Number 21

In Bonus Match 5 under the 5/39 + 1/39 · Nov 2016 – Aug 2026 rules — 3,565 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

409times drawn · chance expected 457 −2.41σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

46longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 409 times in 3,565 draws against 457.1 expected, −2.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 80 times, counted separately.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 409 times in 3,565 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 3 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 smallest20 · chance 17.0
2nd smallest88 · chance 90.4
3rd smallest158 · chance 161.1
4th smallest117 · chance 113.7
5th smallest26 · chance 26.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 43.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 14 10 36 22 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-08-19	9	3rd	4 10 21 24 33
2026-08-10	37	2nd	19 21 29 33 37
2026-07-04	7	3rd	6 15 21 26 39
2026-06-27	3	3rd	1 15

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-23	6	3rd	7 20 21 24 36
2026-02-17	10	3rd	6 13 21 30 37
2026-02-07	6	1st	21 26 31 33 37
2026-02-01	18	4th	8 15 17 21 33
2026-01-14	7	4th	7 10 20 21 27
2026-01-07	14	3rd	15 17 21 26 33
2025-12-24	6	4th	4 8 14 21 32
2025-12-18	1	4th	2 9 15 21 36
2025-12-17	21	3rd	3 16 21 28 35
2025-11-26	1	3rd	1 11 21 26 38
2025-11-25	4	5th	2 5 7 15 21
2025-11-21	21	3rd	14 20 21 31 38
2025-10-31	2	5th	4 9 13 17 21
2025-10-29	26	1st	21 27 32 36 38
2025-10-03	4	3rd	15 20 21 22 24
2025-09-29	12	4th	3 9 18 21 36
2025-09-17	19	3rd	3 17 21 25 34
2025-08-29	3	4th	8 16 18 21 26
2025-08-26	9	3rd	6 11 21 30 39
2025-08-17	8	3rd	2 9 21 28 36
2025-08-09	20	4th	7 14 16 21 31
2025-07-20	24	3rd	9 17 21 22 36
2025-06-26	7	2nd	20 21 23 29 31
2025-06-19	1	4th	6 7 18 21 30
2025-06-18	2	4th	10 11 16 21 34
2025-06-16	6	3rd	17 18 21 22 35
2025-06-10	20	3rd	4 9 21 23 31
2025-05-21	5	4th	4 6 20 21 25
2025-05-16	15	3rd	5 19 21 28 36
2025-05-01	10	3rd	10 20 21 24 26
2025-04-21	14	2nd	14 21 27 29 35
2025-04-07	1	2nd	12 21 22 23 28
2025-04-06	1	3rd	12 14 21 23 33
2025-04-05	15	2nd	4 21 27 29 38
2025-03-21	35	4th	6 14 18 21 22
2025-02-14	17	3rd	13 15 21 26 38
2025-01-28	1	3rd	13 16 21 26 30
2025-01-27	12	2nd	1 21 22 31 36
2025-01-15	3	1st	21 22 35 36 37
2025-01-12	14	2nd	6 21 26 34 38
2024-12-29	19	4th	8 15 20 21 25
2024-12-10	16	2nd	5 21 25 29 36
2024-11-24	11	1st	21 24 29 33 39
2024-11-13	13	4th	15 16 18 21 34
2024-10-31	3	3rd	3 15 21 28 32
2024-10-28	12	4th	8 9 19 21 28
2024-10-16	2	2nd	5 21 29 32 38
2024-10-14	18	3rd	10 20 21 24 26
2024-09-26	7	5th	5 6 11 13 21
