Number 17

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

124times drawn · chance expected 112 +1.23σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

42longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +1.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 124 times in 939 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 25 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 smallest18 · chance 15.5
2nd smallest45 · chance 45.1
3rd smallest44 · chance 44.1
4th smallest14 · chance 17.1
5th smallest3 · chance 2.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 21 3 25 10 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-17	19	1st	17 18 40 41 42
2026-08-29	5	2nd	10 17 32 37 38
2026-08-24	1	2nd	16 17 28 33 40
2026-08-23	6	3rd	1 13

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-19	4	2nd	8 17 27 30 38
2026-03-15	6	2nd	7 17 21 30 31
2026-03-09	8	3rd	5 7 17 25 35
2026-03-01	1	3rd	1 16 17 25 38
2026-02-28	5	3rd	10 12 17 21 37
2026-02-23	1	4th	6 8 15 17 26
2026-02-22	10	3rd	2 16 17 39 40
2026-02-12	6	1st	17 18 23 33 37
2026-02-06	3	3rd	6 14 17 18 28
2026-02-03	4	2nd	13 17 19 20 27
2026-01-30	1	2nd	6 17 25 33 39
2026-01-29	2	2nd	10 17 19 20 29
2026-01-27	7	1st	17 24 26 33 39
2026-01-20	9	2nd	5 17 19 23 39
2026-01-11	18	3rd	9 14 17 25 27
2025-12-24	2	2nd	5 17 20 25 40
2025-12-22	2	2nd	2 17 24 25 28
2025-12-20	6	4th	5 8 11 17 26
2025-12-14	9	2nd	10 17 22 31 38
2025-12-05	3	2nd	13 17 23 33 42
2025-12-02	14	3rd	2 10 17 19 36
2025-11-18	2	4th	2 5 8 17 20
2025-11-16	3	3rd	2 9 17 19 32
2025-11-13	3	2nd	11 17 25 29 41
2025-11-10	1	2nd	8 17 21 36 41
2025-11-09	6	1st	17 25 30 36 37
2025-11-03	2	1st	17 21 22 37 41
2025-11-01	6	3rd	4 16 17 34 38
2025-10-26	1	2nd	1 17 22 30 31
2025-10-25	7	2nd	3 17 18 21 23
2025-10-18	7	4th	1 3 10 17 26
2025-10-11	12	3rd	9 10 17 19 37
2025-09-29	8	2nd	12 17 20 21 27
2025-09-21	1	5th	1 2 10 11 17
2025-09-20	5	2nd	14 17 20 25 36
2025-09-15	7	2nd	4 17 20 32 37
2025-09-08	1	3rd	1 13 17 30 42
2025-09-07	22	1st	17 26 27 38 41
2025-08-16	7	1st	17 25 29 38 39
2025-08-09	4	2nd	9 17 19 22 30
2025-08-05	6	3rd	9 16 17 24 33
2025-07-30	4	4th	5 10 12 17 38
2025-07-26	3	4th	12 15 16 17 38
2025-07-23	17	4th	1 5 14 17 26
2025-07-06	11	3rd	10 13 17 24 27
2025-06-25	23	2nd	11 17 19 21 32
2025-06-02	8	3rd	1 9 17 19 27
2025-05-25	3	3rd	8 13 17 26 30
2025-05-22	5	2nd	8 17 25 32 41
2025-05-17	37	2nd	6 17 19 37 42
2025-04-10	7	2nd	1 17 18 20 31
2025-04-03	8	1st	17 33 35 37 38
2025-03-26	10	2nd	14 17 27 28 37
2025-03-16	11	3rd	3 7 17 32 39
2025-03-05	11	2nd	11 17 34 35 37
2025-02-22	3	3rd	3 8 17 33 42
2025-02-19	9	3rd	3 11 17 18 35
2025-02-10	10	4th	6 7 16 17 32
2025-01-31	18	3rd	5 16 17 18 27
2025-01-13	6	3rd	3 15 17 19 35
2025-01-07	6	3rd	7 8 17 20 23
2025-01-01	9	3rd	7 10 17 27 35
2024-12-23	3	4th	7 10 13 17 33
2024-12-20	3	1st	17 22 24 27 30
2024-12-17	7	3rd	14 15 17 28 37
2024-12-10	2	3rd	11 16 17 19 39
2024-12-08	42	2nd	10 17 18 34 35
2024-10-27	2	3rd	3 14 17 26 42
2024-10-25	8	2nd	6 17 21 28 33
2024-10-17	3	3rd	5 12 17 18 26
2024-10-14	8	3rd	8 9 17 21 30
2024-10-06	4	1st	17 29 35 36 41
2024-10-02	14	3rd	2 4 17 22 41
2024-09-18	1	3rd	3 5 17 23 34
2024-09-17	5	5th	3 4 15 16 17
2024-09-12	6	4th	1 3 9 17 19
2024-09-06	9	3rd	11 12 17 19 25
2024-08-28	2	2nd	15 17 30 32 36
2024-08-26	8	3rd	13 14 17 21 35
2024-08-18	30	4th	2 9 12 17 21
2024-07-19	1	2nd	3 17 19 25 31
2024-07-18	6	1st	17 18 23 41 42
2024-07-12	4	2nd	11 17 21 37 42
2024-07-08	8	3rd	5 14 17 25 35
2024-06-30	1	3rd	3 14 17 24 36
2024-06-29	2	2nd	8 17 19 26 38
2024-06-27	5	3rd	9 13 17 24 30
2024-06-22	6	2nd	14 17 31 34 38
2024-06-16	9	3rd	10 12 17 19 39
2024-06-07	3	2nd	3 17 18 21 26
2024-06-04	11	1st	17 21 25 28 38
2024-05-24	1	1st	17 20 30 32 42
2024-05-23	5	2nd	3 17 28 41 42
2024-05-18	9	3rd	7 10 17 32 36
2024-05-09	30	1st	17 21 23 29 39
2024-04-09	8	4th	4 14 15 17 34
2024-04-01	3	3rd	4 10 17 19 36
2024-03-29	2	5th	2 5 9 16 17
2024-03-27	9	3rd	2 3 17 25 40
2024-03-18	—	1st	17 18 22 36 39