Number 17

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,020 draws, 6 from 1–54.

232times drawn · chance expected 224 +0.53σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

41longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 232 times in 2,020 draws against 224.4 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 232 times in 2,020 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 2 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 smallest33 · chance 35.2
2nd smallest82 · chance 85.4
3rd smallest77 · chance 75.4
4th smallest34 · chance 30.2
5th smallest5 · chance 5.4
6th smallest1 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 44 35 12 15 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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
2026-10-07	4	3rd	1 2 17 21 31 52
2026-09-28	6	2nd	8 17 25 26 27 45
2026-09-14	4	2nd	3 17 25 31 41 43
2026-09-05	18	2nd

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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-28	7	4th	1 8 14 17 44 47
2025-06-11	1	1st	17 26 47 52 53 54
2025-06-09	4	2nd	10 17 22 35 42 52
2025-05-31	3	2nd	13 17 21 31 44 49
2025-05-24	3	4th	6 10 16 17 20 29
2025-05-17	8	2nd	8 17 18 21 23 49
2025-04-28	4	1st	17 19 22 30 36 54
2025-04-19	1	1st	17 18 26 41 45 54
2025-04-16	11	2nd	15 17 24 37 39 42
2025-03-22	3	4th	6 8 15 17 33 34
2025-03-15	3	5th	1 10 12 15 17 28
2025-03-08	4	3rd	2 13 17 22 35 49
2025-02-26	6	3rd	6 16 17 36 39 53
2025-02-12	7	2nd	5 17 18 36 40 49
2025-01-27	8	2nd	9 17 25 40 46 48
2025-01-08	2	2nd	12 17 26 37 38 44
2025-01-04	3	2nd	15 17 35 40 46 53
2024-12-28	25	2nd	4 17 33 46 48 52
2024-10-30	27	3rd	7 10 17 19 44 45
2024-08-28	13	3rd	12 13 17 36 47 49
2024-07-29	10	2nd	3 17 34 37 39 47
2024-07-06	2	2nd	14 17 22 35 48 54
2024-07-01	12	4th	1 5 14 17 18 54
2024-06-03	3	1st	17 20 32 38 39 45
2024-05-27	10	2nd	11 17 29 32 43 50
2024-05-04	13	3rd	3 15 17 25 26 42
2024-04-03	3	1st	17 19 33 35 42 53
2024-03-27	8	2nd	1 17 35 42 45 46
2024-03-09	32	1st	17 23 26 32 38 45
2023-12-25	12	1st	17 18 29 30 43 47
2023-11-27	5	3rd	1 14 17 22 35 52
2023-11-15	4	2nd	4 17 19 26 30 31
2023-11-06	15	2nd	1 17 25 31 49 53
2023-10-02	3	3rd	6 16 17 18 37 45
2023-09-25	13	2nd	3 17 20 43 49 54
2023-08-26	4	1st	17 19 20 40 41 45
2023-08-16	11	3rd	10 14 17 31 38 48
2023-07-22	4	3rd	7 13 17 18 23 44
2023-07-12	3	4th	3 4 10 17 32 42
2023-07-05	1	3rd	2 12 17 18 29 45
2023-07-03	10	2nd	16 17 23 31 34 54
2023-06-10	5	4th	3 12 15 17 36 37
2023-05-29	8	5th	5 7 8 12 17 48
2023-05-10	1	1st	17 19 30 32 35 54
2023-05-08	1	1st	17 20 24 25 35 42
2023-05-06	1	2nd	13 17 22 41 51 53
2023-05-03	2	2nd	9 17 34 43 49 53
2023-04-29	11	2nd	7 17 25 41 45 53
2023-04-03	1	3rd	9 11 17 20 29 43
2023-04-01	12	2nd	16 17 20 28 36 47
