Number 17

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

173times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.03σ

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

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

60longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 173 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −1.03σ. 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 173 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 60 · 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 smallest30 · chance 29.1
2nd smallest54 · chance 68.9
3rd smallest67 · chance 55.3
4th smallest21 · chance 17.8
5th smallest1 · chance 1.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 3 37 2 9 11

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
2026-09-02	5	2nd	12 17 18 35 40
2026-08-15	13	3rd	6 8 17 18 31
2026-07-01	8	2nd	2 17 24 31 35
2026-06-03	4	3rd	3 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-10	1	4th	5 9 13 17 30
2024-07-06	10	3rd	8 11 17 27 31
2024-06-01	10	4th	3 10 12 17 21
2024-04-27	7	4th	6 7 16 17 37
2024-04-03	12	3rd	3 5 17 33 44
2024-02-21	17	3rd	1 10 17 34 45
2023-12-23	2	3rd	12 13 17 36 40
2023-12-16	19	4th	3 6 12 17 29
2023-10-11	11	1st	17 30 36 38 39
2023-09-02	8	2nd	4 17 28 34 38
2023-08-05	6	1st	17 19 23 31 33
2023-07-15	6	1st	17 23 25 36 38
2023-06-24	4	4th	7 12 13 17 41
2023-06-10	3	3rd	7 9 17 21 28
2023-05-31	1	2nd	1 17 21 23 30
2023-05-27	6	2nd	4 17 20 21 36
2023-05-06	1	2nd	7 17 21 29 42
2023-05-03	4	1st	17 20 21 24 44
2023-04-19	1	4th	3 9 11 17 18
2023-04-15	13	1st	17 30 31 36 46
2023-03-01	10	3rd	1 9 17 27 44
2023-01-25	10	2nd	2 17 20 37 41
2022-12-21	2	3rd	1 3 17 23 42
2022-12-14	9	3rd	11 14 17 35 41
2022-11-12	10	3rd	2 5 17 40 46
2022-10-08	12	3rd	9 11 17 33 36
2022-08-27	14	2nd	16 17 25 43 45
2022-07-09	25	2nd	2 17 19 23 39
2022-04-13	3	4th	8 10 14 17 40
2022-04-02	4	4th	3 5 13 17 41
2022-03-19	2	2nd	13 17 30 33 37
2022-03-12	13	3rd	11 14 17 19 43
2022-01-26	6	3rd	6 7 17 31 44
2022-01-05	12	3rd	2 9 17 20 25
2021-11-24	4	3rd	12 14 17 20 21
2021-11-10	1	3rd	7 15 17 45 46
2021-11-06	2	2nd	11 17 20 27 34
2021-10-30	9	4th	6 14 15 17 37
2021-09-29	9	4th	12 13 16 17 22
2021-08-28	4	2nd	6 17 29 30 45
2021-08-14	27	3rd	2 13 17 19 21
2021-05-12	2	2nd	1 17 21 30 43
2021-05-05	3	3rd	6 11 17 27 39
2021-04-24	1	3rd	12 14 17 22 24
2021-04-21	28	3rd	3 12 17 41 42
2021-01-13	1	2nd	3 17 21 27 35
2021-01-09	7	3rd	3 4 17 34 39
2020-12-16	56	5th	4 6 11 12 17
2020-06-03	22	2nd	7 17 26 36 42
2020-03-18	7	3rd	2 14 17 32 47
2020-02-22	15	1st	17 32 36 37 44
2020-01-01	21	3rd	4 9 17 35 40
2019-10-19	22	2nd	8 17 32 34 45
2019-08-03	4	1st	17 18 21 27 32
2019-07-20	7	2nd	1 17 28 29 43
2019-06-26	2	2nd	6 17 20 27 37
2019-06-19	12	3rd	8 16 17 31 44
2019-05-08	4	2nd	12 17 26 39 44
2019-04-24	22	2nd	1 17 35 36 45
2019-02-06	9	3rd	1 4 17 18 38
