Number 27

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

387times drawn · chance expected 393 −0.30σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 387 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, −0.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 387 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 3 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 smallest5 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest30 · chance 30.0
3rd smallest110 · chance 112.5
4th smallest167 · chance 163.6
5th smallest75 · chance 78.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 1 17 39 26 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-06	6	2nd	9 27 32 34 39
2026-09-25	13	4th	12 21 26 27 37
2026-09-02	5	3rd	8 15 27 30 36
2026-08-25	6	4th	6 8 9

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-21	8	4th	7 17 21 27 28
2025-11-07	36	4th	5 6 19 27 36
2025-09-05	17	4th	3 7 16 27 36
2025-08-06	3	4th	2 3 19 27 38
2025-08-01	2	5th	2 9 20 23 27
2025-07-29	3	4th	4 21 22 27 28
2025-07-23	3	4th	11 15 25 27 28
2025-07-18	19	4th	2 9 12 27 30
2025-06-14	17	2nd	6 27 28 29 39
2025-05-16	1	3rd	3 25 27 28 36
2025-05-14	33	3rd	4 7 27 32 37
2025-03-18	13	3rd	20 26 27 33 36
2025-02-22	10	3rd	7 18 27 29 39
2025-02-05	1	3rd	13 22 27 38 39
2025-02-04	1	4th	2 6 18 27 38
2025-02-01	1	2nd	19 27 30 31 33
2025-01-31	3	5th	7 14 18 24 27
2025-01-25	4	4th	1 11 19 27 33
2025-01-18	5	4th	3 20 21 27 36
2025-01-10	2	4th	16 18 23 27 37
2025-01-07	5	4th	3 10 26 27 35
2024-12-28	1	4th	6 17 21 27 34
2024-12-27	19	3rd	6 20 27 29 30
2024-11-23	7	3rd	5 17 27 37 39
2024-11-12	12	3rd	3 26 27 30 39
2024-10-22	2	3rd	14 23 27 32 33
2024-10-18	4	2nd	19 27 31 37 39
2024-10-11	2	1st	27 29 30 31 39
2024-10-08	11	4th	10 17 19 27 35
2024-09-18	3	3rd	16 18 27 29 37
2024-09-13	2	4th	4 10 11 27 32
2024-09-10	5	4th	12 18 24 27 32
2024-08-31	17	3rd	11 19 27 33 36
2024-08-02	11	3rd	13 26 27 33 38
2024-07-13	7	3rd	1 22 27 28 36
2024-07-02	1	1st	27 28 30 33 38
2024-06-29	9	5th	1 3 15 23 27
2024-06-14	3	4th	11 15 25 27 28
2024-06-08	5	5th	8 15 17 25 27
2024-05-31	2	4th	8 11 16 27 29
2024-05-28	2	2nd	9 27 28 29 37
2024-05-24	3	3rd	6 14 27 31 32
2024-05-18	3	3rd	3 26 27 36 38
2024-05-14	9	4th	7 16 17 27 36
2024-04-27	7	4th	7 20 24 27 28
2024-04-16	40	4th	6 11 17 27 39
2024-02-06	5	4th	3 15 26 27 36
2024-01-27	6	4th	2 14 18 27 35
2024-01-17	17	4th	7 17 21 27 36
2023-12-19	4	4th	2 18 20 27 39
2023-12-12	13	4th	2 5 12 27 35
