Number 17

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

223times drawn · chance expected 203 +1.56σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

24longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, +1.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 1 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 smallest15 · chance 13.0
2nd smallest49 · chance 54.9
3rd smallest82 · chance 82.3
4th smallest60 · chance 54.9
5th smallest15 · chance 16.2
6th smallest2 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 18 19 27 2 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-03	11	4th	3 4 5 17 18 36
2026-08-15	12	3rd	14 15 17 22 32 40
2026-07-04	7	3rd	2 15 17 18 26 30
2026-06-10	4	4th	2

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-01	5	3rd	8 16 17 21 23 27
2024-12-14	3	3rd	10 14 17 21 24 32
2024-12-04	1	3rd	6 7 17 20 23 35
2024-11-30	1	3rd	3 10 17 25 27 28
2024-11-27	1	2nd	12 17 25 27 28 39
2024-11-23	5	2nd	3 17 22 27 29 40
2024-11-06	3	2nd	7 17 30 31 38 40
2024-10-26	1	3rd	1 10 17 25 26 28
2024-10-23	2	2nd	12 17 21 28 30 32
2024-10-16	6	4th	5 6 11 17 18 40
2024-09-25	10	4th	2 3 5 17 27 30
2024-08-21	3	4th	7 12 16 17 30 38
2024-08-10	2	3rd	3 6 17 24 25 30
2024-08-03	1	2nd	1 17 19 27 28 29
2024-07-31	7	2nd	8 17 25 31 33 36
2024-07-06	4	4th	9 12 16 17 24 28
2024-06-22	13	4th	1 3 10 17 30 31
2024-05-08	2	4th	6 12 13 17 28 29
2024-05-01	4	3rd	12 14 17 20 25 34
2024-04-17	2	5th	1 2 14 15 17 19
2024-04-10	2	4th	8 11 12 17 21 24
2024-04-03	5	4th	9 11 16 17 29 30
2024-03-16	3	3rd	5 7 17 20 33 38
2024-03-06	7	2nd	13 17 27 33 35 38
2024-02-10	2	3rd	5 10 17 28 33 40
2024-02-03	4	4th	1 11 16 17 20 35
2024-01-20	6	2nd	3 17 18 21 23 33
2023-12-30	7	3rd	10 15 17 25 33 38
2023-12-06	6	1st	17 23 27 34 36 40
2023-11-15	19	3rd	7 12 17 19 34 36
2023-09-09	3	3rd	4 8 17 24 32 37
2023-08-30	2	2nd	9 17 22 30 36 40
2023-08-23	2	4th	1 14 15 17 18 24
2023-08-16	6	2nd	7 17 19 29 36 38
2023-07-26	11	1st	17 19 23 25 27 37
2023-06-17	6	4th	2 10 13 17 19 21
2023-05-27	1	3rd	4 15 17 21 22 29
2023-05-24	3	2nd	5 17 28 30 33 38
2023-05-13	11	3rd	7 16 17 18 19 34
2023-04-05	5	3rd	5 14 17 25 28 38
2023-03-18	3	3rd	4 11 17 27 37 38
2023-03-08	2	4th	1 2 9 17 23 39
2023-03-01	9	3rd	14 15 17 26 34 35
2023-01-28	24	3rd	13 16 17 22 27 28
2022-11-05	2	2nd	12 17 18 22 25 27
2022-10-29	3	1st	17 20 26 32 33 39
2022-10-19	11	3rd	10 12 17 25 30 32
2022-09-10	24	4th	2 10 14 17 21 33
2022-06-18	3	4th	6 13 15 17 33 38
2022-06-08	3	3rd	10 11 17 19 32 36
2022-05-28	11	3rd	10 13 17 26 30 31
