Number 17

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

101times drawn · chance expected 95 +0.64σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

13.8average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

77longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.9 draws · longest completed wait 77 · waiting 9 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 smallest32 · chance 36.5
2nd smallest34 · chance 42.4
3rd smallest28 · chance 18.2
4th smallest7 · chance 3.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 14 62 85 11 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 90. 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
2009-06-09	4	2nd	14 17 39 47 58 85
2009-05-30	4	3rd	1 13 17 31 58 62
2009-05-21	15	3rd	11 14 17 24 39 48

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-09-29	5	3rd	8 11 17 20 21 80
2007-09-18	42	2nd	7 17 30 56 68 80
2007-06-12	4	3rd	1 14 17 47 61 66
2007-06-04	2	1st	17 39 40 75 76 88
2007-05-29	4	3rd	1 16 17 31 42 70
2007-05-19	19	4th	7 8 13 17 38 43
2007-04-05	3	2nd	2 17 60 77 85 86
2007-03-29	41	2nd	13 17 19 21 69 73
2006-12-23	5	4th	8 13 16 17 49 68
2006-12-12	44	2nd	7 17 44 63 64 88
2006-08-31	77	3rd	2 11 17 33 79 87
2006-03-04	4	1st	17 27 29 31 44 46
2006-02-23	24	1st	17 26 70 76 82 90
2005-12-29	4	3rd	3 4 17 20 23 54
2005-12-20	20	2nd	1 17 31 39 49 71
2005-11-03	3	3rd	9 13 17 47 63 81
2005-10-27	1	1st	17 42 62 67 77 79
2005-10-25	25	1st	17 39 48 55 57 85
2005-08-27	14	3rd	11 14 17 35 43 70
2005-07-26	8	2nd	3 17 43 54 75 79
2005-07-07	15	1st	17 21 40 55 64 79
2005-05-25	26	1st	17 19 35 39 40 51
2005-02-23	34	2nd	8 17 36 37 60 65
2004-10-27	24	3rd	10 14 17 56 65 84
2004-08-04	1	2nd	12 17 27 44 72 90
2004-07-31	2	1st	17 29 63 66 70 89
2004-07-24	31	2nd	5 17 18 27 33 47
2004-04-07	6	3rd	4 16 17 52 62 67
2004-03-17	9	2nd	5 17 53 56 61 83
2004-02-14	2	1st	17 35 41 81 82 86
2004-02-07	37	1st	17 24 34 59 72 82
2003-10-01	1	1st	17 55 66 81 86 89
2003-09-27	6	1st	17 52 55 65 82 90
2003-09-06	19	2nd	16 17 49 50 74 81
2003-07-02	8	4th	9 13 16 17 34 57
2003-06-04	9	1st	17 29 35 45 76 84
2003-05-03	13	4th	2 6 12 17 19 63
2003-03-19	7	2nd	1 17 46 58 67 75
2003-02-22	14	1st	17 41 45 81 82 88
2003-01-04	3	2nd	16 17 26 28 37 85
2002-12-28	9	2nd	14 17 62 75 76 85
2002-12-07	1	2nd	6 17 23 55 56 68
2002-12-05	2	2nd	14 17 21 31 33 69
2002-11-30	29	1st	17 34 35 56 65 85
2002-08-21	8	1st	17 23 33 44 46 69
2002-07-24	2	2nd	5 17 44 62 80 88
2002-07-17	6	1st	17 20 44 57 71 76
2002-06-26	13	3rd	9 11 17 38 81 88
2002-05-11	3	2nd	10 17 51 54 62 65
2002-05-02	19	3rd	7 15 17 26 36 54
2002-02-23	34	2nd	14 17 56 59 69 88
2001-10-31	61	3rd	5 11 17 21 28 63
2001-03-31	12	3rd	12 14 17 32 50 58
2001-02-17	22	2nd	9 17 30 37 40 46
2000-12-02	1	3rd	6 11 17 18 20 59
2000-11-29	21	2nd	13 17 29 32 35 49
2000-09-16	23	3rd	8 9 17 37 49 86
2000-06-28	7	2nd	3 17 18 41 63 89
2000-06-03	11	2nd	6 17 31 33 43 66
2000-04-26	6	1st	17 51 67 70 82 86
2000-04-05	6	2nd	10 17 33 38 67 71
2000-03-15	11	2nd	8 17 35 61 78 89
2000-02-05	10	1st	17 48 52 64 86 87
2000-01-03	31	1st	17 38 48 51 55 62
1999-09-15	30	1st	17 20 27 29 72 73
1999-06-02	15	3rd	2 16 17 65 69 72
1999-04-10	13	4th	4 11 14 17 25 32
1999-02-24	4	1st	17 19 32 41 52 87
1999-02-10	36	4th	4 8 12 17 19 80
1998-10-07	25	3rd	6 13 17 49 51 83
1998-07-11	9	3rd	15 16 17 57 60 63
1998-06-10	15	3rd	5 14 17 38 64 68
1998-04-18	5	1st	17 38 47 56 76 85
1998-04-01	2	1st	17 31 42 43 55 72
1998-03-25	1	3rd	5 6 17 55 62 73
1998-03-21	1	1st	17 30 38 51 77 80
1998-03-18	—	3rd	1 5 17 38 61 71