Number 17

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

324times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.05σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

41longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 324 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, +0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 324 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 20 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 smallest31 · chance 35.9
2nd smallest111 · chance 106.3
3rd smallest123 · chance 113.9
4th smallest53 · chance 55.0
5th smallest6 · chance 11.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 41 42 11 28 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-08-26	1	2nd	16 17 30 34 36 45
2026-08-24	10	4th	5 6 15 17 24 27
2026-08-01	6	2nd	7 17 18 19 29 43
2026-07-18	9	2nd

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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