Number 17

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,670 draws, 5 from 1–39.

352times drawn · chance expected 342 +0.56σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

46longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 352 times in 2,670 draws against 342.3 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 352 times in 2,670 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 46 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest40 · chance 34.9
2nd smallest116 · chance 117.5
3rd smallest123 · chance 132.2
4th smallest58 · chance 58.8
5th smallest15 · chance 8.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 37.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 39 34 16 9 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-13	12	3rd	1 10 17 35 36
2026-09-25	1	3rd	10 14 17 21 38
2026-09-24	8	1st	17 22 31 33 35
2026-09-14	15	1st	17 22 29 32

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-19	2	3rd	4 12 17 20 30
2025-12-17	19	2nd	9 17 24 28 32
2025-11-20	1	3rd	3 11 17 22 24
2025-11-19	6	3rd	2 16 17 21 28
2025-11-11	5	3rd	3 16 17 23 36
2025-11-04	15	2nd	15 17 28 29 38
2025-10-14	5	2nd	6 17 18 26 34
2025-10-07	6	2nd	14 17 20 28 33
2025-09-29	10	4th	3 14 15 17 28
2025-09-15	5	3rd	2 5 17 35 37
2025-09-08	11	3rd	11 15 17 22 27
2025-08-22	7	2nd	2 17 27 34 37
2025-08-13	1	3rd	5 7 17 22 24
2025-08-12	4	5th	4 5 13 15 17
2025-08-06	3	3rd	2 14 17 32 38
2025-08-01	46	2nd	16 17 20 22 35
2025-05-29	35	4th	1 14 16 17 22
2025-04-10	6	2nd	3 17 26 35 37
2025-04-02	5	1st	17 21 23 29 39
2025-03-26	5	2nd	9 17 32 34 36
2025-03-19	3	4th	9 13 15 17 28
2025-03-14	8	1st	17 22 23 25 39
2025-03-04	4	2nd	1 17 30 35 39
2025-02-26	9	4th	1 3 8 17 27
2025-02-13	5	4th	9 14 16 17 19
2025-02-06	7	1st	17 19 29 31 39
2025-01-28	25	3rd	1 6 17 29 38
2024-12-24	23	3rd	9 13 17 29 35
2024-11-21	5	2nd	6 17 18 22 27
2024-11-14	3	4th	4 7 10 17 20
2024-11-11	4	2nd	12 17 20 23 30
2024-11-05	8	3rd	10 14 17 19 23
2024-10-24	6	3rd	11 13 17 33 38
2024-10-16	1	4th	10 14 15 17 23
2024-10-15	7	2nd	14 17 20 31 39
2024-10-04	24	4th	4 5 12 17 20
2024-09-02	8	3rd	2 9 17 19 34
2024-08-21	36	3rd	3 6 17 26 30
2024-07-02	3	2nd	2 17 21 36 39
2024-06-27	3	2nd	3 17 20 35 36
2024-06-24	1	1st	17 27 31 32 36
