Number 17

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.97σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

29longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 11 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 17 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 smallest9 · chance 7.3
2nd smallest28 · chance 25.0
3rd smallest31 · chance 32.3
4th smallest18 · chance 20.1
5th smallest5 · chance 6.3
6th smallest1 · chance 0.9
7th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 19 20 38 7 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 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 17 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-10	6	3rd	4 7 17 26 28 30 35
2026-01-20	19	4th	3 9 15 17 22 31 33
2025-11-14	5	3rd	1 7 17 23 27 35

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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