Number 17

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,883 draws, 5 from 1–41.

230times drawn · chance expected 230 +0.03σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

60longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 230 times in 1,883 draws against 229.6 expected, +0.03σ. 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 230 times in 1,883 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 60 · 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 smallest25 · chance 26.7
2nd smallest95 · chance 81.5
3rd smallest75 · chance 83.4
4th smallest29 · chance 33.8
5th smallest6 · chance 4.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 38 1 2 26 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-10-05	9	2nd	5 17 27 30 37
2026-09-14	27	1st	17 28 31 35 39
2026-07-13	21	2nd	13 17 24 26 39
2026-05-25	13	1st	17 18

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-14	16	2nd	15 17 20 27 38
2025-03-08	16	3rd	10 12 17 19 40
2025-01-29	27	3rd	2 6 17 27 41
2024-11-27	5	2nd	11 17 20 24 35
2024-11-16	10	3rd	3 10 17 23 25
2024-10-23	2	3rd	10 15 17 26 38
2024-10-19	5	2nd	6 17 19 39 41
2024-10-07	22	2nd	7 17 20 22 25
2024-08-17	11	3rd	2 4 17 19 33
2024-07-22	9	4th	2 3 15 17 22
2024-07-01	8	2nd	2 17 26 33 37
2024-06-12	9	2nd	12 17 21 28 31
2024-05-22	6	1st	17 19 24 25 33
2024-05-08	6	3rd	4 6 17 25 27
2024-04-24	2	2nd	4 17 24 25 36
2024-04-20	15	3rd	3 9 17 18 27
2024-03-16	6	2nd	4 17 28 33 37
2024-03-02	5	1st	17 30 33 38 40
2024-02-19	2	2nd	11 17 20 25 29
2024-02-14	3	5th	2 3 7 9 17
2024-02-07	11	2nd	8 17 24 31 41
2024-01-13	3	2nd	14 17 23 26 37
2024-01-06	10	2nd	12 17 25 36 38
2023-12-13	1	4th	3 4 12 17 28
2023-12-11	3	3rd	3 7 17 20 21
2023-12-04	6	2nd	4 17 18 19 24
2023-11-20	18	3rd	5 13 17 21 39
2023-10-09	3	1st	17 21 27 35 41
2023-10-02	4	2nd	13 17 28 37 38
2023-09-23	3	2nd	2 17 24 37 39
2023-09-16	2	3rd	5 15 17 30 31
2023-09-09	7	3rd	8 14 17 23 25
2023-08-16	2	4th	4 8 13 17 32
2023-08-09	60	3rd	5 13 17 23 33
2023-01-11	1	2nd	1 17 27 30 38
2023-01-07	9	3rd	5 10 17 35 40
2022-12-07	9	4th	1 8 14 17 27
2022-11-05	4	2nd	13 17 20 24 40
2022-10-22	15	2nd	16 17 18 20 24
2022-08-31	1	1st	17 18 24 32 39
2022-08-27	5	2nd	6 17 22 26 31
2022-08-10	6	3rd	2 11 17 23 31
2022-07-20	23	2nd	16 17 22 34 40
2022-04-30	8	2nd	1 17 27 33 41
2022-04-02	28	2nd	7 17 32 37 38
2021-12-25	2	4th	4 8 13 17 36
2021-12-18	6	3rd	6 13 17 29 35
2021-11-27	10	3rd	2 8 17 25 38
2021-10-23	19	2nd	11 17 24 38 39
