Number 27

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

257times drawn · chance expected 265 −0.54σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

45longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 257 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 257 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 4 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 smallest7 · chance 3.5
2nd smallest39 · chance 30.0
3rd smallest76 · chance 86.6
4th smallest88 · chance 99.0
5th smallest47 · chance 37.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 38 23 33 22 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-08	3	4th	2 10 17 27 41
2026-10-05	40	3rd	20 26 27 38 40
2026-08-26	11	3rd	1 12 27 30 31
2026-08-15	2	4th	12 15 25 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-08	2	4th	5 8 23 27 34
2026-04-06	1	4th	14 21 22 27 34
2026-04-05	9	3rd	1 23 27 28 33
2026-03-27	1	4th	6 9 20 27 39
2026-03-26	14	4th	14 21 22 27 31
2026-03-12	10	2nd	10 27 35 38 39
2026-03-02	3	2nd	7 27 30 33 38
2026-02-27	6	4th	9 11 12 27 39
2026-02-21	5	4th	5 12 16 27 36
2026-02-16	6	5th	4 13 16 23 27
2026-02-10	2	3rd	3 18 27 31 39
2026-02-08	12	3rd	8 13 27 38 42
2026-01-27	10	5th	1 3 7 21 27
2026-01-17	11	3rd	11 25 27 28 31
2026-01-06	1	3rd	1 16 27 31 39
2026-01-05	5	2nd	12 27 38 39 40
2025-12-31	3	4th	13 23 25 27 40
2025-12-28	5	3rd	6 25 27 40 41
2025-12-23	8	2nd	3 27 35 38 39
2025-12-15	8	3rd	21 22 27 36 38
2025-12-07	4	4th	3 10 15 27 30
2025-12-03	22	4th	3 24 25 27 36
2025-11-11	19	3rd	1 16 27 33 40
2025-10-23	1	1st	27 28 30 31 37
2025-10-22	5	4th	4 14 18 27 32
2025-10-17	8	3rd	11 22 27 28 36
2025-10-09	6	3rd	1 12 27 32 37
2025-10-03	1	4th	12 16 26 27 38
2025-10-02	20	3rd	20 21 27 36 39
2025-09-12	23	4th	1 9 11 27 33
2025-08-20	3	2nd	20 27 30 36 40
2025-08-17	10	4th	17 18 19 27 38
2025-08-07	3	2nd	19 27 30 38 41
2025-08-04	1	3rd	1 18 27 34 41
2025-08-03	21	3rd	4 10 27 28 39
2025-07-13	11	3rd	15 26 27 35 41
2025-07-02	9	5th	1 5 11 12 27
2025-06-23	3	4th	4 8 17 27 40
2025-06-20	8	4th	20 23 24 27 37
2025-06-12	3	4th	2 12 19 27 33
2025-06-09	8	4th	4 9 14 27 41
2025-06-01	1	5th	3 4 18 24 27
2025-05-31	3	4th	13 22 25 27 32
2025-05-28	5	3rd	5 23 27 37 42
2025-05-23	13	5th	5 12 13 26 27
2025-05-10	15	4th	12 13 24 27 28
2025-04-25	9	4th	9 10 17 27 38
2025-04-16	14	2nd	23 27 33 34 42
2025-04-02	4	3rd	4 24 27 37 41
2025-03-29	5	3rd	15 18 27 32 33
2025-03-24	21	3rd	3 7 27 38 39
2025-03-03	13	5th	8 12 17 18 27
2025-02-18	8	3rd	9 16 27 33 35
2025-02-10	7	3rd	9 21 27 28 35
2025-02-03	2	5th	4 22 25 26 27
2025-02-01	4	4th	12 17 26 27 36
2025-01-28	5	4th	3 4 19 27 42
2025-01-23	3	4th	7 8 24 27 30
2025-01-20	5	2nd	8 27 31 33 42
2025-01-15	24	1st	27 28 29 34 38
