Number 27

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

150times drawn · chance expected 141 +0.81σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +0.81σ. 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 150 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest14 · chance 15.5
3rd smallest47 · chance 48.5
4th smallest56 · chance 59.7
5th smallest31 · chance 24.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 2 14 15 7 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-16	16	3rd	5 10 27 39 40
2017-05-31	22	5th	7 16 21 26 27
2017-05-09	4	4th	11 14 21 27 37
2017-05-05	9	5th	9 19 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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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