Number 17

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

134times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.88σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

44longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 19 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 smallest16 · chance 20.2
2nd smallest55 · chance 51.7
3rd smallest44 · chance 44.8
4th smallest17 · chance 15.5
5th smallest2 · chance 1.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 1 10 36 22 25

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
2026-08-05	8	2nd	7 17 29 30 41
2026-07-08	1	3rd	8 16 17 22 27
2026-07-04	10	3rd	9 13 17 27 33
2026-05-30	5	1st	17 19 23

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.

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