Number 17

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

149times drawn · chance expected 141 +0.72σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

27longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 149 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 10 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 smallest20 · chance 17.3
2nd smallest43 · chance 52.8
3rd smallest53 · chance 54.0
4th smallest30 · chance 21.9
5th smallest3 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 15 6 31 39 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-08	3	2nd	9 17 26 33 36
2017-06-05	7	4th	2 7 15 17 41
2017-05-29	1	4th	4 14 16 17 28
2017-05-28	11	3rd	7 13 17

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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