Number 17

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

273times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.36σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

36longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 273 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 273 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 21 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 smallest27 · chance 22.9
2nd smallest85 · chance 79.6
3rd smallest80 · chance 99.5
4th smallest62 · chance 55.7
5th smallest19 · chance 13.9
6th smallest0 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 27 19 39 8 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-08-24	13	1st	17 19 23 24 26 38
2026-07-25	4	4th	5 6 15 17 29 34
2026-07-15	17	5th	1 2 7 9 17 32
2026-06-06	3	2nd	15

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-13	6	3rd	1 8 17 31 37 44
2025-08-30	9	2nd	4 17 24 27 38 40
2025-08-09	1	5th	5 6 8 12 17 22
2025-08-06	5	4th	2 6 9 17 31 40
2025-07-26	15	2nd	12 17 18 20 24 28
2025-06-21	21	1st	17 25 27 28 42 44
2025-05-03	6	4th	3 10 14 17 20 25
2025-04-19	1	4th	1 3 5 17 21 44
2025-04-16	4	5th	2 10 13 14 17 31
2025-04-07	17	3rd	2 3 17 26 27 38
2025-02-26	7	1st	17 19 21 24 26 41
2025-02-10	20	2nd	15 17 30 37 40 41
2024-12-25	3	2nd	3 17 21 26 29 40
2024-12-18	9	3rd	2 14 17 35 36 41
2024-11-27	11	3rd	10 12 17 33 41 43
2024-11-02	13	3rd	2 14 17 28 32 34
2024-10-02	8	3rd	5 8 17 20 30 31
2024-09-14	3	2nd	11 17 33 38 40 41
2024-09-07	4	4th	4 8 15 17 31 41
2024-08-28	6	5th	4 8 11 13 17 23
2024-08-14	5	2nd	6 17 20 29 38 40
2024-08-03	2	4th	12 14 15 17 24 40
2024-07-29	5	4th	2 10 13 17 19 39
2024-07-17	2	1st	17 22 35 38 39 42
2024-07-13	1	3rd	8 16 17 28 39 41
2024-07-10	36	3rd	2 13 17 27 38 44
2024-04-17	10	4th	4 12 13 17 27 32
2024-03-25	2	2nd	3 17 19 24 28 35
2024-03-20	6	4th	2 6 13 17 23 24
2024-03-06	3	3rd	5 7 17 23 26 29
2024-02-28	3	2nd	10 17 20 21 37 43
2024-02-21	8	3rd	5 15 17 24 39 42
2024-02-03	9	2nd	3 17 18 19 20 34
2024-01-13	7	4th	4 10 14 17 18 36
2023-12-27	18	3rd	9 14 17 21 31 35
2023-11-15	6	5th	4 7 13 15 17 28
2023-11-01	3	3rd	13 16 17 18 27 35
2023-10-25	9	3rd	2 6 17 24 36 40
2023-10-04	5	2nd	15 17 23 29 35 37
2023-09-23	3	5th	5 6 9 14 17 42
2023-09-16	7	2nd	6 17 20 26 27 33
2023-08-30	15	3rd	10 15 17 27 29 42
2023-07-26	28	3rd	11 12 17 19 24 36
2023-05-22	9	4th	2 6 15 17 22 33