2022-04-20	5	4th	3 4 15 17 19 34
2022-04-02	4	3rd	2 9 17 18 30 38
2022-03-19	7	1st	17 20 23 30 31 40
2022-02-23	1	3rd	10 12 17 27 29 30
2022-02-19	10	3rd	6 14 17 24 29 32
2022-01-15	3	2nd	13 17 20 21 30 34
2022-01-05	4	3rd	9 15 17 32 37 38
2021-12-22	1	2nd	12 17 18 29 35 36
2021-12-18	6	6th	3 4 6 13 14 17
2021-11-27	2	2nd	8 17 20 26 31 37
2021-11-20	5	4th	2 3 4 17 24 28
2021-11-03	1	3rd	10 15 17 25 33 35
2021-10-30	14	4th	5 7 8 17 21 40
2021-09-11	10	3rd	4 14 17 21 23 35
2021-08-07	13	5th	9 11 13 14 17 27
2021-06-23	2	2nd	8 17 18 26 27 38
2021-06-16	3	1st	17 22 25 26 35 39
2021-06-05	6	1st	17 19 26 29 32 39
2021-05-15	2	3rd	6 8 17 25 26 31
2021-05-08	13	2nd	6 17 26 29 34 35
2021-03-24	1	3rd	2 13 17 20 27 33
2021-03-20	3	3rd	1 11 17 23 31 40
2021-03-10	1	5th	3 6 11 15 17 22
2021-03-06	11	4th	1 6 11 17 18 35
2021-01-27	2	3rd	10 15 17 23 28 29
2021-01-20	1	5th	5 6 9 11 17 38
2021-01-16	1	3rd	2 13 17 18 19 30
2021-01-13	1	1st	17 25 26 35 37 38
2021-01-09	7	3rd	11 14 17 28 30 34
2020-12-16	2	4th	2 10 12 17 19 26
2020-12-09	8	1st	17 20 22 27 29 34
2020-11-11	4	4th	3 4 13 17 26 35
2020-10-28	10	2nd	12 17 28 35 37 40
2020-09-23	1	4th	1 4 11 17 18 24
2020-09-19	1	3rd	6 7 17 26 34 40
2020-09-16	1	2nd	11 17 18 25 29 37
2020-09-12	3	3rd	1 3 17 23 32 35
2020-09-02	23	3rd	8 15 17 19 20 27
2020-06-13	1	3rd	2 8 17 18 27 29
2020-06-10	16	5th	6 11 12 15 17 22
2020-04-15	1	3rd	3 15 17 22 26 29
2020-04-11	5	2nd	8 17 23 25 27 28
2020-03-25	11	4th	7 8 10 17 21 27
2020-02-15	12	4th	2 4 10 17 29 31
2020-01-04	12	4th	6 7 12 17 24 33
2019-11-23	1	2nd	16 17 20 22 28 29
2019-11-20	2	4th	1 2 11 17 30 35
2019-11-13	8	4th	2 9 10 17 22 31
2019-10-16	15	4th	5 7 14 17 22 29
2019-08-24	1	4th	2 4 6 17 22 35
2019-08-21	3	4th	6 8 15 17 21 23
2019-08-10	2	3rd	8 12 17 23 31 34
2019-08-03	2	2nd	7 17 30 31 34 39
2019-07-27	6	4th	1 4 6 17 19 21
2019-07-06	9	3rd	2 5 17 31 33 37
2019-06-05	10	2nd	5 17 26 27 28 39
2019-05-01	6	3rd	7 16 17 32 37 38
2019-04-10	4	1st	17 22 31 32 33 40
2019-03-27	15	5th	5 7 10 13 17 37
2019-02-02	1	2nd	9 17 19 20 29 33
2019-01-30	3	2nd	2 17 22 25 38 40
2019-01-19	24	3rd	1 12 17 24 32 33
2018-10-27	3	4th	10 12 15 17 18 34
2018-10-17	9	3rd	5 10 17 21 26 33
2018-09-15	11	6th	2 7 8 12 15 17
2018-08-08	3	2nd	14 17 18 20 25 37
2018-07-28	4	4th	4 10 14 17 21 23
2018-07-14	6	3rd	5 14 17 18 19 33
2018-06-23	2	3rd	4 15 17 18 30 39
2018-06-16	6	4th	7 8 14 17 22 34
2018-05-26	14	3rd	2 13 17 18 36 37
2018-04-07	7	4th	1 10 13 17 19 23
2018-03-14	6	1st	17 18 19 20 24 28
2018-02-21	4	4th	3 9 11 17 25 31
