Number 27

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

151times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.90σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

41longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 151 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 151 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 1 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 smallest5 · chance 4.9
3rd smallest21 · chance 24.4
4th smallest68 · chance 53.2
5th smallest49 · chance 51.0
6th smallest8 · chance 17.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 36 1 3 19 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-05	3	3rd	3 21 27 29 32 35
2020-07-25	2	5th	13 14 17 24 27 40
2020-07-18	8	5th	2 8 20 25 27 37
2020-06-20	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: 27 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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