In Mega Millions under the 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 rules — 348 draws, 5 from 1–50 (an earlier era).
41times drawn · chance expected 35 +1.11σ
3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number
8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
26longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long
27 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 41 times in 348 draws against 34.8 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
27
Number 27, draw by draw
Drawn 41 times in 348 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 3 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 2 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 50. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.