Number 27

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

157times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.15σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

31longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 157 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +1.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 157 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 1 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 1.4
2nd smallest18 · chance 14.2
3rd smallest44 · chance 48.4
4th smallest67 · chance 64.5
5th smallest28 · chance 28.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 33 24 37 3 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-11	7	4th	1 3 11 27 34
2026-10-04	23	4th	1 17 24 27 35
2026-09-11	7	3rd	11 17 27 28 33
2026-09-04	11	4th	7 12 26 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-18	1	4th	3 12 25 27 30
2026-02-17	2	4th	3 23 26 27 37
2026-02-15	1	3rd	15 25 27 33 37
2026-02-14	1	2nd	19 27 37 38 40
2026-02-13	4	2nd	24 27 34 39 40
2026-02-09	4	4th	4 7 11 27 37
2026-02-05	1	4th	10 15 22 27 35
2026-02-04	15	5th	2 9 18 23 27
2026-01-20	3	2nd	12 27 29 32 34
2026-01-17	13	5th	4 13 17 25 27
2026-01-04	18	4th	6 13 23 27 37
2025-12-17	5	4th	1 5 7 27 28
2025-12-12	12	3rd	8 22 27 35 38
2025-11-30	3	4th	9 11 20 27 40
2025-11-27	8	4th	5 14 24 27 33
2025-11-19	4	3rd	2 14 27 29 36
2025-11-15	8	5th	1 4 10 16 27
2025-11-07	6	5th	5 8 11 24 27
2025-11-01	7	4th	8 11 13 27 33
2025-10-25	6	5th	4 7 20 25 27
2025-10-19	2	3rd	5 8 27 31 37
2025-10-17	1	4th	6 25 26 27 40
2025-10-16	4	5th	5 7 15 26 27
2025-10-12	9	2nd	1 27 30 34 38
2025-10-03	26	4th	13 15 26 27 30
2025-09-07	1	5th	2 7 16 24 27
2025-09-06	4	3rd	7 8 27 31 33
2025-09-02	1	4th	14 19 23 27 30
2025-09-01	7	4th	3 21 25 27 34
2025-08-25	4	4th	1 17 24 27 34
2025-08-21	24	3rd	3 8 27 32 33
2025-07-28	9	2nd	20 27 34 35 40
2025-07-19	5	4th	6 7 23 27 39
2025-07-14	12	5th	6 8 9 24 27
2025-07-02	4	4th	8 13 20 27 29
2025-06-28	1	3rd	7 24 27 31 33
2025-06-27	6	3rd	10 24 27 31 37
2025-06-21	6	4th	4 6 7 27 31
2025-06-15	7	4th	14 18 22 27 35
2025-06-08	5	5th	3 8 9 10 27
2025-06-03	3	4th	1 11 12 27 32
2025-05-31	2	2nd	17 27 32 35 40
2025-05-29	4	4th	4 11 18 27 32
2025-05-25	1	2nd	10 27 31 35 38
2025-05-24	23	4th	8 17 22 27 29
2025-05-01	5	5th	3 9 21 22 27
2025-04-26	9	4th	9 15 24 27 29
2025-04-17	4	5th	3 4 7 19 27
2025-04-13	3	4th	3 4 15 27 34
2025-04-10	6	4th	1 13 15 27 33
2025-04-04	1	3rd	8 26 27 30 40
2025-04-03	13	5th	1 2 3 21 27
2025-03-21	10	4th	6 8 21 27 29