2024-06-21	7	4th	8 14 16 17 21
2024-06-12	2	3rd	1 12 17 23 32
2024-06-10	4	3rd	1 7 17 18 30
2024-06-04	8	3rd	6 15 17 22 28
2024-05-23	11	5th	1 6 10 12 17
2024-05-08	1	2nd	2 17 18 36 39
2024-05-07	2	4th	6 8 16 17 37
2024-05-03	2	2nd	1 17 22 29 39
2024-05-01	12	2nd	11 17 19 36 37
2024-04-15	4	4th	11 14 16 17 37
2024-04-09	6	4th	3 4 14 17 24
2024-04-01	10	3rd	1 12 17 21 28
2024-03-18	10	2nd	3 17 20 27 32
2024-03-04	3	3rd	2 4 17 24 29
2024-02-28	8	2nd	13 17 34 37 38
2024-02-16	21	4th	9 11 15 17 37
2024-01-18	4	3rd	7 16 17 34 39
2024-01-12	3	3rd	4 16 17 19 24
2024-01-09	7	2nd	12 17 30 32 36
2023-12-29	1	4th	4 12 16 17 21
2023-12-28	1	2nd	1 17 22 24 39
2023-12-27	11	2nd	3 17 24 35 39
2023-12-12	3	3rd	2 11 17 29 30
2023-12-07	6	5th	6 8 12 15 17
2023-11-29	3	4th	1 5 6 17 30
2023-11-24	2	1st	17 20 27 31 36
2023-11-22	7	2nd	9 17 19 20 26
2023-11-13	2	3rd	1 3 17 36 39
2023-11-09	1	3rd	3 13 17 21 31
2023-11-08	23	2nd	12 17 28 29 34
2023-10-06	17	3rd	1 8 17 18 39
2023-09-13	1	1st	17 20 27 35 38
2023-09-12	10	2nd	13 17 18 23 31
2023-08-29	9	1st	17 18 25 30 31
2023-08-16	26	1st	17 21 34 35 39
2023-07-11	4	5th	2 9 15 16 17
2023-07-05	12	2nd	12 17 19 30 37
2023-06-19	1	3rd	5 9 17 22 34
2023-06-16	3	5th	8 10 12 14 17
2023-06-13	1	3rd	6 12 17 26 38
2023-06-12	1	1st	17 25 29 33 36
2023-06-09	2	2nd	2 17 18 27 39
2023-06-07	13	3rd	8 15 17 34 37
2023-05-19	9	2nd	11 17 20 26 34
2023-05-08	3	2nd	10 17 21 27 28
2023-05-03	3	3rd	7 9 17 28 35
2023-04-28	9	1st	17 27 29 35 36
2023-04-17	13	3rd	3 4 17 24 27
2023-03-29	1	2nd	7 17 25 33 38
2023-03-28	5	3rd	3 5 17 29 39
2023-03-21	3	2nd	2 17 22 25 32
2023-03-16	5	3rd	6 7 17 19 24
2023-03-09	5	2nd	10 17 18 29 32
2023-03-02	3	3rd	4 7 17 23 24
2023-02-27	1	3rd	5 12 17 21 31
2023-02-24	12	4th	2 6 16 17 37
2023-02-08	3	3rd	5 10 17 33 39
2023-02-03	1	1st	17 22 28 35 39
2023-02-02	4	2nd	5 17 20 28 36
2023-01-27	14	1st	17 18 25 27 31
2023-01-09	25	2nd	1 17 23 34 35
2022-12-05	3	1st	17 19 29 35 36
2022-11-30	3	4th	1 9 13 17 19
2022-11-25	2	3rd	4 10 17 32 35
2022-11-23	2	3rd	7 14 17 31 38
2022-11-21	5	2nd	13 17 23 28 32
2022-11-14	3	2nd	8 17 21 34 36
2022-11-09	9	2nd	7 17 21 37 38
2022-10-27	11	3rd	14 16 17 20 28
2022-10-12	11	4th	5 11 16 17 28
2022-09-27	5	2nd	5 17 22 25 34
2022-09-20	5	2nd	5 17 23 24 26
