Number 17

In Mega-Sena under the 6/60 · since Mar 1996 rules — 3,064 draws, 6 from 1–60.

326times drawn · chance expected 306 +1.18σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

60longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 326 times in 3,064 draws against 306.4 expected, +1.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 326 times in 3,064 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 1 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 smallest65 · chance 62.7
2nd smallest122 · chance 128.6
3rd smallest105 · chance 96.4
4th smallest29 · chance 32.9
5th smallest5 · chance 5.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 52 48 49 5 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-10-06	4	3rd	1 4 17 33 41 52
2026-09-24	15	4th	5 9 11 17 18 38
2026-08-13	9	3rd	4 15 17 40 55 58
2026-07-23	13	3rd	5

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 6/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-08	1	3rd	2 5 17 24 38 57
2025-05-06	8	4th	7 8 15 17 20 51
2025-04-10	5	3rd	5 6 17 37 43 54
2025-03-29	30	4th	1 12 16 17 25 57
2025-01-16	2	2nd	4 17 19 20 40 48
2025-01-11	4	2nd	11 17 19 26 49 54
2024-12-31	8	2nd	1 17 19 29 50 57
2024-11-30	13	1st	17 21 26 28 32 60
2024-10-24	3	2nd	3 17 18 19 20 55
2024-10-16	10	3rd	6 11 17 20 40 51
2024-09-19	14	2nd	5 17 22 37 51 52
2024-08-15	7	2nd	1 17 30 40 48 50
2024-07-30	8	3rd	7 13 17 33 41 58
2024-07-10	7	2nd	14 17 24 28 36 45
2024-06-22	4	3rd	13 16 17 34 41 47
2024-06-13	22	2nd	11 17 24 26 35 43
2024-04-18	8	2nd	16 17 42 45 52 57
2024-03-30	11	3rd	10 11 17 24 30 45
2024-03-02	7	2nd	15 17 32 33 34 40
2024-02-15	4	2nd	12 17 33 41 46 54
2024-02-03	2	1st	17 26 45 46 48 53
2024-01-30	18	2nd	4 17 29 30 52 58
2023-12-05	2	3rd	12 15 17 30 40 52
2023-11-30	8	1st	17 20 31 34 40 42
2023-11-09	10	2nd	11 17 23 36 47 51
2023-10-14	26	2nd	4 17 22 28 30 49
2023-08-05	10	2nd	6 17 29 35 45 48
2023-07-05	4	3rd	7 13 17 24 29 52
2023-06-24	11	2nd	16 17 19 22 46 57
2023-05-17	1	3rd	10 14 17 25 32 39
2023-05-13	10	2nd	15 17 28 34 35 51
2023-04-12	1	3rd	10 14 17 19 21 34
2023-04-08	7	2nd	14 17 32 36 39 60
2023-03-16	14	2nd	12 17 43 44 48 60
2023-02-01	27	3rd	4 5 17 20 48 52
2022-10-26	1	1st	17 18 20 37 45 53
2022-10-22	2	3rd	10 14 17 18 23 30
2022-10-18	10	2nd	14 17 18 28 30 44
