Number 17

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

82times drawn · chance expected 94 −1.31σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

31longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, −1.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 727 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 1 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest11 · chance 7.4
2nd smallest26 · chance 29.4
3rd smallest33 · chance 33.9
4th smallest12 · chance 11.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 26 16 31 6 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-10-11	1	4th	3 6 7 17
2026-10-10	1	2nd	1 17 20 31
2026-10-09	12	3rd	6 10 17 20
2026-09-27	6	2nd	1 17 24 27
2026-09-21	4	3rd

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-14	20	3rd	6 7 17 22
2026-02-22	4	3rd	4 5 17 30
2026-02-18	2	2nd	13 17 21 25
2026-02-16	3	3rd	1 16 17 19
2026-02-13	19	1st	17 18 26 29
2026-01-25	22	3rd	1 15 17 21
2026-01-03	3	2nd	1 17 22 23
2025-12-31	13	2nd	10 17 21 27
2025-12-18	3	1st	17 18 30 31
2025-12-15	4	2nd	3 17 18 31
2025-12-11	11	3rd	3 16 17 31
2025-11-30	10	3rd	10 12 17 31
2025-11-20	4	2nd	16 17 18 27
2025-11-16	9	3rd	10 13 17 27
2025-11-07	15	1st	17 18 20 25
2025-10-23	2	4th	9 10 14 17
2025-10-21	9	1st	17 18 19 27
2025-10-12	1	3rd	2 5 17 24
2025-10-11	1	3rd	1 4 17 26
2025-10-10	17	1st	17 21 23 25
2025-09-23	19	2nd	14 17 20 26
2025-09-04	12	2nd	15 17 20 26
2025-08-23	2	2nd	6 17 18 27
2025-08-21	2	3rd	4 5 17 28
2025-08-19	5	3rd	1 15 17 29
2025-08-14	7	2nd	6 17 26 29
2025-08-07	11	3rd	7 9 17 31
2025-07-27	7	4th	10 11 14 17
2025-07-20	14	3rd	1 7 17 26
2025-07-06	1	1st	17 25 28 31
2025-07-05	7	3rd	1 16 17 19
2025-06-28	7	2nd	10 17 23 24
2025-06-21	6	3rd	4 16 17 20
2025-06-15	21	2nd	16 17 20 30
2025-05-25	9	4th	2 3 16 17
2025-05-16	4	2nd	9 17 23 24
2025-05-12	30	4th	5 9 16 17
2025-04-12	4	4th	7 9 11 17
2025-04-08	13	4th	6 7 8 17
2025-03-26	3	2nd	12 17 25 26
2025-03-23	12	3rd	1 5 17 29
2025-03-11	5	2nd	3 17 30 31
2025-03-06	2	4th	1 6 15 17
2025-03-04	5	1st	17 21 28 31
2025-02-27	6	3rd	2 7 17 25
2025-02-21	8	2nd	7 17 19 26
2025-02-13	2	3rd	3 4 17 26
2025-02-11	5	1st	17 22 26 31
2025-02-06	14	2nd	14 17 20 30
2025-01-23	2	3rd	5 13 17 24
2025-01-21	1	3rd	6 12 17 21
2025-01-20	13	1st	17 23 26 29
2025-01-07	6	3rd	1 10 17 27
2025-01-01	25	1st	17 23 25 30
2024-12-07	4	3rd	2 5 17 23
2024-12-03	31	3rd	7 16 17 27
2024-11-02	1	1st	17 20 26 28
2024-11-01	—	4th	1 2 9 17