Number 17

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

187times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.04σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

50longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 187 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 187 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 11 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 smallest28 · chance 25.8
2nd smallest69 · chance 66.7
3rd smallest56 · chance 62.5
4th smallest26 · chance 26.5
5th smallest6 · chance 5.1
6th smallest2 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 9 15 34 50 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-31	12	1st	17 36 40 41 44 47
2025-03-03	4	2nd	9 17 25 43 45 46
2025-02-22	1	3rd	5 9 17 19 32 38
2025-02-20

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-26	4	2nd	6 17 20 26 40 50
2023-10-16	1	2nd	16 17 21 31 47 50
2023-10-14	22	2nd	13 17 20 28 45 50
2023-08-24	16	3rd	13 15 17 35 42 43
2023-07-17	6	4th	3 7 15 17 24 42
2023-07-03	24	2nd	10 17 20 22 33 34
2023-05-08	12	2nd	14 17 34 39 44 48
2023-04-10	2	4th	1 2 11 17 18 24
2023-04-06	7	1st	17 18 20 26 30 41
2023-03-20	3	4th	6 7 13 17 23 41
2023-03-13	1	2nd	6 17 28 29 44 45
2023-03-11	1	2nd	6 17 21 37 47 50
2023-03-09	11	4th	7 13 16 17 40 42
2023-02-11	9	2nd	13 17 20 33 37 39
2023-01-21	9	1st	17 24 32 40 46 48
2022-12-31	1	1st	17 25 31 37 47 50
2022-12-29	17	3rd	10 16 17 29 36 45
2022-11-19	4	4th	2 10 15 17 21 33
2022-11-10	14	3rd	13 15 17 30 38 40
2022-10-08	6	3rd	2 4 17 24 37 42
2022-09-24	4	2nd	5 17 23 35 47 49
2022-09-15	5	3rd	2 10 17 25 27 49
2022-09-03	21	2nd	9 17 23 26 28 39
2022-07-16	2	5th	1 5 14 16 17 45
2022-07-11	1	2nd	12 17 24 27 28 37
2022-07-09	12	3rd	3 12 17 28 37 44
2022-06-11	7	2nd	14 17 19 34 44 45
2022-05-26	6	4th	9 10 16 17 25 27
2022-05-12	13	3rd	10 15 17 28 29 49
2022-04-11	1	2nd	9 17 25 27 38 43
2022-04-09	50	4th	1 6 16 17 48 50
2021-12-13	8	3rd	14 15 17 25 37 40
2021-11-25	2	3rd	5 13 17 34 36 47
2021-11-20	17	3rd	1 14 17 32 34 41
2021-10-11	5	4th	2 3 16 17 23 31
2021-09-30	6	2nd	2 17 19 23 24 43
2021-09-16	5	2nd	11 17 22 28 36 49
2021-09-04	17	6th	1 4 7 15 16 17
2021-07-26	7	3rd	14 15 17 21 28 38
2021-07-10	4	2nd	9 17 28 29 47 48
2021-07-01	9	2nd	9 17 24 37 38 41
2021-06-10	11	4th	9 12 16 17 20 30
2021-05-15	1	2nd	9 17 24 35 38 40
2021-05-13	2	1st	17 26 34 35 47 50
2021-05-08	5	2nd	14 17 21 30 32 46
2021-04-26	8	1st	17 18 24 35 37 49
2021-04-08	15	4th	6 8 11 17 18 42
2021-03-04	7	2nd	3 17 18 28 33 42
2021-02-15	8	1st	17 18 27 37 50 52
2021-01-28	4	3rd	8 10 17 24 38 39
2021-01-18	10	1st	17 27 29 34 36 38
2020-12-26	1	3rd	7 10 17 19 34 52
2020-12-24	4	1st	17 19 24 29 37 50
2020-12-14	6	2nd	4 17 27 31 40 43
2020-11-30	4	5th	6 7 11 15 17 47
2020-11-21	3	2nd	1 17 26 28 51 52
2020-11-14	6	2nd	1 17 22 34 36 51
2020-10-31	9	1st	17 18 22 29 30 31
2020-10-10	1	2nd	4 17 30 38 44 45
2020-10-08	16	4th	10 12 13 17 29 30
2020-08-31	1	2nd	11 17 21 31 39 51
2020-08-29	8	2nd	9 17 30 39 42 51
2020-08-10	3	3rd	1 15 17 26 34 48
2020-08-03	6	2nd	5 17 18 20 34 38
2020-07-20	22	2nd	10 17 26 27 38 41
2020-05-30	1	2nd	9 17 21 22 35 36
2020-05-28	23	2nd	7 17 22 24 34 42
2020-04-04	7	2nd	16 17 19 24 36 49
2020-03-19	5	4th	5 6 13 17 28 51