2023-05-01	3	5th	7 8 13 14 17 43
2023-04-24	31	2nd	10 17 22 33 34 35
2023-02-11	19	2nd	9 17 22 26 30 35
2022-12-28	4	2nd	15 17 18 19 39 41
2022-12-19	1	2nd	10 17 22 25 26 28
2022-12-17	11	2nd	4 17 18 30 34 44
2022-11-21	5	3rd	5 14 17 20 27 43
2022-11-09	1	3rd	2 6 17 23 37 41
2022-11-07	7	3rd	6 11 17 22 37 42
2022-10-22	6	2nd	7 17 21 23 26 38
2022-10-08	2	1st	17 22 24 25 29 36
2022-10-03	4	2nd	7 17 25 28 37 39
2022-09-24	1	2nd	6 17 20 21 23 33
2022-09-21	3	2nd	12 17 24 25 38 41
2022-09-14	3	4th	1 11 15 17 37 39
2022-09-07	8	2nd	2 17 19 27 33 34
2022-08-20	18	2nd	6 17 18 21 29 37
2022-07-09	1	2nd	10 17 21 22 26 27
2022-07-06	11	4th	6 10 11 17 20 33
2022-06-11	12	2nd	3 17 19 23 25 39
2022-05-14	5	2nd	1 17 21 29 36 44
2022-05-02	7	4th	1 2 5 17 27 34
2022-04-16	1	1st	17 18 22 28 33 34
2022-04-13	17	3rd	2 13 17 28 33 36
2022-02-19	22	2nd	8 17 19 26 27 40
2021-12-04	6	3rd	2 15 17 18 39 41
2021-11-13	14	4th	9 11 12 17 30 37
2021-09-25	2	3rd	6 7 17 20 25 34
2021-09-18	3	4th	6 8 13 17 21 22
2021-09-08	1	4th	11 12 16 17 22 24
2021-09-04	20	2nd	11 17 28 37 38 44
2021-06-26	3	4th	1 8 14 17 31 32
2021-06-16	16	2nd	11 17 20 22 37 38
2021-04-21	5	1st	17 26 32 33 34 44
2021-04-03	2	1st	17 27 30 31 36 39
2021-03-27	1	3rd	8 11 17 21 22 39
2021-03-24	2	2nd	3 17 22 23 25 44
2021-03-17	26	4th	3 5 8 17 33 36
2020-12-16	2	2nd	12 17 20 26 30 34
2020-12-09	9	3rd	3 14 17 25 31 38
2020-11-07	3	2nd	1 17 18 19 30 33
2020-10-28	2	4th	1 2 13 17 37 41
2020-10-21	23	3rd	12 13 17 27 35 36
2020-08-01	7	2nd	11 17 21 27 31 35
2020-07-08	12	4th	8 11 16 17 24 37
2020-05-27	2	4th	11 12 15 17 37 43
2020-05-20	5	1st	17 22 31 32 36 40
2020-05-02	8	2nd	3 17 18 24 26 35
2020-04-04	19	4th	1 10 11 17 34 42
2020-01-29	1	2nd	7 17 31 33 38 41
2020-01-25	2	3rd	2 15 17 23 28 39
2020-01-18	6	3rd	5 14 17 24 34 39
2019-12-28	2	3rd	2 16 17 21 26 30
2019-12-21	5	2nd	9 17 26 30 34 40
2019-12-04	2	4th	2 7 9 17 26 27
2019-11-27	16	2nd	10 17 24 30 34 40
2019-10-02	16	5th	5 7 10 12 17 19
2019-08-07	13	4th	1 8 11 17 18 27
2019-06-22	2	3rd	2 11 17 31 35 43
2019-06-15	5	2nd	14 17 19 36 39 40
2019-05-29	1	5th	1 11 12 16 17 33
2019-05-25	15	2nd	14 17 29 32 34 38
2019-04-03	2	2nd	2 17 22 32 34 39
2019-03-27	11	3rd	2 9 17 30 36 44
2019-02-16	4	2nd	6 17 28 30 36 40
2019-02-02	16	4th	6 13 16 17 33 39
2018-12-08	2	5th	3 8 9 13 17 27
2018-12-01	24	4th	1 6 8 17 23 38
