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Number 17

In Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune under the 6/36 · since Apr 2025 rules — 484 draws, 6 from 1–36.

79times drawn · chance expected 81 −0.20σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

31longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 79 times in 484 draws against 80.7 expected, −0.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 79 times in 484 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 smallest3 · chance 2.8
2nd smallest14 · chance 15.1
3rd smallest27 · chance 28.3
4th smallest23 · chance 23.3
5th smallest10 · chance 8.4
6th smallest2 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 9 15 29 13 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-09-25	3	4th	8 9 15 17 25 32
2026-09-13	22	2nd	10 17 20 28 30 34
2026-08-11	13	2nd	8 17 23 29 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 6/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

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