Number 17

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

324times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.15σ

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

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 324 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.15σ. 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 324 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 55 · 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 smallest43 · chance 38.1
2nd smallest103 · chance 108.9
3rd smallest119 · chance 112.6
4th smallest46 · chance 52.6
5th smallest12 · chance 11.0
6th smallest1 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 37 4 21 40 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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	16	2nd	1 17 24 39 42 48
2026-08-29	4	2nd	14 17 18 19 24 34
2026-08-19	7	3rd	5 15 17 34 35 49
2026-08-03	17	4th	3

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-03	2	3rd	1 16 17 22 26 47
2025-10-29	2	2nd	15 17 21 24 39 47
2025-10-25	2	4th	2 4 8 17 32 39
2025-10-20	1	3rd	1 6 17 23 35 49
2025-10-18	2	2nd	6 17 21 27 35 37
2025-10-13	7	2nd	3 17 18 31 39 44
2025-09-27	20	2nd	7 17 19 21 39 48
2025-08-11	18	2nd	5 17 18 23 33 42
2025-06-30	48	5th	9 11 12 15 17 34
2025-03-10	2	2nd	12 17 21 26 30 42
2025-03-05	1	1st	17 18 25 26 34 35
2025-03-03	5	2nd	9 17 20 37 45 49
2025-02-19	18	1st	17 20 32 37 40 43
2025-01-08	6	3rd	5 6 17 19 38 40
2024-12-25	8	5th	4 5 8 14 17 31
2024-12-07	14	2nd	3 17 20 29 40 45
2024-11-04	1	2nd	7 17 24 30 31 43
2024-11-02	5	3rd	1 13 17 25 33 43
2024-10-21	7	4th	7 13 16 17 27 31
2024-10-05	8	5th	6 7 8 11 17 36
2024-09-16	11	3rd	1 6 17 24 28 40
2024-08-21	3	4th	6 7 15 17 19 30
2024-08-14	24	3rd	7 13 17 21 39 49
2024-06-19	7	3rd	9 14 17 20 38 39
2024-06-03	17	3rd	1 16 17 23 33 34
2024-04-24	1	2nd	16 17 18 19 30 48
2024-04-22	20	4th	5 9 11 17 21 33
2024-03-06	10	3rd	4 6 17 25 34 47
2024-02-12	4	1st	17 18 20 23 25 29
2024-02-03	26	1st	17 21 23 30 32 43
2023-12-04	9	1st	17 38 42 43 46 49
2023-11-13	9	4th	6 9 10 17 45 48
2023-10-23	2	3rd	13 15 17 24 25 35
2023-10-18	9	2nd	7 17 25 32 33 44
2023-09-27	5	4th	1 11 16 17 19 48
2023-09-16	3	2nd	2 17 26 38 40 45
2023-09-09	2	2nd	14 17 20 39 40 43
2023-09-04	1	3rd	12 16 17 33 42 44
2023-09-02	6	4th	4 5 6 17 18 19
2023-08-19	5	1st	17 18 19 22 25 36
2023-08-07	5	4th	2 9 14 17 29 47
2023-07-26	12	2nd	7 17 27 34 37 41
2023-06-28	7	3rd	6 15 17 22 36 37
2023-06-12	2	2nd	16 17 35 37 39 43
2023-06-07	32	2nd	5 17 24 40 45 46
2023-03-25	2	3rd	2 11 17 34 41 45
2023-03-20	1	2nd	5 17 29 31 42 47
2023-03-18	16	2nd	7 17 31 35 41 45
2023-02-08	7	2nd	2 17 18 23 28 35
2023-01-23	8	2nd	8 17 18 21 46 47
2023-01-04	22	3rd	4 12 17 25 40 49
2022-11-14	13	1st	17 22 24 32 37 43
2022-10-15	21	4th	1 8 9 17 28 38
2022-08-27	2	3rd	2 9 17 21 22 31
