Number 21

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

390times drawn · chance expected 384 +0.31σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

43longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 390 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 390 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 4 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 smallest8 · chance 10.2
2nd smallest64 · chance 67.8
3rd smallest147 · chance 148.6
4th smallest128 · chance 127.4
5th smallest43 · chance 36.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 6 10 12 29 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-08	1	3rd	5 17 21 30 34
2026-10-07	5	3rd	10 12 21 29 34
2026-10-02	1	3rd	6 16 21 27 32
2026-10-01	11	3rd	2 15 21 30

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-03	14	2nd	15 21 22 26 36
2026-05-20	1	5th	2 6 14 20 21
2026-05-19	3	3rd	18 19 21 27 30
2026-05-16	11	3rd	14 19 21 22 31
2026-05-05	8	2nd	6 21 30 33 35
2026-04-27	1	3rd	1 10 21 26 35
2026-04-26	3	3rd	10 14 21 24 26
2026-04-23	3	2nd	8 21 22 23 33
2026-04-20	4	3rd	3 8 21 25 33
2026-04-16	10	5th	1 17 19 20 21
2026-04-06	2	4th	10 11 17 21 36
2026-04-04	3	4th	9 13 17 21 34
2026-04-01	8	4th	3 10 16 21 24
2026-03-24	3	5th	7 8 11 20 21
2026-03-21	4	5th	5 7 8 12 21
2026-03-17	2	2nd	2 21 24 25 33
2026-03-15	6	4th	3 7 18 21 28
2026-03-09	13	4th	5 9 12 21 30
2026-02-24	2	3rd	16 17 21 26 35
2026-02-22	4	5th	1 4 5 6 21
2026-02-18	8	5th	1 9 15 16 21
2026-02-10	10	3rd	3 7 21 22 26
2026-01-31	4	3rd	4 6 21 29 36
2026-01-27	2	4th	11 14 17 21 29
2026-01-25	2	1st	21 26 28 30 32
2026-01-23	2	4th	5 7 13 21 33
2026-01-21	5	4th	10 12 13 21 35
2026-01-16	9	4th	2 12 14 21 33
2026-01-07	5	4th	2 4 14 21 30
2026-01-02	3	3rd	9 10 21 25 26
2025-12-30	2	4th	2 13 18 21 31
2025-12-28	6	4th	13 14 15 21 31
2025-12-21	3	3rd	10 17 21 26 33
2025-12-18	11	4th	2 9 18 21 29
2025-12-07	3	3rd	5 13 21 26 34
2025-12-04	3	3rd	4 6 21 26 33
2025-12-01	4	3rd	7 12 21 22 23
2025-11-27	8	2nd	9 21 22 26 33
2025-11-19	2	4th	4 14 15 21 31
2025-11-17	1	4th	6 11 12 21 30
2025-11-16	5	5th	5 9 16 18 21
2025-11-11	12	2nd	19 21 24 30 32
2025-10-30	17	4th	5 11 15 21 34
2025-10-13	16	3rd	4 10 21 24 32
2025-09-27	6	4th	2 16 17 21 30
2025-09-21	10	4th	2 11 14 21 26
2025-09-11	2	3rd	1 13 21 26 32
2025-09-09	4	3rd	15 16 21 23 36
2025-09-05	8	5th	7 9 13 17 21
2025-08-28	5	4th	7 12 14 21 30
2025-08-23	9	3rd	8 19 21 25 31
2025-08-14	14	4th	12 16 19 21 29
