Number 17

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

113times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.18σ

35draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

49longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 35 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 35 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 smallest22 · chance 23.7
2nd smallest44 · chance 47.4
3rd smallest37 · chance 32.3
4th smallest8 · chance 8.9
5th smallest2 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 4 25 42 51 45

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
2026-08-01	6	2nd	14 17 27 33 36
2026-07-18	3	2nd	13 17 22 28 40
2026-07-11	1	2nd	15 17 29 44 46
2026-07-08	2	1st	17 26 31

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-16	11	2nd	5 17 18 34 50
2024-11-20	20	2nd	11 17 25 38 47
2024-10-05	1	3rd	8 15 17 32 36
2024-10-02	6	3rd	8 10 17 20 28
2024-09-18	8	2nd	7 17 29 42 45
2024-08-31	15	1st	17 18 32 42 51
2024-07-27	22	3rd	9 15 17 42 45
2024-06-05	5	3rd	3 15 17 43 49
2024-05-25	4	2nd	12 17 27 29 40
2024-05-15	4	1st	17 25 27 47 51
2024-05-06	5	4th	3 6 11 17 30
2024-04-24	11	3rd	7 12 17 22 52
2024-03-30	22	2nd	9 17 34 48 52
2024-02-07	1	3rd	2 5 17 20 25
2024-02-05	14	3rd	1 15 17 24 29
2024-01-03	6	2nd	10 17 31 47 51
2023-12-20	5	4th	4 14 15 17 28
2023-12-09	7	3rd	3 7 17 36 48
2023-11-22	4	1st	17 19 37 42 45
2023-11-13	14	1st	17 18 20 44 51
2023-10-11	16	4th	3 6 9 17 51
2023-09-04	1	2nd	10 17 33 51 52
2023-09-02	49	2nd	3 17 36 37 44
2023-05-10	4	4th	9 13 14 17 26
2023-05-01	7	2nd	2 17 20 31 45
2023-04-15	9	2nd	10 17 24 30 37
2023-03-25	8	2nd	3 17 29 41 52
2023-03-06	2	2nd	2 17 25 35 50
2023-03-01	1	3rd	8 14 17 38 41
2023-02-27	4	2nd	12 17 41 43 51
2023-02-18	2	2nd	5 17 25 48 52
2023-02-13	4	2nd	2 17 21 22 26
2023-02-04	24	2nd	8 17 18 21 52
2022-12-10	2	2nd	2 17 29 31 43
2022-12-05	12	3rd	4 13 17 24 34
2022-11-07	6	4th	5 13 15 17 20
2022-10-24	24	1st	17 19 22 31 52
2022-08-29	5	3rd	4 16 17 22 43
2022-08-17	4	2nd	4 17 23 37 38
2022-08-08	4	3rd	2 15 17 31 48
2022-07-30	11	1st	17 22 24 25 36
2022-06-29	10	1st	17 29 33 40 52
2022-05-25	24	3rd	5 11 17 21 49
2022-03-02	4	2nd	8 17 24 26 38
2022-02-16	12	3rd	14 15 17 21 25
2022-01-05	3	3rd	1 4 17 45 50
2021-12-25	4	1st	17 27 34 36 38
2021-12-11	1	3rd	8 10 17 26 41
2021-12-08	14	3rd	2 11 17 41 46
2021-10-20	1	2nd	8 17 20 41 51
2021-10-16	25	3rd	3 10 17 40 48
2021-07-21	23	3rd	4 12 17 23 52
2021-05-01	8	2nd	12 17 28 29 46
2021-04-03	1	1st	17 42 43 47 48
2021-03-31	24	1st	17 18 21 35 42
2021-01-06	14	3rd	4 8 17 25 44
2020-11-18	1	1st	17 35 39 42 43
2020-11-14	11	4th	6 8 14 17 27
2020-10-07	14	1st	17 19 24 34 51
2020-08-19	23	3rd	1 8 17 35 45
2020-05-30	6	2nd	3 17 31 41 45
2020-05-09	16	1st	17 31 32 34 50
2020-03-14	9	2nd	10 17 29 46 51
2020-02-12	1	2nd	13 17 27 29 44
2020-02-08	14	3rd	2 9 17 36 40
2019-12-21	1	2nd	4 17 29 40 51
2019-12-18	19	3rd	1 4 17 18 30
2019-10-12	25	2nd	1 17 20 25 44
2019-07-17	8	3rd	4 7 17 19 44
2019-06-19	12	3rd	6 8 17 25 44
2019-05-08	1	2nd	14 17 19 25 34
2019-05-04	5	3rd	5 6 17 19 48
2019-04-17	5	2nd	2 17 24 34 51
2019-03-30	7	2nd	9 17 25 27 30
2019-03-06	15	2nd	12 17 25 34 45
2019-01-12	14	2nd	14 17 19 32 52
2018-11-24	4	4th	1 10 11 17 28
2018-11-10	4	2nd	10 17 21 26 45
2018-10-27	17	1st	17 22 24 47 50
2018-08-29	5	2nd	10 17 20 26 52
2018-08-11	6	3rd	6 8 17 32 36
2018-07-21	7	1st	17 31 42 45 50
2018-06-27	1	1st	17 21 24 37 50
2018-06-23	2	2nd	2 17 22 30 37
2018-06-16	1	3rd	6 15 17 19 33
2018-06-13	7	2nd	3 17 21 35 42
2018-05-19	33	3rd	4 8 17 25 31
2018-01-24	7	3rd	7 8 17 40 42
2017-12-30	—	5th	4 7 10 14 17