Number 21

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

326times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.26σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 326 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 326 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 10 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 18.7
2nd smallest75 · chance 78.0
3rd smallest116 · chance 118.5
4th smallest88 · chance 82.0
5th smallest25 · chance 25.8
6th smallest3 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 49 5 31 23 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-16	15	1st	21 32 39 44 47 48
2026-08-12	4	4th	1 5 6 21 29 30
2026-08-03	27	5th	3 12 16 17 21 22
2026-06-01	15	5th	5

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-12	8	3rd	13 14 21 28 37 49
2025-06-23	11	3rd	6 15 21 24 37 43
2025-05-28	3	2nd	8 21 26 31 36 49
2025-05-21	15	4th	3 7 8 21 28 43
2025-04-16	4	2nd	14 21 24 26 28 37
2025-04-07	4	3rd	8 12 21 24 35 44
2025-03-29	7	3rd	2 8 21 23 30 45
2025-03-12	1	3rd	9 20 21 32 38 44
2025-03-10	18	3rd	12 17 21 26 30 42
2025-01-27	2	2nd	16 21 22 23 34 37
2025-01-22	5	4th	5 13 16 21 29 42
2025-01-11	3	3rd	4 20 21 25 36 41
2025-01-04	10	3rd	10 15 21 24 37 48
2024-12-11	9	2nd	10 21 23 24 33 49
2024-11-20	5	3rd	7 10 21 22 40 47
2024-11-09	1	2nd	18 21 32 35 39 43
2024-11-06	20	3rd	10 16 21 22 24 47
2024-09-21	1	3rd	2 13 21 42 43 49
2024-09-18	8	3rd	2 12 21 32 33 49
2024-08-31	7	2nd	16 21 28 31 40 45
2024-08-14	2	4th	7 13 17 21 39 49
2024-08-10	1	3rd	5 18 21 37 38 47
2024-08-07	12	4th	1 8 16 21 36 46
2024-07-10	3	2nd	9 21 27 36 45 46
2024-07-03	14	2nd	15 21 31 35 43 49
2024-06-01	1	4th	3 12 19 21 34 44
2024-05-29	2	3rd	7 15 21 23 36 44
2024-05-25	14	4th	1 14 16 21 33 34
2024-04-22	6	5th	5 9 11 17 21 33
2024-04-08	28	3rd	7 20 21 25 39 49
2024-02-03	3	2nd	17 21 23 30 32 43
2024-01-27	20	4th	9 10 16 21 23 32
2023-12-11	1	3rd	3 4 21 28 37 40
2023-12-09	16	5th	3 14 16 19 21 33
2023-11-01	11	3rd	3 20 21 29 30 44
2023-10-07	11	2nd	14 21 27 29 41 48
2023-09-11	2	5th	1 9 14 18 21 44
2023-09-06	3	2nd	11 21 25 26 41 43
2023-08-30	12	3rd	12 18 21 26 31 42
2023-08-02	1	1st	21 25 33 35 45 46
2023-07-31	17	4th	3 6 19 21 23 49
2023-06-21	15	4th	8 10 18 21 30 46
2023-05-17	7	2nd	7 21 30 34 43 49
2023-05-01	15	3rd	5 8 21 27 38 41
2023-03-27	19	3rd	8 9 21 27 39 47
2023-02-11	5	2nd	2 21 27 30 34 49
2023-01-30	3	2nd	2 21 22 30 42 45
2023-01-23	5	4th	8 17 18 21 46 47
2023-01-11	7	4th	6 10 13 21 30 47
2022-12-26	3	4th	5 16 19 21 28 47
2022-12-19	1	2nd	15 21 24 28 44 49
2022-12-17	5	2nd	10 21 23 27 40 44
2022-12-05	15	3rd	8 12 21 23 26 32
2022-10-31	4	2nd	14 21 26 31 35 49
2022-10-22	5	4th	2 11 13 21 24 46
2022-10-10	6	3rd	9 15 21 31 34 39
2022-09-26	3	3rd	4 13 21 30 40 49
2022-09-19	10	2nd	11 21 28 33 36 39
