Number 17

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,049 draws, 5 from 1–50.

122times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.76σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

35longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 122 times in 1,049 draws against 104.9 expected, +1.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 122 times in 1,049 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 7 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 smallest22 · chance 23.6
2nd smallest54 · chance 50.3
3rd smallest34 · chance 36.5
4th smallest11 · chance 10.6
5th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 44 23 35 21 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-18	3	2nd	8 17 25 30 44
2026-09-08	8	2nd	13 17 33 35 39
2026-08-11	11	3rd	3 11 17 46 48
2026-07-03	8	3rd	2 12 17

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-04	6	4th	4 8 16 17 20
2024-09-13	8	3rd	10 15 17 31 42
2024-08-16	16	2nd	15 17 29 45 49
2024-06-21	11	5th	3 4 7 11 17
2024-05-14	13	3rd	2 8 17 28 35
2024-03-29	7	2nd	16 17 35 36 49
2024-03-05	6	3rd	2 15 17 23 36
2024-02-13	9	2nd	13 17 18 20 46
2024-01-12	10	2nd	16 17 18 45 49
2023-12-08	15	1st	17 30 42 48 50
2023-10-17	15	2nd	10 17 20 35 40
2023-08-25	15	2nd	16 17 34 35 44
2023-07-04	2	2nd	14 17 23 36 44
2023-06-27	2	1st	17 22 23 27 44
2023-06-20	12	2nd	11 17 28 32 35
2023-05-09	6	2nd	13 17 21 28 46
2023-04-18	21	1st	17 21 23 35 37
2023-02-03	10	3rd	2 14 17 32 45
2022-12-30	2	1st	17 34 42 47 48
2022-12-23	1	2nd	16 17 23 26 35
2022-12-20	29	3rd	1 11 17 20 27
2022-09-09	8	1st	17 23 24 26 27
2022-08-12	5	2nd	14 17 34 35 42
2022-07-26	3	3rd	3 5 17 25 27
2022-07-15	6	2nd	9 17 29 38 39
2022-06-24	4	2nd	10 17 28 44 50
2022-06-10	1	1st	17 26 36 37 40
2022-06-07	7	3rd	6 16 17 25 31
2022-05-13	7	3rd	3 11 17 45 48
2022-04-19	8	3rd	2 12 17 28 46
2022-03-22	1	2nd	7 17 21 29 40
2022-03-18	18	4th	1 9 14 17 43
2022-01-14	5	2nd	6 17 25 31 46
2021-12-28	2	4th	4 6 15 17 29
2021-12-21	8	2nd	12 17 21 34 38
2021-11-23	4	1st	17 21 36 42 46
2021-11-09	2	1st	17 25 26 33 36
2021-11-02	3	3rd	2 3 17 29 43
2021-10-22	15	2nd	12 17 22 33 39
2021-08-31	8	3rd	5 13 17 32 43
2021-08-03	15	1st	17 21 23 45 46
2021-06-11	15	2nd	9 17 21 33 39
2021-04-20	35	2nd	5 17 28 41 46
2020-12-18	10	4th	2 3 13 17 21
2020-11-13	22	3rd	1 5 17 28 31
2020-08-28	3	4th	7 12 16 17 31
2020-08-18	6	3rd	6 12 17 34 42
2020-07-28	5	4th	9 13 15 17 34
2020-07-10	7	2nd	15 17 23 30 38
2020-06-16	3	4th	4 9 11 17 39
2020-06-05	16	3rd	5 11 17 24 37
2020-04-10	3	3rd	3 10 17 33 39
2020-03-31	15	2nd	12 17 24 30 36
2020-02-07	8	3rd	9 15 17 25 40
2020-01-10	18	2nd	6 17 32 44 46
2019-11-08	22	2nd	8 17 20 23 45
2019-08-23	10	2nd	4 17 35 42 45
2019-07-19	19	3rd	13 14 17 26 28
2019-05-14	15	3rd	10 14 17 25 50
2019-03-22	4	2nd	4 17 26 30 43
2019-03-08	26	1st	17 18 19 24 40
2018-12-07	3	2nd	11 17 26 37 48
2018-11-27	5	3rd	4 16 17 18 32
2018-11-09	2	2nd	14 17 32 37 49
2018-11-02	1	3rd	5 15 17 37 44
2018-10-30	8	1st	17 23 27 43 44
2018-10-02	19	2nd	7 17 29 37 45
2018-07-27	16	2nd	11 17 22 23 41
2018-06-01	7	1st	17 18 24 29 40
2018-05-08	2	1st	17 25 35 39 44
2018-05-01	9	3rd	6 15 17 42 48
2018-03-30	1	2nd	12 17 28 35 47
2018-03-27	3	1st	17 20 23 40 46
2018-03-16	6	2nd	4 17 24 27 31
2018-02-23	3	2nd	10 17 18 28 47
2018-02-13	2	3rd	10 13 17 21 44
2018-02-06	5	2nd	8 17 28 34 38
2018-01-19	7	3rd	3 8 17 44 50
2017-12-26	15	2nd	4 17 30 43 44
2017-11-03	4	3rd	5 12 17 33 41
2017-10-20	1	2nd	4 17 23 27 30
2017-10-17	10	2nd	13 17 19 26 36
2017-09-12	6	2nd	10 17 27 29 35
2017-08-22	15	4th	3 10 12 17 27
2017-06-30	1	1st	17 35 39 47 50
2017-06-27	3	2nd	9 17 21 28 45
2017-06-16	17	2nd	15 17 38 41 42
2017-04-18	5	1st	17 22 31 38 45
2017-03-31	2	1st	17 24 26 28 45
2017-03-24	15	2nd	2 17 21 27 34
2017-01-31	1	3rd	3 4 17 23 44
2017-01-27	1	1st	17 20 28 45 48
2017-01-24	1	4th	1 5 7 17 23
2017-01-20	9	2nd	10 17 27 31 49
2016-12-20	7	3rd	13 15 17 21 27
2016-11-25	11	3rd	5 11 17 23 28
2016-10-18	5	2nd	2 17 21 25 27
2016-09-30	—	1st	17 35 37 43 44