Number 17

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

362times drawn · chance expected 358 +0.21σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 362 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 362 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 7 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 smallest23 · chance 23.9
2nd smallest97 · chance 101.9
3rd smallest150 · chance 143.3
4th smallest82 · chance 78.7
5th smallest10 · chance 14.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 5 14 22 26 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-09-23	2	2nd	3 17 20 21 28
2026-09-18	19	4th	7 9 13 17 23
2026-08-05	5	3rd	6 14 17 19 25
2026-07-24	1	2nd	11 17

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-11	14	4th	4 8 16 17 32
2025-06-09	21	4th	3 5 7 17 26
2025-04-21	3	4th	5 8 11 17 27
2025-04-14	5	3rd	12 13 17 27 32
2025-04-02	1	4th	9 10 11 17 26
2025-03-31	3	4th	6 7 11 17 34
2025-03-24	1	2nd	11 17 20 26 31
2025-03-21	10	3rd	3 14 17 25 33
2025-02-26	8	3rd	7 13 17 25 29
2025-02-07	1	3rd	10 15 17 31 35
2025-02-05	6	2nd	13 17 25 29 33
2025-01-22	2	4th	10 11 14 17 20
2025-01-17	8	3rd	1 13 17 25 30
2024-12-30	10	4th	1 3 11 17 28
2024-12-06	4	3rd	5 6 17 29 35
2024-11-27	5	1st	17 18 22 26 35
2024-11-15	2	2nd	2 17 23 34 35
2024-11-11	3	2nd	5 17 30 32 33
2024-11-04	11	1st	17 23 30 34 35
2024-10-09	3	2nd	9 17 30 31 34
2024-10-02	5	4th	1 4 7 17 32
2024-09-20	4	3rd	4 8 17 20 26
2024-09-11	7	2nd	7 17 19 21 30
2024-08-26	4	3rd	11 14 17 19 23
2024-08-16	3	2nd	16 17 20 21 35
2024-08-09	5	3rd	5 16 17 19 30
2024-07-29	9	2nd	13 17 24 28 33
2024-07-08	6	3rd	1 2 17 27 34
2024-06-24	4	3rd	5 13 17 30 33
2024-06-14	4	2nd	6 17 26 30 32
2024-06-05	6	4th	7 14 15 17 20
2024-05-22	11	2nd	5 17 22 26 30
2024-04-26	11	5th	8 11 12 15 17
2024-04-01	1	1st	17 22 29 31 33
2024-03-29	6	3rd	12 15 17 21 29
2024-03-15	3	2nd	11 17 26 27 35
2024-03-08	2	2nd	14 17 18 23 33
2024-03-04	8	3rd	9 14 17 18 30
2024-02-14	3	4th	4 5 10 17 33
2024-02-07	4	3rd	3 13 17 27 33
2024-01-29	1	1st	17 21 25 27 33
2024-01-26	6	4th	4 11 15 17 20
2024-01-12	10	3rd	4 5 17 19 24
2023-12-20	2	3rd	4 8 17 23 31
2023-12-15	2	3rd	9 15 17 21 26
2023-12-11	6	3rd	7 10 17 20 22
2023-11-27	4	2nd	9 17 19 31 35
2023-11-17	6	3rd	2 15 17 21 32
