Number 17

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

209times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.39σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

32longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 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 209 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 8 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 24.6
2nd smallest77 · chance 70.2
3rd smallest73 · chance 72.6
4th smallest34 · chance 33.9
5th smallest7 · chance 7.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 22 21 9 44 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-12	2	3rd	1 3 17 20 26 32
2026-09-05	1	3rd	5 10 17 34 42 49
2026-09-02	5	5th	6 8 9 14 17 25
2026-08-15	9

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-12	18	1st	17 20 23 36 40 42
2025-02-08	7	2nd	7 17 22 26 27 32
2025-01-15	8	2nd	4 17 21 32 33 49
2024-12-18	10	3rd	7 9 17 39 41 45
2024-11-13	4	3rd	5 15 17 29 35 45
2024-10-30	4	4th	4 9 14 17 30 44
2024-10-16	3	2nd	1 17 26 35 44 48
2024-10-05	16	1st	17 18 20 29 32 35
2024-08-10	17	3rd	9 15 17 20 25 49
2024-06-12	3	4th	7 8 10 17 43 48
2024-06-01	5	1st	17 22 28 35 37 41
2024-05-15	1	2nd	13 17 23 24 40 48
2024-05-11	8	3rd	2 10 17 18 22 28
2024-04-13	1	2nd	11 17 21 27 41 44
2024-04-10	15	3rd	11 12 17 23 38 46
2024-02-17	17	2nd	3 17 25 29 36 46
2023-12-20	8	4th	10 12 13 17 35 44
2023-11-22	3	4th	7 12 13 17 20 36
2023-11-11	2	2nd	3 17 25 26 41 42
2023-11-04	2	4th	1 10 15 17 35 45
2023-10-28	2	3rd	4 9 17 30 36 43
2023-10-21	2	3rd	1 12 17 19 23 39
2023-10-14	1	2nd	15 17 23 32 37 47
2023-10-11	4	2nd	9 17 22 28 37 43
2023-09-27	2	2nd	9 17 25 30 38 48
2023-09-20	3	3rd	10 14 17 22 25 38
2023-09-09	7	2nd	8 17 20 26 42 44
2023-08-16	2	5th	2 3 6 7 17 27
2023-08-09	7	1st	17 35 37 40 45 47
2023-07-15	25	1st	17 24 31 32 35 47
2023-04-19	4	4th	1 6 13 17 43 44
2023-04-05	2	2nd	10 17 21 22 41 42
2023-03-29	13	4th	9 10 12 17 30 45
2023-02-11	9	2nd	4 17 21 27 32 42
2023-01-11	2	2nd	13 17 22 30 31 47
2023-01-04	2	2nd	4 17 21 22 31 38
2022-12-28	19	4th	2 10 16 17 24 26
2022-10-22	27	2nd	2 17 24 36 40 49
2022-07-20	25	3rd	1 15 17 25 26 40
2022-04-23	1	1st	17 19 27 39 44 49
2022-04-20	31	4th	6 10 13 17 21 37
2022-01-01	9	4th	7 8 15 17 19 33
2021-12-01	17	2nd	14 17 27 34 36 42
2021-10-02	29	2nd	8 17 18 19 48 49
2021-06-23	1	2nd	9 17 20 22 34 40
2021-06-19	24	3rd	13 15 17 25 34 45
