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Number 17 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 83 times drawn · chance expected 78 +0.64σ
12 draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number
10.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
38 longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long
17 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 83 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
17 Number 17, draw by draw Drawn 83 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 12 draws now
6 draws: 2005-07-12 to 2005-08-02 16 draws: 2005-08-02 to 2005-09-27 7 draws: 2005-09-27 to 2005-10-21 2 draws: 2005-10-21 to 2005-10-28 38 draws: 2005-10-28 to 2006-03-10 3 draws: 2006-03-10 to 2006-03-21 1 draws: 2006-03-21 to 2006-03-24 17 draws: 2006-03-24 to 2006-05-23 5 draws: 2006-05-23 to 2006-06-09 4 draws: 2006-06-09 to 2006-06-23 18 draws: 2006-06-23 to 2006-08-25 4 draws: 2006-08-25 to 2006-09-08 4 draws: 2006-09-08 to 2006-09-22 24 draws: 2006-09-22 to 2006-12-15 12 draws: 2006-12-15 to 2007-01-26 6 draws: 2007-01-26 to 2007-02-16 8 draws: 2007-02-16 to 2007-03-16 30 draws: 2007-03-16 to 2007-06-29 7 draws: 2007-06-29 to 2007-07-24 14 draws: 2007-07-24 to 2007-09-11 8 draws: 2007-09-11 to 2007-10-09 8 draws: 2007-10-09 to 2007-11-06 11 draws: 2007-11-06 to 2007-12-14 15 draws: 2007-12-14 to 2008-02-05 7 draws: 2008-02-05 to 2008-02-29 6 draws: 2008-02-29 to 2008-03-21 3 draws: 2008-03-21 to 2008-04-01 23 draws: 2008-04-01 to 2008-06-20 8 draws: 2008-06-20 to 2008-07-18 4 draws: 2008-07-18 to 2008-08-01 2 draws: 2008-08-01 to 2008-08-08 24 draws: 2008-08-08 to 2008-10-31 9 draws: 2008-10-31 to 2008-12-02 15 draws: 2008-12-02 to 2009-01-23 21 draws: 2009-01-23 to 2009-04-07 18 draws: 2009-04-07 to 2009-06-09 5 draws: 2009-06-09 to 2009-06-26 6 draws: 2009-06-26 to 2009-07-17 3 draws: 2009-07-17 to 2009-07-28 1 draws: 2009-07-28 to 2009-07-31 8 draws: 2009-07-31 to 2009-08-28 13 draws: 2009-08-28 to 2009-10-13 2 draws: 2009-10-13 to 2009-10-20 3 draws: 2009-10-20 to 2009-10-30 9 draws: 2009-10-30 to 2009-12-01 20 draws: 2009-12-01 to 2010-02-09 1 draws: 2010-02-09 to 2010-02-12 14 draws: 2010-02-12 to 2010-04-02 15 draws: 2010-04-02 to 2010-05-25 3 draws: 2010-05-25 to 2010-06-04 5 draws: 2010-06-04 to 2010-06-22 15 draws: 2010-06-22 to 2010-08-13 8 draws: 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-10 36 draws: 2010-09-10 to 2011-01-14 8 draws: 2011-01-14 to 2011-02-11 1 draws: 2011-02-11 to 2011-02-15 3 draws: 2011-02-15 to 2011-02-25 3 draws: 2011-02-25 to 2011-03-08 20 draws: 2011-03-08 to 2011-05-17 1 draws: 2011-05-17 to 2011-05-20 11 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-06-28 1 draws: 2011-06-28 to 2011-07-01 9 draws: 2011-07-01 to 2011-08-02 34 draws: 2011-08-02 to 2011-11-29 11 draws: 2011-11-29 to 2012-01-06 7 draws: 2012-01-06 to 2012-01-31 2 draws: 2012-01-31 to 2012-02-07 13 draws: 2012-02-07 to 2012-03-23 6 draws: 2012-03-23 to 2012-04-13 17 draws: 2012-04-13 to 2012-06-12 27 draws: 2012-06-12 to 2012-09-14 11 draws: 2012-09-14 to 2012-10-23 27 draws: 2012-10-23 to 2013-01-25 10 draws: 2013-01-25 to 2013-03-01 4 draws: 2013-03-01 to 2013-03-15 7 draws: 2013-03-15 to 2013-04-09 5 draws: 2013-04-09 to 2013-04-26 7 draws: 2013-04-26 to 2013-05-21 8 draws: 2013-05-21 to 2013-06-18 1 draws: 2013-06-18 to 2013-06-21 18 draws: 2013-06-21 to 2013-08-23 4 draws: 2013-08-23 to 2013-09-06 Still waiting — at least 12 draws since 2013-09-06 2005-07-12 2005-08-02 2005-09-27 2005-10-21 2005-10-28 2006-03-10 2006-03-21 2006-03-24 2006-05-23 2006-06-09 2006-06-23 2006-08-25 2006-09-08 2006-09-22 2006-12-15 2007-01-26 2007-02-16 2007-03-16 2007-06-29 2007-07-24 2007-09-11 2007-10-09 2007-11-06 2007-12-14 2008-02-05 2008-02-29 2008-03-21 2008-04-01 2008-06-20 2008-07-18 2008-08-01 2008-08-08 2008-10-31 2008-12-02 2009-01-23 2009-04-07 2009-06-09 2009-06-26 2009-07-17 2009-07-28 2009-07-31 2009-08-28 2009-10-13 2009-10-20 2009-10-30 2009-12-01 2010-02-09 2010-02-12 2010-04-02 2010-05-25 2010-06-04 2010-06-22 2010-08-13 2010-09-10 2011-01-14 2011-02-11 2011-02-15 2011-02-25 2011-03-08 2011-05-17 2011-05-20 2011-06-28 2011-07-01 2011-08-02 2011-11-29 2012-01-06 2012-01-31 2012-02-07 2012-03-23 2012-04-13 2012-06-12 2012-09-14 2012-10-23 2013-01-25 2013-03-01 2013-03-15 2013-04-09 2013-04-26 2013-05-21 2013-06-18 2013-06-21 2013-08-23 2013-09-06 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 7 times 2 draws: 4 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 4 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 6 times 8 draws: 8 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 1 time 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 4 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 3 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 2 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 2 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 1 time 39 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 15 · chance 20.0 2nd smallest 38 · chance 35.6 3rd smallest 27 · chance 21.6 4th smallest 3 · chance 5.3 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.4 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 56. 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 ← number 16 Every number number 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.