Number 27

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

161times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.50σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

44longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 161 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +1.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 161 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 5 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 smallest2 · chance 3.6
2nd smallest21 · chance 25.2
3rd smallest66 · chance 59.0
4th smallest57 · chance 55.5
5th smallest15 · chance 17.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 26 10 25 35 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-23	6	4th	3 15 21 27 40
2026-09-02	4	3rd	3 18 27 32 42
2026-08-19	5	2nd	3 27 35 40 41
2026-08-01	7	3rd	8 12 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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