Number 17

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

214times drawn · chance expected 215 −0.06σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

74longest completed wait · 0.9% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 214 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 214 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 4 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 smallest30 · chance 21.2
2nd smallest60 · chance 71.4
3rd smallest84 · chance 80.4
4th smallest29 · chance 35.7
5th smallest11 · chance 5.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 8 21 34 5 36

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
2020-09-01	1	2nd	16 17 22 35 39
2020-08-31	2	3rd	2 16 17 29 38
2020-08-29	8	3rd	6 14 17 23 38
2020-08-10	3	2nd	11 17 21

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.

2019-11-20	8	2nd	13 17 22 27 28
2019-11-02	3	3rd	6 8 17 19 23
2019-10-26	12	1st	17 22 24 27 34
2019-09-28	74	3rd	2 16 17 18 36
2019-04-08	2	2nd	11 17 20 23 31
2019-04-03	2	2nd	16 17 26 32 33
2019-03-30	1	4th	1 3 11 17 32
2019-03-27	4	1st	17 21 26 29 30
2019-03-18	10	3rd	7 16 17 23 29
2019-02-23	8	3rd	2 15 17 20 33
2019-02-04	14	3rd	5 6 17 30 37
2019-01-02	7	3rd	3 10 17 29 33
2018-12-17	7	1st	17 18 24 25 39
2018-12-01	36	2nd	4 17 23 34 35
2018-09-08	5	4th	5 11 16 17 18
2018-08-27	8	2nd	15 17 20 32 34
2018-08-08	1	1st	17 21 22 26 32
2018-08-06	10	3rd	2 9 17 27 37
2018-07-14	5	1st	17 21 24 25 37
2018-07-02	25	2nd	15 17 29 34 36
2018-05-05	11	3rd	5 14 17 19 20
2018-04-09	2	2nd	14 17 18 24 34
2018-04-04	1	3rd	3 5 17 29 34
2018-04-02	13	3rd	1 12 17 22 33
2018-03-03	4	4th	2 5 8 17 30
2018-02-21	1	1st	17 18 22 25 26
2018-02-19	15	3rd	2 15 17 30 37
2018-01-15	4	1st	17 28 30 31 35
2018-01-06	4	2nd	7 17 21 26 30
2017-12-27	13	4th	4 5 12 17 22
2017-11-27	6	3rd	1 10 17 24 35
2017-11-13	16	3rd	2 4 17 32 38
2017-10-07	5	3rd	1 16 17 19 34
2017-09-25	7	2nd	4 17 23 27 28
2017-09-09	17	3rd	8 15 17 25 29
2017-07-31	1	5th	11 12 13 15 17
2017-07-29	2	1st	17 20 21 28 29
2017-07-24	10	5th	1 12 14 16 17
2017-07-01	11	2nd	1 17 20 21 32
2017-06-05	1	3rd	9 13 17 21 35
2017-06-03	2	2nd	7 17 24 30 39
2017-05-29	12	5th	2 9 11 16 17
2017-05-01	18	3rd	9 14 17 18 35
2017-03-20	15	2nd	12 17 26 28 36
2017-02-13	9	2nd	14 17 19 28 39
2017-01-23	20	1st	17 21 28 35 37
2016-12-07	4	4th	2 3 10 17 25
2016-11-28	12	3rd	1 14 17 30 34
2016-10-31	3	2nd	2 17 23 29 34
2016-10-24	5	2nd	8 17 18 31 34
2016-10-12	7	5th	3 9 13 14 17
2016-09-26	2	3rd	5 15 17 18 23
2016-09-21	1	3rd	14 15 17 26 32
2016-09-19	12	1st	17 19 22 37 39
2016-08-22	7	3rd	8 10 17 20 35
2016-08-06	2	4th	3 4 11 17 28
2016-08-01	7	2nd	16 17 25 29 38
2016-07-16	1	2nd	7 17 22 23 31
2016-07-13	21	2nd	14 17 20 31 36
2016-05-25	1	3rd	1 5 17 29 35
2016-05-23	6	3rd	6 10 17 27 31
2016-05-09	4	5th	1 5 8 13 17
2016-04-30	7	3rd	3 11 17 21 32
2016-04-13	4	3rd	4 13 17 22 23
2016-04-04	6	4th	7 11 14 17 36
2016-03-21	19	2nd	12 17 23 26 38
2016-02-06	6	3rd	10 14 17 31 38
2016-01-23	5	1st	17 20 31 32 34
2016-01-11	11	4th	8 15 16 17 34
2015-12-16	17	2nd	3 17 23 28 37
2015-11-07	6	4th	4 12 13 17 21
2015-10-24	5	3rd	9 15 17 18 33
2015-10-12	50	5th	5 8 11 14 17
2015-06-17	14	4th	3 6 11 17 26
2015-05-16	10	1st	17 20 21 30 34
2015-04-22	9	4th	1 5 15 17 32
2015-04-01	4	1st	17 21 22 29 33
2015-03-23	18	3rd	7 9 17 24 28
2015-02-09	5	2nd	16 17 24 30 36
2015-01-28	19	4th	5 6 11 17 31
2014-12-15	5	3rd	7 8 17 28 36
