Number 27

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

97times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.08σ

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

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

49longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 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 97 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 49 · 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 smallest3 · chance 2.2
2nd smallest12 · chance 13.6
3rd smallest31 · chance 30.9
4th smallest34 · chance 32.2
5th smallest16 · chance 15.4
6th smallest1 · chance 2.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 46 25 52 48 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-09-17	14	4th	12 18 23 27 38 52
2025-07-30	1	2nd	6 27 29 34 47 50
2025-07-26	3	5th	12 16 20 22 27 52
2025-07-16	8	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-15	17	3rd	8 12 27 37 47 48
2023-05-17	13	2nd	1 27 34 41 42 51
2023-04-01	3	2nd	26 27 29 31 32 52
2023-03-22	2	3rd	4 10 27 34 43 44
2023-03-15	2	1st	27 36 41 43 46 50
2023-03-08	11	4th	11 19 23 27 35 44
2023-01-28	6	2nd	8 27 30 32 46 52
2023-01-07	13	5th	3 4 19 25 27 32
2022-11-23	5	6th	3 8 10 12 19 27
2022-11-05	22	3rd	4 18 27 32 38 45
2022-08-20	2	4th	7 9 20 27 46 51
2022-08-13	13	3rd	6 8 27 28 39 48
2022-06-29	6	1st	27 33 34 40 41 51
2022-06-08	2	3rd	21 25 27 34 39 48
2022-06-01	5	4th	15 20 22 27 43 49
2022-05-14	4	4th	10 13 22 27 36 40
2022-04-30	5	3rd	14 22 27 28 35 45
2022-04-13	1	4th	3 17 22 27 31 39
2022-04-09	12	4th	2 5 11 27 42 46
2022-02-26	3	4th	1 11 14 27 46 47
2022-02-16	38	5th	4 11 24 25 27 41
2021-10-02	3	3rd	2 15 27 33 43 44
2021-09-22	5	3rd	2 8 27 28 32 50
2021-09-04	9	3rd	4 6 27 30 39 41
2021-08-04	2	3rd	21 26 27 30 37 51
2021-07-28	16	5th	1 5 13 22 27 28
2021-06-02	19	3rd	22 26 27 31 33 47
2021-03-27	16	4th	11 13 25 27 45 51
2021-01-30	16	3rd	6 21 27 32 34 35
2020-12-05	1	3rd	7 17 27 38 45 46
2020-12-02	4	2nd	9 27 34 37 38 48
2020-11-18	13	4th	1 8 20 27 42 44
2020-10-03	2	4th	3 23 26 27 42 51
2020-09-26	8	5th	3 7 18 21 27 42
2020-08-29	3	4th	9 16 21 27 33 45
2020-08-19	7	4th	1 7 26 27 42 49
2020-07-25	3	5th	5 9 20 24 27 48
2020-07-15	16	5th	4 11 15 19 27 38
2020-05-20	1	4th	6 13 25 27 30 36
2020-05-16	49	4th	8 10 15 27 30 49
2019-11-23	10	4th	9 10 25 27 51 52
2019-10-19	3	3rd	8 17 27 38 48 52
2019-10-09	7	3rd	3 8 27 44 49 50
2019-09-14	4	3rd	4 25 27 28 37 47
2019-08-31	7	4th	15 22 25 27 39 41
2019-08-07	19	4th	15 19 24 27 44 52
2019-06-01	7	3rd	4 12 27 30 46 50
2019-05-08	1	2nd	1 27 28 31 37 50
2019-05-04	21	2nd	3 27 32 34 41 50
2019-02-20	13	4th	6 16 21 27 30 52
2019-01-05	1	4th	5 14 25 27 35 39
2019-01-02	7	5th	4 8 12 14 27 40
2018-12-08	4	5th	3 7 12 21 27 29
2018-11-24	1	4th	6 11 22 27 34 51
2018-11-21	2	3rd	10 22 27 36 46 52
2018-11-14	11	4th	12 18 26 27 32 36
2018-10-06	19	3rd	3 19 27 40 41 44
2018-08-01	1	5th	2 8 18 24 27 49
2018-07-28	1	2nd	23 27 29 33 45 46
2018-07-25	5	5th	2 6 18 23 27 48
2018-07-07	5	3rd	6 16 27 28 34 42
2018-06-20	3	4th	4 14 22 27 30 46
2018-06-09	1	2nd	25 27 30 48 50 52
2018-06-06	31	5th	2 6 10 15 27 48
2018-02-17	8	3rd	9 21 27 32 33 38
2018-01-20	2	2nd	5 27 28 35 50 52
2018-01-13	7	2nd	10 27 29 46 48 50
2017-12-20	17	4th	10 14 16 27 29 52
2017-10-21	5	3rd	20 23 27 36 37 44
2017-10-04	7	3rd	1 25 27 33 35 38
2017-09-09	5	3rd	9 16 27 35 37 51
2017-08-23	4	5th	1 6 7 26 27 40
2017-08-09	—	4th	1 10 20 27 32 46