Number 27

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

119times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.11σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 71% for any number

5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

29longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, +1.11σ. 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 30 times, counted separately.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 697 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 27 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.8
3rd smallest14 · chance 16.8
4th smallest39 · chance 35.8
5th smallest37 · chance 38.6
6th smallest19 · chance 20.0
7th smallest6 · chance 3.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 33 7 10 16 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 27 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. 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 27 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-04-19	1	5th	5 6 15 21 27 32 37
2022-04-12	3	6th	2 14 23 25 26 27 30
2022-03-22	23	7th	2 7 9 12 16 22

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: 27 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-08-13	2	7th	1 7 11 14 18 21 27
2019-07-30	20	5th	5 11 21 23 27 30 34
2019-03-12	2	4th	7 9 25 27 28 36 37
2019-02-26	4	4th	8 9 23 27 32 37 45
2019-01-29	2	5th	4 19 22 26 27 35 38
2019-01-15	4	3rd	15 20 27 28 31 36 42
2018-12-18	2	5th	4 13 15 16 27 29 45
2018-12-04	4	5th	18 19 20 21 27 32 35
2018-11-06	2	6th	3 14 15 22 23 27 34
2018-10-23	16	3rd	7 12 27 28 32 33 44
2018-07-03	8	7th	4 9 10 16 18 23 27
2018-05-08	1	2nd	9 27 29 31 41 43 45
2018-05-01	1	6th	8 9 11 15 19 27 36
2018-04-24	1	4th	4 7 16 27 29 39 45
2018-04-17	3	5th	7 11 20 23 27 36 43
2018-03-27	29	5th	3 5 19 22 27 29 38
2017-09-05	16	4th	4 8 16 27 28 35 45
2017-05-16	3	5th	9 14 21 22 27 41 43
2017-04-25	1	2nd	11 27 28 37 41 43 45
2017-04-18	4	2nd	13 27 29 33 39 42 44
2017-03-21	3	4th	6 15 25 27 31 33 44
2017-02-28	5	4th	2 17 26 27 33 37 42
2017-01-24	3	4th	17 20 24 27 31 34 43
2017-01-03	1	7th	1 12 15 17 23 24 27
2016-12-27	6	3rd	7 25 27 28 33 34 35
2016-11-15	2	7th	7 11 15 16 18 26 27
2016-11-01	3	5th	6 9 17 22 27 41 43
2016-10-11	3	6th	3 8 18 21 25 27 38
2016-09-20	2	3rd	4 12 27 31 33 34 39
2016-09-06	1	3rd	8 16 27 29 37 39 44
2016-08-30	2	5th	9 12 16 22 27 33 43
2016-08-16	2	5th	9 11 20 24 27 36 44
2016-08-02	12	4th	1 7 8 27 31 33 45
2016-05-10	10	5th	20 21 22 26 27 36 44
2016-03-01	10	4th	3 5 20 27 30 32 41
2015-12-22	13	4th	10 20 26 27 29 34 44
2015-09-22	11	3rd	21 23 27 35 37 42 44
2015-07-07	2	6th	1 11 17 19 23 27 36
2015-06-23	5	5th	2 5 9 19 27 36 45
2015-05-19	1	7th	2 4 6 14 16 25 27
2015-05-12	9	3rd	13 24 27 28 30 33 43
2015-03-10	23	5th	3 5 22 25 27 36 45
2014-09-30	24	3rd	10 14 27 30 34 36 40
2014-04-15	8	4th	5 17 22 27 29 31 35
2014-02-18	20	5th	1 4 7 11 27 30 36
2013-10-01	2	5th	1 8 11 12 27 36 42
2013-09-17	6	4th	8 9 24 27 31 41 44
2013-08-06	14	3rd	16 25 27 29 30 33 37
2013-04-30	1	4th	6 12 26 27 32 39 44
2013-04-23	7	4th	7 12 19 27 35 39 41
2013-03-05	2	6th	2 3 5 11 26 27 44
2013-02-19	2	5th	1 2 18 20 27 35 41
2013-02-05	2	3rd	17 19 27 30 37 42 45
2013-01-22	13	4th	1 14 24 27 28 30 39
2012-10-23	26	6th	2 14 16 21 25 27 41
2012-04-24	1	6th	4 6 11 16 19 27 45
2012-04-17	2	4th	9 21 24 27 35 38 40
2012-04-03	7	5th	7 10 19 21 27 36 44
2012-02-14	3	5th	7 10 23 25 27 31 43
2012-01-24	18	4th	10 12 13 27 29 40 44
2011-09-20	2	6th	1 4 17 19 22 27 29
2011-09-06	2	5th	2 5 16 20 27 40 44
2011-08-23	2	6th	7 9 12 18 26 27 39
2011-08-09	1	4th	6 14 26 27 29 33 39
2011-08-02	1	5th	2 4 20 25 27 29 42
2011-07-26	1	4th	10 21 23 27 35 41 45
2011-07-19	1	6th	5 8 9 20 24 27 34
2011-07-12	2	6th	7 8 16 21 24 27 35
2011-06-28	13	5th	3 16 20 23 27 28 35
2011-03-29	8	5th	3 17 24 25 27 34 41
2011-02-01	3	3rd	11 23 27 33 34 37 38
2011-01-11	5	4th	9 12 17 27 28 33 34
2010-12-07	4	5th	1 19 23 25 27 36 40
2010-11-09	3	4th	4 10 25 27 35 36 39
2010-10-19	2	4th	8 13 19 27 35 38 45
2010-10-05	4	5th	3 8 23 26 27 29 41
2010-09-07	5	3rd	3 8 27 28 34 40 44
2010-08-03	3	4th	3 15 19 27 31 40 41
2010-07-13	8	5th	6 13 16 23 27 31 39
2010-05-18	1	4th	13 18 22 27 33 38 42
2010-05-11	8	6th	7 10 13 15 18 27 45
2010-03-16	11	4th	2 3 13 27 31 37 38
2009-12-29	4	5th	6 12 13 22 27 28 33
2009-12-01	2	6th	2 8 10 18 24 27 28
2009-11-17	4	4th	4 6 25 27 31 33 34
2009-10-20	1	4th	6 24 25 27 32 36 38
2009-10-13	2	4th	10 14 26 27 30 39 44
2009-09-29	2	4th	7 12 25 27 28 35 36
2009-09-15	9	5th	7 13 15 19 27 35 43
2009-07-14	13	5th	2 8 9 19 27 33 34
2009-04-14	3	5th	1 5 11 20 27 28 33
2009-03-24	1	4th	4 16 17 27 33 35 37
2009-03-17	8	5th	6 16 23 25 27 32 37
2009-01-20	2	4th	8 15 23 27 35 37 45
2009-01-06	—	3rd	5 10 27 30 32 37 45