Number 17

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

226times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.85σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 50% for any number

12.6average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

99longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 226 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 226 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 12.6 draws · longest completed wait 99 · waiting 9 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 smallest67 · chance 61.3
2nd smallest85 · chance 98.0
3rd smallest56 · chance 53.8
4th smallest17 · chance 12.0
5th smallest1 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 34 14 20 9 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-12	4	2nd	4 17 22 32 49
2026-02-08	6	2nd	16 17 38 44 60
2026-02-02	11	1st	17 31 34 36 40
2026-01-22	2	2nd	2 17 19 36

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-17	12	2nd	14 17 27 34 55
2025-05-05	20	4th	2 5 8 17 37
2025-04-15	3	2nd	16 17 31 58 59
2025-04-12	17	2nd	10 17 32 50 53
2025-03-26	1	3rd	1 6 17 30 53
2025-03-25	8	2nd	11 17 18 19 34
2025-03-17	2	1st	17 20 27 30 46
2025-03-15	5	2nd	2 17 19 29 41
2025-03-10	6	1st	17 22 34 48 53
2025-03-04	1	2nd	11 17 29 52 53
2025-03-03	13	2nd	1 17 27 52 55
2025-02-18	8	2nd	15 17 25 44 45
2025-02-10	5	3rd	13 15 17 20 55
2025-02-05	4	1st	17 27 29 36 46
2025-02-01	11	2nd	7 17 31 33 34
2025-01-21	7	2nd	8 17 27 54 57
2025-01-14	9	3rd	2 7 17 20 52
2025-01-05	8	3rd	2 6 17 46 57
2024-12-28	3	2nd	5 17 27 28 41
2024-12-25	8	2nd	11 17 26 52 53
2024-12-17	20	3rd	4 6 17 43 47
2024-11-27	10	1st	17 21 25 31 47
2024-11-17	1	2nd	10 17 30 37 47
2024-11-16	1	2nd	16 17 23 39 60
2024-11-15	9	1st	17 20 23 32 34
2024-11-06	18	1st	17 18 20 26 59
2024-10-19	2	3rd	7 9 17 23 49
2024-10-17	5	1st	17 20 34 40 46
2024-10-12	14	2nd	13 17 18 26 37
2024-09-28	10	3rd	1 8 17 43 53
2024-09-18	41	1st	17 19 20 49 50
2024-08-08	15	3rd	3 6 17 28 58
2024-07-24	7	3rd	2 11 17 19 29
2024-07-17	8	2nd	5 17 28 43 54
2024-07-09	1	2nd	3 17 32 52 58
2024-07-08	11	2nd	14 17 29 50 51
2024-06-27	13	3rd	4 15 17 34 35
2024-06-14	13	3rd	2 14 17 40 60
2024-06-01	7	1st	17 29 38 40 59
2024-05-25	18	2nd	16 17 34 38 42
2024-05-07	27	3rd	6 9 17 31 59
2024-04-10	4	1st	17 24 39 40 41
2024-04-06	21	1st	17 23 31 46 48
2024-03-16	6	3rd	7 14 17 40 49
2024-03-10	12	3rd	5 13 17 42 43
2024-02-27	26	2nd	3 17 27 53 59
2024-02-01	5	2nd	4 17 18 19 44