2022-08-22	35	2nd	13 17 20 24 28 42
2022-06-01	6	5th	6 9 10 14 17 49
2022-05-18	5	3rd	1 7 17 20 34 43
2022-05-07	3	4th	4 11 12 17 23 49
2022-04-30	1	3rd	8 15 17 40 42 46
2022-04-27	11	2nd	1 17 28 32 41 48
2022-04-02	28	2nd	4 17 24 25 31 40
2022-01-26	13	2nd	8 17 30 32 33 49
2021-12-27	1	3rd	6 7 17 35 36 45
2021-12-25	10	1st	17 20 22 29 42 46
2021-12-01	1	4th	4 7 15 17 23 42
2021-11-29	9	3rd	4 6 17 24 32 33
2021-11-08	17	3rd	8 16 17 23 38 46
2021-09-29	2	2nd	3 17 20 21 36 41
2021-09-25	1	4th	10 12 15 17 24 33
2021-09-22	24	3rd	6 15 17 22 24 33
2021-07-28	4	3rd	1 3 17 29 36 39
2021-07-19	3	3rd	4 16 17 28 35 45
2021-07-12	1	3rd	2 8 17 22 36 37
2021-07-10	6	1st	17 22 25 29 34 38
2021-06-26	3	3rd	3 12 17 23 25 46
2021-06-19	2	2nd	5 17 21 24 39 40
2021-06-14	8	3rd	12 14 17 18 23 28
2021-05-26	12	4th	5 10 11 17 28 47
2021-04-28	3	3rd	3 5 17 33 35 49
2021-04-21	6	3rd	8 10 17 27 32 42
2021-04-07	6	3rd	11 14 17 18 22 31
2021-03-24	4	1st	17 25 28 36 37 49
2021-03-15	3	3rd	2 15 17 22 23 40
2021-03-08	14	3rd	2 10 17 29 42 48
2021-02-03	1	5th	1 2 12 14 17 43
2021-02-01	22	3rd	14 15 17 20 29 34
2020-12-12	3	4th	5 14 15 17 22 38
2020-12-05	9	4th	8 13 15 17 37 41
2020-11-14	10	2nd	6 17 18 23 44 46
2020-10-21	17	4th	3 5 12 17 22 33
2020-09-12	3	3rd	1 13 17 31 39 43
2020-09-05	8	2nd	10 17 22 29 40 41
2020-08-17	1	1st	17 21 23 26 28 40
2020-08-15	11	2nd	6 17 31 32 35 37
2020-07-20	9	2nd	13 17 30 33 37 39
2020-06-29	42	4th	5 6 12 17 19 47
2020-03-23	4	2nd	12 17 18 30 39 45
2020-03-14	2	3rd	8 12 17 22 29 35
2020-03-09	8	1st	17 19 28 33 37 42
2020-02-19	21	4th	3 4 13 17 41 48
2020-01-01	14	2nd	15 17 18 32 34 43
2019-11-30	17	3rd	5 15 17 21 28 41
2019-10-21	1	2nd	2 17 19 23 31 39
2019-10-19	5	1st	17 18 36 38 42 44
2019-10-07	8	3rd	10 14 17 20 41 45
2019-09-18	1	2nd	7 17 31 32 36 49
2019-09-16	5	3rd	4 6 17 19 36 45
2019-09-04	5	5th	1 9 10 16 17 20
2019-08-24	5	2nd	11 17 18 28 44 48
2019-08-12	1	3rd	7 14 17 23 28 47
2019-08-10	6	3rd	7 13 17 33 34 38
2019-07-27	4	4th	2 4 10 17 23 48
2019-07-17	4	3rd	5 10 17 34 38 39
2019-07-08	1	3rd	2 15 17 20 36 44
2019-07-06	2	4th	3 7 13 17 43 44
2019-07-01	3	1st	17 29 30 33 42 43
2019-06-24	8	1st	17 23 27 38 39 49
2019-06-05	4	3rd	2 12 17 30 37 47
2019-05-27	1	3rd	5 16 17 23 25 32
2019-05-25	2	2nd	1 17 28 30 40 47
2019-05-20	19	1st	17 18 20 23 24 33
2019-04-06	35	3rd	7 16 17 21 27 49
2019-01-14	3	3rd	10 16 17 19 22 46
2019-01-07	22	2nd	3 17 22 23 37 39
2018-11-17	10	1st	17 37 39 43 46 47
2018-10-24	1	2nd	1 17 20 35 38 46
2018-10-22	5	4th	2 14 15 17 34 46
2018-10-10	6	1st	17 33 37 38 41 44
2018-09-26	10	2nd	12 17 29 38 40 42
2018-09-03	1	2nd	5 17 21 37 39 42
2018-09-01	3	3rd	4 5 17 21 31 33
2018-08-25	9	1st	17 25 27 39 43 47
2018-08-04	1	2nd	16 17 22 24 29 35
2018-08-01	6	3rd	4 14 17 23 24 30
2018-07-18	2	4th	5 6 13 17 21 31
2018-07-14	2	3rd	8 10 17 29 31 34