2021-03-27	12	3rd	15 16 17 30 36 40
2021-02-13	5	2nd	16 17 27 40 41 45
2021-01-27	1	2nd	12 17 23 36 44 49
2021-01-23	6	2nd	5 17 21 29 41 43
2021-01-02	4	2nd	16 17 20 42 47 49
2020-12-19	16	5th	1 8 10 11 17 35
2020-10-24	9	3rd	4 9 17 20 26 31
2020-09-23	10	2nd	11 17 28 29 36 39
2020-08-19	5	2nd	2 17 32 37 39 42
2020-08-01	1	3rd	12 13 17 22 39 40
2020-07-29	4	3rd	1 11 17 19 22 45
2020-07-15	13	3rd	5 7 17 22 43 44
2020-05-30	1	2nd	11 17 27 28 30 43
2020-05-27	8	2nd	7 17 18 22 28 34
2020-04-29	5	2nd	6 17 21 30 40 41
2020-04-11	25	3rd	10 14 17 32 35 42
2020-01-15	6	2nd	1 17 23 25 26 34
2019-12-25	3	1st	17 24 28 33 36 45
2019-12-14	1	3rd	9 12 17 23 41 44
2019-12-11	28	2nd	7 17 21 34 47 48
2019-09-04	4	4th	1 4 5 17 21 29
2019-08-21	5	2nd	2 17 24 25 40 43
2019-08-03	11	3rd	4 14 17 22 26 46
2019-06-26	18	3rd	4 10 17 24 26 33
2019-04-24	6	4th	6 10 16 17 41 43
2019-04-03	4	2nd	12 17 29 35 40 47
2019-03-20	23	3rd	2 8 17 21 22 26
2018-12-29	2	3rd	11 16 17 22 29 47
2018-12-22	7	3rd	11 16 17 22 25 33
2018-11-28	3	2nd	3 17 21 29 47 49
2018-11-17	17	2nd	5 17 18 34 44 45
2018-09-19	10	4th	3 9 15 17 23 45
2018-08-15	5	2nd	2 17 25 27 37 42
2018-07-28	4	3rd	5 11 17 20 28 45
2018-07-14	13	4th	8 10 12 17 22 37
2018-05-30	5	3rd	9 14 17 21 38 39
2018-05-12	1	2nd	6 17 21 34 37 44
2018-05-09	6	2nd	15 17 21 24 36 37
2018-04-18	9	2nd	12 17 19 22 27 39
2018-03-17	4	2nd	16 17 35 43 44 46
2018-03-03	5	2nd	12 17 25 30 32 39
2018-02-14	23	3rd	8 15 17 22 30 43
2017-11-25	19	2nd	16 17 21 31 39 49
2017-09-20	1	2nd	6 17 29 37 45 47
2017-09-16	14	2nd	9 17 19 26 37 47
2017-07-29	2	3rd	12 15 17 31 47 49
2017-07-22	11	3rd	5 8 17 32 38 45
2017-06-14	8	1st	17 24 26 27 35 49
2017-05-17	14	2nd	9 17 36 38 41 45
2017-03-29	4	4th	3 12 16 17 22 30
2017-03-15	2	2nd	16 17 21 34 37 46
2017-03-08	2	2nd	10 17 24 28 35 36
2017-03-01	4	3rd	6 14 17 18 31 43
2017-02-15	8	3rd	1 16 17 24 41 46
2017-01-18	21	2nd	10 17 20 24 33 35
2016-11-05	3	2nd	11 17 26 27 37 48
2016-10-26	9	2nd	15 17 24 27 42 47
2016-09-24	3	3rd	2 5 17 23 33 47
2016-09-14	3	3rd	3 5 17 18 35 46
2016-09-03	1	3rd	1 15 17 20 23 43
2016-08-31	2	3rd	8 10 17 36 39 44
2016-08-24	3	2nd	4 17 22 30 36 38
2016-08-13	15	4th	3 4 15 17 38 47
2016-06-22	8	3rd	5 15 17 18 37 42
2016-05-25	20	2nd	4 17 18 24 29 39
2016-03-16	22	5th	1 3 7 16 17 37
2015-12-30	2	1st	17 19 21 30 39 44
2015-12-23	5	3rd	5 9 17 31 38 46
2015-12-05	8	3rd	10 11 17 24 26 29
