Number 17

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

166times drawn · chance expected 188 −1.72σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

41longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −1.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 13 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 smallest14 · chance 15.0
2nd smallest56 · chance 53.5
3rd smallest62 · chance 63.3
4th smallest28 · chance 29.6
5th smallest6 · chance 4.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 4 10 27 30 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-09-28	3	1st	17 21 25 27 34
2026-09-25	1	2nd	16 17 30 31 34
2026-09-24	8	4th	4 8 16 17 19
2026-09-16	2	4th	3

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-07	12	2nd	9 17 21 25 26
2026-03-26	15	4th	6 10 11 17 18
2026-03-11	19	1st	17 19 23 26 32
2026-02-20	2	2nd	4 17 28 33 38
2026-02-18	6	1st	17 18 23 27 37
2026-02-12	8	3rd	2 11 17 18 19
2026-02-04	3	4th	3 15 16 17 29
2026-02-01	5	2nd	5 17 18 21 31
2026-01-27	2	2nd	3 17 21 31 33
2026-01-25	11	3rd	7 8 17 21 33
2026-01-14	4	3rd	4 8 17 30 35
2026-01-10	2	4th	6 8 16 17 34
2026-01-08	14	3rd	2 6 17 22 31
2025-12-25	7	3rd	13 14 17 22 31
2025-12-18	19	2nd	4 17 26 29 38
2025-11-29	20	1st	17 18 26 31 33
2025-11-09	5	3rd	9 12 17 18 28
2025-11-04	23	2nd	9 17 33 34 35
2025-10-12	10	4th	3 5 8 17 29
2025-10-02	2	3rd	9 11 17 25 29
2025-09-30	7	3rd	10 13 17 20 35
2025-09-23	5	3rd	4 9 17 25 38
2025-09-18	2	4th	2 14 16 17 35
2025-09-16	4	2nd	8 17 20 21 38
2025-09-12	18	3rd	5 14 17 18 22
2025-08-25	30	3rd	10 13 17 20 30
2025-07-26	10	2nd	15 17 18 27 38
2025-07-16	24	3rd	3 5 17 23 31
2025-06-22	3	4th	4 9 16 17 21
2025-06-19	1	3rd	13 16 17 36 38
2025-06-18	10	3rd	4 11 17 27 30
2025-06-08	11	2nd	14 17 21 28 33
2025-05-28	7	1st	17 29 30 33 34
2025-05-21	1	2nd	16 17 21 24 25
2025-05-20	6	2nd	16 17 20 30 37
2025-05-14	4	3rd	8 9 17 37 38
2025-05-10	4	3rd	9 13 17 25 34
2025-05-06	12	2nd	7 17 25 27 35
2025-04-24	1	2nd	1 17 21 30 35
2025-04-23	1	3rd	3 9 17 19 35
2025-04-22	11	3rd	11 12 17 20 23
2025-04-11	1	3rd	1 7 17 20 25
2025-04-10	3	3rd	5 9 17 25 29
2025-04-07	13	3rd	5 11 17 27 33
2025-03-25	9	4th	2 10 16 17 27
2025-03-16	14	3rd	5 14 17 28 30
2025-03-02	3	2nd	4 17 20 32 35
2025-02-27	9	3rd	2 10 17 30 31
2025-02-18	22	2nd	3 17 27 29 33
2025-01-27	3	3rd	9 14 17 21 36
2025-01-24	1	1st	17 19 23 28 29
2025-01-23	7	2nd	2 17 19 32 38
2025-01-16	4	3rd	3 14 17 23 25
2025-01-12	6	2nd	13 17 21 22 35
2025-01-06	9	2nd	15 17 18 32 34
2024-12-28	1	2nd	2 17 22 26 29
2024-12-27	5	2nd	16 17 18 29 38
2024-12-22	10	2nd	12 17 21 22 31
2024-12-12	11	2nd	4 17 35 36 37
