Number 27

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

112times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.12σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

37longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 7 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 5.7
2nd smallest25 · chance 26.8
3rd smallest55 · chance 43.7
4th smallest23 · chance 29.1
5th smallest4 · chance 6.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 8 30 11 32 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-09-26	3	2nd	22 27 31 49 51
2026-09-19	6	4th	14 21 24 27 44
2026-09-05	2	3rd	20 21 27 32 44
2026-08-31	6	3rd	8 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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-20	3	3rd	3 12 27 35 39
2025-08-13	15	3rd	17 23 27 45 52
2025-07-09	1	3rd	2 10 27 30 50
2025-07-07	25	3rd	8 18 27 31 41
2025-05-10	14	3rd	10 12 27 45 51
2025-04-07	17	4th	4 8 13 27 37
2025-02-26	6	4th	8 11 21 27 39
2025-02-12	9	4th	6 16 23 27 30
2025-01-22	36	3rd	8 16 27 32 43
2024-10-30	25	1st	27 30 37 41 50
2024-09-02	9	4th	3 6 7 27 39
2024-08-12	5	3rd	9 24 27 28 52
2024-07-31	8	2nd	15 27 28 49 51
2024-07-13	7	3rd	8 20 27 34 49
2024-06-26	14	3rd	11 12 27 38 48
2024-05-25	2	3rd	12 17 27 29 40
2024-05-20	2	5th	13 15 24 26 27
2024-05-15	2	3rd	17 25 27 47 51
2024-05-11	16	3rd	15 16 27 50 51
2024-04-03	11	4th	11 16 20 27 47
2024-03-09	25	2nd	3 27 33 37 52
2024-01-10	15	3rd	7 19 27 38 51
2023-12-06	11	3rd	22 24 27 34 43
2023-11-11	7	3rd	5 25 27 38 50
2023-10-25	1	3rd	3 8 27 41 46
2023-10-23	10	2nd	21 27 28 32 51
2023-09-30	4	4th	4 5 26 27 35
2023-09-20	34	3rd	2 16 27 32 46
2023-07-03	4	2nd	12 27 37 42 43
2023-06-24	10	2nd	11 27 30 37 49
2023-05-31	15	3rd	4 15 27 28 49
2023-04-26	10	4th	2 11 12 27 46
2023-04-03	18	2nd	6 27 30 40 52
2023-02-20	13	4th	4 10 19 27 39
2023-01-21	1	2nd	25 27 29 35 50
2023-01-18	1	4th	12 18 24 27 45
2023-01-16	3	4th	7 20 21 27 52
2023-01-09	3	1st	27 32 34 39 43
2023-01-02	16	4th	10 12 13 27 50
2022-11-26	12	2nd	1 27 31 46 52
2022-10-29	28	3rd	14 16 27 38 49
2022-08-24	2	4th	20 22 26 27 49
2022-08-20	3	2nd	20 27 35 37 52
2022-08-13	7	3rd	12 14 27 43 47
2022-07-27	26	3rd	15 23 27 30 44
2022-05-04	8	2nd	5 27 29 36 47
2022-04-06	5	2nd	22 27 38 42 43
2022-03-19	16	4th	1 7 11 27 32
2022-01-22	3	2nd	11 27 29 35 46
2022-01-12	5	3rd	12 19 27 37 45
2021-12-25	8	2nd	17 27 34 36 38
2021-11-27	2	3rd	5 14 27 49 50
2021-11-20	2	1st	27 29 33 37 40
2021-11-13	5	4th	1 10 11 27 35
2021-10-27	11	3rd	1 5 27 36 41
2021-09-18	9	3rd	15 25 27 37 49
2021-08-18	4	1st	27 30 38 45 50
2021-08-04	7	3rd	12 15 27 38 52
2021-07-10	22	3rd	6 14 27 28 43
2021-04-24	16	5th	5 20 21 26 27
2021-02-27	30	2nd	10 27 30 44 47
2020-11-14	2	5th	6 8 14 17 27
2020-11-07	24	3rd	7 8 27 31 41
2020-08-15	14	4th	1 20 24 27 34
2020-06-27	2	2nd	8 27 30 36 47
2020-06-20	37	3rd	4 18 27 30 48
2020-02-12	22	3rd	13 17 27 29 44
2019-11-27	5	3rd	16 25 27 33 44
2019-11-09	1	2nd	2 27 32 37 39
2019-11-06	5	4th	2 12 15 27 44
2019-10-19	8	3rd	3 11 27 31 40
2019-09-21	14	4th	9 12 15 27 33
2019-08-03	19	3rd	8 18 27 41 43
2019-05-29	11	3rd	5 7 27 45 48
2019-04-20	2	2nd	2 27 32 36 50
2019-04-13	4	3rd	21 23 27 31 37
2019-03-30	9	4th	9 17 25 27 30
2019-02-27	3	1st	27 33 35 43 52
2019-02-16	7	2nd	16 27 32 47 51
2019-01-23	31	3rd	1 4 27 34 47
2018-10-06	28	3rd	10 14 27 46 49
2018-06-30	18	3rd	20 24 27 35 42
2018-04-28	1	2nd	26 27 29 34 40
2018-04-25	2	3rd	7 22 27 35 47
2018-04-18	1	3rd	8 11 27 30 47
2018-04-14	21	3rd	22 25 27 40 46
2018-01-31	13	4th	11 14 22 27 38
2017-12-16	—	3rd	5 16 27 34 44