Number 17

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

120times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.28σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

82longest completed wait · 0.9% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 82 · waiting 1 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 smallest19 · chance 18.1
2nd smallest61 · chance 46.3
3rd smallest29 · chance 40.1
4th smallest8 · chance 13.9
5th smallest3 · chance 1.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 42 30 9 39 18

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
2026-10-08	9	1st	17 22 29 33 41
2026-09-07	11	2nd	15 17 42 43 44
2026-07-30	19	2nd	6 17 20 26 32
2026-05-25	1	2nd	5 17 23

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.

2024-02-05	5	2nd	5 17 19 29 39
2024-01-18	17	2nd	8 17 20 30 40
2023-11-20	1	3rd	7 14 17 24 41
2023-11-16	29	4th	4 7 14 17 24
2023-08-07	5	2nd	6 17 25 34 42
2023-07-20	5	3rd	7 16 17 27 33
2023-07-03	12	2nd	13 17 31 32 34
2023-05-22	18	2nd	14 17 21 29 41
2023-03-20	9	1st	17 24 34 37 38
2023-02-16	5	1st	17 20 26 37 41
2023-01-30	5	2nd	16 17 19 24 45
2023-01-12	17	2nd	7 17 34 39 40
2022-11-14	1	3rd	2 10 17 20 30
2022-11-10	3	1st	17 31 33 37 40
2022-10-31	3	1st	17 23 30 34 37
2022-10-20	22	3rd	2 14 17 28 37
2022-08-04	1	2nd	1 17 25 27 39
2022-08-01	12	1st	17 25 33 42 45
2022-06-20	6	2nd	13 17 20 21 28
2022-05-30	9	4th	5 9 14 17 38
2022-04-28	3	3rd	4 8 17 38 39
2022-04-18	9	2nd	2 17 23 34 42
2022-03-17	12	2nd	11 17 23 31 37
2022-02-03	3	2nd	15 17 26 27 33
2022-01-24	5	3rd	2 3 17 20 28
2022-01-06	6	3rd	2 12 17 34 41
2021-12-16	15	3rd	8 16 17 27 31
2021-10-25	18	2nd	10 17 18 33 43
2021-08-23	4	1st	17 33 34 37 41
2021-08-09	6	3rd	2 7 17 31 32
2021-07-19	1	2nd	9 17 22 31 45
2021-07-15	3	2nd	8 17 18 32 36
2021-07-05	15	3rd	1 5 17 25 34
2021-05-13	13	3rd	3 11 17 30 31
2021-03-29	1	3rd	9 13 17 18 44
2021-03-25	8	2nd	2 17 22 30 38
2021-02-25	4	2nd	1 17 25 27 31
2021-02-11	12	2nd	6 17 34 38 42
2020-12-31	3	1st	17 18 20 31 42
2020-12-21	2	3rd	1 6 17 23 35
2020-12-14	5	2nd	15 17 20 39 41
2020-11-26	14	1st	17 20 25 27 29
2020-10-08	2	2nd	9 17 37 38 44
2020-10-01	1	3rd	3 9 17 35 41
2020-09-28	6	3rd	2 10 17 24 34
2020-09-07	8	4th	1 5 10 17 42
2020-08-10	82	2nd	2 17 20 27 39
2019-10-28	3	1st	17 18 34 43 45
2019-10-17	11	2nd	8 17 19 24 40
2019-09-09	2	2nd	16 17 21 22 40
2019-09-02	26	3rd	8 13 17 24 41
2019-06-03	4	3rd	9 14 17 20 27
2019-05-20	4	4th	6 11 16 17 43
2019-05-06	12	2nd	2 17 30 44 45
2019-03-25	9	3rd	5 6 17 26 35
2019-02-21	8	2nd	9 17 18 25 42
2019-01-24	22	2nd	1 17 22 39 43
2018-11-08	3	1st	17 32 34 36 39
2018-10-29	7	2nd	7 17 36 42 45
2018-10-04	11	3rd	1 12 17 18 23
2018-08-27	18	2nd	1 17 28 36 38
2018-06-25	7	2nd	14 17 29 30 34
2018-05-31	31	3rd	2 10 17 32 42
2018-02-12	14	3rd	13 15 17 27 40
2017-12-25	7	2nd	12 17 27 29 32
2017-11-30	9	2nd	10 17 22 32 41
2017-10-30	18	1st	17 19 24 30 34
2017-08-28	14	4th	1 9 10 17 23
2017-07-10	12	2nd	16 17 18 37 42
2017-05-29	2	2nd	14 17 30 32 35
2017-05-22	17	2nd	7 17 19 29 41
2017-03-23	7	3rd	1 14 17 30 45
2017-02-27	6	3rd	2 14 17 24 30
2017-02-06	9	2nd	5 17 28 34 42
2017-01-05	12	3rd	10 11 17 28 44
2016-11-24	10	5th	1 4 9 11 17
2016-10-20	1	2nd	5 17 30 34 42
2016-10-17	12	3rd	12 14 17 26 40
2016-09-05	3	2nd	10 17 25 28 32
2016-08-25	20	1st	17 18 24 30 42
2016-06-16	24	4th	4 7 12 17 19
2016-03-24	18	3rd	1 15 17 27 34
2016-01-21	3	2nd	16 17 28 39 45
2016-01-11	2	2nd	5 17 18 22 44
2016-01-04	12	1st	17 25 34 39 42
2015-11-23	2	3rd	1 4 17 22 26
2015-11-16	17	2nd	9 17 24 37 40
2015-09-17	6	2nd	10 17 24 29 41
2015-08-27	5	2nd	16 17 18 32 34
2015-08-10	4	2nd	9 17 30 33 39
2015-07-27	3	2nd	6 17 33 39 45
2015-07-16	1	1st	17 34 39 41 42
2015-07-13	8	2nd	13 17 27 30 43
2015-06-11	2	1st	17 21 29 41 45
2015-06-04	20	3rd	6 9 17 18 23
2015-03-26	—	2nd	3 17 18 36 39