2022-09-15	4	2nd	2 17 22 41 58 60
2022-09-03	26	2nd	8 17 49 51 52 53
2022-06-11	2	3rd	11 16 17 41 46 59
2022-06-04	2	1st	17 31 34 40 56 57
2022-05-31	7	3rd	8 9 17 19 33 56
2022-05-07	1	3rd	10 15 17 20 21 35
2022-05-04	18	2nd	2 17 23 28 39 46
2022-03-05	10	2nd	16 17 18 28 35 47
2022-02-02	6	5th	2 6 11 15 17 39
2022-01-15	1	2nd	15 17 20 35 37 43
2022-01-12	19	5th	1 5 12 13 17 31
2021-10-30	17	3rd	3 16 17 37 38 53
2021-09-08	9	2nd	13 17 31 43 54 55
2021-08-10	22	2nd	8 17 30 36 54 59
2021-05-29	7	3rd	12 14 17 18 19 22
2021-05-06	4	3rd	4 9 17 19 37 60
2021-04-24	13	2nd	1 17 28 37 44 50
2021-03-13	5	2nd	9 17 38 41 49 55
2021-02-24	3	3rd	8 9 17 30 58 60
2021-02-13	2	2nd	11 17 25 38 52 57
2021-02-06	12	1st	17 20 24 27 40 60
2020-12-31	11	1st	17 20 22 35 41 42
2020-11-18	4	2nd	6 17 25 35 40 49
2020-11-04	5	3rd	1 10 17 26 30 53
2020-10-20	7	2nd	13 17 28 29 42 53
2020-09-26	2	3rd	3 7 17 20 48 50
2020-09-19	3	1st	17 18 35 36 47 52
2020-09-12	20	2nd	13 17 21 31 41 49
2020-07-11	4	2nd	8 17 34 37 43 45
2020-06-27	22	3rd	8 11 17 33 40 55
2020-04-15	22	2nd	1 17 30 37 46 50
2020-02-01	20	2nd	7 17 26 39 56 60
2019-11-23	7	2nd	11 17 24 25 33 34
2019-10-30	15	1st	17 34 46 49 50 57
2019-09-14	24	2nd	2 17 21 28 51 60
2019-06-29	17	2nd	16 17 25 47 48 58
2019-05-02	6	1st	17 19 37 41 42 49
2019-04-10	1	3rd	10 11 17 19 37 41
2019-04-06	19	1st	17 20 26 36 42 54
2019-02-02	7	3rd	8 10 17 29 37 40
2019-01-12	2	1st	17 25 30 35 42 57
2019-01-05	10	1st	17 39 43 46 52 53
2018-12-01	10	3rd	4 6 17 34 51 57
2018-10-27	23	4th	11 13 15 17 22 27
2018-08-16	35	2nd	3 17 34 35 40 48
2018-04-25	18	4th	6 7 13 17 22 56
2018-02-21	1	3rd	4 11 17 18 21 48
2018-02-17	15	1st	17 18 27 32 39 58
2017-12-31	7	4th	3 6 10 17 34 37
2017-12-02	13	2nd	6 17 33 48 50 57
2017-10-21	7	3rd	12 16 17 18 34 37
2017-09-30	12	4th	1 12 16 17 52 60
2017-08-23	21	1st	17 25 26 30 32 50
2017-06-17	5	4th	9 13 16 17 36 47
2017-05-31	5	4th	1 3 10 17 23 24
2017-05-13	5	2nd	4 17 18 37 52 56
2017-04-29	7	2nd	1 17 38 43 45 47
2017-04-05	5	2nd	16 17 20 22 38 50
2017-03-18	20	3rd	4 14 17 43 52 56
2017-01-11	1	2nd	16 17 19 28 45 58
2017-01-07	4	2nd	6 17 22 30 37 50
2016-12-22	17	3rd	1 10 17 18 45 48
2016-10-29	4	3rd	3 11 17 33 52 58
2016-10-18	1	3rd	3 10 17 21 22 43
2016-10-15	14	2nd	14 17 36 38 44 60
2016-08-31	12	2nd	13 17 29 45 49 50
