Number 27

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

162times drawn · chance expected 184 −1.74σ

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

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

45longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −1.74σ. 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 162 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 smallest2 · chance 0.8
2nd smallest9 · chance 9.0
3rd smallest31 · chance 34.7
4th smallest62 · chance 59.4
5th smallest45 · chance 45.6
6th smallest13 · chance 12.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 19 20 34 3 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-17	16	3rd	3 23 27 30 31 35
2022-09-22	3	4th	4 6 20 27 29 37
2022-09-12	1	5th	9 12 18 19 27 32

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-07-15	12	4th	1 13 17 27 37 40
2021-06-03	12	4th	12 23 24 27 39 40
2021-04-22	14	6th	16 19 20 21 24 27
2021-03-04	7	5th	3 9 13 19 27 28
2021-02-08	8	5th	3 19 25 26 27 35
2021-01-11	18	5th	2 5 17 24 27 31
2020-11-09	2	4th	9 11 20 27 32 38
2020-11-02	8	4th	8 14 26 27 32 37
2020-10-05	9	4th	5 14 19 27 36 37
2020-09-03	6	4th	11 12 24 27 40 42
2020-08-13	5	5th	2 6 24 26 27 33
2020-07-27	11	3rd	11 16 27 30 34 37
2020-06-18	9	2nd	4 27 28 31 32 36
2020-05-18	4	5th	8 18 19 20 27 33
2020-05-04	6	3rd	1 17 27 32 33 38
2020-04-13	7	6th	4 5 10 12 15 27
2020-03-19	8	3rd	6 25 27 29 30 43
2020-02-20	4	4th	12 18 19 27 31 38
2020-02-06	14	6th	3 9 19 21 26 27
2019-12-19	8	4th	1 3 13 27 36 42
2019-11-21	4	5th	8 14 16 21 27 33
2019-11-07	4	4th	7 11 20 27 34 38
2019-10-24	5	4th	7 9 26 27 38 40
2019-10-07	25	3rd	4 26 27 28 29 34
2019-07-11	10	1st	27 29 31 33 37 41
2019-06-06	9	4th	18 19 20 27 29 40
2019-05-06	9	4th	1 6 11 27 34 36
2019-04-04	1	5th	7 9 15 21 27 41
2019-04-01	4	4th	14 16 17 27 38 43
2019-03-18	9	5th	9 15 22 24 27 39
2019-02-14	10	5th	6 12 13 24 27 36
2019-01-10	7	3rd	9 13 27 32 33 41
2018-12-17	16	5th	3 8 16 19 27 29
2018-10-22	4	1st	27 29 33 36 41 42
2018-10-08	14	2nd	5 27 31 34 41 43
2018-08-20	3	5th	9 19 23 25 27 41
2018-08-09	2	5th	2 14 19 24 27 37
2018-08-02	4	5th	3 5 11 16 27 30
2018-07-19	17	3rd	17 18 27 34 36 40
2018-05-21	3	5th	4 8 10 16 27 35
2018-05-10	7	5th	2 15 22 23 27 35
2018-04-16	3	4th	3 7 16 27 28 33
2018-04-05	1	3rd	21 26 27 32 33 42
2018-04-02	1	3rd	1 19 27 30 32 34
2018-03-29	3	6th	3 7 14 18 22 27
2018-03-19	19	4th	1 20 23 27 34 41
2018-01-11	6	5th	3 7 10 23 27 42
2017-12-21	16	4th	4 8 20 27 33 40
2017-10-26	1	4th	1 5 18 27 38 41
2017-10-23	9	4th	8 19 21 27 34 41
2017-09-21	13	4th	1 7 13 27 30 33
2017-08-07	2	4th	7 13 17 27 29 42
2017-07-31	1	5th	4 6 10 14 27 43
2017-07-27	4	5th	12 22 23 24 27 35
2017-07-13	21	5th	12 14 21 22 27 28
2017-05-01	11	4th	2 17 20 27 37 42
2017-03-23	4	6th	6 14 19 22 23 27
