024-11-07	21	3rd	4 19 21 28 32
2024-10-17	11	5th	12 14 19 20 21
2024-10-06	5	3rd	18 19 21 28 36
2024-10-01	4	4th	1 12 18 21 23
2024-09-27	2	5th	6 8 11 20 21
2024-09-25	5	2nd	19 21 23 29 38
2024-09-20	9	2nd	1 21 23 28 40
2024-09-11	11	3rd	2 13 21 32 39
2024-08-31	14	3rd	5 11 21 24 34
2024-08-17	3	4th	1 2 14 21 22
2024-08-14	3	3rd	6 20 21 29 35
2024-08-11	7	4th	5 16 17 21 37
2024-08-04	4	3rd	5 11 21 26 40
2024-07-31	8	4th	6 9 20 21 33
2024-07-23	11	3rd	7 19 21 26 39
2024-07-12	3	2nd	10 21 23 24 28
2024-07-09	1	3rd	11 13 21 23 35
2024-07-08	27	2nd	18 21 26 32 33
2024-06-11	21	4th	6 10 16 21 31
2024-05-21	3	3rd	3 7 21 31 33
2024-05-18	11	3rd	12 16 21 22 23
2024-05-07	2	1st	21 27 29 32 38
2024-05-05	4	4th	1 4 10 21 24
2024-05-01	10	1st	21 30 31 37 38
2024-04-21	1	5th	1 4 8 15 21
2024-04-20	8	3rd	4 18 21 24 30
2024-04-12	3	3rd	12 18 21 29 33
2024-04-09	14	4th	9 17 20 21 22
2024-03-26	8	3rd	8 13 21 24 42
2024-03-18	10	3rd	4 9 21 35 42
2024-03-08	6	3rd	5 7 21 30 33
2024-03-02	19	2nd	7 21 24 28 33
2024-02-12	1	4th	4 10 16 21 40
2024-02-11	3	2nd	2 21 28 35 39
2024-02-08	1	3rd	9 10 21 37 39
2024-02-07	14	3rd	3 17 21 22 34
2024-01-24	2	4th	3 8 16 21 23
2024-01-22	2	4th	10 11 18 21 32
2024-01-20	5	3rd	16 17 21 22 29
2024-01-15	11	2nd	17 21 23 24 37
2024-01-04	2	3rd	1 16 21 31 33
2024-01-02	5	2nd	11 21 25 34 38
2023-12-28	25	3rd	1 17 21 37 39
2023-12-03	2	3rd	1 5 21 22 32
2023-12-01	8	4th	3 10 14 21 22
2023-11-23	11	4th	8 12 16 21 33
2023-11-12	1	2nd	4 21 30 36 40
2023-11-11	1	3rd	9 10 21 28 34
2023-11-10	11	3rd	3 17 21 35 37
2023-10-30	19	3rd	3 5 21 23 42
2023-10-11	4	5th	4 7 10 16 21
2023-10-07	3	2nd	11 21 23 32 40
2023-10-04	11	2nd	14 21 30 37 39
2023-09-23	18	4th	3 6 8 21 29
2023-09-05	7	4th	3 5 14 21 25
2023-08-29	10	3rd	6 15 21 25 36
2023-08-19	9	3rd	7 14 21 29 41
2023-08-10	7	3rd	2 13 21 23 27
2023-08-03	2	3rd	1 13 21 22 40
2023-08-01	7	2nd	9 21 32 34 37
2023-07-25	7	2nd	10 21 26 33 34
2023-07-18	1	3rd	6 8 21 31 35
2023-07-17	6	3rd	12 18 21 29 32
2023-07-11	5	3rd	1 6 21 23 27
2023-07-06	1	4th	7 12 15 21 26
2023-07-05	1	2nd	16 21 29 31 42
2023-07-04	7	2nd	18 21 32 34 36
2023-06-27	1	5th	2 8 16 19 21
2023-06-26	10	1st	21 22 30 35 37
2023-06-16	7	3rd	10 12 21 36 40
2023-06-09	21	4th	6 14 20 21 39
2023-05-19	11	2nd	3 21 25 30 31
2023-05-08	17	2nd	5 21 23 31 42
2023-04-21	8	3rd	11 17 21 38 42
2023-04-13	12	4th	2 5 20 21 30
2023-04-01	1	2nd	8 21 27 36 40
2023-03-31	4	1st	21 30 31 32 36
2023-03-27	9	4th	5 8 18 21 37
2023-03-18	1	3rd	15 19 21 22 27
2023-03-17	1	4th	5 10 18 21 32
2023-03-16	1	2nd	5 21 34 36 40
2023-03-15	20	2nd	10 21 33 38 42
2023-02-23	33	4th	1 4 20 21 40
2023-01-21	11	5th	2 12 13 20 21
2023-01-10	8	4th	11 17 18 21 32
2023-01-02	4	4th	6 13 15 21 29
2022-12-29	4	1st	21 22 23 25 27
2022-12-25	10	2nd	20 21 23 32 35
2022-12-15	3	3rd	3 13 21 26 32
2022-12-12	6	3rd	4 8 21 30 42
2022-12-06	2	3rd	14 15 21 25 38
2022-12-04	4	2nd	10 21 22 28 33
2022-11-30	37	4th	1 4 19 21 34
2022-10-24	3	2nd	8 21 30 36 40
2022-10-21	2	2nd	1 21 26 32 41
2022-10-19	18	5th	9 13 16 19 21
2022-10-01	7	3rd	6 18 21 23 39
2022-09-24	13	2nd	14 21 32 38 42
2022-09-11	16	2nd	14 21 23 28 39
2022-08-26	4	2nd	5 21 29 31 38
