Number 17

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

204times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.52σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 204 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 204 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 55 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest35 · chance 24.0
2nd smallest72 · chance 68.5
3rd smallest63 · chance 70.9
4th smallest28 · chance 33.1
5th smallest4 · chance 6.9
6th smallest2 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 20 43 47 18 22

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
2026-10-10	5	3rd	6 11 17 18 35 45
2026-09-23	5	2nd	11 17 22 26 31 49
2026-09-05	7	2nd	14 17 25 27 45 49
2026-08-12	1	1st

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.

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