Number 27

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

191times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.35σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

75longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 191 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 191 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 75 · waiting 15 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 smallest1 · chance 4.3
2nd smallest23 · chance 26.7
3rd smallest69 · chance 60.8
4th smallest57 · chance 63.4
5th smallest35 · chance 30.4
6th smallest6 · chance 5.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 34 37 11 15 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-22	19	4th	11 20 24 27 39 48
2025-02-06	4	3rd	3 6 27 36 37 40
2025-01-27	2	2nd	1 27 31 33 37 38
2025-01-23

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-02	5	4th	12 13 14 27 34 37
2023-10-21	1	4th	4 7 22 27 38 48
2023-10-19	6	6th	6 11 14 19 25 27
2023-10-05	3	3rd	10 12 27 28 30 45
2023-09-28	13	4th	11 13 14 27 32 50
2023-08-28	20	3rd	10 12 27 32 40 42
2023-07-13	8	2nd	19 27 29 33 34 49
2023-06-24	2	4th	8 15 21 27 28 30
2023-06-19	15	4th	2 5 16 27 31 46
2023-05-15	10	4th	7 16 21 27 33 40
2023-04-22	10	3rd	5 11 27 36 41 42
2023-03-30	12	4th	5 8 13 27 40 44
2023-03-02	3	3rd	3 13 27 29 31 34
2023-02-23	27	3rd	6 18 27 41 44 45
2022-12-22	3	3rd	22 25 27 35 40 46
2022-12-15	3	4th	12 14 21 27 32 41
2022-12-08	2	4th	3 4 11 27 45 46
2022-12-03	1	4th	13 16 22 27 33 36
2022-12-01	18	4th	7 10 24 27 46 48
2022-10-20	2	5th	19 22 23 26 27 43
2022-10-15	4	5th	8 12 14 22 27 36
2022-10-06	4	2nd	5 27 31 37 43 47
2022-09-26	5	5th	3 9 11 22 27 42
2022-09-15	1	5th	2 10 17 25 27 49
2022-09-12	5	3rd	12 19 27 30 34 47
2022-09-01	4	5th	5 7 15 26 27 37
2022-08-22	1	4th	7 15 16 27 35 39
2022-08-20	17	4th	8 15 16 27 39 40
2022-07-11	12	4th	12 17 24 27 28 37
2022-06-13	6	5th	1 4 21 22 27 30
2022-05-30	2	3rd	2 12 27 40 45 46
2022-05-26	7	6th	9 10 16 17 25 27
2022-05-09	5	4th	3 8 24 27 31 32
2022-04-28	3	5th	12 14 21 26 27 44
2022-04-21	4	3rd	22 23 27 39 44 49
2022-04-11	11	4th	9 17 25 27 38 43
2022-03-17	20	4th	10 11 15 27 32 34
2022-01-29	6	4th	2 11 22 27 31 43
2022-01-15	2	3rd	6 19 27 35 45 48
2022-01-10	15	3rd	2 12 27 33 39 43
2021-12-06	6	4th	1 15 26 27 31 40
2021-11-22	5	4th	13 19 22 27 30 49
2021-11-11	1	6th	4 8 9 12 26 27
2021-11-08	13	2nd	13 27 30 31 34 38
2021-10-09	1	5th	4 10 13 26 27 47
2021-10-07	10	3rd	1 3 27 34 42 50
2021-09-13	1	3rd	4 12 27 28 29 48
2021-09-11	11	3rd	15 25 27 29 36 45
2021-08-16	17	2nd	18 27 33 34 37 49
2021-07-08	9	4th	2 12 20 27 41 47
2021-06-17	13	3rd	2 8 27 30 42 44
2021-05-17	15	4th	7 19 23 27 45 47
2021-04-12	3	4th	1 7 15 27 42 44
2021-04-05	7	3rd	4 9 27 38 39 44
2021-03-20	4	3rd	19 25 27 32 40 43
2021-03-11	6	3rd	5 13 27 31 42 43
2021-02-25	4	2nd	14 27 32 41 44 49
2021-02-15	9	3rd	17 18 27 37 50 52
2021-01-25	3	4th	16 18 20 27 42 50
2021-01-18	8	2nd	17 27 29 34 36 38
2020-12-31	1	5th	2 11 15 24 27 42
2020-12-28	3	4th	2 6 13 27 28 35
2020-12-21	3	5th	1 14 18 20 27 28
2020-12-14	8	3rd	4 17 27 31 40 43
2020-11-26	12	3rd	5 9 27 32 35 48
2020-10-29	24	3rd	7 13 27 29 32 48
2020-09-03	4	3rd	24 26 27 32 41 44
2020-08-24	10	3rd	11 23 27 37 44 46
2020-08-01	3	4th	4 20 21 27 28 35
2020-07-25	2	5th	12 15 18 26 27 41
2020-07-20	3	4th	10 17 26 27 38 41
