Number 17

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

327times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.32σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

59longest completed wait · 15% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 327 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 327 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 2 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 smallest49 · chance 38.5
2nd smallest112 · chance 109.9
3rd smallest99 · chance 113.7
4th smallest56 · chance 53.0
5th smallest10 · chance 11.1
6th smallest1 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 38 33 48 16 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-07	7	3rd	6 11 17 19 23 24
2026-09-21	3	1st	17 20 32 33 36 39
2026-09-14	10	1st	17 29 39 43 44 48
2026-08-22

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-10	5	1st	17 28 29 38 42 46
2025-04-28	12	2nd	11 17 23 33 35 36
2025-03-31	6	2nd	15 17 18 25 41 48
2025-03-17	8	4th	5 14 16 17 19 24
2025-02-26	6	5th	1 14 15 16 17 45
2025-02-12	13	1st	17 18 27 35 41 43
2025-01-13	7	4th	8 14 15 17 45 46
2024-12-28	6	5th	6 8 11 15 17 23
2024-12-14	3	3rd	11 16 17 24 33 49
2024-12-07	5	3rd	2 12 17 18 24 49
2024-11-25	4	2nd	16 17 30 35 41 48
2024-11-16	1	3rd	7 9 17 23 25 33
2024-11-13	6	3rd	4 14 17 21 27 46
2024-10-30	3	2nd	5 17 24 34 35 42
2024-10-23	6	2nd	11 17 20 44 47 49
2024-10-09	17	2nd	7 17 20 33 34 36
2024-08-31	16	4th	2 6 15 17 18 29
2024-07-24	1	1st	17 18 25 38 45 49
2024-07-22	3	2nd	12 17 22 25 39 43
2024-07-15	13	4th	6 13 16 17 24 40
2024-06-15	2	3rd	7 10 17 32 33 41
2024-06-10	2	3rd	6 7 17 21 29 38
2024-06-05	7	2nd	4 17 20 27 41 43
2024-05-20	4	2nd	2 17 22 41 44 49
2024-05-11	3	2nd	10 17 27 29 31 48
2024-05-04	6	2nd	3 17 20 31 43 47
2024-04-20	7	3rd	6 12 17 26 35 41
2024-04-03	5	2nd	9 17 30 32 36 37
2024-03-23	1	3rd	5 6 17 24 30 39
2024-03-20	11	1st	17 27 33 38 47 48
2024-02-24	6	3rd	10 16 17 32 34 40
2024-02-10	18	1st	17 22 23 24 26 33
2023-12-30	2	1st	17 19 36 39 46 48
2023-12-25	4	3rd	12 13 17 38 45 48
2023-12-16	15	4th	9 14 16 17 34 44
2023-11-11	4	1st	17 18 19 25 41 47
2023-11-01	3	5th	13 14 15 16 17 49
2023-10-25	33	2nd	15 17 19 25 27 30
2023-08-09	7	4th	1 3 9 17 31 46
2023-07-24	8	4th	6 13 16 17 20 23
2023-07-05	17	3rd	7 12 17 23 38 40
2023-05-27	11	3rd	3 10 17 23 31 47
2023-05-01	2	4th	4 7 16 17 24 34
2023-04-26	4	2nd	7 17 32 34 47 48
2023-04-17	17	3rd	6 9 17 27 28 34
2023-03-08	1	1st	17 21 24 25 33 44
2023-03-06	5	4th	2 5 16 17 37 41
2023-02-22	2	3rd	1 11 17 23 27 39
2023-02-18	8	5th	1 3 6 15 17 29
2023-01-30	5	3rd	11 13 17 40 43 45
2023-01-18	1	3rd	2 12 17 20 23 31
2023-01-16	3	3rd	7 16 17 31 44 49
2023-01-09	11	3rd	2 9 17 20 33 49
2022-12-14	1	5th	1 4 11 13 17 47
2022-12-12	3	5th	1 3 4 16 17 47
2022-12-05	13	4th	3 13 15 17 33 49
2022-11-05	4	2nd	6 17 25 32 34 42
