Number 17

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

111times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.27σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

30longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, +0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 697 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 1 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 17 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 5.9
2nd smallest17 · chance 24.7
3rd smallest44 · chance 38.6
4th smallest30 · chance 28.8
5th smallest10 · chance 10.8
6th smallest2 · chance 1.9
7th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 12 22 7 37 3

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, 17 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 17 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-05-03	1	4th	4 8 15 17 21 29 44
2022-04-26	4	3rd	4 5 17 22 30 34 45
2022-03-29	2	5th	4 7 14 15 17 23

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: 17 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-06-23	22	5th	1 3 9 13 17 20 41
2020-01-21	2	3rd	5 12 17 22 37 40 43
2020-01-07	15	3rd	10 15 17 26 28 34 45
2019-09-24	1	2nd	12 17 24 26 36 38 45
2019-09-17	1	3rd	3 14 17 28 30 36 40
2019-09-10	9	3rd	12 14 17 23 26 28 35
2019-07-09	5	4th	9 10 15 17 22 31 35
2019-06-04	3	4th	2 4 9 17 18 22 28
2019-05-14	5	2nd	16 17 19 23 30 35 45
2019-04-09	1	2nd	13 17 20 22 31 37 39
2019-04-02	6	3rd	7 9 17 22 36 37 43
2019-02-19	16	3rd	9 15 17 26 30 34 42
2018-10-30	5	5th	3 7 8 14 17 28 31
2018-09-25	10	1st	17 20 21 24 29 33 39
2018-07-17	14	2nd	11 17 19 20 28 38 42
2018-04-10	26	3rd	3 15 17 23 25 31 40
2017-10-10	8	3rd	7 12 17 20 28 31 42
2017-08-15	8	4th	4 8 13 17 25 33 43
2017-06-20	4	3rd	13 16 17 21 23 25 28
2017-05-23	3	4th	2 4 12 17 20 22 38
2017-05-02	8	3rd	2 9 17 19 22 28 38
2017-03-07	1	3rd	4 6 17 18 21 33 37
2017-02-28	5	2nd	2 17 26 27 33 37 42
2017-01-24	2	1st	17 20 24 27 31 34 43
2017-01-10	1	3rd	2 12 17 18 34 41 43
2017-01-03	3	4th	1 12 15 17 23 24 27
2016-12-13	1	1st	17 20 31 34 37 39 44
2016-12-06	2	2nd	15 17 30 34 35 43 45
2016-11-22	3	2nd	11 17 30 31 32 43 45
2016-11-01	30	3rd	6 9 17 22 27 41 43
2016-04-05	2	4th	2 3 15 17 28 37 44
2016-03-22	10	3rd	1 9 17 19 32 37 38
2016-01-12	27	3rd	9 10 17 24 34 35 43
2015-07-07	3	3rd	1 11 17 19 23 27 36
2015-06-16	2	4th	4 7 8 17 20 30 40
2015-06-02	4	2nd	2 17 18 21 30 33 37
2015-05-05	5	2nd	2 17 18 21 29 37 45
2015-03-31	14	4th	3 4 16 17 29 32 44
2014-12-23	9	3rd	6 13 17 19 25 34 37
2014-10-21	1	3rd	6 14 17 19 25 32 34
2014-10-14	7	3rd	3 12 17 21 24 38 45
2014-08-26	5	5th	2 3 4 12 17 26 32
2014-07-22	6	3rd	3 16 17 19 24 25 35
2014-06-10	8	4th	1 2 16 17 32 34 44
2014-04-15	5	2nd	5 17 22 27 29 31 35
2014-03-11	9	3rd	14 16 17 19 22 41 43
2014-01-07	3	2nd	14 17 19 20 21 28 29
2013-12-17	6	1st	17 20 24 26 34 36 39
2013-11-05	11	4th	3 6 10 17 18 37 45
2013-08-20	6	3rd	7 9 17 26 36 38 45
2013-07-09	2	6th	1 2 7 11 13 17 41
2013-06-25	3	5th	4 7 10 16 17 20 41
2013-06-04	9	3rd	2 5 17 18 22 26 41
2013-04-02	8	3rd	7 12 17 35 40 42 44
2013-02-05	3	1st	17 19 27 30 37 42 45
2013-01-15	9	2nd	7 17 21 28 34 36 44
2012-11-13	8	5th	3 7 8 12 17 37 39
2012-09-18	7	7th	6 7 11 12 14 16 17
2012-07-31	2	5th	1 5 8 14 17 19 20
2012-07-17	3	4th	3 4 16 17 20 32 34
2012-06-26	6	4th	1 7 11 17 19 25 43
2012-05-15	1	4th	7 10 14 17 19 38 45
2012-05-08	6	3rd	6 8 17 28 34 41 42
2012-03-27	4	4th	3 11 15 17 18 24 39
2012-02-28	17	4th	5 8 12 17 28 30 43
2011-11-01	6	3rd	5 12 17 23 25 31 44
2011-09-20	13	3rd	1 4 17 19 22 27 29
2011-06-21	2	3rd	15 16 17 19 31 37 42
2011-06-07	4	5th	7 8 9 15 17 28 41
2011-05-10	6	3rd	12 15 17 30 34 35 37
2011-03-29	9	2nd	3 17 24 25 27 34 41
2011-01-25	2	3rd	5 16 17 28 30 34 41
2011-01-11	20	3rd	9 12 17 27 28 33 34
2010-08-24	1	4th	2 4 12 17 19 33 44
2010-08-17	7	4th	2 3 15 17 23 30 44
2010-06-29	10	2nd	1 17 21 22 31 34 45
2010-04-20	1	4th	1 9 11 17 30 39 44
2010-04-13	7	1st	17 19 20 21 22 23 33
2010-02-23	4	4th	2 8 14 17 22 34 35
2010-01-26	12	1st	17 21 32 37 38 40 44
2009-11-03	4	6th	2 4 6 7 15 17 36
2009-10-06	6	3rd	5 12 17 22 28 34 45
2009-08-25	2	4th	5 11 16 17 24 39 41
2009-08-11	12	3rd	6 8 17 29 40 41 43
2009-05-19	8	3rd	11 12 17 18 21 22 25
2009-03-24	7	3rd	4 16 17 27 33 35 37
2009-02-03	—	4th	5 7 8 17 24 32 35