Number 27

In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).

82times drawn · chance expected 78 +0.52σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 91% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2

67longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +0.52σ. 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 82 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 67 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest8 · chance 5.7
2nd smallest24 · chance 22.8
3rd smallest30 · chance 31.7
4th smallest14 · chance 18.1
5th smallest6 · chance 3.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 45 7 38 36 46

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 56. 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
2013-10-11	4	2nd	3 27 37 45 48
2013-09-27	3	3rd	9 23 27 49 51
2013-09-17	14	3rd	6 15 27 31 39
2013-07-30	1	2nd	5 27

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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.

2010-11-16	17	3rd	1 26 27 39 46
2010-09-17	23	5th	3 4 14 18 27
2010-06-29	1	4th	3 4 15 27 37
2010-06-25	3	5th	1 2 13 19 27
2010-06-15	4	5th	4 12 13 21 27
2010-06-01	14	2nd	12 27 44 45 51
2010-04-13	20	3rd	3 12 27 39 47
2010-02-02	3	4th	6 7 26 27 49
2010-01-22	6	3rd	8 13 27 28 52
2010-01-01	5	3rd	6 8 27 40 41
2009-12-15	1	1st	27 31 32 36 47
2009-12-11	7	3rd	2 21 27 34 44
2009-11-17	1	3rd	8 22 27 49 50
2009-11-13	2	1st	27 43 45 49 54
2009-11-06	4	3rd	7 11 27 40 46
2009-10-23	8	1st	27 45 48 54 56
2009-09-25	2	2nd	7 27 42 49 52
2009-09-18	2	2nd	18 27 31 36 52
2009-09-11	18	2nd	16 27 48 49 54
2009-07-10	1	4th	5 10 26 27 28
2009-07-07	17	2nd	25 27 35 38 39
2009-05-08	17	2nd	12 27 29 32 34
2009-03-10	4	2nd	2 27 31 39 40
2009-02-24	2	2nd	1 27 28 35 40
2009-02-17	7	4th	1 9 23 27 33
2009-01-23	9	4th	2 17 20 27 28
2008-12-23	3	4th	1 8 13 27 41
2008-12-12	2	4th	10 16 19 27 48
2008-12-05	7	2nd	21 27 46 52 55
2008-11-11	7	2nd	5 27 38 42 55
2008-10-17	12	3rd	7 15 27 28 31
2008-09-05	33	4th	1 6 15 27 46
2008-05-13	8	3rd	20 24 27 31 47
2008-04-15	1	3rd	12 13 27 48 50
2008-04-11	4	3rd	14 18 27 31 42
2008-03-28	13	3rd	7 26 27 40 43
2008-02-12	18	2nd	14 27 39 47 50
2007-12-11	2	3rd	6 25 27 30 45
2007-12-04	25	2nd	16 27 30 45 53
2007-09-07	27	3rd	14 19 27 34 48
2007-06-05	67	1st	27 35 38 49 56
2006-10-13	28	2nd	24 27 42 47 50
2006-07-07	6	3rd	7 15 27 46 56
2006-06-16	13	1st	27 30 36 38 45
2006-05-02	3	4th	7 11 22 27 31
2006-04-21	11	4th	2 4 7 27 41
2006-03-14	2	1st	27 28 30 42 50
2006-03-07	4	2nd	15 27 36 38 42
2006-02-21	2	3rd	14 23 27 36 45
2006-02-14	9	1st	27 36 43 49 54
2006-01-13	1	3rd	5 21 27 44 53
2006-01-10	4	2nd	7 27 32 37 38
2005-12-27	14	3rd	11 24 27 49 55
2005-11-08	9	5th	8 16 21 25 27
2005-10-07	3	4th	2 4 23 27 36
2005-09-27	6	4th	14 17 26 27 28
2005-09-06	13	3rd	1 8 27 31 50
2005-07-22	—	3rd	7 18 27 35 54