2016-07-23	6	2nd	15 17 33 41 47 48
2016-07-06	8	2nd	2 17 22 24 48 51
2016-06-09	7	1st	17 19 32 43 48 51
2016-05-18	8	1st	17 18 26 30 33 37
2016-04-23	6	2nd	5 17 32 35 37 57
2016-04-02	3	1st	17 22 27 31 49 57
2016-03-23	10	5th	2 6 13 14 17 44
2016-02-20	42	3rd	2 16 17 18 41 47
2015-10-13	11	2nd	15 17 20 31 41 48
2015-09-05	5	3rd	9 10 17 32 34 46
2015-08-19	4	2nd	12 17 25 29 41 52
2015-08-06	22	3rd	1 10 17 24 42 51
2015-05-27	6	1st	17 29 32 38 45 50
2015-05-07	6	1st	17 19 33 35 39 52
2015-04-18	18	3rd	1 12 17 31 37 46
2015-02-14	8	3rd	9 11 17 19 35 52
2015-01-17	10	2nd	1 17 19 30 33 47
2014-12-10	10	2nd	8 17 34 38 42 51
2014-11-05	3	1st	17 23 29 38 57 60
2014-10-25	28	2nd	12 17 23 38 53 54
2014-07-23	5	3rd	5 8 17 42 46 47
2014-07-05	2	2nd	14 17 21 27 43 49
2014-06-28	4	3rd	6 13 17 36 42 51
2014-06-14	15	3rd	5 6 17 43 54 59
2014-04-23	10	3rd	4 9 17 18 21 38
2014-03-19	1	3rd	2 9 17 18 45 47
2014-03-15	2	4th	1 4 13 17 38 48
2014-03-08	22	4th	1 6 14 17 33 36
2013-12-19	12	3rd	7 15 17 31 42 54
2013-11-09	6	2nd	4 17 38 44 53 60
2013-10-19	11	2nd	3 17 27 32 47 54
2013-09-11	12	3rd	11 15 17 34 35 49
2013-08-03	3	2nd	7 17 38 45 52 56
2013-07-24	1	2nd	16 17 23 42 59 60
2013-07-20	2	1st	17 28 31 56 57 58
2013-07-13	1	3rd	4 8 17 29 31 45
2013-07-10	2	3rd	1 8 17 44 46 53
2013-07-03	21	1st	17 18 30 35 39 58
2013-04-20	3	3rd	4 9 17 23 28 53
2013-04-10	3	1st	17 20 24 29 49 53
2013-03-30	40	1st	17 27 28 40 44 55
2012-11-10	19	1st	17 29 36 38 53 56
2012-09-05	3	4th	2 5 13 17 39 44
2012-08-25	13	1st	17 21 30 48 52 58
2012-07-14	1	3rd	7 10 17 24 38 57
2012-07-11	10	3rd	3 14 17 32 37 39
2012-06-06	13	3rd	5 11 17 19 44 48
2012-04-20	4	4th	5 13 16 17 27 55
2012-04-07	18	3rd	2 5 17 18 54 59
2012-02-04	1	3rd	2 16 17 25 50 54
2012-02-01	4	4th	6 10 12 17 28 53
2012-01-18	10	2nd	11 17 24 39 46 49
2011-12-14	25	2nd	7 17 19 26 40 50
2011-09-17	32	1st	17 24 25 38 41 55
2011-06-01	14	1st	17 30 32 40 42 56
2011-04-13	5	2nd	13 17 21 39 40 59
2011-03-26	1	4th	4 5 15 17 27 51
2011-03-23	4	3rd	3 16 17 44 53 60
2011-03-09	11	2nd	4 17 36 37 51 56
2011-01-29	17	2nd	2 17 23 43 44 51
2010-12-01	13	3rd	3 8 17 20 38 53
2010-10-16	14	2nd	15 17 35 42 47 48
2010-08-28	14	3rd	5 14 17 30 35 38
2010-07-10	3	1st	17 20 26 27 55 57
2010-06-30	5	1st	17 20 49 52 57 59
2010-06-12	23	2nd	8 17 19 40 43 49