2018-09-08	1	2nd	9 17 23 26 35 37
2018-09-05	1	2nd	6 17 21 23 39 40
2018-09-01	10	4th	2 10 13 17 27 40
2018-07-28	1	3rd	3 14 17 22 39 43
2018-07-25	1	2nd	14 17 18 28 38 39
2018-07-21	3	2nd	8 17 26 27 28 39
2018-07-11	2	3rd	7 11 17 25 26 41
2018-07-04	1	1st	17 19 28 41 43 44
2018-06-30	4	3rd	2 13 17 27 29 39
2018-06-16	1	4th	4 9 15 17 23 42
2018-06-13	1	3rd	10 16 17 19 29 44
2018-06-09	1	3rd	2 11 17 19 26 41
2018-06-06	3	3rd	6 14 17 21 25 42
2018-05-26	5	2nd	7 17 20 25 32 39
2018-05-09	2	4th	4 11 14 17 29 36
2018-05-02	1	2nd	6 17 24 27 34 42
2018-04-28	2	3rd	7 15 17 35 36 38
2018-04-21	8	1st	17 20 30 31 32 40
2018-03-24	4	4th	1 12 13 17 20 39
2018-03-10	1	1st	17 24 27 28 33 37
2018-03-07	1	3rd	10 14 17 33 38 39
2018-03-03	11	1st	17 18 32 33 34 43
2018-01-24	10	2nd	3 17 26 34 37 42
2017-12-20	2	3rd	6 8 17 23 34 43
2017-12-13	6	4th	5 10 11 17 20 21
2017-11-22	4	5th	1 9 12 14 17 25
2017-11-08	14	4th	8 11 15 17 18 30
2017-09-20	6	3rd	7 8 17 19 27 42
2017-08-30	2	5th	5 6 10 16 17 22
2017-08-23	6	3rd	13 15 17 23 29 41
2017-08-02	16	4th	5 9 15 17 27 34
2017-06-07	2	2nd	12 17 20 32 38 40
2017-05-31	21	3rd	5 16 17 32 36 40
2017-03-18	1	2nd	14 17 26 31 42 44
2017-03-15	7	2nd	13 17 34 35 42 44
2017-02-18	1	4th	2 4 16 17 37 42
2017-02-15	1	1st	17 20 28 34 36 41
2017-02-11	9	3rd	12 16 17 19 22 25
2017-01-11	1	2nd	13 17 23 25 41 44
2017-01-07	11	2nd	14 17 19 23 33 39
2016-11-30	33	4th	5 10 13 17 23 27
2016-08-06	1	2nd	13 17 26 31 33 40
2016-08-03	1	2nd	2 17 21 32 33 42
2016-07-30	11	2nd	12 17 23 37 38 40
2016-06-22	5	3rd	5 8 17 20 29 43
2016-06-04	2	1st	17 18 19 35 43 44
2016-05-28	33	1st	17 22 30 38 39 43
2016-02-03	10	2nd	5 17 19 21 22 34
2015-12-30	7	3rd	8 16 17 27 38 40
2015-12-05	1	4th	6 8 16 17 20 25
2015-12-02	9	4th	1 3 7 17 27 31
2015-10-31	12	4th	8 9 11 17 25 36
2015-09-19	7	4th	1 10 15 17 18 39
2015-08-26	3	3rd	4 14 17 19 21 44
2015-08-15	4	3rd	9 12 17 36 37 41
2015-08-01	8	3rd	1 14 17 22 35 44
2015-07-04	2	4th	2 12 16 17 35 39
2015-06-27	1	2nd	12 17 22 29 32 35
2015-06-24	4	2nd	16 17 21 22 27 32
2015-06-10	10	4th	1 3 9 17 32 33
2015-05-06	12	3rd	1 16 17 24 27 29
2015-03-25	6	2nd	15 17 22 28 30 44
2015-03-04	7	3rd	4 9 17 25 26 29
2015-02-07	1	3rd	6 15 17 20 21 33
2015-02-04	3	4th	9 13 14 17 42 44
2015-01-24	7	1st	17 21 25 26 28 30
2014-12-31	12	2nd	9 17 28 30 32 33
2014-11-19	1	2nd	10 17 28 29 31 41