2023-11-18	15	5th	1 13 14 26 27
2023-10-24	12	4th	1 12 14 27 34
2023-10-03	8	4th	1 6 19 27 36
2023-09-19	7	4th	13 24 25 27 28
2023-09-06	8	3rd	8 24 27 31 38
2023-08-23	1	2nd	26 27 28 35 38
2023-08-22	2	3rd	1 4 27 30 39
2023-08-18	9	5th	7 15 18 25 27
2023-08-02	3	4th	7 13 26 27 30
2023-07-28	11	3rd	4 14 27 31 39
2023-07-08	26	5th	10 11 15 20 27
2023-05-24	1	3rd	9 24 27 30 36
2023-05-23	1	5th	1 15 17 18 27
2023-05-20	6	4th	5 10 24 27 28
2023-05-10	18	5th	1 8 11 25 27
2023-04-08	3	5th	1 8 16 22 27
2023-04-04	17	4th	5 16 23 27 30
2023-03-04	18	5th	1 4 5 14 27
2023-02-01	1	5th	4 6 22 26 27
2023-01-31	13	5th	3 8 13 25 27
2023-01-07	24	4th	1 4 24 27 28
2022-11-26	7	4th	1 14 21 27 34
2022-11-15	2	4th	2 23 24 27 28
2022-11-11	7	4th	3 15 19 27 33
2022-10-29	12	3rd	17 22 27 32 39
2022-10-08	1	3rd	21 25 27 32 34
2022-10-07	3	4th	4 14 25 27 37
2022-10-01	5	2nd	14 27 30 32 38
2022-09-23	5	4th	5 15 24 27 31
2022-09-14	4	4th	2 11 20 27 36
2022-09-07	9	4th	9 11 25 27 35
2022-08-23	9	5th	1 11 19 21 27
2022-08-06	1	3rd	5 21 27 29 33
2022-08-05	7	4th	7 11 19 27 36
2022-07-23	4	5th	15 20 23 26 27
2022-07-16	1	5th	4 5 11 12 27
2022-07-15	3	3rd	1 8 27 31 34
2022-07-09	3	3rd	1 17 27 28 32
2022-07-05	6	4th	7 19 24 27 36
2022-06-24	4	4th	5 7 8 27 30
2022-06-17	1	5th	3 18 23 25 27
2022-06-15	22	3rd	5 25 27 34 39
2022-05-07	4	5th	7 10 20 21 27
2022-04-30	4	3rd	3 26 27 36 38
2022-04-23	14	4th	1 3 24 27 36
2022-03-30	1	3rd	8 18 27 30 31
2022-03-29	17	3rd	7 26 27 29 34
2022-02-26	14	5th	4 8 20 23 27
2022-02-02	9	5th	11 16 21 23 27
2022-01-18	5	5th	11 17 19 22 27
2022-01-08	32	4th	10 15 26 27 38
2021-11-13	4	3rd	1 16 27 32 33
2021-11-06	3	4th	15 20 22 27 38
2021-11-02	4	4th	6 10 11 27 30
2021-10-26	11	4th	1 2 7 27 37
2021-10-06	1	5th	5 9 24 26 27
2021-10-05	5	4th	14 20 22 27 30
2021-09-25	39	4th	2 7 9 27 35
2021-07-20	9	3rd	13 24 27 29 31
2021-07-03	6	4th	3 8 22 27 39
2021-06-23	5	3rd	17 22 27 28 38
2021-06-15	9	4th	3 10 26 27 37
2021-05-29	7	3rd	1 13 27 29 32
2021-05-18	7	4th	8 11 16 27 31
2021-05-05	14	4th	9 16 24 27 34
2021-04-10	3	4th	5 7 19 27 37
2021-04-06	7	3rd	6 9 27 33 35
2021-03-24	6	3rd	1 13 27 32 34
2021-03-13	4	3rd	6 24 27 31 35
2021-03-06	8	4th	2 13 23 27 32
2021-02-20	2	3rd	7 15 27 33 36
2021-02-17	13	4th	16 25 26 27 30
2021-01-26	4	5th	4 11 17 25 27
2021-01-19	4	4th	19 22 24 27 36
2021-01-12	3	2nd	19 27 28 34 38
2021-01-06	12	4th	6 13 22 27 31
2020-12-16	19	4th	4 6 18 27 32
2020-11-13	4	3rd	15 21 27 31 32
2020-11-06	4	4th	4 17 20 27 30
