Number 17

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

102times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.08σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

13.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

67longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 13.9 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 5 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 smallest37 · chance 33.9
2nd smallest43 · chance 44.3
3rd smallest15 · chance 19.9
4th smallest7 · chance 3.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 21 18 38 68 52

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 17 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 17 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	3	1st	17 21 29 42 49
2026-09-21	9	4th	2 7 9 17 58
2026-08-31	13	2nd	11 17 25 37 49
2026-08-01	11	2nd	6 17 27 48

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-06	20	2nd	12 17 37 58 62
2024-09-21	49	1st	17 19 21 37 45
2024-05-29	31	1st	17 34 56 60 61
2024-03-18	15	2nd	10 17 20 39 44
2024-02-12	15	1st	17 36 43 53 67
2024-01-08	7	2nd	7 17 28 40 45
2023-12-23	55	3rd	9 14 17 18 53
2023-08-16	13	3rd	9 11 17 19 55
2023-07-17	5	4th	5 8 9 17 41
2023-07-05	2	1st	17 24 48 62 68
2023-07-01	18	2nd	4 17 35 49 61
2023-05-20	12	1st	17 23 32 38 63
2023-04-22	12	1st	17 36 47 63 68
2023-03-25	14	2nd	15 17 18 47 57
2023-02-20	3	2nd	3 17 26 38 54
2023-02-13	8	1st	17 26 37 61 65
2023-01-25	13	2nd	9 17 20 38 40
2022-12-26	1	1st	17 41 47 60 61
2022-12-24	32	1st	17 37 46 54 67
2022-10-10	31	4th	3 6 11 17 22
2022-07-30	67	2nd	4 17 57 58 68
2022-02-23	6	2nd	6 17 21 35 64
2022-02-09	13	2nd	2 17 33 51 63
2022-01-10	40	2nd	14 17 18 21 27
2021-10-09	1	2nd	12 17 30 45 62
2021-10-06	3	2nd	1 17 52 58 64
2021-09-29	16	4th	2 7 11 17 32
2021-08-23	31	1st	17 36 47 60 61
2021-05-08	10	2nd	12 17 20 21 26
2021-04-03	3	3rd	1 12 17 39 53
2021-03-24	4	3rd	4 9 17 27 38
2021-03-10	12	1st	17 18 37 44 53
2021-01-27	1	1st	17 33 35 42 52
2021-01-23	12	3rd	5 8 17 27 28
2020-12-12	7	1st	17 54 56 63 69
2020-11-18	2	3rd	4 5 17 43 52
2020-11-11	14	3rd	13 15 17 45 63
2020-09-23	2	2nd	8 17 49 52 59
2020-09-16	1	2nd	10 17 31 51 53
2020-09-12	11	2nd	16 17 20 53 67
2020-08-05	17	3rd	7 14 17 57 65
2020-06-06	38	2nd	1 17 38 68 69
2020-01-25	22	3rd	2 9 17 36 67
2019-11-09	17	2nd	14 17 35 38 60
2019-09-11	21	2nd	6 17 24 53 57
2019-06-29	7	2nd	13 17 24 59 62
2019-06-05	6	1st	17 23 28 34 38
2019-05-15	8	2nd	7 17 33 61 68
2019-04-17	1	3rd	1 15 17 46 66
2019-04-13	20	2nd	4 17 26 32 49
2019-02-02	36	2nd	10 17 18 43 65
2018-09-29	35	2nd	9 17 34 59 64
2018-05-30	3	1st	17 23 26 46 68
2018-05-19	1	4th	3 6 9 17 56
2018-05-16	6	1st	17 19 21 22 51
2018-04-25	2	1st	17 18 39 56 64
2018-04-18	1	4th	9 10 12 17 23
2018-04-14	2	1st	17 19 26 61 62
2018-04-07	10	2nd	2 17 20 38 39
2018-03-03	10	2nd	13 17 25 36 40
2018-01-27	20	1st	17 21 26 47 54
2017-11-18	18	1st	17 28 31 32 39
2017-09-16	1	1st	17 18 24 25 31
2017-09-13	7	1st	17 24 35 57 63
2017-08-19	28	1st	17 19 39 43 68
2017-05-13	3	1st	17 20 32 63 68
2017-05-03	23	1st	17 18 49 59 66
2017-02-11	2	3rd	5 9 17 37 64
2017-02-04	9	4th	6 13 16 17 52
2017-01-04	11	2nd	16 17 29 41 42
2016-11-26	4	1st	17 19 21 37 44
2016-11-12	18	2nd	8 17 20 27 52
2016-09-10	12	2nd	3 17 49 55 68
2016-07-30	4	2nd	11 17 21 23 32
2016-07-16	43	2nd	11 17 40 50 62
2016-02-17	26	2nd	7 17 27 29 40
2015-11-18	4	1st	17 40 41 46 69
2015-11-04	—	3rd	2 12 17 20 65