2022-08-22	2	3rd	4 18 21 22 32
2022-08-20	6	4th	4 13 18 21 22
2022-08-14	6	3rd	3 16 21 36 40
2022-08-08	20	4th	12 13 15 21 30
2022-07-19	1	3rd	3 4 21 34 36
2022-07-18	9	3rd	1 10 21 37 38
2022-07-09	13	2nd	12 21 24 25 36
2022-06-26	7	3rd	12 19 21 31 33
2022-06-19	10	4th	3 8 12 21 34
2022-06-09	11	3rd	2 7 21 24 32
2022-05-29	2	5th	3 9 15 20 21
2022-05-27	14	2nd	3 21 26 29 41
2022-05-13	12	4th	5 15 18 21 39
2022-05-01	1	4th	3 8 10 21 22
2022-04-30	4	1st	21 31 32 33 39
2022-04-26	1	4th	6 12 14 21 36
2022-04-25	16	2nd	11 21 23 27 37
2022-04-09	2	3rd	8 19 21 22 24
2022-04-07	23	3rd	6 16 21 25 40
2022-03-15	2	2nd	17 21 24 29 39
2022-03-13	9	3rd	4 6 21 26 33
2022-03-04	12	2nd	10 21 29 33 36
2022-02-20	5	3rd	11 16 21 30 40
2022-02-15	11	4th	1 7 13 21 27
2022-02-04	2	2nd	15 21 28 31 39
2022-02-02	14	4th	8 15 16 21 26
2022-01-19	2	1st	21 24 32 37 39
2022-01-17	6	4th	8 18 19 21 29
2022-01-11	17	4th	4 8 16 21 27
2021-12-25	2	2nd	8 21 30 33 34
2021-12-23	2	4th	5 10 14 21 37
2021-12-21	2	3rd	6 16 21 30 39
2021-12-19	1	4th	1 4 9 21 29
2021-12-18	3	4th	4 12 17 21 41
2021-12-15	3	4th	2 8 13 21 40
2021-12-12	10	4th	4 9 18 21 23
2021-12-02	7	3rd	15 18 21 32 34
2021-11-25	23	3rd	6 16 21 24 31
2021-11-02	8	2nd	19 21 28 38 41
2021-10-25	7	4th	9 16 17 21 23
2021-10-18	1	4th	5 14 15 21 26
2021-10-17	20	2nd	12 21 32 37 41
2021-09-27	4	2nd	14 21 26 35 41
2021-09-23	4	3rd	9 14 21 24 42
2021-09-19	12	4th	13 14 15 21 35
2021-09-07	4	3rd	3 8 21 39 40
2021-09-03	4	3rd	18 19 21 31 32
2021-08-30	4	1st	21 25 31 34 35
2021-08-26	1	2nd	7 21 35 37 41
2021-08-25	13	4th	4 5 10 21 39
2021-08-12	12	3rd	4 6 21 34 42
2021-07-31	6	2nd	16 21 30 33 40
2021-07-25	1	3rd	5 18 21 26 41
2021-07-24	4	2nd	9 21 26 29 40
2021-07-20	1	1st	21 24 26 35 42
2021-07-19	1	3rd	2 6 21 26 41
2021-07-18	5	3rd	1 15 21 27 31
2021-07-13	2	4th	5 11 14 21 34
2021-07-11	5	3rd	16 17 21 25 27
2021-07-06	5	3rd	2 14 21 29 38
2021-07-01	6	4th	8 13 15 21 24
2021-06-25	5	3rd	3 16 21 40 41
2021-06-20	5	3rd	10 18 21 28 30
2021-06-15	21	4th	7 9 10 21 29
2021-05-25	5	3rd	4 10 21 29 35
2021-05-20	21	4th	5 6 12 21 32
2021-04-29	6	3rd	4 11 21 27 28
2021-04-23	2	2nd	17 21 29 31 35
2021-04-21	7	2nd	9 21 33 35 40
2021-04-14	8	2nd	15 21 24 28 34
2021-04-06	5	3rd	5 15 21 22 24
2021-04-01	9	2nd	7 21 26 29 38
2021-03-23	7	2nd	8 21 33 34 37
2021-03-16	11	3rd	14 16 21 31 32
2021-03-05	12	5th	1 4 9 11 21
2021-02-21	4	3rd	10 15 21 32 33
2021-02-17	7	2nd	2 21 32 35 36
2021-02-10	5	3rd	11 15 21 28 40
2021-02-05	3	3rd	6 10 21 28 42
2021-02-02	11	3rd	2 19 21 29 30
2021-01-22	1	1st	21 29 30 32 39
2021-01-21	13	3rd	10 14 21 22 33
2021-01-08	8	3rd	10 11 21 28 32
2020-12-31	7	3rd	6 11 21 24 34
2020-12-24	12	3rd	5 19 21 34 42
2020-12-12	2	4th	1 3 5 21 37
2020-12-10	7	3rd	13 18 21 31 34
2020-12-03	2	3rd	11 14 21 34 38
2020-12-01	15	4th	3 11 19 21 27
2020-11-16	2	3rd	16 20 21 28 30
2020-11-14	5	3rd	7 18 21 23 30
2020-11-09	2	4th	1 2 12 21 32
2020-11-07	6	4th	8 10 14 21 35
2020-11-01	5	3rd	5 12 21 25 33
2020-10-27	9	3rd	8 11 21 24 27
2020-10-18	6	3rd	11 17 21 25 34
2020-10-12	2	4th	4 8 17 21 37
2020-10-10	11	3rd	10 12 21 24 41
2020-09-29	17	4th	8 15 18 21 40
2020-09-12	—	4th	1 15 17 21 27