2023-03-04	4	2nd	10 17 33 34 41 49
2023-02-22	7	3rd	7 11 17 34 42 47
2023-02-06	5	4th	11 13 15 17 22 27
2023-01-25	37	3rd	9 14 17 19 24 36
2022-10-31	3	4th	3 4 7 17 50 52
2022-10-24	4	2nd	4 17 28 31 37 39
2022-10-15	9	2nd	1 17 28 34 36 41
2022-09-24	14	2nd	3 17 18 19 40 49
2022-08-22	2	2nd	3 17 25 37 39 50
2022-08-17	20	3rd	10 15 17 36 50 51
2022-07-02	11	2nd	6 17 19 36 49 51
2022-06-06	7	3rd	6 12 17 24 29 42
2022-05-21	29	2nd	16 17 22 25 38 46
2022-03-14	1	2nd	5 17 19 24 26 33
2022-03-12	12	3rd	4 12 17 20 44 46
2022-02-12	19	2nd	10 17 23 34 45 46
2021-12-29	3	2nd	1 17 22 36 39 52
2021-12-22	8	3rd	5 12 17 23 44 54
2021-12-04	12	2nd	15 17 20 27 52 53
2021-11-06	12	3rd	9 12 17 18 36 44
2021-10-09	7	3rd	3 9 17 18 35 45
2021-09-22	1	3rd	1 11 17 22 28 41
2021-09-20	34	2nd	11 17 23 31 34 44
2021-06-09	4	3rd	1 11 17 32 44 52
2021-05-26	8	5th	1 2 5 11 17 39
2021-04-28	17	3rd	4 16 17 26 30 37
2021-02-27	15	2nd	5 17 23 35 41 54
2021-01-06	11	3rd	6 14 17 32 44 45
2020-11-28	6	3rd	9 13 17 20 26 28
2020-11-07	5	2nd	15 17 23 26 43 52
2020-10-21	2	4th	6 14 16 17 24 46
2020-10-14	11	3rd	10 12 17 29 31 35
2020-09-05	19	4th	4 9 16 17 20 35
2020-07-01	3	2nd	6 17 20 32 35 53
2020-06-20	4	2nd	4 17 32 37 46 54
2020-06-06	6	4th	8 9 14 17 26 31
2020-05-16	7	2nd	2 17 31 33 34 37
2020-04-22	7	2nd	9 17 19 30 44 50
2020-03-28	3	5th	9 10 13 15 17 44
2020-03-18	14	2nd	8 17 20 29 30 39
2020-01-29	3	1st	17 27 31 47 49 52
2020-01-18	4	1st	17 20 27 33 35 45
2020-01-04	3	1st	17 20 21 25 27 44
2019-12-25	41	4th	8 15 16 17 25 49
2019-08-03	12	2nd	6 17 18 20 26 34
2019-06-22	3	3rd	4 5 17 29 35 46
2019-06-12	1	2nd	3 17 18 25 27 28
2019-06-08	4	3rd	2 14 17 35 36 45
2019-05-25	7	2nd	8 17 21 30 31 35
2019-05-01	4	3rd	5 7 17 25 42 50
2019-04-17	4	4th	7 8 15 17 29 30
2019-04-03	14	2nd	3 17 21 23 36 51
2019-02-13	6	3rd	9 14 17 30 37 42
2019-01-23	4	3rd	1 7 17 23 34 38
2019-01-09	13	4th	5 8 16 17 37 52
2018-11-24	1	1st	17 22 25 33 45 52
2018-11-21	38	1st	17 24 39 43 45 53
2018-07-11	4	1st	17 20 26 28 31 46
2018-06-27	3	3rd	8 12 17 20 26 47
2018-06-16	2	1st	17 41 42 45 49 50
2018-06-09	9	3rd	10 14 17 18 21 24
2018-05-09	5	2nd	9 17 30 34 39 51
2018-04-21	17	1st	17 20 24 28 49 53
2018-02-21	6	3rd	9 15 17 35 39 44
2018-01-31	1	3rd	1 12 17 31 34 40
2018-01-27	5	4th	6 9 12 17 20 23
2018-01-10	11	4th	4 5 15 17 28 54
2017-12-02	14	3rd	12 15 17 31 38 47
2017-10-14	3	2nd	15 17 23 24 44 53
2017-10-04	3	2nd	13 17 20 29 30 44
2017-09-23	7	4th	8 10 14 17 28 29
2017-08-30	3	3rd	11 16 17 44 52 54
2017-08-19	7	1st	17 20 27 38 43 53
2017-07-26	1	3rd	12 16 17 33 38 43
2017-07-22	7	1st	17 22 24 41 44 49
2017-06-28	7	1st	17 24 27 41 45 48
2017-06-03	3	3rd	1 9 17 23 53 54
2017-05-24	2	3rd	11 13 17 48 51 54
2017-05-17	1	2nd	16 17 29 31 37 51