2020-10-30	5	2nd	18 27 31 35 36
2020-10-21	24	4th	9 11 24 27 33
2020-09-09	18	4th	8 19 24 27 38
2020-08-08	12	4th	1 2 5 27 29
2020-07-18	8	3rd	16 22 27 30 37
2020-07-04	3	3rd	1 17 27 33 39
2020-06-30	9	4th	10 16 25 27 35
2020-06-13	6	3rd	10 16 27 29 33
2020-06-03	18	4th	13 18 24 27 35
2020-05-02	9	5th	14 18 20 25 27
2020-04-17	5	5th	7 9 15 21 27
2020-04-08	26	3rd	18 25 27 33 36
2020-02-22	3	5th	5 11 12 24 27
2020-02-18	4	3rd	6 10 27 32 34
2020-02-11	7	4th	3 4 19 27 34
2020-01-29	6	5th	12 21 22 26 27
2020-01-18	13	5th	8 15 18 22 27
2019-12-27	1	3rd	9 24 27 34 39
2019-12-25	6	5th	8 9 18 21 27
2019-12-14	3	4th	4 19 20 27 31
2019-12-10	3	4th	1 9 16 27 32
2019-12-04	7	3rd	17 18 27 34 39
2019-11-22	18	4th	1 12 20 27 30
2019-10-22	2	5th	4 7 20 23 27
2019-10-18	2	5th	4 14 16 17 27
2019-10-15	7	3rd	3 13 27 28 38
2019-10-02	6	2nd	4 27 29 31 35
2019-09-21	5	3rd	14 26 27 34 39
2019-09-13	8	3rd	3 22 27 28 32
2019-08-30	2	3rd	6 23 27 30 34
2019-08-27	3	4th	1 9 15 27 29
2019-08-21	3	4th	4 9 19 27 32
2019-08-16	6	4th	5 7 21 27 32
2019-08-06	2	4th	9 17 21 27 30
2019-08-02	10	3rd	4 14 27 33 34
2019-07-16	19	4th	3 19 24 27 37
2019-06-12	8	2nd	21 27 29 32 33
2019-05-29	8	3rd	5 17 27 28 29
2019-05-15	2	5th	6 15 17 26 27
2019-05-11	6	3rd	12 17 27 28 30
2019-05-01	12	5th	8 14 23 25 27
2019-04-10	1	3rd	13 21 27 29 38
2019-04-09	2	4th	8 9 12 27 38
2019-04-05	9	4th	7 9 21 27 39
2019-03-20	5	5th	2 12 14 26 27
2019-03-12	6	4th	3 8 26 27 34
2019-03-01	7	3rd	8 24 27 31 35
2019-02-16	2	4th	9 22 24 27 33
2019-02-13	12	4th	9 22 23 27 32
2019-01-23	16	4th	17 19 24 27 35
2018-12-26	4	3rd	3 11 27 29 30
2018-12-19	10	5th	1 7 9 14 27
2018-12-01	13	4th	8 13 23 27 35
2018-11-09	3	3rd	17 20 27 31 37
2018-11-03	3	3rd	7 21 27 35 39
2018-10-30	3	4th	9 19 26 27 38
2018-10-24	21	4th	16 21 24 27 37
2018-09-18	15	4th	3 23 26 27 39
2018-08-22	9	3rd	12 20 27 30 32
2018-08-07	7	3rd	16 21 27 29 38
2018-07-25	2	3rd	1 6 27 29 33
2018-07-21	2	1st	27 28 32 33 39
2018-07-18	7	5th	4 8 18 26 27
2018-07-06	4	4th	3 11 18 27 38
2018-06-29	2	3rd	20 21 27 31 33
2018-06-26	1	4th	13 16 20 27 31
2018-06-23	10	3rd	17 21 27 28 32
2018-06-06	2	4th	12 14 26 27 38
2018-06-02	4	3rd	10 14 27 33 35
2018-05-26	6	4th	14 16 19 27 33
2018-05-16	18	4th	6 19 20 27 28
2018-04-14	6	3rd	4 11 27 31 33
2018-04-04	26	3rd	4 15 27 30 34
2018-02-17	2	5th	9 16 21 24 27
2018-02-14	1	5th	7 11 15 19 27
2018-02-13	16	2nd	4 27 28 29 30
2018-01-12	1	4th	14 23 25 27 28
2018-01-10	4	3rd	1 13 27 28 29
