Number 17

In Bonus Match 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 2,407 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

348times drawn · chance expected 309 +2.40σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

43longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 348 times in 2,407 draws against 308.6 expected, +2.40σ. 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 348 times in 2,407 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 smallest38 · chance 34.5
2nd smallest119 · chance 116.2
3rd smallest131 · chance 130.7
4th smallest54 · chance 58.1
5th smallest6 · chance 8.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 36 14 29 23 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-11-15	1	2nd	2 17 18 21 23
2016-11-14	3	4th	1 10 15 17 32
2016-11-11	5	2nd	2 17 20 23 25
2016-11-06	1	2nd	2 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-05-27	1	2nd	11 17 22 37 39
2016-05-26	4	3rd	1 9 17 25 34
2016-05-22	7	2nd	7 17 21 32 39
2016-05-15	1	2nd	5 17 19 30 37
2016-05-14	3	1st	17 19 23 34 36
2016-05-11	12	2nd	13 17 28 30 39
2016-04-29	2	3rd	1 11 17 20 29
2016-04-27	3	4th	8 9 11 17 30
2016-04-24	5	2nd	13 17 25 32 39
2016-04-19	17	4th	3 5 14 17 33
2016-04-02	1	1st	17 20 27 31 32
2016-04-01	16	3rd	6 16 17 25 28
2016-03-16	3	2nd	3 17 24 30 38
2016-03-13	3	3rd	3 12 17 18 29
2016-03-10	1	3rd	6 7 17 27 29
2016-03-09	9	4th	4 5 15 17 38
2016-02-29	4	1st	17 18 23 27 34
2016-02-25	10	4th	5 13 14 17 29
2016-02-15	2	3rd	10 13 17 27 33
2016-02-13	3	3rd	1 6 17 30 39
2016-02-10	4	3rd	12 13 17 23 35
2016-02-06	5	1st	17 27 28 35 39
2016-02-01	5	2nd	3 17 20 26 35
2016-01-27	14	3rd	1 14 17 31 36
2016-01-13	17	3rd	11 13 17 27 36
2015-12-27	12	2nd	11 17 19 24 28
2015-12-15	5	2nd	10 17 18 24 33
2015-12-10	5	3rd	6 16 17 32 35
2015-12-05	5	1st	17 29 30 31 33
2015-11-30	5	4th	9 13 14 17 35
2015-11-25	2	4th	9 13 14 17 20
2015-11-23	22	1st	17 20 25 35 39
2015-11-01	5	2nd	11 17 20 24 30
2015-10-27	6	4th	3 11 14 17 27
2015-10-21	1	3rd	8 12 17 24 29
2015-10-20	9	3rd	7 9 17 37 38
2015-10-11	5	2nd	12 17 22 24 31
2015-10-06	15	2nd	14 17 35 36 37
2015-09-21	15	3rd	6 7 17 19 25
2015-09-06	1	3rd	4 5 17 18 23
2015-09-05	7	2nd	7 17 29 32 34
2015-08-29	9	3rd	11 16 17 29 35
2015-08-20	6	1st	17 27 28 35 37
2015-08-14	21	3rd	2 7 17 29 36
2015-07-24	3	4th	6 9 10 17 26
2015-07-21	20	4th	3 6 13 17 38
2015-07-01	3	4th	11 12 16 17 22
2015-06-28	8	1st	17 21 32 35 36
2015-06-20	11	3rd	2 4 17 25 29
2015-06-09	16	1st	17 21 25 33 38
2015-05-24	16	2nd	11 17 19 24 39
2015-05-08	4	1st	17 19 20 23 27
2015-05-04	1	3rd	7 9 17 19 35
2015-05-02	1	3rd	3 12 17 23 25
2015-05-01	7	3rd	4 9 17 18 29
2015-04-24	4	3rd	11 14 17 18 27
2015-04-20	25	2nd	5 17 19 32 34
2015-03-26	4	3rd	3 5 17 28 34
2015-03-22	1	3rd	14 16 17 22 30
