Number 27

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

105times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.91σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

52longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 2 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 smallest2 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest8 · chance 11.7
3rd smallest31 · chance 30.7
4th smallest43 · chance 36.8
5th smallest16 · chance 20.2
6th smallest5 · chance 4.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

49 30 17 23 45 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2017-07-22	12	3rd	11 13 27 30 31 45
2017-06-10	7	4th	4 11 12 27 42 47
2017-05-17	9	3rd	12 25 27 28 32 41
2017-04-15	2	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-12-16	8	5th	2 7 15 17 27 30
2015-11-18	52	3rd	3 14 27 30 38 41
2015-05-20	2	3rd	12 23 27 31 34 39
2015-05-13	6	4th	12 13 17 27 35 37
2015-04-22	4	4th	2 17 19 27 45 49
2015-04-08	1	1st	27 29 30 33 45 49
2015-04-04	10	3rd	15 26 27 33 40 45
2015-02-28	2	5th	7 9 17 18 27 35
2015-02-21	8	2nd	5 27 40 41 42 46
2015-01-24	1	3rd	6 17 27 30 40 43
2015-01-21	3	3rd	9 24 27 31 34 36
2015-01-10	2	3rd	15 25 27 38 41 43
2015-01-03	2	5th	8 13 22 25 27 39
2014-12-27	1	4th	15 20 24 27 37 43
2014-12-24	10	3rd	16 19 27 37 38 44
2014-11-19	13	4th	3 10 16 27 42 47
2014-10-04	3	5th	10 15 16 25 27 38
2014-09-24	15	4th	5 7 17 27 31 48
2014-08-02	33	4th	5 7 16 27 34 41
2014-04-09	21	5th	1 2 22 25 27 36
2014-01-25	3	3rd	7 14 27 29 36 48
2014-01-15	5	4th	3 13 19 27 28 38
2013-12-28	3	3rd	1 26 27 35 45 48
2013-12-14	2	4th	14 18 21 27 35 48
2013-12-07	2	3rd	15 26 27 28 30 39
2013-11-30	1	5th	3 4 9 21 27 31
2013-11-27	12	5th	1 13 19 23 27 42
2013-10-16	4	1st	27 31 39 40 44 45
2013-10-02	5	4th	3 8 22 27 30 45
2013-09-14	25	4th	7 14 16 27 42 43
2013-06-19	2	4th	20 23 26 27 44 46
2013-06-12	2	4th	11 19 23 27 33 37
2013-06-05	3	4th	5 13 17 27 47 49
2013-05-25	3	3rd	15 23 27 36 41 49
2013-05-15	1	4th	8 21 26 27 34 43
2013-05-11	7	3rd	8 26 27 35 42 49
2013-04-17	10	3rd	1 8 27 33 45 49
2013-03-13	9	2nd	12 27 30 33 37 40
2013-02-09	2	3rd	12 26 27 30 33 39
2013-02-02	8	4th	1 10 16 27 30 35
2013-01-05	3	6th	8 9 10 14 15 27
2012-12-26	16	3rd	6 17 27 41 46 48
2012-10-31	7	6th	3 5 13 14 25 27
2012-10-06	7	4th	7 13 21 27 36 39
2012-09-12	9	3rd	15 18 27 28 29 46
2012-08-11	8	5th	2 11 12 22 27 37
2012-07-14	5	4th	12 20 22 27 40 44
2012-06-27	2	3rd	15 24 27 39 46 49
2012-06-20	13	3rd	24 25 27 28 29 46
2012-05-05	6	4th	3 13 17 27 28 48
2012-04-14	1	4th	4 5 17 27 43 49
2012-04-11	10	3rd	9 15 27 32 36 44
2012-03-07	17	3rd	14 21 27 29 44 47
2012-01-07	13	5th	5 7 11 20 27 36
2011-11-23	8	3rd	8 19 27 33 39 47
2011-10-26	1	4th	6 18 22 27 29 41
2011-10-22	9	4th	6 10 15 27 33 39
2011-09-21	17	4th	10 19 26 27 30 36
2011-07-23	5	4th	2 20 23 27 31 49
2011-07-06	1	4th	6 10 25 27 30 40
2011-07-02	6	4th	9 21 25 27 44 49
2011-06-11	12	2nd	20 27 28 34 38 45
2011-04-30	18	2nd	3 27 34 35 36 39
2011-02-26	6	4th	10 19 24 27 38 49
2011-02-05	12	6th	8 9 13 17 19 27
2010-12-22	5	5th	2 9 11 14 27 32
2010-12-04	2	4th	6 10 17 27 30 32
2010-11-27	7	4th	1 9 23 27 28 31
2010-11-03	13	5th	12 16 17 19 27 44
2010-09-18	1	4th	13 18 25 27 43 45
2010-09-15	8	4th	14 24 26 27 38 46
2010-08-18	10	3rd	22 24 27 36 40 43
2010-07-14	1	3rd	6 21 27 32 37 49
2010-07-10	6	4th	2 4 19 27 31 49
2010-06-19	1	4th	7 21 23 27 45 49
2010-06-16	11	2nd	2 27 30 43 44 49
2010-05-08	8	4th	12 20 22 27 38 44
2010-04-10	15	5th	2 4 6 15 27 45
2010-02-17	9	6th	3 7 10 12 25 27
2010-01-16	1	3rd	16 24 27 38 44 48
2010-01-13	—	4th	4 23 26 27 38 45