2018-07-09	5	3rd	2 7 17 22 36 45
2018-06-27	5	1st	17 18 25 28 31 34
2018-06-16	12	4th	6 9 15 17 22 47
2018-05-19	3	3rd	14 15 17 19 30 43
2018-05-12	55	3rd	9 10 17 23 39 43
2018-01-03	7	3rd	7 16 17 21 24 26
2017-12-18	5	2nd	1 17 22 30 43 49
2017-12-06	11	1st	17 20 33 34 36 38
2017-11-11	30	4th	4 7 16 17 34 49
2017-09-02	1	2nd	10 17 21 29 33 45
2017-08-30	10	3rd	1 8 17 45 46 48
2017-08-07	2	3rd	7 13 17 21 24 45
2017-08-02	4	5th	2 3 4 15 17 23
2017-07-24	7	3rd	3 7 17 30 31 35
2017-07-08	2	2nd	4 17 23 40 43 47
2017-07-03	29	3rd	4 10 17 24 25 26
2017-04-26	1	3rd	4 14 17 28 31 33
2017-04-24	3	5th	3 7 10 13 17 44
2017-04-17	29	3rd	13 14 17 18 46 48
2017-02-08	6	2nd	5 17 23 27 37 42
2017-01-25	3	3rd	7 15 17 25 31 34
2017-01-18	2	1st	17 18 19 20 26 27
2017-01-14	21	2nd	8 17 21 35 37 46
2016-11-26	2	2nd	2 17 25 26 34 38
2016-11-21	4	3rd	6 15 17 22 33 42
2016-11-12	14	3rd	5 10 17 32 43 45
2016-10-10	2	3rd	8 13 17 28 31 49
2016-10-05	8	3rd	5 8 17 28 35 42
2016-09-17	5	4th	4 12 16 17 33 38
2016-09-05	3	2nd	3 17 26 36 38 47
2016-08-29	7	3rd	8 14 17 30 43 44
2016-08-13	20	2nd	6 17 29 30 42 48
2016-06-27	1	1st	17 29 34 40 42 49
2016-06-25	15	2nd	1 17 20 21 22 44
2016-05-21	1	4th	9 15 16 17 42 45
2016-05-18	1	3rd	4 12 17 21 39 48
2016-05-16	5	2nd	3 17 31 38 40 49
2016-05-04	33	2nd	6 17 26 31 35 40
2016-02-17	12	2nd	2 17 22 30 37 44
2016-01-20	5	4th	1 11 15 17 34 42
2016-01-09	11	2nd	2 17 22 43 47 48
2015-12-14	1	2nd	3 17 27 29 36 43
2015-12-12	1	3rd	3 5 17 30 32 46
2015-12-09	3	3rd	6 13 17 30 32 45
2015-12-02	8	1st	17 21 23 27 29 49
2015-11-14	14	5th	7 9 11 16 17 37
2015-10-12	15	2nd	4 17 24 32 39 45
2015-09-07	5	3rd	1 3 17 26 41 46
2015-08-26	15	3rd	14 16 17 30 40 48
2015-07-22	13	3rd	7 15 17 18 26 34
2015-06-22	2	3rd	5 14 17 19 28 47
2015-06-17	1	3rd	2 9 17 33 39 49
2015-06-15	3	4th	1 2 7 17 41 42
2015-06-08	7	3rd	2 8 17 33 40 41
2015-05-23	5	3rd	11 14 17 25 28 31
2015-05-11	5	3rd	3 9 17 41 47 48
2015-04-29	8	1st	17 31 37 38 40 43
2015-04-11	2	2nd	8 17 18 30 36 38
2015-04-06	3	1st	17 18 25 37 48 49
2015-03-30	5	2nd	16 17 28 41 45 48
2015-03-18	13	3rd	3 16 17 21 25 33
2015-02-16	5	1st	17 21 28 42 46 48
2015-02-04	9	5th	1 7 9 12 17 48
2015-01-14	3	4th	3 7 12 17 37 40
2015-01-07	2	1st	17 23 31 32 39 40
2015-01-03	2	3rd	4 11 17 23 32 42
2014-12-29	7	2nd	11 17 27 35 38 48
2014-12-13	1	3rd	3 15 17 24 26 45
2014-12-10	2	2nd	7 17 20 23 25 48
2014-12-06	3	2nd	11 17 21 22 32 46
2014-11-29	1	1st	17 20 28 30 40 42
2014-11-26	2	2nd	7 17 21 23 29 44
2014-11-22	3	3rd	1 5 17 26 32 48
2014-11-15	6	2nd	1 17 20 32 34 46
2014-11-01	16	3rd	3 13 17 29 42 43
2014-09-24	15	2nd	11 17 23 26 33 36
2014-08-20	13	3rd	11 12 17 25 41 47
2014-07-21	7	2nd	12 17 20 34 35 46
2014-07-05	3	2nd	8 17 23 30 32 43
2014-06-28	10	2nd	7 17 20 21 38 46
2014-06-04	8	3rd	1 9 17 19 33 45
2014-05-17	9	1st	17 20 35 39 40 48