2022-10-26	9	1st	17 18 27 30 47 49
2022-10-05	2	2nd	14 17 18 19 40 49
2022-10-01	1	5th	2 4 10 14 17 47
2022-09-28	5	2nd	14 17 18 25 33 45
2022-09-17	7	4th	2 8 15 17 38 40
2022-08-31	4	1st	17 18 19 28 42 48
2022-08-22	4	2nd	5 17 25 28 34 49
2022-08-13	4	2nd	9 17 20 26 38 44
2022-08-03	6	1st	17 21 29 38 47 48
2022-07-20	10	4th	4 13 16 17 25 44
2022-06-27	1	2nd	15 17 26 28 33 36
2022-06-25	1	2nd	11 17 28 35 44 45
2022-06-22	4	4th	2 6 7 17 34 44
2022-06-13	9	4th	10 12 15 17 41 44
2022-05-23	4	1st	17 24 25 27 41 44
2022-05-14	3	2nd	5 17 19 21 22 25
2022-05-07	10	2nd	13 17 19 27 36 42
2022-04-13	1	1st	17 23 28 36 37 40
2022-04-11	3	5th	2 5 10 13 17 33
2022-04-04	9	3rd	11 14 17 21 38 46
2022-03-14	4	2nd	5 17 20 23 26 43
2022-03-05	20	1st	17 23 30 38 47 48
2022-01-17	3	2nd	4 17 20 26 45 48
2022-01-10	4	2nd	2 17 35 39 42 47
2022-01-01	11	2nd	7 17 18 26 31 46
2021-12-06	23	2nd	10 17 23 32 37 40
2021-10-13	2	3rd	15 16 17 29 39 40
2021-10-09	9	3rd	15 16 17 32 33 48
2021-09-18	1	3rd	1 4 17 27 28 41
2021-09-15	5	1st	17 21 26 43 44 48
2021-09-04	2	3rd	13 15 17 32 40 45
2021-08-30	4	2nd	10 17 20 27 32 44
2021-08-21	4	2nd	10 17 20 30 31 42
2021-08-11	10	3rd	1 16 17 23 24 46
2021-07-19	3	3rd	4 13 17 41 44 47
2021-07-12	2	2nd	4 17 22 37 42 43
2021-07-07	1	2nd	11 17 22 32 39 48
2021-07-05	8	4th	7 10 14 17 22 40
2021-06-16	3	3rd	2 8 17 19 47 48
2021-06-09	1	2nd	13 17 18 33 40 44
2021-06-07	2	2nd	7 17 18 25 40 44
2021-06-02	4	3rd	2 15 17 24 30 34
2021-05-24	2	4th	12 14 15 17 19 32
2021-05-19	1	3rd	11 16 17 23 38 46
2021-05-17	16	1st	17 20 21 26 35 40
2021-04-10	1	4th	8 9 13 17 33 46
2021-04-07	9	2nd	5 17 26 32 44 49
2021-03-17	10	2nd	7 17 19 44 47 48
2021-02-22	1	3rd	1 4 17 28 31 32
2021-02-20	2	4th	1 2 15 17 32 43
2021-02-15	13	3rd	10 16 17 25 46 49
2021-01-16	4	2nd	1 17 32 33 37 43
2021-01-06	9	3rd	2 16 17 23 44 45
2020-12-16	14	1st	17 20 21 23 32 45
2020-11-14	22	2nd	9 17 18 29 33 45
2020-09-23	7	2nd	11 17 35 36 37 45
2020-09-07	7	2nd	12 17 21 39 44 48
2020-08-22	8	4th	3 13 16 17 19 47
2020-08-03	13	2nd	7 17 28 33 37 38
2020-07-04	6	2nd	9 17 19 24 27 47
2020-06-20	4	2nd	6 17 24 31 38 47
2020-06-10	11	3rd	7 14 17 18 38 39
2020-05-16	14	1st	17 22 23 29 31 37
2020-04-13	29	4th	1 8 11 17 26 48
2020-02-05	6	2nd	13 17 25 28 33 34
2020-01-22	2	4th	4 5 16 17 39 44
2020-01-18	6	2nd	5 17 28 38 39 48
2020-01-04	3	1st	17 20 35 40 45 48
2019-12-28	9	4th	1 9 12 17 19 27
2019-12-07	2	3rd	7 8 17 45 48 49
2019-12-02	7	2nd	8 17 21 23 33 38
2019-11-16	1	1st	17 21 22 25 37 46
2019-11-13	6	4th	2 11 12 17 33 39
2019-10-30	59	1st	17 18 25 28 29 45
2019-06-15	12	4th	6 8 14 17 22 29
2019-05-18	6	2nd	5 17 20 28 30 38
2019-05-04	2	4th	2 5 12 17 19 39
2019-04-29	3	3rd	12 16 17 21 24 36
2019-04-22	2	4th	7 13 16 17 30 32
2019-04-17	2	2nd	3 17 21 35 46 49
2019-04-13	1	3rd	5 9 17 21 29 36
2019-04-10	14	4th	3 11 15 17 20 43