2025-03-11	2	2nd	18 27 32 35 37
2025-03-09	14	3rd	13 23 27 29 36
2025-02-23	5	2nd	16 27 31 33 34
2025-02-18	10	3rd	18 24 27 30 39
2025-02-08	13	4th	8 16 18 27 40
2025-01-26	9	3rd	10 12 27 29 34
2025-01-17	2	4th	7 14 21 27 29
2025-01-15	17	3rd	23 26 27 28 35
2024-12-29	2	4th	7 13 17 27 37
2024-12-27	3	5th	4 16 17 23 27
2024-12-24	12	4th	4 17 19 27 33
2024-12-12	2	4th	6 8 12 27 40
2024-12-10	28	4th	15 20 24 27 37
2024-11-12	7	4th	4 10 24 27 35
2024-11-05	13	2nd	26 27 31 33 37
2024-10-23	2	3rd	21 24 27 28 32
2024-10-21	2	3rd	18 25 27 29 39
2024-10-19	4	5th	8 20 22 24 27
2024-10-15	5	5th	1 6 13 16 27
2024-10-10	1	3rd	21 25 27 35 39
2024-10-09	10	4th	8 19 23 27 35
2024-09-29	3	4th	13 16 19 27 30
2024-09-26	1	4th	4 12 24 27 33
2024-09-25	1	5th	3 10 15 20 27
2024-09-24	3	3rd	2 21 27 28 35
2024-09-21	2	4th	2 13 16 27 39
2024-09-19	2	3rd	7 15 27 36 40
2024-09-17	3	3rd	9 13 27 30 40
2024-09-14	17	3rd	1 14 27 28 34
2024-08-28	1	4th	14 22 23 27 38
2024-08-27	3	3rd	11 26 27 33 35
2024-08-24	6	4th	7 14 23 27 32
2024-08-18	2	5th	5 11 21 26 27
2024-08-16	9	2nd	3 27 29 39 40
2024-08-07	18	3rd	5 25 27 34 36
2024-07-20	7	4th	8 23 25 27 38
2024-07-13	8	5th	2 4 12 18 27
2024-07-05	2	3rd	20 26 27 31 34
2024-07-03	6	3rd	13 15 27 28 40
2024-06-27	3	4th	13 16 23 27 29
2024-06-24	2	3rd	6 11 27 34 39
2024-06-22	5	5th	4 11 22 24 27
2024-06-17	16	4th	3 9 14 27 37
2024-06-01	4	4th	9 12 23 27 33
2024-05-28	10	5th	2 6 20 26 27
2024-05-18	2	4th	1 12 18 27 36
2024-05-16	8	5th	6 12 21 25 27
2024-05-08	30	2nd	5 27 33 39 40
2024-04-08	15	3rd	18 20 27 33 37
2024-03-24	3	4th	8 13 22 27 38
2024-03-21	3	5th	12 14 19 25 27
2024-03-18	13	3rd	3 14 27 33 37
2024-03-05	1	2nd	20 27 28 31 32
2024-03-04	18	3rd	20 22 27 28 31
2024-02-15	1	4th	15 16 24 27 29
2024-02-14	10	2nd	18 27 29 31 38
2024-02-04	10	4th	2 4 24 27 31
2024-01-25	7	4th	4 5 7 27 35
2024-01-18	6	4th	12 20 26 27 28
2024-01-12	5	4th	6 8 16 27 37
2024-01-07	31	5th	1 8 11 19 27
2023-12-07	2	3rd	4 26 27 28 39
2023-12-05	29	4th	4 22 23 27 29
2023-11-06	4	4th	2 3 7 27 31
2023-11-02	9	2nd	3 27 29 38 40
2023-10-24	10	3rd	2 24 27 34 37
2023-10-14	8	4th	6 16 19 27 28
2023-10-06	3	3rd	8 9 27 30 34
2023-10-03	2	3rd	1 10 27 33 37
2023-10-01	8	3rd	7 19 27 33 36
2023-09-23	4	5th	6 7 17 22 27
2023-09-19	2	4th	15 21 23 27 32
2023-09-17	7	5th	14 20 21 22 27
2023-09-10	1	2nd	22 27 31 38 39
2023-09-09	9	3rd	3 4 27 33 40
2023-08-31	4	4th	2 8 15 27 29
2023-08-27	6	5th	10 11 18 25 27
2023-08-21	1	2nd	11 27 29 38 39
2023-08-20	1	3rd	2 3 27 32 36
2023-08-19	—	4th	8 11 24 27 31