2022-09-13	6	4th	3 12 13 17 24
2022-09-05	2	2nd	4 17 30 32 34
2022-09-01	3	3rd	1 14 17 28 39
2022-08-29	1	4th	5 9 14 17 21
2022-08-26	1	1st	17 24 30 32 36
2022-08-25	34	4th	2 4 13 17 24
2022-07-08	6	3rd	11 13 17 20 34
2022-06-30	4	4th	3 4 15 17 24
2022-06-24	2	1st	17 19 23 34 37
2022-06-22	11	2nd	10 17 22 24 25
2022-06-07	8	3rd	3 14 17 18 33
2022-05-26	1	1st	17 30 31 33 38
2022-05-25	2	4th	2 6 10 17 21
2022-05-23	1	3rd	6 16 17 21 24
2022-05-20	2	1st	17 23 30 31 38
2022-05-18	20	3rd	5 9 17 33 38
2022-04-20	8	3rd	5 8 17 34 37
2022-04-08	8	3rd	1 12 17 33 39
2022-03-29	6	2nd	7 17 25 30 38
2022-03-21	1	2nd	8 17 33 34 38
2022-03-18	3	4th	1 11 15 17 35
2022-03-15	35	4th	4 10 16 17 31
2022-01-25	31	3rd	10 12 17 20 31
2021-12-13	4	2nd	4 17 18 20 26
2021-12-07	3	5th	8 9 10 11 17
2021-12-02	2	2nd	6 17 27 32 35
2021-11-30	1	3rd	9 16 17 33 34
2021-11-29	7	1st	17 23 24 33 34
2021-11-18	5	3rd	4 15 17 25 37
2021-11-11	7	2nd	10 17 18 26 34
2021-11-02	7	4th	3 7 8 17 27
2021-10-22	2	1st	17 18 29 33 37
2021-10-20	10	2nd	15 17 18 22 26
2021-10-06	11	2nd	1 17 18 27 37
2021-09-21	8	4th	4 11 15 17 22
2021-09-09	4	3rd	8 14 17 19 34
2021-09-03	2	4th	2 3 9 17 20
2021-09-01	5	3rd	1 5 17 34 39
2021-08-25	2	3rd	8 12 17 31 37
2021-08-23	2	3rd	8 15 17 26 29
2021-08-19	7	3rd	6 11 17 24 38
2021-08-10	22	3rd	7 14 17 35 37
2021-07-09	12	2nd	13 17 19 25 29
2021-06-23	6	2nd	4 17 19 31 37
2021-06-15	5	2nd	14 17 20 23 27
2021-06-08	5	2nd	13 17 21 26 33
2021-06-01	2	1st	17 23 27 31 36
2021-05-28	2	2nd	13 17 19 30 37
2021-05-26	4	4th	5 10 11 17 25
2021-05-20	21	2nd	5 17 20 35 37
2021-04-21	2	3rd	1 10 17 30 36
2021-04-19	25	3rd	2 9 17 23 37
2021-03-15	7	3rd	4 8 17 28 35
2021-03-04	5	3rd	1 11 17 31 38
2021-02-25	3	1st	17 23 30 35 38
2021-02-22	14	2nd	4 17 23 29 34
2021-02-02	3	3rd	7 10 17 24 39
2021-01-28	1	1st	17 21 33 34 37
2021-01-27	7	3rd	2 16 17 20 26
2021-01-18	7	2nd	3 17 26 32 35
2021-01-07	19	1st	17 18 30 35 37
2020-12-11	7	4th	2 6 15 17 39
2020-12-02	1	3rd	3 4 17 18 29
2020-12-01	5	2nd	13 17 24 26 38
2020-11-24	11	3rd	2 4 17 18 19
2020-11-09	3	2nd	4 17 32 33 37
2020-11-04	14	4th	1 8 15 17 27
2020-10-15	11	3rd	8 9 17 38 39
2020-09-30	9	4th	8 14 15 17 35
2020-09-17	6	1st	17 27 33 34 39
2020-09-09	7	5th	2 5 6 9 17
2020-08-31	4	3rd	7 10 17 18 33
