Number 17

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

231times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.42σ

33draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

49longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 231 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, +0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 33 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 231 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 33 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 smallest43 · chance 34.8
2nd smallest77 · chance 89.2
3rd smallest75 · chance 77.2
4th smallest33 · chance 26.7
5th smallest3 · chance 3.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 22 45 5 2 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-08	5	2nd	12 17 19 23 28
2026-09-03	5	2nd	8 17 25 33 40
2026-08-29	7	2nd	3 17 21 28 41
2026-08-22	15	3rd	8 9 17

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-13	14	4th	5 6 12 17 39
2026-01-30	1	2nd	10 17 24 43 45
2026-01-29	2	2nd	8 17 35 36 40
2026-01-27	8	3rd	5 9 17 37 40
2026-01-19	3	1st	17 23 31 35 41
2026-01-16	32	5th	5 8 9 16 17
2025-12-15	49	2nd	11 17 21 25 36
2025-10-26	10	3rd	7 8 17 25 44
2025-10-15	2	3rd	11 16 17 22 27
2025-10-13	19	3rd	9 16 17 37 44
2025-09-24	32	3rd	3 13 17 19 35
2025-08-23	3	3rd	2 5 17 33 39
2025-08-20	8	3rd	9 14 17 35 40
2025-08-12	24	2nd	6 17 18 34 37
2025-07-19	17	2nd	14 17 33 37 39
2025-07-02	5	4th	1 2 4 17 34
2025-06-27	16	2nd	11 17 26 37 44
2025-06-11	5	2nd	4 17 24 25 41
2025-06-06	20	4th	7 15 16 17 25
2025-05-17	2	2nd	9 17 30 34 38
2025-05-15	17	1st	17 21 31 34 40
2025-04-28	12	4th	4 9 11 17 31
2025-04-16	3	2nd	10 17 23 38 45
2025-04-13	4	4th	4 11 14 17 22
2025-04-09	13	4th	2 5 15 17 29
2025-03-27	9	3rd	11 15 17 30 37
2025-03-18	21	1st	17 25 31 35 45
2025-02-25	1	3rd	13 14 17 38 44
2025-02-24	5	3rd	10 12 17 35 39
2025-02-19	1	3rd	7 15 17 21 29
2025-02-18	11	2nd	12 17 18 30 37
2025-02-07	20	3rd	2 10 17 40 45
2025-01-18	5	4th	6 8 15 17 34
2025-01-13	3	1st	17 34 40 41 44
2025-01-10	1	4th	3 5 12 17 20
2025-01-09	4	2nd	10 17 33 39 45
2025-01-05	20	3rd	7 13 17 35 39
2024-12-16	1	4th	6 14 15 17 27
2024-12-15	6	4th	4 8 11 17 44
2024-12-09	35	3rd	1 14 17 20 36
2024-11-04	18	3rd	10 16 17 30 39
2024-10-17	6	3rd	13 14 17 18 21
2024-10-11	5	2nd	6 17 26 33 45
2024-10-06	23	2nd	1 17 20 29 30
2024-09-13	22	1st	17 26 28 36 45
2024-08-22	24	1st	17 20 36 40 43
2024-07-29	18	1st	17 24 40 43 44
2024-07-11	1	5th	1 2 5 6 17
2024-07-10	5	3rd	2 12 17 40 45