2019-01-05	2	3rd	3 8 17 23 46
2018-12-29	3	3rd	4 6 17 35 42
2018-12-19	3	3rd	7 9 17 24 35
2018-12-08	24	2nd	11 17 32 35 45
2018-09-15	2	1st	17 20 28 34 39
2018-09-08	4	1st	17 25 28 41 47
2018-08-25	25	4th	3 13 14 17 38
2018-05-30	5	2nd	14 17 23 25 46
2018-05-12	4	3rd	1 9 17 20 25
2018-04-28	14	3rd	2 9 17 22 37
2018-03-10	24	1st	17 19 30 31 42
2017-12-16	6	2nd	4 17 21 37 44
2017-11-25	5	2nd	13 17 21 25 46
2017-11-08	8	2nd	16 17 22 38 41
2017-10-11	23	1st	17 32 33 38 43
2017-07-22	1	1st	17 24 35 36 38
2017-07-19	20	3rd	6 7 17 29 46
2017-05-10	8	3rd	7 16 17 36 38
2017-04-12	5	3rd	9 14 17 23 29
2017-03-25	4	3rd	10 13 17 18 20
2017-03-11	2	2nd	16 17 19 38 47
2017-03-04	13	1st	17 34 35 41 46
2017-01-18	14	1st	17 25 29 31 37
2016-11-30	15	1st	17 21 28 38 47
2016-10-08	11	2nd	2 17 33 36 43
2016-08-31	16	2nd	15 17 30 41 46
2016-07-06	5	1st	17 21 29 45 46
2016-06-18	26	3rd	8 13 17 19 39
2016-03-19	3	2nd	2 17 19 24 33
2016-03-09	23	2nd	2 17 24 31 41
2015-12-19	10	2nd	4 17 25 27 31
2015-11-14	12	2nd	2 17 18 35 42
2015-10-03	3	4th	2 12 16 17 43
2015-09-23	1	1st	17 25 26 30 44
2015-09-19	5	1st	17 21 27 30 47
2015-09-02	9	1st	17 23 36 38 40
2015-08-01	5	4th	1 3 6 17 28
2015-07-15	3	3rd	1 11 17 26 44
2015-07-04	9	1st	17 19 23 30 43
2015-06-03	3	2nd	7 17 18 29 40
2015-05-23	20	3rd	11 12 17 19 46
2015-03-14	49	2nd	13 17 18 22 37
2014-09-24	60	1st	17 23 28 33 42
2014-02-26	8	3rd	5 7 17 20 23
2014-01-29	6	3rd	5 9 17 29 33
2014-01-08	6	2nd	16 17 21 26 37
2013-12-18	3	3rd	14 16 17 24 33
2013-12-07	4	2nd	3 17 23 37 47
2013-11-23	20	2nd	9 17 22 32 47
2013-09-14	7	3rd	7 15 17 33 35
2013-08-21	6	1st	17 29 36 41 43
2013-07-31	4	2nd	15 17 29 32 41
2013-07-17	18	2nd	12 17 22 25 37
2013-05-15	3	2nd	13 17 18 33 46
2013-05-04	23	4th	11 13 15 17 26
2013-02-13	3	2nd	16 17 20 32 36
2013-02-02	16	4th	7 12 15 17 37
2012-12-08	1	1st	17 24 30 33 45
2012-12-05	1	3rd	11 15 17 30 37
2012-12-01	16	2nd	4 17 18 32 46
2012-10-06	10	4th	3 9 15 17 31
2012-09-01	11	2nd	14 17 31 42 47
2012-07-25	17	3rd	3 8 17 20 44
2012-05-26	3	2nd	11 17 40 44 45
2012-05-16	10	3rd	9 15 17 24 35
2012-04-11	4	3rd	13 15 17 29 41
2012-03-28	8	1st	17 23 34 41 43
2012-02-29	21	3rd	11 13 17 24 47
2011-12-17	11	1st	17 23 29 37 46
2011-11-09	21	2nd	2 17 33 35 41
2011-08-27	3	3rd	6 7 17 21 25
2011-08-17	1	2nd	14 17 20 34 44
2011-08-13	26	3rd	7 9 17 28 42
2011-05-14	11	3rd	2 11 17 31 47
2011-04-06	16	3rd	6 16 17 26 44
2011-02-09	21	4th	6 7 8 17 41
2010-11-27	14	2nd	7 17 18 24 37
2010-10-09	5	3rd	8 11 17 31 35
2010-09-22	4	2nd	11 17 27 34 44
2010-09-08	8	3rd	1 8 17 32 38
2010-08-11	6	2nd	13 17 20 23 26
2010-07-21	10	3rd	1 15 17 43 45
2010-06-16	5	1st	17 21 26 37 42
2010-05-29	1	2nd	13 17 29 34 38
2010-05-26	11	4th	1 7 14 17 20
2010-04-17	5	3rd	7 9 17 31 47
2010-03-31	18	1st	17 23 36 38 46
2010-01-27	6	2nd	2 17 40 44 46
2010-01-06	—	3rd	2 4 17 45 47