Number 17

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

356times drawn · chance expected 384 −1.56σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

45longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 356 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, −1.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 17, draw by draw

Drawn 356 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 3 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 smallest21 · chance 26.4
2nd smallest100 · chance 105.4
3rd smallest139 · chance 139.5
4th smallest77 · chance 72.3
5th smallest19 · chance 12.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 16 26 7 24 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-09	1	3rd	9 12 17 25 31
2026-10-08	13	2nd	5 17 21 30 34
2026-09-25	11	4th	5 7 11 17 36
2026-09-14	2	2nd	1 17 19 22

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-06	2	3rd	10 11 17 21 36
2026-04-04	32	3rd	9 13 17 21 34
2026-03-03	7	3rd	1 16 17 22 36
2026-02-24	7	2nd	16 17 21 26 35
2026-02-17	2	2nd	3 17 24 26 31
2026-02-15	8	4th	9 10 16 17 18
2026-02-07	6	2nd	6 17 25 27 32
2026-02-01	5	4th	3 13 15 17 24
2026-01-27	3	3rd	11 14 17 21 29
2026-01-24	13	4th	1 6 9 17 22
2026-01-11	1	2nd	16 17 20 34 35
2026-01-10	14	3rd	3 15 17 24 35
2025-12-27	4	4th	4 13 16 17 34
2025-12-22	1	1st	17 23 25 28 36
2025-12-21	11	2nd	10 17 21 26 33
2025-12-10	10	2nd	9 17 19 28 29
2025-11-30	7	3rd	9 14 17 24 26
2025-11-23	1	3rd	8 16 17 30 34
2025-11-22	16	2nd	5 17 27 34 36
2025-11-06	1	3rd	8 13 17 31 32
2025-11-05	2	5th	3 4 5 16 17
2025-11-03	1	1st	17 20 24 27 28
2025-11-02	6	5th	3 10 15 16 17
2025-10-27	5	2nd	1 17 20 22 23
2025-10-22	3	3rd	1 10 17 19 32
2025-10-19	5	2nd	14 17 22 23 27
2025-10-14	17	4th	13 15 16 17 30
2025-09-27	1	3rd	2 16 17 21 30
2025-09-26	19	2nd	12 17 28 29 36
2025-09-07	2	4th	1 2 14 17 34
2025-09-05	2	4th	7 9 13 17 21
2025-09-03	1	3rd	3 11 17 27 33
2025-09-02	11	4th	3 4 14 17 32
2025-08-22	2	3rd	11 14 17 22 27
2025-08-20	1	3rd	7 14 17 22 25
2025-08-19	15	4th	4 8 13 17 20
2025-08-04	8	4th	5 6 7 17 22
2025-07-27	5	2nd	14 17 25 28 32
2025-07-22	1	3rd	2 14 17 20 31
2025-07-21	3	3rd	1 3 17 19 29
2025-07-18	4	3rd	2 15 17 19 33
2025-07-14	2	2nd	6 17 26 29 32
2025-07-12	18	3rd	4 13 17 25 32
2025-06-24	5	2nd	8 17 25 31 35
