Number 27

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

129times drawn · chance expected 116 +1.29σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

46longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 129 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +1.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 129 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 6 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 5.7
2nd smallest31 · chance 26.3
3rd smallest51 · chance 45.4
4th smallest29 · chance 36.3
5th smallest10 · chance 13.5
6th smallest1 · chance 1.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 46 52 57 29 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-15	3	2nd	17 27 28 42 47 59
2026-08-05	23	3rd	24 26 27 39 47 50
2026-05-16	11	4th	4 21 23 27 36 57
2026-04-08	2	1st	27 29

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-27	4	3rd	3 25 27 33 40 45
2024-07-13	5	2nd	22 27 37 38 49 51
2024-06-26	26	2nd	8 27 34 36 37 56
2024-03-27	10	4th	1 3 22 27 42 48
2024-02-21	6	2nd	25 27 32 50 54 58
2024-01-31	2	5th	5 10 11 22 27 54
2024-01-24	3	3rd	6 22 27 46 49 57
2024-01-13	3	3rd	8 22 27 44 46 48
2024-01-03	7	4th	1 5 19 27 38 59
2023-12-09	16	2nd	15 27 33 44 46 59
2023-10-14	23	2nd	4 27 28 31 51 57
2023-07-26	26	4th	10 12 19 27 29 50
2023-04-26	8	3rd	19 26 27 29 53 57
2023-03-29	2	3rd	10 24 27 32 42 52
2023-03-22	3	2nd	5 27 33 37 42 58
2023-03-11	10	3rd	1 19 27 28 41 50
2023-02-04	10	4th	2 5 23 27 31 58
2022-12-31	1	1st	27 34 47 56 57 58
2022-12-28	12	3rd	5 19 27 31 48 57
2022-11-16	3	3rd	1 18 27 30 39 53
2022-11-05	17	3rd	2 13 27 31 38 41
2022-09-07	45	3rd	3 20 27 34 42 58
2022-04-02	2	3rd	22 24 27 30 52 57
2022-03-26	9	3rd	13 18 27 35 46 53
2022-02-23	2	4th	4 22 26 27 33 37
2022-02-16	17	2nd	21 27 31 50 53 59
2021-12-18	16	3rd	12 23 27 45 51 54
2021-10-23	1	4th	4 13 21 27 28 37
2021-10-20	4	2nd	23 27 29 37 43 47
2021-10-06	2	4th	1 9 16 27 30 51
2021-09-29	4	3rd	15 17 27 40 45 52
2021-09-15	7	4th	20 24 25 27 34 37
2021-08-21	1	3rd	17 18 27 28 35 57
2021-08-18	4	3rd	4 10 27 30 48 50
2021-08-04	6	3rd	3 16 27 34 36 46
2021-07-14	3	2nd	12 27 29 35 36 41
2021-07-03	1	3rd	1 12 27 29 31 47
2021-06-30	5	2nd	12 27 34 38 40 41
2021-06-12	8	4th	9 11 16 27 36 52
2021-05-15	3	3rd	6 19 27 32 39 57
2021-05-05	2	2nd	8 27 34 40 55 56
2021-04-28	10	3rd	1 4 27 48 57 59
2021-03-24	13	4th	2 3 23 27 40 50
2021-02-06	14	1st	27 28 32 39 46 52
2020-12-19	6	5th	4 10 14 21 27 28
2020-11-28	3	2nd	9 27 35 45 46 57
2020-11-18	6	3rd	18 26 27 28 41 54
2020-10-28	2	3rd	11 18 27 38 47 59
2020-10-21	5	3rd	9 12 27 28 29 44
2020-10-03	11	5th	1 4 13 24 27 47
2020-08-26	4	4th	4 8 24 27 31 39
2020-08-12	8	3rd	6 8 27 31 37 51
2020-07-15	4	2nd	9 27 29 37 44 53
2020-07-01	26	4th	1 8 24 27 29 55
2020-04-01	1	5th	4 16 17 22 27 52
2020-03-28	3	3rd	8 14 27 33 46 49
2020-03-18	6	5th	3 7 11 19 27 52
2020-02-26	1	3rd	19 20 27 49 52 57
2020-02-22	1	4th	21 23 25 27 36 47
2020-02-19	2	4th	7 18 21 27 28 48
2020-02-12	9	4th	2 3 5 27 51 54
2020-01-11	6	1st	27 28 46 51 55 57
2019-12-21	4	2nd	12 27 33 36 42 45
2019-12-07	9	3rd	6 20 27 34 35 57
2019-11-06	7	4th	17 22 25 27 32 35
2019-10-12	10	2nd	23 27 30 36 40 42
2019-09-07	4	3rd	3 13 27 30 32 37
2019-08-24	15	1st	27 36 39 45 46 55
2019-07-03	10	3rd	10 20 27 29 38 52
2019-05-29	2	3rd	3 15 27 32 46 53
2019-05-22	15	2nd	7 27 31 36 37 50
2019-03-30	6	2nd	3 27 35 45 54 55
2019-03-09	8	2nd	22 27 35 40 46 52
2019-02-09	5	2nd	25 27 31 36 38 47
2019-01-23	5	2nd	5 27 30 41 45 58
2019-01-05	12	3rd	18 25 27 28 32 47
2018-11-24	15	2nd	15 27 30 32 42 43
2018-10-03	16	5th	3 5 11 25 27 45
2018-08-08	46	4th	8 19 20 27 31 34
2018-02-28	7	3rd	9 10 27 30 33 45
2018-02-03	7	3rd	8 26 27 29 49 58
2018-01-10	14	3rd	6 11 27 29 40 55
2017-11-22	3	4th	2 16 17 27 36 37
2017-11-11	7	3rd	4 16 27 30 41 49
2017-10-18	19	5th	11 12 15 22 27 44
2017-08-12	10	2nd	10 27 49 52 55 56
2017-07-08	1	4th	1 11 18 27 32 50
2017-07-05	22	4th	16 18 25 27 29 57
2017-04-19	8	2nd	4 27 47 54 55 59
2017-03-22	2	5th	6 11 12 19 27 31
2017-03-15	11	3rd	6 24 27 38 39 58
2017-02-04	5	3rd	6 9 27 30 40 50
2017-01-18	12	4th	8 14 20 27 28 53
2016-12-07	12	2nd	16 27 31 32 44 58
2016-10-26	1	3rd	5 11 27 29 52 53
2016-10-22	19	4th	9 19 26 27 45 50
2016-08-17	22	3rd	4 15 27 36 37 59
2016-06-01	7	2nd	23 27 36 39 41 49
2016-05-07	14	4th	4 14 17 27 34 36
2016-03-19	7	2nd	21 27 31 34 40 54
2016-02-24	13	6th	4 14 18 19 26 27
2016-01-09	6	2nd	26 27 46 47 52 58
2015-12-19	11	3rd	13 14 27 46 48 50
2015-11-11	8	3rd	2 17 27 28 51 52
2015-10-14	—	4th	7 13 20 27 39 52