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Star 17 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 45 times drawn · chance expected 55 −1.33σ
24 draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number
31.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
134 longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long
17 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 45 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, −1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
17 Number 17, draw by draw Drawn 45 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 31.5 draws · longest completed wait 134 · waiting 24 draws now
18 draws: 2015-11-04 to 2016-01-06 32 draws: 2016-01-06 to 2016-04-27 11 draws: 2016-04-27 to 2016-06-04 5 draws: 2016-06-04 to 2016-06-22 26 draws: 2016-06-22 to 2016-09-21 37 draws: 2016-09-21 to 2017-01-28 9 draws: 2017-01-28 to 2017-03-01 39 draws: 2017-03-01 to 2017-07-15 15 draws: 2017-07-15 to 2017-09-06 69 draws: 2017-09-06 to 2018-05-05 27 draws: 2018-05-05 to 2018-08-08 37 draws: 2018-08-08 to 2018-12-15 39 draws: 2018-12-15 to 2019-05-01 54 draws: 2019-05-01 to 2019-11-06 45 draws: 2019-11-06 to 2020-04-11 15 draws: 2020-04-11 to 2020-06-03 98 draws: 2020-06-03 to 2021-05-12 13 draws: 2021-05-12 to 2021-06-26 21 draws: 2021-06-26 to 2021-09-01 24 draws: 2021-09-01 to 2021-10-27 12 draws: 2021-10-27 to 2021-11-24 2 draws: 2021-11-24 to 2021-11-29 16 draws: 2021-11-29 to 2022-01-05 7 draws: 2022-01-05 to 2022-01-22 10 draws: 2022-01-22 to 2022-02-14 13 draws: 2022-02-14 to 2022-03-16 27 draws: 2022-03-16 to 2022-05-18 3 draws: 2022-05-18 to 2022-05-25 92 draws: 2022-05-25 to 2022-12-26 41 draws: 2022-12-26 to 2023-04-01 134 draws: 2023-04-01 to 2024-02-07 5 draws: 2024-02-07 to 2024-02-19 68 draws: 2024-02-19 to 2024-07-27 12 draws: 2024-07-27 to 2024-08-24 10 draws: 2024-08-24 to 2024-09-16 18 draws: 2024-09-16 to 2024-10-28 21 draws: 2024-10-28 to 2024-12-16 21 draws: 2024-12-16 to 2025-02-03 89 draws: 2025-02-03 to 2025-08-30 3 draws: 2025-08-30 to 2025-09-06 44 draws: 2025-09-06 to 2025-12-17 14 draws: 2025-12-17 to 2026-01-19 80 draws: 2026-01-19 to 2026-07-25 11 draws: 2026-07-25 to 2026-08-19 Still waiting — at least 24 draws since 2026-08-19 2015-11-04 2016-01-06 2016-04-27 2016-06-04 2016-06-22 2016-09-21 2017-01-28 2017-03-01 2017-07-15 2017-09-06 2018-05-05 2018-08-08 2018-12-15 2019-05-01 2019-11-06 2020-04-11 2020-06-03 2021-05-12 2021-06-26 2021-09-01 2021-10-27 2021-11-24 2021-11-29 2022-01-05 2022-01-22 2022-02-14 2022-03-16 2022-05-18 2022-05-25 2022-12-26 2023-04-01 2024-02-07 2024-02-19 2024-07-27 2024-08-24 2024-09-16 2024-10-28 2024-12-16 2025-02-03 2025-08-30 2025-09-06 2025-12-17 2026-01-19 2026-07-25 2026-08-19 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 45 · chance 45.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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 The other 21 appearances ← star 16 Every number star 18 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.