Number 27

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

87times drawn · chance expected 89 −0.19σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

5.0average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

24longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 87 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 87 times in 443 draws · average wait 5.0 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 8 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.1
3rd smallest4 · chance 1.5
4th smallest11 · chance 9.4
5th smallest32 · chance 27.1
6th smallest22 · chance 34.0
7th smallest18 · chance 14.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 15 14 12 20 32

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
2026-08-13	3	6th	6 11 15 17 26 27 35
2026-07-23	2	5th	7 11 12 18 27 30 34
2026-07-09	5	7th	1 4 5 14 15 22 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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-25	3	7th	1 4 6 9 21 26 27
2024-01-04	1	3rd	21 22 27 30 31 33 34
2023-12-28	13	6th	9 11 15 16 24 27 35
2023-09-28	3	6th	2 3 14 15 26 27 28
2023-09-07	1	6th	11 14 18 20 24 27 29
2023-08-31	6	4th	6 10 14 27 31 32 35
2023-07-20	1	5th	4 7 9 14 27 29 32
2023-07-13	7	5th	3 11 17 19 27 29 30
2023-05-25	4	5th	8 12 17 20 27 29 30
2023-04-27	2	4th	6 16 19 27 28 30 33
2023-04-13	5	5th	5 12 15 19 27 29 33
2023-03-09	9	5th	7 10 17 20 27 30 33
2023-01-05	6	6th	5 7 9 13 21 27 35
2022-11-24	14	5th	6 9 14 25 27 31 33
2022-08-18	13	7th	1 2 4 20 22 23 27
2022-05-19	7	5th	5 8 11 15 27 28 34
2022-03-31	4	5th	6 10 13 26 27 28 34
2022-03-03	1	6th	2 4 12 18 24 27 28
2022-02-24	4	4th	6 9 15 27 28 32 33
2022-01-27	3	5th	4 10 15 25 27 28 32
2022-01-06	5	4th	5 15 20 27 28 29 34
2021-12-02	4	5th	4 5 19 26 27 30 33
2021-11-04	2	5th	8 12 15 18 27 30 34
2021-10-21	1	5th	2 7 11 17 27 28 30
2021-10-14	1	6th	12 17 20 22 23 27 32
2021-10-07	1	5th	4 13 18 25 27 29 34
2021-09-30	5	7th	2 7 14 18 24 25 27
2021-08-26	21	5th	10 11 14 25 27 28 32
2021-04-01	10	7th	1 7 13 23 25 26 27
2021-01-21	1	5th	6 15 19 22 27 29 35
2021-01-14	13	6th	1 2 17 20 26 27 31
2020-10-15	10	5th	2 7 9 15 27 31 32
2020-08-06	1	6th	5 7 14 18 23 27 33
2020-07-30	5	5th	3 9 19 24 27 30 35
2020-06-25	3	6th	8 12 18 20 24 27 35
2020-06-04	8	7th	1 5 10 12 17 20 27
2020-04-09	2	6th	2 4 12 18 19 27 34
2020-03-26	1	6th	1 12 14 16 21 27 29
2020-03-19	2	7th	1 10 11 12 18 20 27
2020-03-05	6	5th	10 16 23 24 27 28 33
2020-01-23	3	6th	4 5 10 13 23 27 28
2020-01-02	1	6th	2 3 9 21 25 27 35
2019-12-26	3	7th	7 9 12 17 23 26 27
2019-12-05	8	4th	14 19 20 27 29 30 32
2019-10-10	2	5th	3 6 11 16 27 28 35
2019-09-26	2	5th	9 22 25 26 27 30 33
2019-09-12	1	4th	10 11 20 27 28 30 31
2019-09-05	1	6th	2 4 14 16 19 27 29
2019-08-29	2	6th	8 9 11 20 22 27 32
2019-08-15	4	5th	7 14 21 24 27 30 35
2019-07-18	1	7th	1 6 11 13 16 23 27
2019-07-11	1	5th	6 7 8 21 27 28 34
2019-07-04	1	6th	2 15 20 21 22 27 28
2019-06-27	13	5th	2 7 17 21 27 32 35
2019-03-28	1	5th	4 5 25 26 27 30 34
2019-03-21	1	4th	3 14 20 27 29 30 31
2019-03-14	1	7th	2 5 8 17 20 24 27
2019-03-07	2	7th	4 6 9 13 20 23 27
2019-02-21	19	7th	3 4 12 16 21 25 27
2018-10-11	5	5th	13 20 21 23 27 30 32
2018-09-06	3	7th	7 14 18 21 23 25 27
2018-08-16	11	3rd	3 13 27 31 32 33 35
2018-05-31	—	4th	8 9 18 27 29 30 32