Number 17

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

210times drawn · chance expected 184 +2.07σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

43longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +2.07σ. 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 210 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 smallest11 · chance 16.2
2nd smallest54 · chance 59.1
3rd smallest92 · chance 77.0
4th smallest41 · chance 44.9
5th smallest10 · chance 11.7
6th smallest2 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 32 33 13 3 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-10-17	1	3rd	11 14 17 18 34 40
2022-10-13	1	5th	4 10 11 15 17 38
2022-10-10	2	3rd	12 13 17 21 26 35

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-01-04	7	2nd	11 17 20 31 35 36
2020-12-10	2	2nd	14 17 21 31 33 41
2020-12-03	6	4th	5 8 12 17 34 42
2020-11-12	9	2nd	16 17 22 31 33 43
2020-10-12	1	2nd	10 17 20 32 33 35
2020-10-08	4	2nd	15 17 31 34 35 37
2020-09-24	18	4th	1 3 13 17 34 36
2020-07-23	16	2nd	12 17 21 29 34 43
2020-05-28	7	4th	2 3 9 17 30 41
2020-05-04	12	2nd	1 17 27 32 33 38
2020-03-23	5	3rd	2 4 17 21 24 35
2020-03-05	17	3rd	1 3 17 28 35 43
2020-01-06	2	3rd	5 15 17 25 32 39
2019-12-30	17	2nd	15 17 19 24 40 41
2019-10-31	6	2nd	16 17 19 31 41 42
2019-10-10	4	4th	2 4 6 17 40 42
2019-09-26	2	4th	1 6 14 17 19 33
2019-09-19	7	3rd	2 14 17 22 39 43
2019-08-26	3	3rd	11 14 17 36 37 39
2019-08-15	7	2nd	8 17 18 28 31 34
2019-07-22	15	3rd	1 8 17 19 32 38
2019-05-30	4	2nd	9 17 23 28 37 43
2019-05-16	6	2nd	5 17 22 25 32 36
2019-04-25	7	4th	6 11 16 17 29 41
2019-04-01	18	3rd	14 16 17 27 38 43
2019-01-28	20	3rd	1 14 17 24 25 35
2018-11-19	6	1st	17 21 22 25 26 35
2018-10-29	4	2nd	2 17 20 23 28 43
2018-10-15	10	2nd	13 17 21 35 40 42
2018-09-10	8	2nd	13 17 23 26 32 33
2018-08-13	7	4th	8 12 14 17 22 29
2018-07-19	1	1st	17 18 27 34 36 40
2018-07-16	14	3rd	4 10 17 23 24 36
2018-05-28	14	2nd	3 17 26 28 32 42
2018-04-09	4	5th	6 7 9 11 17 25
2018-03-26	1	3rd	15 16 17 29 31 41
2018-03-22	23	3rd	4 5 17 20 41 42
2018-01-01	5	3rd	14 15 17 23 40 43
2017-12-14	16	2nd	13 17 28 33 38 43
2017-10-19	1	3rd	4 13 17 20 25 39
2017-10-16	2	2nd	5 17 23 29 36 39
2017-10-09	1	2nd	15 17 29 33 35 42
2017-10-05	3	3rd	1 6 17 26 35 41
2017-09-25	4	2nd	7 17 23 30 37 40
2017-09-11	6	2nd	8 17 26 35 36 37
2017-08-21	1	4th	1 4 11 17 32 42
2017-08-17	2	2nd	7 17 18 23 26 37
