Number 17

In MegaDice Lotto under the 6/39 + 1/39 · since Sep 2024 rules — 733 draws, 6 from 1–39.

123times drawn · chance expected 113 +1.05σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

57longest completed wait · 1% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 123 times in 733 draws against 112.8 expected, +1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 123 times in 733 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 6 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 smallest7 · chance 6.5
2nd smallest30 · chance 28.7
3rd smallest41 · chance 45.3
4th smallest33 · chance 31.7
5th smallest10 · chance 9.8
6th smallest2 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 21 36 7 9 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-05	5	3rd	12 15 17 23 36 38
2026-09-30	2	5th	4 8 11 14 17 39
2026-09-28	4	4th	7 8 9 17 34 35
2026-09-24

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 6/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-16	2	4th	4 7 10 17 21 32
2026-06-14	17	2nd	16 17 19 20 26 32
2026-05-28	4	2nd	7 17 18 19 24 33
2026-05-24	6	2nd	4 17 28 31 33 38
2026-05-18	1	2nd	9 17 18 19 28 29
2026-05-17	10	3rd	9 10 17 23 30 31
2026-05-07	3	2nd	14 17 18 26 29 39
2026-05-04	12	3rd	6 11 17 33 37 39
2026-04-22	3	3rd	11 16 17 20 22 28
2026-04-19	3	4th	2 4 14 17 22 37
2026-04-16	9	3rd	7 14 17 18 31 34
2026-04-07	1	4th	1 2 16 17 20 26
2026-04-06	4	2nd	9 17 25 32 33 36
2026-04-02	4	4th	1 11 16 17 24 26
2026-03-29	12	4th	7 9 14 17 20 21
2026-03-17	13	3rd	1 11 17 21 24 29
2026-03-04	1	3rd	9 16 17 18 26 38
2026-03-03	1	4th	7 11 13 17 21 26
2026-03-02	2	2nd	15 17 23 26 33 35
2026-02-28	2	2nd	10 17 21 22 24 32
2026-02-26	5	4th	3 13 16 17 26 36
2026-02-21	11	2nd	8 17 20 31 32 37
2026-02-10	6	2nd	6 17 23 30 36 39
2026-02-04	8	3rd	6 10 17 24 32 36
2026-01-27	2	2nd	9 17 18 26 33 37
2026-01-25	5	3rd	8 9 17 27 29 37
2026-01-20	6	3rd	7 11 17 18 32 37
2026-01-14	1	3rd	8 14 17 19 21 31
2026-01-13	27	3rd	2 4 17 25 35 38
2025-12-17	10	3rd	1 10 17 20 25 35
2025-12-07	4	6th	1 11 13 15 16 17
2025-12-03	3	2nd	12 17 21 26 34 37
2025-11-30	4	5th	1 2 5 14 17 37
2025-11-26	1	4th	2 7 8 17 20 25
2025-11-25	4	3rd	5 12 17 27 36 39
2025-11-21	6	4th	2 10 15 17 26 35
2025-11-07	3	3rd	3 8 17 21 27 35
2025-11-04	8	3rd	4 12 17 21 23 26
2025-10-27	1	4th	1 12 13 17 19 38
2025-10-26	3	2nd	7 17 19 20 32 34
2025-10-23	2	4th	5 11 12 17 20 22
2025-10-21	11	3rd	5 13 17 19 37 38
2025-10-05	16	1st	17 25 30 33 35 39
2025-09-19	5	3rd	6 15 17 22 25 34
2025-09-14	12	5th	4 7 13 14 17 39
2025-09-02	5	4th	6 9 13 17 22 26
2025-08-28	2	4th	6 7 8 17 19 26
2025-08-26	7	3rd	3 4 17 27 36 38
2025-08-19	4	4th	6 11 14 17 33 36
2025-08-15	7	2nd	8 17 19 24 31 38
2025-08-08	3	3rd	4 7 17 18 23 27
2025-08-05	5	1st	17 22 26 27 36 37
2025-07-31	26	5th	5 7 10 15 17 22
2025-07-05	2	3rd	1 4 17 18 19 34
2025-07-03	4	4th	3 9 16 17 31 35
2025-06-29	5	3rd	10 15 17 21 22 35
2025-06-24	8	4th	3 9 12 17 19 30
2025-06-16	1	2nd	7 17 24 30 32 36
2025-06-15	3	4th	7 9 16 17 19 25
2025-06-12	2	4th	5 13 15 17 32 35
2025-06-10	13	3rd	1 9 17 22 31 39
2025-05-28	57	2nd	12 17 25 33 35 37
2025-04-01	3	4th	3 4 5 17 20 36
2025-03-29	6	3rd	8 16 17 31 33 37
2025-03-23	7	3rd	6 8 17 21 31 35
2025-03-16	4	5th	7 9 11 13 17 26
2025-03-12	7	1st	17 24 26 28 36 38
2025-03-05	3	3rd	3 12 17 21 22 27
2025-03-02	3	2nd	10 17 18 24 32 36
2025-02-27	4	5th	3 4 5 15 17 22
2025-02-23	5	4th	2 7 10 17 32 37
2025-02-18	5	4th	5 15 16 17 33 39
2025-02-13	4	3rd	10 15 17 18 20 23
2025-02-09	4	4th	2 7 14 17 22 36
2025-02-05	3	3rd	1 2 17 26 32 33
2025-02-02	2	5th	6 8 14 16 17 25
2025-01-31	8	3rd	3 4 17 26 37 38
2025-01-23	4	2nd	11 17 19 21 22 36
2025-01-19	6	3rd	5 9 17 34 36 39
2025-01-13	1	2nd	8 17 19 25 27 29
2025-01-12	1	3rd	8 11 17 28 29 39
2025-01-11	5	5th	1 9 10 14 17 23
2025-01-06	3	3rd	4 10 17 23 31 32
2025-01-03	2	4th	6 9 10 17 27 28
2025-01-01	7	3rd	2 12 17 21 27 31
2024-12-25	7	4th	5 13 14 17 22 38
2024-12-18	2	4th	3 6 12 17 26 37
2024-12-16	10	3rd	2 12 17 21 26 27
2024-12-06	7	2nd	4 17 21 25 33 38
2024-11-29	7	3rd	6 15 17 22 28 31
2024-11-22	6	4th	9 13 14 17 23 25
2024-11-16	2	2nd	12 17 25 35 37 39
2024-11-14	8	3rd	3 14 17 20 27 37
2024-11-06	6	5th	7 8 13 16 17 22
2024-10-31	10	4th	5 15 16 17 20 35
2024-10-21	7	2nd	11 17 24 28 29 39
2024-10-14	10	1st	17 20 21 22 27 31
2024-10-04	5	6th	2 6 7 11 16 17
2024-09-29	—	4th	5 13 14 17 21 23