2025-07-31	5	4th	5 9 14 21 24
2025-07-26	25	3rd	14 16 21 23 29
2025-07-01	2	2nd	11 21 28 30 32
2025-06-29	10	4th	7 9 11 21 22
2025-06-19	2	3rd	17 20 21 33 34
2025-06-17	1	2nd	10 21 27 30 35
2025-06-16	4	5th	1 3 8 16 21
2025-06-12	11	3rd	4 19 21 23 31
2025-06-01	3	3rd	15 16 21 25 29
2025-05-29	11	5th	2 3 7 18 21
2025-05-18	7	4th	9 16 19 21 33
2025-05-11	1	5th	2 18 19 20 21
2025-05-10	13	3rd	9 19 21 23 28
2025-04-27	1	4th	11 14 17 21 24
2025-04-26	1	3rd	3 15 21 27 33
2025-04-25	3	3rd	4 7 21 27 30
2025-04-22	9	3rd	9 11 21 22 29
2025-04-13	19	1st	21 24 25 35 36
2025-03-25	4	3rd	11 15 21 27 35
2025-03-21	5	4th	2 6 13 21 36
2025-03-16	6	3rd	4 12 21 25 30
2025-03-10	6	5th	1 6 10 12 21
2025-03-04	14	3rd	14 16 21 23 27
2025-02-18	5	4th	2 4 17 21 28
2025-02-13	3	4th	16 18 19 21 23
2025-02-10	3	4th	9 15 18 21 26
2025-02-07	25	4th	2 3 4 21 26
2025-01-13	7	4th	3 11 16 21 29
2025-01-06	7	3rd	6 13 21 31 33
2024-12-30	2	2nd	10 21 27 30 31
2024-12-28	10	5th	1 6 10 18 21
2024-12-17	12	4th	6 9 17 21 27
2024-12-05	9	3rd	3 9 21 25 27
2024-11-26	3	3rd	8 20 21 30 35
2024-11-23	2	4th	1 13 18 21 34
2024-11-21	3	5th	1 2 7 13 21
2024-11-18	4	4th	2 7 16 21 32
2024-11-14	2	2nd	9 21 25 32 34
2024-11-12	2	2nd	16 21 22 29 34
2024-11-10	30	4th	7 18 20 21 34
2024-10-11	26	3rd	5 7 21 25 26
2024-09-15	4	2nd	10 21 25 35 36
2024-09-11	4	4th	1 11 13 21 34
2024-09-07	14	3rd	13 14 21 24 31
2024-08-24	4	3rd	11 13 21 25 34
2024-08-20	3	3rd	4 18 21 24 28
2024-08-17	13	2nd	7 21 27 33 34
2024-08-04	1	5th	6 7 14 15 21
2024-08-03	24	3rd	1 19 21 23 25
2024-07-10	11	4th	12 14 19 21 26
2024-06-29	5	3rd	10 11 21 33 36
2024-06-24	1	4th	9 11 15 21 27
2024-06-23	8	4th	8 9 12 21 23
2024-06-15	5	4th	4 16 18 21 31
2024-06-10	1	4th	5 11 16 21 25
2024-06-09	10	3rd	3 18 21 23 29
2024-05-30	1	4th	3 4 8 21 33
2024-05-29	34	3rd	10 13 21 24 33
2024-04-25	15	4th	5 8 10 21 30
2024-04-10	6	3rd	6 10 21 27 35
2024-04-04	14	3rd	1 8 21 26 29
2024-03-21	10	3rd	8 17 21 22 30
2024-03-11	3	5th	4 9 12 16 21
2024-03-08	8	5th	10 11 12 15 21
2024-02-29	4	4th	7 14 16 21 28
2024-02-25	19	2nd	15 21 26 27 28
2024-02-06	11	3rd	8 16 21 32 33
2024-01-26	7	4th	2 10 17 21 33
2024-01-19	13	3rd	9 10 21 32 35
2024-01-06	8	3rd	8 17 21 29 32
2023-12-29	9	5th	6 15 18 19 21
2023-12-19	2	4th	1 7 9 21 34
2023-12-17	6	4th	11 16 17 21 27
2023-12-11	11	5th	6 13 15 20 21
2023-11-30	2	3rd	7 13 21 23 35
2023-11-28	5	2nd	6 21 29 33 36
2023-11-23	5	2nd	3 21 24 28 33
2023-11-18	10	2nd	5 21 31 33 34
2023-11-08	3	1st	21 28 30 34 36