2024-12-22	14	5th	6 13 17 25 27
2024-12-08	12	2nd	1 27 28 38 42
2024-11-26	1	5th	10 12 14 16 27
2024-11-25	8	5th	10 16 17 22 27
2024-11-17	4	3rd	17 24 27 35 41
2024-11-13	34	2nd	23 27 34 38 41
2024-10-10	1	2nd	23 27 33 38 40
2024-10-09	7	4th	10 23 25 27 35
2024-10-02	2	5th	1 3 14 20 27
2024-09-30	13	2nd	20 27 32 39 40
2024-09-17	7	3rd	11 14 27 30 37
2024-09-10	5	5th	2 5 8 23 27
2024-09-05	3	3rd	8 12 27 35 41
2024-09-02	13	5th	4 10 12 14 27
2024-08-20	10	4th	2 16 19 27 37
2024-08-10	7	4th	1 14 24 27 42
2024-08-03	1	5th	9 10 18 22 27
2024-08-02	5	2nd	8 27 32 33 34
2024-07-28	4	3rd	4 19 27 28 37
2024-07-24	2	3rd	6 10 27 36 38
2024-07-22	15	5th	4 14 20 24 27
2024-07-07	2	3rd	12 25 27 33 39
2024-07-05	2	2nd	25 27 28 36 37
2024-07-03	2	2nd	10 27 32 40 42
2024-07-01	7	5th	6 10 19 24 27
2024-06-24	3	3rd	6 23 27 28 39
2024-06-21	2	2nd	5 27 30 37 38
2024-06-19	1	5th	2 6 22 24 27
2024-06-18	16	4th	3 17 26 27 39
2024-06-02	26	4th	13 19 20 27 41
2024-05-07	9	2nd	21 27 29 32 38
2024-04-28	34	4th	17 22 24 27 35
2024-03-25	14	4th	10 20 23 27 34
2024-03-11	11	2nd	10 27 31 35 39
2024-02-29	15	2nd	5 27 37 38 39
2024-02-14	4	4th	3 14 18 27 31
2024-02-10	12	4th	1 24 26 27 38
2024-01-29	19	3rd	18 19 27 29 37
2024-01-10	7	3rd	19 23 27 31 38
2024-01-03	2	4th	2 24 26 27 41
2024-01-01	2	3rd	7 19 27 36 39
2023-12-30	1	2nd	22 27 32 34 41
2023-12-29	17	3rd	16 22 27 33 38
2023-12-12	23	3rd	8 26 27 28 29
2023-11-19	4	4th	4 6 14 27 40
2023-11-15	33	5th	3 16 19 20 27
2023-10-13	16	1st	27 28 30 34 40
2023-09-27	24	1st	27 29 36 37 39
2023-09-03	2	5th	5 6 7 11 27
2023-09-01	19	4th	13 17 18 27 33
2023-08-13	1	4th	2 6 11 27 42
2023-08-12	2	5th	1 9 11 23 27
2023-08-10	21	5th	2 13 21 23 27
2023-07-20	8	3rd	1 5 27 36 40
2023-07-12	1	3rd	9 22 27 32 35
2023-07-11	13	5th	1 6 21 23 27
2023-06-28	3	4th	18 23 25 27 29
2023-06-25	23	4th	9 14 24 27 42
2023-06-02	6	2nd	1 27 28 34 36
2023-05-27	10	3rd	1 9 27 32 38
2023-05-17	27	4th	4 23 26 27 36
2023-04-20	19	4th	5 7 25 27 28
2023-04-01	4	3rd	8 21 27 36 40
2023-03-28	10	3rd	18 26 27 36 41
2023-03-18	4	5th	15 19 21 22 27
2023-03-14	22	4th	9 18 20 27 34
2023-02-20	15	4th	2 23 25 27 41
2023-02-05	10	2nd	2 27 28 33 39
2023-01-26	1	5th	2 4 6 12 27
2023-01-25	1	1st	27 36 37 40 41
2023-01-24	16	3rd	2 23 27 34 35
2023-01-08	10	5th	1 2 4 22 27
2022-12-29	1	5th	21 22 23 25 27
2022-12-28	6	3rd	13 23 27 28 36
2022-12-22	3	5th	2 5 15 19 27
2022-12-19	6	4th	17 20 26 27 38
2022-12-13	18	4th	13 18 26 27 41
2022-11-25	1	3rd	8 9 27 40 42
2022-11-24	15	3rd	2 22 27 32 40
2022-11-09	14	4th	8 16 18 27 36
2022-10-26	11	3rd	14 15 27 34 35
2022-10-15	9	4th	12 16 25 27 33
2022-10-06	38	3rd	4 6 27 31 41
2022-08-29	20	5th	1 7 10 20 27
2022-08-09	9	4th	3 25 26 27 41
2022-07-31	7	2nd	7 27 28 35 41
