Number 17

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

166times drawn · chance expected 198 −2.43σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

55longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −2.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 7 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 smallest24 · chance 24.1
2nd smallest56 · chance 60.2
3rd smallest62 · chance 54.7
4th smallest24 · chance 22.5
5th smallest0 · chance 4.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 31 26 12 20 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-09-16	3	3rd	9 11 17 34 41 48
2026-09-05	5	3rd	6 12 17 31 39 47
2026-08-19	10	3rd	1 16 17 30 46 47
2026-07-15

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-10	7	4th	7 8 16 17 25 33
2024-03-16	31	2nd	8 17 33 45 49 53
2023-11-29	6	2nd	13 17 24 40 46 48
2023-11-08	37	2nd	3 17 18 26 39 53
2023-07-01	8	2nd	9 17 25 29 35 49
2023-06-03	1	4th	2 9 16 17 35 50
2023-05-31	1	3rd	7 12 17 27 29 53
2023-05-27	2	2nd	6 17 27 29 46 52
2023-05-20	5	2nd	4 17 33 48 51 52
2023-05-03	12	3rd	2 12 17 28 47 48
2023-03-22	8	1st	17 31 41 42 45 49
2023-02-22	3	1st	17 20 22 40 43 51
2023-02-11	6	2nd	5 17 34 45 49 52
2023-01-21	3	3rd	12 13 17 25 42 46
2023-01-11	3	4th	7 14 16 17 31 35
2022-12-31	2	3rd	4 15 17 21 24 49
2022-12-24	1	3rd	5 13 17 20 27 53
2022-12-21	1	2nd	15 17 34 35 43 48
2022-12-17	3	4th	4 6 8 17 18 50
2022-12-07	7	3rd	11 14 17 26 48 53
2022-11-12	20	4th	1 5 8 17 23 32
2022-09-03	4	1st	17 28 29 38 49 50
2022-08-20	2	1st	17 28 29 38 49 50
2022-08-13	26	3rd	6 15 17 20 47 49
2022-05-14	15	4th	5 6 11 17 24 33
2022-03-23	3	4th	6 9 12 17 19 41
2022-03-12	11	1st	17 21 25 31 40 44
2022-02-02	1	2nd	5 17 26 47 52 53
2022-01-29	1	1st	17 22 26 33 39 47
2022-01-26	4	3rd	9 15 17 25 45 46
2022-01-12	30	3rd	2 9 17 33 34 35
2021-09-29	3	1st	17 26 35 45 52 53
2021-09-18	7	2nd	16 17 30 31 40 44
2021-08-25	38	2nd	12 17 18 22 36 52
2021-04-14	5	2nd	3 17 31 34 39 52
2021-03-27	3	2nd	9 17 25 29 52 53
2021-03-17	14	3rd	7 16 17 28 32 41
2021-01-27	12	3rd	1 12 17 22 25 45
2020-12-16	26	3rd	2 7 17 25 44 53
2020-09-16	1	3rd	3 15 17 35 43 44
2020-09-12	6	2nd	6 17 33 35 50 51
2020-08-22	2	2nd	12 17 27 30 31 44
2020-08-15	2	1st	17 31 34 37 42 45
2020-08-08	4	2nd	10 17 22 34 42 43
2020-07-25	32	4th	3 12 16 17 35 50
2020-04-04	12	2nd	10 17 18 20 30 41
2020-02-22	13	2nd	6 17 18 19 32 36
2020-01-08	3	2nd	5 17 28 44 51 53
2019-12-28	6	1st	17 18 19 28 30 37
2019-12-07	18	4th	1 2 10 17 26 30
2019-10-05	6	2nd	14 17 20 21 43 52
2019-09-14	18	3rd	4 14 17 31 39 45
2019-07-13	12	4th	4 8 11 17 34 37
2019-06-01	10	1st	17 24 26 28 51 53
2019-04-27	9	2nd	1 17 27 36 42 51
2019-03-27	26	2nd	13 17 19 23 39 50
2018-12-26	28	3rd	1 14 17 21 40 43
2018-09-19	10	3rd	5 14 17 21 23 53
2018-08-15	2	2nd	2 17 27 32 33 52
2018-08-08	17	4th	3 4 11 17 25 45
