Number 17

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,270 draws, 5 from 1–50.

341times drawn · chance expected 327 +0.82σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

79longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 341 times in 3,270 draws against 327.0 expected, +0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 51 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 341 times in 3,270 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 2 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 smallest63 · chance 65.9
2nd smallest128 · chance 140.5
3rd smallest118 · chance 102.0
4th smallest30 · chance 29.7
5th smallest2 · chance 2.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 5 20 11 29 41

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
2026-10-16	20	3rd	5 16 17 33 49
2026-09-26	2	3rd	9 11 17 19 31
2026-09-24	1	3rd	3 15 17 28 36
2026-09-23	4	2nd	3 17 21

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.

2026-03-23	1	2nd	5 17 35 42 48
2026-03-22	6	4th	8 9 12 17 25
2026-03-16	7	3rd	2 15 17 39 45
2026-03-09	5	2nd	6 17 27 31 48
2026-03-04	12	4th	5 7 16 17 49
2026-02-20	3	3rd	14 16 17 36 40
2026-02-17	2	1st	17 32 36 47 50
2026-02-15	17	1st	17 20 38 44 48
2026-01-29	3	3rd	8 9 17 22 30
2026-01-26	29	2nd	12 17 22 35 41
2025-12-28	5	3rd	1 14 17 18 41
2025-12-23	33	3rd	3 14 17 37 38
2025-11-20	3	1st	17 25 29 42 47
2025-11-17	17	2nd	13 17 35 41 45
2025-10-31	6	2nd	6 17 26 31 46
2025-10-25	5	1st	17 31 34 35 48
2025-10-20	31	3rd	6 13 17 22 29
2025-09-19	14	3rd	3 7 17 31 44
2025-09-05	8	1st	17 26 34 43 44
2025-08-28	10	3rd	4 9 17 23 28
2025-08-18	5	3rd	1 9 17 31 40
2025-08-13	4	2nd	14 17 29 31 38
2025-08-09	3	3rd	2 6 17 30 43
2025-08-06	2	4th	4 5 16 17 38
2025-08-04	2	3rd	8 14 17 25 34
2025-08-02	4	3rd	6 16 17 21 48
2025-07-29	10	2nd	11 17 18 31 34
2025-07-19	15	1st	17 18 22 25 38
2025-07-04	25	4th	2 10 13 17 46
2025-06-09	5	2nd	2 17 24 25 40
2025-06-04	5	3rd	5 9 17 21 45
2025-05-28	22	3rd	10 15 17 26 47
2025-04-26	1	2nd	3 17 24 32 34
2025-04-25	2	3rd	6 10 17 27 36
2025-04-23	29	3rd	3 7 17 23 47
2025-03-13	5	1st	17 29 38 40 48
2025-03-06	6	3rd	5 16 17 27 38
2025-02-26	1	1st	17 18 20 29 36
2025-02-25	7	2nd	8 17 26 43 50
2025-02-14	12	1st	17 21 27 37 41
2025-01-29	3	1st	17 19 20 39 41
2025-01-24	12	2nd	15 17 18 27 29
2025-01-08	8	2nd	13 17 19 37 44
2024-12-27	19	3rd	8 15 17 36 46
2024-11-30	3	1st	17 19 24 48 50
2024-11-27	32	4th	5 12 16 17 25
2024-10-12	3	3rd	8 12 17 19 42
2024-10-09	20	2nd	12 17 30 41 45
2024-09-11	8	4th	1 8 11 17 27
2024-08-30	9	2nd	13 17 27 40 49
2024-08-17	27	3rd	4 5 17 20 34
2024-07-11	13	2nd	10 17 20 35 40
2024-06-22	30	2nd	1 17 32 36 50
2024-05-11	3	2nd	13 17 29 34 50
2024-05-08	12	2nd	15 17 43 45 47
2024-04-20	9	1st	17 32 40 41 44
