Number 17

In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 1/10 · Apr 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 524 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

89times drawn · chance expected 75 +1.77σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

5.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

37longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 524 draws against 74.9 expected, +1.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 524 draws · average wait 5.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 13 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 smallest6 · chance 5.9
2nd smallest21 · chance 25.1
3rd smallest41 · chance 35.2
4th smallest21 · chance 19.3
5th smallest0 · chance 3.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 19 22 9 7 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2025-08-27	2	3rd	10 12 17 19 27
2025-08-22	4	3rd	7 16 17 22 29
2025-08-13	3	1st	17 22 23 29 32
2025-08-06	9	3rd	4 11

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-02	8	3rd	3 16 17 29 31
2024-08-14	6	4th	3 9 16 17 35
2024-07-31	7	3rd	1 9 17 25 26
2024-07-15	18	3rd	4 5 17 22 28
2024-06-03	4	3rd	6 7 17 28 33
2024-05-24	11	2nd	16 17 26 30 35
2024-04-29	5	1st	17 22 24 29 32
2024-04-17	3	4th	1 6 16 17 22
2024-04-10	37	4th	1 2 10 17 31
2024-01-12	9	2nd	16 17 18 19 25
2023-12-18	2	3rd	6 13 17 24 30
2023-12-13	12	4th	1 2 12 17 19
2023-11-15	8	3rd	2 15 17 20 35
2023-10-27	4	3rd	7 14 17 26 35
2023-10-18	8	3rd	2 8 17 28 30
2023-09-29	1	3rd	3 10 17 26 29
2023-09-27	1	2nd	12 17 22 24 31
2023-09-25	21	3rd	10 16 17 21 34
2023-08-07	3	4th	2 4 9 17 19
2023-07-31	11	3rd	2 3 17 23 32
2023-07-05	3	4th	8 11 13 17 20
2023-06-28	7	2nd	5 17 18 19 23
2023-06-12	8	4th	2 6 7 17 32
2023-05-24	12	2nd	7 17 19 28 35
2023-04-26	1	2nd	14 17 23 33 34
2023-04-24	8	3rd	2 15 17 23 33
2023-04-03	1	1st	17 18 25 29 31
2023-03-31	5	1st	17 18 20 33 35
2023-03-20	2	3rd	7 11 17 18 21
2023-03-15	4	3rd	13 15 17 18 28
2023-03-06	1	3rd	3 7 17 19 33
2023-03-03	2	4th	2 7 12 17 34
2023-02-27	4	3rd	6 9 17 22 25
2023-02-17	3	1st	17 20 21 26 33
2023-02-10	1	2nd	16 17 20 22 30
2023-02-08	1	3rd	2 6 17 29 33
2023-02-06	6	3rd	8 11 17 21 28
2023-01-23	4	4th	7 12 13 17 25
2023-01-13	5	3rd	9 14 17 22 34
2022-12-28	1	2nd	9 17 23 26 32
2022-12-23	9	2nd	14 17 32 34 35
2022-12-02	1	4th	1 4 6 17 19
2022-11-30	1	3rd	4 15 17 18 27
2022-11-28	6	3rd	9 10 17 22 27
2022-11-14	3	3rd	2 14 17 34 35
2022-11-07	8	3rd	7 10 17 25 33
2022-10-19	1	2nd	4 17 22 25 27
2022-10-17	4	3rd	8 16 17 22 25
2022-10-07	3	2nd	15 17 28 32 33
2022-09-30	4	3rd	3 11 17 19 27
2022-09-21	1	2nd	5 17 19 30 33
2022-09-19	1	2nd	2 17 20 22 29
2022-09-16	5	4th	4 9 12 17 18
2022-09-05	4	4th	10 14 16 17 25
2022-08-26	3	3rd	4 16 17 26 32
2022-08-19	11	4th	4 8 14 17 30
2022-07-25	3	2nd	7 17 19 22 33
2022-07-18	7	2nd	8 17 24 30 33
2022-06-29	4	4th	5 8 15 17 25
2022-06-20	2	3rd	9 12 17 19 28
2022-06-15	1	3rd	7 10 17 32 35
2022-06-13	7	2nd	14 17 19 30 33
2022-05-27	9	3rd	3 10 17 20 21
2022-05-06	3	3rd	1 4 17 24 33
2022-04-29	—	4th	6 8 10 17 21