2017-12-30	2	4th	12 17 19 27 39
2017-12-27	16	4th	4 15 16 27 32
2017-11-18	1	4th	17 18 22 27 31
2017-11-17	4	2nd	26 27 29 30 33
2017-11-08	1	4th	10 15 22 27 38
2017-11-04	3	4th	1 4 10 27 33
2017-10-28	11	4th	19 21 24 27 35
2017-10-04	8	4th	1 8 21 27 34
2017-09-15	18	2nd	7 27 28 31 36
2017-08-04	10	3rd	2 16 27 28 37
2017-07-12	10	3rd	9 25 27 35 37
2017-06-17	26	4th	1 5 11 27 28
2017-04-19	26	3rd	2 5 27 38 39
2017-02-17	2	5th	10 18 20 21 27
2017-02-11	8	4th	2 11 15 27 31
2017-01-25	6	5th	5 11 14 24 27
2017-01-11	29	3rd	8 16 27 29 35
2016-11-04	11	3rd	2 15 27 31 32
2016-10-08	4	2nd	23 27 30 31 38
2016-09-30	1	2nd	24 27 34 36 37
2016-09-28	2	4th	7 13 22 27 34
2016-09-23	6	4th	1 11 14 27 34
2016-09-09	6	5th	6 12 20 26 27
2016-08-26	2	4th	5 17 20 27 31
2016-08-20	28	2nd	8 27 30 36 39
2016-06-17	1	1st	27 28 30 34 37
2016-06-15	5	4th	7 10 20 27 39
2016-06-03	3	3rd	3 26 27 36 37
2016-05-27	1	5th	3 13 19 21 27
2016-05-25	6	2nd	22 27 29 31 38
2016-05-11	8	5th	6 10 16 25 27
2016-04-22	13	4th	10 17 19 27 35
2016-03-23	3	3rd	23 26 27 33 38
2016-03-16	1	3rd	21 24 27 32 36
2016-03-12	5	5th	3 9 15 23 27
2016-03-02	19	4th	5 21 22 27 31
2016-01-16	14	3rd	3 5 27 38 39
2015-12-16	2	4th	4 10 20 27 36
2015-12-11	2	4th	13 21 24 27 38
2015-12-05	5	3rd	5 6 27 30 33
2015-11-25	1	4th	3 12 16 27 28
2015-11-21	3	3rd	2 17 27 34 35
2015-11-14	6	4th	3 5 16 27 29
2015-10-31	10	2nd	21 27 28 35 39
2015-10-09	6	3rd	1 3 27 29 33
2015-09-25	9	5th	9 15 18 26 27
2015-09-04	7	4th	8 10 11 27 29
2015-08-19	6	3rd	7 24 27 34 36
2015-08-05	2	4th	6 23 26 27 35
2015-07-31	7	5th	15 16 20 24 27
2015-07-15	6	3rd	4 22 27 30 39
2015-07-01	1	4th	7 18 22 27 38
2015-06-27	2	5th	8 16 18 25 27
2015-06-24	5	4th	5 10 18 27 33
2015-06-12	9	4th	1 6 12 27 36
2015-05-22	4	4th	7 15 18 27 32
2015-05-13	12	3rd	17 23 27 35 39
2015-04-15	31	5th	9 10 11 13 27
2015-01-31	1	5th	6 10 22 25 27
2015-01-30	4	4th	6 8 20 27 35
2015-01-21	27	3rd	9 20 27 33 38
2014-11-19	10	3rd	4 25 27 29 39
2014-10-25	1	4th	9 10 17 27 30
2014-10-24	2	4th	1 2 7 27 30
2014-10-18	11	4th	13 21 26 27 33
2014-09-24	3	5th	18 20 21 22 27
2014-09-17	2	5th	4 19 21 26 27
2014-09-12	3	5th	2 3 5 18 27
2014-09-05	2	5th	1 14 22 23 27
2014-08-30	16	2nd	22 27 31 32 37
2014-07-25	2	4th	1 7 23 27 39
2014-07-19	1	4th	1 5 23 27 29
2014-07-18	11	5th	6 8 12 22 27
2014-06-21	9	4th	9 19 25 27 29
2014-05-31	15	2nd	19 27 28 31 34
2014-04-26	1	5th	11 13 16 26 27
2014-04-25	4	2nd	12 27 35 36 37
2014-04-16	11	5th	7 16 19 25 27