2010-03-24	1	3rd	6 14 17 26 40 49
2010-03-20	10	2nd	5 17 31 47 51 53
2010-02-13	3	2nd	6 17 19 34 46 55
2010-02-03	21	2nd	15 17 28 31 35 52
2009-11-25	8	2nd	12 17 19 32 47 55
2009-10-28	4	2nd	4 17 18 54 56 59
2009-10-14	1	3rd	1 6 17 27 35 40
2009-10-10	16	4th	4 9 13 17 20 47
2009-08-15	3	2nd	7 17 18 33 41 42
2009-08-05	6	2nd	1 17 21 33 48 56
2009-07-15	9	1st	17 23 24 27 49 56
2009-06-13	13	2nd	4 17 38 40 50 55
2009-04-29	20	2nd	9 17 28 45 49 53
2009-02-18	4	3rd	2 5 17 29 34 52
2009-02-04	12	4th	1 5 6 17 31 50
2008-12-24	4	3rd	5 6 17 33 39 54
2008-12-10	3	3rd	5 16 17 20 24 32
2008-11-29	11	3rd	6 10 17 33 51 53
2008-10-22	9	3rd	3 8 17 26 28 49
2008-09-20	9	3rd	2 4 17 33 48 55
2008-08-20	9	2nd	9 17 18 32 53 55
2008-07-19	8	2nd	8 17 46 48 56 60
2008-06-21	3	2nd	15 17 29 35 36 59
2008-06-11	14	5th	3 5 7 9 17 32
2008-04-23	31	2nd	15 17 37 48 50 59
2008-01-05	1	2nd	2 17 21 36 42 53
2007-12-31	11	2nd	7 17 19 34 36 39
2007-11-17	5	2nd	5 17 24 52 55 57
2007-10-31	6	1st	17 20 26 28 48 49
2007-10-10	6	1st	17 22 26 28 38 42
2007-09-19	13	2nd	5 17 20 32 41 55
2007-08-04	4	3rd	7 9 17 21 22 54
2007-07-21	4	1st	17 33 37 50 55 59
2007-07-07	11	1st	17 41 42 44 45 60
2007-05-30	11	4th	1 5 10 17 47 58
2007-04-23	3	3rd	2 8 17 22 42 44
2007-04-11	3	3rd	2 3 17 49 50 59
2007-03-31	6	2nd	3 17 24 25 27 44
2007-03-10	8	1st	17 27 32 34 47 56
2007-02-07	4	1st	17 29 31 35 43 59
2007-01-24	2	1st	17 22 28 38 52 59
2007-01-17	2	3rd	10 16 17 34 44 51
2007-01-10	10	2nd	15 17 23 33 39 49
2006-12-06	2	3rd	4 10 17 27 41 52
2006-11-29	32	2nd	10 17 21 32 45 46
2006-08-09	3	1st	17 19 29 31 44 57
2006-07-29	24	3rd	5 8 17 35 37 48
2006-05-06	1	2nd	13 17 27 29 40 56
2006-05-03	3	2nd	12 17 44 45 46 60
2006-04-22	7	2nd	12 17 18 30 32 58
2006-03-29	8	2nd	10 17 33 42 54 58
2006-03-01	10	3rd	2 7 17 34 41 50
2006-01-25	8	2nd	6 17 19 49 50 53
2005-12-21	7	1st	17 27 34 48 51 55
2005-11-26	3	2nd	6 17 23 28 35 41
2005-11-16	8	3rd	7 8 17 35 39 53
2005-10-15	7	4th	2 7 10 17 22 60
2005-09-19	6	1st	17 23 48 50 53 54
2005-08-24	9	3rd	13 14 17 31 41 50
2005-07-23	42	1st	17 19 33 37 40 50
2005-02-26	1	1st	17 36 40 44 51 56
2005-02-23	60	4th	1 9 13 17 33 34
2004-07-17	2	2nd	14 17 25 30 39 52
2004-07-10	5	4th	4 9 15 17 34 39
2004-06-23	1	3rd	2 10 17 23 32 44
2004-06-19	5	2nd	6 17 22 29 40 59
