Number 17

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

99times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.14σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

73longest completed wait · 1% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 73 · waiting 5 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 smallest12 · chance 13.7
2nd smallest35 · chance 35.3
3rd smallest36 · chance 33.1
4th smallest12 · chance 14.0
5th smallest4 · chance 2.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 46 16 29 31 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-09-03	2	1st	17 25 26 30 44 48
2025-08-27	3	3rd	3 11 17 28 44 52
2025-08-16	7	3rd	2 15 17 22 23 50
2025-07-23	8	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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-30	4	4th	9 10 15 17 35 37
2023-12-16	18	1st	17 22 31 36 43 47
2023-10-14	3	3rd	8 10 17 20 49 51
2023-10-04	4	3rd	4 14 17 32 41 48
2023-09-20	26	1st	17 26 28 31 33 35
2023-06-21	4	2nd	16 17 29 31 32 33
2023-06-07	4	1st	17 22 23 32 43 51
2023-05-24	1	2nd	11 17 21 34 44 49
2023-05-20	12	2nd	1 17 22 30 37 42
2023-04-08	8	4th	2 8 16 17 37 41
2023-03-11	22	1st	17 38 44 48 49 50
2022-12-24	29	3rd	7 10 17 19 23 50
2022-09-14	1	2nd	4 17 29 31 46 48
2022-09-10	1	3rd	6 15 17 19 41 44
2022-09-07	19	3rd	2 10 17 28 40 44
2022-07-02	11	2nd	4 17 22 37 38 46
2022-05-25	8	4th	1 6 12 17 31 45
2022-04-27	4	3rd	4 14 17 24 32 49
2022-04-13	8	2nd	3 17 22 27 31 39
2022-03-16	2	1st	17 29 30 38 40 43
2022-03-09	1	2nd	15 17 22 29 40 42
2022-03-05	9	3rd	14 16 17 39 49 50
2022-02-02	2	2nd	11 17 20 28 31 46
2022-01-26	1	2nd	3 17 38 44 46 50
2022-01-22	4	4th	5 8 11 17 31 38
2022-01-08	3	4th	6 12 15 17 22 33
2021-12-29	2	3rd	2 4 17 39 43 46
2021-12-18	4	3rd	4 12 17 22 23 26
2021-12-04	1	1st	17 26 28 30 42 46
2021-12-01	12	4th	1 8 9 17 39 50
2021-10-20	73	2nd	3 17 24 35 42 43
2021-02-06	18	4th	5 14 15 17 26 33
2020-12-05	9	2nd	7 17 27 38 45 46
2020-11-04	12	3rd	2 14 17 24 34 51
2020-09-23	5	3rd	8 10 17 20 40 46
2020-09-05	14	1st	17 21 23 29 30 39
2020-07-18	3	2nd	3 17 30 32 36 42
2020-07-08	33	5th	3 8 10 16 17 43
2020-03-14	1	3rd	15 16 17 29 37 39
2020-03-11	6	2nd	4 17 22 34 38 46
2020-02-19	7	3rd	11 13 17 22 39 52
2020-01-25	10	2nd	15 17 22 29 35 49
2019-12-18	5	2nd	10 17 24 32 40 44
2019-11-30	1	3rd	4 8 17 18 34 43
2019-11-27	4	3rd	12 14 17 20 34 37
2019-11-13	7	2nd	1 17 22 26 28 34
2019-10-19	6	2nd	8 17 27 38 48 52
2019-09-28	22	2nd	3 17 24 28 42 46
2019-07-13	3	2nd	6 17 22 26 42 43
2019-07-03	11	3rd	8 16 17 22 50 51
2019-05-25	17	4th	4 6 12 17 32 34
2019-03-27	7	3rd	5 11 17 24 46 52
2019-03-02	1	2nd	16 17 20 29 34 35
2019-02-27	3	2nd	15 17 18 33 36 38
2019-02-16	2	2nd	10 17 25 29 39 47
2019-02-09	6	3rd	6 10 17 31 40 49
2019-01-19	10	3rd	2 7 17 24 39 46
2018-12-15	13	2nd	16 17 32 43 50 51
2018-10-31	4	2nd	6 17 18 23 33 47
2018-10-17	19	2nd	11 17 38 40 44 48
2018-08-11	6	1st	17 24 25 36 37 51
2018-07-21	1	5th	5 13 14 16 17 19
2018-07-18	2	3rd	8 12 17 21 26 46
2018-07-11	2	3rd	5 6 17 30 37 40
2018-07-04	1	4th	1 6 7 17 31 36
2018-06-30	4	2nd	12 17 29 42 43 44
2018-06-16	21	1st	17 22 44 45 46 48
2018-04-04	2	1st	17 28 30 36 50 52
2018-03-28	5	3rd	1 6 17 18 22 26
2018-03-10	1	5th	2 3 5 11 17 23
2018-03-07	4	1st	17 24 30 32 38 52
2018-02-21	3	3rd	1 14 17 26 36 49
2018-02-10	16	3rd	1 16 17 18 41 52
2017-12-16	3	3rd	2 11 17 18 22 42
2017-12-06	—	3rd	5 7 17 18 24 49