Number 27

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

257times drawn · chance expected 246 +0.74σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

26longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 257 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, +0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 257 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 10 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 0.4
2nd smallest5 · chance 8.1
3rd smallest59 · chance 50.4
4th smallest121 · chance 115.3
5th smallest71 · chance 82.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 29 1 14 20 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-09-05	7	4th	6 9 26 27 31
2026-08-12	7	4th	1 5 6 27 28
2026-07-18	8	3rd	1 13 27 28 29
2026-06-20	13	4th	2 9 15

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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