Number 21

In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 1/10 · Apr 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 524 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

84times drawn · chance expected 75 +1.14σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

24longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

21 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 524 draws against 74.9 expected, +1.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 21, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 524 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 24 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest2 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest10 · chance 13.2
3rd smallest30 · chance 31.3
4th smallest30 · chance 28.9
5th smallest12 · chance 8.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 18 27 28 5 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2025-09-26	3	4th	2 3 16 21 33
2025-09-19	6	3rd	11 13 21 24 25
2025-09-05	1	3rd	6 9 21 29 34
2025-09-03	1	3rd	1 3

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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