2023-11-05	2	3rd	4 17 21 23 34
2023-11-03	1	4th	15 18 20 21 28
2023-11-02	10	3rd	16 19 21 25 35
2023-10-23	2	5th	3 7 15 18 21
2023-10-21	1	3rd	14 16 21 24 31
2023-10-20	9	4th	1 3 13 21 30
2023-10-11	4	3rd	1 12 21 31 33
2023-10-07	43	3rd	3 20 21 22 27
2023-08-25	6	2nd	13 21 28 29 35
2023-08-19	5	4th	11 13 18 21 32
2023-08-14	25	3rd	1 9 21 24 31
2023-07-20	12	4th	4 7 16 21 25
2023-07-08	5	4th	1 17 19 21 28
2023-07-03	2	3rd	8 11 21 24 31
2023-07-01	9	2nd	12 21 30 31 34
2023-06-22	10	2nd	10 21 23 24 27
2023-06-12	4	4th	12 15 16 21 34
2023-06-08	5	2nd	11 21 25 28 36
2023-06-03	31	4th	3 5 14 21 35
2023-05-03	1	4th	4 11 14 21 35
2023-05-02	2	2nd	7 21 25 32 36
2023-04-30	23	3rd	5 6 21 29 30
2023-04-07	11	3rd	2 4 21 27 36
2023-03-27	11	4th	1 10 12 21 25
2023-03-16	5	4th	5 18 20 21 26
2023-03-11	15	2nd	11 21 22 27 30
2023-02-24	12	4th	4 6 19 21 25
2023-02-12	4	5th	3 5 8 14 21
2023-02-08	2	4th	1 5 18 21 31
2023-02-06	1	3rd	5 7 21 25 29
2023-02-05	1	2nd	5 21 22 26 30
2023-02-04	1	4th	3 14 19 21 36
2023-02-03	1	3rd	7 14 21 29 36
2023-02-02	16	5th	2 7 12 16 21
2023-01-17	17	4th	6 13 18 21 28
2022-12-31	1	2nd	2 21 25 26 35
2022-12-30	7	3rd	2 13 21 26 31
2022-12-22	7	4th	7 13 19 21 22
2022-12-15	6	3rd	10 16 21 25 26
2022-12-09	18	3rd	9 17 21 26 35
2022-11-21	1	4th	7 10 12 21 32
2022-11-20	13	3rd	4 17 21 25 35
2022-11-07	6	4th	2 4 12 21 28
2022-11-01	3	2nd	8 21 26 35 36
2022-10-29	2	2nd	12 21 27 28 31
2022-10-27	15	3rd	7 13 21 25 28
2022-10-12	7	4th	9 12 16 21 36
2022-10-05	4	3rd	8 12 21 28 33
2022-10-01	3	5th	1 6 19 20 21
2022-09-28	2	3rd	5 13 21 23 32
2022-09-26	2	4th	8 9 19 21 32
2022-09-24	12	4th	7 9 18 21 31
2022-09-12	14	4th	1 12 20 21 26
2022-08-29	2	2nd	10 21 26 29 34
2022-08-27	1	3rd	5 20 21 23 30
2022-08-26	3	3rd	10 12 21 23 31
2022-08-23	7	3rd	6 8 21 22 29
2022-08-16	12	4th	1 12 19 21 27
2022-08-04	2	3rd	6 17 21 26 31
2022-08-02	13	3rd	10 18 21 26 29
2022-07-20	3	3rd	4 15 21 27 30
2022-07-17	4	2nd	5 21 27 31 35
2022-07-13	13	3rd	6 15 21 29 33
2022-06-30	3	2nd	7 21 25 27 28
2022-06-27	1	4th	2 3 18 21 33
2022-06-26	2	2nd	18 21 29 30 36
2022-06-24	1	3rd	2 13 21 28 33
2022-06-23	13	4th	3 6 11 21 23
2022-06-10	4	2nd	16 21 22 26 30
2022-06-06	13	4th	6 9 20 21 24
2022-05-24	1	5th	4 7 10 14 21
2022-05-23	1	4th	3 7 13 21 26
2022-05-22	4	5th	1 4 6 20 21
2022-05-18	7	3rd	15 18 21 29 32
2022-05-11	10	5th	1 5 10 12 21
2022-05-01	9	4th	2 7 18 21 22
2022-04-22	2	3rd	2 5 21 28 34
2022-04-20	15	1st	21 22 27 29 32
