Number 27

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

310times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.81σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

47longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 310 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, −0.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 310 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 1 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 smallest5 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest35 · chance 31.4
3rd smallest82 · chance 87.4
4th smallest115 · chance 110.3
5th smallest62 · chance 63.4
6th smallest11 · chance 13.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 1 48 15 34 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-19	1	5th	3 10 13 18 27 43
2026-10-17	2	3rd	5 19 27 32 39 41
2026-10-12	8	4th	10 13 16 27 28 48
2026-09-23	11	5th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-01	4	5th	7 13 15 25 27 46
2025-08-23	2	4th	2 9 13 27 42 45
2025-08-18	1	5th	1 3 7 9 27 39
2025-08-16	2	3rd	9 18 27 31 34 40
2025-08-11	11	3rd	15 20 27 28 47 48
2025-07-16	23	3rd	2 5 27 35 40 48
2025-05-24	4	3rd	5 14 27 31 33 35
2025-05-14	2	5th	4 18 23 24 27 47
2025-05-10	15	2nd	15 27 31 41 43 48
2025-04-05	10	2nd	14 27 32 34 39 40
2025-03-12	3	5th	3 7 11 17 27 42
2025-03-05	12	3rd	15 16 27 34 38 45
2025-02-05	16	5th	1 3 15 17 27 42
2024-12-30	1	6th	1 7 18 20 22 27
2024-12-28	3	4th	8 18 21 27 28 31
2024-12-21	6	4th	2 3 13 27 30 39
2024-12-07	6	6th	2 7 14 18 21 27
2024-11-23	12	2nd	16 27 28 29 44 45
2024-10-26	1	4th	6 10 15 27 30 44
2024-10-23	11	2nd	17 27 33 40 42 48
2024-09-28	3	4th	2 5 21 27 36 44
2024-09-21	8	4th	15 20 23 27 45 48
2024-09-02	22	3rd	9 26 27 32 36 42
2024-07-13	19	4th	12 21 25 27 31 41
2024-05-29	18	4th	4 13 19 27 30 33
2024-04-17	7	4th	10 15 20 27 33 35
2024-04-01	3	3rd	16 22 27 37 38 43
2024-03-25	2	4th	4 5 12 27 31 32
2024-03-20	4	3rd	5 9 27 31 47 48
2024-03-11	15	6th	2 6 7 10 26 27
2024-02-05	5	1st	27 34 35 42 44 45
2024-01-24	3	5th	11 15 19 24 27 38
2024-01-17	27	3rd	7 21 27 39 41 48
2023-11-15	5	4th	2 6 17 27 31 34
2023-11-04	7	5th	2 13 25 26 27 47
2023-10-18	2	3rd	21 24 27 32 34 40
2023-10-14	3	3rd	11 12 27 28 34 39
2023-10-07	14	2nd	5 27 30 33 37 38
2023-09-04	3	2nd	25 27 35 37 41 46
2023-08-28	3	4th	9 11 17 27 29 43
2023-08-21	7	4th	7 18 22 27 34 37
2023-08-05	1	3rd	16 25 27 36 41 42
2023-08-02	2	4th	11 19 24 27 45 47
2023-07-29	5	3rd	7 26 27 29 45 48
2023-07-17	1	5th	9 10 20 22 27 32
2023-07-15	2	4th	6 15 20 27 40 47
2023-07-10	1	4th	4 12 23 27 29 42
2023-07-08	5	5th	1 9 16 25 27 29
2023-06-26	1	4th	1 9 16 27 42 47
2023-06-24	10	3rd	6 26 27 43 44 45
2023-05-31	7	4th	7 12 20 27 37 38