2024-09-19	6	4th	2 3 18 21 38
2024-09-13	36	4th	2 16 20 21 29
2024-08-08	2	2nd	17 21 22 31 35
2024-08-06	6	3rd	10 13 21 24 39
2024-07-31	6	4th	15 17 18 21 30
2024-07-25	6	4th	4 6 8 21 32
2024-07-19	4	3rd	8 10 21 25 30
2024-07-15	16	3rd	2 19 21 37 38
2024-06-29	4	2nd	10 21 22 25 31
2024-06-25	11	3rd	11 16 21 22 30
2024-06-14	2	3rd	10 12 21 31 32
2024-06-12	11	3rd	9 10 21 25 33
2024-06-01	10	3rd	5 14 21 24 39
2024-05-22	10	4th	1 4 20 21 26
2024-05-12	12	4th	2 5 14 21 33
2024-04-30	5	3rd	10 12 21 28 36
2024-04-25	3	4th	2 7 16 21 35
2024-04-22	5	2nd	3 21 28 33 35
2024-04-17	7	2nd	9 21 33 34 37
2024-04-10	6	2nd	10 21 26 32 33
2024-04-04	3	2nd	1 21 25 27 30
2024-04-01	9	1st	21 24 28 29 33
2024-03-23	5	4th	12 18 20 21 25
2024-03-18	8	4th	3 5 11 21 22
2024-03-10	2	4th	6 9 17 21 29
2024-03-08	10	5th	5 7 16 19 21
2024-02-27	5	3rd	1 2 21 24 25
2024-02-22	8	5th	12 14 19 20 21
2024-02-14	1	1st	21 22 23 26 29
2024-02-13	2	2nd	8 21 23 32 36
2024-02-11	20	3rd	11 19 21 25 32
2024-01-22	11	4th	5 9 18 21 34
2024-01-11	6	4th	3 18 19 21 37
2024-01-05	1	2nd	6 21 22 25 29
2024-01-04	6	2nd	5 21 32 38 39
2023-12-29	7	2nd	9 21 22 25 34
2023-12-22	1	3rd	2 5 21 28 32
2023-12-21	12	2nd	3 21 24 27 30
2023-12-09	7	4th	3 7 13 21 28
2023-12-02	4	2nd	2 21 26 34 35
2023-11-28	9	3rd	13 16 21 22 23
2023-11-19	4	3rd	7 13 21 31 38
2023-11-15	1	3rd	5 18 21 24 38
2023-11-14	4	4th	1 4 6 21 33
2023-11-10	19	3rd	6 8 21 30 31
2023-10-22	15	4th	8 13 14 21 39
2023-10-07	4	4th	8 10 13 21 25
2023-10-03	26	2nd	6 21 23 25 28
2023-09-07	3	3rd	3 14 21 30 31
2023-09-04	11	4th	4 14 19 21 36
2023-08-24	14	4th	6 9 10 21 28
2023-08-10	10	2nd	1 21 27 34 39
2023-07-31	4	3rd	2 7 21 36 38
2023-07-27	6	2nd	4 21 30 32 33
2023-07-21	9	1st	21 24 26 32 35
2023-07-12	10	4th	10 11 17 21 29
2023-07-02	2	4th	2 6 20 21 26
2023-06-30	1	5th	1 6 12 16 21
2023-06-29	17	2nd	11 21 29 35 37
2023-06-12	1	3rd	10 12 21 23 26
2023-06-11	10	3rd	8 13 21 31 35
2023-06-01	2	4th	8 11 19 21 34
2023-05-30	4	3rd	1 13 21 33 39
2023-05-26	4	2nd	10 21 26 27 29
2023-05-22	1	1st	21 24 29 32 33
2023-05-21	8	4th	1 14 15 21 23
2023-05-13	2	3rd	11 14 21 28 30
2023-05-11	2	4th	6 14 18 21 23
2023-05-09	19	3rd	7 8 21 27 36
2023-04-20	3	3rd	17 18 21 37 39
2023-04-17	1	4th	1 8 20 21 37
2023-04-16	6	2nd	18 21 22 30 36
2023-04-10	3	3rd	1 3 21 23 38
2023-04-07	17	3rd	2 5 21 30 37
2023-03-21	8	3rd	5 14 21 34 37
2023-03-13	2	3rd	5 6 21 22 26
2023-03-11	20	2nd	14 21 25 34 36
2023-02-19	10	4th	4 8 10 21 37
2023-02-09	17	4th	7 11 19 21 32
2023-01-23	13	3rd	11 14 21 37 38
2023-01-10	11	2nd	17 21 23 27 33
2022-12-30	3	3rd	2 11 21 22 33
2022-12-27	8	4th	4 6 8 21 37
2022-12-19	3	3rd	8 10 21 32 35
