Number 27

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

218times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.51σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 218 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 218 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 7 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 smallest4 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest22 · chance 24.2
3rd smallest67 · chance 63.7
4th smallest75 · chance 76.5
5th smallest44 · chance 41.9
6th smallest6 · chance 8.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 33 40 46 47 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-16	3	3rd	13 14 27 31 41 46
2026-09-05	16	4th	14 17 25 27 45 49
2026-07-11	5	4th	6 8 19 27 30 41
2026-06-24	6	6th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-28	34	2nd	26 27 37 38 43 47
2025-03-01	30	4th	14 17 22 27 45 46
2024-11-16	1	2nd	8 27 28 32 34 35
2024-11-13	4	6th	10 12 14 24 26 27
2024-10-30	14	4th	5 7 15 27 36 49
2024-09-11	11	3rd	3 17 27 30 42 46
2024-08-03	11	3rd	6 18 27 31 38 49
2024-06-26	13	3rd	16 25 27 30 47 49
2024-05-11	37	3rd	5 14 27 34 40 48
2024-01-03	9	4th	4 9 10 27 41 43
2023-12-02	7	3rd	4 14 27 31 33 40
2023-11-08	8	4th	5 8 21 27 29 49
2023-10-11	8	4th	5 12 25 27 28 33
2023-09-13	6	3rd	5 16 27 31 44 47
2023-08-23	4	4th	7 14 19 27 45 48
2023-08-09	2	5th	5 9 23 26 27 48
2023-08-02	5	3rd	22 26 27 31 38 44
2023-07-15	2	5th	4 6 23 25 27 42
2023-07-08	1	3rd	5 22 27 28 30 43
2023-07-05	2	3rd	15 20 27 28 37 43
2023-06-28	1	4th	2 5 20 27 34 35
2023-06-24	2	5th	5 14 16 23 27 33
2023-06-17	12	4th	2 14 21 27 43 46
2023-05-06	2	4th	3 18 26 27 36 37
2023-04-29	5	3rd	16 26 27 33 48 49
2023-04-12	5	3rd	1 7 27 31 40 41
2023-03-25	4	5th	1 15 23 24 27 33
2023-03-11	1	3rd	9 25 27 33 41 47
2023-03-08	3	4th	14 15 19 27 36 44
2023-02-25	15	5th	1 17 22 25 27 40
2023-01-04	1	5th	4 6 12 17 27 28
2022-12-31	1	4th	6 23 25 27 33 40
2022-12-28	7	4th	13 18 24 27 42 49
2022-12-03	8	3rd	9 11 27 34 35 47
2022-11-05	8	5th	5 12 21 24 27 41
2022-10-08	9	3rd	4 14 27 37 41 49
2022-09-07	11	4th	4 5 8 27 34 46
2022-07-30	8	5th	6 14 16 18 27 46
2022-07-02	7	4th	1 2 18 27 39 42
2022-06-08	29	3rd	2 14 27 29 32 43
2022-02-26	9	5th	6 8 12 26 27 34
2022-01-26	5	4th	3 8 16 27 43 44
2022-01-08	3	3rd	11 12 27 29 40 45
2021-12-29	15	4th	9 10 19 27 38 45
2021-11-06	3	2nd	25 27 29 30 32 47
2021-10-27	1	4th	3 6 20 27 46 48
2021-10-23	1	3rd	7 18 27 38 41 43
2021-10-20	20	3rd	9 21 27 29 39 45
2021-08-11	9	6th	2 7 19 20 23 27
