Number 27

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

83times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.40σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

50longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

27 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 27, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 2 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 3.5
2nd smallest14 · chance 18.0
3rd smallest38 · chance 32.2
4th smallest25 · chance 23.4
5th smallest2 · chance 5.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 49 9 37 4 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 50. 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
2026-10-02	5	3rd	15 26 27 28 39
2026-09-15	3	4th	7 23 25 27 50
2026-09-04	11	3rd	4 7 27 38 50
2026-07-28	7	3rd	3 12 27 36

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-22	15	3rd	2 23 27 45 49
2024-08-30	50	2nd	8 27 33 43 48
2024-03-08	1	4th	7 18 19 27 28
2024-03-05	21	4th	2 4 23 27 31
2023-12-22	24	2nd	24 27 29 34 38
2023-09-29	2	3rd	6 14 27 31 47
2023-09-22	14	5th	8 9 19 26 27
2023-08-04	10	2nd	19 27 28 37 43
2023-06-30	6	3rd	9 17 27 36 37
2023-06-09	21	4th	5 17 22 27 37
2023-03-28	1	3rd	10 22 27 42 49
2023-03-24	2	2nd	6 27 33 45 46
2023-03-17	2	3rd	21 22 27 41 43
2023-03-10	1	4th	12 19 22 27 37
2023-03-07	11	4th	8 14 15 27 49
2023-01-27	5	1st	27 34 36 40 50
2023-01-10	3	3rd	8 22 27 37 50
2022-12-30	19	3rd	5 8 27 33 48
2022-10-25	6	3rd	20 23 27 39 46
2022-10-04	1	3rd	23 24 27 38 41
2022-09-30	4	2nd	7 27 29 35 50
2022-09-16	5	3rd	7 16 27 28 29
2022-08-30	23	4th	1 7 10 27 35
2022-06-10	4	4th	12 25 26 27 49
2022-05-27	29	4th	7 24 26 27 50
2022-02-15	10	4th	2 9 26 27 32
2022-01-11	3	3rd	20 23 27 38 45
2021-12-31	6	1st	27 30 33 38 49
2021-12-10	8	3rd	23 24 27 48 49
2021-11-12	5	3rd	2 24 27 41 49
2021-10-26	25	4th	8 15 19 27 49
2021-07-30	13	3rd	4 12 27 35 50
2021-06-15	1	4th	13 23 24 27 44
2021-06-11	22	3rd	9 12 27 37 48
2021-03-26	2	3rd	5 25 27 42 47
2021-03-19	24	3rd	5 16 27 32 46
2020-12-22	15	4th	9 12 15 27 42
2020-10-30	5	2nd	4 27 36 46 49
2020-10-13	5	4th	13 15 20 27 28
2020-09-25	13	4th	2 17 18 27 37
2020-08-11	5	1st	27 29 39 40 42
2020-07-24	7	4th	4 6 11 27 34
2020-06-30	4	3rd	2 11 27 36 39
2020-06-16	1	3rd	4 26 27 29 41
2020-06-12	4	2nd	9 27 38 43 48
2020-05-29	25	2nd	4 27 30 34 45
2020-03-03	22	4th	11 17 18 27 44
2019-12-17	11	2nd	15 27 33 38 48
2019-11-08	1	3rd	5 18 27 37 45
2019-11-05	41	4th	4 7 18 27 37
2019-06-14	4	3rd	24 26 27 35 39
2019-05-31	23	4th	5 21 25 27 47
2019-03-12	13	2nd	8 27 40 46 48
2019-01-25	3	2nd	20 27 31 40 41
2019-01-15	14	4th	9 13 24 27 29
2018-11-27	8	2nd	12 27 39 41 46
2018-10-30	4	4th	19 20 24 27 29
2018-10-16	15	3rd	2 8 27 35 41
2018-08-24	—	4th	3 6 25 27 40