2014-04-26	8	4th	10 14 15 17 22 45
2014-04-07	6	2nd	4 17 19 21 23 41
2014-03-24	1	2nd	4 17 29 40 41 47
2014-03-22	12	5th	5 9 11 16 17 21
2014-02-22	3	3rd	4 16 17 20 24 48
2014-02-15	10	2nd	4 17 18 32 38 39
2014-01-22	20	2nd	9 17 30 31 43 45
2013-12-07	15	3rd	2 4 17 21 36 42
2013-11-02	1	3rd	10 12 17 28 29 36
2013-10-30	8	2nd	15 17 28 33 35 42
2013-10-12	2	1st	17 26 42 43 46 47
2013-10-07	4	1st	17 31 37 40 45 46
2013-09-28	3	3rd	4 6 17 21 40 44
2013-09-21	2	1st	17 18 33 34 41 43
2013-09-16	19	2nd	4 17 19 46 47 48
2013-08-03	6	3rd	10 12 17 18 27 32
2013-07-20	26	3rd	11 13 17 19 25 34
2013-05-20	4	5th	2 6 12 16 17 23
2013-05-11	3	4th	2 3 11 17 27 37
2013-05-04	1	4th	4 11 14 17 33 44
2013-05-01	16	1st	17 22 25 30 32 34
2013-03-25	14	4th	3 8 12 17 25 30
2013-02-20	4	3rd	3 13 17 24 37 46
2013-02-11	9	3rd	5 9 17 22 37 38
2013-01-21	1	2nd	6 17 18 34 40 47
2013-01-19	2	3rd	11 13 17 25 26 43
2013-01-14	15	3rd	13 16 17 23 34 36
2012-12-10	9	2nd	11 17 20 21 38 42
2012-11-19	1	2nd	4 17 25 29 37 48
2012-11-17	3	4th	4 9 16 17 18 32
2012-11-10	4	2nd	12 17 19 24 30 40
2012-10-31	2	3rd	1 7 17 27 28 43
2012-10-27	8	3rd	6 10 17 22 31 44
2012-10-08	24	3rd	9 14 17 24 32 41
2012-08-13	3	1st	17 22 24 35 45 47
2012-08-06	2	1st	17 19 28 34 37 42
2012-08-01	10	3rd	6 9 17 19 27 46
2012-07-09	5	3rd	6 14 17 27 29 34
2012-06-27	15	3rd	4 9 17 26 29 32
2012-05-23	8	3rd	9 14 17 27 35 43
2012-05-05	2	2nd	14 17 20 22 42 45
2012-04-30	1	3rd	3 8 17 23 33 43
2012-04-28	23	2nd	13 17 27 31 34 35
2012-03-05	14	1st	17 22 23 27 28 41
2012-02-01	18	4th	3 4 8 17 27 34
2011-12-21	3	4th	2 14 16 17 37 40
2011-12-14	7	2nd	11 17 24 25 33 36
2011-11-28	22	1st	17 27 34 37 42 45
2011-10-08	4	1st	17 25 28 41 46 48
2011-09-28	23	2nd	16 17 19 22 27 35
2011-08-06	23	2nd	14 17 20 39 47 48
2011-06-13	4	2nd	16 17 22 25 35 49
2011-06-04	3	4th	1 4 6 17 24 26
2011-05-28	6	1st	17 27 37 44 46 47
2011-05-14	7	2nd	12 17 23 29 38 49
2011-04-27	19	3rd	4 16 17 36 40 48
2011-03-14	2	2nd	10 17 24 40 41 47
2011-03-09	8	4th	5 11 14 17 25 36
2011-02-19	5	3rd	9 14 17 23 27 41
2011-02-07	14	3rd	11 14 17 30 45 47
2011-01-05	4	2nd	8 17 19 21 28 42
2010-12-27	2	3rd	3 16 17 27 48 49
2010-12-22	2	2nd	7 17 20 27 30 47
2010-12-18	3	2nd	7 17 20 32 36 47
2010-12-11	1	1st	17 25 36 37 39 47
2010-12-08	13	2nd	13 17 18 38 41 43
2010-11-08	1	2nd	2 17 18 19 27 28
2010-11-06	6	4th	2 10 16 17 21 30
2010-10-23	2	1st	17 22 26 28 33 36
2010-10-18	7	2nd	9 17 21 23 39 46
2010-10-02	6	4th	5 7 9 17 40 46
2010-09-18	9	2nd	1 17 27 33 43 49
2010-08-28	6	3rd	11 15 17 21 35 49
2010-08-14	6	2nd	3 17 20 28 36 37
2010-07-31	7	2nd	4 17 21 36 40 45
2010-07-14	3	3rd	2 6 17 19 26 40
2010-07-07	23	2nd	15 17 18 38 43 44
2010-05-15	30	4th	1 11 14 17 31 35
2010-03-06	12	4th	1 2 10 17 39 47
2010-02-06	1	2nd	4 17 27 38 41 47
2010-02-03	4	3rd	8 9 17 31 39 49
2010-01-25	—	4th	8 14 15 17 35 42