2024-04-09	2	3rd	5 6 17 29 34
2024-04-05	5	3rd	12 13 17 30 37
2024-03-29	29	4th	2 9 13 17 37
2024-02-17	1	3rd	11 13 17 25 32
2024-02-16	3	3rd	11 14 17 39 40
2024-02-13	6	3rd	10 14 17 30 44
2024-02-03	28	3rd	5 11 17 30 44
2023-12-27	2	3rd	11 14 17 45 48
2023-12-23	10	1st	17 36 39 45 50
2023-12-09	3	2nd	2 17 29 31 48
2023-12-06	15	1st	17 29 32 41 45
2023-11-15	3	2nd	10 17 27 30 38
2023-11-10	2	3rd	5 10 17 22 35
2023-11-08	10	2nd	15 17 19 25 28
2023-10-25	15	4th	6 12 15 17 50
2023-10-04	7	3rd	13 16 17 20 32
2023-09-23	5	2nd	2 17 25 44 45
2023-09-16	6	3rd	1 6 17 32 50
2023-09-08	3	2nd	14 17 19 21 38
2023-09-05	9	2nd	10 17 32 33 39
2023-08-23	31	4th	1 2 5 17 46
2023-07-11	12	2nd	6 17 19 21 41
2023-06-23	2	3rd	4 11 17 30 35
2023-06-21	1	1st	17 26 33 34 42
2023-06-20	26	3rd	7 10 17 28 41
2023-05-13	4	3rd	12 13 17 38 44
2023-05-09	5	3rd	4 11 17 30 43
2023-05-02	7	3rd	2 5 17 36 37
2023-04-21	14	4th	3 5 7 17 21
2023-04-01	5	2nd	1 17 20 26 40
2023-03-25	10	2nd	6 17 26 33 45
2023-03-11	13	3rd	6 13 17 30 42
2023-02-22	2	4th	7 14 16 17 46
2023-02-18	19	2nd	8 17 21 29 37
2023-01-24	5	1st	17 36 37 43 48
2023-01-17	6	2nd	4 17 27 34 49
2023-01-07	23	3rd	3 12 17 36 46
2022-12-07	5	1st	17 22 23 26 31
2022-11-30	1	2nd	7 17 31 34 37
2022-11-29	1	2nd	2 17 33 49 50
2022-11-26	15	1st	17 30 40 43 44
2022-11-05	13	3rd	6 11 17 27 38
2022-10-19	8	3rd	8 11 17 19 35
2022-10-07	4	2nd	8 17 28 29 39
2022-10-01	2	1st	17 19 30 38 43
2022-09-29	4	3rd	5 9 17 27 37
2022-09-23	7	3rd	3 8 17 31 34
2022-09-14	7	1st	17 37 41 43 45
2022-09-03	9	2nd	6 17 25 30 32
2022-08-23	13	2nd	15 17 18 43 50
2022-08-04	3	2nd	9 17 26 35 40
2022-07-30	16	2nd	12 17 19 28 42
2022-07-08	4	2nd	12 17 22 47 49
2022-07-02	14	4th	9 11 15 17 29
2022-06-14	1	2nd	10 17 27 37 42
2022-06-11	2	2nd	6 17 22 32 44
2022-06-09	5	2nd	15 17 20 40 47
2022-06-02	33	3rd	5 6 17 20 26
2022-04-16	12	1st	17 29 30 45 47
2022-03-31	1	2nd	3 17 18 32 44
2022-03-30	11	2nd	13 17 26 36 44
2022-03-15	5	3rd	2 9 17 37 48
2022-03-08	6	4th	7 13 15 17 41
2022-02-26	6	1st	17 18 24 40 50
2022-02-18	6	4th	5 8 10 17 48
2022-02-10	16	2nd	9 17 33 35 46
2022-01-19	1	4th	6 10 13 17 40
2022-01-18	6	3rd	11 16 17 33 50
2022-01-08	2	2nd	10 17 23 40 48
2022-01-06	5	2nd	8 17 23 42 49
2021-12-30	2	3rd	1 15 17 24 45
2021-12-28	7	2nd	15 17 21 28 49
2021-12-17	4	2nd	10 17 20 25 45
2021-12-11	3	1st	17 18 36 39 44
2021-12-08	41	2nd	4 17 20 35 36
2021-10-12	5	2nd	12 17 34 36 40
2021-10-05	13	1st	17 25 40 43 49
2021-09-16	6	2nd	9 17 28 31 46
2021-09-08	12	1st	17 20 27 36 40
2021-08-21	9	1st	17 24 27 35 50
2021-08-10	2	3rd	4 13 17 18 27
2021-08-06	21	3rd	9 14 17 36 49
2021-07-08	12	3rd	5 11 17 38 39
2021-06-22	26	3rd	5 9 17 21 22
2021-05-15	14	2nd	11 17 23 30 46
2021-04-27	2	1st	17 33 41 46 49
2021-04-23	17	2nd	9 17 18 39 41
