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Star 17 In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 1 from 1–18.
Main numbers Stars 127 times drawn · chance expected 131 −0.34σ
5 draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number
18.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 18.0
84 longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long
17 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 127 times in 2,354 draws against 130.8 expected, −0.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
17 Number 17, draw by draw Drawn 127 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 18.6 draws · longest completed wait 84 · waiting 5 draws now
7 draws: 2015-02-09 to 2015-03-05 10 draws: 2015-03-05 to 2015-04-09 9 draws: 2015-04-09 to 2015-05-11 29 draws: 2015-05-11 to 2015-08-20 21 draws: 2015-08-20 to 2015-11-02 7 draws: 2015-11-02 to 2015-11-26 19 draws: 2015-11-26 to 2016-02-01 4 draws: 2016-02-01 to 2016-02-15 14 draws: 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-04 8 draws: 2016-04-04 to 2016-05-02 2 draws: 2016-05-02 to 2016-05-09 20 draws: 2016-05-09 to 2016-07-18 8 draws: 2016-07-18 to 2016-08-15 84 draws: 2016-08-15 to 2017-06-05 24 draws: 2017-06-05 to 2017-08-28 5 draws: 2017-08-28 to 2017-09-14 17 draws: 2017-09-14 to 2017-11-13 10 draws: 2017-11-13 to 2017-12-18 14 draws: 2017-12-18 to 2018-02-05 23 draws: 2018-02-05 to 2018-04-26 1 draws: 2018-04-26 to 2018-04-30 16 draws: 2018-04-30 to 2018-06-25 3 draws: 2018-06-25 to 2018-07-05 15 draws: 2018-07-05 to 2018-08-27 8 draws: 2018-08-27 to 2018-09-24 44 draws: 2018-09-24 to 2019-02-25 42 draws: 2019-02-25 to 2019-07-22 19 draws: 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-26 6 draws: 2019-09-26 to 2019-10-17 9 draws: 2019-10-17 to 2019-11-18 8 draws: 2019-11-18 to 2019-12-16 3 draws: 2019-12-16 to 2019-12-26 5 draws: 2019-12-26 to 2020-01-13 26 draws: 2020-01-13 to 2020-04-13 5 draws: 2020-04-13 to 2020-04-30 45 draws: 2020-04-30 to 2020-10-05 67 draws: 2020-10-05 to 2021-05-27 7 draws: 2021-05-27 to 2021-06-21 16 draws: 2021-06-21 to 2021-07-27 9 draws: 2021-07-27 to 2021-08-05 60 draws: 2021-08-05 to 2021-10-04 2 draws: 2021-10-04 to 2021-10-06 6 draws: 2021-10-06 to 2021-10-12 1 draws: 2021-10-12 to 2021-10-13 14 draws: 2021-10-13 to 2021-10-27 45 draws: 2021-10-27 to 2021-12-11 1 draws: 2021-12-11 to 2021-12-12 10 draws: 2021-12-12 to 2021-12-22 22 draws: 2021-12-22 to 2022-01-13 19 draws: 2022-01-13 to 2022-02-01 18 draws: 2022-02-01 to 2022-02-19 40 draws: 2022-02-19 to 2022-03-31 28 draws: 2022-03-31 to 2022-04-28 2 draws: 2022-04-28 to 2022-04-30 16 draws: 2022-04-30 to 2022-05-16 39 draws: 2022-05-16 to 2022-06-24 1 draws: 2022-06-24 to 2022-06-25 24 draws: 2022-06-25 to 2022-07-19 14 draws: 2022-07-19 to 2022-08-02 3 draws: 2022-08-02 to 2022-08-05 35 draws: 2022-08-05 to 2022-09-09 25 draws: 2022-09-09 to 2022-10-04 4 draws: 2022-10-04 to 2022-10-08 1 draws: 2022-10-08 to 2022-10-09 36 draws: 2022-10-09 to 2022-11-14 36 draws: 2022-11-14 to 2022-12-20 3 draws: 2022-12-20 to 2022-12-23 24 draws: 2022-12-23 to 2023-01-16 54 draws: 2023-01-16 to 2023-03-11 13 draws: 2023-03-11 to 2023-03-24 41 draws: 2023-03-24 to 2023-05-04 32 draws: 2023-05-04 to 2023-06-05 7 draws: 2023-06-05 to 2023-06-12 30 draws: 2023-06-12 to 2023-07-12 41 draws: 2023-07-12 to 2023-08-22 1 draws: 2023-08-22 to 2023-08-23 11 draws: 2023-08-23 to 2023-09-03 21 draws: 2023-09-03 to 2023-09-24 13 draws: 2023-09-24 to 2023-10-07 11 draws: 2023-10-07 to 2023-10-18 