Number 27

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,904 draws, 6 from 1–49.

244times drawn · chance expected 233 +0.76σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

42longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 244 times in 1,904 draws against 233.1 expected, +0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 244 times in 1,904 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 28 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 smallest1 · chance 3.8
2nd smallest25 · chance 27.1
3rd smallest70 · chance 71.3
4th smallest98 · chance 85.6
5th smallest42 · chance 46.9
6th smallest8 · chance 9.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 38 12 31 28 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-08	11	3rd	11 22 27 31 33 38
2026-07-13	3	5th	1 9 13 21 27 28
2026-07-06	23	4th	11 15 20 27 32 37
2026-05-13	4	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-25	4	2nd	9 27 33 35 39 40
2025-08-16	3	4th	7 19 21 27 38 41
2025-08-09	17	6th	2 3 5 7 8 27
2025-06-30	4	3rd	2 17 27 28 35 43
2025-06-21	5	4th	11 12 24 27 31 33
2025-06-09	1	5th	6 12 24 25 27 38
2025-06-07	4	5th	1 6 12 15 27 29
2025-05-28	10	4th	5 14 18 27 36 42
2025-05-05	19	3rd	19 26 27 29 32 44
2025-03-22	19	4th	2 4 26 27 32 44
2025-02-05	5	4th	16 23 24 27 31 36
2025-01-25	5	4th	2 18 19 27 29 36
2025-01-13	3	4th	10 12 20 27 40 43
2025-01-06	4	3rd	2 13 27 30 33 39
2024-12-28	4	3rd	17 18 27 28 37 38
2024-12-18	2	2nd	23 27 32 37 38 43
2024-12-14	5	5th	6 11 23 24 27 40
2024-12-02	5	4th	15 17 20 27 30 38
2024-11-20	1	4th	6 9 22 27 29 33
2024-11-18	2	3rd	4 19 27 33 42 43
2024-11-13	2	3rd	7 14 27 39 43 44
2024-11-09	10	4th	15 21 24 27 32 38
2024-10-16	3	5th	4 11 12 19 27 41
2024-10-09	28	5th	8 15 17 22 27 29
2024-08-05	7	4th	3 9 25 27 31 33
2024-07-20	4	5th	3 12 13 25 27 39
2024-07-10	5	3rd	5 19 27 28 31 37
2024-06-29	3	4th	7 16 24 27 29 37
2024-06-22	6	5th	1 8 13 14 27 40
2024-06-08	10	4th	10 15 19 27 31 43
2024-05-15	7	4th	5 9 10 27 29 44
2024-04-29	1	6th	2 6 16 19 20 27
2024-04-27	7	4th	11 14 25 27 28 44
2024-04-10	4	4th	7 8 19 27 33 35
2024-04-01	8	5th	1 3 6 9 27 34
2024-03-13	9	4th	5 16 22 27 37 44
2024-02-21	1	4th	11 22 26 27 40 41
2024-02-19	1	3rd	13 25 27 30 41 44
2024-02-17	19	6th	1 3 10 14 20 27
2024-01-03	42	4th	7 16 18 27 34 43
2023-09-06	3	4th	8 22 23 27 29 34
2023-08-26	6	3rd	1 4 27 32 34 37
2023-08-05	25	4th	1 12 15 27 31 45
2023-05-10	37	4th	6 12 17 27 36 41
2022-12-31	9	3rd	1 15 27 32 36 44
2022-11-30	2	4th	10 22 25 27 32 33
2022-11-23	16	4th	4 17 26 27 36 47
2022-09-28	21	4th	3 10 18 27 34 36
2022-07-16	6	3rd	6 21 27 34 36 43
2022-06-25	7	4th	8 10 15 27 28 40
2022-06-01	2	4th	4 11 22 27 30 47
2022-05-25	2	2nd	22 27 38 40 42 48
2022-05-18	3	4th	2 3 5 27 31 34
2022-05-07	1	4th	2 6 9 27 34 35
2022-05-04	5	4th	14 22 26 27 46 47
2022-04-16	18	4th	4 16 17 27 30 47
