Number 27

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

141times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.64σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

36longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 141 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 141 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 13 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 3.2
2nd smallest27 · chance 22.0
3rd smallest48 · chance 51.6
4th smallest55 · chance 48.6
5th smallest10 · chance 15.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 20 43 11 16 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-08-27	18	2nd	13 27 35 43 45
2026-06-25	5	4th	5 6 24 27 30
2026-06-08	11	4th	10 14 15 27 36
2026-04-30	1	4th	4 14 19

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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