2025-06-19	36	1st	17 20 21 33 34
2025-05-14	17	3rd	2 3 17 34 35
2025-04-27	6	3rd	11 14 17 21 24
2025-04-21	5	3rd	13 15 17 28 33
2025-04-16	4	3rd	9 13 17 23 33
2025-04-12	2	3rd	2 14 17 27 35
2025-04-10	2	5th	2 7 9 12 17
2025-04-08	1	3rd	2 4 17 26 30
2025-04-07	2	3rd	10 13 17 32 34
2025-04-05	1	2nd	2 17 19 28 31
2025-04-04	1	4th	2 13 14 17 29
2025-04-03	10	2nd	15 17 23 34 35
2025-03-24	9	4th	5 7 13 17 28
2025-03-15	1	2nd	9 17 23 29 36
2025-03-14	21	2nd	16 17 27 33 35
2025-02-21	2	3rd	12 15 17 22 27
2025-02-19	1	3rd	4 12 17 25 33
2025-02-18	3	3rd	2 4 17 21 28
2025-02-15	7	3rd	2 6 17 28 34
2025-02-08	3	3rd	10 15 17 20 23
2025-02-05	9	2nd	8 17 19 29 35
2025-01-27	1	4th	2 4 5 17 34
2025-01-26	3	3rd	1 13 17 34 35
2025-01-23	12	3rd	7 9 17 18 28
2025-01-11	15	3rd	9 12 17 28 35
2024-12-27	9	3rd	2 12 17 24 29
2024-12-17	3	3rd	6 9 17 21 27
2024-12-14	8	2nd	6 17 22 28 31
2024-12-06	6	3rd	5 8 17 18 35
2024-11-30	1	1st	17 24 28 30 36
2024-11-29	4	2nd	13 17 20 24 27
2024-11-25	17	3rd	2 4 17 18 20
2024-11-08	5	4th	5 11 16 17 19
2024-11-03	4	3rd	3 4 17 31 35
2024-10-30	9	2nd	15 17 26 28 36
2024-10-21	17	3rd	5 7 17 22 26
2024-10-04	4	1st	17 29 30 32 33
2024-09-30	1	4th	13 15 16 17 35
2024-09-29	5	2nd	10 17 18 25 35
2024-09-24	6	5th	9 10 11 14 17
2024-09-18	4	5th	1 4 11 15 17
2024-09-14	1	1st	17 19 23 29 31
2024-09-13	10	2nd	4 17 26 28 29
2024-09-03	3	4th	6 9 16 17 18
2024-08-31	3	2nd	8 17 31 34 35
2024-08-28	1	1st	17 18 26 30 32
2024-08-27	1	4th	2 4 14 17 27
2024-08-26	19	3rd	5 10 17 31 32
2024-08-07	1	3rd	1 10 17 24 33
2024-08-06	12	3rd	5 14 17 19 25
2024-07-25	5	3rd	6 8 17 19 33
2024-07-20	7	1st	17 20 24 32 36
2024-07-13	4	4th	6 7 14 17 30
2024-07-09	6	3rd	3 15 17 28 31
2024-07-03	12	3rd	11 13 17 31 34
2024-06-21	18	3rd	7 15 17 18 34
2024-06-03	10	3rd	2 10 17 26 36
2024-05-24	3	1st	17 20 22 29 36
2024-05-21	3	3rd	1 3 17 34 35
2024-05-18	13	4th	7 11 13 17 36
2024-05-05	8	2nd	14 17 18 28 31
2024-04-27	1	4th	7 11 15 17 23
2024-04-26	6	4th	6 7 9 17 30
2024-04-20	5	3rd	8 14 17 28 33
2024-04-15	9	4th	1 12 13 17 25
2024-04-06	16	2nd	4 17 30 33 35
2024-03-21	22	2nd	8 17 21 22 30
2024-02-28	10	2nd	4 17 26 27 29
2024-02-18	7	4th	5 6 16 17 33
2024-02-11	16	5th	9 10 13 14 17
2024-01-26	9	3rd	2 10 17 21 33
2024-01-17	8	2nd	3 17 20 24 33