2022-08-27	1	4th	2 9 17 21 22 31
2022-08-24	8	3rd	3 14 21 26 39 45
2022-08-06	8	3rd	11 16 21 31 39 48
2022-07-18	14	4th	5 8 11 21 37 38
2022-06-15	26	4th	6 14 19 21 34 45
2022-04-16	3	3rd	11 14 21 31 33 43
2022-04-09	15	4th	3 11 20 21 22 34
2022-03-05	14	1st	21 23 27 29 46 49
2022-01-31	6	3rd	4 7 21 28 33 46
2022-01-17	6	2nd	4 21 31 33 39 49
2022-01-03	11	3rd	9 20 21 22 26 36
2021-12-08	8	1st	21 23 35 41 43 49
2021-11-20	4	1st	21 25 27 33 36 46
2021-11-10	4	3rd	10 11 21 29 33 46
2021-11-01	14	5th	7 11 19 20 21 43
2021-09-29	6	4th	3 17 20 21 36 41
2021-09-15	12	4th	2 9 18 21 35 37
2021-08-18	1	4th	6 7 9 21 25 27
2021-08-16	25	4th	10 14 16 21 36 44
2021-06-19	16	3rd	5 17 21 24 39 40
2021-05-12	13	2nd	10 21 22 30 31 37
2021-04-12	21	3rd	1 8 21 31 32 35
2021-02-22	3	2nd	14 21 31 37 38 47
2021-02-15	8	3rd	5 19 21 26 35 38
2021-01-27	26	3rd	10 20 21 26 37 45
2020-11-28	7	3rd	5 16 21 23 27 36
2020-11-11	3	2nd	5 21 31 35 44 45
2020-11-04	10	2nd	5 21 29 36 39 49
2020-10-12	4	4th	9 10 13 21 30 42
2020-10-03	3	3rd	7 14 21 33 46 47
2020-09-26	3	4th	1 15 19 21 23 38
2020-09-19	14	4th	13 15 18 21 27 35
2020-08-17	37	2nd	17 21 23 26 28 40
2020-05-23	5	2nd	5 21 23 33 37 42
2020-05-11	33	5th	5 7 10 15 21 43
2020-02-24	4	5th	2 10 13 18 21 42
2020-02-15	1	3rd	9 14 21 33 38 49
2020-02-12	29	3rd	9 18 21 23 28 40
2019-12-07	3	3rd	7 15 21 22 26 32
2019-11-30	5	4th	5 15 17 21 28 41
2019-11-18	10	2nd	11 21 23 30 37 49
2019-10-26	18	3rd	7 18 21 39 44 49
2019-09-14	1	1st	21 24 27 29 31 35
2019-09-11	1	4th	5 8 18 21 24 40
2019-09-09	5	3rd	3 10 21 23 27 43
2019-08-28	30	4th	7 14 18 21 25 28
2019-06-19	9	3rd	2 9 21 30 36 42
2019-05-29	8	2nd	8 21 22 29 41 43
2019-05-11	5	3rd	11 15 21 30 43 46
2019-04-29	10	2nd	19 21 29 30 37 46
2019-04-06	7	4th	7 16 17 21 27 49
2019-03-20	2	3rd	11 18 21 22 26 29
2019-03-16	2	3rd	18 20 21 33 39 41
2019-03-11	7	4th	3 4 20 21 25 37
2019-02-23	6	2nd	15 21 31 39 40 48
2019-02-09	3	2nd	2 21 22 34 40 46
2019-02-02	4	5th	11 12 15 16 21 41
2019-01-23	2	2nd	13 21 22 23 35 49
2019-01-19	14	3rd	2 15 21 37 42 49
2018-12-17	3	2nd	12 21 26 27 39 43
2018-12-10	4	3rd	4 12 21 25 30 34
2018-12-01	1	2nd	3 21 26 30 31 39
2018-11-28	8	3rd	8 19 21 22 23 34
2018-11-10	3	1st	21 29 38 39 45 46
2018-11-03	2	2nd	6 21 26 42 45 47
2018-10-29	12	4th	1 7 18 21 38 44
2018-10-01	12	2nd	19 21 26 33 41 43
2018-09-03	1	3rd	5 17 21 37 39 42
2018-09-01	10	4th	4 5 17 21 31 33
2018-08-08	5	3rd	5 7 21 23 37 49
2018-07-28	1	3rd	4 10 21 34 35 44
2018-07-25	3	4th	10 13 19 21 36 40
2018-07-18	11	5th	5 6 13 17 21 31
2018-06-23	20	2nd	8 21 25 40 45 48
2018-05-07	2	3rd	9 19 21 31 39 47
2018-05-02	4	3rd	1 16 21 32 40 41
2018-04-23	1	1st	21 22 28 33 42 43
2018-04-21	2	3rd	16 19 21 26 27 46
2018-04-16	4	3rd	2 5 21 35 36 44
2018-04-07	23	2nd	12 21 22 36 37 45
2018-02-12	5	3rd	2 15 21 25 33 36
