In MillionDay Day under the 5/55 · since Sep 2024 rules — 738 draws, 5 from 1–55.
58times drawn · chance expected 67 −1.16σ
7draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number
12.3average wait between appearances · chance says 11.0
44longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long
17 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 58 times in 738 draws against 67.1 expected, −1.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
17
Number 17, draw by draw
Drawn 58 times in 738 draws · average wait 12.3 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 7 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 54 numbers; chance expected about 0.7 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 55. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/55 tonight whatever it did last week.