23 draws: 2023-10-18 to 2023-11-10 7 draws: 2023-11-10 to 2023-11-17 10 draws: 2023-11-17 to 2023-11-27 4 draws: 2023-11-27 to 2023-12-01 11 draws: 2023-12-01 to 2023-12-12 18 draws: 2023-12-12 to 2023-12-30 10 draws: 2023-12-30 to 2024-01-09 30 draws: 2024-01-09 to 2024-02-08 1 draws: 2024-02-08 to 2024-02-09 7 draws: 2024-02-09 to 2024-02-16 22 draws: 2024-02-16 to 2024-03-09 2 draws: 2024-03-09 to 2024-03-11 52 draws: 2024-03-11 to 2024-05-02 29 draws: 2024-05-02 to 2024-05-31 10 draws: 2024-05-31 to 2024-06-10 25 draws: 2024-06-10 to 2024-07-05 18 draws: 2024-07-05 to 2024-07-23 17 draws: 2024-07-23 to 2024-08-09 23 draws: 2024-08-09 to 2024-09-01 82 draws: 2024-09-01 to 2024-11-22 57 draws: 2024-11-22 to 2025-01-18 46 draws: 2025-01-18 to 2025-03-05 62 draws: 2025-03-05 to 2025-05-06 2 draws: 2025-05-06 to 2025-05-08 33 draws: 2025-05-08 to 2025-06-10 17 draws: 2025-06-10 to 2025-06-27 3 draws: 2025-06-27 to 2025-06-30 2 draws: 2025-06-30 to 2025-07-02 38 draws: 2025-07-02 to 2025-08-09 20 draws: 2025-08-09 to 2025-08-29 16 draws: 2025-08-29 to 2025-09-14 5 draws: 2025-09-14 to 2025-09-19 20 draws: 2025-09-19 to 2025-10-09 6 draws: 2025-10-09 to 2025-10-15 46 draws: 2025-10-15 to 2025-11-30 3 draws: 2025-11-30 to 2025-12-03 10 draws: 2025-12-03 to 2025-12-13 14 draws: 2025-12-13 to 2025-12-27 14 draws: 2025-12-27 to 2026-01-10 6 draws: 2026-01-10 to 2026-01-16 1 draws: 2026-01-16 to 2026-01-17 1 draws: 2026-01-17 to 2026-01-18 11 draws: 2026-01-18 to 2026-01-29 3 draws: 2026-01-29 to 2026-02-01 1 draws: 2026-02-01 to 2026-02-02 14 draws: 2026-02-02 to 2026-02-16 Still waiting — at least 5 draws since 2026-02-16 2015-02-09 2015-03-05 2015-04-09 2015-05-11 2015-08-20 2015-11-02 2015-11-26 2016-02-01 2016-02-15 2016-04-04 2016-05-02 2016-05-09 2016-07-18 2016-08-15 2017-06-05 2017-08-28 2017-09-14 2017-11-13 2017-12-18 2018-02-05 2018-04-26 2018-04-30 2018-06-25 2018-07-05 2018-08-27 2018-09-24 2019-02-25 2019-07-22 2019-09-26 2019-10-17 2019-11-18 2019-12-16 2019-12-26 2020-01-13 2020-04-13 2020-04-30 2020-10-05 2021-05-27 2021-06-21 2021-07-27 2021-08-05 2021-10-04 2021-10-06 2021-10-12 2021-10-13 2021-10-27 2021-12-11 2021-12-12 2021-12-22 2022-01-13 2022-02-01 2022-02-19 2022-03-31 2022-04-28 2022-04-30 2022-05-16 2022-06-24 2022-06-25 2022-07-19 2022-08-02 2022-08-05 2022-09-09 2022-10-04 2022-10-08 2022-10-09 2022-11-14 2022-12-20 2022-12-23 2023-01-16 2023-03-11 2023-03-24 2023-05-04 2023-06-05 2023-06-12 2023-07-12 2023-08-22 2023-08-23 2023-09-03 2023-09-24 2023-10-07 2023-10-18 2023-11-10 2023-11-17 2023-11-27 2023-12-01 2023-12-12 2023-12-30 2024-01-09 2024-02-08 2024-02-09 2024-02-16 2024-03-09 2024-03-11 2024-05-02 2024-05-31 2024-06-10 2024-07-05 2024-07-23 2024-08-09 2024-09-01 2024-11-22 2025-01-18 2025-03-05 2025-05-06 2025-05-08 2025-06-10 2025-06-27 2025-06-30 2025-07-02 2025-08-09 2025-08-29 2025-09-14 2025-09-19 2025-10-09 2025-10-15 2025-11-30 2025-12-03 2025-12-13 2025-12-27 2026-01-10 2026-01-16 2026-01-17 2026-01-18 2026-01-29 2026-02-01 2026-02-02 2026-02-16 2015-01-29 2026-02-21
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1st smallest 127 · chance 127.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 17 of the other 17 numbers; chance expects about 17 such strangers 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 — 13th most popular of 18. 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 ← star 16 Every number star 18 → 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 1/18 tonight whatever it did last week.