Number 17

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

218times drawn · chance expected 219 −0.06σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

39longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 218 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, −0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 218 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 3 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 smallest19 · chance 24.1
2nd smallest56 · chance 71.5
3rd smallest88 · chance 76.7
4th smallest43 · chance 37.0
5th smallest12 · chance 8.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 14 3 21 32 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-09-30	11	3rd	9 15 17 19 20 30
2026-08-22	2	2nd	5 17 27 36 40 44
2026-08-15	5	3rd	2 14 17 25 29 42
2026-07-29

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-02	13	4th	1 3 8 17 18 23
2025-05-17	2	5th	1 10 14 15 17 31
2025-05-10	6	3rd	14 16 17 32 36 40
2025-04-19	2	3rd	6 9 17 22 25 32
2025-04-12	11	4th	4 9 13 17 18 41
2025-03-05	4	2nd	14 17 24 26 42 45
2025-02-19	3	5th	5 8 14 16 17 18
2025-02-08	4	3rd	8 15 17 30 33 44
2025-01-25	4	3rd	14 15 17 27 31 45
2025-01-11	21	4th	9 11 15 17 18 22
2024-10-30	12	3rd	11 14 17 29 40 44
2024-09-18	26	2nd	7 17 20 27 36 40
2024-06-19	3	3rd	8 10 17 18 28 33
2024-06-08	4	3rd	10 13 17 24 27 46
2024-05-25	12	1st	17 23 30 37 39 42
2024-04-13	4	4th	2 3 15 17 19 37
2024-03-30	5	5th	1 4 11 13 17 24
2024-03-13	7	3rd	6 14 17 37 44 45
2024-02-17	3	3rd	3 7 17 28 29 31
2024-02-07	20	3rd	3 16 17 20 25 31
2023-11-29	2	4th	6 13 14 17 29 36
2023-11-22	9	2nd	13 17 33 38 39 43
2023-10-21	1	1st	17 21 23 27 31 32
2023-10-18	4	4th	6 9 14 17 21 33
2023-10-04	8	2nd	15 17 18 21 26 43
2023-09-06	15	4th	1 11 14 17 38 40
2023-07-15	1	3rd	4 10 17 21 24 32
2023-07-12	1	2nd	7 17 32 33 37 46
2023-07-08	6	3rd	3 15 17 24 25 31
2023-06-17	14	3rd	4 8 17 25 30 32
2023-04-29	8	3rd	2 5 17 22 34 39
2023-04-01	10	2nd	8 17 21 29 30 44
2023-02-25	11	3rd	3 4 17 24 41 42
2023-01-18	6	3rd	6 12 17 22 37 43
2022-12-28	2	3rd	9 10 17 19 34 40
2022-12-21	14	2nd	5 17 28 29 34 38
2022-11-02	5	5th	4 8 12 14 17 38
2022-10-15	6	1st	17 18 23 28 32 34
2022-09-24	1	2nd	14 17 19 32 34 42
2022-09-21	1	3rd	2 12 17 20 21 24
2022-09-17	5	2nd	13 17 30 33 36 41
2022-08-31	16	3rd	6 7 17 32 36 40
2022-07-06	2	1st	17 18 23 24 32 46
2022-06-29	4	1st	17 18 20 25 31 43
2022-06-15	1	1st	17 19 23 38 41 46
2022-06-11	2	3rd	6 8 17 22 31 42
2022-06-04	6	3rd	7 12 17 20 21 24
2022-05-14	1	4th	10 13 16 17 37 39
