Number 17

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,786 draws, 5 from 1–43.

295times drawn · chance expected 324 −1.71σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

56longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 295 times in 2,786 draws against 324.0 expected, −1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 295 times in 2,786 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 5 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 smallest27 · chance 39.4
2nd smallest117 · chance 109.6
3rd smallest110 · chance 102.8
4th smallest35 · chance 38.4
5th smallest6 · chance 4.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 38 19 15 36 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-10-06	3	1st	17 28 31 39 40
2026-10-03	11	3rd	1 7 17 22 42
2026-09-22	10	3rd	8 11 17 25 32
2026-09-12	2	2nd	7 17 36 41

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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-20	3	1st	17 19 33 38 40
2026-04-17	16	1st	17 20 31 38 41
2026-04-01	1	4th	7 8 14 17 18
2026-03-31	3	3rd	3 7 17 19 41
2026-03-28	3	3rd	12 15 17 31 43
2026-03-25	9	3rd	1 4 17 20 37
2026-03-16	5	2nd	13 17 18 23 41
2026-03-11	12	2nd	1 17 19 28 29
2026-02-27	9	3rd	2 6 17 31 34
2026-02-18	6	1st	17 21 23 38 41
2026-02-12	13	1st	17 23 24 26 35
2026-01-30	4	3rd	2 11 17 39 43
2026-01-26	1	1st	17 18 22 32 39
2026-01-25	4	4th	1 6 16 17 27
2026-01-21	11	5th	1 6 8 11 17
2026-01-10	2	5th	2 7 13 15 17
2026-01-08	5	3rd	9 11 17 36 39
2026-01-03	5	2nd	12 17 19 22 32
2025-12-29	5	2nd	4 17 21 23 39
2025-12-24	2	3rd	5 15 17 35 43
2025-12-22	13	2nd	7 17 21 22 31
2025-12-09	3	3rd	5 8 17 19 30
2025-12-06	7	3rd	2 16 17 25 42
2025-11-29	31	4th	5 11 12 17 26
2025-10-29	8	2nd	4 17 22 37 38
2025-10-21	6	3rd	2 16 17 19 31
2025-10-15	1	3rd	7 9 17 34 39
2025-10-14	2	1st	17 20 27 37 38
2025-10-12	13	2nd	10 17 20 41 43
2025-09-29	4	3rd	13 16 17 31 34
2025-09-25	2	3rd	4 11 17 21 23
2025-09-23	3	4th	2 5 11 17 28
2025-09-20	7	2nd	4 17 18 24 37
2025-09-13	5	4th	1 9 12 17 42
2025-09-08	8	2nd	13 17 28 34 42
2025-08-31	6	2nd	7 17 19 26 38
2025-08-25	2	4th	1 11 16 17 34
2025-08-23	3	3rd	5 11 17 29 36
2025-08-20	9	3rd	3 15 17 33 38
2025-08-11	13	2nd	13 17 23 24 40
2025-07-29	11	4th	3 12 15 17 31
2025-07-18	15	1st	17 28 32 35 42
2025-07-03	2	3rd	7 8 17 23 40
2025-07-01	5	2nd	11 17 28 36 39
2025-06-26	7	2nd	5 17 18 21 36