2021-07-10	15	4th	5 8 16 27 47 49
2021-05-19	14	4th	14 15 26 27 31 42
2021-03-31	3	4th	4 14 24 27 39 42
2021-03-20	1	5th	1 9 13 20 27 28
2021-03-17	28	3rd	2 13 27 28 37 40
2020-12-09	1	4th	19 20 22 27 28 44
2020-12-05	14	4th	2 5 11 27 41 47
2020-10-17	1	5th	12 18 22 24 27 29
2020-10-14	10	4th	15 17 19 27 37 43
2020-09-09	10	1st	27 33 36 43 44 47
2020-08-05	13	2nd	12 27 35 38 44 48
2020-06-20	7	2nd	1 27 35 44 45 48
2020-05-27	4	5th	2 5 7 9 27 33
2020-05-13	18	5th	1 3 10 23 27 45
2020-03-11	11	4th	2 4 15 27 31 49
2020-02-01	12	2nd	22 27 29 30 38 41
2019-12-21	16	3rd	3 25 27 33 36 37
2019-10-26	8	4th	1 5 13 27 30 46
2019-09-28	9	2nd	13 27 30 40 41 44
2019-08-28	5	5th	4 11 24 25 27 41
2019-08-10	2	3rd	3 6 27 29 34 47
2019-08-03	12	3rd	17 20 27 29 32 46
2019-06-22	20	2nd	21 27 39 45 46 47
2019-04-13	2	2nd	11 27 35 36 37 46
2019-04-06	1	5th	20 23 24 25 27 47
2019-04-03	2	3rd	6 15 27 33 36 42
2019-03-27	7	4th	1 8 15 27 30 33
2019-03-02	3	5th	3 13 16 18 27 37
2019-02-20	22	5th	10 13 14 20 27 28
2018-12-05	7	3rd	14 23 27 38 39 47
2018-11-10	1	4th	11 13 23 27 43 48
2018-11-07	3	2nd	17 27 33 36 41 46
2018-10-27	9	1st	27 32 40 41 44 46
2018-09-26	1	6th	7 10 14 15 21 27
2018-09-22	2	4th	12 17 20 27 36 38
2018-09-15	8	3rd	14 26 27 37 41 43
2018-08-18	3	4th	2 22 25 27 39 42
2018-08-08	6	4th	3 21 23 27 39 45
2018-07-18	1	2nd	23 27 32 40 44 46
2018-07-14	22	3rd	4 18 27 33 45 47
2018-04-28	3	6th	1 6 15 22 23 27
2018-04-18	28	4th	9 14 16 27 34 36
2018-01-10	1	3rd	6 22 27 29 30 44
2018-01-06	1	4th	1 12 16 27 32 33
2018-01-03	11	5th	4 14 18 24 27 40
2017-11-25	4	2nd	15 27 33 38 43 46
2017-11-11	7	2nd	21 27 39 43 45 47
2017-10-18	20	5th	2 11 18 19 27 32
2017-08-09	3	3rd	1 12 27 31 38 41
2017-07-29	20	4th	14 16 17 27 33 46
2017-05-20	4	2nd	4 27 28 33 37 49
2017-05-06	12	3rd	4 10 27 29 33 48
2017-03-25	1	5th	10 18 22 24 27 30
2017-03-22	4	4th	8 12 20 27 31 42
2017-03-08	1	5th	2 8 10 13 27 41
2017-03-04	3	3rd	7 20 27 35 45 46
2017-02-22	5	4th	12 17 26 27 35 49
2017-02-04	12	4th	5 6 26 27 32 41
2016-12-24	5	3rd	23 25 27 30 32 38
2016-12-07	8	4th	1 17 26 27 35 43
2016-11-09	2	4th	20 21 23 27 28 33
2016-11-02	31	3rd	13 18 27 30 33 41
2016-07-16	22	4th	2 11 13 27 35 45
2016-04-30	1	5th	1 13 18 26 27 37
2016-04-27	11	5th	5 9 14 24 27 46
2016-03-19	11	5th	2 6 11 19 27 49
2016-02-10	6	4th	6 12 22 27 45 46
2016-01-20	6	5th	2 4 14 15 27 40
2015-12-30	28	4th	15 16 17 27 38 40
2015-09-23	4	3rd	11 22 27 32 33 42
2015-09-09	20	4th	1 15 16 27 39 42
2015-07-01	1	4th	6 7 11 27 28 32