2024-01-27	12	1st	17 19 29 42 47
2024-01-15	2	1st	17 28 30 37 48
2024-01-13	13	2nd	5 17 23 25 47
2023-12-31	12	2nd	16 17 22 36 54
2023-12-19	14	2nd	9 17 26 29 41
2023-12-05	42	1st	17 28 49 56 59
2023-10-24	2	1st	17 36 43 46 58
2023-10-22	5	1st	17 18 32 36 42
2023-10-17	2	3rd	5 12 17 18 29
2023-10-15	9	5th	3 6 11 15 17
2023-10-06	22	1st	17 30 34 39 52
2023-09-14	36	2nd	9 17 39 48 59
2023-08-09	8	1st	17 21 29 34 48
2023-08-01	7	1st	17 20 35 51 52
2023-07-25	7	3rd	1 12 17 44 52
2023-07-18	10	2nd	9 17 47 53 56
2023-07-08	32	2nd	9 17 36 40 51
2023-06-06	34	3rd	8 9 17 22 56
2023-05-03	14	1st	17 26 37 43 53
2023-04-19	12	1st	17 19 20 44 57
2023-04-07	6	2nd	10 17 20 21 54
2023-04-01	34	2nd	14 17 30 38 45
2023-02-26	10	2nd	13 17 18 50 60
2023-02-16	7	2nd	14 17 27 28 48
2023-02-09	17	2nd	12 17 24 35 45
2023-01-23	14	2nd	16 17 21 30 60
2023-01-09	7	4th	1 7 8 17 52
2023-01-02	12	4th	1 9 13 17 45
2022-12-21	12	1st	17 25 26 51 58
2022-12-09	35	3rd	7 14 17 34 56
2022-11-04	14	2nd	9 17 19 34 37
2022-10-21	8	2nd	15 17 42 44 53
2022-10-13	4	2nd	15 17 32 42 59
2022-10-09	33	3rd	4 8 17 36 39
2022-09-06	3	3rd	1 13 17 57 60
2022-09-03	19	1st	17 34 36 56 60
2022-08-15	31	3rd	10 11 17 42 58
2022-07-15	13	4th	4 6 7 17 46
2022-07-02	18	2nd	15 17 23 35 39
2022-06-14	3	2nd	8 17 27 31 44
2022-06-11	30	2nd	7 17 23 50 59
2022-05-12	10	1st	17 40 41 53 60
2022-05-02	35	1st	17 28 31 41 43
2022-03-28	23	2nd	8 17 24 44 48
2022-03-05	5	1st	17 37 40 42 45
2022-02-28	6	1st	17 21 27 30 54
2022-02-22	20	4th	4 14 16 17 52
2022-02-02	5	1st	17 21 22 28 44
2022-01-28	2	1st	17 27 31 43 51
2022-01-26	28	3rd	14 16 17 40 47
2021-12-29	8	1st	17 19 35 57 58
2021-12-21	10	2nd	3 17 30 40 45
2021-12-11	1	3rd	3 11 17 44 53
2021-12-10	1	1st	17 33 40 53 60
2021-12-09	26	1st	17 25 34 38 49
2021-11-13	33	2nd	7 17 31 47 51
2021-10-11	9	3rd	1 8 17 38 47
2021-10-02	3	3rd	2 14 17 26 55
2021-09-29	99	1st	17 20 22 32 56
2021-06-22	79	3rd	5 7 17 19 33
2021-04-04	16	2nd	11 17 18 26 54
2021-03-19	11	2nd	10 17 25 35 44
2021-03-08	13	2nd	10 17 26 51 52
2021-02-23	13	2nd	4 17 27 35 49
2021-02-10	27	2nd	4 17 23 27 38
2021-01-14	13	3rd	1 10 17 32 39
2021-01-01	33	2nd	9 17 23 37 47
2020-11-29	10	2nd	9 17 18 28 38
2020-11-19	14	2nd	16 17 18 37 58
2020-11-05	19	4th	5 7 11 17 41
2020-10-17	25	1st	17 18 23 28 33
2020-09-22	16	3rd	1 8 17 20 56
2020-09-06	11	2nd	10 17 31 35 51
2020-08-26	4	4th	7 10 15 17 30
2020-08-22	18	3rd	8 12 17 25 36
2020-08-04	14	2nd	16 17 27 31 43
2020-07-21	11	4th	4 6 16 17 18