2022-02-12	12	3rd	2 18 27 29 43 49
2022-01-01	2	4th	10 11 20 27 28 41
2021-12-25	17	2nd	24 27 32 41 42 44
2021-10-27	3	2nd	7 27 28 36 37 39
2021-10-16	6	2nd	13 27 28 38 45 48
2021-09-25	4	3rd	3 6 27 28 44 46
2021-09-11	19	4th	1 10 23 27 32 33
2021-07-07	1	6th	10 12 13 18 26 27
2021-07-03	4	4th	3 5 17 27 42 46
2021-06-19	4	5th	6 12 13 21 27 37
2021-06-05	2	4th	2 3 23 27 31 48
2021-05-29	5	3rd	15 25 27 38 46 48
2021-05-12	9	3rd	11 15 27 31 42 46
2021-04-10	1	3rd	12 18 27 37 40 49
2021-04-07	2	2nd	6 27 37 38 45 47
2021-03-31	2	3rd	8 20 27 42 43 45
2021-03-24	1	3rd	1 10 27 40 42 48
2021-03-20	12	4th	2 16 23 27 31 45
2021-02-06	4	3rd	2 13 27 44 47 49
2021-01-23	15	3rd	4 10 27 29 36 41
2020-12-02	7	3rd	17 22 27 30 38 48
2020-11-07	9	4th	1 9 11 27 29 47
2020-10-07	6	3rd	3 11 27 32 36 49
2020-09-16	7	5th	1 10 14 15 27 34
2020-08-22	6	4th	1 2 21 27 28 35
2020-08-01	8	2nd	21 27 31 32 34 36
2020-07-04	19	4th	11 14 26 27 31 44
2020-04-29	33	3rd	7 13 27 30 40 44
2020-01-04	11	3rd	5 15 27 29 41 45
2019-11-27	9	4th	1 5 24 27 35 43
2019-10-26	7	4th	8 14 21 27 33 48
2019-10-02	1	3rd	8 21 27 33 34 47
2019-09-28	10	2nd	6 27 39 41 42 43
2019-08-24	1	3rd	3 23 27 33 38 43
2019-08-21	7	4th	11 18 23 27 37 43
2019-07-27	1	3rd	2 26 27 29 35 47
2019-07-24	22	4th	12 13 24 27 31 41
2019-05-08	1	6th	11 17 19 23 26 27
2019-05-04	2	2nd	2 27 36 38 39 40
2019-04-27	8	4th	12 18 22 27 29 43
2019-03-30	2	4th	13 19 24 27 36 39
2019-03-23	4	4th	6 16 23 27 41 46
2019-03-09	16	3rd	11 15 27 30 34 42
2019-01-12	4	4th	15 20 26 27 41 49
2018-12-29	1	4th	10 18 19 27 40 44
2018-12-26	5	3rd	5 15 27 38 41 43
2018-12-08	14	2nd	9 27 31 38 39 43
2018-10-20	5	4th	10 12 13 27 30 36
2018-10-03	2	5th	8 12 21 25 27 29
2018-09-26	7	4th	1 2 23 27 34 43
2018-09-01	3	3rd	7 17 27 28 35 41
2018-08-22	6	5th	14 15 18 23 27 30
2018-08-01	9	4th	13 15 26 27 31 34
2018-06-30	4	5th	14 16 18 19 27 29
2018-06-16	1	4th	7 12 15 27 30 48
2018-06-13	18	4th	14 21 26 27 39 47
2018-04-11	17	2nd	19 27 31 35 36 37
2018-02-10	4	3rd	3 12 27 37 41 45
2018-01-27	18	3rd	7 17 27 36 40 46
2017-11-25	11	3rd	1 20 27 36 41 42
2017-10-18	16	3rd	4 26 27 28 29 49
2017-08-23	11	3rd	17 21 27 28 40 49
2017-07-15	3	3rd	11 23 27 31 36 43
2017-07-05	13	2nd	19 27 36 37 38 42
2017-05-20	6	3rd	5 22 27 29 35 36
2017-04-29	14	3rd	14 23 27 30 35 48
2017-03-11	4	5th	4 7 12 22 27 33
2017-02-25	1	4th	5 6 25 27 35 46
2017-02-22	2	2nd	24 27 28 30 34 35
2017-02-15	5	4th	1 25 26 27 34 47
2017-01-28	13	4th	14 20 21 27 43 45
2016-12-14	8	5th	1 5 21 26 27 31
2016-11-16	6	3rd	22 26 27 40 41 44
2016-10-26	11	4th	3 7 14 27 32 36
2016-09-17	2	4th	1 8 24 27 29 35
2016-09-10	13	4th	6 9 18 27 34 43
2016-07-27	3	4th	11 13 16 27 28 32
2016-07-16	9	5th	2 21 22 25 27 40
2016-06-15	25	5th	8 12 18 23 27 31
2016-03-19	2	2nd	21 27 37 41 45 48
2016-03-12	1	3rd	12 17 27 33 43 47
2016-03-09	5	4th	10 13 18 27 33 38