2024-07-05	3	1st	17 24 29 36 44
2024-07-02	7	1st	17 19 35 42 43
2024-06-25	20	3rd	3 12 17 39 41
2024-06-05	30	1st	17 21 27 34 44
2024-05-06	5	4th	4 10 11 17 31
2024-05-01	15	3rd	4 11 17 36 44
2024-04-16	9	2nd	5 17 18 19 40
2024-04-07	1	2nd	5 17 18 25 27
2024-04-06	12	2nd	12 17 22 41 45
2024-03-25	6	4th	6 10 14 17 31
2024-03-19	6	3rd	2 4 17 22 34
2024-03-13	2	3rd	10 11 17 23 38
2024-03-11	11	1st	17 18 21 40 41
2024-02-29	3	2nd	8 17 19 26 36
2024-02-26	21	2nd	2 17 18 36 37
2024-02-05	5	1st	17 24 30 35 43
2024-01-31	1	2nd	6 17 28 35 44
2024-01-30	1	4th	7 11 14 17 43
2024-01-29	22	4th	6 8 15 17 27
2024-01-07	9	3rd	2 6 17 24 45
2023-12-29	15	1st	17 18 30 37 45
2023-12-14	17	2nd	2 17 19 28 31
2023-11-27	3	2nd	5 17 38 39 44
2023-11-24	11	2nd	15 17 18 34 38
2023-11-13	3	2nd	7 17 22 29 31
2023-11-10	6	1st	17 24 32 39 44
2023-11-04	1	1st	17 21 26 34 39
2023-11-03	11	3rd	6 11 17 29 42
2023-10-23	23	2nd	15 17 22 27 39
2023-09-30	5	2nd	11 17 18 23 41
2023-09-25	13	2nd	6 17 19 36 41
2023-09-12	8	2nd	9 17 23 39 45
2023-09-04	27	3rd	6 10 17 20 43
2023-08-08	2	2nd	12 17 21 27 45
2023-08-06	3	2nd	12 17 19 31 35
2023-08-03	4	2nd	7 17 24 30 35
2023-07-30	5	2nd	1 17 20 28 37
2023-07-25	10	3rd	3 4 17 22 27
2023-07-15	28	3rd	3 6 17 30 44
2023-06-17	2	3rd	4 7 17 27 32
2023-06-15	3	3rd	8 11 17 31 32
2023-06-12	8	3rd	3 4 17 22 31
2023-06-04	2	1st	17 31 32 41 45
2023-06-02	2	4th	4 12 13 17 41
2023-05-31	13	4th	3 10 15 17 45
2023-05-18	2	4th	1 15 16 17 43
2023-05-16	4	4th	2 4 15 17 31
2023-05-12	8	3rd	3 4 17 21 30
2023-05-04	3	3rd	6 13 17 18 30
2023-05-01	1	3rd	10 14 17 23 40
2023-04-30	11	3rd	1 2 17 25 30
2023-04-19	3	3rd	5 7 17 26 33
2023-04-16	1	2nd	14 17 21 22 45
2023-04-15	4	2nd	7 17 22 28 39
2023-04-11	2	1st	17 18 34 37 45
2023-04-09	2	1st	17 21 29 33 44
2023-04-07	7	2nd	5 17 20 22 38
2023-03-31	3	1st	17 30 33 35 39
2023-03-28	8	2nd	14 17 20 41 43
2023-03-20	4	3rd	6 12 17 33 39
2023-03-16	1	1st	17 23 28 33 44
2023-03-15	1	1st	17 26 30 40 42
2023-03-14	3	1st	17 19 20 34 39
2023-03-11	11	1st	17 24 36 37 44
2023-02-28	14	2nd	10 17 19 22 29
2023-02-14	2	2nd	11 17 35 43 44
2023-02-12	18	3rd	3 13 17 35 41
2023-01-25	8	4th	1 11 13 17 35
2023-01-17	3	1st	17 22 25 37 45
2023-01-14	5	4th	2 12 16 17 33
2023-01-09	9	2nd	2 17 20 22 42
2022-12-31	10	4th	7 10 15 17 36
2022-12-21	1	3rd	5 13 17 24 29
2022-12-20	34	2nd	13 17 40 42 45
2022-11-16	7	3rd	15 16 17 26 30
2022-11-09	6	2nd	8 17 21 39 44
2022-11-03	12	2nd	15 17 34 36 38
2022-09-14	2	1st	17 24 27 36 38
2022-09-07	12	3rd	5 16 17 20 31