2017-08-10	1	4th	2 12 16 17 19 20
2017-08-07	10	3rd	7 13 17 27 29 42
2017-07-03	7	4th	7 12 14 17 32 33
2017-06-08	1	3rd	4 11 17 18 30 34
2017-06-05	2	4th	4 5 9 17 22 41
2017-05-29	3	3rd	3 5 17 22 26 28
2017-05-18	5	3rd	4 13 17 24 31 32
2017-05-01	3	2nd	2 17 20 27 37 42
2017-04-20	2	3rd	6 10 17 28 39 42
2017-04-13	2	3rd	1 6 17 23 26 35
2017-04-06	3	1st	17 21 28 30 35 37
2017-03-27	10	5th	3 4 11 12 17 41
2017-02-20	11	4th	4 5 15 17 23 31
2017-01-12	2	3rd	9 10 17 27 33 34
2017-01-05	1	2nd	15 17 33 35 39 42
2017-01-02	1	2nd	1 17 20 21 30 38
2016-12-29	3	6th	1 4 7 12 14 17
2016-12-19	1	2nd	6 17 20 22 35 37
2016-12-15	12	3rd	8 13 17 24 34 42
2016-11-03	1	2nd	14 17 21 22 38 42
2016-10-31	4	3rd	6 8 17 22 30 32
2016-10-17	4	3rd	12 16 17 21 35 43
2016-10-03	9	4th	10 11 15 17 18 35
2016-09-01	11	4th	7 11 14 17 34 41
2016-07-25	5	3rd	10 14 17 23 28 43
2016-07-07	2	1st	17 32 33 34 36 42
2016-06-30	7	3rd	11 15 17 21 37 39
2016-06-06	3	5th	2 5 11 15 17 42
2016-05-26	16	2nd	13 17 20 33 37 40
2016-03-31	3	3rd	6 15 17 33 41 42
2016-03-21	20	4th	7 13 15 17 21 32
2016-01-11	6	3rd	3 11 17 33 35 43
2015-12-21	9	3rd	5 15 17 25 27 37
2015-11-19	2	4th	2 13 15 17 26 27
2015-11-12	4	4th	1 7 14 17 32 38
2015-10-29	5	3rd	3 12 17 28 35 41
2015-10-12	4	3rd	8 9 17 18 27 34
2015-09-28	4	4th	3 8 16 17 19 20
2015-09-14	22	3rd	4 14 17 24 35 36
2015-06-29	1	5th	1 5 11 15 17 26
2015-06-25	2	3rd	11 12 17 18 30 38
2015-06-18	15	2nd	3 17 19 29 34 36
2015-04-27	6	2nd	3 17 24 30 35 38
2015-04-06	1	4th	6 13 15 17 19 34
2015-04-02	10	1st	17 19 33 34 36 38
2015-02-26	3	3rd	7 8 17 19 26 28
2015-02-16	2	3rd	2 3 17 20 25 32
2015-02-09	3	5th	2 3 4 7 17 19
2015-01-29	7	3rd	2 13 17 20 41 43
2015-01-05	4	4th	9 14 16 17 22 23
2014-12-22	6	4th	11 14 16 17 36 39
2014-12-01	3	3rd	3 16 17 29 33 37
2014-11-20	10	2nd	16 17 21 22 26 27
2014-10-16	13	3rd	4 5 17 18 32 37
2014-09-01	4	3rd	13 16 17 19 24 28
2014-08-18	6	4th	2 8 16 17 24 41
2014-07-28	4	4th	2 7 12 17 26 40
2014-07-14	2	3rd	11 15 17 23 29 37
2014-07-07	1	2nd	11 17 23 26 37 43
2014-07-03	15	3rd	2 11 17 29 30 39
2014-05-12	3	4th	9 10 11 17 32 34
2014-05-01	4	3rd	1 9 17 23 26 39
2014-04-17	4	2nd	11 17 21 25 33 39
2014-04-03	1	3rd	4 12 17 25 30 34
2014-03-31	8	3rd	10 11 17 23 30 32
2014-03-03	9	3rd	1 6 17 25 29 43
2014-01-30	2	4th	4 7 13 17 33 43
2014-01-23	16	3rd	6 11 17 29 39 43
2013-11-28	2	4th	3 6 9 17 23 24
2013-11-21	5	1st	17 19 22 26 32 41