2015-06-27	19	3rd	5 11 27 31 32 47
2015-04-22	18	4th	13 15 18 27 30 39
2015-02-18	7	2nd	8 27 28 38 40 45
2015-01-24	1	2nd	24 27 28 31 45 48
2015-01-21	4	4th	6 24 25 27 36 40
2015-01-07	9	1st	27 38 40 42 43 47
2014-12-06	1	3rd	8 20 27 35 45 47
2014-12-03	14	4th	16 17 19 27 35 38
2014-10-15	4	4th	4 18 23 27 38 39
2014-10-01	9	4th	16 18 19 27 31 38
2014-08-30	5	5th	1 5 14 21 27 48
2014-08-13	15	3rd	16 19 27 30 35 44
2014-06-21	22	4th	6 17 18 27 37 47
2014-04-05	19	5th	5 10 16 22 27 29
2014-01-29	7	5th	1 2 3 4 27 46
2014-01-04	3	2nd	18 27 29 30 33 44
2013-12-25	7	3rd	9 14 27 29 47 48
2013-11-30	3	5th	5 16 19 24 27 45
2013-11-20	4	3rd	13 19 27 41 43 46
2013-11-06	1	3rd	4 11 27 32 43 46
2013-11-02	3	2nd	23 27 29 30 33 35
2013-10-23	9	3rd	10 22 27 40 47 49
2013-09-21	4	3rd	3 20 27 35 44 47
2013-09-07	4	5th	14 20 23 24 27 40
2013-08-24	3	4th	4 19 26 27 40 44
2013-08-14	6	5th	7 13 16 19 27 43
2013-07-24	6	5th	2 6 12 21 27 46
2013-07-03	9	3rd	3 22 27 31 37 47
2013-06-01	8	4th	1 13 21 27 30 47
2013-05-04	2	4th	7 22 23 27 32 43
2013-04-27	2	3rd	4 12 27 38 43 47
2013-04-20	2	3rd	5 16 27 32 42 46
2013-04-13	13	4th	11 16 23 27 28 46
2013-02-27	12	5th	4 10 20 25 27 42
2013-01-16	1	4th	21 23 26 27 40 46
2013-01-12	13	4th	3 22 25 27 28 40
2012-11-28	4	3rd	6 22 27 33 39 47
2012-11-14	20	4th	10 12 17 27 40 43
2012-09-05	25	3rd	10 16 27 40 43 46
2012-06-09	2	2nd	15 27 31 34 38 40
2012-06-02	15	3rd	9 24 27 33 34 39
2012-04-11	19	4th	17 20 23 27 30 47
2012-02-04	6	4th	11 12 18 27 46 47
2012-01-14	4	3rd	17 26 27 28 37 42
2011-12-31	18	4th	7 21 26 27 28 30
2011-10-29	1	2nd	15 27 29 40 44 49
2011-10-26	7	5th	5 22 23 25 27 33
2011-10-01	9	3rd	13 23 27 32 33 34
2011-08-31	1	4th	2 9 14 27 30 41
2011-08-27	16	4th	12 16 25 27 28 44
2011-07-02	6	3rd	8 21 27 28 46 49
2011-06-11	7	4th	1 2 17 27 40 46
2011-05-18	1	3rd	14 20 27 28 36 48
2011-05-14	2	2nd	11 27 33 36 48 49
2011-05-07	2	4th	2 5 14 27 30 46
2011-04-30	3	4th	2 3 4 27 33 49
2011-04-20	7	4th	2 5 20 27 36 37
2011-03-26	2	5th	8 14 23 25 27 29
2011-03-19	1	5th	5 12 15 16 27 40
2011-03-16	9	1st	27 31 32 33 36 42
2011-02-12	3	3rd	4 6 27 29 32 40
2011-02-02	3	4th	1 7 22 27 28 36
2011-01-22	3	2nd	9 27 36 40 45 47
2011-01-12	16	4th	17 20 23 27 28 45
2010-11-17	8	3rd	21 24 27 32 36 37
2010-10-20	19	3rd	4 7 27 34 38 43
2010-08-14	1	5th	3 14 25 26 27 47
2010-08-11	6	4th	3 13 18 27 32 35
2010-07-21	3	3rd	6 13 27 33 36 42
2010-07-10	7	3rd	3 4 27 34 38 48
2010-06-16	5	5th	2 3 16 26 27 28
2010-05-29	15	5th	2 7 10 26 27 39
2010-04-07	—	3rd	17 22 27 31 37 40