Number 17

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

178times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.68σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

47longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 178 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 178 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 3 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 smallest36 · chance 33.0
2nd smallest67 · chance 69.6
3rd smallest49 · chance 53.5
4th smallest24 · chance 18.7
5th smallest2 · chance 3.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 10 26 21 2 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-30	2	1st	17 27 31 40 46 57
2026-09-23	1	4th	1 11 15 17 22 38
2026-09-19	16	2nd	1 17 26 27 32 49
2026-07-25

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-10	3	3rd	3 13 17 22 40 48
2024-01-31	9	3rd	15 16 17 20 25 53
2023-12-30	5	3rd	7 13 17 20 51 59
2023-12-13	26	2nd	10 17 22 40 47 50
2023-09-13	17	2nd	12 17 33 38 50 59
2023-07-15	2	1st	17 18 31 43 48 50
2023-07-08	47	1st	17 30 35 41 45 54
2023-01-25	28	2nd	2 17 21 47 55 58
2022-10-19	3	2nd	2 17 23 34 49 50
2022-10-08	20	3rd	1 7 17 38 44 54
2022-07-30	3	3rd	2 10 17 18 21 41
2022-07-20	4	2nd	7 17 23 29 48 57
2022-07-06	7	3rd	2 10 17 24 26 39
2022-06-11	9	5th	1 12 13 16 17 49
2022-05-11	3	2nd	15 17 26 29 31 54
2022-04-30	2	2nd	5 17 30 35 41 56
2022-04-23	5	3rd	1 11 17 27 49 58
2022-04-06	1	4th	1 5 16 17 21 23
2022-04-02	4	3rd	11 12 17 25 44 50
2022-03-19	3	3rd	5 6 17 18 19 35
2022-03-09	7	1st	17 28 29 32 37 40
2022-02-12	11	3rd	14 16 17 21 35 58
2022-01-05	23	3rd	8 15 17 32 36 47
2021-10-16	3	3rd	14 15 17 33 37 49
2021-10-06	7	3rd	14 16 17 28 37 56
2021-09-11	32	1st	17 19 21 24 36 47
2021-05-22	7	3rd	8 10 17 20 31 52
2021-04-28	11	2nd	15 17 20 29 38 42
2021-03-20	36	2nd	13 17 20 26 32 33
2020-11-14	8	4th	3 6 12 17 24 52
2020-10-17	13	3rd	8 10 17 19 34 47
2020-09-02	5	3rd	10 13 17 39 52 58
2020-08-15	2	4th	2 6 10 17 23 44
2020-08-08	3	2nd	6 17 31 49 52 53
2020-07-29	15	2nd	12 17 21 29 48 56
2020-06-06	2	2nd	10 17 22 37 39 49
2020-05-30	2	2nd	10 17 34 35 38 45
2020-05-23	5	2nd	10 17 20 26 33 53
2020-05-06	28	3rd	2 4 17 44 46 58
2020-01-29	3	3rd	9 15 17 37 52 53
2020-01-18	2	3rd	7 11 17 25 41 54
2020-01-11	29	3rd	8 10 17 18 30 46
2019-10-02	32	2nd	3 17 21 23 27 43
2019-06-12	8	1st	17 21 22 32 37 41
2019-05-15	7	3rd	6 16 17 26 29 48
2019-04-20	12	4th	2 10 16 17 47 58
2019-03-09	7	1st	17 20 21 43 46 52
2019-02-13	10	3rd	3 10 17 36 50 57
2019-01-09	13	1st	17 21 31 33 46 53
2018-11-24	2	4th	1 10 14 17 46 56
2018-11-17	16	1st	17 26 30 37 47 50
2018-09-22	16	4th	1 2 15 17 27 56
2018-07-28	9	1st	17 28 34 38 41 52
2018-06-27	6	2nd	14 17 22 49 57 59
2018-06-06	3	1st	17 28 31 33 42 55
2018-05-26	6	2nd	3 17 27 28 41 44
2018-05-05	13	3rd	2 16 17 38 41 42
2018-03-21	8	1st	17 26 27 36 40 50
2018-02-21	21	1st	17 25 32 33 38 44
2017-12-09	11	3rd	6 11 17 25 28 54
2017-11-01	5	1st	17 22 34 43 44 58
2017-10-14	7	4th	2 4 14 17 25 49
2017-09-20	5	1st	17 23 52 53 55 58
2017-09-02	1	1st	17 39 44 48 55 59
2017-08-30	13	4th	3 8 14 17 37 53
