Number 17

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

128times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.55σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

20.2average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

140longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 20.2 draws · longest completed wait 140 · waiting 10 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 smallest60 · chance 62.3
2nd smallest58 · chance 51.6
3rd smallest9 · chance 13.1
4th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

76 16 32 38 45 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 77. 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
2026-09-16	78	1st	17 33 44 76
2026-03-18	13	2nd	5 17 38 57
2026-02-16	48	1st	17 24 67 72
2025-10-27	2	1st	17 32 60 65
2025-10-22	6	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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-09	8	1st	17 32 33 57
2023-09-20	35	3rd	1 7 17 29
2023-07-01	136	1st	17 30 35 44
2022-08-17	8	1st	17 23 32 76
2022-07-30	22	3rd	12 15 17 69
2022-06-08	6	1st	17 36 71 76
2022-05-25	27	2nd	14 17 26 56
2022-03-23	17	2nd	9 17 37 52
2022-02-12	10	2nd	4 17 23 59
2022-01-19	18	1st	17 38 40 53
2021-12-08	5	1st	17 24 35 76
2021-11-27	8	2nd	5 17 21 42
2021-11-08	14	2nd	1 17 18 57
2021-10-06	11	2nd	12 17 43 63
2021-09-11	1	3rd	7 10 17 42
2021-09-08	6	2nd	16 17 18 42
2021-08-25	6	2nd	5 17 19 34
2021-08-11	8	2nd	16 17 31 68
2021-07-24	31	2nd	6 17 47 68
2021-05-12	17	2nd	6 17 34 51
2021-04-03	5	2nd	9 17 34 47
2021-03-22	10	2nd	9 17 38 50
2021-02-27	44	2nd	3 17 29 41
2020-11-16	6	1st	17 45 51 68
2020-11-02	23	1st	17 20 32 67
2020-09-09	2	1st	17 31 45 77
2020-09-05	57	1st	17 21 34 55
2020-04-25	18	1st	17 37 38 50
2020-03-14	11	2nd	16 17 18 47
2020-02-17	16	1st	17 36 70 76
2020-01-11	5	1st	17 25 41 77
2019-12-30	24	1st	17 18 54 73
2019-11-04	15	2nd	14 17 55 58
2019-09-30	16	2nd	11 17 61 68
2019-08-24	69	4th	4 7 13 17
2019-03-16	7	2nd	4 17 19 38
2019-02-27	10	2nd	7 17 56 65
2019-02-04	4	2nd	5 17 23 30
2019-01-26	23	1st	17 25 32 71
2018-12-03	10	1st	17 29 38 45
2018-11-10	10	1st	17 19 27 64
2018-10-17	28	2nd	14 17 31 62
2018-08-13	1	2nd	1 17 18 37
2018-08-11	6	2nd	4 17 43 55
2018-07-28	3	2nd	14 17 49 55
2018-07-21	54	2nd	4 17 47 74
2018-03-17	7	1st	17 29 45 70
2018-02-28	7	1st	17 36 67 76
2018-02-12	140	2nd	2 17 52 74
2017-03-22	27	2nd	16 17 22 25
2017-01-18	81	1st	17 26 45 57
2016-07-13	26	2nd	6 17 63 73
2016-05-14	40	1st	17 47 64 65
2016-02-10	4	1st	17 30 52 53
2016-02-01	14	2nd	11 17 18 49
2015-12-30	21	1st	17 19 35 70
2015-11-11	15	2nd	5 17 30 76
2015-10-07	4	1st	17 39 57 59
2015-09-28	6	1st	17 29 51 58
2015-09-14	36	2nd	6 17 32 34
2015-06-22	13	2nd	5 17 34 51
2015-05-23	13	1st	17 23 49 68
2015-04-22	3	2nd	11 17 47 73
2015-04-15	5	1st	17 23 51 59
2015-04-04	32	1st	17 45 51 66
2015-01-19	25	1st	17 24 36 56
2014-11-22	66	3rd	1 6 17 69
2014-06-21	21	1st	17 25 62 71
2014-05-03	11	2nd	16 17 38 45
2014-04-07	26	1st	17 22 28 77
2014-02-05	1	2nd	1 17 43 50
2014-02-03	11	2nd	16 17 40 76
2014-01-08	25	1st	17 43 58 77
2013-11-11	22	2nd	13 17 42 62
2013-09-21	45	1st	17 19 56 76
2013-06-08	20	1st	17 26 30 65
2013-04-22	11	1st	17 33 60 63
2013-03-27	2	2nd	5 17 48 60
2013-03-23	22	2nd	16 17 26 65
2013-01-30	18	2nd	7 17 40 74
2012-12-19	5	2nd	9 17 40 50
2012-12-08	13	2nd	13 17 25 74
2012-11-07	12	3rd	5 14 17 48
2012-10-10	12	2nd	14 17 46 76
2012-09-12	26	1st	17 37 48 60
2012-07-14	14	1st	17 20 44 74
2012-06-11	9	3rd	2 8 17 35
2012-05-21	1	2nd	16 17 41 61
2012-05-19	27	1st	17 28 48 72
2012-03-14	9	2nd	3 17 53 62
2012-02-22	4	2nd	8 17 36 71
2012-02-13	32	1st	17 43 48 49
2011-11-30	4	1st	17 38 47 76
2011-11-21	48	1st	17 46 55 63
2011-08-01	38	2nd	2 17 42 52
2011-05-04	12	3rd	1 16 17 62
2011-04-06	57	3rd	12 14 17 22
2010-11-24	9	1st	17 56 60 66
2010-11-03	17	1st	17 30 56 67
2010-09-25	7	2nd	11 17 36 49
2010-09-08	14	2nd	2 17 32 49
2010-08-07	28	2nd	8 17 37 74
2010-06-02	22	1st	17 31 54 63
2010-04-12	—	1st	17 42 51 58