2022-12-16	12	1st	21 24 29 33 35
2022-12-04	12	3rd	4 11 21 33 35
2022-11-22	1	3rd	3 18 21 28 36
2022-11-21	6	3rd	1 9 21 23 33
2022-11-15	1	3rd	14 15 21 26 29
2022-11-14	25	2nd	4 21 23 24 39
2022-10-20	2	4th	8 10 17 21 22
2022-10-18	18	2nd	9 21 22 31 32
2022-09-30	20	3rd	1 20 21 28 30
2022-09-10	12	5th	1 5 15 19 21
2022-08-29	6	3rd	7 20 21 35 36
2022-08-23	17	4th	5 8 12 21 39
2022-08-06	18	3rd	2 19 21 31 35
2022-07-19	6	4th	10 15 17 21 32
2022-07-13	4	3rd	7 19 21 22 33
2022-07-09	11	2nd	7 21 22 25 32
2022-06-28	9	1st	21 30 32 38 39
2022-06-19	2	2nd	11 21 34 35 36
2022-06-17	10	4th	6 10 17 21 35
2022-06-07	9	4th	10 18 19 21 34
2022-05-29	3	2nd	19 21 30 35 38
2022-05-26	6	5th	2 10 15 20 21
2022-05-20	5	2nd	20 21 24 33 39
2022-05-15	1	4th	10 11 12 21 35
2022-05-14	3	4th	1 7 20 21 24
2022-05-11	1	4th	1 5 18 21 32
2022-05-10	25	2nd	4 21 26 28 31
2022-04-15	4	2nd	15 21 28 30 31
2022-04-11	10	3rd	3 6 21 29 38
2022-04-01	2	3rd	10 16 21 28 37
2022-03-30	1	3rd	2 11 21 35 37
2022-03-29	4	2nd	8 21 22 33 34
2022-03-25	27	5th	4 5 8 10 21
2022-02-26	9	2nd	13 21 35 36 39
2022-02-17	26	2nd	16 21 22 24 34
2022-01-22	7	4th	3 11 13 21 38
2022-01-15	6	3rd	7 18 21 27 35
2022-01-09	30	4th	1 14 15 21 37
2021-12-10	5	3rd	1 13 21 22 27
2021-12-05	22	2nd	8 21 23 38 39
2021-11-13	2	3rd	10 11 21 33 34
2021-11-11	10	4th	4 13 14 21 26
2021-11-01	16	3rd	3 19 21 30 37
2021-10-16	5	4th	2 4 10 21 36
2021-10-11	2	3rd	8 16 21 23 32
2021-10-09	5	3rd	1 6 21 24 36
2021-10-04	1	2nd	4 21 27 29 34
2021-10-03	1	3rd	3 7 21 24 38
2021-10-02	3	3rd	2 14 21 29 36
2021-09-29	11	2nd	5 21 26 31 38
2021-09-18	9	4th	3 7 9 21 23
2021-09-09	7	3rd	2 9 21 24 35
2021-09-02	2	2nd	10 21 24 26 28
2021-08-31	1	4th	1 2 3 21 26
2021-08-30	4	3rd	1 3 21 33 35
2021-08-26	2	3rd	17 18 21 26 27
2021-08-24	9	2nd	8 21 26 31 33
2021-08-15	7	2nd	2 21 22 31 32
2021-08-08	25	4th	1 14 17 21 37
2021-07-14	4	2nd	4 21 28 29 31
2021-07-10	10	4th	1 4 8 21 25
2021-06-30	6	3rd	6 11 21 22 35
2021-06-24	7	3rd	9 20 21 27 39
2021-06-17	6	2nd	17 21 26 28 32
2021-06-11	9	4th	2 7 14 21 38
2021-06-02	14	4th	3 13 17 21 29
2021-05-19	2	5th	1 6 9 14 21
2021-05-17	13	3rd	4 15 21 38 39
2021-05-04	5	4th	3 12 18 21 29
2021-04-29	46	4th	3 4 14 21 36
2021-03-14	11	2nd	8 21 32 33 38
2021-03-03	9	3rd	11 19 21 30 37
2021-02-22	4	4th	1 3 8 21 36
2021-02-18	42	3rd	4 9 21 23 36
2021-01-07	19	4th	10 14 18 21 25
2020-12-19	7	3rd	14 19 21 25 38
2020-12-12	9	3rd	8 12 21 31 33
2020-12-03	1	4th	1 2 14 21 30
2020-12-02	12	4th	1 8 20 21 23
2020-11-20	2	2nd	13 21 27 28 31
2020-11-18	5	4th	6 17 20 21 22
2020-11-13	3	3rd	2 18 21 24 25
2020-11-10	3	2nd	3 21 26 29 39
2020-11-07	18	1st	21 22 29 30 37
