Number 17

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

218times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.02σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

32longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 218 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.02σ. 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 218 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest10 · chance 17.9
2nd smallest83 · chance 67.5
3rd smallest75 · chance 84.4
4th smallest44 · chance 41.4
5th smallest6 · chance 6.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 12 32 33 1 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-10-10	1	3rd	11 15 17 20 34
2026-10-07	2	2nd	9 17 20 32 35
2026-09-30	1	1st	17 21 22 26 34
2026-09-26	25	3rd	7 9 17 22

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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