2025-06-19	5	2nd	16 17 24 36 37
2025-06-14	1	2nd	10 17 19 27 38
2025-06-13	1	2nd	11 17 22 25 36
2025-06-12	17	3rd	4 13 17 25 33
2025-05-26	33	2nd	12 17 21 27 36
2024-12-31	8	2nd	11 17 25 29 30
2024-12-23	5	4th	1 3 13 17 25
2024-12-18	13	2nd	14 17 27 30 41
2024-12-05	1	3rd	9 10 17 40 42
2024-12-04	4	2nd	3 17 20 27 32
2024-11-30	5	2nd	11 17 27 29 39
2024-11-25	3	2nd	3 17 34 39 43
2024-11-22	5	1st	17 22 36 38 42
2024-11-17	10	2nd	12 17 27 32 41
2024-11-07	4	2nd	16 17 18 19 23
2024-11-03	7	2nd	15 17 18 22 23
2024-10-27	2	3rd	12 15 17 18 43
2024-10-25	23	3rd	7 13 17 31 38
2024-10-02	4	3rd	7 11 17 19 39
2024-09-28	7	3rd	2 11 17 19 38
2024-09-21	6	2nd	8 17 22 26 39
2024-09-15	9	3rd	7 8 17 23 29
2024-09-06	4	3rd	5 12 17 21 41
2024-09-02	3	2nd	13 17 25 29 30
2024-08-30	3	2nd	6 17 24 28 38
2024-08-27	7	3rd	6 8 17 41 42
2024-08-20	3	5th	8 10 13 15 17
2024-08-17	8	5th	2 3 5 11 17
2024-08-09	31	3rd	3 16 17 36 43
2024-07-09	2	2nd	4 17 21 36 39
2024-07-07	12	3rd	1 10 17 35 40
2024-06-25	2	3rd	5 12 17 33 43
2024-06-23	4	2nd	11 17 21 22 26
2024-06-19	7	3rd	6 13 17 24 34
2024-06-12	2	2nd	7 17 38 39 42
2024-06-10	31	4th	8 12 13 17 34
2024-05-10	6	1st	17 22 26 33 39
2024-05-04	4	2nd	10 17 18 19 43
2024-04-30	2	2nd	14 17 19 23 43
2024-04-28	18	3rd	6 12 17 28 29
2024-04-10	17	2nd	4 17 22 38 39
2024-03-24	31	2nd	6 17 19 20 38
2024-02-22	31	3rd	8 12 17 25 35
2024-01-22	1	3rd	6 8 17 26 32
2024-01-21	2	3rd	6 16 17 18 38
2024-01-19	12	2nd	15 17 27 36 38
2024-01-07	7	3rd	12 16 17 38 43
2023-12-31	15	1st	17 28 36 37 41
2023-12-16	5	2nd	8 17 22 28 33
2023-12-11	2	3rd	11 14 17 20 22
2023-12-09	12	3rd	3 11 17 31 35
2023-11-27	11	3rd	4 16 17 31 40
2023-11-16	2	2nd	4 17 21 33 35
2023-11-14	1	3rd	5 12 17 25 26
2023-11-13	5	3rd	1 16 17 27 42
2023-11-08	42	2nd	15 17 21 23 25
2023-09-27	29	3rd	3 16 17 32 43
2023-08-29	6	2nd	9 17 25 37 43
2023-08-23	6	2nd	14 17 19 35 43
2023-08-17	11	3rd	7 16 17 31 42
2023-08-06	10	2nd	6 17 34 40 41
2023-07-27	1	2nd	4 17 21 30 32
2023-07-26	2	2nd	4 17 18 20 23
2023-07-24	1	3rd	2 6 17 30 42
2023-07-23	5	3rd	5 6 17 23 34
2023-07-18	8	3rd	4 7 17 34 41
2023-07-10	4	3rd	1 14 17 19 25
2023-07-06	13	1st	17 18 26 38 42
2023-06-23	17	3rd	3 8 17 30 42
2023-06-06	13	3rd	4 11 17 18 34
2023-05-24	4	3rd	9 11 17 20 37
2023-05-20	1	2nd	1 17 19 25 40
2023-05-19	6	3rd	12 15 17 22 36
2023-05-13	6	3rd	9 15 17 33 41
2023-05-07	31	2nd	3 17 18 24 30
2023-04-06	2	2nd	5 17 24 25 27