2017-03-09	14	4th	1 9 20 27 34 42
2017-01-19	1	4th	4 20 24 27 34 38
2017-01-16	1	4th	19 22 25 27 28 33
2017-01-12	14	4th	9 10 17 27 33 34
2016-11-24	23	3rd	13 24 27 28 29 32
2016-09-05	18	3rd	11 22 27 29 33 39
2016-07-04	4	5th	2 4 16 21 27 34
2016-06-20	12	4th	7 10 12 27 30 43
2016-05-09	9	5th	3 6 15 20 27 30
2016-04-07	10	6th	5 11 16 19 24 27
2016-03-03	6	3rd	2 23 27 38 39 41
2016-02-11	1	4th	3 20 24 27 33 34
2016-02-08	10	2nd	22 27 36 37 39 40
2016-01-04	4	5th	9 10 12 19 27 40
2015-12-21	3	5th	5 15 17 25 27 37
2015-12-10	5	5th	6 19 21 25 27 40
2015-11-23	1	5th	7 11 14 25 27 42
2015-11-19	8	6th	2 13 15 17 26 27
2015-10-22	3	4th	11 13 24 27 29 31
2015-10-12	18	5th	8 9 17 18 27 34
2015-08-10	4	2nd	5 27 30 32 37 42
2015-07-27	13	5th	3 13 15 24 27 38
2015-06-11	1	5th	4 16 22 23 27 31
2015-06-08	1	3rd	13 22 27 34 35 36
2015-06-04	5	5th	1 9 16 24 27 35
2015-05-18	10	3rd	6 11 27 31 36 41
2015-04-13	22	5th	1 5 15 22 27 31
2015-01-26	19	6th	6 10 13 18 24 27
2014-11-20	8	6th	16 17 21 22 26 27
2014-10-23	20	4th	9 13 24 27 35 42
2014-08-14	45	3rd	20 23 27 30 35 39
2014-03-10	1	4th	14 16 25 27 36 37
2014-03-06	19	3rd	21 26 27 29 41 42
2013-12-30	22	4th	3 16 21 27 38 42
2013-10-14	6	4th	9 10 17 27 35 42
2013-09-23	4	5th	6 12 17 20 27 42
2013-09-09	10	3rd	1 6 27 31 33 42
2013-08-05	11	3rd	9 26 27 39 40 43
2013-06-27	2	3rd	11 16 27 31 32 38
2013-06-20	4	4th	8 17 26 27 30 37
2013-06-06	8	3rd	12 19 27 38 41 42
2013-05-09	10	4th	17 18 22 27 36 40
2013-04-04	1	4th	2 16 22 27 30 34
2013-04-01	17	2nd	11 27 29 30 34 43
2013-01-31	28	2nd	22 27 30 35 41 43
2012-10-25	1	4th	6 25 26 27 37 39
2012-10-22	3	5th	6 13 19 24 27 43
2012-10-11	6	4th	8 14 15 27 39 42
2012-09-20	13	4th	3 10 14 27 30 38
2012-08-06	11	4th	19 20 22 27 31 41
2012-06-28	18	3rd	17 21 27 29 33 40
2012-04-26	36	4th	2 12 15 27 28 39
2011-12-19	5	2nd	18 27 28 30 38 39
2011-12-01	9	2nd	3 27 33 34 40 43
2011-10-31	3	3rd	9 12 27 38 40 42
2011-10-20	6	5th	2 7 8 11 27 33
2011-09-29	3	4th	7 15 23 27 39 43
2011-09-19	5	4th	13 20 22 27 35 42
2011-09-01	6	3rd	12 14 27 29 38 40
2011-08-11	3	4th	2 10 19 27 30 32
2011-08-01	1	5th	5 8 9 24 27 43
2011-07-28	1	4th	11 14 15 27 36 43
2011-07-25	2	5th	1 6 8 16 27 34
2011-07-18	13	4th	3 18 19 27 42 43
2011-06-02	7	3rd	12 20 27 39 40 42
2011-05-09	5	4th	9 23 26 27 33 41
2011-04-21	16	3rd	13 26 27 34 36 38
2011-02-24	1	4th	7 15 19 27 34 41
2011-02-21	1	4th	10 18 23 27 28 37
2011-02-17	3	5th	4 10 21 25 27 33
2011-02-07	7	4th	6 14 26 27 31 32
2011-01-13	4	6th	4 20 21 22 23 27
2010-12-30	14	3rd	13 25 27 33 35 39
2010-11-11	11	4th	2 19 21 27 30 38
2010-10-04	13	3rd	3 9 27 28 30 39
2010-08-19	4	4th	11 16 24 27 28 40
2010-08-05	2	5th	9 13 20 23 27 28
2010-07-29	7	6th	14 16 17 19 22 27
2010-07-05	3	6th	4 13 18 21 26 27
2010-06-24	1	3rd	4 14 27 31 35 42
2010-06-21	—	3rd	14 25 27 28 31 37