Number 17

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

100times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.37σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

40longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest8 · chance 11.8
2nd smallest38 · chance 33.6
3rd smallest37 · chance 34.8
4th smallest16 · chance 16.2
5th smallest1 · chance 3.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 8 27 30 20 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2017-07-15	33	2nd	13 17 26 30 46 48
2017-03-22	4	3rd	5 7 17 22 25 35
2017-03-08	12	2nd	11 17 19 20 38 44
2017-01-25	25	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-04-22	2	2nd	2 17 19 27 45 49
2015-04-15	6	1st	17 19 26 34 35 46
2015-03-25	3	3rd	3 5 17 37 47 49
2015-03-14	2	1st	17 22 23 26 30 40
2015-03-07	2	2nd	8 17 22 31 41 43
2015-02-28	10	3rd	7 9 17 18 27 35
2015-01-24	13	2nd	6 17 27 30 40 43
2014-12-10	4	4th	5 10 16 17 36 42
2014-11-26	5	4th	1 3 16 17 29 48
2014-11-08	3	3rd	5 8 17 43 47 49
2014-10-29	8	3rd	12 16 17 25 31 33
2014-10-01	2	2nd	11 17 26 36 46 49
2014-09-24	14	3rd	5 7 17 27 31 48
2014-08-06	2	3rd	6 15 17 30 40 42
2014-07-30	33	3rd	2 9 17 22 32 34
2014-04-05	2	2nd	16 17 33 34 44 45
2014-03-29	40	3rd	9 13 17 30 36 45
2013-11-06	7	1st	17 20 32 36 37 41
2013-10-12	11	2nd	6 17 21 31 34 36
2013-09-04	2	3rd	5 10 17 18 23 40
2013-08-28	3	1st	17 21 23 29 30 45
2013-08-17	8	3rd	15 16 17 25 26 46
2013-07-20	6	2nd	3 17 26 35 43 45
2013-06-29	4	3rd	6 8 17 28 37 49
2013-06-15	3	3rd	5 16 17 44 45 48
2013-06-05	1	3rd	5 13 17 27 47 49
2013-06-01	18	4th	1 5 12 17 22 43
2013-03-30	1	1st	17 30 33 36 38 46
2013-03-27	1	2nd	6 17 19 31 42 43
2013-03-23	7	2nd	5 17 26 29 34 44
2013-02-27	3	1st	17 21 22 30 31 32
2013-02-16	11	2nd	8 17 18 23 43 45
2013-01-09	3	3rd	14 16 17 18 21 29
2012-12-29	1	4th	1 3 8 17 20 22
2012-12-26	3	2nd	6 17 27 41 46 48
2012-12-15	11	2nd	2 17 32 39 47 49
2012-11-07	12	3rd	3 8 17 18 37 44
2012-09-26	5	3rd	1 6 17 20 23 29
2012-09-08	2	3rd	5 12 17 29 39 42
2012-09-01	8	2nd	9 17 24 26 35 41
2012-08-04	10	2nd	5 17 18 24 28 42
2012-06-30	4	4th	5 8 15 17 25 44
2012-06-16	3	2nd	8 17 19 21 39 44
2012-06-06	9	2nd	6 17 24 32 34 49
2012-05-05	6	3rd	3 13 17 27 28 48
2012-04-14	6	3rd	4 5 17 27 43 49
2012-03-24	3	4th	2 15 16 17 18 47
2012-03-14	8	2nd	2 17 24 26 28 40
2012-02-15	6	3rd	11 13 17 21 31 38
2012-01-25	22	3rd	5 10 17 23 37 45
2011-11-09	33	4th	1 13 14 17 29 41
2011-07-16	1	3rd	4 7 17 43 45 48
2011-07-13	1	4th	1 7 8 17 39 47
2011-07-09	5	3rd	6 12 17 18 20 43
2011-06-22	9	2nd	7 17 20 25 29 39
2011-05-21	4	3rd	5 12 17 24 29 30
2011-05-07	10	2nd	2 17 22 25 42 47
2011-04-02	1	4th	1 2 9 17 20 28
2011-03-30	1	3rd	5 8 17 41 45 46
2011-03-26	10	3rd	3 14 17 26 37 49
2011-02-19	4	2nd	16 17 19 25 26 48
2011-02-05	17	4th	8 9 13 17 19 27
2010-12-04	4	3rd	6 10 17 27 30 32
2010-11-20	5	2nd	7 17 34 37 38 39
2010-11-03	1	3rd	12 16 17 19 27 44
2010-10-30	2	3rd	5 12 17 29 30 39
2010-10-23	3	3rd	8 12 17 19 20 36
2010-10-13	2	4th	4 12 13 17 20 38
2010-10-06	21	4th	1 10 13 17 20 47
2010-07-24	13	1st	17 33 38 41 44 46
2010-06-09	14	2nd	4 17 23 26 30 49
2010-04-21	7	4th	9 10 16 17 18 46
2010-03-27	10	2nd	15 17 42 44 45 47
2010-02-20	2	3rd	7 8 17 18 34 35
2010-02-13	4	1st	17 18 20 30 40 42
2010-01-30	—	2nd	11 17 24 42 43 47