Number 17

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

108times drawn · chance expected 121 −1.26σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

61longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, −1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 28 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 smallest24 · chance 16.3
2nd smallest41 · chance 41.7
3rd smallest29 · chance 36.1
4th smallest12 · chance 12.5
5th smallest2 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 27 35 36 9 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-14	1	2nd	5 17 36 38 45
2026-09-13	21	2nd	13 17 24 28 41
2026-08-23	7	3rd	3 13 17 27 37
2026-08-16	4	1st	17 27 36 37

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-20	8	1st	17 25 28 34 35
2026-01-12	23	1st	17 19 32 34 41
2025-12-20	3	2nd	15 17 33 36 44
2025-12-17	1	4th	9 11 15 17 39
2025-12-16	1	3rd	1 16 17 18 39
2025-12-15	10	2nd	6 17 21 27 30
2025-12-05	4	4th	5 9 16 17 28
2025-12-01	8	3rd	2 9 17 30 39
2025-11-23	2	2nd	15 17 25 42 43
2025-11-21	22	3rd	2 11 17 20 41
2025-10-30	7	1st	17 18 38 41 45
2025-10-23	37	5th	6 10 11 12 17
2025-09-16	6	1st	17 29 35 36 38
2025-09-10	5	1st	17 21 36 38 42
2025-09-05	3	2nd	9 17 19 21 34
2025-09-02	5	2nd	1 17 37 41 45
2025-08-28	2	3rd	10 12 17 21 39
2025-08-26	2	2nd	2 17 32 35 45
2025-08-24	8	2nd	14 17 22 29 42
2025-08-16	12	3rd	10 16 17 39 44
2025-08-04	3	3rd	9 11 17 19 32
2025-08-01	12	3rd	8 15 17 34 39
2025-07-20	5	2nd	9 17 37 38 41
2025-07-15	1	3rd	4 15 17 27 36
2025-07-14	4	4th	2 4 7 17 26
2025-07-10	1	3rd	4 15 17 30 42
2025-07-09	3	3rd	14 15 17 32 37
2025-07-06	8	2nd	7 17 29 36 41
2025-06-28	4	1st	17 35 39 40 43
2025-06-24	7	2nd	2 17 21 32 36
2025-06-17	37	2nd	10 17 19 33 45
2025-05-11	33	2nd	12 17 27 28 35
2025-04-08	2	3rd	12 16 17 24 32
2025-04-06	2	2nd	3 17 23 29 44
2025-04-04	9	1st	17 21 22 35 44
2025-03-26	2	3rd	7 12 17 18 43
2025-03-24	6	3rd	7 13 17 39 45
2025-03-18	5	3rd	3 9 17 19 31
2025-03-13	9	2nd	8 17 27 29 37
2025-03-04	1	1st	17 25 26 36 44
2025-03-03	3	1st	17 21 23 29 44
2025-02-28	11	2nd	9 17 32 40 45
2025-02-17	1	1st	17 22 24 37 44
2025-02-16	25	2nd	13 17 22 35 39
2025-01-22	5	2nd	16 17 18 40 41
2025-01-17	2	2nd	4 17 33 40 43
2025-01-15	10	1st	17 19 23 33 36
2025-01-05	12	1st	17 19 20 29 45
2024-12-24	1	1st	17 23 25 30 43
2024-12-23	4	1st	17 24 29 31 41
2024-12-19	6	2nd	16 17 21 27 32
2024-12-13	24	2nd	6 17 28 38 44
2024-11-19	44	4th	4 10 15 17 21
2024-10-06	25	1st	17 27 31 39 44
2024-09-11	1	3rd	1 9 17 23 42
2024-09-10	3	3rd	6 11 17 20 37
2024-09-07	9	3rd	8 12 17 30 38
2024-08-29	23	2nd	8 17 24 25 32
2024-08-06	2	2nd	4 17 35 38 44
2024-08-04	2	3rd	1 15 17 18 42
2024-08-02	1	4th	5 7 10 17 33
2024-08-01	2	2nd	16 17 22 23 25
2024-07-30	17	1st	17 27 35 40 42
2024-07-13	1	2nd	6 17 31 35 40
2024-07-12	3	4th	3 5 11 17 30
2024-07-09	20	4th	7 12 15 17 43
2024-06-19	2	2nd	2 17 19 21 44
2024-06-17	7	4th	1 9 15 17 26
2024-06-10	29	3rd	9 10 17 41 42
2024-05-12	3	1st	17 20 32 35 39
2024-05-09	14	1st	17 19 26 36 38
2024-04-25	6	1st	17 26 28 30 35
2024-04-19	10	1st	17 19 21 30 42
2024-04-09	14	3rd	6 15 17 28 35
2024-03-26	5	2nd	11 17 32 33 36
2024-03-21	2	5th	6 8 13 16 17
2024-03-19	30	4th	4 12 16 17 29
2024-02-18	61	1st	17 20 21 25 39
2023-12-19	15	4th	4 11 16 17 38
2023-12-04	2	2nd	15 17 19 27 37
2023-12-02	13	3rd	4 15 17 23 40
2023-11-19	26	2nd	12 17 27 29 35
2023-10-24	2	2nd	4 17 28 31 40
2023-10-22	—	1st	17 19 24 30 32