2019-03-09	4	1st	17 18 26 29 47 48
2019-02-27	6	2nd	2 17 20 30 31 36
2019-02-13	1	2nd	8 17 18 19 27 40
2019-02-11	27	2nd	10 17 32 37 40 48
2018-12-10	3	1st	17 18 21 26 32 37
2018-12-03	1	2nd	7 17 27 32 35 46
2018-12-01	5	3rd	3 11 17 28 31 37
2018-11-19	11	2nd	14 17 22 26 36 44
2018-10-24	3	3rd	11 15 17 23 36 38
2018-10-17	14	2nd	13 17 20 24 25 34
2018-09-15	1	2nd	11 17 18 38 48 49
2018-09-12	1	3rd	3 5 17 19 22 46
2018-09-10	2	1st	17 26 29 34 35 37
2018-09-05	9	3rd	7 14 17 20 28 44
2018-08-15	19	1st	17 25 32 33 39 43
2018-07-02	2	3rd	6 13 17 19 22 34
2018-06-27	18	3rd	8 12 17 24 37 38
2018-05-16	10	3rd	9 12 17 27 30 33
2018-04-23	2	3rd	1 16 17 30 35 41
2018-04-18	6	3rd	7 14 17 26 42 47
2018-04-04	2	2nd	3 17 20 30 32 46
2018-03-31	5	2nd	6 17 21 30 35 38
2018-03-19	9	3rd	4 13 17 23 27 34
2018-02-26	1	2nd	6 17 25 32 33 37
2018-02-24	3	3rd	8 16 17 19 22 31
2018-02-17	36	2nd	1 17 22 37 45 48
2017-11-25	5	3rd	4 14 17 31 47 49
2017-11-13	7	3rd	5 13 17 31 32 40
2017-10-28	13	4th	1 5 14 17 35 47
2017-09-27	10	2nd	2 17 24 28 37 44
2017-09-04	4	2nd	5 17 33 38 44 46
2017-08-26	7	2nd	7 17 22 32 35 42
2017-08-09	5	3rd	5 14 17 22 39 44
2017-07-29	15	3rd	12 15 17 22 36 48
2017-06-24	1	2nd	4 17 19 23 24 30
2017-06-21	12	5th	1 4 8 13 17 48
2017-05-24	16	2nd	11 17 18 28 35 40
2017-04-17	2	3rd	2 12 17 26 28 48
2017-04-12	1	2nd	4 17 19 25 29 39
2017-04-10	1	4th	1 6 15 17 22 31
2017-04-08	2	3rd	9 12 17 24 26 30
2017-04-03	3	2nd	15 17 23 28 33 34
2017-03-27	1	2nd	5 17 23 26 27 34
2017-03-25	5	3rd	1 11 17 23 31 41
2017-03-13	2	2nd	11 17 20 29 44 45
2017-03-08	27	2nd	3 17 22 27 37 39
2017-01-04	10	4th	4 7 16 17 29 49
2016-12-12	17	1st	17 20 22 26 36 37
2016-11-02	18	3rd	1 7 17 23 27 49
2016-09-21	3	3rd	4 12 17 26 37 44
2016-09-14	12	4th	7 9 16 17 35 45
2016-08-17	3	2nd	15 17 26 31 35 45
2016-08-10	6	4th	3 6 8 17 29 42
2016-07-27	3	1st	17 21 32 37 41 45
2016-07-20	8	3rd	3 7 17 20 21 35
2016-07-02	4	2nd	6 17 24 28 48 49
2016-06-22	6	2nd	6 17 19 22 33 35
2016-06-08	1	2nd	15 17 21 37 39 46
2016-06-06	1	4th	2 3 12 17 25 37
2016-06-04	20	3rd	2 11 17 18 28 46
2016-04-18	21	2nd	4 17 22 24 26 33
2016-02-29	6	4th	4 7 14 17 39 41
2016-02-15	29	4th	1 2 16 17 19 40
2015-12-09	8	1st	17 20 35 37 38 42
2015-11-21	2	1st	17 20 26 33 35 42
2015-11-16	6	2nd	12 17 28 32 38 45
2015-11-02	4	3rd	2 9 17 24 45 47
2015-10-24	19	2nd	16 17 19 21 27 33
2015-09-09	9	1st	17 24 26 32 35 46
2015-08-19	25	3rd	2 6 17 19 22 34
2015-06-22	35	4th	9 12 16 17 41 45
2015-04-01	4	2nd	10 17 22 26 37 46
2015-03-23	7	3rd	5 11 17 23 27 33
2015-03-07	2	1st	17 20 24 33 46 49
2015-03-02	16	3rd	3 8 17 18 21 25
2015-01-24	11	1st	17 31 33 35 37 38
2014-12-29	26	3rd	6 14 17 19 35 46
2014-10-29	3	4th	7 13 15 17 26 38
2014-10-22	9	3rd	9 14 17 19 31 34
2014-10-01	14	3rd	2 5 17 35 45 48
2014-08-30	8	1st	17 30 38 42 43 48
2014-08-11	18	1st	17 21 24 37 46 48