2023-04-04	4	4th	1 7 14 17 30
2023-03-31	4	1st	17 28 31 35 41
2023-03-27	3	1st	17 26 27 29 39
2023-03-24	9	2nd	2 17 23 32 36
2023-03-15	6	3rd	1 10 17 33 34
2023-03-09	2	4th	2 9 11 17 40
2023-03-07	5	3rd	5 15 17 20 21
2023-03-02	10	2nd	12 17 27 31 36
2023-02-20	5	3rd	9 15 17 28 29
2023-02-15	7	3rd	2 4 17 19 38
2023-02-08	5	2nd	2 17 18 33 35
2023-02-03	4	3rd	2 13 17 34 40
2023-01-30	6	2nd	3 17 26 30 34
2023-01-24	2	3rd	8 12 17 26 40
2023-01-22	2	1st	17 23 26 31 40
2023-01-20	19	2nd	16 17 26 28 33
2023-01-01	9	2nd	1 17 31 38 40
2022-12-23	17	2nd	10 17 20 26 32
2022-12-06	2	4th	6 9 12 17 31
2022-12-04	1	3rd	4 11 17 32 38
2022-12-03	33	3rd	12 13 17 21 26
2022-10-31	9	4th	12 14 15 17 26
2022-10-22	20	4th	4 9 16 17 28
2022-10-02	16	2nd	6 17 31 38 43
2022-09-16	14	1st	17 18 32 36 41
2022-09-02	2	4th	2 11 12 17 25
2022-08-31	9	2nd	6 17 22 36 43
2022-08-22	5	2nd	11 17 29 34 36
2022-08-17	5	2nd	3 17 27 28 43
2022-08-12	8	2nd	15 17 29 35 42
2022-08-04	4	4th	7 11 12 17 21
2022-07-31	11	2nd	11 17 18 22 37
2022-07-20	12	5th	4 11 13 15 17
2022-07-08	24	2nd	3 17 20 30 42
2022-06-14	14	3rd	9 12 17 26 28
2022-05-31	10	2nd	1 17 21 36 40
2022-05-21	15	3rd	11 16 17 22 40
2022-05-06	5	2nd	2 17 18 25 38
2022-05-01	22	3rd	6 15 17 26 36
2022-04-09	2	3rd	2 5 17 34 38
2022-04-07	9	2nd	16 17 22 27 28
2022-03-29	20	4th	4 8 10 17 20
2022-03-09	3	3rd	7 11 17 24 39
2022-03-06	17	4th	1 11 14 17 22
2022-02-17	15	2nd	7 17 24 29 38
2022-02-02	1	4th	6 11 12 17 42
2022-02-01	1	4th	2 10 13 17 19
2022-01-31	4	2nd	10 17 26 28 38
2022-01-27	11	3rd	5 6 17 24 28
2022-01-16	6	2nd	16 17 26 27 36
2022-01-10	8	3rd	1 16 17 25 41
2022-01-02	1	2nd	16 17 18 26 29
2022-01-01	14	2nd	2 17 22 26 36
2021-12-18	2	2nd	10 17 29 35 38
2021-12-16	13	4th	3 4 13 17 19
2021-12-03	14	3rd	3 8 17 23 38
2021-11-19	15	1st	17 18 21 24 25
2021-11-04	19	1st	17 25 27 29 31
2021-10-16	3	3rd	8 12 17 26 32
2021-10-13	4	1st	17 25 29 37 38
2021-10-09	56	3rd	11 12 17 25 35
2021-08-14	4	4th	1 4 5 17 40
2021-08-10	2	1st	17 20 28 32 33
2021-08-08	5	2nd	2 17 22 37 39
2021-08-03	13	2nd	7 17 36 38 42
2021-07-21	5	2nd	2 17 21 22 38
2021-07-16	5	3rd	3 15 17 20 33
2021-07-11	5	2nd	11 17 21 32 33
2021-07-06	27	2nd	11 17 20 31 35
2021-06-09	5	3rd	10 15 17 19 43
2021-06-04	8	3rd	3 9 17 29 35
2021-05-27	8	1st	17 26 31 33 37
2021-05-19	2	4th	3 5 8 17 41
2021-05-17	9	4th	4 14 15 17 43
2021-05-08	17	2nd	4 17 28 38 42