2017-05-13	20	2nd	12 17 24 25 27 28
2017-03-04	12	4th	2 4 5 17 48 50
2017-01-21	1	3rd	2 13 17 39 41 46
2017-01-18	31	3rd	6 11 17 37 40 49
2016-10-01	12	3rd	10 16 17 20 22 53
2016-08-20	3	4th	9 10 12 17 41 51
2016-08-10	2	3rd	1 2 17 38 51 54
2016-08-03	1	1st	17 18 24 26 28 35
2016-07-30	4	6th	1 8 13 14 15 17
2016-07-16	3	4th	6 13 16 17 44 54
2016-07-06	3	3rd	2 3 17 35 41 44
2016-06-25	18	3rd	8 15 17 40 42 46
2016-04-23	7	2nd	3 17 24 48 49 53
2016-03-30	29	4th	5 14 16 17 39 46
2015-12-19	6	4th	4 11 16 17 27 34
2015-11-28	10	2nd	9 17 24 34 43 49
2015-10-24	16	3rd	9 11 17 25 37 44
2015-08-29	8	2nd	12 17 18 26 40 54
2015-08-01	3	2nd	8 17 18 21 25 51
2015-07-22	10	3rd	6 9 17 45 46 54
2015-06-17	1	3rd	3 16 17 18 29 52
2015-06-13	5	4th	4 9 13 17 18 38
2015-05-27	28	2nd	2 17 19 21 30 34
2015-02-18	18	2nd	9 17 21 38 39 41
2014-12-17	7	4th	8 10 16 17 33 34
2014-11-22	22	2nd	14 17 22 41 52 53
2014-09-06	7	1st	17 18 28 32 38 52
2014-08-13	7	4th	4 5 13 17 24 44
2014-07-19	3	2nd	8 17 29 35 43 45
2014-07-09	7	4th	10 12 14 17 25 47
2014-06-14	6	2nd	2 17 18 27 37 42
2014-05-24	11	3rd	2 15 17 20 22 45
2014-04-16	19	4th	3 7 15 17 29 41
2014-02-08	11	3rd	7 16 17 26 42 51
2014-01-01	14	2nd	15 17 43 45 47 50
2013-11-13	28	1st	17 25 29 44 49 50
2013-08-07	13	2nd	12 17 25 34 36 37
2013-06-22	8	2nd	16 17 24 30 44 54
2013-05-25	2	1st	17 20 29 38 41 51
2013-05-18	33	4th	10 11 13 17 24 33
2013-01-23	2	3rd	9 13 17 19 25 49
2013-01-16	9	3rd	13 14 17 20 42 53
2012-12-15	23	3rd	9 14 17 38 45 54
2012-09-26	3	1st	17 28 29 33 40 48
2012-09-15	1	3rd	2 12 17 18 49 54
2012-09-12	12	3rd	8 14 17 21 26 50
2012-08-01	2	2nd	3 17 18 22 46 54
2012-07-25	11	3rd	2 8 17 42 48 52
2012-06-16	3	4th	1 5 10 17 33 35
2012-06-06	17	2nd	8 17 29 31 39 54
2012-04-07	1	3rd	4 16 17 36 41 46
2012-04-04	25	3rd	1 10 17 20 30 41
2012-01-07	2	1st	17 22 38 40 47 50
2011-12-31	14	2nd	4 17 22 25 38 45
2011-11-12	10	3rd	7 16 17 27 29 30
2011-10-08	4	2nd	13 17 19 26 37 44
2011-09-24	1	3rd	3 11 17 19 45 53
2011-09-21	11	3rd	1 12 17 20 27 34
2011-08-13	3	3rd	4 15 17 38 48 54
2011-08-03	2	3rd	2 10 17 37 40 50
2011-07-27	7	3rd	6 14 17 28 41 50
2011-07-02	5	1st	17 18 30 39 48 53
2011-06-15	5	4th	3 13 14 17 31 33
2011-05-28	21	4th	4 6 12 17 21 54
2011-03-16	17	3rd	4 16 17 23 46 51
2011-01-15	2	3rd	6 9 17 30 39 41
2011-01-08	1	2nd	15 17 26 34 35 50
2011-01-05	5	1st	17 26 33 35 43 54
2010-12-18	3	2nd	16 17 23 31 38 46
2010-12-08	8	4th	3 12 16 17 28 40
2010-11-10	8	2nd	4 17 28 33 38 40
2010-10-13	15	3rd	4 12 17 28 35 44
2010-08-21	27	4th	2 3 16 17 27 28
2010-05-19	1	2nd	7 17 21 42 44 45
2010-05-15	15	2nd	8 17 22 26 28 42
2010-03-24	3	3rd	6 16 17 23 25 44
2010-03-13	3	3rd	8 10 17 27 43 47
2010-03-03	14	3rd	8 15 17 21 36 39
2010-01-13	—	2nd	7 17 24 30 31 47