2020-08-25	2	3rd	7 13 17 31 35
2020-08-21	8	4th	5 6 16 17 18
2020-08-11	6	3rd	10 15 17 19 33
2020-08-03	10	2nd	10 17 23 35 38
2020-07-20	9	4th	2 6 11 17 32
2020-07-01	4	2nd	15 17 24 25 34
2020-06-22	8	1st	17 20 32 34 38
2020-06-03	22	5th	8 9 12 16 17
2020-04-13	11	3rd	2 11 17 22 28
2020-03-18	14	3rd	7 12 17 24 29
2020-02-14	1	2nd	12 17 20 21 22
2020-02-12	9	3rd	4 13 17 18 33
2020-01-22	2	2nd	6 17 24 30 33
2020-01-17	1	5th	10 11 12 16 17
2020-01-15	8	3rd	7 9 17 18 33
2019-12-27	25	1st	17 27 35 36 39
2019-10-30	28	4th	1 12 16 17 20
2019-08-26	2	3rd	8 16 17 24 33
2019-08-21	6	3rd	4 9 17 22 29
2019-08-07	5	3rd	9 12 17 19 28
2019-07-26	3	2nd	7 17 20 24 35
2019-07-19	8	2nd	1 17 29 31 39
2019-07-01	27	2nd	8 17 28 31 32
2019-04-29	7	3rd	2 15 17 34 38
2019-04-12	2	3rd	12 15 17 34 38
2019-04-08	4	3rd	12 13 17 21 26
2019-03-29	7	3rd	8 15 17 32 38
2019-03-13	1	3rd	2 16 17 31 39
2019-03-11	21	3rd	3 15 17 23 29
2019-01-21	3	3rd	9 11 17 19 28
2019-01-14	9	1st	17 22 30 31 36
2018-12-24	1	2nd	5 17 29 38 39
2018-12-21	3	3rd	5 6 17 32 39
2018-12-14	1	3rd	1 12 17 23 39
2018-12-12	9	2nd	4 17 22 33 37
2018-11-21	2	3rd	6 10 17 24 31
2018-11-16	16	4th	5 7 11 17 35
2018-10-10	12	2nd	14 17 21 29 37
2018-09-12	12	4th	10 12 16 17 36
2018-08-15	10	3rd	5 7 17 18 29
2018-07-23	12	3rd	6 12 17 25 30
2018-06-25	11	3rd	10 14 17 19 26
2018-05-30	16	2nd	16 17 24 34 35
2018-04-23	5	2nd	3 17 26 33 39
2018-04-11	10	3rd	8 9 17 19 24
2018-03-19	6	2nd	10 17 18 21 36
2018-03-05	1	1st	17 21 22 30 39
2018-03-02	16	3rd	10 12 17 30 35
2018-01-24	4	2nd	2 17 33 34 39
2018-01-15	6	3rd	4 6 17 33 39
2018-01-01	7	3rd	1 5 17 21 28
2017-12-13	2	2nd	7 17 22 31 34
2017-12-08	5	2nd	12 17 33 34 36
2017-11-27	2	3rd	6 15 17 18 37
2017-11-22	13	3rd	10 14 17 23 37
2017-10-23	10	3rd	1 11 17 27 35
2017-09-29	14	2nd	4 17 22 31 33
2017-08-28	13	4th	1 9 13 17 32
2017-07-28	2	2nd	12 17 18 25 35
2017-07-24	1	2nd	6 17 27 28 29
2017-07-21	7	4th	8 11 14 17 27
2017-07-05	4	5th	2 4 5 13 17
2017-06-26	1	2nd	11 17 21 29 34
2017-06-23	1	3rd	9 14 17 28 32
2017-06-21	18	3rd	2 9 17 23 32
2017-05-10	3	1st	17 26 32 37 38
2017-05-03	4	2nd	9 17 32 35 38
2017-04-24	19	2nd	13 17 19 22 28
2017-03-10	2	2nd	9 17 28 30 31
2017-03-06	2	5th	8 9 13 16 17
2017-03-01	4	2nd	12 17 23 26 29
2017-02-20	1	2nd	6 17 18 29 35