2015-03-21	10	3rd	9 15 17 21 24
2015-03-11	1	4th	4 9 10 17 38
2015-03-10	2	3rd	10 12 17 20 36
2015-03-08	2	2nd	14 17 23 24 38
2015-03-06	1	4th	8 11 15 17 28
2015-03-05	12	5th	4 8 9 12 17
2015-02-21	16	2nd	9 17 21 23 35
2015-02-05	9	1st	17 20 30 34 37
2015-01-27	7	2nd	4 17 24 28 39
2015-01-20	13	4th	2 3 7 17 27
2015-01-07	4	2nd	9 17 31 38 39
2015-01-03	1	3rd	8 9 17 26 29
2015-01-02	4	4th	2 11 16 17 26
2014-12-29	2	4th	4 5 13 17 34
2014-12-27	7	2nd	6 17 27 29 34
2014-12-20	10	3rd	2 14 17 18 19
2014-12-10	10	1st	17 24 26 36 38
2014-11-30	15	4th	12 13 14 17 34
2014-11-15	2	3rd	5 8 17 19 27
2014-11-13	6	2nd	5 17 19 24 37
2014-11-07	7	2nd	2 17 31 32 34
2014-10-31	7	3rd	4 16 17 20 29
2014-10-24	6	3rd	6 8 17 19 24
2014-10-18	20	3rd	1 16 17 25 26
2014-09-28	5	3rd	1 6 17 28 35
2014-09-23	4	3rd	2 10 17 20 33
2014-09-19	5	2nd	9 17 24 27 29
2014-09-14	3	2nd	10 17 18 28 29
2014-09-11	5	3rd	6 13 17 32 35
2014-09-06	11	2nd	7 17 25 35 38
2014-08-26	5	3rd	2 3 17 36 39
2014-08-21	3	3rd	10 16 17 19 33
2014-08-18	1	2nd	2 17 19 27 31
2014-08-17	6	2nd	7 17 21 30 38
2014-08-11	1	3rd	10 12 17 27 35
2014-08-10	7	4th	2 3 4 17 35
2014-08-03	3	2nd	12 17 21 33 38
2014-07-31	16	4th	7 13 15 17 34
2014-07-15	11	2nd	12 17 19 25 31
2014-07-03	2	3rd	1 16 17 19 27
2014-07-01	10	4th	1 11 12 17 38
2014-06-21	6	2nd	12 17 34 37 39
2014-06-15	6	3rd	9 16 17 18 39
2014-06-09	3	3rd	3 12 17 18 32
2014-06-06	5	3rd	1 8 17 30 35
2014-06-01	27	2nd	7 17 23 26 39
2014-05-05	2	1st	17 18 19 33 38
2014-05-03	4	2nd	10 17 21 23 35
2014-04-29	5	1st	17 19 25 26 29
2014-04-24	11	3rd	3 9 17 22 39
2014-04-13	2	4th	3 4 8 17 22
2014-04-11	7	2nd	3 17 20 23 37
2014-04-04	8	2nd	3 17 27 32 37
2014-03-27	7	4th	8 13 16 17 36
2014-03-20	1	5th	4 6 8 12 17
2014-03-19	3	1st	17 19 29 34 36
2014-03-16	1	3rd	7 8 17 18 28
2014-03-15	6	2nd	15 17 21 29 33
2014-03-09	14	1st	17 21 23 25 37
2014-02-23	1	3rd	12 14 17 19 36
2014-02-22	1	2nd	8 17 27 28 39
2014-02-21	1	1st	17 31 34 36 38
2014-02-20	8	2nd	14 17 18 19 31
2014-02-12	1	1st	17 20 24 26 28
2014-02-11	4	3rd	4 12 17 35 37
2014-02-07	1	2nd	5 17 20 34 35
2014-02-06	1	3rd	1 12 17 21 27
2014-02-05	3	2nd	7 17 23 24 34
2014-02-02	6	1st	17 25 26 31 37
2014-01-27	3	3rd	7 16 17 26 33
2014-01-24	10	2nd	15 17 18 23 39
2014-01-14	8	3rd	2 5 17 29 35
2014-01-06	7	3rd	5 9 17 32 34
2013-12-30	5	4th	3 11 14 17 19
2013-12-25	7	3rd	4 12 17 37 38
2013-12-18	17	2nd	16 17 25 29 39
2013-12-01	10	2nd	11 17 30 35 37
2013-11-21	21	1st	17 18 20 31 39
2013-10-31	24	3rd	7 10 17 19 39
2013-10-07	1	2nd	2 17 36 38 39
2013-10-06	1	4th	3 6 14 17 33
2013-10-05	3	2nd	5 17 19 20 26
2013-10-02	3	5th	11 12 14 15 17
2013-09-29	9	3rd	6 10 17 35 36
2013-09-20	2	2nd	16 17 22 23 36
2013-09-18	17	4th	9 11 14 17 29
2013-09-01	10	4th	4 9 11 17 35
2013-08-22	9	3rd	5 8 17 31 32
2013-08-13	1	4th	2 13 16 17 31