2023-11-03	3	3rd	10 16 17 32 35
2023-10-27	2	4th	8 9 10 17 26
2023-10-23	2	3rd	1 5 17 18 32
2023-10-18	6	3rd	4 5 17 23 28
2023-10-04	3	5th	2 9 13 15 17
2023-09-27	8	4th	4 9 16 17 18
2023-09-08	1	3rd	2 9 17 21 29
2023-09-06	28	3rd	13 15 17 27 30
2023-07-03	8	3rd	11 13 17 25 29
2023-06-14	3	3rd	3 13 17 22 35
2023-06-07	5	2nd	7 17 19 21 34
2023-05-26	26	4th	1 11 15 17 23
2023-03-27	1	1st	17 21 24 27 31
2023-03-24	7	2nd	14 17 24 28 34
2023-03-08	8	3rd	13 16 17 32 34
2023-02-17	15	4th	1 2 3 17 19
2023-01-13	2	3rd	2 8 17 25 29
2023-01-09	1	4th	2 11 15 17 32
2023-01-06	9	3rd	13 14 17 21 22
2022-12-16	6	3rd	2 10 17 22 31
2022-12-02	1	4th	1 10 15 17 28
2022-11-30	4	1st	17 21 25 26 35
2022-11-21	11	2nd	2 17 18 31 35
2022-10-26	6	3rd	1 13 17 19 21
2022-10-12	2	2nd	2 17 26 33 35
2022-10-07	1	3rd	1 12 17 22 27
2022-10-05	4	3rd	4 11 17 33 34
2022-09-26	1	4th	6 7 13 17 25
2022-09-23	2	3rd	13 14 17 18 21
2022-09-19	4	3rd	5 13 17 23 31
2022-09-09	1	2nd	8 17 19 28 32
2022-09-07	27	3rd	1 7 17 18 20
2022-07-06	9	2nd	14 17 18 19 34
2022-06-15	12	4th	4 5 6 17 23
2022-05-18	16	2nd	9 17 21 29 33
2022-04-11	3	3rd	1 14 17 23 25
2022-04-04	13	3rd	9 11 17 21 23
2022-03-04	4	1st	17 19 22 27 34
2022-02-23	3	1st	17 24 30 33 34
2022-02-16	12	4th	4 6 8 17 33
2022-01-19	1	2nd	10 17 21 31 34
2022-01-17	1	3rd	4 12 17 19 23
2022-01-14	1	3rd	6 12 17 25 35
2022-01-12	13	2nd	14 17 19 20 34
2021-12-13	6	2nd	3 17 22 24 30
2021-11-29	5	2nd	10 17 18 30 35
2021-11-17	2	3rd	13 15 17 32 33
2021-11-12	2	3rd	4 14 17 24 30
2021-11-08	1	3rd	6 13 17 20 26
2021-11-05	2	3rd	13 15 17 23 24
2021-11-01	2	2nd	11 17 21 30 32
2021-10-27	29	5th	1 8 13 14 17
2021-08-20	11	4th	1 4 8 17 23
2021-07-26	3	4th	6 10 13 17 23
2021-07-19	1	2nd	12 17 20 29 35
2021-07-16	9	4th	2 5 9 17 30
2021-06-25	3	3rd	6 8 17 22 30
2021-06-18	5	4th	5 11 16 17 35
2021-06-07	5	3rd	3 6 17 23 33
2021-05-26	1	2nd	14 17 18 22 32
2021-05-24	2	3rd	14 15 17 19 28
2021-05-19	1	3rd	1 11 17 24 27
2021-05-17	2	3rd	2 16 17 20 25
2021-05-12	1	3rd	4 13 17 20 33
2021-05-10	21	2nd	10 17 22 23 29
2021-03-22	9	1st	17 18 19 20 33
2021-03-01	11	3rd	14 16 17 26 32
2021-02-03	3	4th	1 6 8 17 32
2021-01-27	16	3rd	12 16 17 19 28
2020-12-21	7	1st	17 18 31 32 33
2020-12-04	1	3rd	10 12 17 21 35
2020-12-02	5	3rd	6 16 17 29 30
2020-11-20	1	3rd	3 14 17 21 22
