Number 27

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

127times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.64σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

20.4average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

142longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 20.4 draws · longest completed wait 142 · waiting 11 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest43 · chance 35.4
2nd smallest53 · chance 57.5
3rd smallest28 · chance 29.4
4th smallest3 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

69 24 59 64 67 52

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 77. 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
2026-09-14	29	1st	27 64 66 69
2026-07-08	97	1st	27 28 60 68
2025-11-24	23	1st	27 31 50 64
2025-10-01	34	1st	27 51 57 63
2025-07-14	29	1st

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-08-15	32	2nd	2 27 69 76
2022-06-01	1	3rd	20 24 27 44
2022-05-30	41	1st	27 33 38 77
2022-02-23	6	2nd	20 27 52 62
2022-02-09	2	1st	27 41 72 77
2022-02-05	29	2nd	10 27 39 68
2021-11-29	2	1st	27 47 50 64
2021-11-24	28	1st	27 28 35 62
2021-09-20	14	1st	27 43 71 77
2021-08-18	27	2nd	23 27 47 67
2021-06-16	7	1st	27 52 58 75
2021-05-31	52	2nd	12 27 59 69
2021-01-30	24	1st	27 32 34 42
2020-12-05	142	2nd	14 27 49 74
2020-01-08	7	1st	27 36 43 69
2019-12-23	16	2nd	9 27 39 48
2019-11-16	7	2nd	7 27 44 59
2019-10-30	2	3rd	10 21 27 72
2019-10-26	16	1st	27 28 55 76
2019-09-18	8	1st	27 40 56 73
2019-08-31	29	2nd	4 27 39 62
2019-06-24	9	2nd	19 27 52 72
2019-06-03	2	1st	27 40 42 68
2019-05-29	27	3rd	3 5 27 66
2019-03-27	15	2nd	20 27 38 69
2019-02-20	8	3rd	11 15 27 65
2019-02-02	17	2nd	16 27 37 60
2018-12-24	2	3rd	7 9 27 35
2018-12-19	1	3rd	11 21 27 51
2018-12-17	16	1st	27 50 70 76
2018-11-10	17	3rd	17 19 27 64
2018-10-01	45	1st	27 30 50 51
2018-06-18	19	2nd	21 27 30 75
2018-05-05	20	2nd	18 27 35 66
2018-03-19	5	3rd	3 14 27 38
2018-03-07	24	2nd	26 27 33 42
2018-01-10	8	2nd	23 27 31 50
2017-12-23	4	1st	27 28 35 60
2017-12-13	3	3rd	3 22 27 61
2017-12-06	5	2nd	19 27 43 66
2017-11-25	10	1st	27 59 70 71
2017-11-01	24	3rd	2 9 27 35
2017-09-06	53	1st	27 46 53 55
2017-05-06	43	1st	27 33 34 71
2017-01-25	1	4th	11 18 24 27
2017-01-23	11	3rd	4 14 27 69
2016-12-28	1	2nd	5 27 34 65
2016-12-26	50	2nd	1 27 52 54
2016-08-31	4	2nd	14 27 51 56
2016-08-22	2	2nd	10 27 65 69
2016-08-17	23	2nd	11 27 59 64
2016-06-25	34	2nd	21 27 40 59
2016-04-06	49	2nd	2 27 40 75
2015-12-14	18	3rd	21 23 27 76
2015-11-02	28	2nd	14 27 31 55
2015-08-29	1	2nd	20 27 51 69
2015-08-26	3	3rd	1 14 27 74
2015-08-19	23	1st	27 44 53 61
2015-06-27	17	1st	27 62 69 74
2015-05-18	17	1st	27 38 52 59
2015-04-08	43	2nd	12 27 76 77
2014-12-29	27	2nd	9 27 46 74
2014-10-27	18	1st	27 30 42 68
2014-09-15	1	3rd	24 26 27 64
2014-09-13	45	2nd	21 27 61 72
2014-05-31	16	2nd	26 27 52 67
2014-04-23	2	1st	27 42 56 64
2014-04-19	1	1st	27 33 46 58
2014-04-16	62	1st	27 45 61 65
2013-11-23	9	2nd	9 27 43 62
2013-11-02	41	1st	27 31 54 66
2013-07-29	8	2nd	24 27 29 56
2013-07-10	3	3rd	15 23 27 56
2013-07-03	5	1st	27 43 62 67
2013-06-22	20	2nd	24 27 55 74
2013-05-06	78	2nd	18 27 38 72
2012-11-05	27	3rd	7 9 27 71
2012-09-03	2	1st	27 50 55 68
2012-08-29	3	2nd	26 27 30 68
2012-08-22	2	3rd	3 25 27 56
2012-08-18	30	4th	2 12 24 27
2012-06-09	15	1st	27 32 52 65
2012-05-02	4	1st	27 28 62 67
2012-04-23	11	2nd	20 27 48 65
2012-03-28	22	2nd	21 27 34 53
2012-02-06	7	3rd	6 25 27 56
2012-01-21	52	2nd	2 27 30 66
2011-09-21	3	4th	11 16 24 27
2011-09-14	18	2nd	12 27 59 66
2011-08-03	3	2nd	18 27 49 59
2011-07-27	3	2nd	24 27 38 73
2011-07-20	16	2nd	6 27 49 70
2011-06-13	1	1st	27 30 46 62
2011-06-11	33	1st	27 44 59 76
2011-03-26	28	3rd	24 26 27 75
2011-01-19	5	2nd	19 27 43 58
2011-01-08	1	3rd	5 23 27 70
2011-01-05	26	1st	27 38 40 52
2010-11-06	45	1st	27 50 54 71
2010-07-24	5	1st	27 36 48 59
2010-07-12	5	1st	27 47 68 75
2010-06-30	32	2nd	11 27 53 74
2010-04-17	—	2nd	22 27 28 33