Number 17

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

178times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.33σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

32longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 178 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 178 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest13 · chance 10.4
2nd smallest49 · chance 43.8
3rd smallest59 · chance 65.7
4th smallest42 · chance 43.8
5th smallest13 · chance 12.9
6th smallest2 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 21 28 39 5 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-03	3	6th	1 2 6 12 13 17
2026-09-23	4	3rd	14 15 17 27 36 40
2026-09-09	1	3rd	4 7 17 19 20 21
2026-09-05

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-16	3	3rd	7 14 17 18 37 38
2025-08-06	4	3rd	5 8 17 20 26 32
2025-07-23	8	4th	1 9 10 17 27 34
2025-06-25	3	2nd	9 17 28 29 34 40
2025-06-14	6	1st	17 23 30 31 34 39
2025-05-24	5	3rd	1 14 17 24 34 36
2025-05-07	6	2nd	9 17 19 28 34 38
2025-04-16	6	1st	17 19 23 25 26 27
2025-03-26	5	2nd	7 17 29 31 35 39
2025-03-08	3	3rd	2 3 17 24 30 33
2025-02-26	9	3rd	2 11 17 23 28 29
2025-01-25	2	2nd	13 17 20 21 23 40
2025-01-18	14	4th	3 7 9 17 26 29
2024-11-30	11	4th	1 8 15 17 22 31
2024-10-23	2	5th	1 5 10 15 17 26
2024-10-16	17	5th	9 11 14 15 17 35
2024-08-17	4	4th	5 8 12 17 20 23
2024-08-03	8	3rd	10 11 17 32 35 39
2024-07-06	20	3rd	4 13 17 23 24 40
2024-04-27	1	3rd	2 7 17 23 27 37
2024-04-24	5	2nd	1 17 19 21 34 40
2024-04-06	8	2nd	1 17 21 23 25 28
2024-03-09	5	3rd	3 4 17 18 22 23
2024-02-21	6	3rd	11 13 17 23 37 40
2024-01-31	1	3rd	9 11 17 21 28 40
2024-01-27	10	4th	11 12 14 17 24 40
2023-12-23	9	4th	1 8 12 17 21 36
2023-11-22	6	2nd	11 17 18 23 35 37
2023-11-01	6	3rd	5 6 17 23 28 36
2023-10-11	4	4th	1 10 16 17 18 23
2023-09-27	12	3rd	3 16 17 19 22 23
2023-08-16	1	4th	3 12 15 17 19 26
2023-08-12	4	3rd	3 5 17 33 35 39
2023-07-29	9	3rd	7 10 17 21 26 38
2023-06-28	11	4th	8 9 13 17 21 38
2023-05-20	5	3rd	11 12 17 22 23 27
2023-05-03	1	3rd	3 5 17 18 32 37
2023-04-29	2	2nd	12 17 21 22 28 35
2023-04-22	3	2nd	13 17 25 26 33 39
2023-04-12	4	2nd	4 17 19 20 23 36
2023-03-29	4	3rd	8 10 17 19 27 30
2023-03-15	10	2nd	15 17 20 25 29 36
2023-02-08	16	3rd	2 3 17 24 34 40
2022-12-14	4	4th	8 10 14 17 20 32
2022-11-30	7	4th	1 11 16 17 20 28
2022-11-05	6	1st	17 26 31 32 34 37
2022-10-15	2	3rd	1 5 17 18 21 25
2022-10-08	7	3rd	3 13 17 31 35 40
2022-09-14	3	2nd	4 17 25 28 30 32
2022-09-03	2	4th	4 5 10 17 21 23
2022-08-27	17	4th	7 8 10 17 32 39
2022-06-29	1	2nd	4 17 22 30 31 40
2022-06-25	4	5th	4 8 9 16 17 28
2022-06-11	4	5th	13 14 15 16 17 18
2022-05-28	1	4th	2 15 16 17 20 25
2022-05-25	3	3rd	10 11 17 28 29 32
2022-05-14	6	4th	6 8 16 17 24 35
2022-04-23	12	2nd	7 17 21 22 28 33
2022-03-12	7	2nd	6 17 20 27 32 38
2022-02-16	11	4th	9 11 16 17 34 35
2022-01-08	11	2nd	13 17 25 28 33 38
2021-12-01	1	3rd	3 11 17 21 23 38
2021-11-27	25	3rd	4 5 17 26 27 32
2021-09-01	2	4th	4 12 14 17 27 32
2021-08-25	4	3rd	4 13 17 22 38 39
2021-08-11	4	3rd	4 12 17 23 29 33
