Let's talk about the 3 and 27.
Both have hit just hit 24 times in 2014, which is the least of any T5 number. Right now, the 3 is on a skip of 35 drawings, and the 27 last hit on Sept 28th which was 13 drawings ago. Each number was expected to have hit 36 times by the end of September. Over the entire history of T5, the 3's longest skip was 50 draws, and the 27's was 40. On a year to date basis, the 3's longest skip during 2014 is 45 drawings, and the 27's is 30. So at the moment, neither has skipped longer than it's longest skip ever, nor are they at their longest skip of 2014.
In past years, the least drawn T5 number for the year usually hits anywhere from 32 to 36 times. So at 24 times drawn, both the 3 and the 27 are 8 to 12 hits away from hitting what the least drawn number of the year typically hits at. Last night's drawing was the 284th drawing of 2014, and there are 81 drawings remaining in 2014. Therefore, every T5 number has at least 81 more opportunities to be drawn in 2014. Neither the 3 or the 27 has been drawn yet in October, so my thinking is that they'll appear fairly soon.
Because they both are 8 to 12 hits away from reaching the amount of times the least drawn number for the year typically hits at, I think with 81 drawings to go, they definitely will make it into the low to mid-thirty's, and one of them will be the least drawn number in 2014. If either of them hits 3 times in October, 4 times in November, and 4 times in December, then it'd finish 2014 at 35 times drawn. IMHO, that's very do-able.
So the bottom line of all the above is this; When you see either the 3 or the 27 appear, start playing them. The 17 seems to have cycled out of it's tremendous hot streak (it's been missing for 10 draws now) and the 3 and 27 have some catching up to do. All they need do is hit 8 more times and they'll be at 32 hits for the year. Hitting 8 more times in the 81 drawings left in 2014 is 10% hit rate. To me, that's a low hit rate because most T5 numbers have an average hit rate of 13%. G5