2024-12-01	2	2nd	11 17 24 29 30
2024-11-29	5	3rd	6 12 17 18 26
2024-11-24	2	5th	2 7 8 12 17
2024-11-22	9	3rd	10 15 17 26 33
2024-11-13	1	3rd	4 15 17 24 30
2024-11-12	4	3rd	7 12 17 22 38
2024-11-08	1	3rd	8 13 17 20 31
2024-11-07	1	2nd	11 17 19 21 36
2024-11-06	12	2nd	7 17 21 27 28
2024-10-25	1	2nd	4 17 18 22 29
2024-10-24	11	3rd	7 13 17 20 33
2024-10-13	18	2nd	10 17 21 31 35
2024-09-25	2	2nd	14 17 21 29 32
2024-09-23	15	3rd	1 9 17 24 28
2024-09-08	9	4th	4 6 9 17 32
2024-08-30	2	3rd	5 16 17 21 27
2024-08-28	12	4th	4 7 10 17 38
2024-08-16	6	5th	1 11 14 16 17
2024-08-10	1	5th	5 6 12 16 17
2024-08-09	2	4th	1 9 11 17 24
2024-08-07	2	2nd	16 17 18 25 35
2024-08-05	16	1st	17 18 21 28 35
2024-07-20	6	3rd	4 6 17 19 38
2024-07-14	9	2nd	12 17 25 29 33
2024-07-05	3	4th	1 11 15 17 25
2024-07-02	9	3rd	3 16 17 27 37
2024-06-23	1	3rd	2 8 17 20 29
2024-06-22	26	3rd	9 11 17 22 25
2024-05-27	28	4th	5 11 14 17 33
2024-04-29	1	2nd	4 17 27 29 30
2024-04-28	11	3rd	4 6 17 21 36
2024-04-17	12	4th	1 13 14 17 30
2024-04-05	5	3rd	7 10 17 26 27
2024-03-31	2	2nd	1 17 21 22 33
2024-03-29	27	2nd	10 17 28 36 38
2024-03-02	17	3rd	3 11 17 27 33
2024-02-14	34	2nd	2 17 26 32 35
2024-01-11	12	3rd	2 8 17 27 35
2023-12-30	4	2nd	5 17 19 32 38
2023-12-26	10	2nd	15 17 26 33 36
2023-12-16	2	2nd	8 17 20 22 34
2023-12-14	5	2nd	11 17 20 24 31
2023-12-09	6	2nd	16 17 18 26 38
2023-12-03	41	2nd	8 17 23 25 34
2023-10-23	7	3rd	1 5 17 25 33
2023-10-16	22	3rd	5 14 17 35 36
2023-09-24	1	4th	3 10 12 17 23
2023-09-23	11	2nd	12 17 21 35 37
2023-09-12	2	2nd	16 17 30 34 36
2023-09-10	8	2nd	2 17 27 33 38
2023-09-02	7	2nd	11 17 19 23 30
2023-08-26	2	4th	1 10 12 17 38
2023-08-24	8	3rd	9 14 17 18 36
2023-08-16	14	3rd	4 8 17 26 37
2023-08-02	6	4th	3 6 10 17 22
2023-07-27	2	4th	10 12 16 17 28
2023-07-25	7	3rd	9 13 17 21 24
2023-07-18	14	3rd	3 4 17 35 37
2023-07-04	21	3rd	1 7 17 29 38
2023-06-13	30	4th	6 9 15 17 23
2023-05-14	3	1st	17 18 25 27 37
2023-05-11	1	1st	17 23 30 34 38
2023-05-10	1	2nd	10 17 29 30 37
2023-05-09	32	3rd	8 10 17 19 31
2023-04-07	14	5th	4 8 10 15 17
2023-03-24	8	2nd	10 17 27 28 31
2023-03-16	4	2nd	14 17 19 30 38
2023-03-12	10	3rd	6 10 17 30 36
2023-03-02	16	4th	4 10 13 17 28
2023-02-14	6	2nd	3 17 30 33 36
2023-02-08	10	3rd	7 11 17 37 38
2023-01-29	11	5th	2 9 12 15 17
2023-01-18	12	3rd	9 10 17 26 32
2023-01-06	17	1st	17 18 24 35 36
2022-12-20	1	2nd	1 17 26 31 37
2022-12-19	2	3rd	7 15 17 20 37
2022-12-17	1	4th	4 11 13 17 37
2022-12-16	8	4th	1 11 14 17 32
2022-12-08	8	3rd	2 4 17 28 35
2022-11-30	3	1st	17 24 28 29 34
2022-11-27	11	4th	1 13 15 17 27
2022-11-16	2	2nd	14 17 20 23 37
2022-11-14	—	3rd	4 11 17 26 34