2021-07-28	6	2nd	16 17 18 21 38 39
2021-07-07	2	2nd	14 17 21 23 25 39
2021-06-30	6	4th	1 11 15 17 23 34
2021-06-09	11	4th	9 13 15 17 23 38
2021-05-01	1	2nd	11 17 19 21 30 39
2021-04-28	6	3rd	2 11 17 23 33 39
2021-04-07	9	2nd	3 17 21 29 34 36
2021-03-06	8	2nd	10 17 33 34 36 39
2021-02-06	18	3rd	4 5 17 32 36 40
2020-12-05	2	2nd	9 17 21 27 33 38
2020-11-28	3	3rd	2 9 17 30 31 38
2020-11-18	5	1st	17 23 24 26 35 39
2020-10-31	11	3rd	7 12 17 18 20 40
2020-09-23	4	4th	8 9 11 17 19 24
2020-09-09	16	3rd	2 4 17 20 26 40
2020-07-15	7	2nd	8 17 23 25 38 40
2020-06-20	1	2nd	4 17 30 32 36 39
2020-06-17	4	3rd	9 16 17 20 26 35
2020-06-03	6	2nd	4 17 18 28 29 38
2020-05-13	14	3rd	5 7 17 19 32 39
2020-03-25	9	4th	1 5 10 17 20 32
2020-02-22	7	2nd	13 17 19 28 32 37
2020-01-29	3	4th	5 13 15 17 26 34
2020-01-18	21	2nd	3 17 19 32 33 38
2019-11-06	6	3rd	6 13 17 28 30 36
2019-10-16	2	1st	17 18 22 24 32 36
2019-10-09	4	4th	1 4 5 17 21 39
2019-09-25	8	2nd	7 17 19 25 26 29
2019-08-28	7	3rd	1 9 17 19 33 35
2019-08-03	8	5th	8 12 13 16 17 38
2019-07-06	3	3rd	14 15 17 27 28 31
2019-06-26	2	4th	4 7 12 17 19 39
2019-06-19	11	1st	17 21 24 30 31 38
2019-05-11	7	4th	7 8 15 17 18 32
2019-04-17	14	2nd	3 17 20 22 28 35
2019-02-27	12	3rd	7 10 17 21 22 35
2019-01-16	4	3rd	8 12 17 20 21 40
2019-01-02	5	3rd	5 12 17 20 28 33
2018-12-15	14	3rd	2 14 17 22 23 24
2018-10-27	8	4th	6 10 11 17 21 35
2018-09-29	2	2nd	6 17 24 26 36 39
2018-09-22	3	3rd	6 8 17 27 29 36
2018-09-12	2	2nd	5 17 21 30 35 40
2018-09-05	1	5th	3 6 7 8 17 23
2018-09-01	2	3rd	6 15 17 27 30 38
2018-08-25	5	2nd	4 17 21 23 28 37
2018-08-08	14	2nd	14 17 20 26 28 30
2018-06-20	2	2nd	10 17 20 25 36 38
2018-06-13	9	5th	5 6 8 16 17 34
2018-05-12	24	2nd	9 17 24 27 30 34
2018-02-17	7	2nd	11 17 22 27 30 31
2018-01-24	1	2nd	15 17 30 32 39 40
2018-01-20	1	4th	5 7 14 17 28 39
2018-01-17	4	3rd	5 8 17 20 24 28
2018-01-03	4	4th	5 9 11 17 31 33
2017-12-20	2	1st	17 19 24 28 29 34
2017-12-13	2	2nd	1 17 25 26 28 30
2017-12-06	3	2nd	12 17 20 27 37 40
2017-11-25	3	4th	6 10 16 17 24 35
2017-11-15	10	4th	2 3 10 17 25 39
2017-10-11	4	4th	5 14 15 17 31 39
2017-09-27	11	3rd	2 6 17 26 38 40
2017-08-19	7	4th	1 5 13 17 23 35
2017-07-26	18	2nd	13 17 28 36 37 39
2017-05-24	4	3rd	10 11 17 19 21 30
2017-05-10	20	3rd	6 16 17 28 31 33
2017-03-01	11	4th	2 3 10 17 23 37
2017-01-21	32	2nd	1 17 27 28 32 34
2016-10-01	1	3rd	3 7 17 23 24 27
2016-09-28	5	3rd	10 13 17 27 32 38
2016-09-10	25	4th	2 7 16 17 18 21
2016-06-15	7	1st	17 26 27 29 34 35
2016-05-21	1	2nd	3 17 24 28 35 40
2016-05-18	2	4th	7 8 12 17 21 22
2016-05-11	18	4th	6 10 14 17 20 25
2016-03-09	9	5th	2 4 14 16 17 27
2016-02-06	4	1st	17 20 26 33 34 36
2016-01-23	3	2nd	7 17 28 35 37 38
2016-01-13	1	3rd	12 13 17 26 29 35
2016-01-09	4	3rd	8 15 17 21 38 40
2015-12-26	9	4th	4 5 11 17 18 38
2015-11-25	7	4th	6 14 15 17 18 19
2015-10-31	1	3rd	2 8 17 23 34 40
2015-10-28	7	5th	5 8 10 11 17 27
2015-10-03	4	3rd	4 12 17 18 23 36
2015-09-19	1	5th	1 5 12 15 17 34
2015-09-16	4	3rd	3 14 17 32 36 38
2015-09-02	—	4th	1 7 8 17 21 33