Number 27

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

78times drawn · chance expected 84 −0.71σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

45longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −0.71σ. 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 78 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 smallest2 · chance 2.3
2nd smallest15 · chance 14.2
3rd smallest24 · chance 29.5
4th smallest30 · chance 24.9
5th smallest7 · chance 7.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 20 11 17 3 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 47. 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
2026-09-14	25	4th	10 19 21 27 41
2026-06-18	8	5th	11 20 23 24 27
2026-05-21	6	3rd	1 12 27 39 45
2026-04-30	3	4th	2 6 13 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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