2021-04-21	8	4th	2 6 14 17 35
2021-04-13	11	2nd	3 17 31 35 39
2021-04-02	16	3rd	1 11 17 29 42
2021-03-17	18	3rd	15 16 17 19 37
2021-02-27	7	3rd	10 16 17 24 36
2021-02-20	9	2nd	15 17 22 27 33
2021-02-11	3	3rd	9 10 17 32 36
2021-02-08	7	2nd	8 17 24 34 37
2021-02-01	12	4th	1 8 14 17 35
2021-01-20	6	3rd	1 10 17 19 35
2021-01-14	1	3rd	7 13 17 29 37
2021-01-13	21	3rd	3 10 17 24 30
2020-12-23	12	2nd	8 17 32 38 43
2020-12-11	31	3rd	10 14 17 22 31
2020-11-10	3	2nd	15 17 21 32 37
2020-11-07	19	4th	9 14 16 17 36
2020-10-19	10	2nd	10 17 19 36 41
2020-10-09	4	2nd	3 17 33 36 37
2020-10-05	33	4th	5 7 11 17 32
2020-09-02	5	2nd	4 17 26 33 37
2020-08-28	1	3rd	3 11 17 33 36
2020-08-27	6	3rd	2 9 17 19 27
2020-08-21	1	2nd	15 17 26 38 39
2020-08-20	11	3rd	4 7 17 19 31
2020-08-09	1	3rd	2 10 17 21 22
2020-08-08	8	2nd	13 17 24 32 41
2020-07-31	23	2nd	7 17 20 27 31
2020-07-08	13	3rd	11 15 17 21 24
2020-06-25	3	1st	17 25 33 39 40
2020-06-22	3	3rd	7 13 17 20 34
2020-06-19	1	2nd	11 17 25 34 36
2020-06-18	2	2nd	5 17 23 24 25
2020-06-16	1	2nd	1 17 21 28 34
2020-06-15	12	3rd	5 10 17 20 27
2020-06-03	7	2nd	16 17 30 34 40
2020-05-27	12	3rd	5 14 17 23 35
2020-05-15	9	2nd	13 17 18 24 41
2020-05-06	2	2nd	15 17 31 39 43
2020-05-04	56	2nd	4 17 20 27 38
2020-03-09	9	3rd	6 15 17 32 33
2020-02-29	32	2nd	11 17 18 34 39
2020-01-28	3	4th	3 14 15 17 18
2020-01-25	10	3rd	9 12 17 27 30
2020-01-15	9	2nd	13 17 33 40 43
2020-01-06	29	3rd	1 10 17 21 23
2019-12-08	9	3rd	11 12 17 26 35
2019-11-29	8	3rd	7 11 17 27 42
2019-11-21	15	2nd	9 17 23 33 34
2019-11-06	3	5th	4 7 9 10 17
2019-11-03	1	3rd	1 11 17 19 38
2019-11-02	17	3rd	7 10 17 33 35
2019-10-16	6	4th	2 4 5 17 40
2019-10-10	16	2nd	3 17 20 27 34
2019-09-24	29	3rd	6 13 17 31 39
2019-08-26	26	3rd	2 10 17 42 43
2019-07-31	4	4th	5 9 14 17 30
2019-07-27	2	1st	17 19 27 33 37
2019-07-25	17	2nd	11 17 30 35 37
2019-07-08	5	3rd	8 11 17 39 43
2019-07-03	9	1st	17 20 24 29 32
2019-06-24	45	2nd	8 17 33 38 43
2019-05-10	16	1st	17 23 31 36 41
2019-04-24	1	3rd	2 11 17 30 34
2019-04-23	7	2nd	15 17 19 22 34
2019-04-16	6	2nd	11 17 20 23 39
2019-04-10	16	2nd	3 17 23 28 39
2019-03-25	1	3rd	4 16 17 22 38
2019-03-24	4	2nd	15 17 32 35 41
2019-03-20	11	3rd	13 16 17 20 21
2019-03-09	7	3rd	2 9 17 26 40
2019-03-02	2	2nd	10 17 18 29 33
2019-02-28	41	2nd	15 17 19 24 34
2019-01-18	17	2nd	7 17 27 28 39
2019-01-01	30	4th	1 5 12 17 30
2018-12-02	—	3rd	9 15 17 27 34