Number 27

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 · Apr 2010 – Apr 2022 rules — 1,257 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

159times drawn · chance expected 153 +0.49σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,257 draws against 153.3 expected, +0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,257 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 18 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 1.7
2nd smallest19 · chance 16.5
3rd smallest43 · chance 51.5
4th smallest68 · chance 63.3
5th smallest28 · chance 26.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 30 9 4 14 23

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
2022-02-19	4	2nd	22 27 28 30 39
2022-02-05	3	4th	16 21 24 27 34
2022-01-26	37	3rd	5 15 27 36 39
2021-09-18	9	4th	9

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.

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