2021-08-18	5	1st	17 20 25 27 40
2021-07-31	1	1st	17 31 32 33 39
2021-07-28	2	3rd	2 4 17 30 38
2021-07-21	2	2nd	9 17 32 38 41
2021-07-14	13	3rd	2 16 17 22 25
2021-05-29	9	2nd	12 17 21 37 38
2021-04-28	2	4th	6 8 13 17 23
2021-04-21	6	2nd	1 17 18 32 33
2021-03-31	12	1st	17 24 27 35 40
2021-02-17	26	4th	4 5 8 17 38
2020-11-18	3	2nd	16 17 20 28 32
2020-11-07	2	3rd	3 13 17 22 23
2020-10-31	5	2nd	16 17 25 29 39
2020-10-14	10	2nd	12 17 19 21 39
2020-09-09	20	2nd	4 17 23 35 41
2020-07-01	10	3rd	1 2 17 24 32
2020-05-27	9	2nd	3 17 23 35 41
2020-04-25	1	2nd	1 17 18 26 38
2020-04-22	10	2nd	7 17 20 24 26
2020-03-18	8	1st	17 31 33 37 39
2020-02-19	1	2nd	8 17 23 35 39
2020-02-15	2	3rd	14 15 17 19 35
2020-02-08	7	3rd	8 9 17 31 38
2020-01-15	1	2nd	1 17 23 29 31
2020-01-11	4	2nd	5 17 22 26 33
2019-12-28	3	2nd	6 17 33 34 35
2019-12-18	1	4th	2 4 8 17 30
2019-12-14	8	3rd	9 15 17 26 27
2019-11-16	8	2nd	1 17 30 32 37
2019-10-19	8	1st	17 22 31 37 41
2019-09-21	4	3rd	11 16 17 20 41
2019-09-07	2	3rd	1 3 17 19 40
2019-08-31	1	4th	10 13 15 17 23
2019-08-28	1	2nd	2 17 26 31 37
2019-08-24	8	3rd	8 14 17 37 41
2019-07-27	6	2nd	8 17 23 32 39
2019-07-06	9	3rd	3 6 17 26 32
2019-06-05	4	1st	17 33 34 38 41
2019-05-22	5	2nd	11 17 22 23 39
2019-05-04	2	3rd	9 14 17 21 40
2019-04-27	11	2nd	4 17 27 31 40
2019-03-20	5	4th	5 6 14 17 20
2019-03-02	8	2nd	12 17 19 34 35
2019-02-02	8	2nd	4 17 30 34 35
2019-01-05	1	4th	3 4 14 17 39
2019-01-02	2	2nd	1 17 19 30 37
2018-12-26	21	4th	5 9 14 17 29
2018-10-13	15	2nd	3 17 21 26 39
2018-08-22	4	2nd	7 17 21 26 34
2018-08-08	27	2nd	5 17 20 27 28
2018-05-05	3	4th	1 8 15 17 25
2018-04-25	1	2nd	13 17 19 30 35
2018-04-21	11	2nd	15 17 21 23 27
2018-03-14	3	2nd	16 17 21 31 38
2018-03-03	11	3rd	5 10 17 29 33
2018-01-24	2	3rd	1 3 17 35 41
2018-01-17	5	4th	2 9 15 17 23
2017-12-30	13	1st	17 20 24 34 37
2017-11-15	4	2nd	5 17 25 32 40
2017-11-01	4	1st	17 19 26 27 36
2017-10-18	1	2nd	6 17 28 33 35
2017-10-14	4	3rd	6 12 17 18 33
2017-09-30	1	3rd	9 13 17 29 33
2017-09-27	3	4th	1 15 16 17 27
2017-09-16	3	2nd	11 17 24 29 35
2017-09-06	31	3rd	2 13 17 19 34
2017-05-20	2	4th	5 8 14 17 23
2017-05-13	7	3rd	7 13 17 19 28
2017-04-19	8	3rd	3 9 17 35 38
2017-03-22	8	5th	5 7 11 13 17
2017-02-22	16	4th	6 10 12 17 30
2016-12-28	1	3rd	1 3 17 19 29
2016-12-24	3	3rd	1 12 17 24 37
2016-12-14	4	2nd	1 17 21 38 40
2016-11-30	8	3rd	14 16 17 22 40
2016-11-02	12	2nd	4 17 25 29 33
2016-09-21	3	2nd	8 17 22 24 40
2016-09-10	2	1st	17 18 21 23 26
2016-09-03	18	3rd	1 11 17 29 34