2024-01-09	3	4th	3 6 13 17 27
2024-01-06	5	2nd	8 17 21 29 32
2024-01-01	7	4th	2 3 14 17 32
2023-12-24	7	4th	7 9 12 17 18
2023-12-17	2	3rd	11 16 17 21 27
2023-12-15	14	3rd	3 14 17 23 36
2023-12-01	16	3rd	9 16 17 19 29
2023-11-15	5	3rd	5 11 17 22 36
2023-11-10	5	3rd	8 16 17 33 36
2023-11-05	4	2nd	4 17 21 23 34
2023-11-01	14	3rd	9 13 17 26 29
2023-10-18	2	1st	17 22 29 30 32
2023-10-16	3	2nd	3 17 20 22 27
2023-10-13	8	4th	3 13 14 17 23
2023-10-05	1	3rd	7 9 17 23 24
2023-10-04	2	4th	5 8 16 17 36
2023-10-02	1	4th	1 5 7 17 22
2023-10-01	1	2nd	16 17 23 25 31
2023-09-30	24	3rd	3 7 17 24 36
2023-09-06	1	3rd	4 15 17 24 26
2023-09-05	2	3rd	5 16 17 23 35
2023-09-03	17	3rd	8 14 17 25 34
2023-08-17	7	4th	1 2 11 17 32
2023-08-10	1	2nd	14 17 20 22 26
2023-08-09	7	3rd	8 11 17 26 35
2023-08-02	1	3rd	4 6 17 24 34
2023-08-01	13	4th	10 11 13 17 32
2023-07-19	11	4th	10 14 16 17 25
2023-07-08	25	2nd	1 17 19 21 28
2023-06-13	8	3rd	11 16 17 30 33
2023-06-05	1	3rd	2 14 17 24 27
2023-06-04	20	3rd	11 16 17 34 35
2023-05-15	4	3rd	2 5 17 29 32
2023-05-11	12	3rd	10 14 17 22 32
2023-04-29	2	3rd	3 12 17 20 34
2023-04-27	1	4th	1 6 11 17 32
2023-04-26	31	4th	7 8 11 17 19
2023-03-26	1	4th	1 9 14 17 28
2023-03-25	2	4th	3 8 10 17 35
2023-03-23	9	1st	17 23 24 27 28
2023-03-14	8	3rd	2 13 17 20 24
2023-03-06	7	2nd	7 17 22 23 26
2023-02-27	1	2nd	4 17 23 26 33
2023-02-26	3	5th	4 6 9 14 17
2023-02-23	4	3rd	10 14 17 22 30
2023-02-19	25	3rd	6 10 17 30 35
2023-01-25	14	5th	4 6 7 8 17
2023-01-11	8	3rd	1 5 17 25 35
2023-01-03	1	2nd	16 17 19 26 34
2023-01-02	7	2nd	16 17 22 28 34
2022-12-26	4	4th	5 10 12 17 23
2022-12-21	9	1st	17 19 26 28 32
2022-12-12	3	4th	7 12 13 17 26
2022-12-09	8	2nd	9 17 21 26 35
2022-12-01	9	2nd	15 17 20 23 26
2022-11-22	2	4th	5 6 14 17 22
2022-11-20	9	2nd	4 17 21 25 35
2022-11-11	3	2nd	7 17 20 24 28
2022-11-08	17	2nd	5 17 18 28 31
2022-10-22	2	3rd	11 14 17 25 31
2022-10-20	13	5th	1 4 7 8 17
2022-10-07	5	2nd	6 17 24 30 31
2022-10-02	3	4th	8 13 14 17 23
2022-09-29	2	5th	2 5 8 12 17
2022-09-27	2	3rd	7 10 17 20 30
2022-09-25	6	3rd	7 14 17 18 33
2022-09-19	5	3rd	9 13 17 24 33
2022-09-14	3	3rd	5 16 17 28 31
2022-09-11	4	3rd	9 16 17 27 32
2022-09-07	13	4th	12 13 15 17 26
2022-08-25	3	5th	6 8 12 15 17
2022-08-22	4	2nd	4 17 26 32 35
2022-08-18	4	3rd	5 11 17 26 31
