Number 17

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

112times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.38σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

52longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.38σ. 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 25 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest16 · chance 20.8
2nd smallest43 · chance 43.8
3rd smallest35 · chance 33.7
4th smallest16 · chance 11.8
5th smallest2 · chance 1.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 31 35 51 47 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-15	9	1st	17 27 28 42 47 59
2026-07-15	13	4th	4 13 14 17 23 31
2026-05-30	14	2nd	4 17 18 20 23 56
2026-04-11	20	5th	7 10

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-15	9	2nd	11 17 25 47 52 53
2024-04-13	2	1st	17 26 31 33 45 48
2024-04-06	8	4th	10 12 14 17 20 29
2024-03-09	9	3rd	14 15 17 33 53 55
2024-02-07	13	3rd	1 2 17 33 40 51
2023-12-23	13	1st	17 29 31 40 47 56
2023-11-08	15	4th	1 7 12 17 46 53
2023-09-16	8	2nd	7 17 22 24 31 59
2023-08-19	2	3rd	2 7 17 28 31 37
2023-08-12	14	2nd	14 17 21 24 25 39
2023-06-24	20	1st	17 18 22 36 39 53
2023-04-15	36	3rd	3 13 17 21 35 58
2022-12-10	3	2nd	14 17 19 23 34 51
2022-11-30	1	2nd	13 17 20 47 49 50
2022-11-26	2	4th	1 3 5 17 50 52
2022-11-19	32	2nd	5 17 20 30 39 49
2022-07-30	3	3rd	7 16 17 19 33 57
2022-07-20	6	3rd	12 14 17 32 33 36
2022-06-29	24	2nd	3 17 21 26 46 59
2022-04-06	2	2nd	3 17 23 24 30 49
2022-03-30	14	4th	11 12 14 17 44 58
2022-02-09	12	3rd	12 16 17 43 53 57
2021-12-29	4	2nd	3 17 28 42 52 57
2021-12-15	5	3rd	2 15 17 28 30 45
2021-11-27	1	4th	1 15 16 17 24 48
2021-11-24	1	3rd	4 11 17 19 39 42
2021-11-20	15	3rd	5 16 17 32 51 59
2021-09-29	11	2nd	15 17 27 40 45 52
2021-08-21	8	1st	17 18 27 28 35 57
2021-07-24	1	3rd	6 7 17 28 34 37
2021-07-21	14	2nd	5 17 20 37 45 51
2021-06-02	6	3rd	1 15 17 33 53 59
2021-05-12	17	2nd	10 17 23 40 51 52
2021-03-13	2	4th	6 8 11 17 29 44
2021-03-06	3	2nd	16 17 29 47 52 56
2021-02-24	6	4th	1 9 16 17 18 34
2021-02-03	10	3rd	4 9 17 21 26 46
2020-12-30	28	2nd	11 17 21 24 37 49
2020-09-23	21	2nd	8 17 28 35 47 51
2020-07-11	10	4th	9 10 14 17 32 58
2020-06-06	11	4th	3 6 12 17 35 40
2020-04-29	8	2nd	16 17 32 36 40 47
2020-04-01	38	3rd	4 16 17 22 27 52
2019-11-20	4	2nd	8 17 31 47 49 52
2019-11-06	5	1st	17 22 25 27 32 35
2019-10-19	20	3rd	8 15 17 31 33 52
2019-08-10	5	4th	5 8 9 17 23 29
2019-07-24	4	3rd	2 4 17 28 37 45
2019-07-10	5	4th	4 10 11 17 53 54
2019-06-22	14	3rd	6 9 17 32 44 57
2019-05-04	4	2nd	16 17 35 39 40 55
2019-04-20	5	4th	7 8 11 17 34 54
2019-04-03	12	3rd	5 9 17 26 35 52
2019-02-20	9	3rd	3 11 17 33 41 51
2019-01-19	3	3rd	11 15 17 22 31 52
2019-01-09	5	2nd	3 17 36 42 51 57
2018-12-22	10	3rd	4 15 17 24 32 56
2018-11-17	2	5th	4 5 9 12 17 42
2018-11-10	12	3rd	7 12 17 38 42 44
2018-09-29	16	1st	17 36 40 44 54 58
2018-08-04	1	2nd	5 17 23 25 34 51
2018-08-01	6	2nd	15 17 18 34 46 54
2018-07-11	1	3rd	8 11 17 25 33 46
2018-07-07	8	1st	17 18 29 48 52 54
2018-06-09	5	2nd	3 17 20 55 56 58
2018-05-23	52	3rd	1 15 17 32 36 45
2017-11-22	4	3rd	2 16 17 27 36 37
2017-11-08	8	2nd	2 17 25 32 42 49
2017-10-11	5	1st	17 38 49 54 55 56
2017-09-23	11	1st	17 18 26 39 54 56
2017-08-16	28	2nd	7 17 28 43 44 45
2017-05-10	24	3rd	7 12 17 35 37 58
2017-02-15	13	1st	17 23 28 38 47 56
2016-12-31	24	2nd	10 17 35 41 51 54
2016-10-08	8	2nd	11 17 20 32 40 42
2016-09-10	2	2nd	6 17 37 46 47 51
2016-09-03	7	3rd	2 6 17 28 38 55
2016-08-10	2	2nd	11 17 35 36 40 59
2016-08-03	5	2nd	16 17 22 38 41 55
2016-07-16	8	3rd	10 14 17 32 36 50
2016-06-18	2	2nd	10 17 26 31 35 38
2016-06-11	10	2nd	4 17 30 38 47 55
2016-05-07	7	3rd	4 14 17 27 34 36
2016-04-13	2	3rd	13 15 17 19 35 57
2016-04-06	13	2nd	15 17 31 41 50 57
2016-02-20	16	2nd	2 17 35 41 57 59
2015-12-26	13	1st	17 21 31 38 44 58
2015-11-11	—	2nd	2 17 27 28 51 52