Number 17

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

163times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.12σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

33longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 163 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 163 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 33 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest8 · chance 9.5
2nd smallest35 · chance 40.1
3rd smallest69 · chance 60.2
4th smallest37 · chance 40.1
5th smallest12 · chance 11.9
6th smallest2 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 37 9 12 33 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-08	4	5th	6 8 9 12 17 21
2020-07-25	24	3rd	13 14 17 24 27 40
2020-05-02	5	3rd	15 16 17 22 39 40
2020-04-15	3

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-05-08	10	3rd	3 13 17 22 27 37
2019-04-03	6	2nd	3 17 18 27 34 36
2019-03-13	5	2nd	16 17 18 21 22 30
2019-02-23	17	4th	6 7 12 17 19 25
2018-12-26	1	3rd	10 11 17 27 36 37
2018-12-22	12	3rd	10 15 17 25 35 36
2018-11-10	7	4th	4 5 6 17 19 24
2018-10-17	6	2nd	6 17 24 28 34 37
2018-09-26	1	2nd	16 17 24 32 34 37
2018-09-22	33	3rd	10 12 17 20 28 37
2018-05-30	8	3rd	10 14 17 23 29 39
2018-05-02	6	3rd	11 12 17 24 29 32
2018-04-11	10	2nd	4 17 20 23 29 31
2018-03-07	18	1st	17 18 30 33 34 38
2018-01-03	5	3rd	1 14 17 21 33 37
2017-12-16	6	3rd	7 13 17 19 32 39
2017-11-25	16	2nd	3 17 18 19 27 32
2017-09-30	8	4th	3 8 15 17 18 19
2017-09-02	9	5th	2 4 5 12 17 34
2017-08-02	5	3rd	2 16 17 25 26 38
2017-07-15	5	2nd	11 17 20 24 30 33
2017-06-28	4	5th	2 3 7 12 17 32
2017-06-14	9	3rd	2 8 17 22 31 33
2017-05-13	5	4th	7 9 14 17 37 38
2017-04-26	1	4th	2 5 13 17 32 37
2017-04-22	6	2nd	5 17 21 34 35 36
2017-04-01	1	3rd	3 15 17 22 32 37
2017-03-29	5	3rd	2 10 17 18 19 29
2017-03-11	16	3rd	7 9 17 30 32 37
2017-01-14	9	3rd	3 6 17 19 31 38
2016-12-14	3	3rd	5 15 17 20 38 39
2016-12-03	7	3rd	3 9 17 18 29 30
2016-11-09	8	4th	10 12 16 17 28 29
2016-10-12	9	3rd	3 11 17 20 30 31
2016-09-10	3	3rd	2 9 17 19 21 29
2016-08-31	8	4th	1 2 9 17 21 28
2016-08-03	1	3rd	8 13 17 18 30 38
2016-07-30	7	2nd	14 17 31 35 38 39
2016-07-06	5	2nd	3 17 24 26 27 33
2016-06-18	2	3rd	4 9 17 24 33 38
2016-06-11	6	5th	3 10 11 13 17 26
2016-05-21	2	4th	3 8 12 17 23 34
2016-05-14	3	4th	13 15 16 17 22 23
2016-05-04	1	3rd	9 13 17 18 33 36
2016-04-30	10	3rd	12 13 17 31 33 38
2016-03-26	1	2nd	1 17 18 32 33 38
2016-03-23	9	3rd	2 12 17 22 32 35
2016-02-20	1	2nd	9 17 26 29 30 34
2016-02-17	4	3rd	2 9 17 20 27 40
2016-02-03	2	5th	4 5 6 10 17 35
2016-01-27	3	2nd	7 17 18 30 36 40
2016-01-16	12	4th	5 7 11 17 22 37
2015-12-05	9	1st	17 20 22 34 35 36
2015-11-04	5	4th	1 6 11 17 30 34
2015-10-17	21	4th	2 5 13 17 25 33
2015-08-05	10	3rd	4 7 17 22 29 34
2015-07-01	9	5th	4 5 11 13 17 19