2022-05-11	23	2nd	3 17 28 40 45 46
2022-02-19	1	4th	4 9 13 17 26 38
2022-02-16	1	4th	6 9 12 17 20 35
2022-02-12	18	3rd	4 5 17 20 24 31
2021-12-11	8	3rd	4 9 17 21 33 34
2021-11-13	3	4th	2 9 16 17 26 35
2021-11-03	7	4th	12 13 16 17 28 29
2021-10-09	18	3rd	4 12 17 26 29 45
2021-08-07	11	5th	2 8 9 12 17 35
2021-06-30	5	3rd	4 15 17 34 41 44
2021-06-12	11	2nd	8 17 26 38 39 41
2021-05-05	1	4th	6 15 16 17 20 31
2021-05-01	7	3rd	6 9 17 19 42 46
2021-04-07	6	3rd	7 16 17 28 35 44
2021-03-17	9	3rd	10 15 17 24 26 29
2021-02-13	1	1st	17 20 21 29 38 40
2021-02-10	2	2nd	15 17 23 25 26 44
2021-02-03	6	1st	17 19 31 32 44 46
2021-01-13	2	2nd	14 17 25 33 40 46
2021-01-06	5	2nd	5 17 29 40 42 46
2020-12-19	5	2nd	9 17 24 28 31 45
2020-12-02	2	5th	3 5 9 10 17 45
2020-11-25	7	3rd	5 10 17 20 26 33
2020-10-31	5	2nd	12 17 18 21 23 39
2020-10-14	16	1st	17 21 33 35 43 46
2020-08-19	14	3rd	3 16 17 20 27 39
2020-07-01	11	3rd	11 13 17 21 26 38
2020-05-23	7	3rd	9 10 17 34 36 46
2020-04-29	7	3rd	5 7 17 34 44 46
2020-04-04	6	2nd	13 17 21 23 34 35
2020-03-14	6	3rd	3 7 17 23 28 39
2020-02-22	18	3rd	10 16 17 18 21 45
2019-12-21	14	4th	4 8 12 17 24 45
2019-11-02	3	2nd	3 17 21 26 28 41
2019-10-23	16	3rd	3 6 17 32 34 38
2019-08-28	15	2nd	3 17 32 40 43 44
2019-07-06	29	5th	2 7 10 12 17 24
2019-03-27	4	3rd	8 13 17 25 37 46
2019-03-13	5	4th	4 6 9 17 27 30
2019-02-23	37	3rd	3 6 17 30 38 46
2018-10-17	22	4th	1 5 14 17 20 41
2018-08-01	16	2nd	3 17 29 31 35 36
2018-06-06	12	2nd	1 17 27 32 35 41
2018-04-25	6	2nd	3 17 23 26 39 45
2018-04-04	8	4th	4 9 12 17 19 31
2018-03-07	7	2nd	5 17 21 28 39 40
2018-02-10	11	2nd	8 17 24 36 39 42
2018-01-03	7	4th	2 13 15 17 26 31
2017-12-09	21	2nd	1 17 22 23 33 40
2017-09-27	13	4th	9 13 16 17 19 29
2017-08-12	2	4th	6 7 9 17 20 38
2017-08-05	3	3rd	2 10 17 20 23 40
2017-07-26	20	4th	1 2 9 17 29 34
2017-05-17	8	3rd	4 6 17 19 22 44
2017-04-19	16	3rd	8 16 17 19 33 42
2017-02-22	3	3rd	6 15 17 20 27 45
2017-02-11	9	4th	3 5 11 17 33 46
2017-01-11	5	3rd	1 3 17 20 27 32
2016-12-24	3	2nd	12 17 21 34 37 46
2016-12-14	2	1st	17 19 26 32 36 40
2016-12-07	3	3rd	11 14 17 18 21 41
2016-11-26	16	2nd	3 17 18 20 23 36
2016-10-01	8	1st	17 19 20 28 39 45
2016-09-03	5	3rd	6 7 17 30 36 38
2016-08-17	4	2nd	16 17 19 22 43 44
2016-08-03	1	4th	5 7 11 17 26 35
2016-07-30	10	3rd	1 16 17 19 31 37
2016-06-25	6	2nd	3 17 32 34 44 45
2016-06-04	25	4th	3 10 13 17 24 36
2016-03-09	19	2nd	3 17 23 28 31 37
2016-01-02	4	3rd	7 11 17 29 36 47
2015-12-19	16	3rd	11 14 17 33 35 41
2015-10-24	6	3rd	1 8 17 21 23 34