2021-03-31	3	3rd	3 7 17 27 43
2021-03-26	3	3rd	4 16 17 36 43
2021-03-23	4	3rd	11 13 17 20 45
2021-03-17	8	2nd	11 17 27 43 45
2021-03-05	2	3rd	6 15 17 29 38
2021-03-03	29	3rd	2 15 17 18 20
2021-01-21	3	2nd	5 17 20 24 49
2021-01-16	21	3rd	8 16 17 26 44
2020-12-18	3	2nd	16 17 26 38 47
2020-12-15	1	2nd	4 17 19 31 34
2020-12-12	15	3rd	9 16 17 37 43
2020-11-21	6	2nd	1 17 33 41 47
2020-11-13	2	3rd	1 14 17 45 50
2020-11-11	1	3rd	4 6 17 25 46
2020-11-10	14	3rd	1 4 17 18 39
2020-10-21	3	2nd	2 17 26 27 29
2020-10-16	3	2nd	3 17 25 33 48
2020-10-13	20	2nd	4 17 19 43 45
2020-09-15	6	2nd	15 17 21 25 46
2020-09-05	3	1st	17 20 27 30 32
2020-09-02	18	4th	3 7 12 17 39
2020-08-07	8	2nd	2 17 27 32 46
2020-07-28	7	1st	17 18 20 27 29
2020-07-17	2	4th	1 9 14 17 37
2020-07-15	79	4th	6 8 11 17 46
2020-03-26	15	1st	17 35 40 44 49
2020-03-05	12	3rd	4 10 17 46 48
2020-02-18	2	2nd	1 17 29 36 40
2020-02-14	13	1st	17 19 23 43 45
2020-01-28	54	3rd	9 16 17 24 29
2019-11-13	2	2nd	14 17 20 39 40
2019-11-09	8	3rd	2 3 17 24 26
2019-10-30	1	2nd	6 17 28 37 39
2019-10-29	24	1st	17 19 33 38 42
2019-09-25	14	2nd	3 17 25 28 33
2019-09-05	9	3rd	9 16 17 29 47
2019-08-23	2	3rd	10 11 17 30 33
2019-08-21	11	2nd	13 17 37 48 50
2019-08-06	12	2nd	9 17 35 40 42
2019-07-19	31	3rd	2 5 17 24 44
2019-06-06	7	1st	17 22 28 30 32
2019-05-28	2	3rd	2 13 17 26 45
2019-05-24	1	2nd	10 17 18 19 31
2019-05-23	1	4th	5 13 15 17 47
2019-05-22	1	2nd	3 17 29 35 44
2019-05-21	3	2nd	15 17 23 37 45
2019-05-16	28	4th	6 10 16 17 20
2019-04-06	16	2nd	14 17 19 25 35
2019-03-15	2	2nd	12 17 21 34 41
2019-03-13	42	1st	17 19 23 37 48
2019-01-12	5	4th	1 8 11 17 20
2019-01-05	20	1st	17 25 26 34 47
2018-12-08	2	3rd	11 16 17 20 35
2018-12-06	1	4th	4 6 16 17 18
2018-12-05	3	5th	1 7 9 14 17
2018-11-30	3	2nd	2 17 21 22 23
2018-11-27	5	2nd	5 17 23 28 49
2018-11-20	28	3rd	2 9 17 31 43
2018-10-11	25	1st	17 30 37 43 48
2018-09-06	1	4th	3 5 6 17 50
2018-09-05	3	2nd	1 17 22 26 30
2018-08-31	2	2nd	1 17 31 41 48
2018-08-29	3	2nd	8 17 34 41 47
2018-08-24	12	1st	17 20 21 23 32
2018-08-08	11	2nd	3 17 18 33 50
2018-07-24	21	2nd	8 17 28 31 41
2018-06-23	2	2nd	11 17 20 23 24
2018-06-21	12	3rd	3 12 17 37 47
2018-06-05	11	2nd	5 17 22 44 47
2018-05-19	16	3rd	8 16 17 20 21
2018-04-27	22	2nd	3 17 19 35 38
2018-03-28	3	2nd	5 17 24 38 41
2018-03-23	2	2nd	13 17 21 41 47
2018-03-21	19	2nd	11 17 22 26 32
2018-02-22	10	3rd	8 12 17 19 42
2018-02-08	1	1st	17 21 32 37 39
2018-02-07	3	2nd	11 17 30 45 47
2018-02-02	6	2nd	8 17 29 30 38
2018-01-25	6	2nd	10 17 18 24 29
2018-01-17	4	3rd	11 12 17 32 34
2018-01-11	8	3rd	11 16 17 33 48
2017-12-30	10	1st	17 28 30 41 50
2017-12-16	12	1st	17 23 33 44 45
2017-11-30	8	1st	17 24 26 27 46
2017-11-18	8	1st	17 21 38 41 42
2017-11-08	13	2nd	1 17 21 36 40
2017-10-20	6	3rd	7 13 17 32 39