2020-10-20	7	3rd	5 17 21 25 34
2020-10-13	6	2nd	20 21 25 29 36
2020-10-07	7	2nd	18 21 25 33 34
2020-09-30	1	4th	1 4 15 21 35
2020-09-29	1	4th	5 6 14 21 24
2020-09-28	10	3rd	3 14 21 24 31
2020-09-18	28	3rd	15 20 21 27 32
2020-08-21	1	1st	21 30 37 38 39
2020-08-20	20	5th	2 4 7 17 21
2020-07-31	17	5th	3 4 11 19 21
2020-07-14	9	4th	9 14 16 21 22
2020-07-05	1	5th	6 9 14 16 21
2020-07-04	15	4th	1 10 15 21 36
2020-06-19	6	1st	21 22 24 26 37
2020-06-13	2	2nd	13 21 23 25 30
2020-06-11	13	4th	1 11 20 21 32
2020-05-29	15	3rd	11 18 21 24 28
2020-05-14	5	4th	2 8 15 21 23
2020-05-09	14	3rd	1 7 21 25 36
2020-04-25	4	2nd	13 21 22 26 27
2020-04-21	6	1st	21 26 33 34 38
2020-04-15	2	1st	21 25 32 36 37
2020-04-13	13	3rd	12 14 21 29 34
2020-03-31	2	4th	7 19 20 21 28
2020-03-29	13	3rd	1 12 21 29 39
2020-03-16	4	4th	1 7 19 21 27
2020-03-12	7	4th	3 5 15 21 29
2020-03-05	13	3rd	1 13 21 28 31
2020-02-21	3	3rd	3 15 21 33 36
2020-02-18	5	2nd	2 21 22 29 37
2020-02-13	3	3rd	6 20 21 22 34
2020-02-10	1	2nd	1 21 23 25 36
2020-02-09	18	2nd	2 21 27 28 31
2020-01-22	7	3rd	5 12 21 35 36
2020-01-15	5	4th	8 13 15 21 25
2020-01-10	11	2nd	1 21 22 24 35
2019-12-30	9	4th	12 14 19 21 37
2019-12-21	4	3rd	6 19 21 24 32
2019-12-17	11	5th	1 11 14 16 21
2019-12-06	10	3rd	3 19 21 23 37
2019-11-26	8	2nd	13 21 23 28 30
2019-11-18	36	3rd	4 12 21 27 37
2019-10-13	1	3rd	5 15 21 25 31
2019-10-12	14	3rd	3 12 21 23 31
2019-09-28	6	3rd	2 3 21 31 34
2019-09-22	13	2nd	14 21 24 31 36
2019-09-09	10	4th	3 8 10 21 28
2019-08-30	24	4th	5 12 14 21 32
2019-08-06	10	1st	21 28 31 37 38
2019-07-27	11	3rd	3 10 21 23 29
2019-07-16	3	3rd	4 9 21 26 32
2019-07-13	7	2nd	18 21 25 31 38
2019-07-06	6	4th	10 11 12 21 38
2019-06-30	2	3rd	3 11 21 25 38
2019-06-28	5	4th	3 10 14 21 28
2019-06-23	6	3rd	14 20 21 34 36
2019-06-17	1	4th	4 12 15 21 25
2019-06-16	3	3rd	15 20 21 22 28
2019-06-13	8	3rd	6 13 21 31 37
2019-06-05	7	4th	13 15 20 21 38
2019-05-29	5	4th	8 10 20 21 25
2019-05-24	3	2nd	4 21 23 35 36
2019-05-21	8	3rd	1 20 21 33 34
2019-05-13	4	4th	13 14 15 21 28
2019-05-09	2	3rd	1 7 21 32 34
2019-05-07	2	3rd	9 15 21 25 38
2019-05-05	3	4th	4 5 19 21 22
2019-05-02	9	4th	4 8 11 21 27
2019-04-23	1	4th	1 2 10 21 36
2019-04-22	12	1st	21 25 26 29 37
2019-04-10	14	2nd	14 21 26 30 33
2019-03-27	27	3rd	18 19 21 27 32
2019-02-28	5	4th	16 18 20 21 35
2019-02-23	8	4th	6 13 16 21 33
2019-02-15	3	3rd	2 15 21 29 34
2019-02-12	20	4th	2 12 20 21 26
2019-01-23	19	5th	2 5 7 15 21
2019-01-04	6	4th	3 7 11 21 34
2018-12-29	9	4th	3 14 16 21 28
2018-12-20	4	2nd	13 21 23 25 28
2018-12-16	5	4th	3 14 20 21 22
2018-12-11	2	3rd	10 16 21 22 32
2018-12-09	8	4th	2 4 11 21 36
2018-12-01	4	4th	6 7 18 21 39
