Number 17

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

127times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.32σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

38longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.32σ. 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 41 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 smallest18 · chance 11.5
2nd smallest37 · chance 38.3
3rd smallest38 · chance 46.0
4th smallest27 · chance 24.8
5th smallest7 · chance 6.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 42 13 21 33 6

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
2026-09-05	1	2nd	5 17 27 38 40 43
2026-08-29	2	1st	17 23 25 27 33 45
2026-08-15	7	3rd	2 13 17 25 31 33
2026-06-27	7	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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-06	3	3rd	12 13 17 34 36 42
2023-12-16	3	4th	8 12 13 17 39 41
2023-11-25	29	1st	17 20 30 36 37 44
2023-05-06	17	4th	2 8 13 17 30 35
2023-01-07	11	4th	2 9 11 17 18 38
2022-10-22	2	2nd	7 17 21 24 35 41
2022-10-08	10	1st	17 20 23 33 37 45
2022-07-30	4	3rd	8 12 17 21 26 42
2022-07-02	4	3rd	10 15 17 31 37 42
2022-06-04	1	4th	7 8 13 17 23 25
2022-05-28	3	2nd	15 17 19 28 32 33
2022-05-07	17	5th	6 7 11 13 17 45
2022-01-08	7	2nd	3 17 20 24 27 29
2021-11-20	1	2nd	9 17 20 21 25 33
2021-11-13	4	1st	17 22 26 29 32 40
2021-10-16	2	3rd	2 7 17 26 27 38
2021-10-02	3	2nd	13 17 26 28 33 44
2021-09-11	2	3rd	8 10 17 23 26 34
2021-08-28	19	1st	17 19 21 22 23 30
2021-04-17	5	3rd	5 13 17 33 38 44
2021-03-13	8	2nd	15 17 22 27 37 40
2021-01-16	2	4th	4 12 14 17 22 33
2021-01-02	21	5th	5 7 14 16 17 44
2020-08-08	5	3rd	1 11 17 18 34 42
2020-07-04	2	1st	17 31 33 35 39 42
2020-06-20	1	3rd	9 11 17 19 22 29
2020-06-13	4	2nd	3 17 29 32 34 38
2020-05-16	3	4th	4 11 16 17 19 26
2020-04-25	11	3rd	3 15 17 23 34 38
2020-02-08	1	1st	17 19 24 36 38 44
2020-02-01	1	3rd	1 10 17 24 29 33
2020-01-25	2	2nd	10 17 19 24 36 38
2020-01-11	13	2nd	11 17 18 20 37 41
2019-10-12	6	4th	6 8 16 17 27 33
2019-08-31	16	4th	7 14 15 17 36 41
2019-05-11	9	1st	17 27 28 32 34 44
2019-03-09	4	2nd	16 17 21 27 29 43
2019-02-09	6	5th	9 11 13 16 17 21
2018-12-29	9	3rd	2 9 17 30 33 39
2018-10-27	10	4th	9 13 16 17 32 37
2018-08-18	11	2nd	6 17 19 26 37 38
2018-06-02	3	3rd	7 14 17 19 24 37
2018-05-12	3	4th	6 12 14 17 31 38
2018-04-21	1	3rd	11 12 17 31 42 44
2018-04-14	1	4th	7 9 10 17 18 38
2018-04-07	17	4th	6 7 8 17 23 35
2017-12-09	5	2nd	14 17 28 30 34 36
2017-11-04	1	3rd	4 7 17 22 26 30
2017-10-28	8	3rd	1 13 17 38 40 44
2017-09-02	14	2nd	16 17 21 22 23 44
2017-05-27	18	2nd	15 17 18 24 42 45
2017-01-21	5	2nd	14 17 30 37 41 43
2016-12-17	23	2nd	8 17 18 29 36 42
2016-07-09	2	2nd	13 17 21 25 33 38
2016-06-25	13	4th	4 7 10 17 28 31
2016-03-26	5	3rd	5 9 17 24 32 43
2016-02-20	12	2nd	5 17 22 26 30 42
2015-11-28	3	3rd	1 9 17 18 24 34
2015-11-07	6	3rd	4 6 17 31 38 39
2015-09-26	2	4th	5 12 13 17 22 26
2015-09-12	6	2nd	16 17 21 29 38 42
2015-08-01	5	5th	6 10 15 16 17 29
2015-06-27	13	2nd	15 17 29 30 32 39
2015-03-28	2	3rd	13 16 17 18 25 29
2015-03-14	13	3rd	7 9 17 26 42 43
2014-12-13	7	4th	6 11 16 17 21 44
2014-10-25	7	3rd	11 12 17 36 38 44
2014-09-06	10	3rd	4 10 17 27 34 43
2014-06-28	10	2nd	1 17 20 40 42 44
2014-04-19	10	3rd	3 7 17 23 25 26
2014-02-08	6	3rd	6 15 17 21 22 42
2013-12-28	1	1st	17 22 24 25 26 40
2013-12-21	26	4th	1 3 10 17 20 35
2013-06-22	1	2nd	13 17 18 20 21 43
2013-06-15	17	5th	1 4 15 16 17 21
2013-02-16	8	4th	1 6 16 17 18 34
2012-12-22	3	4th	1 4 10 17 29 45
2012-12-01	1	2nd	11 17 25 30 40 41
2012-11-24	9	1st	17 26 30 32 42 43
2012-09-22	4	2nd	1 17 19 32 34 45
2012-08-25	6	2nd	4 17 21 27 28 30
2012-07-14	6	1st	17 30 36 41 42 45
2012-06-02	8	2nd	6 17 18 31 36 43
2012-04-07	2	1st	17 26 27 28 30 38
2012-03-24	6	1st	17 27 29 39 42 45
2012-02-11	13	3rd	3 13 17 21 25 35
2011-11-12	17	4th	4 5 10 17 22 40
2011-07-16	2	3rd	11 16 17 29 35 38
2011-07-02	3	4th	6 10 14 17 39 40
2011-06-11	13	3rd	3 11 17 30 36 38
2011-03-12	7	3rd	4 13 17 21 38 40
2011-01-22	27	3rd	3 15 17 21 34 43
2010-07-17	1	3rd	2 11 17 19 39 40
2010-07-10	7	1st	17 23 30 38 40 42
2010-05-22	6	4th	7 8 16 17 27 40
2010-04-10	4	2nd	15 17 27 33 40 43
2010-03-13	38	2nd	7 17 24 31 42 43
2009-06-20	8	3rd	1 15 17 33 34 37
2009-04-25	6	3rd	3 13 17 32 38 44
2009-03-14	2	2nd	6 17 20 26 38 41
2009-02-28	1	1st	17 21 22 24 28 34
2009-02-21	7	4th	8 10 13 17 26 33
2009-01-03	—	1st	17 25 28 34 37 45