2015-05-30	6	3rd	1 16 17 36 37 38
2015-05-09	1	3rd	7 9 17 22 25 36
2015-05-06	2	3rd	3 9 17 24 31 34
2015-04-29	3	3rd	9 11 17 22 36 38
2015-04-18	2	3rd	6 8 17 32 36 37
2015-04-11	8	3rd	5 16 17 18 23 33
2015-03-14	6	4th	7 9 16 17 28 29
2015-02-21	1	3rd	2 15 17 21 22 25
2015-02-18	3	3rd	1 16 17 28 30 31
2015-02-07	7	2nd	16 17 20 22 25 40
2015-01-14	20	3rd	7 8 17 28 37 40
2014-11-05	1	5th	4 5 9 15 17 25
2014-11-01	8	2nd	3 17 22 25 37 40
2014-10-04	8	2nd	5 17 21 25 35 37
2014-09-06	3	4th	4 13 16 17 33 39
2014-08-27	4	3rd	4 13 17 19 20 31
2014-08-13	2	2nd	11 17 18 25 36 39
2014-08-06	7	4th	5 6 11 17 24 29
2014-07-12	5	3rd	12 13 17 27 28 29
2014-06-25	16	3rd	10 15 17 24 25 31
2014-04-30	16	4th	1 4 9 17 34 40
2014-03-05	3	3rd	8 12 17 25 35 40
2014-02-22	8	3rd	7 10 17 26 32 33
2014-01-25	9	3rd	11 13 17 24 38 40
2013-12-21	2	3rd	8 9 17 19 37 38
2013-12-14	10	4th	2 7 10 17 24 31
2013-11-09	8	2nd	12 17 19 28 33 40
2013-10-12	1	3rd	1 13 17 25 35 36
2013-10-09	1	4th	8 9 14 17 28 38
2013-10-05	9	3rd	3 15 17 29 38 39
2013-09-04	6	4th	1 6 12 17 21 39
2013-08-14	7	2nd	13 17 20 31 38 39
2013-07-20	2	4th	1 5 6 17 27 37
2013-07-13	6	5th	4 7 9 10 17 33
2013-06-22	11	4th	3 6 11 17 19 40
2013-05-15	11	4th	6 8 15 17 18 38
2013-04-06	14	2nd	1 17 25 29 31 33
2013-02-16	1	5th	1 3 12 16 17 40
2013-02-13	3	4th	6 9 12 17 37 39
2013-02-02	19	4th	5 12 16 17 31 36
2012-11-28	8	3rd	12 14 17 35 37 38
2012-10-31	8	1st	17 22 25 27 34 35
2012-10-03	6	3rd	11 14 17 18 33 37
2012-09-12	4	4th	5 14 15 17 24 26
2012-08-29	10	2nd	3 17 32 33 36 37
2012-07-25	9	1st	17 19 21 24 27 33
2012-06-23	1	3rd	7 10 17 24 33 36
2012-06-20	1	3rd	1 7 17 32 37 39
2012-06-16	1	1st	17 19 26 27 36 37
2012-06-13	23	4th	2 3 16 17 27 29
2012-03-24	11	4th	7 15 16 17 19 28
2012-02-15	3	3rd	4 8 17 28 30 35
2012-02-04	10	3rd	6 15 17 19 21 36
2011-12-31	16	4th	3 6 9 17 24 35
2011-11-05	1	3rd	7 9 17 24 30 31
2011-11-02	7	3rd	5 10 17 19 21 37
2011-10-08	9	1st	17 19 21 27 30 40
2011-09-07	1	3rd	6 8 17 31 34 35
2011-09-03	5	4th	2 8 14 17 29 35
2011-08-17	3	6th	1 4 6 14 15 17
2011-08-06	13	3rd	1 15 17 27 34 35
2011-06-22	1	3rd	1 14 17 19 25 37
2011-06-18	2	2nd	12 17 23 24 28 31
2011-06-11	2	3rd	1 4 17 18 27 35
2011-06-04	1	3rd	14 16 17 20 27 38
2011-06-01	13	2nd	3 17 25 31 33 36
2011-04-16	2	2nd	6 17 20 27 32 33
2011-04-09	16	3rd	13 16 17 22 24 38
2011-02-12	10	2nd	9 17 18 26 28 40
2011-01-08	4	2nd	7 17 22 23 24 26
2010-12-22	4	3rd	12 14 17 26 34 40
2010-12-08	10	5th	5 10 12 14 17 36
2010-11-03	7	2nd	1 17 19 22 33 36
2010-10-09	4	4th	9 10 13 17 22 39
2010-09-25	8	3rd	6 10 17 23 29 30
2010-08-28	3	3rd	5 12 17 25 27 33
2010-08-18	11	2nd	12 17 21 27 30 38
2010-07-10	2	4th	1 3 7 17 24 38
2010-07-03	8	4th	9 14 16 17 34 35
2010-06-05	9	2nd	14 17 22 36 37 40
2010-05-05	6	1st	17 21 29 31 34 39
2010-04-14	—	3rd	5 9 17 22 32 33