Number 27

In Millionaire for Life under the 5/58 + 1/5 · since Feb 2026 rules — 243 draws, 5 from 1–58.

20times drawn · chance expected 21 −0.22σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 11.6

48longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 20 times in 243 draws against 20.9 expected, −0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 20 times in 243 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest1 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest7 · chance 5.9
3rd smallest10 · chance 7.7
4th smallest2 · chance 4.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 23 25 36 38 50

Never drawn alongside 11 of the other 57 numbers; chance expects about 14 such strangers 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 58. 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
2026-10-22	5	2nd	6 27 28 29 33
2026-10-17	3	2nd	15 27 41 48 55
2026-10-14	8	3rd	13 22 27 34 35
2026-10-06	7	3rd	16 25 27 41 46
2026-09-29	1	3rd	9 26 27 38 58
2026-09-28	2	4th	2 14 23 27 28
2026-09-26	13	2nd	19 27 34 35 50
2026-09-13	14	3rd	5 8 27 40 46
2026-08-30	8	2nd	9 27 36 54 56
2026-08-22	17	3rd	7 17 27 36 39
2026-08-05	7	2nd	25 27 32 38 54
2026-07-29	5	4th	9 10 25 27 36
2026-07-24	17	3rd	22 23 27 38 54
2026-07-07	48	1st	27 43 48 49 50
2026-05-20	5	3rd	14 23 27 44 50
2026-05-15	39	3rd	7 8 27 29 30
2026-04-06	5	3rd	15 26 27 51 56
2026-04-01	18	3rd	1 4 27 31 44
2026-03-14	4	2nd	18 27 31 32 56
2026-03-10	—	2nd	3 27 43 45 49

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 5/58 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

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 smallest1 · chance 1.6

2nd smallest7 · chance 5.9

3rd smallest10 · chance 7.7

4th smallest2 · chance 4.1

5th smallest0 · chance 0.8

How many people play it

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-10-22

2nd

6 27 28 29 33

2026-10-17

2nd

15 27 41 48 55

2026-10-14

3rd

13 22 27 34 35

2026-10-06

3rd

16 25 27 41 46

2026-09-29

3rd

9 26 27 38 58

2026-09-28

4th

2 14 23 27 28

2026-09-26

2nd

19 27 34 35 50

2026-09-13

3rd

5 8 27 40 46

2026-08-30

2nd

9 27 36 54 56

2026-08-22

3rd

7 17 27 36 39

2026-08-05

2nd

25 27 32 38 54

2026-07-29

4th

9 10 25 27 36

2026-07-24

3rd

22 23 27 38 54

2026-07-07

1st

27 43 48 49 50

2026-05-20

3rd

14 23 27 44 50

2026-05-15

3rd

7 8 27 29 30

2026-04-06

3rd

15 26 27 51 56

2026-04-01

3rd

1 4 27 31 44

2026-03-14

2nd

18 27 31 32 56

2026-03-10

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2nd

3 27 43 45 49