2020-03-07	11	3rd	2 7 17 18 31 51
2020-02-10	15	5th	9 10 11 16 17 18
2020-01-06	2	2nd	11 17 31 38 40 42
2020-01-02	1	1st	17 21 23 33 36 50
2019-12-30	6	5th	1 3 6 9 17 23
2019-12-16	1	1st	17 25 26 31 42 50
2019-12-14	8	3rd	1 2 17 21 44 49
2019-11-25	2	3rd	13 15 17 20 35 48
2019-11-21	2	3rd	13 16 17 47 51 52
2019-11-16	2	4th	7 14 15 17 26 36
2019-11-11	3	3rd	13 16 17 22 24 34
2019-11-04	14	3rd	2 9 17 27 32 47
2019-10-03	2	1st	17 20 30 33 38 49
2019-09-28	12	2nd	11 17 22 25 30 35
2019-08-31	1	2nd	4 17 21 23 27 45
2019-08-29	6	2nd	15 17 27 33 42 50
2019-08-15	8	3rd	2 6 17 23 37 38
2019-07-27	3	4th	3 8 9 17 25 52
2019-07-20	11	3rd	5 7 17 25 34 44
2019-06-24	3	4th	1 7 10 17 33 42
2019-06-17	2	2nd	10 17 24 28 40 47
2019-06-13	11	1st	17 18 30 37 48 49
2019-05-18	9	2nd	2 17 24 41 46 47
2019-04-27	32	2nd	9 17 18 34 40 42
2019-02-11	2	1st	17 21 29 41 48 50
2019-02-07	5	3rd	5 6 17 26 28 52
2019-01-26	14	4th	3 8 9 17 20 39
2018-12-24	4	2nd	7 17 19 33 43 46
2018-12-15	8	2nd	8 17 27 34 36 46
2018-11-26	7	2nd	12 17 22 32 33 41
2018-11-10	6	3rd	2 15 17 21 40 46
2018-10-27	18	1st	17 32 34 40 42 48
2018-09-15	24	6th	1 6 8 11 15 17
2018-07-21	6	4th	2 4 13 17 18 49
2018-07-07	25	3rd	6 11 17 20 44 46
2018-05-10	10	1st	17 18 19 24 42 45
2018-04-16	18	2nd	15 17 21 49 50 51
2018-03-05	11	1st	17 19 33 34 36 43
2018-02-08	8	2nd	7 17 21 36 40 48
2018-01-20	4	1st	17 24 32 37 40 47
2018-01-11	10	2nd	15 17 20 36 42 48
2017-12-18	3	3rd	8 13 17 22 30 49
2017-12-11	3	3rd	7 15 17 27 32 42
2017-12-04	17	3rd	9 16 17 18 27 37
2017-10-26	25	3rd	9 13 17 24 42 48
2017-08-28	2	3rd	1 13 17 21 32 41
2017-08-24	20	3rd	2 16 17 43 47 52
2017-07-08	8	3rd	6 16 17 33 36 46
2017-06-19	17	3rd	4 11 17 32 35 42
2017-05-11	9	4th	1 7 9 17 28 30
2017-04-20	4	2nd	3 17 23 25 44 46
2017-04-10	17	3rd	9 15 17 32 35 44
2017-03-02	16	3rd	4 15 17 31 37 43
2017-01-23	10	3rd	11 13 17 20 21 34
2016-12-31	13	1st	17 25 31 41 43 51
2016-12-01	4	2nd	10 17 18 24 36 46
2016-11-21	1	2nd	2 17 19 28 32 33
2016-11-19	18	3rd	1 16 17 18 39 43
2016-10-08	3	2nd	4 17 24 32 37 51
2016-10-01	17	2nd	10 17 22 30 48 51
2016-08-22	2	3rd	10 14 17 22 23 36
2016-08-18	5	2nd	9 17 18 24 29 49
2016-08-06	6	2nd	11 17 19 30 31 47
2016-07-23	2	1st	17 36 38 42 44 50
2016-07-18	4	3rd	6 7 17 19 45 52
2016-07-09	3	1st	17 35 39 41 45 46
2016-07-02	5	2nd	4 17 21 29 45 49
2016-06-20	3	3rd	1 9 17 21 34 51
2016-06-13	4	2nd	15 17 19 36 37 40
2016-06-04	1	3rd	2 12 17 32 33 42
2016-06-02	1	5th	1 3 4 6 17 40
2016-05-30	12	3rd	1 7 17 23 34 35
2016-05-02	27	4th	2 3 5 17 18 34
2016-02-29	5	3rd	5 8 17 34 39 50
2016-02-18	1	3rd	7 16 17 31 34 46
2016-02-15	1	4th	1 9 11 17 28 41
2016-02-13	11	4th	2 5 14 17 19 48
2016-01-18	9	2nd	10 17 19 32 38 47
2015-12-28	8	4th	7 10 16 17 23 51
2015-12-10	6	2nd	1 17 25 30 39 48
2015-11-26	12	1st	17 23 24 39 45 50
2015-10-29	1	3rd	1 7 17 39 46 49
2015-10-26	34	3rd	11 16 17 19 20 45
2015-08-08	18	1st	17 21 36 45 47 50
2015-06-27	10	2nd	11 17 30 36 46 50
2015-06-04	1	3rd	5 15 17 21 29 38
2015-06-01	18	2nd	14 17 23 45 48 50
2015-04-20	20	1st	17 21 29 30 43 50
2015-03-05	7	3rd	7 14 17 30 38 44
2015-02-16	9	3rd	4 11 17 30 35 49
2015-01-26	4	4th	4 5 6 17 24 46
2015-01-17	2	3rd	12 14 17 22 24 31
2015-01-12	3	2nd	9 17 18 20 30 45
2015-01-05	—	2nd	8 17 18 24 25 48