Number 17

In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

142times drawn · chance expected 145 −0.24σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

38longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 142 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, −0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 142 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 3 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 smallest24 · chance 19.4
2nd smallest50 · chance 58.1
3rd smallest50 · chance 51.3
4th smallest18 · chance 13.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 4 12 7 31 32

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
2022-02-10	1	3rd	13 16 17 21
2022-02-07	7	2nd	1 17 23 29
2022-01-13	7	1st	17 18 23 25
2021-12-20	9	1st	17 21 24 34

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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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