Number 27

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 868 draws, 5 from 1–54.

95times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.71σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 91% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

31longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 868 draws against 80.4 expected, +1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 868 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 2 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 5.7
2nd smallest23 · chance 24.7
3rd smallest34 · chance 37.0
4th smallest29 · chance 22.8
5th smallest4 · chance 4.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 19 45 3 34 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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
2026-10-11	5	2nd	5 27 43 49 52
2026-09-06	9	2nd	25 27 30 46 50
2026-07-05	1	3rd	6 13 27 30 32
2026-06-28	6	2nd	14 27

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-01-23	5	4th	9 22 25 27 35
2021-12-19	3	4th	10 19 20 27 51
2021-11-28	18	3rd	13 16 27 32 34
2021-07-25	10	1st	27 29 43 49 52
2021-05-16	8	3rd	1 14 27 35 43
2021-03-21	3	2nd	21 27 30 34 42
2021-02-28	5	4th	5 6 26 27 35
2021-01-24	17	3rd	8 18 27 50 54
2020-09-27	11	2nd	1 27 45 48 54
2020-07-12	17	3rd	10 23 27 28 46
2020-01-05	3	3rd	22 25 27 32 44
2019-12-15	1	4th	5 13 15 27 38
2019-12-08	8	3rd	2 3 27 30 38
2019-10-13	5	3rd	15 16 27 32 35
2019-09-08	3	4th	2 3 23 27 49
2019-08-18	9	4th	7 13 22 27 34
2019-06-16	1	3rd	9 24 27 43 45
2019-06-09	9	4th	2 7 13 27 31
2019-04-07	5	5th	5 9 19 21 27
2019-03-03	12	4th	1 5 7 27 44
2018-12-09	3	3rd	12 24 27 30 32
2018-11-18	6	2nd	19 27 39 42 45
2018-10-07	5	1st	27 35 36 40 45
2018-09-02	11	4th	13 15 24 27 42
2018-06-17	4	2nd	2 27 34 44 51
2018-05-20	7	2nd	24 27 34 35 44
2018-04-01	23	2nd	3 27 30 38 53
2017-10-22	4	4th	6 9 20 27 43
2017-09-24	12	4th	12 16 19 27 51
2017-07-02	30	2nd	9 27 31 32 34
2016-12-04	23	3rd	5 10 27 43 52
2016-06-26	2	2nd	14 27 39 44 45
2016-06-12	20	5th	3 4 13 23 27
2016-01-24	21	4th	3 10 19 27 31
2015-08-30	13	4th	4 9 11 27 36
2015-05-31	6	3rd	18 19 27 31 54
2015-04-19	5	3rd	8 23 27 38 53
2015-03-15	2	4th	4 7 18 27 45
2015-03-01	27	3rd	13 17 27 44 49
2014-08-24	4	5th	2 6 7 24 27
2014-07-27	2	4th	6 9 18 27 47
2014-07-13	8	4th	3 20 26 27 32
2014-05-18	9	3rd	15 25 27 28 40
2014-03-16	8	2nd	2 27 29 45 49
2014-01-19	14	4th	2 3 6 27 39
2013-10-13	24	3rd	11 24 27 30 50
2013-04-28	4	3rd	18 23 27 38 51
2013-03-31	5	3rd	12 20 27 36 45
2013-02-24	1	4th	5 7 21 27 33
2013-02-17	3	2nd	9 27 28 32 53
2013-01-27	2	2nd	9 27 30 43 46
2013-01-13	10	2nd	17 27 44 45 51
2012-11-04	6	2nd	10 27 32 38 46
2012-09-23	1	3rd	9 17 27 34 47
2012-09-16	3	3rd	20 25 27 47 48
2012-08-26	6	1st	27 29 34 49 50
2012-07-15	2	4th	1 3 22 27 34
2012-07-01	13	4th	3 21 24 27 53
2012-04-01	6	3rd	2 21 27 36 38
2012-02-19	1	2nd	18 27 29 38 39
2012-02-12	6	3rd	9 19 27 30 53
2012-01-01	12	4th	10 14 15 27 34
2011-10-09	1	1st	27 36 37 46 47
2011-10-02	2	4th	11 15 19 27 35
2011-09-18	1	3rd	12 14 27 37 48
2011-09-11	20	3rd	11 23 27 28 45
2011-04-24	21	2nd	14 27 43 45 54
2010-11-28	21	3rd	3 15 27 50 53
2010-07-04	1	3rd	1 14 27 31 48
2010-06-27	11	2nd	11 27 45 49 52
2010-04-11	—	3rd	14 16 27 28 29