2022-07-24	3	4th	4 18 19 27 37
2022-07-21	4	3rd	25 26 27 31 38
2022-07-17	1	4th	7 20 23 27 34
2022-07-16	3	4th	7 10 17 27 42
2022-07-13	5	4th	17 18 24 27 35
2022-07-08	8	3rd	17 24 27 28 38
2022-06-30	7	4th	4 5 25 27 40
2022-06-23	1	4th	1 3 10 27 28
2022-06-22	11	3rd	8 24 27 31 38
2022-06-11	45	5th	6 11 25 26 27
2022-04-27	2	3rd	12 13 27 37 40
2022-04-25	1	4th	11 21 23 27 37
2022-04-24	5	3rd	19 25 27 32 34
2022-04-19	8	2nd	15 27 31 34 37
2022-04-11	13	2nd	8 27 32 34 36
2022-03-29	6	4th	1 6 9 27 29
2022-03-23	36	5th	14 19 24 26 27
2022-02-15	1	5th	1 7 13 21 27
2022-02-14	5	2nd	23 27 33 35 37
2022-02-09	6	4th	1 2 15 27 29
2022-02-03	5	2nd	18 27 31 34 40
2022-01-29	1	4th	6 16 17 27 35
2022-01-28	17	3rd	4 11 27 36 39
2022-01-11	28	5th	4 8 16 21 27
2021-12-14	9	2nd	13 27 31 37 39
2021-12-05	7	3rd	5 6 27 32 37
2021-11-28	16	4th	5 15 26 27 37
2021-11-12	32	3rd	9 19 27 33 38
2021-10-11	5	4th	3 7 14 27 38
2021-10-06	3	4th	2 5 8 27 34
2021-10-03	9	3rd	4 14 27 33 42
2021-09-24	8	4th	13 20 23 27 34
2021-09-16	1	3rd	1 11 27 29 40
2021-09-15	2	4th	13 17 18 27 31
2021-09-13	3	4th	6 17 23 27 33
2021-09-10	6	3rd	23 25 27 34 37
2021-09-04	11	4th	1 11 25 27 28
2021-08-24	3	1st	27 32 33 40 41
2021-08-21	4	3rd	2 14 27 35 38
2021-08-17	9	3rd	5 8 27 34 40
2021-08-08	11	3rd	6 23 27 31 32
2021-07-28	10	3rd	22 25 27 34 42
2021-07-18	4	4th	1 15 21 27 31
2021-07-14	3	5th	8 9 13 24 27
2021-07-11	2	5th	16 17 21 25 27
2021-07-09	1	3rd	9 18 27 30 38
2021-07-08	3	4th	2 8 16 27 41
2021-07-05	5	2nd	10 27 29 41 42
2021-06-30	4	4th	9 15 23 27 34
2021-06-26	5	4th	5 9 25 27 30
2021-06-21	3	2nd	15 27 32 33 41
2021-06-18	7	3rd	2 15 27 38 41
2021-06-11	7	2nd	22 27 28 31 40
2021-06-04	18	2nd	2 27 36 37 39
2021-05-17	18	2nd	18 27 33 37 41
2021-04-29	14	4th	4 11 21 27 28
2021-04-15	20	3rd	23 25 27 33 41
2021-03-26	9	3rd	8 10 27 32 35
2021-03-17	3	3rd	9 11 27 31 38
2021-03-14	2	2nd	20 27 30 37 38
2021-03-12	6	4th	1 13 18 27 29
2021-03-06	6	3rd	7 19 27 33 36
2021-02-28	3	4th	5 20 22 27 36
2021-02-25	29	3rd	14 19 27 38 40
2021-01-27	4	4th	10 18 23 27 30
2021-01-23	6	4th	1 12 22 27 42
2021-01-17	13	4th	11 19 24 27 29
2021-01-04	10	3rd	13 15 27 28 34
2020-12-25	3	1st	27 29 33 38 39
2020-12-22	7	5th	6 22 24 25 27
2020-12-15	4	4th	1 2 7 27 30
2020-12-11	2	5th	1 11 16 18 27
2020-12-09	2	3rd	2 7 27 32 41
2020-12-07	3	4th	2 14 22 27 30
2020-12-04	3	3rd	11 16 27 29 32
2020-12-01	1	5th	3 11 19 21 27
2020-11-30	2	4th	2 9 15 27 39
2020-11-28	2	2nd	3 27 30 33 38
2020-11-26	21	4th	1 8 22 27 36
2020-11-05	7	5th	1 3 17 19 27
2020-10-29	2	5th	12 16 17 19 27
2020-10-27	18	5th	8 11 21 24 27
2020-10-09	12	5th	18 20 24 25 27
2020-09-27	7	5th	1 13 17 25 27
2020-09-20	1	2nd	24 27 36 37 39
2020-09-19	7	3rd	16 22 27 33 36
2020-09-12	—	5th	1 15 17 21 27