2018-01-31	2	1st	21 23 34 36 38 45
2018-01-27	10	3rd	4 15 21 24 43 47
2018-01-03	18	4th	7 16 17 21 24 26
2017-11-22	8	2nd	18 21 30 31 37 49
2017-11-04	27	5th	6 8 10 13 21 36
2017-09-02	11	3rd	10 17 21 29 33 45
2017-08-07	7	4th	7 13 17 21 24 45
2017-07-22	9	3rd	9 14 21 24 28 33
2017-07-01	3	4th	1 8 9 21 22 30
2017-06-24	3	3rd	12 16 21 23 32 43
2017-06-17	11	5th	9 10 16 18 21 46
2017-05-22	7	4th	1 5 16 21 29 47
2017-05-06	31	3rd	1 2 21 27 29 32
2017-02-22	4	3rd	7 10 21 25 30 41
2017-02-13	13	2nd	4 21 30 34 35 38
2017-01-14	3	3rd	8 17 21 35 37 46
2017-01-07	4	5th	3 4 12 15 21 40
2016-12-28	3	2nd	3 21 23 28 38 49
2016-12-21	2	1st	21 26 28 38 39 42
2016-12-17	16	4th	6 9 13 21 30 46
2016-11-09	9	4th	6 10 20 21 25 48
2016-10-19	1	3rd	8 18 21 23 45 49
2016-10-17	4	2nd	6 21 24 31 38 39
2016-10-08	7	3rd	11 16 21 27 28 30
2016-09-21	9	4th	14 15 18 21 32 46
2016-08-31	12	3rd	4 9 21 26 39 41
2016-08-03	6	2nd	10 21 36 39 41 49
2016-07-20	6	3rd	5 14 21 25 34 35
2016-07-06	1	1st	21 24 36 39 44 49
2016-07-04	4	3rd	13 20 21 22 26 37
2016-06-25	2	4th	1 17 20 21 22 44
2016-06-20	4	1st	21 23 26 30 39 43
2016-06-11	10	2nd	7 21 24 26 31 37
2016-05-18	5	4th	4 12 17 21 39 48
2016-05-07	4	3rd	1 19 21 35 43 44
2016-04-27	1	3rd	2 3 21 25 28 33
2016-04-25	2	5th	1 9 11 14 21 32
2016-04-20	4	2nd	1 21 22 30 37 45
2016-04-11	11	1st	21 34 36 40 44 47
2016-03-16	8	3rd	9 19 21 22 29 38
2016-02-27	11	3rd	2 19 21 27 43 45
2016-02-01	1	4th	4 11 12 21 24 48
2016-01-30	13	2nd	18 21 30 35 36 48
2015-12-30	1	4th	2 3 6 21 23 40
2015-12-28	11	2nd	18 21 29 30 43 47
2015-12-02	26	2nd	17 21 23 27 29 49
2015-10-03	1	5th	2 3 6 7 21 23
2015-09-30	8	2nd	13 21 24 34 45 46
2015-09-12	21	2nd	13 21 27 31 40 46
2015-07-25	9	3rd	15 20 21 26 37 39
2015-07-04	9	3rd	2 15 21 32 33 46
2015-06-13	3	5th	2 4 9 19 21 29
2015-06-06	12	3rd	4 16 21 31 37 47
2015-05-09	15	3rd	13 19 21 33 38 44
2015-04-04	4	1st	21 25 26 42 47 49
2015-03-25	3	5th	2 14 16 20 21 37
2015-03-18	1	4th	3 16 17 21 25 33
2015-03-16	12	3rd	7 10 21 22 32 35
2015-02-16	3	2nd	17 21 28 42 46 48
2015-02-09	20	4th	11 12 14 21 26 33
2014-12-24	8	2nd	15 21 39 42 44 48
2014-12-06	4	3rd	11 17 21 22 32 46
2014-11-26	6	3rd	7 17 21 23 29 44
2014-11-12	1	2nd	19 21 31 33 37 43
2014-11-10	1	5th	12 14 18 19 21 35
2014-11-08	9	6th	6 7 8 10 19 21
2014-10-18	1	4th	1 13 20 21 27 42
2014-10-15	2	3rd	8 10 21 25 27 49
2014-10-11	6	3rd	1 14 21 28 44 47
2014-09-27	5	3rd	3 14 21 24 33 47
2014-09-15	9	5th	2 9 13 19 21 33
2014-08-25	1	5th	5 12 13 14 21 43
2014-08-23	2	5th	4 9 12 20 21 24
2014-08-18	4	4th	6 11 14 21 24 36
2014-08-09	2	4th	7 8 16 21 31 32
2014-08-04	3	3rd	2 12 21 28 32 44
2014-07-28	1	2nd	8 21 24 29 39 47
2014-07-26	6	2nd	6 21 24 42 44 49
2014-07-12	4	2nd	4 21 22 29 46 47
2014-07-02	2	3rd	11 13 21 24 29 49
2014-06-28	1	4th	7 17 20 21 38 46
