Number 17

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

139times drawn · chance expected 108 +3.13σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

45longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

17 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 45 numbers

Drawn 139 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +3.13σ. Testing all 45 numbers at once means about 0.5 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.2e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 12 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 smallest31 · chance 34.4
2nd smallest64 · chance 63.5
3rd smallest41 · chance 35.3
4th smallest3 · chance 5.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 5 3 20 30 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-21	6	2nd	14 17 30 31
2026-09-11	3	2nd	16 17 20 30
2026-09-05	1	1st	17 27 40 43
2026-09-04	1	2nd	14 17 32 42
2026-09-02	10	2nd

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 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-29	3	3rd	5 10 17 22
2025-11-24	24	2nd	15 17 20 44
2025-10-13	11	3rd	11 14 17 28
2025-09-24	11	1st	17 19 22 28
2025-09-05	8	2nd	14 17 32 38
2025-08-22	5	3rd	6 13 17 29
2025-08-13	1	3rd	5 11 17 24
2025-08-11	7	3rd	5 11 17 39
2025-07-30	2	1st	17 27 35 39
2025-07-26	4	1st	17 23 40 42
2025-07-19	30	2nd	7 17 36 42
2025-05-28	4	2nd	12 17 25 37
2025-05-21	15	2nd	5 17 23 29
2025-04-25	7	2nd	10 17 29 36
2025-04-12	8	2nd	3 17 22 45
2025-03-29	5	3rd	1 3 17 36
2025-03-21	6	3rd	11 12 17 19
2025-03-10	8	2nd	7 17 21 27
2025-02-24	3	3rd	2 16 17 26
2025-02-19	12	2nd	1 17 31 39
2025-01-29	4	3rd	6 11 17 42
2025-01-22	24	3rd	5 9 17 43
2024-12-11	4	2nd	14 17 24 43
2024-12-04	4	2nd	4 17 22 42
2024-11-27	1	2nd	7 17 19 29
2024-11-25	1	3rd	12 14 17 42
2024-11-23	23	2nd	3 17 25 40
2024-10-14	4	1st	17 18 36 42
2024-10-07	32	3rd	9 15 17 37
2024-08-12	2	1st	17 19 27 32
2024-08-09	5	2nd	16 17 30 43
2024-07-31	20	2nd	2 17 23 31
2024-06-26	1	1st	17 29 37 39
2024-06-24	24	2nd	5 17 29 41
2024-05-11	7	1st	17 20 21 31
2024-04-24	14	2nd	13 17 28 34
2024-03-23	1	3rd	1 12 17 32
2024-03-20	2	3rd	3 8 17 41
2024-03-16	3	1st	17 35 40 44
2024-03-09	17	3rd	3 11 17 25
2024-01-29	10	2nd	3 17 19 33
2024-01-06	18	2nd	12 17 36 42
2023-11-25	11	1st	17 30 36 37
2023-10-30	23	3rd	5 15 17 45
2023-09-06	45	2nd	10 17 22 35
2023-05-24	8	2nd	14 17 23 35
2023-05-06	4	2nd	13 17 30 35
2023-04-26	7	2nd	7 17 44 45
2023-04-10	21	2nd	4 17 28 36
2023-02-20	2	1st	17 30 37 38
2023-02-15	1	2nd	5 17 30 35
2023-02-13	16	2nd	11 17 40 44
2023-01-07	31	2nd	2 17 18 38
2022-10-26	2	1st	17 23 25 40
2022-10-22	5	2nd	7 17 21 41
2022-10-10	1	2nd	16 17 29 34
2022-10-08	5	1st	17 20 37 45
2022-09-26	15	3rd	9 16 17 22
2022-08-22	6	3rd	7 8 17 41
2022-08-08	4	2nd	13 17 25 36
2022-07-30	12	2nd	12 17 21 26
2022-07-02	1	3rd	10 15 17 42
2022-06-29	14	1st	17 30 32 41
2022-05-28	4	2nd	15 17 19 32
2022-05-18	7	2nd	14 17 19 30
2022-05-02	8	2nd	10 17 18 23
2022-04-13	15	1st	17 32 34 45
2022-03-09	12	4th	4 8 14 17
2022-02-09	14	2nd	1 17 26 41
2022-01-08	16	2nd	3 17 27 29
2021-12-01	8	2nd	12 17 18 41
2021-11-13	8	1st	17 26 32 40
2021-10-25	4	3rd	4 11 17 20
2021-10-16	15	2nd	2 17 26 27
2021-09-11	6	3rd	8 10 17 34
2021-08-28	4	1st	17 22 23 30
2021-08-18	16	2nd	3 17 32 35
2021-07-12	11	3rd	9 15 17 20
2021-06-16	6	3rd	2 8 17 44
2021-06-02	10	1st	17 22 37 39
2021-05-10	2	3rd	10 12 17 40
2021-05-05	4	3rd	2 7 17 23
2021-04-26	4	4th	6 11 13 17
2021-04-17	4	3rd	5 13 17 33
2021-04-07	1	2nd	16 17 20 24
2021-04-05	5	2nd	2 17 36 42
2021-03-24	5	1st	17 29 30 37
2021-03-13	7	2nd	15 17 27 37
2021-02-24	6	1st	17 40 44 45
2021-02-10	11	1st	17 25 37 43
2021-01-16	16	3rd	4 12 17 22
2020-12-09	27	2nd	2 17 19 33
2020-10-07	4	4th	7 9 13 17
2020-09-28	22	3rd	3 11 17 24
2020-08-08	2	3rd	1 11 17 18
2020-08-03	13	2nd	1 17 24 40
2020-07-04	2	1st	17 31 33 42
2020-06-29	4	2nd	16 17 20 24
2020-06-20	1	1st	17 19 22 29
2020-06-17	2	3rd	6 10 17 20
2020-06-13	8	2nd	3 17 29 32
2020-05-25	2	3rd	8 16 17 36
2020-05-20	2	3rd	4 16 17 20
2020-05-16	7	3rd	11 16 17 26
2020-04-29	2	3rd	4 7 17 20
2020-04-25	26	2nd	15 17 23 34
2020-02-24	7	1st	17 24 26 28
2020-02-08	3	1st	17 19 24 44
2020-02-01	3	2nd	1 17 24 33
2020-01-25	5	2nd	10 17 19 24
2020-01-13	1	2nd	8 17 34 40
2020-01-11	11	1st	17 18 37 41
2019-12-16	8	1st	17 20 30 45
2019-11-27	7	2nd	5 17 40 45
2019-11-11	—	2nd	5 17 18 21