2017-10-12	11	1st	17 20 25 40 41
2017-09-27	5	4th	3 8 14 17 28
2017-09-20	2	2nd	9 17 29 34 48
2017-09-16	28	2nd	5 17 23 29 41
2017-08-09	2	1st	17 29 39 47 50
2017-08-05	8	2nd	6 17 23 24 27
2017-07-26	8	3rd	7 14 17 25 37
2017-07-14	10	3rd	12 16 17 40 45
2017-06-30	15	2nd	7 17 23 26 47
2017-06-09	12	3rd	3 5 17 28 49
2017-05-24	11	2nd	5 17 25 43 49
2017-05-09	2	1st	17 31 33 34 49
2017-05-05	7	1st	17 38 42 46 50
2017-04-26	6	2nd	15 17 30 33 37
2017-04-18	5	3rd	1 11 17 20 34
2017-04-11	2	2nd	3 17 27 36 47
2017-04-07	11	4th	2 12 14 17 42
2017-03-23	7	2nd	10 17 27 43 45
2017-03-14	4	1st	17 18 21 22 25
2017-03-08	2	1st	17 21 23 30 41
2017-03-04	1	1st	17 20 21 24 29
2017-03-03	18	2nd	10 17 25 30 44
2017-02-07	7	1st	17 30 31 42 45
2017-01-27	4	3rd	3 4 17 23 38
2017-01-21	3	3rd	7 8 17 39 40
2017-01-18	13	2nd	10 17 30 40 48
2016-12-30	12	1st	17 29 39 41 46
2016-12-14	5	4th	12 15 16 17 41
2016-12-07	16	2nd	16 17 29 37 49
2016-11-15	1	5th	5 6 9 13 17
2016-11-12	3	3rd	9 12 17 30 42
2016-11-09	18	2nd	3 17 20 30 33
2016-10-14	2	4th	1 4 11 17 33
2016-10-12	12	2nd	6 17 21 28 46
2016-09-24	8	3rd	9 11 17 20 26
2016-09-14	24	3rd	4 15 17 20 27
2016-08-06	2	1st	17 20 27 42 47
2016-08-04	11	2nd	7 17 19 22 47
2016-07-20	1	2nd	8 17 27 30 31
2016-07-19	8	3rd	12 13 17 20 44
2016-07-07	6	2nd	13 17 20 29 39
2016-06-29	1	3rd	4 10 17 42 43
2016-06-28	36	4th	2 4 11 17 23
2016-05-07	3	3rd	6 8 17 24 48
2016-05-04	4	1st	17 30 35 37 40
2016-04-28	26	1st	17 28 38 42 48
2016-03-23	22	4th	5 7 12 17 44
2016-02-20	4	2nd	6 17 25 30 47
2016-02-16	8	3rd	11 15 17 20 39
2016-02-04	11	3rd	2 16 17 38 39
2016-01-20	6	2nd	12 17 20 26 28
2016-01-12	6	2nd	5 17 29 45 46
2016-01-02	14	2nd	8 17 25 32 33
2015-12-11	3	2nd	1 17 19 29 40
2015-12-08	2	3rd	2 11 17 18 22
2015-12-04	9	2nd	13 17 29 36 47
2015-11-21	14	3rd	2 6 17 39 48
2015-11-03	24	1st	17 19 26 47 49
2015-09-10	12	3rd	3 8 17 27 46
2015-08-13	3	2nd	2 17 29 40 44
2015-08-05	7	3rd	8 12 17 21 27
2015-07-11	9	3rd	2 9 17 31 36
2015-06-10	7	2nd	4 17 24 26 28
2015-05-16	1	3rd	11 15 17 26 41
2015-05-13	22	2nd	1 17 20 37 50
2015-02-25	15	3rd	3 16 17 38 43
2015-01-03	16	3rd	5 6 17 23 50
2014-11-08	8	1st	17 19 25 38 41
2014-10-11	11	2nd	6 17 31 45 47
2014-09-03	4	3rd	5 9 17 39 45
2014-08-20	3	1st	17 19 28 30 40
2014-08-09	12	3rd	7 10 17 23 27
2014-06-28	7	2nd	8 17 21 29 32
2014-06-04	23	3rd	1 13 17 26 41
2014-03-15	2	2nd	3 17 30 32 33
2014-03-08	2	1st	17 26 32 43 48
2014-03-01	20	3rd	13 15 17 38 39
2013-12-21	6	2nd	15 17 39 40 42
2013-11-30	3	3rd	5 9 17 30 39
2013-11-20	20	4th	1 7 10 17 48
2013-09-11	2	2nd	16 17 18 26 50
2013-09-04	2	2nd	10 17 20 38 46
2013-08-28	10	3rd	11 16 17 30 33
2013-07-24	2	3rd	7 9 17 43 47
2013-07-17	5	3rd	11 12 17 32 45
2013-06-29	9	3rd	10 13 17 38 48
2013-05-29	—	2nd	12 17 30 41 46