Number 17

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

136times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.72σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

43longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 136 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 6 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 smallest10 · chance 14.6
2nd smallest41 · chance 46.9
3rd smallest62 · chance 50.2
4th smallest16 · chance 21.3
5th smallest7 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 5 10 8 33 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	2	3rd	2 14 17 18 19
2026-10-04	6	2nd	1 17 24 27 35
2026-09-28	3	3rd	13 16 17 18 40
2026-09-25	1	3rd	3 15 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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