Number 21

In MyDaY under the 3/99 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2026 rules — 5,628 draws, 3 from 0–99 (an earlier era).

223times drawn · chance expected 169 +4.23σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

25.3average wait between appearances · chance says 33.3

145longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

21 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 100

Drawn 223 times in 5,628 draws against 168.8 expected, +4.23σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 5,628 draws · average wait 25.3 draws · longest completed wait 145 · waiting 5 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 smallest0 · chance 138.0
2nd smallest154 · chance 75.3
3rd smallest69 · chance 9.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 11 3 5 6 4

Never drawn alongside 11 of the other 99 numbers; chance expects about 1 such strangers 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 — 16th most popular of 100. 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
2026-08-17	3	3rd	7 13 21
2026-08-14	3	2nd	3 21 96
2026-08-11	11	2nd	12 21 64
2026-07-31	24	3rd	6 17 21
2026-07-07	7	2nd	8 21 54
2026-06-30

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 3/100 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-18	21	2nd	4 21 75
2025-03-28	37	3rd	3 7 21
2025-02-19	145	2nd	12 21 33
2024-09-27	25	3rd	7 20 21
2024-09-02	35	2nd	6 21 43
2024-07-29	20	3rd	5 12 21
2024-07-09	48	2nd	5 21 89
2024-05-22	47	3rd	4 9 21
2024-04-05	9	2nd	11 21 45
2024-03-27	3	3rd	8 12 21
2024-03-24	43	2nd	5 21 50
2024-02-10	12	3rd	2 14 21
2024-01-29	9	3rd	5 7 21
2024-01-20	21	2nd	12 21 24
2023-12-30	20	3rd	9 14 21
2023-12-10	23	2nd	2 21 53
2023-11-17	41	2nd	7 21 81
2023-10-07	12	2nd	7 21 78
2023-09-25	19	3rd	10 13 21
2023-09-06	8	2nd	3 21 81
2023-08-29	55	3rd	3 7 21
2023-07-05	15	2nd	3 21 57
2023-06-20	31	2nd	12 21 94
2023-05-20	26	2nd	8 21 69
2023-04-24	30	3rd	7 20 21
2023-03-25	72	3rd	5 5 21
2023-01-12	9	2nd	12 21 24
2023-01-03	74	3rd	4 10 21
2022-10-21	12	2nd	4 21 38
2022-10-09	28	2nd	5 21 28
2022-09-11	7	2nd	10 21 22
2022-09-04	4	3rd	4 11 21
2022-08-31	59	2nd	11 21 25
2022-07-03	6	2nd	5 21 59
2022-06-27	10	2nd	9 21 26
2022-06-17	4	2nd	4 21 43
2022-06-13	13	2nd	3 21 30
2022-05-31	3	2nd	5 21 86
2022-05-28	10	2nd	2 21 96
2022-05-18	2	2nd	11 21 66
2022-05-16	3	2nd	9 21 77
2022-05-13	8	2nd	12 21 73
2022-05-05	19	2nd	4 21 30
2022-04-16	8	2nd	3 21 53
2022-04-08	9	2nd	2 21 55
2022-03-30	62	2nd	6 21 27
2022-01-27	8	2nd	6 21 35
2022-01-19	43	2nd	6 21 74
2021-12-07	85	3rd	5 6 21
2021-09-13	32	3rd	2 12 21
2021-08-12	32	2nd	7 21 88
2021-07-11	35	2nd	1 21 51
2021-06-06	5	2nd	7 21 62
2021-06-01	7	2nd	3 21 60
2021-05-25	5	3rd	11 12 21
2021-05-20	9	2nd	3 21 59
2021-05-11	9	3rd	6 12 21
2021-05-02	0	2nd	1 21
2021-05-02	32	2nd	1 21
2021-03-31	8	2nd	5 21 46
2021-03-23	1	2nd	1 21 38
2021-03-22	22	3rd	4 12 21
2021-02-28	112	2nd	10 21 25
2020-11-08	8	3rd	4 8 21
2020-10-31	9	2nd	7 21 26
2020-10-22	25	3rd	1 3 21
2020-09-27	5	2nd	7 21 47
2020-09-22	22	3rd	2 8 21
2020-08-31	24	2nd	8 21 61
2020-08-07	27	3rd	8 16 21
2020-07-11	6	2nd	7 21 73
2020-07-05	2	2nd	8 21 59
2020-07-03	13	2nd	4 21 41
2020-06-20	14	2nd	10 21 61
2020-06-06	73	3rd	2 16 21
