Number 27

In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

126times drawn · chance expected 145 −1.65σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

69longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, −1.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 26 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 smallest1 · chance 1.2
2nd smallest16 · chance 15.3
3rd smallest56 · chance 54.7
4th smallest53 · chance 54.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 25 2 6 15 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2021-11-22	4	3rd	8 12 27 29
2021-11-08	31	3rd	4 17 27 32
2021-07-22	1	3rd	4 12 27 28
2021-07-19	5	4th	9 16 25 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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-10-24	25	3rd	2 6 27 31
2019-07-29	8	2nd	21 27 30 32
2019-07-01	17	3rd	17 19 27 30
2019-05-02	15	4th	17 21 22 27
2019-03-11	1	3rd	10 13 27 30
2019-03-07	3	4th	7 15 16 27
2019-02-25	5	3rd	1 10 27 29
2019-02-07	24	3rd	2 15 27 33
2018-11-15	9	4th	17 23 24 27
2018-10-15	4	4th	12 23 26 27
2018-10-01	18	3rd	13 16 27 34
2018-07-30	35	4th	4 14 19 27
2018-03-26	2	3rd	2 8 27 35
2018-03-19	10	3rd	16 18 27 31
2018-02-12	1	3rd	2 20 27 33
2018-02-08	6	3rd	16 22 27 31
2018-01-18	4	3rd	2 6 27 31
2018-01-04	1	3rd	17 18 27 35
2018-01-01	10	4th	1 14 22 27
2017-11-27	4	4th	9 11 25 27
2017-11-13	10	3rd	4 10 27 29
2017-10-09	23	4th	7 11 12 27
2017-07-20	2	3rd	16 20 27 28
2017-07-13	1	4th	22 24 26 27
2017-07-10	5	3rd	25 26 27 30
2017-06-22	17	4th	2 12 20 27
2017-04-24	15	4th	11 20 25 27
2017-03-02	8	4th	6 14 18 27
2017-02-02	2	3rd	6 22 27 32
2017-01-26	5	4th	3 20 23 27
2017-01-09	3	2nd	1 27 28 34
2016-12-29	5	2nd	10 27 29 35
2016-12-12	19	3rd	14 18 27 34
2016-10-06	9	3rd	17 26 27 33
2016-09-05	17	3rd	6 13 27 30
2016-07-07	14	2nd	8 27 31 34
2016-05-19	1	4th	7 9 16 27
2016-05-16	1	4th	1 3 25 27
2016-05-12	1	3rd	6 15 27 33
2016-05-09	9	4th	9 10 26 27
2016-04-07	8	4th	2 5 18 27
2016-03-10	11	2nd	26 27 29 34
2016-02-01	5	3rd	25 26 27 29
2016-01-14	5	4th	3 4 17 27
2015-12-28	3	3rd	22 26 27 32
2015-12-17	15	4th	9 10 19 27
2015-10-26	16	3rd	15 23 27 34
2015-08-31	8	3rd	2 10 27 28
2015-08-03	6	2nd	2 27 29 31
2015-07-13	11	4th	2 3 19 27
2015-06-04	19	2nd	6 27 28 32
2015-03-30	5	4th	13 22 24 27
2015-03-12	12	4th	1 8 17 27
2015-01-29	7	3rd	24 25 27 31
2015-01-05	3	3rd	18 21 27 30
2014-12-25	12	3rd	15 19 27 33
2014-11-13	2	3rd	1 12 27 33
2014-11-06	1	3rd	2 14 27 35
2014-11-03	10	4th	12 15 21 27
2014-09-29	5	4th	5 17 18 27
2014-09-11	69	4th	3 4 13 27
2014-01-13	3	3rd	2 6 27 34
2014-01-02	10	4th	8 15 19 27
2013-11-28	14	3rd	9 20 27 31
2013-10-10	16	3rd	3 14 27 34
2013-08-15	4	4th	3 11 19 27
2013-08-01	6	3rd	6 26 27 30
2013-07-11	5	2nd	21 27 29 32
2013-06-24	22	4th	8 9 19 27
2013-04-08	10	3rd	5 15 27 28
2013-03-04	13	2nd	25 27 29 34
2013-01-17	1	2nd	25 27 30 35
2013-01-14	6	4th	10 15 17 27
2012-12-24	25	4th	6 8 15 27
2012-09-27	6	3rd	16 21 27 35
2012-09-06	1	3rd	2 8 27 31
2012-09-03	1	2nd	25 27 30 35
2012-08-30	13	2nd	9 27 29 35
2012-07-16	4	3rd	2 13 27 29
2012-07-02	26	4th	3 15 23 27
2012-04-02	1	4th	2 4 24 27
2012-03-29	25	4th	3 15 19 27
2012-01-02	24	4th	4 8 16 27
2011-10-10	1	4th	1 6 13 27
2011-10-06	4	3rd	1 25 27 33
2011-09-22	19	4th	6 13 15 27
2011-07-18	11	3rd	4 20 27 29
2011-06-09	8	3rd	4 21 27 29
2011-05-12	1	4th	4 9 10 27
2011-05-09	10	4th	3 6 14 27
2011-04-04	12	3rd	1 9 27 32
2011-02-21	12	3rd	8 22 27 29
2011-01-10	1	3rd	8 22 27 28
2011-01-06	3	1st	27 29 33 34
2010-12-27	2	3rd	7 15 27 34
2010-12-20	1	2nd	3 27 31 33
2010-12-16	29	2nd	12 27 30 32
2010-09-06	14	3rd	7 17 27 28
2010-07-19	6	4th	21 22 23 27
2010-06-28	40	4th	11 20 25 27
2010-02-08	8	3rd	16 18 27 31
2010-01-11	—	4th	17 22 26 27