Number 21

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

211times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.01σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 211 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 1 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 smallest14 · chance 12.1
2nd smallest57 · chance 50.5
3rd smallest68 · chance 76.7
4th smallest51 · chance 53.1
5th smallest19 · chance 16.7
6th smallest2 · chance 1.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 43 4 20 6 39

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
2026-10-07	2	5th	3 5 18 20 21 26
2026-09-30	1	4th	8 13 20 21 35 40
2026-09-26	9	1st	21 23 24 25 28 49
2026-08-26	14	1st

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.

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