2020-11-18	1	2nd	15 17 19 21 31
2020-11-16	16	4th	3 6 10 17 30
2020-10-09	8	3rd	1 8 17 18 21
2020-09-21	4	4th	6 12 14 17 18
2020-09-11	2	4th	11 14 16 17 28
2020-09-07	13	4th	1 5 10 17 23
2020-08-07	11	3rd	3 11 17 27 35
2020-07-13	1	4th	1 10 11 17 22
2020-07-10	13	2nd	1 17 23 28 31
2020-06-10	6	3rd	2 8 17 28 32
2020-05-27	14	3rd	11 15 17 31 35
2020-04-24	28	2nd	10 17 18 19 20
2020-02-19	2	4th	4 6 9 17 21
2020-02-14	1	3rd	9 14 17 19 26
2020-02-12	1	3rd	7 9 17 23 29
2020-02-10	1	3rd	1 9 17 26 28
2020-02-07	2	2nd	3 17 31 32 34
2020-02-03	1	2nd	5 17 18 21 32
2020-01-31	2	2nd	4 17 21 32 34
2020-01-27	26	2nd	9 17 18 25 29
2019-11-27	1	3rd	5 14 17 19 23
2019-11-25	15	2nd	5 17 18 27 28
2019-10-21	10	2nd	5 17 22 25 27
2019-09-27	10	3rd	8 9 17 32 34
2019-09-04	9	2nd	2 17 20 24 32
2019-08-14	5	3rd	4 12 17 23 28
2019-08-02	2	2nd	3 17 22 30 35
2019-07-29	16	3rd	9 13 17 20 25
2019-06-21	2	3rd	8 16 17 21 30
2019-06-17	2	4th	6 15 16 17 22
2019-06-12	5	3rd	1 10 17 20 27
2019-05-31	4	4th	2 4 14 17 31
2019-05-22	1	3rd	13 14 17 23 32
2019-05-20	2	2nd	11 17 23 29 34
2019-05-15	2	3rd	5 11 17 22 23
2019-05-10	9	2nd	8 17 19 20 21
2019-04-19	7	3rd	4 10 17 25 28
2019-04-03	5	3rd	5 6 17 19 20
2019-03-22	4	3rd	6 8 17 22 33
2019-03-13	4	3rd	6 9 17 19 20
2019-03-04	2	3rd	3 13 17 23 32
2019-02-27	1	4th	2 7 10 17 24
2019-02-25	4	3rd	7 11 17 24 34
2019-02-15	6	4th	4 5 12 17 23
2019-02-01	3	2nd	13 17 18 28 33
2019-01-25	13	4th	5 13 15 17 23
2018-12-26	5	3rd	7 8 17 33 35
2018-12-14	1	3rd	3 5 17 22 30
2018-12-12	12	2nd	6 17 20 27 34
2018-11-14	11	4th	3 12 15 17 21
2018-10-19	11	3rd	12 16 17 22 34
2018-09-24	2	4th	3 6 12 17 20
2018-09-19	16	2nd	7 17 18 31 34
2018-08-13	3	3rd	3 16 17 23 32
2018-08-06	7	3rd	1 10 17 19 29
2018-07-20	12	3rd	3 11 17 27 28
2018-06-22	2	2nd	11 17 18 22 31
2018-06-18	3	1st	17 21 24 25 26
2018-06-11	10	4th	11 14 15 17 25
2018-05-18	1	3rd	7 16 17 25 33
2018-05-16	40	2nd	9 17 21 25 35
2018-02-12	4	3rd	12 16 17 23 26
2018-02-02	5	3rd	5 9 17 22 24
2018-01-22	22	3rd	8 15 17 24 25
2017-12-01	13	2nd	16 17 29 32 33
2017-11-01	6	2nd	10 17 22 27 29
2017-10-18	3	3rd	3 9 17 21 34
2017-10-11	2	2nd	7 17 19 29 34
2017-10-06	3	4th	1 3 7 17 26
2017-09-29	1	1st	17 19 25 32 34
2017-09-27	10	3rd	9 13 17 22 23
2017-09-04	7	3rd	2 5 17 19 25