2023-05-15	10	4th	5 17 20 27 33 45
2023-04-22	8	4th	5 9 15 27 29 36
2023-04-03	4	4th	9 24 26 27 29 31
2023-03-25	6	4th	1 10 16 27 30 42
2023-03-11	1	3rd	8 22 27 33 35 39
2023-03-08	1	4th	1 14 20 27 37 45
2023-03-06	6	4th	3 10 21 27 30 31
2023-02-20	4	4th	2 5 23 27 44 46
2023-02-11	9	4th	3 17 19 27 43 47
2023-01-21	9	3rd	1 6 27 30 31 35
2022-12-31	3	3rd	14 20 27 34 38 41
2022-12-24	3	5th	5 6 13 21 27 34
2022-12-17	9	3rd	3 20 27 33 44 46
2022-11-26	27	4th	6 21 26 27 39 47
2022-09-24	6	3rd	4 19 27 35 36 43
2022-09-10	2	1st	27 30 31 33 34 37
2022-09-05	3	3rd	17 18 27 38 40 42
2022-08-29	1	4th	4 11 17 27 43 46
2022-08-27	7	5th	1 8 14 25 27 35
2022-08-10	6	3rd	8 11 27 29 39 41
2022-07-27	47	4th	2 7 20 27 28 33
2022-04-09	12	3rd	6 20 27 30 43 44
2022-03-12	10	2nd	12 27 33 34 40 41
2022-02-16	3	3rd	11 24 27 31 36 37
2022-02-09	1	3rd	3 13 27 29 43 45
2022-02-07	1	4th	16 21 23 27 44 46
2022-02-05	23	3rd	5 20 27 31 34 43
2021-12-13	9	5th	4 7 16 18 27 33
2021-11-22	17	4th	10 17 25 27 36 44
2021-10-13	34	3rd	3 20 27 31 33 47
2021-07-26	13	6th	16 19 21 23 25 27
2021-06-26	1	3rd	19 24 27 32 36 46
2021-06-23	23	4th	1 4 19 27 30 37
2021-05-01	17	1st	27 34 35 39 40 42
2021-03-22	7	5th	4 11 16 18 27 46
2021-03-06	10	5th	11 13 18 24 27 35
2021-02-10	1	3rd	17 18 27 32 34 48
2021-02-08	16	3rd	9 19 27 33 38 45
2021-01-02	2	4th	1 4 7 27 46 47
2020-12-28	6	2nd	5 27 30 31 34 38
2020-12-14	20	3rd	5 24 27 29 34 46
2020-10-28	1	4th	6 8 21 27 42 47
2020-10-26	8	3rd	6 15 27 39 44 45
2020-10-07	2	3rd	8 11 27 31 37 42
2020-10-03	2	3rd	9 24 27 29 31 34
2020-09-28	7	4th	5 17 19 27 37 47
2020-09-12	13	4th	1 14 26 27 28 34
2020-08-12	3	3rd	1 9 27 33 36 44
2020-08-05	5	4th	3 7 14 27 32 41
2020-07-25	2	4th	1 8 19 27 36 45
2020-07-20	5	4th	7 11 19 27 40 48
2020-07-08	4	1st	27 32 36 37 38 45
2020-06-29	3	4th	8 18 22 27 28 45
2020-06-22	26	4th	8 13 25 27 28 34
2020-04-22	10	3rd	4 22 27 29 38 47
2020-03-30	20	5th	3 7 23 26 27 46
2020-02-12	6	4th	1 3 9 27 33 35
2020-01-29	2	6th	12 15 17 19 23 27
2020-01-25	19	4th	2 17 23 27 28 32
2019-12-11	4	3rd	20 21 27 28 34 48
2019-12-02	4	4th	15 20 23 27 33 38
2019-11-23	5	6th	5 8 12 18 23 27
2019-11-11	15	5th	3 17 19 25 27 47
2019-10-07	3	4th	5 20 25 27 36 37
2019-09-30	11	4th	1 17 18 27 35 48
2019-09-04	21	5th	6 8 11 21 27 47
2019-07-17	7	5th	14 17 18 25 27 37
2019-07-01	10	3rd	10 26 27 34 40 46
2019-06-08	7	2nd	13 27 30 33 34 47
2019-05-22	40	4th	8 24 25 27 32 44
2019-02-18	13	4th	2 6 21 27 31 46
2019-01-19	13	2nd	25 27 35 37 45 46
2018-12-19	2	4th	12 15 26 27 37 43
2018-12-15	1	5th	14 20 23 26 27 42
2018-12-12	37	5th	1 7 11 14 27 39
2018-09-17	7	4th	9 17 18 27 36 47
2018-09-01	4	3rd	14 17 27 42 44 47
2018-08-22	7	3rd	3 7 27 30 33 40