2020-07-10	3	2nd	13 17 27 39 50
2020-07-07	8	3rd	9 12 17 22 37
2020-06-29	8	4th	10 12 16 17 32
2020-06-21	20	2nd	14 17 20 40 47
2020-06-01	9	2nd	8 17 24 33 48
2020-05-23	7	4th	4 5 14 17 24
2020-05-16	6	3rd	5 10 17 41 45
2020-05-10	4	4th	1 6 15 17 36
2020-05-06	6	2nd	9 17 21 25 34
2020-04-30	10	2nd	8 17 19 28 44
2020-04-20	18	2nd	11 17 20 22 52
2020-04-02	19	2nd	10 17 22 24 44
2020-03-14	1	3rd	10 12 17 43 50
2020-03-13	9	2nd	7 17 22 24 31
2020-03-04	7	3rd	8 12 17 21 34
2020-02-26	4	1st	17 21 32 36 52
2020-02-22	35	2nd	15 17 20 33 34
2020-01-18	7	1st	17 28 36 40 60
2020-01-11	2	1st	17 20 23 46 57
2020-01-09	8	2nd	7 17 42 50 51
2020-01-01	4	2nd	2 17 26 44 46
2019-12-28	11	1st	17 33 42 43 55
2019-12-17	9	3rd	14 16 17 24 43
2019-12-08	18	1st	17 18 21 44 50
2019-11-20	13	1st	17 21 31 49 51
2019-11-07	5	2nd	6 17 32 45 47
2019-11-02	10	4th	12 14 16 17 28
2019-10-23	12	3rd	9 16 17 30 44
2019-10-11	19	1st	17 33 37 51 56
2019-09-22	21	1st	17 22 23 30 59
2019-09-01	2	3rd	8 13 17 48 57
2019-08-30	3	1st	17 21 35 43 50
2019-08-27	7	1st	17 22 47 55 60
2019-08-20	7	3rd	3 14 17 23 54
2019-08-13	9	3rd	3 14 17 41 56
2019-08-04	35	3rd	1 15 17 43 49
2019-06-27	7	3rd	11 14 17 28 39
2019-06-03	12	1st	17 25 45 53 59
2019-04-22	8	1st	17 20 24 33 57
2019-03-25	4	1st	17 25 33 47 51
2019-03-11	10	2nd	12 17 18 38 46
2019-02-04	6	2nd	3 17 33 39 40
2019-01-14	44	1st	17 18 42 50 57
2018-08-13	8	3rd	7 9 17 39 58
2018-07-16	5	1st	17 18 45 46 55
2018-06-28	2	3rd	4 13 17 34 49
2018-06-21	4	4th	3 13 16 17 24
2018-06-07	33	1st	17 22 38 42 45
2018-02-12	20	3rd	1 5 17 21 33
2017-12-04	6	2nd	16 17 46 51 52
2017-11-13	5	2nd	9 17 21 29 58
2017-10-26	29	3rd	3 12 17 27 55
2017-07-17	1	2nd	8 17 27 28 39
2017-07-13	8	2nd	6 17 32 45 59
2017-06-15	12	3rd	1 9 17 26 55
2017-05-04	6	3rd	1 2 17 24 38
2017-04-13	2	1st	17 19 49 50 56
2017-04-06	7	3rd	4 6 17 48 53
2017-03-13	8	3rd	13 16 17 24 50
2017-02-13	21	1st	17 18 24 25 41
2016-12-01	6	1st	17 23 30 49 55
2016-11-10	3	3rd	6 7 17 20 44
2016-10-31	17	1st	17 25 38 41 58
2016-09-01	2	1st	17 45 46 51 53
2016-08-25	15	2nd	10 17 24 47 59
2016-07-04	5	3rd	2 15 17 18 52
2016-06-16	12	2nd	3 17 22 57 59
2016-05-05	10	1st	17 18 30 43 49
2016-03-31	2	2nd	9 17 28 38 45
2016-03-24	3	1st	17 24 30 45 48
2016-03-14	4	1st	17 28 37 38 41
2016-02-29	12	2nd	3 17 26 47 58
2016-01-18	24	2nd	14 17 39 43 51
2015-10-26	9	1st	17 20 45 49 58
2015-09-24	1	2nd	14 17 29 39 50
2015-09-21	1	1st	17 27 39 44 49
2015-09-17	28	3rd	14 15 17 35 56
2015-06-11	—	1st	17 24 43 49 57