2016-07-02	2	3rd	7 16 17 30 31
2016-06-25	8	3rd	4 15 17 38 40
2016-05-28	12	4th	1 5 8 17 21
2016-04-16	15	3rd	2 15 17 35 41
2016-02-24	2	4th	10 13 15 17 22
2016-02-17	3	5th	3 4 11 13 17
2016-02-06	6	3rd	3 8 17 22 23
2016-01-16	4	2nd	6 17 29 34 36
2016-01-02	14	3rd	7 10 17 36 41
2015-11-14	1	2nd	3 17 22 28 38
2015-11-11	3	2nd	3 17 18 28 40
2015-10-31	2	3rd	9 12 17 26 38
2015-10-24	7	1st	17 20 26 27 29
2015-09-30	14	1st	17 20 23 27 32
2015-08-12	3	3rd	1 2 17 28 38
2015-08-01	3	5th	3 4 5 12 17
2015-07-22	11	2nd	2 17 18 30 32
2015-06-13	22	2nd	16 17 20 21 28
2015-03-28	8	1st	17 19 25 27 30
2015-02-28	9	2nd	16 17 22 23 28
2015-01-28	1	2nd	9 17 35 37 40
2015-01-24	21	4th	2 3 10 17 27
2014-11-12	11	3rd	1 16 17 37 39
2014-10-04	8	2nd	9 17 18 27 38
2014-09-06	11	1st	17 19 26 31 38
2014-07-30	31	3rd	2 14 17 24 37
2014-04-12	4	3rd	2 11 17 20 26
2014-03-29	8	2nd	2 17 18 25 39
2014-03-01	3	3rd	7 16 17 30 37
2014-02-19	6	3rd	4 11 17 18 28
2014-01-29	15	4th	1 3 11 17 36
2013-12-07	4	2nd	12 17 19 21 25
2013-11-23	16	2nd	16 17 25 36 38
2013-09-28	4	1st	17 22 35 38 41
2013-09-14	8	2nd	13 17 18 23 35
2013-08-17	7	3rd	10 12 17 29 34
2013-07-24	8	3rd	2 14 17 21 32
2013-06-26	5	3rd	3 11 17 32 41
2013-06-08	39	2nd	7 17 19 28 39
2013-01-23	21	3rd	7 13 17 18 28
2012-11-10	4	1st	17 18 28 36 37
2012-10-27	37	2nd	9 17 22 29 38
2012-06-16	19	2nd	14 17 19 24 40
2012-04-11	2	2nd	11 17 26 34 36
2012-04-04	9	2nd	14 17 27 37 39
2012-03-03	3	2nd	7 17 34 37 40
2012-02-22	3	3rd	9 14 17 21 40
2012-02-11	1	3rd	4 6 17 26 32
2012-02-08	6	5th	2 4 9 14 17
2012-01-18	2	2nd	13 17 18 19 26
2012-01-11	4	2nd	11 17 21 39 40
2011-12-28	3	2nd	11 17 19 29 31
2011-12-17	11	2nd	16 17 18 28 41
2011-11-09	7	2nd	12 17 20 28 34
2011-10-15	4	4th	1 2 3 17 18
2011-10-01	6	1st	17 18 22 28 33
2011-09-10	19	3rd	2 8 17 20 38
2011-07-06	3	3rd	1 14 17 33 34
2011-06-25	3	4th	2 7 15 17 18
2011-06-15	3	2nd	15 17 27 29 31
2011-06-04	3	4th	6 10 14 17 26
2011-05-25	18	2nd	12 17 20 27 34
2011-03-23	3	4th	5 6 8 17 29
2011-03-12	10	4th	3 4 5 17 22
2011-02-05	12	3rd	8 10 17 25 29
2010-12-25	9	2nd	1 17 29 33 38
2010-11-24	2	2nd	3 17 28 30 36
2010-11-17	6	2nd	11 17 18 26 41
2010-10-27	1	3rd	1 15 17 22 36
2010-10-23	2	3rd	9 14 17 23 26
2010-10-16	12	3rd	3 6 17 28 29
2010-09-04	1	3rd	10 15 17 24 36
2010-09-01	15	2nd	8 17 18 31 35
2010-07-10	12	3rd	3 8 17 36 39
2010-05-29	7	3rd	9 10 17 22 29
2010-05-05	4	2nd	3 17 26 28 35
2010-04-21	3	3rd	5 11 17 22 24
2010-04-10	—	1st	17 27 29 30 38