2022-07-27	3	2nd	2 17 28 36 43
2022-07-16	5	4th	6 8 16 17 28
2022-06-29	7	4th	5 9 16 17 28
2022-06-04	21	3rd	6 16 17 18 42
2022-03-23	2	3rd	14 15 17 23 41
2022-03-16	1	2nd	10 17 31 34 39
2022-03-12	5	3rd	2 6 17 18 39
2022-02-23	5	2nd	10 17 24 34 45
2022-02-05	3	2nd	3 17 22 36 39
2022-01-26	3	2nd	10 17 20 31 38
2022-01-15	1	3rd	1 8 17 23 45
2022-01-12	14	2nd	3 17 18 20 22
2021-11-24	1	2nd	4 17 22 39 40
2021-11-20	17	2nd	14 17 27 34 35
2021-09-22	4	3rd	4 10 17 20 33
2021-09-08	2	2nd	13 17 34 37 39
2021-09-01	9	2nd	14 17 25 34 35
2021-07-31	13	2nd	3 17 22 25 39
2021-06-16	9	3rd	5 9 17 27 34
2021-05-15	5	1st	17 26 27 34 42
2021-04-28	6	1st	17 19 26 28 33
2021-04-07	13	1st	17 18 24 28 32
2021-02-20	2	3rd	3 12 17 20 44
2021-02-13	5	2nd	11 17 20 39 42
2021-01-27	1	2nd	3 17 25 33 43
2021-01-23	1	1st	17 26 35 37 45
2021-01-20	24	3rd	3 5 17 24 26
2020-10-28	11	1st	17 18 22 24 31
2020-09-19	10	4th	3 8 14 17 33
2020-08-15	9	3rd	1 15 17 24 25
2020-07-15	10	3rd	10 13 17 30 37
2020-06-10	15	2nd	1 17 29 38 42
2020-04-18	12	3rd	3 15 17 19 26
2020-03-07	8	3rd	7 15 17 20 42
2020-02-08	10	3rd	8 12 17 28 44
2020-01-04	21	3rd	1 15 17 19 24
2019-10-23	15	2nd	12 17 20 35 40
2019-08-31	4	2nd	5 17 31 40 45
2019-08-17	3	3rd	2 12 17 21 24
2019-08-07	1	3rd	4 15 17 22 31
2019-08-03	12	2nd	7 17 32 36 44
2019-06-22	13	4th	1 9 12 17 21
2019-05-08	7	3rd	7 9 17 23 32
2019-04-13	11	1st	17 21 24 30 45
2019-03-06	11	1st	17 20 22 32 38
2019-01-26	2	1st	17 22 25 37 38
2019-01-19	4	2nd	5 17 24 26 33
2019-01-05	1	2nd	5 17 19 33 42
2019-01-02	6	1st	17 25 29 38 45
2018-12-12	8	3rd	2 11 17 39 45
2018-11-14	1	2nd	10 17 22 25 44
2018-11-10	1	3rd	7 12 17 19 34
2018-11-07	4	2nd	3 17 20 21 37
2018-10-24	2	4th	1 6 13 17 19
2018-10-17	1	1st	17 21 24 40 43
2018-10-13	2	3rd	3 16 17 18 39
2018-10-06	9	4th	2 3 14 17 32
2018-09-05	1	4th	1 11 13 17 27
2018-09-01	6	2nd	16 17 19 22 25
2018-08-11	6	1st	17 21 31 39 41
2018-07-21	7	2nd	2 17 29 33 36
2018-06-27	3	4th	5 9 16 17 18
2018-06-16	5	3rd	2 8 17 25 34
2018-05-30	9	3rd	12 14 17 33 42
2018-04-28	11	4th	2 10 16 17 27
2018-03-21	7	2nd	9 17 22 31 42
2018-02-24	8	4th	1 9 12 17 22
2018-01-27	2	2nd	15 17 26 31 42
2018-01-20	5	3rd	1 3 17 24 28
2018-01-03	5	3rd	8 9 17 22 44
2017-12-16	4	2nd	6 17 22 29 38
2017-12-02	2	2nd	11 17 18 19 39
2017-11-25	8	2nd	4 17 25 27 41
2017-10-28	1	4th	8 13 14 17 20
2017-10-25	10	2nd	3 17 23 37 45
2017-09-20	7	1st	17 19 39 40 44
2017-08-26	38	3rd	11 16 17 36 43
2017-04-15	5	3rd	3 12 17 23 29
2017-03-29	—	2nd	1 17 24 42 44