2018-08-06	6	3rd	20 25 27 31 43 44
2018-07-23	8	3rd	11 13 27 35 36 46
2018-07-04	3	4th	2 6 8 27 36 44
2018-06-27	16	4th	2 15 23 27 43 46
2018-05-21	5	5th	10 12 20 21 27 28
2018-05-09	4	5th	1 4 15 26 27 37
2018-04-30	2	5th	9 12 15 18 27 35
2018-04-25	5	5th	9 10 12 26 27 41
2018-04-14	2	4th	1 2 19 27 29 38
2018-04-09	7	3rd	6 8 27 34 40 48
2018-03-24	6	4th	10 14 19 27 31 48
2018-03-10	6	5th	9 20 22 25 27 48
2018-02-24	1	2nd	15 27 34 36 44 48
2018-02-21	21	3rd	1 8 27 31 36 41
2018-01-03	16	5th	1 16 18 24 27 39
2017-11-27	5	4th	3 7 25 27 37 47
2017-11-15	3	4th	13 20 22 27 38 48
2017-11-08	4	2nd	24 27 32 42 46 48
2017-10-30	3	3rd	12 26 27 29 31 46
2017-10-23	10	4th	5 17 21 27 31 35
2017-09-30	4	4th	1 11 15 27 38 42
2017-09-20	19	3rd	10 22 27 34 35 47
2017-08-07	2	5th	11 14 15 16 27 44
2017-08-02	13	4th	4 13 19 27 28 39
2017-07-03	3	2nd	1 27 31 35 40 44
2017-06-26	4	2nd	1 27 35 36 43 46
2017-06-17	2	4th	14 20 22 27 28 42
2017-06-12	1	4th	11 20 25 27 30 36
2017-06-10	2	4th	8 13 18 27 32 42
2017-06-05	26	4th	13 18 23 27 28 46
2017-04-05	4	2nd	22 27 33 37 40 47
2017-03-27	17	3rd	4 16 27 28 31 37
2017-02-15	1	5th	5 9 12 25 27 28
2017-02-13	5	2nd	13 27 31 32 44 48
2017-02-01	6	4th	3 13 26 27 30 35
2017-01-18	10	4th	7 16 21 27 39 44
2016-12-26	7	4th	7 10 20 27 30 38
2016-12-10	28	5th	2 18 21 26 27 47
2016-10-05	19	2nd	8 27 35 41 45 48
2016-08-22	7	2nd	4 27 31 33 43 45
2016-08-06	1	5th	11 12 22 24 27 43
2016-08-03	3	3rd	22 26 27 38 39 43
2016-07-27	9	2nd	20 27 32 34 42 48
2016-07-06	7	4th	2 4 24 27 32 48
2016-06-20	16	5th	5 9 13 26 27 43
2016-05-14	6	4th	3 10 20 27 31 48
2016-04-30	10	4th	1 20 21 27 44 48
2016-04-06	15	3rd	8 18 27 35 39 42
2016-03-02	16	4th	4 8 11 27 42 43
2016-01-25	1	5th	8 16 21 22 27 36
2016-01-23	9	3rd	3 4 27 39 41 48
2016-01-02	1	4th	22 25 26 27 42 48
2015-12-30	5	4th	3 24 25 27 32 39
2015-12-19	5	3rd	14 21 27 31 33 42
2015-12-07	2	4th	1 3 22 27 31 34
2015-12-02	9	5th	1 13 21 25 27 29
2015-11-11	10	4th	8 21 23 27 29 32
2015-10-19	3	5th	4 5 16 17 27 32
2015-10-12	2	2nd	19 27 40 41 45 47
2015-10-07	1	4th	1 7 22 27 43 47
2015-10-05	13	4th	4 19 23 27 31 39
2015-09-05	5	2nd	26 27 36 37 40 48
2015-08-24	45	2nd	15 27 32 39 44 45
2015-05-11	32	4th	4 9 23 27 28 45
2015-02-25	11	4th	11 22 25 27 29 41
2015-01-31	2	5th	7 10 14 25 27 46
2015-01-26	8	3rd	15 21 27 32 43 47
2015-01-07	6	2nd	14 27 30 40 46 48
2014-12-24	14	3rd	8 26 27 28 33 36
2014-11-22	11	4th	11 12 24 27 43 46
2014-10-27	8	4th	1 6 24 27 31 32
2014-10-08	9	4th	2 16 18 27 31 44
2014-09-17	10	5th	8 10 24 26 27 48
2014-08-25	7	6th	5 7 13 15 23 27
2014-08-09	2	3rd	6 12 27 34 37 39
2014-08-04	10	5th	8 10 24 25 27 44
2014-07-12	2	2nd	22 27 33 35 38 47
2014-07-07	2	4th	10 12 15 27 34 46
2014-07-02	8	3rd	1 21 27 31 32 41