2004-06-02	2	2nd	13 17 22 25 29 41
2004-05-26	7	3rd	6 13 17 18 20 37
2004-05-01	3	3rd	6 13 17 25 36 53
2004-04-21	6	3rd	8 10 17 30 33 45
2004-03-31	4	2nd	16 17 38 39 45 56
2004-03-17	1	4th	4 5 13 17 46 54
2004-03-13	1	1st	17 29 35 40 43 57
2004-03-10	17	2nd	11 17 33 34 47 56
2004-01-07	7	3rd	6 14 17 26 50 52
2003-12-06	31	3rd	9 12 17 32 34 35
2003-08-16	5	1st	17 28 33 36 53 59
2003-07-30	8	1st	17 18 19 38 49 53
2003-07-02	14	1st	17 20 38 43 55 58
2003-05-14	1	1st	17 19 22 26 27 48
2003-05-10	2	2nd	15 17 20 29 30 60
2003-05-03	2	3rd	8 15 17 39 43 49
2003-04-26	1	2nd	15 17 24 27 32 48
2003-04-23	1	2nd	3 17 22 27 33 40
2003-04-19	1	4th	2 14 15 17 50 59
2003-04-16	3	2nd	4 17 24 42 46 56
2003-04-05	5	1st	17 18 23 28 31 53
2003-03-19	3	4th	8 11 12 17 20 47
2003-03-08	8	2nd	11 17 26 36 48 52
2003-02-05	1	3rd	10 11 17 31 37 43
2003-02-01	1	3rd	4 10 17 24 30 54
2003-01-29	1	2nd	16 17 28 30 36 54
2003-01-25	3	3rd	4 13 17 27 39 50
2003-01-15	43	1st	17 26 32 36 43 55
2002-08-10	14	1st	17 35 36 39 43 54
2002-06-22	14	2nd	16 17 24 39 46 57
2002-05-04	39	2nd	12 17 21 32 40 42
2001-12-05	12	3rd	12 16 17 19 23 48
2001-10-24	4	3rd	13 16 17 26 41 44
2001-10-10	12	3rd	7 13 17 30 37 47
2001-08-29	3	3rd	5 16 17 18 22 41
2001-08-18	15	4th	6 9 11 17 18 50
2001-05-26	4	2nd	10 17 23 27 47 52
2001-04-28	17	1st	17 18 19 25 49 52
2000-12-30	34	2nd	4 17 26 32 51 54
2000-05-06	22	2nd	12 17 40 42 47 54
1999-12-04	1	4th	7 9 14 17 24 32
1999-11-27	7	3rd	3 9 17 32 37 44
1999-10-10	3	1st	17 27 34 42 43 46
1999-09-18	12	1st	17 22 43 46 55 59
1999-06-26	15	1st	17 28 29 42 49 50
1999-03-13	1	3rd	4 14 17 43 51 58
1999-03-06	1	3rd	4 13 17 21 41 44
1999-02-27	20	1st	17 23 42 49 52 55
1998-10-10	5	2nd	1 17 25 38 45 59
1998-09-05	9	3rd	4 9 17 27 30 44
1998-07-04	43	2nd	11 17 20 39 43 53
1997-09-07	3	3rd	2 13 17 25 31 43
1997-08-17	6	2nd	8 17 18 23 33 53
1997-07-06	3	1st	17 23 27 40 43 58
1997-06-15	10	3rd	12 14 17 27 47 52
1997-04-06	6	3rd	7 16 17 27 34 59
1997-02-23	4	1st	17 23 24 25 42 47
1997-01-26	4	2nd	3 17 25 35 48 56
1996-12-29	7	3rd	2 6 17 25 26 58
1996-11-10	2	3rd	3 13 17 25 29 51
1996-10-27	1	3rd	13 15 17 40 53 57
1996-10-20	2	2nd	5 17 33 39 42 49
1996-10-06	4	1st	17 19 28 45 48 56
1996-09-08	4	2nd	13 17 20 33 44 51
1996-08-12	15	1st	17 37 39 51 52 59
1996-04-29	—	2nd	4 17 37 38 47 53