2017-07-15	1	3rd	4 6 17 20 34 43
2017-07-12	13	1st	17 24 27 29 31 49
2017-05-27	12	2nd	7 17 30 34 47 58
2017-04-15	10	4th	4 7 12 17 26 55
2017-03-11	5	2nd	1 17 21 33 44 45
2017-02-22	36	2nd	15 17 21 38 40 42
2016-10-19	1	2nd	2 17 25 36 40 46
2016-10-15	1	3rd	1 8 17 18 24 42
2016-10-12	8	3rd	1 12 17 28 46 47
2016-09-14	4	2nd	5 17 18 32 37 56
2016-08-31	1	1st	17 23 24 28 32 57
2016-08-27	5	1st	17 22 35 40 43 50
2016-08-10	19	4th	9 12 14 17 26 28
2016-06-04	22	2nd	11 17 25 27 47 48
2016-03-19	6	2nd	7 17 30 46 53 55
2016-02-27	10	4th	1 2 8 17 25 43
2016-01-23	1	2nd	1 17 21 35 51 52
2016-01-20	9	3rd	10 16 17 21 33 58
2015-12-19	4	2nd	4 17 18 31 34 58
2015-12-05	7	4th	5 7 13 17 38 42
2015-11-11	9	4th	5 8 9 17 28 48
2015-10-10	12	2nd	2 17 26 39 40 41
2015-08-29	12	2nd	15 17 25 33 34 37
2015-07-18	2	4th	5 10 16 17 46 48
2015-07-11	4	1st	17 18 20 26 39 41
2015-06-27	10	2nd	11 17 26 29 36 45
2015-05-23	20	3rd	15 16 17 26 49 55
2015-03-14	10	1st	17 29 35 37 44 47
2015-02-07	1	3rd	4 9 17 18 21 52
2015-02-04	13	2nd	11 17 20 27 45 54
2014-12-20	6	2nd	9 17 20 27 32 42
2014-11-29	6	3rd	5 16 17 25 27 31
2014-11-08	15	2nd	2 17 23 26 50 58
2014-09-17	6	2nd	8 17 27 30 34 53
2014-08-27	4	4th	3 6 14 17 45 48
2014-08-13	1	4th	4 11 16 17 31 59
2014-08-09	1	2nd	4 17 18 34 39 56
2014-08-06	7	2nd	5 17 31 37 44 55
2014-07-12	14	3rd	9 12 17 38 45 46
2014-05-24	23	2nd	15 17 26 37 43 57
2014-03-05	5	1st	17 18 20 21 32 42
2014-02-15	3	3rd	2 10 17 31 35 41
2014-02-05	2	3rd	2 13 17 19 30 43
2014-01-29	1	1st	17 24 27 28 31 34
2014-01-25	4	3rd	13 16 17 22 27 55
2014-01-11	2	1st	17 19 31 34 44 50
2014-01-04	7	1st	17 25 30 37 39 42
2013-12-11	11	4th	1 8 15 17 26 56
2013-11-02	22	3rd	5 16 17 37 51 57
2013-08-17	4	2nd	10 17 18 49 58 59
2013-08-03	2	3rd	9 11 17 25 42 44
2013-07-27	1	2nd	12 17 20 23 40 58
2013-07-24	12	3rd	2 15 17 39 51 52
2013-06-12	1	4th	3 12 13 17 31 34
2013-06-08	10	2nd	9 17 35 42 53 57
2013-05-04	1	2nd	10 17 24 25 52 53
2013-05-01	14	2nd	10 17 19 42 44 49
2013-03-13	10	2nd	12 17 21 30 50 59
2013-02-06	22	3rd	1 16 17 22 27 36
2012-11-21	2	4th	2 3 16 17 23 43
2012-11-14	1	1st	17 24 27 28 50 55
2012-11-10	1	3rd	6 14 17 24 41 59
2012-11-07	12	2nd	12 17 21 23 26 51
2012-09-26	33	1st	17 20 33 35 37 49
2012-06-02	1	2nd	7 17 25 28 48 49
2012-05-30	3	2nd	10 17 23 27 30 50
2012-05-19	12	2nd	2 17 22 30 35 49
2012-04-07	7	2nd	4 17 27 34 53 54
2012-03-14	7	2nd	7 17 24 39 48 55
2012-02-18	18	2nd	9 17 35 43 45 53
2011-12-17	5	2nd	1 17 27 28 39 45
2011-11-30	1	4th	10 11 15 17 23 26
2011-11-26	1	2nd	9 17 19 44 46 53
2011-11-23	14	2nd	13 17 26 27 55 58
2011-10-05	3	5th	3 5 11 12 17 27
2011-09-24	12	3rd	6 8 17 22 27 28
2011-08-13	23	3rd	13 14 17 25 34 48
2011-05-25	1	3rd	4 7 17 40 42 44
2011-05-21	2	2nd	4 17 39 51 52 53
2011-05-14	1	1st	17 30 34 36 42 57
2011-05-11	6	3rd	4 14 17 23 36 53
2011-04-20	13	3rd	8 16 17 29 39 56
2011-03-05	7	2nd	15 17 27 37 40 49
2011-02-09	2	1st	17 18 32 33 36 50
2011-02-02	17	4th	2 12 16 17 40 57
2010-12-04	2	3rd	5 11 17 26 50 55
2010-11-27	1	4th	1 10 13 17 21 58
2010-11-24	1	1st	17 21 32 50 55 59
2010-11-20	—	1st	17 29 42 45 47 52