2015-11-07	5	4th	2 3 9 17 20 21
2015-10-21	9	2nd	8 17 22 33 40 49
2015-09-19	27	3rd	12 15 17 21 25 32
2015-06-17	5	3rd	6 7 17 18 20 32
2015-05-30	3	3rd	4 9 17 27 36 49
2015-05-20	5	4th	2 4 12 17 18 47
2015-05-02	13	3rd	2 8 17 23 40 42
2015-03-18	6	2nd	16 17 37 39 41 45
2015-02-25	10	2nd	15 17 25 29 30 35
2015-01-21	2	3rd	3 15 17 35 44 46
2015-01-14	7	3rd	15 16 17 28 33 44
2014-12-20	4	2nd	9 17 22 35 38 43
2014-12-06	7	2nd	15 17 18 19 34 44
2014-11-12	9	2nd	2 17 20 41 42 44
2014-10-11	1	4th	3 4 6 17 30 34
2014-10-08	2	4th	9 12 15 17 42 49
2014-10-01	5	1st	17 21 27 37 48 49
2014-09-13	2	3rd	2 7 17 31 39 43
2014-09-06	4	3rd	4 6 17 28 35 46
2014-08-23	32	2nd	10 17 24 28 31 46
2014-05-03	8	4th	1 7 11 17 27 47
2014-04-05	7	3rd	13 16 17 23 27 37
2014-03-12	12	4th	6 12 14 17 30 49
2014-01-29	6	1st	17 29 36 39 46 49
2014-01-08	15	3rd	1 12 17 22 29 44
2013-11-16	1	3rd	9 12 17 20 21 37
2013-11-13	8	4th	3 8 15 17 29 33
2013-10-16	14	3rd	3 10 17 18 19 23
2013-08-28	7	2nd	13 17 19 22 28 46
2013-08-03	2	4th	2 3 9 17 29 40
2013-07-27	7	3rd	3 15 17 20 27 43
2013-07-03	5	2nd	16 17 19 22 40 43
2013-06-15	6	5th	5 8 13 14 17 30
2013-05-25	12	2nd	9 17 32 41 42 44
2013-04-13	17	3rd	2 10 17 19 44 47
2013-02-13	1	1st	17 18 21 25 35 47
2013-02-09	9	2nd	7 17 30 33 42 49
2013-01-09	20	2nd	14 17 33 34 43 44
2012-10-31	1	3rd	4 8 17 23 34 47
2012-10-27	18	4th	11 15 16 17 31 40
2012-08-25	4	3rd	4 12 17 18 34 44
2012-08-11	3	1st	17 20 22 35 38 48
2012-08-01	4	3rd	1 14 17 29 36 37
2012-07-18	1	4th	1 11 12 17 32 40
2012-07-14	16	2nd	13 17 22 29 36 45
2012-05-19	18	2nd	14 17 21 27 37 46
2012-03-17	2	5th	1 2 9 15 17 37
2012-03-10	12	2nd	4 17 25 26 39 49
2012-01-28	29	3rd	5 6 17 39 44 48
2011-10-19	9	3rd	9 14 17 20 44 45
2011-09-17	2	2nd	15 17 19 23 27 38
2011-09-10	11	1st	17 18 25 31 42 49
2011-08-03	11	2nd	6 17 21 28 31 38
2011-06-25	8	2nd	4 17 23 31 45 48
2011-05-28	2	3rd	11 13 17 21 43 49
2011-05-21	12	3rd	7 8 17 22 24 30
2011-04-09	3	1st	17 23 24 40 45 48
2011-03-30	5	3rd	8 15 17 29 36 44
2011-03-12	4	3rd	6 9 17 23 26 36
2011-02-26	5	3rd	3 16 17 31 33 46
2011-02-09	17	1st	17 19 21 33 34 46
2010-12-11	9	4th	2 7 13 17 27 41
2010-11-10	15	3rd	4 5 17 30 36 38
2010-09-18	4	3rd	1 14 17 19 40 42
2010-09-04	13	3rd	11 13 17 18 20 45
2010-07-21	2	4th	13 14 15 17 28 36
2010-07-14	29	2nd	4 17 20 31 36 40
2010-04-03	19	4th	1 2 13 17 24 39
2010-01-27	2	2nd	14 17 19 21 40 42
2010-01-20	—	2nd	13 17 25 40 45 47