2014-06-25	13	1st	21 24 38 41 43 45
2014-05-26	3	3rd	2 16 21 32 33 44
2014-05-19	12	2nd	5 21 26 39 45 48
2014-04-21	3	2nd	11 21 25 33 36 41
2014-04-14	2	4th	9 18 19 21 31 46
2014-04-09	1	4th	3 5 10 21 38 43
2014-04-07	7	4th	4 17 19 21 23 41
2014-03-22	9	6th	5 9 11 16 17 21
2014-03-01	1	3rd	1 6 21 31 40 46
2014-02-26	3	2nd	15 21 26 32 45 47
2014-02-19	11	3rd	16 20 21 36 37 49
2014-01-25	8	3rd	6 18 21 26 30 38
2014-01-06	4	4th	6 7 9 21 33 47
2013-12-28	8	2nd	8 21 24 32 34 40
2013-12-09	1	1st	21 22 31 32 35 37
2013-12-07	3	4th	2 4 17 21 36 42
2013-11-30	4	3rd	5 8 21 22 31 39
2013-11-20	23	4th	2 4 19 21 29 47
2013-09-28	7	4th	4 6 17 21 40 44
2013-09-11	2	3rd	14 15 21 29 30 41
2013-09-07	13	4th	9 11 18 21 23 25
2013-08-07	1	2nd	19 21 26 31 37 49
2013-08-05	14	2nd	20 21 24 28 30 32
2013-07-03	50	4th	2 5 19 21 28 45
2013-03-09	18	4th	5 14 16 21 28 42
2013-01-26	11	3rd	4 20 21 36 38 42
2012-12-31	1	3rd	13 19 21 27 29 43
2012-12-29	8	4th	3 8 14 21 22 42
2012-12-10	2	4th	11 17 20 21 38 42
2012-12-05	22	3rd	8 14 21 25 31 36
2012-10-15	17	2nd	14 21 41 44 46 49
2012-09-05	1	3rd	12 15 21 23 25 33
2012-09-03	5	3rd	7 13 21 27 35 48
2012-08-22	22	4th	7 8 18 21 26 36
2012-07-02	6	3rd	16 18 21 26 40 41
2012-06-18	16	4th	10 11 13 21 31 41
2012-05-12	8	3rd	6 10 21 32 41 44
2012-04-23	6	4th	6 13 19 21 34 36
2012-04-09	2	4th	1 9 20 21 25 28
2012-04-04	33	2nd	7 21 30 31 33 42
2012-01-18	21	3rd	2 6 21 25 43 47
2011-11-30	14	4th	1 11 18 21 33 38
2011-10-29	5	5th	1 5 10 19 21 47
2011-10-17	28	3rd	7 20 21 24 25 46
2011-08-13	7	4th	1 6 7 21 27 37
2011-07-27	1	3rd	2 5 21 25 26 46
2011-07-25	6	2nd	1 21 24 26 31 41
2011-07-11	2	2nd	1 21 24 26 47 48
2011-07-06	1	3rd	8 12 21 22 40 43
2011-07-04	25	3rd	1 5 21 29 38 45
2011-05-07	8	1st	21 23 26 36 40 49
2011-04-18	1	2nd	20 21 30 31 37 49
2011-04-16	8	2nd	14 21 26 28 43 47
2011-03-28	7	2nd	9 21 22 28 31 34
2011-03-12	4	4th	2 4 6 21 26 41
2011-03-02	1	4th	12 13 18 21 27 30
2011-02-28	3	4th	4 5 6 21 32 34
2011-02-21	20	3rd	10 13 21 24 44 48
2011-01-05	1	4th	8 17 19 21 28 42
2011-01-03	9	2nd	5 21 27 32 43 48
2010-12-13	5	2nd	7 21 26 29 30 40
2010-12-01	11	4th	4 14 20 21 30 37
2010-11-06	3	5th	2 10 16 17 21 30
2010-10-30	1	5th	1 5 15 19 21 41
2010-10-27	4	3rd	1 9 21 22 32 47
2010-10-18	10	3rd	9 17 21 23 39 46
2010-09-25	6	1st	21 27 28 33 38 45
2010-09-11	6	4th	5 10 19 21 34 44
2010-08-28	3	4th	11 15 17 21 35 49
2010-08-21	5	4th	6 16 20 21 45 48
2010-08-09	1	3rd	2 11 21 31 34 37
2010-08-07	3	4th	4 7 20 21 26 28
2010-07-31	20	3rd	4 17 21 36 40 45
2010-06-14	2	2nd	3 21 22 25 28 35
2010-06-09	4	3rd	16 18 21 22 35 38
2010-05-31	19	4th	3 12 18 21 24 25
2010-04-17	1	4th	5 9 20 21 23 31
2010-04-14	4	4th	5 7 19 21 25 49
2010-04-05	4	5th	2 9 13 20 21 32
2010-03-27	19	2nd	8 21 23 33 38 49
2010-02-10	5	4th	2 8 10 21 44 47
2010-01-30	—	3rd	10 12 21 28 39 46