Number 21

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

101times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.01σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

27longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 8 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 27 · 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 smallest3 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest18 · chance 17.2
3rd smallest31 · chance 32.6
4th smallest34 · chance 30.1
5th smallest11 · chance 14.2
6th smallest4 · chance 3.2
7th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 32 2 43 26 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-03-06	15	4th	3 6 12 21 28 35 41
2026-01-13	1	3rd	14 18 21 22 32 42 46
2026-01-09	1	2nd	9 21 26 31 34 36

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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