2015-10-03	4	2nd	12 17 22 36 37 45
2015-09-19	6	3rd	3 16 17 26 34 48
2015-08-29	7	4th	6 7 14 17 26 34
2015-08-05	4	3rd	14 15 17 28 34 43
2015-07-22	9	2nd	15 17 22 43 44 48
2015-06-20	3	3rd	5 6 17 20 29 37
2015-06-10	1	3rd	8 14 17 19 27 40
2015-06-06	5	3rd	10 12 17 21 32 43
2015-05-20	7	3rd	5 14 17 19 29 44
2015-04-25	4	2nd	13 17 25 29 35 45
2015-04-11	16	1st	17 25 27 29 32 40
2015-02-14	17	4th	4 5 6 17 21 40
2014-12-17	18	4th	7 9 16 17 24 44
2014-10-15	4	2nd	13 17 18 32 39 44
2014-10-01	1	4th	5 6 16 17 24 40
2014-09-27	18	2nd	13 17 19 22 27 41
2014-07-26	2	4th	9 10 15 17 43 44
2014-07-19	2	5th	2 8 12 15 17 19
2014-07-12	15	2nd	12 17 22 42 45 48
2014-05-21	2	3rd	7 13 17 37 40 44
2014-05-14	2	3rd	4 14 17 24 33 44
2014-05-07	1	4th	5 6 14 17 42 45
2014-05-03	6	3rd	7 13 17 27 28 38
2014-04-12	7	1st	17 18 34 41 42 46
2014-03-19	22	3rd	1 4 17 19 21 36
2014-01-01	15	3rd	6 15 17 32 39 40
2013-11-09	29	3rd	1 12 17 20 41 48
2013-07-31	3	2nd	10 17 22 35 38 42
2013-07-20	3	2nd	3 17 18 19 20 42
2013-07-10	1	2nd	8 17 19 24 32 43
2013-07-06	5	4th	3 11 16 17 36 39
2013-06-19	1	1st	17 19 20 30 32 40
2013-06-15	12	4th	1 2 14 17 29 37
2013-05-04	7	3rd	2 7 17 20 39 45
2013-04-10	15	5th	10 13 14 15 17 41
2013-02-16	4	3rd	5 8 17 21 23 33
2013-02-02	3	1st	17 20 22 32 35 36
2013-01-23	16	3rd	5 12 17 36 40 41
2012-11-28	1	5th	2 3 10 13 17 46
2012-11-24	14	2nd	11 17 19 26 37 45
2012-10-06	12	2nd	16 17 35 41 44 46
2012-08-25	9	4th	5 7 16 17 18 38
2012-07-25	5	3rd	3 13 17 19 37 38
2012-07-07	2	4th	1 5 14 17 28 33
2012-06-30	12	4th	5 8 11 17 28 48
2012-05-19	6	1st	17 21 23 40 43 48
2012-04-28	8	3rd	5 10 17 21 23 28
2012-03-31	1	1st	17 19 25 28 32 37
2012-03-28	21	3rd	1 5 17 25 44 45
2012-01-14	6	1st	17 21 28 32 35 47
2011-12-24	4	2nd	4 17 33 36 39 47
2011-12-10	12	4th	5 6 11 17 18 37
2011-10-29	3	2nd	5 17 19 23 26 48
2011-10-19	5	3rd	3 10 17 36 41 42
2011-10-01	10	3rd	12 16 17 27 42 48
2011-08-27	7	2nd	15 17 33 34 35 43
2011-08-03	3	2nd	12 17 24 29 35 37
2011-07-23	3	4th	2 8 16 17 37 46
2011-07-13	3	2nd	5 17 19 20 39 40
2011-07-02	32	3rd	7 8 17 18 23 27
2011-03-12	4	2nd	2 17 20 32 33 35
2011-02-26	12	3rd	1 12 17 35 37 43
2011-01-15	4	2nd	11 17 25 29 34 46
2011-01-01	39	3rd	3 14 17 27 32 46
2010-08-18	3	3rd	7 13 17 33 35 47
2010-08-07	7	1st	17 18 22 26 29 40
2010-07-14	8	4th	1 8 12 17 18 23
2010-06-16	5	4th	1 9 15 17 18 48
2010-05-29	7	2nd	9 17 30 42 47 48
2010-05-05	15	3rd	3 10 17 21 23 42
2010-03-13	3	3rd	1 10 17 31 35 40
2010-03-03	16	2nd	5 17 21 27 29 41
2010-01-06	—	3rd	8 12 17 19 29 31