2013-08-12	3	2nd	8 17 20 34 38
2013-08-09	10	4th	1 6 10 17 38
2013-07-30	1	4th	2 8 15 17 29
2013-07-29	3	3rd	3 11 17 25 37
2013-07-26	16	3rd	2 9 17 29 32
2013-07-10	2	1st	17 24 29 31 39
2013-07-08	4	2nd	13 17 26 31 32
2013-07-04	3	4th	4 8 16 17 38
2013-07-01	7	3rd	6 14 17 20 38
2013-06-24	15	3rd	2 16 17 24 25
2013-06-09	1	2nd	3 17 20 32 36
2013-06-08	1	2nd	12 17 18 23 24
2013-06-07	1	2nd	5 17 22 31 38
2013-06-06	5	3rd	1 14 17 33 36
2013-06-01	7	3rd	4 7 17 24 28
2013-05-25	13	3rd	9 14 17 18 26
2013-05-12	5	3rd	4 7 17 26 35
2013-05-07	6	3rd	9 12 17 28 30
2013-05-01	9	3rd	8 12 17 25 32
2013-04-22	1	4th	3 14 16 17 34
2013-04-21	2	3rd	11 15 17 20 27
2013-04-19	4	2nd	9 17 30 35 36
2013-04-15	5	3rd	4 6 17 36 37
2013-04-10	5	3rd	1 14 17 23 29
2013-04-05	6	2nd	8 17 27 29 38
2013-03-30	2	1st	17 22 31 33 35
2013-03-28	1	2nd	16 17 19 25 37
2013-03-27	1	2nd	1 17 20 28 30
2013-03-26	2	2nd	4 17 22 25 31
2013-03-24	4	2nd	5 17 25 27 38
2013-03-20	18	1st	17 29 35 36 37
2013-03-02	7	3rd	6 9 17 33 36
2013-02-23	4	2nd	15 17 20 27 31
2013-02-19	6	1st	17 21 23 28 39
2013-02-13	9	3rd	8 15 17 30 39
2013-02-04	1	2nd	14 17 26 29 33
2013-02-03	11	4th	6 7 13 17 27
2013-01-23	19	3rd	1 4 17 28 34
2013-01-04	9	2nd	15 17 28 37 39
2012-12-26	7	5th	1 4 8 10 17
2012-12-19	5	3rd	3 13 17 20 36
2012-12-14	15	1st	17 21 23 24 36
2012-11-29	7	2nd	1 17 18 22 28
2012-11-22	2	2nd	12 17 21 23 37
2012-11-20	10	3rd	6 8 17 23 31
2012-11-10	1	3rd	5 6 17 33 38
2012-11-09	2	2nd	3 17 19 29 32
2012-11-07	6	4th	1 2 8 17 32
2012-11-01	2	2nd	9 17 19 36 39
2012-10-30	7	3rd	10 11 17 33 37
2012-10-23	3	2nd	16 17 22 23 26
2012-10-20	3	3rd	8 15 17 19 36
2012-10-17	19	3rd	6 7 17 20 34
2012-09-28	10	4th	3 10 15 17 28
2012-09-18	3	3rd	8 14 17 30 34
2012-09-15	16	4th	3 8 12 17 34
2012-08-30	10	5th	5 6 8 13 17
2012-08-20	3	3rd	10 12 17 21 24
2012-08-17	13	3rd	12 15 17 27 37
2012-08-04	4	2nd	2 17 25 28 32
2012-07-31	4	1st	17 26 27 34 36
2012-07-27	3	4th	5 6 11 17 29
2012-07-24	32	3rd	7 8 17 20 29
2012-06-21	6	3rd	2 11 17 30 33
2012-06-15	3	3rd	4 15 17 33 36
2012-06-12	4	3rd	6 10 17 25 38
2012-06-08	1	3rd	4 9 17 28 32
2012-06-07	18	3rd	2 4 17 34 36
2012-05-20	7	3rd	1 6 17 30 36
2012-05-11	5	2nd	3 17 19 26 37
2012-05-06	2	2nd	9 17 21 33 37
2012-05-04	2	3rd	11 13 17 34 39
2012-05-02	1	2nd	11 17 29 36 37
2012-05-01	6	2nd	2 17 21 27 37
2012-04-25	5	2nd	16 17 21 28 37
2012-04-20	2	3rd	3 14 17 22 37
2012-04-18	3	2nd	6 17 20 35 36
2012-04-15	9	4th	6 7 10 17 38
2012-04-06	5	2nd	11 17 22 26 37
2012-04-01	3	2nd	12 17 19 24 39
2012-03-29	12	2nd	5 17 24 36 38
2012-03-17	2	3rd	4 13 17 19 29
2012-03-15	7	2nd	1 17 30 33 38
2012-03-08	38	4th	2 7 13 17 37
2012-01-30	18	3rd	3 6 17 36 39
2012-01-12	6	3rd	3 6 17 22 23
2012-01-06	2	3rd	8 15 17 19 25
2012-01-04	18	2nd	10 17 21 34 38
