Number 27

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

246times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.05σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

52longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 246 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.05σ. 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 246 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest6 · chance 8.3
2nd smallest49 · chance 47.7
3rd smallest100 · chance 94.1
4th smallest67 · chance 75.3
5th smallest24 · chance 20.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 24 48 1 43 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-19	9	4th	6 10 16 27 36
2026-02-10	8	4th	13 18 25 27 30
2026-02-02	5	1st	27 34 36 39 47
2026-01-28	3	4th	19 24 26

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-31	14	4th	11 18 22 27 31
2025-05-17	41	3rd	1 4 27 38 46
2025-04-06	7	3rd	3 6 27 37 40
2025-03-30	3	3rd	19 20 27 36 39
2025-03-27	2	3rd	7 20 27 35 46
2025-03-25	12	3rd	9 16 27 30 35
2025-03-13	10	3rd	19 24 27 32 38
2025-03-03	5	4th	10 15 21 27 45
2025-02-26	24	3rd	5 18 27 33 38
2025-02-02	12	4th	5 6 17 27 36
2025-01-21	10	2nd	18 27 30 40 44
2025-01-11	6	4th	21 22 26 27 48
2025-01-05	1	2nd	6 27 31 33 47
2025-01-04	2	3rd	3 9 27 29 33
2025-01-02	2	3rd	12 14 27 44 46
2024-12-31	35	2nd	19 27 37 41 48
2024-11-26	13	1st	27 29 32 33 47
2024-11-13	14	3rd	18 24 27 43 45
2024-10-30	3	3rd	14 17 27 28 43
2024-10-27	17	4th	1 4 8 27 42
2024-10-10	11	4th	7 8 26 27 47
2024-09-29	3	3rd	7 15 27 31 38
2024-09-26	3	3rd	4 8 27 37 40
2024-09-23	1	4th	1 21 24 27 48
2024-09-22	2	3rd	5 13 27 35 48
2024-09-20	5	5th	2 9 17 18 27
2024-09-15	1	5th	1 2 10 22 27
2024-09-14	6	3rd	5 13 27 28 44
2024-09-08	7	3rd	9 17 27 42 45
2024-09-01	15	3rd	17 22 27 35 42
2024-08-17	15	3rd	22 24 27 42 47
2024-08-02	20	4th	11 13 16 27 33
2024-07-13	1	3rd	8 16 27 33 34
2024-07-12	4	3rd	1 2 27 34 44
2024-07-08	14	3rd	2 9 27 37 48
2024-06-24	41	3rd	20 26 27 29 33
2024-05-14	9	2nd	9 27 43 44 48
2024-05-05	9	5th	1 6 10 16 27
2024-04-26	9	3rd	11 15 27 28 46
2024-04-17	6	4th	6 9 19 27 42
2024-04-11	7	3rd	4 10 27 33 40
2024-04-04	4	4th	5 24 26 27 43
2024-03-31	9	5th	1 4 13 26 27
2024-03-22	6	2nd	18 27 34 35 43
2024-03-16	2	4th	1 6 19 27 45
2024-03-14	1	3rd	7 24 27 29 43
2024-03-13	32	1st	27 43 44 45 47
2024-02-10	1	3rd	13 15 27 31 40
2024-02-09	5	4th	8 12 18 27 48
2024-02-04	7	3rd	10 16 27 33 44
2024-01-28	33	5th	4 11 23 25 27
2023-12-26	1	3rd	8 26 27 29 33
2023-12-25	9	3rd	4 15 27 29 30
2023-12-16	28	3rd	12 17 27 36 44
2023-11-18	1	4th	1 2 3 27 30
2023-11-17	5	3rd	5 8 27 33 39
2023-11-12	1	3rd	2 13 27 28 34
