Number 17

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

102times drawn · chance expected 89 +1.59σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

4.2average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

24longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +1.59σ. 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 102 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.2 draws · longest completed wait 24 · 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 smallest1 · chance 1.4
2nd smallest10 · chance 10.4
3rd smallest27 · chance 27.8
4th smallest35 · chance 34.7
5th smallest27 · chance 21.1
6th smallest1 · chance 6.0
7th smallest1 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 11 1 19 7 22

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
2026-09-17	3	4th	1 8 15 17 19 22 34
2026-08-27	2	3rd	3 13 17 21 23 28 34
2026-08-13	6	4th	6 11 15 17 26 27 35

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-25	14	2nd	3 17 20 28 29 32 34
2024-01-18	6	1st	17 20 21 22 24 31 34
2023-12-07	12	4th	4 6 15 17 23 31 33
2023-09-14	3	5th	2 5 6 10 17 19 31
2023-08-24	1	4th	3 8 11 17 18 20 33
2023-08-17	5	3rd	10 12 17 21 24 26 30
2023-07-13	1	3rd	3 11 17 19 27 29 30
2023-07-06	4	5th	7 10 12 16 17 20 28
2023-06-08	2	3rd	12 15 17 20 21 22 28
2023-05-25	7	3rd	8 12 17 20 27 29 30
2023-04-06	3	3rd	6 12 17 21 24 30 33
2023-03-16	1	2nd	3 17 22 28 29 32 34
2023-03-09	17	3rd	7 10 17 20 27 30 33
2022-11-10	3	5th	3 5 14 15 17 22 32
2022-10-20	2	4th	6 11 14 17 24 25 33
2022-10-06	9	5th	3 4 6 14 17 28 35
2022-08-04	3	4th	6 11 13 17 21 23 32
2022-07-14	2	3rd	1 6 17 20 26 33 35
2022-06-30	8	5th	1 6 11 16 17 22 29
2022-05-05	2	4th	2 12 16 17 26 30 35
2022-04-21	5	2nd	15 17 19 22 25 28 29
2022-03-17	16	4th	2 7 13 17 19 23 25
2021-11-25	2	4th	3 9 16 17 21 22 34
2021-11-11	3	6th	1 2 3 4 15 17 20
2021-10-21	1	4th	2 7 11 17 27 28 30
2021-10-14	5	2nd	12 17 20 22 23 27 32
2021-09-09	1	5th	2 3 6 8 17 20 23
2021-09-02	3	5th	4 5 12 14 17 25 28
2021-08-12	4	3rd	4 10 17 19 21 23 26
2021-07-15	1	4th	3 11 16 17 25 26 32
2021-07-08	1	5th	7 8 9 15 17 19 32
2021-07-01	4	4th	11 13 16 17 18 19 20
2021-06-03	6	5th	1 11 12 14 17 19 28
2021-04-22	1	2nd	10 17 19 21 26 31 35
2021-04-15	5	5th	1 5 9 12 17 19 24
2021-03-11	2	4th	1 8 14 17 19 21 26
2021-02-25	6	2nd	11 17 19 20 23 25 33
2021-01-14	1	3rd	1 2 17 20 26 27 31
2021-01-07	3	4th	2 3 7 17 20 22 23
2020-12-17	2	5th	4 5 9 16 17 29 33
2020-12-03	8	4th	1 12 15 17 21 28 29
2020-10-08	5	4th	9 10 11 17 19 20 35
2020-09-03	2	5th	1 3 9 13 17 23 32
2020-08-20	4	3rd	8 12 17 18 21 23 35
2020-07-23	5	5th	3 7 9 16 17 28 32
2020-06-18	1	3rd	7 14 17 22 24 28 32
2020-06-11	1	3rd	1 14 17 22 26 28 33
2020-06-04	5	5th	1 5 10 12 17 20 27
2020-04-30	4	3rd	6 9 17 25 28 32 34
2020-04-02	3	4th	1 3 14 17 19 22 26
2020-03-12	2	2nd	10 17 19 20 26 28 33
2020-02-27	4	4th	1 9 16 17 22 24 31
2020-01-30	5	4th	5 8 9 17 20 22 35
2019-12-26	14	4th	7 9 12 17 23 26 27
2019-09-19	4	4th	4 5 8 17 18 26 31
2019-08-22	2	5th	3 7 10 11 17 26 35
2019-08-08	6	5th	1 5 11 16 17 29 30
2019-06-27	1	3rd	2 7 17 21 27 32 35
2019-06-20	1	5th	4 10 14 16 17 19 34
2019-06-13	2	5th	1 5 8 11 17 23 25
2019-05-30	1	4th	4 10 14 17 22 31 34
2019-05-23	1	5th	6 7 10 16 17 20 30
2019-05-16	1	4th	1 11 13 17 24 34 35
2019-05-09	3	3rd	5 15 17 18 19 26 29
2019-04-18	5	5th	1 2 4 11 17 21 30
2019-03-14	5	4th	2 5 8 17 20 24 27
2019-02-07	2	3rd	6 11 17 20 22 24 32
2019-01-24	4	3rd	2 8 17 19 23 29 35
2018-12-27	4	5th	5 7 8 9 17 18 29
2018-11-29	1	3rd	3 5 17 20 22 29 33
2018-11-22	2	3rd	3 14 17 28 29 33 34
2018-11-08	1	3rd	12 15 17 23 29 30 35
2018-11-01	2	4th	4 8 11 17 24 30 35
2018-10-18	4	3rd	7 10 17 25 29 33 35
2018-09-20	1	5th	2 6 8 10 17 20 30
2018-09-13	6	3rd	1 2 17 19 22 34 35
2018-08-02	5	4th	1 3 9 17 22 32 34
2018-06-28	—	4th	2 4 7 17 25 28 34