2014-12-03	3	1st	17 21 24 36 39
2014-11-26	11	4th	10 11 14 17 19
2014-11-01	2	3rd	6 12 17 20 26
2014-10-27	1	3rd	3 4 17 36 38
2014-10-25	9	3rd	10 11 17 25 37
2014-10-04	6	1st	17 21 22 27 32
2014-09-20	4	3rd	5 8 17 26 33
2014-09-10	3	1st	17 19 24 35 38
2014-09-03	1	2nd	2 17 19 23 37
2014-09-01	18	2nd	6 17 20 34 36
2014-07-21	6	2nd	9 17 18 23 27
2014-07-07	5	3rd	1 6 17 19 35
2014-06-25	5	1st	17 19 29 38 39
2014-06-14	1	4th	5 13 15 17 33
2014-06-11	5	1st	17 21 27 30 37
2014-05-31	2	3rd	3 7 17 34 36
2014-05-26	1	4th	1 3 10 17 26
2014-05-24	17	5th	1 2 11 14 17
2014-04-14	4	2nd	8 17 19 24 31
2014-04-05	1	3rd	2 12 17 18 22
2014-04-02	13	3rd	3 5 17 21 37
2014-03-03	2	3rd	2 4 17 31 39
2014-02-26	2	2nd	8 17 28 33 37
2014-02-22	2	2nd	1 17 22 28 36
2014-02-17	17	3rd	2 9 17 21 36
2014-01-08	2	2nd	3 17 24 36 38
2014-01-04	8	3rd	8 12 17 25 36
2013-12-16	20	3rd	2 8 17 20 31
2013-10-30	8	3rd	5 13 17 32 37
2013-10-12	6	4th	3 6 9 17 27
2013-09-28	4	4th	4 9 13 17 38
2013-09-18	1	3rd	11 15 17 29 35
2013-09-16	2	5th	6 7 10 12 17
2013-09-11	4	2nd	8 17 22 23 28
2013-09-02	13	3rd	1 8 17 19 34
2013-08-03	1	2nd	9 17 20 22 35
2013-07-31	7	2nd	3 17 26 27 29
2013-07-15	2	3rd	14 15 17 29 30
2013-07-10	1	3rd	13 14 17 30 34
2013-07-08	2	3rd	7 11 17 22 26
2013-07-03	6	2nd	15 17 20 35 36
2013-06-19	8	2nd	16 17 27 35 38
2013-06-01	9	2nd	13 17 20 34 38
2013-05-11	33	2nd	16 17 18 20 23
2013-02-23	5	3rd	7 11 17 37 38
2013-02-11	3	4th	2 5 14 17 32
2013-02-04	1	4th	1 12 14 17 19
2013-02-02	6	4th	4 12 13 17 38
2013-01-19	12	4th	4 13 14 17 34
2012-12-22	2	5th	7 8 10 13 17
2012-12-17	19	3rd	8 10 17 23 35
2012-11-03	7	4th	9 14 16 17 32
2012-10-17	3	3rd	5 6 17 27 37
2012-10-10	5	4th	3 9 10 17 39
2012-09-29	4	3rd	7 13 17 31 35
2012-09-19	7	2nd	12 17 30 31 36
2012-09-03	5	2nd	4 17 20 25 37
2012-08-22	18	3rd	5 7 17 25 29
2012-07-11	2	1st	17 18 22 27 33
2012-07-07	3	3rd	4 8 17 30 38
2012-06-30	26	2nd	16 17 26 30 39
2012-04-30	1	2nd	8 17 19 27 28
2012-04-28	23	3rd	5 13 17 20 31
2012-03-05	11	3rd	3 8 17 29 34
2012-02-08	1	2nd	16 17 20 34 38
2012-02-06	1	3rd	1 16 17 29 31
2012-02-04	1	2nd	1 17 20 25 36
2012-02-01	4	1st	17 21 31 32 34
2012-01-23	5	1st	17 23 25 29 38
2012-01-11	2	3rd	8 10 17 24 27
2012-01-07	7	3rd	5 10 17 20 35
2011-12-21	8	1st	17 32 33 36 39
2011-12-03	14	3rd	2 14 17 22 38
2011-10-31	1	3rd	6 16 17 30 33
2011-10-29	5	3rd	2 3 17 35 39
2011-10-17	1	1st	17 24 31 36 37
2011-10-15	10	2nd	12 17 26 29 39
2011-09-21	18	4th	2 11 15 17 36
2011-08-10	10	3rd	1 13 17 23 30
2011-07-18	4	3rd	7 15 17 27 38
2011-07-09	7	2nd	10 17 25 31 32
2011-06-22	1	3rd	7 15 17 23 35
2011-06-20	9	1st	17 26 28 34 37
2011-05-30	27	1st	17 21 28 33 34
2011-03-28	1	4th	7 8 10 17 36
2011-03-26	5	2nd	16 17 25 36 38
2011-03-14	2	2nd	3 17 20 28 34
2011-03-09	4	4th	1 14 15 17 28
2011-02-28	11	3rd	3 8 17 19 31
2011-02-02	11	4th	5 10 15 17 20
2011-01-08	3	3rd	5 16 17 33 39
2011-01-01	5	3rd	2 4 17 18 37
2010-12-20	2	3rd	12 15 17 23 39
2010-12-15	35	3rd	6 7 17 20 39
2010-09-25	8	3rd	1 3 17 27 35
2010-09-06	3	2nd	6 17 19 28 36
2010-08-30	13	3rd	11 14 17 18 27
2010-07-31	6	2nd	4 17 33 34 35
2010-07-17	17	3rd	8 11 17 21 31
2010-06-07	1	3rd	11 13 17 19 27
2010-06-05	11	2nd	9 17 22 29 36
2010-05-10	1	1st	17 21 24 25 33
2010-05-08	7	2nd	12 17 18 23 33
2010-04-21	9	2nd	5 17 19 22 27
2010-03-31	17	1st	17 19 21 27 30
2010-02-20	9	2nd	12 17 21 25 37
2010-01-30	3	5th	8 9 12 16 17
2010-01-23	9	3rd	2 10 17 29 37
2010-01-02	—	3rd	8 14 17 21 26