2023-11-11	3	3rd	10 24 27 31 37
2023-11-08	6	3rd	11 25 27 42 45
2023-11-02	12	4th	10 14 17 27 48
2023-10-21	7	4th	2 6 24 27 38
2023-10-14	35	4th	19 22 23 27 48
2023-09-09	9	3rd	11 16 27 38 42
2023-08-31	22	2nd	1 27 30 39 41
2023-08-09	4	4th	13 19 26 27 43
2023-08-05	16	3rd	18 24 27 43 44
2023-07-20	5	2nd	12 27 31 39 46
2023-07-15	14	5th	6 9 20 21 27
2023-07-01	3	3rd	3 26 27 29 48
2023-06-28	5	2nd	14 27 38 40 45
2023-06-23	11	3rd	15 23 27 38 48
2023-06-12	17	3rd	9 26 27 35 41
2023-05-26	3	3rd	2 12 27 32 38
2023-05-23	2	5th	16 22 24 26 27
2023-05-21	52	5th	9 11 18 22 27
2023-03-30	11	2nd	10 27 34 36 48
2023-03-19	6	2nd	23 27 30 37 47
2023-03-13	1	4th	3 9 20 27 37
2023-03-12	26	2nd	9 27 32 37 43
2023-02-14	4	3rd	7 21 27 41 44
2023-02-10	23	5th	10 11 12 18 27
2023-01-18	27	2nd	12 27 35 42 44
2022-12-22	1	4th	8 16 24 27 38
2022-12-21	20	4th	1 5 21 27 38
2022-12-01	2	3rd	4 10 27 42 48
2022-11-29	2	4th	17 18 26 27 48
2022-11-27	28	3rd	2 25 27 30 39
2022-10-30	9	2nd	25 27 28 34 44
2022-10-21	1	3rd	14 20 27 47 48
2022-10-20	3	2nd	3 27 33 40 41
2022-10-17	4	4th	12 19 24 27 38
2022-10-13	4	3rd	9 17 27 42 48
2022-10-09	6	4th	18 24 25 27 29
2022-10-03	3	3rd	2 9 27 33 40
2022-09-30	1	4th	5 14 23 27 48
2022-09-29	3	4th	3 10 11 27 30
2022-09-26	11	5th	5 12 18 21 27
2022-09-15	8	3rd	2 18 27 41 45
2022-09-07	13	2nd	2 27 37 40 42
2022-08-25	2	4th	5 6 9 27 30
2022-08-23	6	4th	4 5 21 27 48
2022-08-17	12	3rd	4 7 27 37 42
2022-08-05	2	2nd	19 27 36 39 42
2022-08-03	9	4th	1 17 25 27 42
2022-07-25	1	2nd	3 27 33 35 45
2022-07-24	13	2nd	11 27 37 38 48
2022-07-11	9	4th	13 14 20 27 34
2022-07-02	11	5th	3 13 16 18 27
2022-06-21	1	4th	2 19 22 27 36
2022-06-20	7	3rd	8 22 27 32 38
2022-06-13	1	5th	9 16 17 24 27
2022-06-12	17	4th	1 16 26 27 44
2022-05-26	40	3rd	24 26 27 39 46
2022-04-16	9	2nd	6 27 28 35 44
2022-04-07	51	3rd	8 24 27 30 33
2022-02-15	1	2nd	25 27 28 31 38
2022-02-14	2	4th	3 10 20 27 41
2022-02-12	12	3rd	13 25 27 39 45
2022-01-31	3	2nd	3 27 28 35 41
2022-01-28	1	3rd	11 21 27 32 48
2022-01-27	7	3rd	16 23 27 34 40
2022-01-20	7	3rd	4 25 27 33 43
2022-01-13	1	4th	3 10 24 27 37
2022-01-12	17	2nd	3 27 29 33 48
2021-12-26	8	3rd	4 16 27 28 46
2021-12-18	34	3rd	4 7 27 43 44
2021-11-14	3	5th	1 8 21 22 27
2021-11-11	5	2nd	21 27 34 36 47
2021-11-06	5	3rd	23 24 27 32 33
2021-11-01	7	2nd	4 27 28 29 47
2021-10-25	15	3rd	13 25 27 35 39
2021-10-10	1	3rd	7 23 27 33 43
2021-10-09	16	2nd	12 27 28 30 33
2021-09-23	21	2nd	13 27 32 39 41
2021-09-02	2	4th	6 21 22 27 41
2021-08-31	10	3rd	6 15 27 36 37
2021-08-21	10	4th	1 10 23 27 33
2021-08-11	17	5th	1 17 21 24 27
2021-07-25	37	3rd	6 12 27 43 46