2011-12-17	1	2nd	3 17 28 34 39
2011-12-16	16	3rd	8 14 17 22 36
2011-11-30	1	2nd	7 17 22 27 37
2011-11-29	5	3rd	1 9 17 27 33
2011-11-24	6	3rd	1 7 17 22 29
2011-11-18	1	2nd	7 17 24 27 38
2011-11-17	11	1st	17 26 28 31 35
2011-11-06	6	3rd	1 15 17 24 36
2011-10-31	5	2nd	2 17 18 21 32
2011-10-26	1	3rd	8 13 17 25 32
2011-10-25	11	2nd	13 17 27 31 32
2011-10-13	16	2nd	9 17 25 34 35
2011-09-27	2	1st	17 19 21 26 35
2011-09-25	18	4th	1 2 14 17 31
2011-09-07	4	3rd	11 12 17 26 37
2011-09-03	5	2nd	16 17 21 30 38
2011-08-29	13	3rd	5 10 17 25 36
2011-08-16	10	3rd	5 8 17 32 33
2011-08-05	4	3rd	13 14 17 23 26
2011-08-01	17	4th	5 9 16 17 20
2011-07-15	12	1st	17 18 24 30 31
2011-07-02	6	1st	17 24 28 32 33
2011-06-26	6	2nd	14 17 19 20 29
2011-06-20	3	1st	17 22 24 31 32
2011-06-17	9	4th	3 6 14 17 33
2011-06-08	4	2nd	16 17 23 24 36
2011-06-04	1	3rd	1 11 17 24 31
2011-06-03	6	4th	9 13 16 17 28
2011-05-28	3	2nd	6 17 24 36 39
2011-05-25	21	2nd	6 17 20 33 36
2011-05-04	14	3rd	6 14 17 18 32
2011-04-20	13	4th	2 13 15 17 19
2011-04-07	7	2nd	16 17 31 34 38
2011-03-31	2	3rd	6 12 17 30 32
2011-03-29	7	3rd	2 5 17 26 35
2011-03-22	14	3rd	3 11 17 30 34
2011-03-08	6	3rd	2 13 17 22 39
2011-03-02	7	4th	4 13 14 17 23
2011-02-23	5	2nd	11 17 31 37 38
2011-02-18	13	4th	1 9 12 17 36
2011-02-05	2	2nd	5 17 19 23 32
2011-02-03	5	2nd	5 17 28 29 34
2011-01-29	4	4th	1 4 9 17 19
2011-01-25	11	3rd	5 10 17 18 28
2011-01-14	2	3rd	13 14 17 23 30
2011-01-12	16	3rd	2 11 17 21 34
2010-12-27	5	4th	3 12 14 17 38
2010-12-22	8	2nd	10 17 22 27 33
2010-12-14	9	3rd	5 13 17 28 29
2010-12-05	5	4th	7 9 13 17 30
2010-11-30	3	3rd	3 11 17 19 32
2010-11-27	7	2nd	15 17 18 30 34
2010-11-20	4	3rd	3 14 17 23 31
2010-11-16	5	3rd	13 14 17 25 31
2010-11-11	3	1st	17 23 25 37 39
2010-11-08	6	2nd	16 17 27 30 31
2010-11-02	4	2nd	15 17 29 32 33
2010-10-29	2	2nd	7 17 21 23 29
2010-10-27	14	2nd	10 17 29 34 39
2010-10-13	3	4th	4 13 16 17 23
2010-10-10	5	5th	1 3 8 16 17
2010-10-05	7	3rd	8 12 17 21 23
2010-09-28	5	4th	5 8 16 17 25
2010-09-23	9	2nd	15 17 21 22 32
2010-09-14	6	2nd	14 17 21 23 38
2010-09-08	10	4th	5 9 14 17 37
2010-08-29	6	3rd	3 10 17 30 31
2010-08-23	2	2nd	10 17 19 23 28
2010-08-21	16	2nd	16 17 21 32 36
2010-08-05	14	1st	17 19 21 31 39
2010-07-22	15	3rd	11 12 17 23 24
2010-07-07	4	1st	17 18 19 25 37
2010-07-03	5	4th	12 14 15 17 23
2010-06-28	2	2nd	5 17 26 30 38
2010-06-26	5	3rd	14 15 17 20 26
2010-06-21	1	2nd	8 17 26 29 39
2010-06-20	2	2nd	10 17 28 38 39
2010-06-18	3	2nd	11 17 26 30 36
2010-06-15	8	3rd	2 5 17 26 38
2010-06-07	43	3rd	4 9 17 24 26
2010-04-25	1	3rd	5 12 17 30 39
2010-04-24	1	2nd	1 17 21 27 30
2010-04-23	3	4th	6 12 16 17 21
2010-04-20	5	3rd	10 14 17 25 34
2010-04-15	3	2nd	16 17 19 23 34
2010-04-12	1	1st	17 18 22 26 31
2010-04-11	2	1st	17 22 25 27 36
2010-04-09	—	2nd	12 17 20 34 39