2014-06-14	15	5th	3 5 7 20 27 34
2014-05-10	2	5th	13 14 15 24 27 47
2014-05-05	1	4th	5 17 24 27 33 34
2014-05-03	1	3rd	9 20 27 36 40 45
2014-04-30	10	2nd	9 27 30 31 37 45
2014-04-07	7	3rd	17 22 27 29 42 44
2014-03-22	18	6th	1 5 15 17 23 27
2014-02-08	3	5th	1 9 15 25 27 28
2014-02-01	4	3rd	13 17 27 37 46 48
2014-01-22	23	5th	2 6 16 23 27 39
2013-11-30	2	2nd	1 27 28 32 38 48
2013-11-25	1	3rd	8 16 27 36 37 38
2013-11-23	6	4th	12 13 23 27 28 32
2013-11-09	2	5th	1 3 12 26 27 39
2013-11-04	6	4th	14 23 24 27 43 46
2013-10-21	3	4th	6 7 22 27 44 47
2013-10-14	29	2nd	20 27 41 43 44 47
2013-08-07	4	4th	1 3 12 27 30 31
2013-07-29	10	5th	2 8 9 21 27 28
2013-07-06	1	4th	4 5 14 27 31 46
2013-07-03	1	4th	11 17 19 27 32 48
2013-07-01	2	4th	2 10 16 27 29 48
2013-06-26	3	3rd	15 17 27 29 32 35
2013-06-19	6	5th	1 4 8 19 27 29
2013-06-05	4	5th	8 9 16 26 27 42
2013-05-27	11	4th	5 13 16 27 39 40
2013-05-01	15	2nd	10 27 29 35 42 45
2013-03-27	26	4th	10 16 24 27 38 46
2013-01-26	8	3rd	13 17 27 28 31 34
2013-01-07	3	4th	6 16 21 27 34 39
2012-12-31	5	3rd	13 17 27 32 38 41
2012-12-19	16	4th	5 13 25 27 29 42
2012-11-12	12	5th	1 7 8 16 27 45
2012-10-15	4	3rd	10 23 27 29 33 38
2012-10-06	8	4th	15 17 23 27 28 31
2012-09-17	14	3rd	9 20 27 30 46 47
2012-08-15	4	4th	17 24 25 27 39 41
2012-08-06	13	4th	3 12 23 27 33 43
2012-07-07	6	4th	8 13 22 27 30 46
2012-06-23	5	5th	1 5 10 16 27 33
2012-06-11	7	4th	7 21 22 27 31 37
2012-05-26	16	3rd	15 18 27 31 35 39
2012-04-16	14	5th	5 10 16 18 27 41
2012-03-14	2	4th	5 11 15 27 28 41
2012-03-10	7	3rd	21 23 27 33 46 48
2012-02-22	2	4th	5 14 24 27 34 39
2012-02-18	19	4th	6 12 23 27 31 39
2012-01-04	30	4th	6 10 21 27 40 42
2011-10-26	11	3rd	1 22 27 30 33 46
2011-10-01	13	3rd	4 7 27 35 46 47
2011-08-31	5	3rd	6 10 27 32 34 39
2011-08-20	8	5th	8 21 23 26 27 44
2011-08-01	1	1st	27 30 33 41 44 48
2011-07-30	5	6th	3 10 15 16 23 27
2011-07-18	5	5th	6 13 16 21 27 43
2011-07-06	3	5th	3 11 18 20 27 43
2011-06-29	14	2nd	14 27 37 38 46 47
2011-05-28	11	3rd	13 23 27 28 31 32
2011-05-02	5	5th	7 12 24 26 27 44
2011-04-20	16	3rd	1 25 27 30 36 43
2011-03-14	4	4th	11 15 21 27 28 47
2011-03-05	5	4th	1 9 21 27 34 43
2011-02-21	24	3rd	5 10 27 35 41 42
2010-12-27	11	2nd	22 27 29 37 40 42
2010-12-01	4	3rd	11 22 27 39 44 48
2010-11-22	4	5th	3 6 18 26 27 43
2010-11-13	1	4th	7 10 14 27 40 43
2010-11-10	8	3rd	5 14 27 28 30 31
2010-10-23	10	3rd	5 26 27 30 34 36
2010-09-29	10	5th	1 18 21 24 27 35
2010-09-06	2	3rd	9 16 27 28 36 39
2010-09-01	4	4th	16 18 19 27 32 37
2010-08-23	6	6th	10 12 15 19 22 27
2010-08-09	17	4th	6 15 19 27 40 47
2010-06-30	16	2nd	24 27 29 33 37 44
2010-05-24	10	4th	6 10 17 27 39 42
2010-05-01	2	3rd	9 20 27 31 40 41
2010-04-26	—	3rd	12 24 27 34 39 44