2017-02-17	1	2nd	8 17 29 33 39
2017-02-15	7	1st	17 27 30 35 38
2017-01-30	6	2nd	16 17 25 36 39
2017-01-16	7	2nd	16 17 23 32 37
2016-12-30	3	2nd	2 17 23 26 32
2016-12-23	13	2nd	10 17 26 27 34
2016-11-23	4	2nd	2 17 21 24 39
2016-11-14	1	2nd	11 17 22 32 36
2016-11-11	2	1st	17 19 25 29 32
2016-11-07	5	3rd	9 16 17 26 36
2016-10-26	6	2nd	11 17 23 28 32
2016-10-12	11	3rd	10 14 17 18 30
2016-09-16	3	3rd	11 16 17 25 32
2016-09-09	1	4th	8 11 13 17 18
2016-09-07	1	2nd	11 17 29 35 36
2016-09-05	3	3rd	3 14 17 23 25
2016-08-29	3	5th	5 11 15 16 17
2016-08-22	6	3rd	7 14 17 19 31
2016-08-08	8	2nd	10 17 22 31 32
2016-07-20	4	4th	4 7 8 17 35
2016-07-11	1	2nd	5 17 19 27 28
2016-07-08	27	4th	6 13 16 17 36
2016-05-06	3	4th	7 9 16 17 32
2016-04-29	8	4th	1 8 16 17 38
2016-04-11	1	2nd	14 17 18 20 21
2016-04-08	13	3rd	13 16 17 19 27
2016-03-09	5	2nd	7 17 18 19 39
2016-02-26	3	3rd	2 9 17 20 29
2016-02-19	2	1st	17 21 23 26 30
2016-02-15	5	2nd	11 17 23 24 36
2016-02-03	2	4th	1 9 14 17 36
2016-01-29	1	5th	5 8 11 12 17
2016-01-27	6	1st	17 22 26 28 35
2016-01-13	34	2nd	4 17 25 29 33
2015-10-26	1	1st	17 19 32 34 37
2015-10-23	38	2nd	16 17 18 29 39
2015-07-27	3	2nd	3 17 20 23 38
2015-07-20	6	3rd	6 11 17 18 23
2015-07-06	2	3rd	5 7 17 27 32
2015-07-01	2	3rd	7 8 17 28 35
2015-06-26	24	3rd	1 7 17 20 28
2015-05-01	1	2nd	5 17 25 30 35
2015-04-29	2	3rd	4 5 17 28 37
2015-04-24	7	2nd	15 17 23 26 37
2015-04-08	11	4th	2 13 14 17 27
2015-03-13	3	3rd	3 13 17 19 26
2015-03-06	15	3rd	7 15 17 18 39
2015-01-30	7	3rd	9 15 17 24 36
2015-01-14	6	4th	14 15 16 17 29
2014-12-31	5	3rd	4 14 17 24 30
2014-12-19	10	2nd	2 17 23 24 35
2014-11-26	6	2nd	11 17 21 22 26
2014-11-12	5	1st	17 20 31 35 39
2014-10-31	20	4th	2 12 15 17 36
2014-09-15	7	2nd	10 17 21 23 34
2014-08-29	9	4th	2 3 13 17 30
2014-08-08	12	4th	3 10 12 17 22
2014-07-11	20	4th	1 10 14 17 35
2014-05-26	5	3rd	5 13 17 26 27
2014-05-14	4	2nd	3 17 21 29 39
2014-05-05	5	1st	17 25 27 28 37
2014-04-23	1	1st	17 21 28 33 34
2014-04-21	5	4th	4 10 14 17 29
2014-04-09	4	2nd	2 17 23 28 35
2014-03-31	4	2nd	7 17 23 27 34
2014-03-21	2	2nd	3 17 31 33 34
2014-03-17	27	2nd	11 17 25 26 27
2014-01-13	8	4th	10 11 13 17 37
2013-12-25	8	2nd	1 17 18 26 39
2013-12-06	1	2nd	6 17 23 25 27
2013-12-04	—	4th	10 12 16 17 29