2022-04-05	10	2nd	15 21 23 29 33
2022-03-26	3	3rd	11 14 21 23 26
2022-03-23	4	3rd	4 15 21 24 31
2022-03-19	9	2nd	6 21 25 29 30
2022-03-10	3	4th	3 12 16 21 25
2022-03-07	5	4th	5 11 20 21 35
2022-03-02	4	2nd	19 21 27 33 36
2022-02-26	13	3rd	10 19 21 22 35
2022-02-13	4	3rd	1 4 21 32 34
2022-02-09	22	5th	3 6 9 10 21
2022-01-18	1	4th	11 15 16 21 33
2022-01-17	12	2nd	8 21 24 29 34
2022-01-05	3	3rd	11 14 21 27 35
2022-01-02	3	2nd	12 21 23 25 31
2021-12-30	3	3rd	2 6 21 23 28
2021-12-27	31	3rd	17 19 21 29 31
2021-11-25	8	4th	3 7 20 21 25
2021-11-17	6	3rd	4 6 21 32 36
2021-11-11	6	5th	1 10 12 19 21
2021-11-05	3	3rd	1 10 21 26 29
2021-11-02	3	2nd	8 21 22 29 34
2021-10-30	4	5th	8 11 19 20 21
2021-10-26	14	3rd	8 9 21 23 32
2021-10-12	7	1st	21 22 24 30 34
2021-10-05	2	4th	3 14 16 21 25
2021-10-03	1	3rd	4 6 21 27 32
2021-10-02	2	5th	5 7 9 12 21
2021-09-30	2	3rd	18 19 21 33 35
2021-09-28	9	2nd	6 21 22 23 31
2021-09-19	3	2nd	16 21 28 30 33
2021-09-16	2	3rd	2 5 21 23 35
2021-09-14	19	4th	12 13 20 21 31
2021-08-26	21	3rd	5 19 21 28 29
2021-08-05	15	4th	4 5 10 21 36
2021-07-21	13	3rd	3 16 21 27 35
2021-07-08	9	4th	7 9 19 21 32
2021-06-29	6	2nd	19 21 24 26 27
2021-06-23	2	3rd	2 12 21 27 32
2021-06-21	5	2nd	12 21 27 30 36
2021-06-16	6	3rd	13 18 21 31 34
2021-06-10	10	4th	9 13 15 21 24
2021-05-31	5	3rd	1 2 21 30 31
2021-05-26	3	3rd	2 10 21 22 35
2021-05-23	13	3rd	10 16 21 23 31
2021-05-10	6	3rd	2 7 21 28 29
2021-05-04	2	3rd	8 20 21 24 30
2021-05-02	10	2nd	14 21 24 27 31
2021-04-22	3	4th	4 12 18 21 29
2021-04-19	1	2nd	13 21 28 31 36
2021-04-18	6	4th	1 15 20 21 24
2021-04-12	4	5th	3 7 8 10 21
2021-04-08	11	5th	6 12 15 16 21
2021-03-28	7	3rd	12 16 21 24 31
2021-03-21	6	4th	2 3 7 21 24
2021-03-15	13	4th	4 17 20 21 29
2021-03-02	7	1st	21 22 30 34 36
2021-02-23	1	3rd	3 15 21 27 29
2021-02-22	3	3rd	2 11 21 22 34
2021-02-19	9	4th	12 13 14 21 23
2021-02-10	4	4th	2 11 17 21 34
2021-02-06	7	3rd	9 15 21 23 31
2021-01-30	3	4th	1 4 20 21 34
2021-01-27	1	5th	1 2 5 9 21
2021-01-26	5	4th	8 13 14 21 22
2021-01-21	2	4th	1 12 18 21 24
2021-01-19	1	4th	9 18 20 21 29
2021-01-18	11	3rd	6 12 21 24 30
2021-01-07	3	3rd	1 7 21 22 30
2021-01-04	3	4th	12 13 19 21 23
2021-01-01	13	4th	13 17 19 21 25
2020-12-18	15	3rd	6 17 21 26 27
2020-12-03	16	5th	5 10 13 17 21
2020-11-17	6	2nd	18 21 26 29 34
2020-11-11	7	4th	2 10 19 21 28
2020-11-04	5	2nd	18 21 24 30 31
2020-10-30	4	4th	18 19 20 21 36
2020-10-26	3	3rd	6 18 21 27 32
2020-10-23	8	3rd	8 10 21 22 28
2020-10-15	14	4th	2 10 13 21 29
