Number 17

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

84times drawn · chance expected 84 −0.02σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

33longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 11 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 smallest10 · chance 14.1
2nd smallest31 · chance 33.4
3rd smallest32 · chance 26.9
4th smallest11 · chance 8.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 4 8 6 13 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-03	1	2nd	16 17 22 42 47
2026-08-31	22	2nd	4 17 26 38 39
2026-06-15	16	4th	7 8 14 17 20
2026-04-20	3	2nd	16 17 27 45

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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