2016-02-20	3	5th	4 7 12 17 27 36
2016-02-10	2	3rd	9 24 27 31 32 49
2016-02-03	5	5th	6 8 16 22 27 39
2016-01-16	6	2nd	15 27 33 45 47 48
2015-12-26	11	2nd	7 27 34 36 38 46
2015-11-18	5	4th	1 11 17 27 28 35
2015-10-31	8	5th	3 6 11 16 27 45
2015-10-03	5	5th	3 10 12 17 27 42
2015-09-16	5	2nd	7 27 28 31 46 48
2015-08-29	1	4th	13 18 26 27 41 48
2015-08-26	10	3rd	12 16 27 36 47 49
2015-07-22	5	3rd	4 14 27 31 38 40
2015-07-04	16	5th	4 7 13 18 27 39
2015-05-09	7	3rd	17 20 27 46 47 48
2015-04-15	5	2nd	15 27 30 34 36 44
2015-03-28	18	5th	5 8 12 19 27 44
2015-01-24	6	3rd	2 15 27 32 38 49
2015-01-03	24	4th	5 7 13 27 33 44
2014-10-11	3	3rd	6 20 27 37 38 45
2014-10-01	1	5th	10 19 25 26 27 30
2014-09-27	7	2nd	16 27 33 37 38 45
2014-09-03	3	5th	5 11 20 26 27 29
2014-08-23	2	4th	8 11 24 27 35 44
2014-08-16	2	4th	2 3 13 27 34 46
2014-08-09	12	3rd	1 6 27 28 32 41
2014-06-28	4	3rd	19 26 27 35 38 44
2014-06-14	8	5th	4 17 20 23 27 46
2014-05-17	3	5th	8 9 10 22 27 45
2014-05-07	9	1st	27 29 36 37 41 45
2014-04-05	4	4th	5 13 14 27 41 44
2014-03-22	21	2nd	4 27 29 38 39 48
2014-01-08	16	3rd	13 26 27 35 41 46
2013-11-13	2	4th	5 17 20 27 29 35
2013-11-06	2	3rd	17 24 27 31 36 41
2013-10-30	12	2nd	6 27 29 36 38 43
2013-09-18	8	5th	4 16 22 23 27 44
2013-08-21	7	3rd	5 11 27 29 39 43
2013-07-27	9	4th	12 25 26 27 32 40
2013-06-26	4	3rd	8 13 27 32 34 38
2013-06-12	8	4th	1 21 24 27 46 48
2013-05-15	5	3rd	1 13 27 30 42 45
2013-04-27	1	5th	10 12 13 22 27 30
2013-04-24	2	3rd	8 19 27 28 32 45
2013-04-17	8	3rd	5 9 27 29 30 39
2013-03-20	1	5th	2 6 9 12 27 39
2013-03-16	12	3rd	10 19 27 31 34 45
2013-02-02	4	2nd	10 27 28 34 36 47
2013-01-19	6	4th	7 8 11 27 30 33
2012-12-29	2	5th	1 6 7 11 27 32
2012-12-22	4	5th	1 14 24 25 27 49
2012-12-08	2	3rd	2 4 27 42 48 49
2012-12-01	1	3rd	17 21 27 38 42 43
2012-11-28	22	4th	2 24 26 27 30 32
2012-09-12	1	4th	4 5 25 27 30 31
2012-09-08	4	5th	4 9 20 21 27 42
2012-08-25	2	5th	1 10 23 26 27 47
2012-08-18	20	4th	8 19 23 27 29 39
2012-06-09	20	4th	18 19 24 27 36 37
2012-03-31	22	4th	9 10 17 27 32 45
2012-01-14	13	2nd	19 27 28 38 40 42
2011-11-30	3	4th	9 18 20 27 28 39
2011-11-19	30	4th	4 23 25 27 28 49
2011-08-06	40	4th	4 7 22 27 31 38
2011-03-19	2	3rd	5 23 27 28 30 49
2011-03-12	11	4th	11 16 17 27 31 42
2011-02-02	4	4th	8 15 26 27 41 45
2011-01-19	15	3rd	21 23 27 37 38 48
2010-11-27	24	5th	5 8 11 22 27 34
2010-09-04	4	5th	9 10 22 26 27 28
2010-08-21	2	3rd	3 6 27 32 36 37
2010-08-14	7	5th	18 24 25 26 27 31
2010-07-21	6	4th	6 14 24 27 32 47
2010-06-30	2	2nd	11 27 31 34 39 45
2010-06-23	4	3rd	12 18 27 36 44 45
2010-06-09	7	3rd	12 17 27 37 40 41
2010-05-15	11	4th	1 14 24 27 28 35
2010-04-07	2	4th	3 4 17 27 36 38
2010-03-31	18	3rd	8 22 27 28 29 36
2010-01-27	2	4th	10 22 23 27 29 38
2010-01-20	4	4th	12 15 23 27 45 48
2010-01-06	1	3rd	21 22 27 30 43 49
2010-01-02	—	3rd	3 12 27 31 35 39