2014-11-15	1	4th	2 7 13 17 19 22
2014-11-12	3	3rd	6 12 17 19 21 32
2014-11-01	8	2nd	8 17 18 20 38 41
2014-10-04	8	3rd	2 8 17 18 38 44
2014-09-06	1	3rd	5 13 17 25 27 40
2014-09-03	6	2nd	3 17 20 36 39 43
2014-08-13	11	3rd	2 16 17 27 30 38
2014-07-05	7	1st	17 19 27 35 36 43
2014-06-11	9	2nd	3 17 20 24 31 35
2014-05-10	8	2nd	2 17 25 33 39 41
2014-04-12	15	4th	2 3 10 17 22 28
2014-02-19	28	3rd	3 8 17 36 38 44
2013-11-13	4	5th	3 10 12 13 17 43
2013-10-30	2	4th	3 5 16 17 19 24
2013-10-23	2	3rd	6 9 17 28 33 40
2013-10-16	2	4th	4 8 11 17 20 25
2013-10-09	4	2nd	2 17 20 22 36 41
2013-09-25	9	4th	2 8 12 17 25 37
2013-08-24	21	1st	17 19 23 24 27 34
2013-06-12	1	2nd	11 17 26 29 41 43
2013-06-08	7	4th	5 8 11 17 32 39
2013-05-15	30	3rd	8 10 17 20 28 35
2013-01-30	6	3rd	1 3 17 28 29 34
2013-01-09	2	4th	6 14 15 17 27 40
2013-01-02	6	5th	1 8 12 16 17 27
2012-12-12	6	3rd	13 16 17 20 26 37
2012-11-21	17	4th	2 11 14 17 27 39
2012-09-22	3	4th	2 14 16 17 24 43
2012-09-12	6	3rd	5 9 17 25 29 36
2012-08-22	6	2nd	14 17 19 28 41 42
2012-08-01	8	4th	1 7 12 17 24 38
2012-07-04	2	4th	1 10 14 17 29 38
2012-06-27	6	3rd	1 2 17 18 20 36
2012-06-06	8	1st	17 19 23 33 34 40
2012-05-09	9	2nd	3 17 19 30 41 44
2012-04-07	3	3rd	8 16 17 27 35 36
2012-03-28	8	1st	17 27 32 34 35 37
2012-02-29	6	3rd	12 15 17 23 32 43
2012-02-08	6	2nd	9 17 20 21 29 31
2012-01-18	1	3rd	11 13 17 25 35 40
2012-01-14	1	4th	7 12 13 17 18 41
2012-01-11	26	4th	10 14 16 17 19 33
2011-10-12	5	4th	1 13 16 17 33 42
2011-09-24	4	1st	17 19 24 27 28 32
2011-09-10	8	3rd	14 16 17 20 33 44
2011-08-13	8	2nd	2 17 24 29 31 36
2011-07-16	14	2nd	14 17 23 36 37 42
2011-05-28	1	2nd	11 17 22 38 39 42
2011-05-25	9	4th	3 9 15 17 39 40
2011-04-23	10	3rd	2 15 17 34 37 44
2011-03-19	3	4th	8 12 14 17 18 34
2011-03-09	11	5th	3 5 7 9 17 44
2011-01-29	3	2nd	4 17 24 28 29 34
2011-01-19	3	4th	7 14 15 17 20 33
2011-01-08	6	2nd	2 17 18 32 34 41
2010-12-18	4	2nd	11 17 23 25 26 28
2010-12-04	6	1st	17 30 31 35 42 43
2010-11-13	2	2nd	2 17 23 28 32 43
2010-11-06	5	2nd	11 17 18 29 41 44
2010-10-20	6	2nd	4 17 24 30 39 42
2010-09-29	2	2nd	13 17 18 30 39 42
2010-09-22	7	3rd	6 13 17 29 31 44
2010-08-28	8	5th	1 2 6 15 17 28
2010-07-31	1	1st	17 18 20 21 35 43
2010-07-28	1	3rd	10 13 17 28 38 40
2010-07-24	4	3rd	2 15 17 21 40 41
2010-07-10	3	3rd	5 8 17 27 30 36
2010-06-30	16	1st	17 18 33 36 37 41
2010-05-05	—	5th	2 6 7 11 17 39