Number 27

In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

81times drawn · chance expected 100 −1.97σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

44longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −1.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 81 times in 896 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 11 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 1.8
2nd smallest15 · chance 12.7
3rd smallest27 · chance 29.7
4th smallest26 · chance 27.9
5th smallest12 · chance 8.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 12 24 32 37 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2018-05-15	21	4th	5 10 20 27 40
2018-03-02	3	3rd	1 14 27 33 40
2018-02-20	4	2nd	8 27 30 33 42
2018-02-06	5	4th	6 7

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-06-26	17	4th	11 12 24 27 32
2015-04-28	7	2nd	11 27 37 39 44
2015-03-31	3	5th	5 6 20 26 27
2015-03-20	3	3rd	11 17 27 34 42
2015-03-10	2	3rd	24 26 27 31 33
2015-03-03	1	2nd	1 27 30 33 38
2015-02-27	4	3rd	4 9 27 31 41
2015-02-13	1	4th	6 11 20 27 37
2015-02-10	25	3rd	10 20 27 31 33
2014-11-14	8	3rd	3 14 27 29 45
2014-10-17	5	4th	6 17 22 27 35
2014-09-30	5	2nd	18 27 37 39 41
2014-09-12	15	4th	3 21 26 27 36
2014-07-22	3	3rd	9 21 27 39 43
2014-07-11	1	3rd	6 13 27 33 35
2014-07-08	5	3rd	12 19 27 37 43
2014-06-20	2	2nd	25 27 36 37 39
2014-06-13	20	4th	12 18 21 27 34
2014-04-01	10	4th	14 17 24 27 34
2014-02-25	24	4th	4 7 12 27 44
2013-12-03	1	4th	12 17 26 27 30
2013-11-29	10	5th	11 12 17 18 27
2013-10-25	3	3rd	8 24 27 28 35
2013-10-15	8	1st	27 32 35 41 45
2013-09-17	1	4th	11 18 22 27 29
2013-09-13	6	3rd	8 19 27 30 40
2013-08-23	16	5th	3 10 22 25 27
2013-06-28	16	3rd	3 9 27 32 41
2013-05-03	25	4th	10 19 21 27 40
2013-02-01	23	2nd	23 27 32 43 44
2012-11-09	15	4th	7 14 17 27 40
2012-09-18	11	2nd	1 27 37 40 42
2012-08-10	3	4th	2 9 26 27 45
2012-07-31	5	4th	7 14 23 27 32
2012-07-13	6	4th	4 11 16 27 38
2012-06-22	1	5th	3 7 17 21 27
2012-06-19	33	3rd	12 21 27 36 45
2012-02-21	24	2nd	25 27 28 32 43
2011-11-29	19	2nd	12 27 28 32 34
2011-09-23	15	5th	5 22 24 25 27
2011-08-02	22	4th	3 9 16 27 31
2011-05-17	9	5th	13 16 24 26 27
2011-04-12	17	3rd	7 20 27 35 37
2011-02-11	9	3rd	14 25 27 31 34
2011-01-11	38	4th	14 15 22 27 37
2010-08-31	2	2nd	12 27 37 41 44
2010-08-24	10	3rd	6 23 27 33 44
2010-07-20	13	3rd	1 21 27 32 36
2010-06-04	11	4th	1 16 20 27 33
2010-04-27	5	5th	13 14 23 24 27
2010-04-09	2	3rd	2 16 27 30 31
2010-03-30	23	2nd	9 27 30 35 42
2010-01-08	3	3rd	6 15 27 39 45
2009-12-29	1	2nd	18 27 32 38 42
2009-12-22	5	3rd	2 14 27 39 42
2009-12-04	9	3rd	17 23 27 38 43
2009-11-03	—	3rd	18 24 27 36 40