2020-03-25	84	2nd	3 21 28
2020-01-01	73	2nd	4 21 86
2019-10-20	24	2nd	12 21 28
2019-09-26	123	2nd	12 21 29
2019-05-26	12	2nd	4 21 57
2019-05-14	7	2nd	12 21 75
2019-05-07	33	2nd	5 21 63
2019-04-04	10	2nd	6 21 35
2019-03-25	14	2nd	12 21 92
2019-03-11	38	3rd	11 13 21
2019-02-01	33	3rd	6 11 21
2018-12-30	9	2nd	10 21 62
2018-12-21	10	2nd	12 21 92
2018-12-11	20	2nd	1 21 91
2018-11-21	135	3rd	9 17 21
2018-07-09	18	3rd	9 10 21
2018-06-21	120	3rd	3 12 21
2018-02-21	6	2nd	9 21 23
2018-02-15	6	2nd	9 21 45
2018-02-09	16	2nd	8 21 66
2018-01-24	15	3rd	12 17 21
2018-01-09	12	2nd	6 21 36
2017-12-28	21	2nd	8 21 57
2017-12-07	48	3rd	1 19 21
2017-10-20	70	2nd	3 21 29
2017-08-11	30	2nd	4 21 69
2017-07-12	31	3rd	3 10 21
2017-06-11	14	2nd	1 21 46
2017-05-28	22	3rd	8 11 21
2017-05-06	11	2nd	3 21 24
2017-04-25	16	3rd	1 3 21
2017-04-09	12	3rd	1 10 21
2017-03-28	2	3rd	7 12 21
2017-03-26	71	2nd	5 21 31
2017-01-14	8	2nd	6 21 22
2017-01-06	16	2nd	8 21 98
2016-12-21	5	3rd	3 8 21
2016-12-16	4	2nd	4 21 94
2016-12-12	42	2nd	12 21 40
2016-10-29	7	3rd	5 20 21
2016-10-21	12	3rd	6 20 21
2016-10-07	37	2nd	9 21 76
2016-08-25	26	2nd	7 21 31
2016-07-26	6	2nd	6 21 45
2016-07-19	57	2nd	10 21 40
2016-05-13	13	2nd	8 21 79
2016-04-28	1	3rd	2 5 21
2016-04-27	39	3rd	9 11 21
2016-03-12	4	2nd	12 21 38
2016-03-08	12	3rd	11 18 21
2016-02-23	18	2nd	5 21 48
2016-02-02	6	2nd	1 21 52
2016-01-26	15	3rd	2 6 21
2016-01-08	53	2nd	11 21 24
2015-11-07	11	2nd	11 21 28
2015-10-26	64	2nd	10 21 53
2015-08-12	12	3rd	6 6 21
2015-07-29	9	3rd	4 5 21
2015-07-18	9	2nd	9 21 76
2015-07-08	39	2nd	11 21 27
2015-05-23	14	2nd	11 21 30
2015-05-07	7	2nd	4 21 62
2015-04-29	39	3rd	11 19 21
2015-03-14	8	2nd	11 21 34
2015-03-05	43	2nd	9 21 43
2015-01-14	5	3rd	3 7 21
2015-01-08	1	2nd	12 21 82
2015-01-07	10	2nd	8 21 80
2014-12-25	34	2nd	11 21 58
2014-11-15	2	2nd	10 21 38
2014-11-13	7	3rd	2 5 21
2014-11-05	64	3rd	11 13 21
2014-08-22	8	2nd	6 21 84
2014-08-13	96	2nd	6 21 65
2014-04-23	41	2nd	7 21 50
2014-03-06	36	3rd	6 12 21
2014-01-23	43	3rd	4 14 21
2013-12-04	57	2nd	8 21 40
2013-09-28	1	2nd	7 21 57
2013-09-27	11	3rd	4 5 21
2013-09-14	21	2nd	11 21 96
2013-08-21	14	2nd	5 21 67
2013-08-05	8	2nd	1 21 54
2013-07-26	81	2nd	3 21 89
2013-04-23	51	2nd	11 21 39
2013-02-22	16	2nd	10 21 23
2013-02-04	3	2nd	9 21 93
2013-01-31	18	2nd	3 21 96
2013-01-10	21	2nd	3 21 48
2012-12-17	5	2nd	8 21 97
2012-12-11	58	2nd	12 21 44
2012-10-04	4	2nd	10 21 35
2012-09-29	65	2nd	11 21 30
2012-07-16	6	3rd	5 5 21
2012-07-09	13	3rd	12 15 21
2012-06-23	10	2nd	6 21 79
2012-06-12	16	2nd	3 21 42
2012-05-24	12	2nd	2 21 25
2012-05-09	69	3rd	11 11 21
2012-02-18	22	2nd	10 21 34
2012-01-24	46	2nd	1 21 27
2011-12-01	4	2nd	12 21 23
2011-11-26	46	2nd	12 21 68
2011-10-04	76	2nd	1 21 39
2011-07-06	29	2nd	9 21 91
2011-06-02	23	3rd	7 15 21
2011-05-06	34	2nd	6 21 30
2011-03-26	3	2nd	12 21 95
2011-03-23	11	2nd	9 21 88
2011-03-10	4	2nd	6 21 34
2011-03-05	21	2nd	8 21 29
2011-02-09	24	2nd	4 21 38
2011-01-12	50	2nd	5 21 53
2010-11-15	8	2nd	7 21 83
2010-11-05	18	3rd	2 2 21
2010-10-15	31	2nd	4 21 60
2010-09-09	42	3rd	2 10 21
2010-07-22	14	2nd	4 21 89
2010-07-06	24	2nd	10 21 93
2010-06-08	17	2nd	3 21 89
2010-05-19	7	2nd	9 21 63
2010-05-11	8	3rd	12 17 21
2010-05-01	1	2nd	10 21 67
2010-04-30	—	3rd	1 10 21