Number 27

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

102times drawn · chance expected 92 +1.16σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

24longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 2 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 0.4
2nd smallest9 · chance 4.8
3rd smallest16 · chance 20.1
4th smallest34 · chance 37.2
5th smallest30 · chance 30.5
6th smallest13 · chance 9.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 29 8 9 15 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-03	5	6th	3 14 19 20 24 27
2026-09-16	22	3rd	10 11 27 28 36 40
2026-07-01	24	5th	2 15 17 24 27 33
2026-04-08	6	5th	1

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-08	7	4th	2 8 17 27 31 39
2025-02-12	1	5th	6 9 18 19 27 34
2025-02-08	1	4th	1 3 8 27 32 38
2025-02-05	2	2nd	21 27 31 32 35 42
2025-01-29	5	5th	9 10 20 22 27 35
2025-01-11	7	5th	4 7 14 19 27 38
2024-12-14	13	6th	12 20 21 22 23 27
2024-10-30	3	5th	2 7 22 26 27 40
2024-10-19	1	5th	8 10 16 25 27 38
2024-10-16	1	2nd	14 27 29 31 34 42
2024-10-12	2	6th	4 12 17 20 25 27
2024-10-05	7	5th	2 10 20 25 27 34
2024-09-11	11	5th	7 19 23 26 27 28
2024-08-03	3	5th	3 7 8 12 27 39
2024-07-24	2	4th	2 11 13 27 28 33
2024-07-17	3	3rd	19 24 27 32 36 41
2024-07-06	5	2nd	15 27 28 32 34 37
2024-06-19	6	3rd	5 7 27 36 39 42
2024-05-29	3	3rd	1 9 27 29 31 37
2024-05-18	6	3rd	14 16 27 29 33 37
2024-04-27	5	6th	2 3 6 9 21 27
2024-04-10	3	3rd	17 18 27 34 38 42
2024-03-30	3	4th	3 25 26 27 29 38
2024-03-20	2	4th	15 16 26 27 34 36
2024-03-13	17	4th	12 22 23 27 31 34
2024-01-13	11	4th	4 12 22 27 33 42
2023-12-06	2	5th	11 14 19 22 27 28
2023-11-29	6	5th	4 7 17 21 27 36
2023-11-08	22	4th	10 12 13 27 29 32
2023-08-23	5	5th	9 12 14 22 27 32
2023-08-05	3	2nd	22 27 30 32 38 40
2023-07-26	19	4th	10 15 20 27 28 36
2023-05-20	16	5th	4 15 21 22 27 42
2023-03-25	21	3rd	3 5 27 35 38 39
2023-01-11	17	3rd	4 8 27 37 41 42
2022-11-12	1	4th	7 9 25 27 29 31
2022-11-09	3	3rd	24 26 27 35 39 40
2022-10-29	1	4th	1 20 25 27 30 37
2022-10-26	6	6th	2 4 17 23 24 27
2022-10-05	4	5th	6 21 24 25 27 37
2022-09-21	4	4th	14 17 21 27 31 41
2022-09-07	4	4th	16 17 18 27 31 37
2022-08-24	6	3rd	7 19 27 29 32 41
2022-08-03	10	5th	4 15 20 25 27 30
2022-06-29	1	6th	2 6 11 19 20 27
2022-06-25	1	5th	3 15 17 18 27 29
2022-06-22	6	4th	21 22 24 27 29 37
2022-06-01	6	5th	1 4 15 26 27 42
2022-05-11	19	4th	7 9 18 27 28 41
2022-03-05	9	4th	3 4 8 27 28 38
2022-02-02	8	4th	2 9 11 27 30 35
2022-01-05	6	3rd	5 10 27 30 34 42
2021-12-11	2	5th	3 8 11 17 27 32
2021-12-04	18	5th	2 9 18 20 27 42
2021-10-02	4	2nd	5 27 28 29 32 36
2021-09-18	2	2nd	21 27 31 35 38 41
2021-09-11	3	5th	1 12 21 25 27 40
2021-09-01	10	4th	15 16 19 27 38 39
2021-07-28	2	6th	4 8 15 19 23 27
2021-07-21	1	5th	1 3 15 21 27 32
2021-07-17	1	6th	1 7 11 18 20 27
2021-07-14	6	3rd	7 9 27 29 30 33
2021-06-23	12	5th	9 14 20 24 27 38
2021-05-12	3	2nd	12 27 28 29 32 36
2021-05-01	1	6th	8 9 19 20 24 27
2021-04-28	2	5th	9 11 12 18 27 42
2021-04-21	1	4th	13 15 25 27 29 35
2021-04-17	1	2nd	17 27 29 30 31 35
2021-04-14	8	2nd	18 27 28 38 41 42
2021-03-17	5	5th	8 15 18 24 27 29
2021-02-27	7	5th	12 16 17 20 27 36
2021-02-03	2	4th	3 12 22 27 32 41
2021-01-27	8	5th	2 8 14 24 27 34
2020-12-30	1	4th	5 13 15 27 35 38
2020-12-26	22	6th	1 7 8 10 23 27
2020-10-10	4	3rd	1 16 27 28 35 41
2020-09-26	2	5th	3 8 13 24 27 29
2020-09-19	—	4th	1 2 20 27 28 35