2014-03-21	1	5th	11 17 18 23 27
2014-03-19	9	4th	1 3 20 27 28
2014-02-26	12	5th	9 14 19 24 27
2014-01-29	20	2nd	5 27 36 38 39
2013-12-13	3	4th	4 13 15 27 34
2013-12-06	10	3rd	6 8 27 32 39
2013-11-13	1	5th	2 10 21 25 27
2013-11-09	9	5th	14 18 21 22 27
2013-10-19	10	3rd	11 21 27 33 38
2013-09-27	2	3rd	25 26 27 28 32
2013-09-21	22	3rd	4 25 27 30 33
2013-08-02	25	5th	8 10 20 25 27
2013-06-05	10	4th	6 15 17 27 39
2013-05-11	1	4th	11 17 22 27 31
2013-05-10	8	4th	7 15 20 27 31
2013-04-20	6	1st	27 29 31 32 36
2013-04-06	25	5th	6 8 17 18 27
2013-02-08	1	4th	7 23 25 27 35
2013-02-06	6	3rd	6 14 27 31 35
2013-01-23	3	3rd	13 20 27 29 32
2013-01-16	4	3rd	2 17 27 31 32
2013-01-05	11	3rd	3 10 27 34 39
2012-12-12	14	4th	4 9 21 27 39
2012-11-09	8	3rd	18 24 27 31 33
2012-10-20	4	4th	3 18 21 27 34
2012-10-12	6	4th	12 15 20 27 39
2012-09-28	4	3rd	18 19 27 32 39
2012-09-19	18	2nd	26 27 28 33 35
2012-08-08	6	4th	14 25 26 27 31
2012-07-25	1	5th	3 5 6 9 27
2012-07-21	4	5th	8 10 20 23 27
2012-07-13	12	4th	2 14 22 27 29
2012-06-15	1	3rd	11 26 27 30 34
2012-06-13	8	4th	5 17 19 27 32
2012-05-25	3	4th	13 14 18 27 36
2012-05-18	5	4th	2 24 25 27 32
2012-05-05	15	4th	9 11 18 27 32
2012-03-31	2	4th	10 22 24 27 30
2012-03-28	10	5th	4 11 13 16 27
2012-03-03	16	4th	1 6 13 27 30
2012-01-27	17	2nd	17 27 30 31 39
2011-12-17	1	4th	2 5 9 27 29
2011-12-16	13	3rd	17 23 27 28 34
2011-11-16	23	4th	4 19 21 27 30
2011-09-23	15	3rd	19 22 27 31 36
2011-08-19	7	3rd	1 15 27 34 39
2011-08-03	10	5th	12 14 20 25 27
2011-07-09	2	3rd	10 11 27 29 32
2011-07-06	3	4th	11 17 25 27 36
2011-06-29	13	3rd	1 14 27 36 37
2011-05-28	7	4th	14 16 21 27 37
2011-05-13	10	4th	4 12 14 27 39
2011-04-20	3	3rd	17 19 27 33 39
2011-04-13	1	2nd	22 27 30 37 38
2011-04-09	13	4th	1 16 19 27 29
2011-03-11	7	4th	4 16 26 27 32
2011-02-23	10	4th	2 3 21 27 35
2011-01-29	4	3rd	14 26 27 29 31
2011-01-21	6	4th	6 8 14 27 36
2011-01-07	1	5th	3 7 15 17 27
2011-01-05	1	3rd	3 9 27 31 37
2011-01-01	10	2nd	1 27 33 36 38
2010-12-10	13	3rd	23 26 27 33 35
2010-11-10	17	4th	1 10 21 27 30
2010-10-01	10	4th	13 23 26 27 29
2010-09-08	5	4th	8 13 25 27 34
2010-08-27	2	5th	3 6 11 18 27
2010-08-21	7	4th	8 15 24 27 36
2010-08-06	1	4th	2 9 12 27 31
2010-08-04	13	2nd	12 27 28 35 38
2010-07-03	5	4th	14 24 25 27 31
2010-06-23	5	4th	4 16 26 27 36
2010-06-11	6	4th	4 18 19 27 29
2010-05-28	13	3rd	10 26 27 36 39
2010-04-21	24	4th	4 19 25 27 28
2010-01-27	3	5th	2 10 14 25 27
2010-01-16	—	3rd	6 13 27 28 30