2018-06-09	7	1st	17 20 26 44 47 50
2018-05-16	5	3rd	1 11 17 42 45 49
2018-04-28	10	3rd	14 16 17 19 25 35
2018-03-24	17	1st	17 26 30 40 45 49
2018-01-24	9	2nd	4 17 20 21 26 39
2017-12-23	15	3rd	14 16 17 35 46 50
2017-11-01	14	1st	17 20 22 28 31 34
2017-09-13	1	1st	17 22 44 45 49 53
2017-09-09	16	3rd	1 12 17 26 35 45
2017-07-15	29	2nd	2 17 21 22 39 43
2017-04-05	5	1st	17 19 24 27 30 47
2017-03-18	5	1st	17 23 27 35 36 40
2017-03-01	4	3rd	9 12 17 21 30 49
2017-02-15	7	2nd	6 17 20 21 40 43
2017-01-21	3	3rd	7 16 17 27 43 53
2017-01-11	9	2nd	10 17 19 30 45 49
2016-12-10	18	2nd	8 17 21 41 42 45
2016-10-08	14	3rd	5 9 17 33 40 50
2016-08-20	2	4th	2 5 7 17 29 41
2016-08-13	12	2nd	12 17 20 24 25 44
2016-07-02	4	3rd	7 13 17 36 43 45
2016-06-18	5	1st	17 26 31 38 45 52
2016-06-01	4	2nd	6 17 21 31 41 51
2016-05-18	9	4th	2 8 13 17 25 49
2016-04-16	8	2nd	8 17 20 23 26 47
2016-03-19	12	2nd	2 17 25 27 38 50
2016-02-06	8	3rd	7 14 17 27 34 52
2016-01-09	3	3rd	5 10 17 27 38 47
2015-12-30	12	4th	3 10 14 17 28 53
2015-11-18	7	2nd	13 17 28 31 34 35
2015-10-24	9	2nd	12 17 18 21 46 49
2015-09-23	21	2nd	6 17 25 27 32 51
2015-07-11	7	3rd	2 10 17 30 37 39
2015-06-17	55	3rd	12 16 17 19 33 39
2014-12-06	5	2nd	3 17 29 30 31 37
2014-11-19	4	3rd	13 16 17 26 39 41
2014-11-05	25	2nd	15 17 21 22 47 51
2014-08-09	18	2nd	14 17 26 32 45 46
2014-06-07	4	1st	17 19 25 29 47 52
2014-05-24	6	3rd	3 6 17 19 45 48
2014-05-03	2	2nd	9 17 19 27 31 43
2014-04-26	14	2nd	8 17 21 29 36 42
2014-03-08	16	4th	7 9 13 17 21 43
2014-01-11	27	4th	7 13 15 17 51 53
2013-10-09	7	3rd	13 16 17 40 42 44
2013-09-14	4	2nd	15 17 22 40 41 45
2013-08-31	9	4th	10 11 12 17 28 46
2013-07-31	6	3rd	4 8 17 20 51 52
2013-07-10	18	2nd	13 17 20 23 24 30
2013-05-08	1	3rd	9 14 17 23 25 29
2013-05-04	1	2nd	5 17 18 24 29 33
2013-05-01	1	3rd	4 9 17 21 35 51
2013-04-27	6	3rd	10 12 17 28 38 44
2013-04-06	10	4th	2 13 16 17 20 40
2013-03-02	17	4th	7 10 15 17 19 38
2013-01-02	6	2nd	9 17 27 44 48 51
2012-12-12	12	1st	17 33 34 41 49 53
2012-10-31	33	2nd	2 17 34 36 43 52
2012-07-07	14	3rd	2 6 17 26 31 40
2012-05-19	2	4th	5 10 14 17 28 33
2012-05-12	1	3rd	3 14 17 32 33 34
2012-05-09	3	4th	1 6 14 17 21 34
2012-04-28	8	4th	4 11 13 17 20 28
2012-03-31	5	3rd	1 15 17 23 31 33
2012-03-14	6	3rd	1 10 17 19 22 31
2012-02-22	11	3rd	6 12 17 21 26 42
2012-01-14	16	3rd	9 12 17 29 35 50
2011-11-19	9	3rd	3 5 17 24 34 53
2011-10-19	15	3rd	1 7 17 32 33 34
2011-08-27	20	3rd	9 15 17 18 26 28
2011-06-18	29	3rd	4 14 17 37 42 50
2011-03-09	6	3rd	6 9 17 38 43 52
2011-02-16	5	3rd	8 16 17 26 45 47
2011-01-29	9	2nd	12 17 19 20 33 37
2010-12-29	23	1st	17 25 28 45 47 48
2010-10-09	2	3rd	10 16 17 26 42 47
2010-10-02	1	2nd	6 17 30 34 39 47
2010-09-29	26	2nd	4 17 18 19 45 47
2010-06-30	5	4th	5 9 12 17 31 46
2010-06-12	1	3rd	2 6 17 39 44 45
2010-06-09	7	1st	17 25 29 40 47 49
2010-05-15	—	3rd	8 13 17 25 27 37