2013-11-04	6	3rd	13 16 17 19 22 34
2013-10-14	1	3rd	9 10 17 27 35 42
2013-10-10	5	2nd	10 17 21 25 36 39
2013-09-23	8	3rd	6 12 17 20 27 42
2013-08-26	10	3rd	9 10 17 32 35 37
2013-07-22	5	3rd	2 3 17 25 28 32
2013-07-04	4	5th	6 10 11 12 17 21
2013-06-20	2	2nd	8 17 26 27 30 37
2013-06-13	1	4th	4 7 16 17 37 38
2013-06-10	3	3rd	13 16 17 19 28 31
2013-05-30	4	1st	17 21 29 31 38 43
2013-05-16	1	3rd	9 11 17 18 20 35
2013-05-13	1	3rd	12 13 17 36 41 43
2013-05-09	7	1st	17 18 22 27 36 40
2013-04-15	8	3rd	1 9 17 22 40 41
2013-03-18	7	3rd	1 11 17 28 32 42
2013-02-21	11	3rd	6 12 17 25 26 32
2013-01-14	1	3rd	9 12 17 18 25 33
2013-01-10	2	3rd	5 12 17 32 39 41
2013-01-03	12	3rd	2 3 17 18 24 37
2012-11-22	10	4th	1 8 11 17 21 28
2012-10-18	14	2nd	16 17 20 21 33 43
2012-08-30	6	2nd	5 17 19 22 29 42
2012-08-09	4	4th	1 4 10 17 19 40
2012-07-26	3	3rd	5 16 17 18 19 29
2012-07-16	2	3rd	3 13 17 25 36 37
2012-07-09	3	3rd	3 7 17 18 23 38
2012-06-28	13	1st	17 21 27 29 33 40
2012-05-14	15	3rd	3 10 17 22 32 40
2012-03-22	12	2nd	14 17 23 24 32 39
2012-02-06	1	3rd	11 13 17 26 31 37
2012-02-02	9	3rd	3 13 17 18 29 36
2012-01-02	5	3rd	2 4 17 20 31 35
2011-12-15	3	3rd	7 13 17 20 28 40
2011-12-05	6	3rd	3 10 17 29 33 39
2011-11-14	12	5th	3 10 14 15 17 43
2011-10-03	3	4th	10 12 13 17 34 39
2011-09-22	18	2nd	3 17 24 26 41 42
2011-07-21	11	2nd	1 17 21 24 31 39
2011-06-13	1	5th	7 9 11 13 17 18
2011-06-09	1	3rd	8 9 17 24 38 40
2011-06-06	3	3rd	6 14 17 21 23 24
2011-05-26	8	1st	17 20 22 25 26 38
2011-04-28	7	2nd	11 17 19 25 34 41
2011-04-04	4	3rd	8 14 17 32 34 42
2011-03-21	4	4th	2 14 16 17 20 41
2011-03-07	1	4th	3 8 14 17 23 34
2011-03-03	10	2nd	11 17 20 26 32 37
2011-01-27	10	3rd	1 5 17 25 26 33
2010-12-23	2	3rd	11 13 17 25 31 42
2010-12-16	2	3rd	1 3 17 24 34 43
2010-12-09	4	2nd	6 17 20 22 30 32
2010-11-25	1	5th	1 2 12 15 17 23
2010-11-22	4	6th	6 7 12 13 15 17
2010-11-08	7	4th	2 5 9 17 31 40
2010-10-14	14	2nd	3 17 29 36 37 43
2010-08-26	1	3rd	10 14 17 26 33 35
2010-08-23	3	3rd	10 14 17 26 33 35
2010-08-12	1	2nd	5 17 20 26 38 39
2010-08-09	3	2nd	14 17 30 31 39 41
2010-07-29	2	3rd	14 16 17 19 22 27
2010-07-22	2	4th	5 11 15 17 21 32
2010-07-15	2	3rd	2 11 17 29 33 34
2010-07-08	3	4th	3 8 13 17 21 33
2010-06-28	3	4th	3 6 13 17 24 26
2010-06-17	7	3rd	4 11 17 29 30 31
2010-05-24	1	2nd	7 17 20 32 38 40
2010-05-20	5	4th	6 11 12 17 28 30
2010-05-03	—	3rd	5 6 17 25 33 39