2017-08-18	7	4th	4 6 16 17 32
2017-08-02	6	4th	5 7 9 17 26
2017-07-19	1	3rd	4 12 17 24 25
2017-07-17	23	3rd	1 9 17 24 30
2017-05-24	8	4th	6 10 11 17 25
2017-05-05	12	3rd	2 10 17 28 34
2017-04-07	4	3rd	2 10 17 21 25
2017-03-29	14	3rd	1 15 17 25 32
2017-02-24	20	4th	6 15 16 17 21
2017-01-09	1	4th	6 12 14 17 31
2017-01-06	12	3rd	1 13 17 22 26
2016-12-09	5	1st	17 18 23 29 30
2016-11-28	3	4th	7 10 12 17 26
2016-11-21	5	3rd	2 12 17 21 33
2016-11-09	15	2nd	14 17 25 32 33
2016-10-05	5	3rd	4 5 17 24 26
2016-09-23	2	3rd	4 14 17 21 35
2016-09-19	2	3rd	11 16 17 30 35
2016-09-14	3	4th	9 10 13 17 27
2016-09-07	6	2nd	16 17 22 23 31
2016-08-24	1	3rd	3 14 17 18 27
2016-08-22	22	3rd	12 14 17 20 29
2016-07-01	4	2nd	5 17 26 31 35
2016-06-22	1	3rd	2 13 17 22 30
2016-06-20	14	2nd	4 17 18 27 29
2016-05-18	29	3rd	2 4 17 18 31
2016-03-11	16	2nd	11 17 19 24 35
2016-02-03	1	5th	3 11 12 15 17
2016-02-01	5	2nd	3 17 22 33 35
2016-01-20	10	2nd	4 17 18 21 26
2015-12-28	15	1st	17 18 25 27 28
2015-11-23	2	4th	7 10 12 17 20
2015-11-18	34	2nd	2 17 24 28 34
2015-08-31	16	4th	2 9 14 17 26
2015-07-24	2	3rd	3 7 17 20 27
2015-07-20	1	3rd	6 9 17 19 34
2015-07-17	7	2nd	1 17 22 25 28
2015-07-01	14	3rd	3 8 17 18 19
2015-05-29	3	2nd	10 17 27 31 33
2015-05-22	4	4th	10 14 16 17 27
2015-05-13	10	3rd	1 5 17 27 32
2015-04-20	9	2nd	15 17 18 30 32
2015-03-30	6	3rd	8 13 17 24 31
2015-03-16	25	4th	1 3 6 17 18
2015-01-16	1	1st	17 22 23 26 27
2015-01-14	1	3rd	10 15 17 24 29
2015-01-12	1	2nd	2 17 21 26 35
2015-01-09	1	2nd	6 17 19 26 34
2015-01-07	13	4th	3 12 16 17 26
2014-12-08	12	2nd	10 17 26 28 29
2014-11-10	1	2nd	2 17 24 31 32
2014-11-07	9	3rd	8 15 17 28 30
2014-10-17	5	2nd	11 17 18 20 21
2014-10-06	8	4th	7 8 12 17 21
2014-09-17	16	3rd	3 12 17 18 22
2014-08-11	2	3rd	12 14 17 23 32
2014-08-06	1	4th	8 12 16 17 27
2014-08-04	13	4th	2 7 9 17 26
2014-07-04	8	2nd	16 17 19 33 34
2014-06-16	31	4th	5 6 9 17 19
2014-04-04	6	3rd	1 14 17 23 28
2014-03-21	1	1st	17 19 21 22 32
2014-03-19	5	1st	17 19 26 32 33
2014-03-07	7	2nd	6 17 22 30 34
2014-02-19	7	2nd	1 17 28 32 35
2014-02-03	5	3rd	3 8 17 19 27
2014-01-22	2	3rd	2 9 17 30 32
2014-01-17	24	4th	10 14 16 17 24
2013-11-22	4	4th	3 8 15 17 23
2013-11-13	3	2nd	11 17 21 22 35
2013-11-06	1	4th	1 4 10 17 28
2013-11-04	2	5th	1 12 14 15 17
2013-10-30	8	2nd	9 17 24 34 35
