Number 27

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

118times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.56σ

24draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

63longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 24 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 smallest19 · chance 16.2
2nd smallest36 · chance 43.2
3rd smallest42 · chance 40.5
4th smallest18 · chance 15.8
5th smallest3 · chance 2.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 44 18 11 29 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 27 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 27 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-15	6	3rd	5 8 27 29 63
2026-08-01	27	3rd	6 17 27 48 50
2026-05-30	10	2nd	1 27 35 44 52
2026-05-06	9	2nd	18 27 51 65

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-21	10	1st	27 31 33 38 67
2024-07-29	5	2nd	11 27 30 33 44
2024-07-17	3	2nd	24 27 32 47 66
2024-07-10	9	4th	7 11 12 27 46
2024-06-19	32	2nd	4 27 44 50 64
2024-04-06	7	2nd	22 27 44 52 69
2024-03-20	8	3rd	13 22 27 54 66
2024-03-02	4	3rd	3 18 27 36 53
2024-02-21	5	2nd	4 27 33 41 42
2024-02-10	2	1st	27 28 34 37 44
2024-02-05	1	3rd	1 2 27 30 67
2024-02-03	15	3rd	9 11 27 59 66
2023-12-30	4	4th	10 11 26 27 34
2023-12-20	4	1st	27 35 41 56 60
2023-12-11	3	3rd	1 24 27 31 62
2023-12-04	4	3rd	18 19 27 28 45
2023-11-25	13	1st	27 33 63 66 68
2023-10-25	4	2nd	25 27 41 53 68
2023-10-16	6	2nd	2 27 31 44 64
2023-10-02	5	3rd	12 26 27 43 47
2023-09-20	4	2nd	16 27 59 62 63
2023-09-11	10	3rd	9 25 27 53 66
2023-08-19	9	3rd	1 25 27 38 62
2023-07-29	3	3rd	10 25 27 34 38
2023-07-22	52	2nd	25 27 36 37 63
2023-03-22	1	1st	27 28 37 50 57
2023-03-20	5	2nd	1 27 32 47 67
2023-03-08	17	2nd	26 27 43 61 69
2023-01-28	43	4th	2 18 23 27 47
2022-10-19	20	4th	6 8 15 27 42
2022-09-03	5	2nd	18 27 49 65 69
2022-08-22	25	2nd	12 27 34 55 67
2022-06-25	5	4th	6 12 20 27 32
2022-06-13	6	2nd	2 27 42 44 51
2022-05-30	12	1st	27 28 51 68 69
2022-05-02	33	2nd	18 27 33 39 44
2022-02-14	4	3rd	16 25 27 49 55
2022-02-05	11	3rd	5 16 27 39 61
2022-01-10	7	5th	14 17 18 21 27
2021-12-25	26	1st	27 29 45 55 58
2021-10-25	26	2nd	10 27 29 44 58
2021-08-25	11	1st	27 39 54 56 59
2021-07-21	15	1st	27 28 44 67 68
2021-05-29	2	4th	11 13 22 27 46
2021-05-22	13	3rd	3 19 27 37 40
2021-04-07	4	1st	27 35 39 51 66
2021-03-24	17	4th	4 9 17 27 38
2021-01-23	8	4th	5 8 17 27 28
2020-12-26	2	3rd	10 24 27 35 53
2020-12-19	16	1st	27 32 34 43 52
2020-10-24	8	3rd	18 20 27 45 65
2020-09-26	5	3rd	11 21 27 36 62
2020-09-09	1	1st	27 52 55 60 64
2020-09-05	15	4th	15 21 22 27 47
2020-07-15	3	1st	27 47 61 62 69
2020-07-04	3	3rd	16 21 27 60 61
2020-06-24	26	3rd	15 22 27 33 46
2020-03-25	2	3rd	5 9 27 39 42
2020-03-18	6	2nd	15 27 44 59 63
2020-02-26	24	2nd	8 27 29 36 47
2019-12-04	6	2nd	8 27 44 51 61
2019-11-13	7	3rd	23 26 27 28 66
2019-10-19	10	2nd	14 27 29 59 65
2019-09-14	42	2nd	11 27 31 36 67
2019-04-20	14	2nd	3 27 30 63 65
2019-03-02	3	4th	1 19 25 27 68
2019-02-20	13	1st	27 49 50 51 52
2019-01-05	20	4th	3 7 15 27 69
2018-10-27	5	5th	8 12 13 19 27
2018-10-10	1	3rd	8 23 27 42 60
2018-10-06	20	3rd	1 22 27 53 67
2018-07-28	3	2nd	22 27 46 56 65
2018-07-18	2	3rd	1 10 27 28 36
2018-07-11	6	3rd	19 21 27 46 47
2018-06-20	20	4th	4 14 23 27 56
2018-04-11	17	3rd	16 18 27 55 67
2018-02-10	2	3rd	1 13 27 41 59
2018-02-03	20	3rd	15 23 27 48 53
2017-11-25	8	3rd	8 13 27 53 54
2017-10-28	63	1st	27 35 38 57 66
2017-03-22	31	3rd	2 9 27 29 42
2016-12-03	6	4th	8 10 26 27 33
2016-11-12	11	4th	8 17 20 27 52
2016-10-05	18	3rd	8 18 27 29 60
2016-08-03	11	3rd	9 11 27 66 67
2016-06-25	4	2nd	3 27 36 56 69
2016-06-11	8	2nd	20 27 36 41 58
2016-05-14	20	2nd	13 27 47 64 65
2016-03-05	5	2nd	3 27 34 59 69
2016-02-17	10	3rd	7 17 27 29 40
2016-01-13	5	4th	4 8 19 27 34
2015-12-26	6	1st	27 40 44 59 65
2015-12-05	16	2nd	13 27 33 47 68
2015-10-10	—	2nd	12 27 29 43 68