2021-04-01	5	2nd	5 27 36 42 47
2021-03-15	7	4th	5 14 15 27 37
2021-02-18	5	4th	10 11 17 27 32
2021-02-01	21	3rd	15 17 27 30 39
2020-11-19	10	3rd	5 16 27 35 36
2020-10-15	17	3rd	4 14 27 44 47
2020-08-17	15	5th	5 9 11 17 27
2020-06-25	2	4th	1 8 18 27 46
2020-06-18	9	4th	1 6 16 27 34
2020-05-18	11	2nd	10 27 32 43 47
2020-04-09	13	4th	6 16 23 27 48
2020-02-24	1	2nd	23 27 33 44 48
2020-02-20	1	2nd	24 27 36 41 47
2020-02-17	8	2nd	4 27 29 34 45
2020-01-20	9	5th	4 7 8 18 27
2019-12-19	3	2nd	6 27 28 40 44
2019-12-09	15	3rd	1 16 27 39 45
2019-10-17	2	4th	8 9 25 27 33
2019-10-10	6	1st	27 30 31 34 45
2019-09-19	10	3rd	13 21 27 28 39
2019-08-15	1	5th	2 11 13 19 27
2019-08-12	3	4th	2 5 14 27 39
2019-08-01	1	4th	1 19 22 27 34
2019-07-29	8	5th	5 6 16 19 27
2019-07-01	1	4th	11 17 22 27 32
2019-06-27	11	5th	14 16 19 23 27
2019-05-20	9	2nd	26 27 29 36 46
2019-04-18	4	3rd	2 10 27 28 47
2019-04-04	4	5th	3 4 8 16 27
2019-03-21	1	4th	9 24 26 27 38
2019-03-18	7	4th	3 11 24 27 39
2019-02-21	10	4th	15 21 23 27 37
2019-01-17	7	3rd	9 22 27 38 46
2018-12-24	17	4th	2 9 14 27 47
2018-10-25	9	4th	12 20 22 27 30
2018-09-24	5	4th	9 16 21 27 45
2018-09-06	1	2nd	14 27 29 36 39
2018-09-03	6	1st	27 40 43 44 47
2018-08-13	7	4th	1 15 22 27 41
2018-07-19	5	2nd	14 27 29 36 40
2018-07-02	1	3rd	13 18 27 39 43
2018-06-28	3	3rd	3 23 27 47 48
2018-06-18	3	3rd	1 22 27 31 34
2018-06-07	12	3rd	2 9 27 38 43
2018-04-26	1	3rd	20 21 27 29 30
2018-04-23	9	4th	7 12 20 27 48
2018-03-22	32	3rd	9 17 27 29 31
2017-11-30	12	3rd	2 3 27 44 48
2017-10-19	1	3rd	9 24 27 32 44
2017-10-16	1	5th	1 2 12 17 27
2017-10-12	1	3rd	5 19 27 35 43
2017-10-09	8	4th	19 21 23 27 43
2017-09-11	1	3rd	11 23 27 30 48
2017-09-07	4	2nd	19 27 28 29 33
2017-08-24	9	3rd	1 3 27 40 43
2017-07-24	7	3rd	16 26 27 36 37
2017-06-29	31	3rd	4 12 27 29 41
2017-03-13	4	4th	2 9 24 27 40
2017-02-27	2	3rd	5 8 27 34 45
2017-02-20	9	5th	2 14 18 25 27
2017-01-19	7	5th	4 7 15 24 27
2016-12-26	3	3rd	1 4 27 35 45
2016-12-15	9	3rd	4 9 27 30 36
2016-11-14	15	2nd	21 27 37 47 48
2016-09-22	7	3rd	15 17 27 37 45
2016-08-29	11	3rd	13 21 27 35 43
2016-07-21	2	2nd	3 27 36 43 46
2016-07-14	4	2nd	25 27 30 43 48
2016-06-30	10	2nd	11 27 29 36 39
2016-05-26	8	4th	2 21 22 27 43
2016-04-28	6	3rd	8 12 27 32 39
2016-04-07	1	3rd	3 5 27 28 38
2016-04-04	14	3rd	1 15 27 34 41
2016-02-15	1	5th	1 4 11 25 27
2016-02-11	19	2nd	11 27 29 31 36
2015-12-07	1	4th	12 21 23 27 37
2015-12-03	32	2nd	8 27 29 36 45
2015-08-13	2	4th	6 24 26 27 43
2015-08-06	4	2nd	14 27 31 39 46
2015-07-23	12	2nd	19 27 29 30 39
2015-06-11	12	2nd	17 27 35 38 43
2015-04-30	4	3rd	9 12 27 34 38
2015-04-16	—	4th	14 15 16 27 33