2014-06-30	1	2nd	8 17 19 40 41 48
2014-06-28	3	2nd	9 17 19 30 41 45
2014-06-21	8	2nd	15 17 26 31 37 38
2014-06-02	19	3rd	7 16 17 33 39 43
2014-04-19	26	2nd	7 17 21 22 37 46
2014-02-17	5	4th	8 9 10 17 21 30
2014-02-05	3	4th	3 8 15 17 36 38
2014-01-29	6	4th	1 8 14 17 24 38
2014-01-15	10	3rd	1 12 17 27 30 46
2013-12-23	3	3rd	2 9 17 26 37 38
2013-12-16	11	2nd	5 17 29 31 32 38
2013-11-20	5	2nd	13 17 22 25 28 47
2013-11-09	11	2nd	16 17 22 28 39 44
2013-10-14	7	4th	4 5 9 17 18 31
2013-09-28	6	4th	8 10 11 17 23 35
2013-09-14	12	3rd	5 16 17 26 46 49
2013-08-17	12	3rd	6 9 17 26 35 39
2013-07-20	1	1st	17 18 28 31 37 40
2013-07-17	2	3rd	7 12 17 27 36 44
2013-07-13	6	1st	17 21 29 38 42 43
2013-06-29	5	3rd	4 16 17 27 32 42
2013-06-17	25	3rd	9 11 17 28 45 48
2013-04-20	2	2nd	14 17 18 35 38 47
2013-04-15	3	4th	2 9 16 17 29 48
2013-04-08	7	1st	17 22 32 35 48 49
2013-03-23	2	6th	1 5 12 14 16 17
2013-03-18	1	2nd	11 17 19 21 38 39
2013-03-16	3	2nd	6 17 18 23 31 33
2013-03-09	11	3rd	6 9 17 18 24 32
2013-02-11	50	4th	4 14 16 17 44 48
2012-10-17	3	3rd	5 12 17 29 37 42
2012-10-10	1	3rd	15 16 17 35 43 48
2012-10-08	2	1st	17 20 29 34 40 49
2012-10-03	3	4th	2 4 13 17 18 38
2012-09-26	10	4th	4 7 15 17 38 49
2012-09-03	7	2nd	4 17 19 21 33 40
2012-08-18	2	3rd	5 14 17 25 34 36
2012-08-13	2	1st	17 33 35 37 41 47
2012-08-08	8	2nd	4 17 20 25 30 39
2012-07-21	1	1st	17 24 40 44 46 48
2012-07-18	4	1st	17 30 33 42 43 46
2012-07-09	7	2nd	11 17 20 21 27 36
2012-06-23	3	2nd	2 17 22 25 37 43
2012-06-16	7	3rd	4 8 17 36 46 48
2012-05-30	39	3rd	6 7 17 22 41 48
2012-02-29	6	4th	1 2 10 17 22 41
2012-02-15	34	2nd	14 17 20 27 28 47
2011-11-28	2	3rd	1 8 17 30 34 42
2011-11-23	3	3rd	9 12 17 26 37 46
2011-11-16	2	3rd	7 14 17 19 37 38
2011-11-12	11	2nd	9 17 23 29 31 40
2011-10-17	1	4th	1 9 10 17 24 29
2011-10-15	4	3rd	5 12 17 28 30 38
2011-10-05	32	1st	17 22 25 40 41 42
2011-07-23	14	2nd	2 17 28 35 37 42
2011-06-20	3	3rd	4 15 17 21 35 49
2011-06-13	7	4th	4 5 16 17 25 29
2011-05-28	3	3rd	8 9 17 36 46 48
2011-05-21	8	2nd	1 17 19 26 30 33
2011-05-02	5	3rd	4 9 17 19 22 30
2011-04-20	2	3rd	6 13 17 27 31 45
2011-04-16	3	2nd	2 17 20 34 47 48
2011-04-09	15	3rd	4 8 17 18 30 35
2011-03-05	2	2nd	10 17 28 29 32 49
2011-02-28	7	3rd	6 12 17 26 35 37
2011-02-12	2	4th	2 12 13 17 35 45
2011-02-07	21	2nd	12 17 18 19 24 38
2010-12-20	20	2nd	3 17 28 37 38 45
2010-11-03	5	3rd	7 11 17 24 30 44
2010-10-23	1	1st	17 18 20 24 25 27
2010-10-20	13	2nd	11 17 23 29 32 41
2010-09-20	4	2nd	4 17 18 19 24 33
2010-09-11	6	2nd	5 17 22 24 35 46
2010-08-28	33	4th	8 13 14 17 24 45
2010-06-12	2	2nd	7 17 23 29 38 46
2010-06-07	8	3rd	4 8 17 19 26 40
2010-05-19	11	2nd	10 17 18 26 43 47
2010-04-24	5	2nd	12 17 19 28 31 43
2010-04-12	22	4th	3 5 16 17 37 47
2010-02-20	9	2nd	10 17 20 22 33 40
2010-01-30	9	3rd	3 10 17 22 37 45
2010-01-09	—	5th	7 9 11 12 17 33