2020-10-01	4	5th	1 6 13 20 21
2020-09-27	17	4th	4 12 19 21 29
2020-09-10	1	4th	3 10 17 21 29
2020-09-09	17	2nd	12 21 28 29 35
2020-08-23	8	3rd	7 16 21 26 36
2020-08-15	6	3rd	10 16 21 24 34
2020-08-09	8	5th	1 5 6 10 21
2020-08-01	19	4th	4 6 18 21 33
2020-07-13	8	2nd	1 21 23 27 32
2020-07-05	5	3rd	2 16 21 23 28
2020-06-30	15	2nd	10 21 22 28 30
2020-06-15	12	2nd	18 21 28 29 30
2020-06-03	10	2nd	13 21 24 25 26
2020-05-24	3	4th	11 19 20 21 23
2020-05-21	12	4th	8 13 15 21 25
2020-05-09	4	4th	14 15 19 21 32
2020-05-05	3	3rd	3 6 21 26 29
2020-05-02	4	3rd	4 17 21 26 31
2020-04-28	12	4th	1 3 17 21 22
2020-04-16	5	4th	15 18 19 21 31
2020-04-11	2	4th	5 11 14 21 29
2020-04-09	9	2nd	10 21 32 34 36
2020-03-31	4	4th	2 7 20 21 35
2020-03-27	20	3rd	7 15 21 27 33
2020-03-07	2	4th	3 15 16 21 30
2020-03-05	8	3rd	19 20 21 33 34
2020-02-26	9	2nd	11 21 29 32 33
2020-02-17	19	3rd	5 19 21 22 32
2020-01-29	8	3rd	3 5 21 32 35
2020-01-21	8	2nd	5 21 25 30 32
2020-01-13	2	5th	1 3 10 17 21
2020-01-11	6	3rd	6 7 21 25 36
2020-01-05	4	3rd	5 18 21 23 34
2020-01-01	8	3rd	14 17 21 22 29
2019-12-23	3	4th	5 11 19 21 36
2019-12-20	2	4th	3 7 20 21 35
2019-12-18	5	3rd	5 11 21 32 35
2019-12-13	7	3rd	6 9 21 24 36
2019-12-06	1	2nd	2 21 29 30 36
2019-12-05	3	3rd	1 16 21 33 36
2019-12-02	11	2nd	1 21 30 31 36
2019-11-21	2	4th	4 11 12 21 23
2019-11-19	5	1st	21 23 25 27 34
2019-11-14	10	4th	8 12 15 21 26
2019-11-04	1	3rd	6 8 21 33 34
2019-11-03	3	2nd	6 21 24 28 36
2019-10-31	1	4th	12 15 17 21 36
2019-10-30	7	2nd	18 21 24 30 32
2019-10-23	16	3rd	4 17 21 29 30
2019-10-07	4	1st	21 22 24 25 36
2019-10-03	6	4th	6 7 13 21 23
2019-09-27	4	2nd	19 21 22 28 33
2019-09-23	7	3rd	2 20 21 29 30
2019-09-16	5	3rd	11 12 21 23 27
2019-09-11	21	3rd	1 16 21 26 32
2019-08-21	5	3rd	6 13 21 26 32
2019-08-16	2	3rd	4 19 21 24 34
2019-08-14	6	3rd	7 18 21 28 31
2019-08-08	4	4th	3 6 7 21 29
2019-08-04	2	3rd	3 8 21 30 35
2019-08-02	1	3rd	3 15 21 29 32
2019-08-01	7	2nd	12 21 25 33 36
2019-07-25	13	5th	2 5 13 16 21
2019-07-12	12	4th	6 8 19 21 24
2019-06-30	2	4th	4 10 17 21 27
2019-06-28	13	4th	8 9 10 21 36
2019-06-15	19	3rd	13 15 21 28 33
2019-05-27	2	5th	2 5 17 19 21
2019-05-25	6	3rd	6 10 21 31 34
2019-05-19	1	3rd	1 12 21 33 34
2019-05-18	10	3rd	7 15 21 31 33
2019-05-08	11	4th	6 7 15 21 22
2019-04-27	5	3rd	13 18 21 28 29
2019-04-22	20	4th	9 16 20 21 30
2019-04-02	9	2nd	5 21 22 26 32
2019-03-24	7	2nd	1 21 24 28 29
2019-03-17	4	4th	5 9 15 21 36
2019-03-13	—	4th	4 10 16 21 35