2020-07-13	4	4th	13 19 23 27 36 39
2020-07-04	14	4th	10 12 23 27 34 44
2020-06-01	16	3rd	11 15 27 28 33 44
2020-04-25	24	3rd	5 12 27 31 38 45
2020-02-29	10	4th	10 13 24 27 33 43
2020-02-06	19	3rd	2 25 27 28 30 37
2019-12-23	2	3rd	16 20 27 49 51 52
2019-12-19	19	3rd	6 7 27 29 34 46
2019-11-04	4	4th	2 9 17 27 32 47
2019-10-26	21	3rd	11 19 27 40 42 44
2019-09-07	3	2nd	24 27 33 42 43 44
2019-08-31	1	5th	4 17 21 23 27 45
2019-08-29	1	3rd	15 17 27 33 42 50
2019-08-26	1	2nd	20 27 34 41 49 50
2019-08-24	2	2nd	10 27 28 32 34 44
2019-08-19	37	2nd	24 27 28 39 41 46
2019-05-25	26	2nd	24 27 32 41 43 50
2019-03-25	7	3rd	8 20 27 29 37 50
2019-03-09	16	3rd	21 22 27 31 35 48
2019-01-31	19	5th	1 11 12 22 27 40
2018-12-17	1	3rd	13 21 27 35 37 38
2018-12-15	6	3rd	8 17 27 34 36 46
2018-12-01	14	3rd	9 14 27 29 50 51
2018-10-29	2	5th	3 4 5 18 27 40
2018-10-25	2	3rd	5 26 27 35 45 49
2018-10-20	6	5th	3 13 22 23 27 46
2018-10-06	4	4th	1 7 8 27 38 44
2018-09-27	14	2nd	11 27 30 31 45 52
2018-08-25	2	5th	5 8 24 26 27 43
2018-08-20	10	3rd	2 15 27 30 43 47
2018-07-28	14	3rd	15 16 27 30 35 48
2018-06-25	21	2nd	21 27 30 35 48 49
2018-05-07	5	2nd	6 27 32 41 44 52
2018-04-26	10	2nd	10 27 28 39 42 52
2018-04-02	3	4th	10 13 23 27 43 51
2018-03-26	4	5th	13 16 20 22 27 50
2018-03-17	7	4th	7 12 21 27 36 37
2018-03-01	2	5th	5 6 8 16 27 52
2018-02-24	3	4th	7 11 22 27 35 43
2018-02-17	18	4th	6 14 16 27 34 44
2018-01-06	2	2nd	16 27 28 37 49 52
2018-01-01	7	3rd	11 15 27 32 37 39
2017-12-16	2	4th	1 4 25 27 46 50
2017-12-11	3	4th	7 15 17 27 32 42
2017-12-04	5	5th	9 16 17 18 27 37
2017-11-23	3	3rd	5 26 27 39 40 47
2017-11-16	7	5th	13 19 21 26 27 38
2017-10-30	1	3rd	7 24 27 36 40 44
2017-10-28	6	5th	6 11 20 25 27 47
2017-10-14	2	4th	13 19 23 27 35 41
2017-10-09	9	3rd	8 13 27 37 42 43
2017-09-18	4	3rd	8 16 27 28 32 51
2017-09-09	1	4th	2 10 21 27 36 37
2017-09-07	2	2nd	5 27 30 36 47 48
2017-09-02	5	5th	2 6 10 21 27 41
2017-08-21	13	5th	11 15 20 21 27 33
2017-07-22	3	2nd	1 27 34 38 42 49
2017-07-15	2	4th	8 9 26 27 34 37
2017-07-10	13	5th	2 3 11 25 27 50
2017-06-10	2	4th	5 9 11 27 42 48
2017-06-05	4	2nd	22 27 38 42 45 50
2017-05-27	9	3rd	10 16 27 38 43 49
2017-05-06	2	4th	6 20 26 27 30 35
2017-05-01	2	3rd	9 22 27 30 35 45
2017-04-27	2	3rd	8 25 27 34 35 46
2017-04-22	2	4th	5 16 26 27 28 52
2017-04-17	17	3rd	5 22 27 32 33 37
2017-03-09	31	5th	6 20 22 25 27 31
2016-12-26	2	5th	2 7 8 23 27 34
2016-12-22	2	2nd	5 27 33 36 37 51
2016-12-17	18	3rd	2 15 27 31 41 46
2016-11-05	5	3rd	13 25 27 41 43 47
2016-10-24	28	5th	10 13 19 22 27 33
2016-08-20	13	3rd	5 19 27 30 33 42
2016-07-21	7	3rd	7 23 27 43 45 46
2016-07-04	8	3rd	4 18 27 28 50 52
2016-06-16	3	5th	2 3 9 21 27 34
2016-06-09	17	4th	3 12 14 27 34 36
2016-04-30	25	4th	10 11 12 27 41 47
2016-03-03	14	4th	3 6 8 27 29 50
2016-01-30	1	3rd	10 18 27 32 33 48
2016-01-28	47	1st	27 30 34 35 37 43
2015-10-10	7	6th	2 10 22 24 26 27
2015-09-24	6	3rd	1 6 27 36 47 50
2015-09-10	21	3rd	14 23 27 35 36 37
2015-07-23	6	4th	5 14 21 27 49 52
2015-07-09	7	4th	9 12 15 27 30 31
2015-06-22	6	3rd	6 8 27 39 40 51
2015-06-08	23	3rd	3 6 27 29 32 50
2015-04-16	13	5th	11 15 21 23 27 40
2015-03-16	1	3rd	3 5 27 33 36 51
2015-03-14	3	3rd	4 15 27 38 46 51
2015-03-07	2	3rd	11 22 27 35 42 45
2015-03-02	12	2nd	23 27 29 34 51 52
2015-02-02	8	3rd	1 15 27 29 43 45
2015-01-15	—	3rd	6 18 27 34 46 47