2018-11-27	3	3rd	6 10 21 32 39
2018-11-24	16	3rd	9 20 21 27 38
2018-11-08	24	2nd	18 21 28 31 33
2018-10-15	1	4th	2 8 16 21 37
2018-10-14	6	3rd	9 11 21 36 39
2018-10-08	12	3rd	12 17 21 26 33
2018-09-26	2	2nd	6 21 24 28 31
2018-09-24	3	2nd	15 21 22 31 39
2018-09-21	13	5th	6 11 13 15 21
2018-09-08	5	4th	4 7 9 21 25
2018-09-03	27	3rd	12 19 21 28 33
2018-08-07	3	4th	2 3 19 21 27
2018-08-04	16	4th	10 16 18 21 39
2018-07-19	1	3rd	10 12 21 31 36
2018-07-18	2	3rd	9 18 21 28 31
2018-07-16	25	2nd	17 21 32 35 37
2018-06-21	3	2nd	5 21 32 37 39
2018-06-18	15	2nd	8 21 27 30 34
2018-06-03	2	2nd	2 21 35 36 39
2018-06-01	4	5th	1 5 6 13 21
2018-05-28	2	3rd	2 11 21 26 32
2018-05-26	1	2nd	12 21 23 30 38
2018-05-25	6	2nd	8 21 23 26 27
2018-05-19	13	5th	6 7 10 20 21
2018-05-06	3	3rd	11 16 21 23 36
2018-05-03	36	1st	21 24 30 33 37
2018-03-28	19	5th	1 5 15 19 21
2018-03-09	17	4th	7 11 16 21 29
2018-02-20	11	3rd	1 8 21 22 24
2018-02-09	5	3rd	6 8 21 34 38
2018-02-04	3	3rd	4 14 21 32 37
2018-02-01	6	3rd	1 10 21 24 36
2018-01-26	19	3rd	1 20 21 28 34
2018-01-07	1	2nd	15 21 23 26 30
2018-01-06	28	3rd	2 5 21 30 33
2017-12-09	11	4th	8 16 20 21 29
2017-11-28	1	4th	3 5 17 21 32
2017-11-27	1	3rd	3 10 21 24 27
2017-11-26	1	4th	2 4 16 21 27
2017-11-25	7	3rd	5 11 21 24 37
2017-11-18	26	5th	11 13 14 17 21
2017-10-22	4	3rd	7 14 21 22 30
2017-10-18	5	5th	1 9 12 18 21
2017-10-13	5	2nd	15 21 27 34 36
2017-10-08	9	5th	1 3 6 16 21
2017-09-28	3	1st	21 31 33 36 39
2017-09-25	35	3rd	3 6 21 29 38
2017-08-21	7	3rd	10 14 21 24 36
2017-08-14	1	2nd	17 21 26 32 36
2017-08-13	23	3rd	1 14 21 29 38
2017-07-21	8	2nd	13 21 33 36 38
2017-07-13	8	3rd	7 16 21 31 39
2017-07-05	7	4th	9 13 18 21 27
2017-06-28	7	4th	7 10 13 21 35
2017-06-21	11	4th	5 10 13 21 25
2017-06-10	6	2nd	18 21 24 29 35
2017-06-04	2	3rd	17 19 21 31 39
2017-06-02	5	2nd	16 21 22 29 39
2017-05-28	4	3rd	12 19 21 27 38
2017-05-24	10	3rd	5 14 21 34 37
2017-05-14	3	2nd	4 21 29 33 39
2017-05-11	4	5th	2 17 19 20 21
2017-05-07	12	3rd	9 20 21 22 23
2017-04-25	30	3rd	4 9 21 29 33
2017-03-26	6	2nd	20 21 24 34 39
2017-03-20	17	3rd	7 9 21 24 29
2017-03-03	1	4th	5 13 18 21 24
2017-03-02	20	3rd	7 9 21 23 27
2017-02-10	1	4th	14 18 20 21 25
2017-02-09	2	3rd	8 9 21 25 36
2017-02-07	6	3rd	3 10 21 32 38
2017-02-01	7	5th	7 13 18 19 21
2017-01-25	12	3rd	4 11 21 22 24
2017-01-13	2	3rd	1 2 21 25 29
2017-01-11	10	4th	1 12 18 21 28
2017-01-01	19	5th	5 7 8 20 21
2016-12-13	9	3rd	14 19 21 23 28
2016-12-04	7	4th	4 11 15 21 29
2016-11-27	4	3rd	9 10 21 28 30
2016-11-23	1	4th	7 9 10 21 39
2016-11-22	1	2nd	19 21 26 27 34
2016-11-21	1	3rd	12 18 21 22 37
2016-11-20	4	2nd	7 21 22 34 39
2016-11-16	—	1st	21 22 32 34 36