Number 27

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

125times drawn · chance expected 109 +1.59σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

34longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 125 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +1.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 125 times in 897 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 13 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 smallest0 · chance 1.4
2nd smallest17 · chance 12.9
3rd smallest39 · chance 40.5
4th smallest49 · chance 49.8
5th smallest20 · chance 20.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 4 31 32 1 20

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
2018-10-21	5	2nd	10 27 31 32 36
2018-10-16	2	3rd	22 23 27 30 35
2018-10-14	26	4th	10 11 23 27 38
2018-09-18	5	2nd	4 27 30

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.

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