2013-10-11	6	2nd	12 17 21 29 30
2013-09-27	5	1st	17 27 30 31 34
2013-09-16	1	4th	5 8 10 17 20
2013-09-13	7	1st	17 18 23 25 29
2013-08-28	5	2nd	15 17 26 28 33
2013-08-16	2	2nd	5 17 26 27 34
2013-08-12	8	2nd	12 17 22 27 34
2013-07-24	1	5th	1 3 6 10 17
2013-07-22	11	3rd	3 16 17 19 26
2013-06-26	8	2nd	9 17 25 29 30
2013-06-07	17	4th	4 12 14 17 23
2013-04-29	3	1st	17 20 21 27 28
2013-04-22	18	2nd	12 17 20 22 25
2013-03-11	12	5th	1 8 11 13 17
2013-02-11	2	2nd	2 17 21 26 27
2013-02-06	6	4th	7 10 12 17 22
2013-01-23	3	2nd	2 17 19 28 29
2013-01-16	11	2nd	5 17 23 28 35
2012-12-21	17	3rd	13 15 17 20 31
2012-11-12	3	2nd	3 17 23 24 25
2012-11-05	1	3rd	5 11 17 20 28
2012-11-02	9	4th	1 2 6 17 25
2012-10-12	2	3rd	9 10 17 27 29
2012-10-08	4	2nd	5 17 24 29 30
2012-09-28	6	4th	13 15 16 17 23
2012-09-14	1	1st	17 20 24 28 30
2012-09-12	9	4th	4 6 13 17 20
2012-08-22	1	2nd	11 17 21 32 35
2012-08-20	6	3rd	9 15 17 22 24
2012-08-06	1	4th	5 10 12 17 33
2012-08-03	19	4th	3 9 14 17 35
2012-06-20	2	2nd	13 17 20 21 35
2012-06-15	5	2nd	12 17 20 22 31
2012-06-04	3	3rd	14 15 17 21 27
2012-05-28	6	4th	8 11 12 17 28
2012-05-14	2	2nd	7 17 19 26 27
2012-05-09	8	4th	1 5 7 17 31
2012-04-20	12	5th	3 14 15 16 17
2012-03-23	4	5th	1 8 15 16 17
2012-03-14	2	5th	1 11 13 15 17
2012-03-09	23	2nd	1 17 18 30 34
2012-01-16	1	4th	7 11 15 17 25
2012-01-13	2	2nd	12 17 26 30 31
2012-01-09	2	3rd	4 14 17 21 33
2012-01-04	1	2nd	1 17 24 26 30
2012-01-02	14	3rd	2 9 17 24 26
2011-11-30	1	3rd	3 14 17 25 31
2011-11-28	15	2nd	16 17 18 26 29
2011-10-24	12	4th	4 10 11 17 22
2011-09-26	1	3rd	4 13 17 26 34
2011-09-23	3	1st	17 18 28 32 35
2011-09-16	17	4th	4 9 10 17 28
2011-08-08	5	4th	9 14 16 17 20
2011-07-27	4	2nd	1 17 23 25 34
2011-07-18	9	3rd	8 13 17 18 22
2011-06-27	8	2nd	4 17 24 27 34
2011-06-08	19	3rd	9 11 17 21 29
2011-04-25	8	3rd	6 15 17 18 30
2011-04-06	9	3rd	8 16 17 18 27
2011-03-16	7	3rd	5 10 17 31 34
2011-02-28	11	3rd	7 10 17 22 34
2011-02-02	1	3rd	2 9 17 34 35
2011-01-31	1	3rd	7 14 17 22 27
2011-01-28	4	3rd	3 14 17 27 34
2011-01-19	15	3rd	4 16 17 24 32
2010-12-15	3	3rd	13 14 17 23 31
2010-12-08	1	3rd	1 7 17 22 27
2010-12-06	3	3rd	8 11 17 20 31
2010-11-29	2	3rd	3 4 17 21 30
2010-11-24	4	1st	17 18 22 25 34
2010-11-15	7	4th	5 11 12 17 35
2010-10-29	—	3rd	7 14 17 25 29