2018-02-07	5	2nd	11 17 25 29 34 39
2018-01-20	8	3rd	1 12 17 20 26 39
2017-12-23	1	2nd	15 17 19 25 29 38
2017-12-20	6	5th	1 3 12 14 17 33
2017-11-29	6	4th	5 9 14 17 24 31
2017-11-08	2	4th	8 13 15 17 25 27
2017-11-01	18	2nd	3 17 19 23 29 39
2017-08-30	3	5th	9 12 14 16 17 27
2017-08-19	10	2nd	4 17 22 27 28 32
2017-07-15	7	1st	17 18 21 34 37 40
2017-06-21	8	2nd	3 17 29 32 36 40
2017-05-24	8	2nd	9 17 19 20 32 38
2017-04-26	11	3rd	12 16 17 25 38 39
2017-03-18	10	2nd	10 17 23 27 28 33
2017-02-11	2	3rd	11 15 17 23 30 35
2017-02-04	2	4th	2 3 16 17 38 39
2017-01-28	9	5th	6 8 9 10 17 19
2016-12-28	9	1st	17 19 22 28 35 36
2016-11-26	2	1st	17 19 23 29 31 36
2016-11-19	1	3rd	10 13 17 20 23 28
2016-11-16	7	4th	4 7 11 17 32 37
2016-10-22	8	1st	17 19 20 21 26 35
2016-09-24	1	3rd	11 14 17 27 32 39
2016-09-21	8	3rd	10 11 17 21 31 34
2016-08-24	12	3rd	14 15 17 32 38 39
2016-07-13	7	4th	4 14 16 17 22 32
2016-06-18	2	2nd	2 17 23 33 34 36
2016-06-11	17	5th	1 2 7 16 17 18
2016-04-13	10	4th	4 14 15 17 29 36
2016-03-09	1	4th	9 15 16 17 18 28
2016-03-05	3	4th	1 5 8 17 29 35
2016-02-24	3	3rd	2 5 17 19 20 29
2016-02-13	1	5th	3 7 8 9 17 35
2016-02-10	5	4th	11 12 13 17 18 19
2016-01-23	1	5th	2 7 14 16 17 25
2016-01-20	9	3rd	4 12 17 24 28 34
2015-12-19	6	3rd	13 14 17 18 20 31
2015-11-28	3	3rd	7 13 17 19 27 29
2015-11-18	4	1st	17 18 19 20 22 40
2015-11-04	9	3rd	10 14 17 18 37 38
2015-10-03	3	2nd	1 17 22 23 26 38
2015-09-12	2	2nd	16 17 19 24 34 35
2015-08-29	7	2nd	3 17 31 34 37 39
2015-07-11	4	4th	8 11 15 17 31 36
2015-06-13	2	3rd	9 12 17 20 35 38
2015-05-30	8	4th	8 10 14 17 33 34
2015-04-04	2	5th	1 2 7 9 17 32
2015-03-21	6	4th	5 8 14 17 20 33
2015-02-07	5	3rd	13 14 17 18 39 40
2015-01-03	6	3rd	4 6 17 27 31 32
2014-11-22	7	2nd	3 17 23 28 34 37
2014-10-04	4	3rd	2 11 17 19 26 28
2014-09-06	1	4th	3 4 14 17 35 38
2014-08-30	3	3rd	10 15 17 19 35 39
2014-08-09	7	3rd	7 14 17 18 25 30
2014-06-21	8	4th	2 3 14 17 18 35
2014-04-26	10	2nd	12 17 18 25 29 31
2014-02-15	1	3rd	8 9 17 19 24 28
2014-02-08	10	2nd	16 17 20 35 37 39
2013-11-30	10	4th	1 4 11 17 31 37
2013-09-21	3	3rd	6 8 17 18 21 26
2013-08-31	9	3rd	6 12 17 20 25 28
2013-06-29	5	4th	3 10 16 17 20 38
2013-05-25	4	4th	2 4 9 17 19 27
2013-04-27	11	3rd	9 13 17 18 23 35
2013-02-09	12	3rd	4 9 17 19 20 28
2012-11-17	8	2nd	1 17 18 22 28 32
2012-09-22	4	3rd	9 12 17 19 21 35
2012-08-25	5	3rd	3 8 17 18 27 39
2012-07-21	6	4th	1 13 15 17 26 31
2012-06-09	8	5th	5 6 7 10 17 24
2012-04-14	9	2nd	13 17 23 27 31 33
2012-02-11	11	4th	2 7 9 17 21 33
2011-11-26	—	3rd	3 8 17 23 33 38