Number 27

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

219times drawn · chance expected 215 +0.30σ

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

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

43longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 219 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, +0.30σ. 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 219 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 smallest1 · chance 1.5
2nd smallest16 · chance 17.0
3rd smallest52 · chance 63.6
4th smallest101 · chance 92.6
5th smallest49 · chance 44.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 18 6 21 26 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2020-09-04	38	3rd	4 6 27 33 36
2020-06-15	1	4th	11 17 19 27 29
2020-06-13	9	4th	7 10 21 27 29
2020-05-23	7	3rd	8 17 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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