2022-08-14	4	2nd	1 17 24 26 33
2022-08-10	5	5th	1 6 8 13 17
2022-08-05	1	3rd	1 16 17 26 28
2022-08-04	13	2nd	6 17 21 26 31
2022-07-22	6	3rd	2 9 17 23 35
2022-07-16	28	3rd	6 8 17 20 22
2022-06-18	11	3rd	3 13 17 23 31
2022-06-07	7	3rd	1 11 17 18 20
2022-05-31	16	2nd	13 17 20 23 30
2022-05-15	28	3rd	9 11 17 25 33
2022-04-17	7	2nd	7 17 25 29 33
2022-04-10	9	4th	1 5 7 17 18
2022-04-01	2	4th	10 12 14 17 27
2022-03-30	13	2nd	7 17 24 34 36
2022-03-17	11	4th	6 9 12 17 20
2022-03-06	6	3rd	7 10 17 22 23
2022-02-28	10	3rd	1 7 17 25 34
2022-02-18	2	2nd	15 17 26 28 32
2022-02-16	1	2nd	14 17 20 24 30
2022-02-15	45	2nd	3 17 22 29 36
2022-01-01	3	1st	17 23 31 32 36
2021-12-29	2	4th	10 14 16 17 19
2021-12-27	1	1st	17 19 21 29 31
2021-12-26	2	3rd	3 11 17 25 26
2021-12-23	2	4th	6 9 14 17 36
2021-12-21	3	2nd	8 17 20 30 36
2021-12-18	1	3rd	6 13 17 20 30
2021-12-17	16	3rd	1 8 17 24 28
2021-12-01	12	4th	4 11 15 17 28
2021-11-19	3	2nd	6 17 22 26 32
2021-11-16	8	2nd	5 17 28 29 31
2021-11-08	15	1st	17 22 30 31 32
2021-10-24	5	3rd	2 4 17 27 30
2021-10-19	2	3rd	5 10 17 24 36
2021-10-17	1	2nd	13 17 22 24 29
2021-10-16	3	3rd	3 7 17 19 35
2021-10-13	2	3rd	11 14 17 25 27
2021-10-11	20	2nd	15 17 20 32 34
2021-09-21	33	3rd	12 15 17 24 36
2021-08-19	1	3rd	1 12 17 20 25
2021-08-18	17	5th	8 10 11 14 17
2021-08-01	7	3rd	2 5 17 26 36
2021-07-25	1	2nd	11 17 23 31 34
2021-07-24	2	2nd	16 17 24 34 35
2021-07-22	7	3rd	6 10 17 25 33
2021-07-15	5	3rd	7 9 17 22 24
2021-07-10	1	3rd	6 15 17 18 23
2021-07-09	11	5th	2 4 12 16 17
2021-06-28	1	2nd	7 17 22 30 31
2021-06-27	8	3rd	8 16 17 24 36
2021-06-19	4	2nd	4 17 27 30 32
2021-06-15	3	3rd	4 7 17 19 20
2021-06-12	25	4th	1 6 9 17 35
2021-05-18	12	4th	12 15 16 17 33
2021-05-06	11	1st	17 23 29 31 33
2021-04-25	10	3rd	6 11 17 25 26
2021-04-15	15	3rd	3 6 17 23 26
2021-03-31	6	2nd	14 17 25 26 31
2021-03-25	8	3rd	2 15 17 18 24
2021-03-17	1	3rd	5 9 17 32 36
2021-03-16	1	4th	1 3 8 17 23
2021-03-15	16	2nd	4 17 20 21 29
2021-02-27	17	3rd	11 12 17 27 28
2021-02-10	9	3rd	2 11 17 21 34
2021-02-01	18	4th	3 4 11 17 19
2021-01-14	6	2nd	16 17 29 33 35
2021-01-08	7	4th	10 13 14 17 25
2021-01-01	6	2nd	13 17 19 21 25
2020-12-26	7	2nd	5 17 24 25 32
2020-12-18	10	2nd	6 17 21 26 27
2020-12-08	2	3rd	2 6 17 25 30
2020-12-06	1	3rd	8 16 17 20 22
2020-12-05	2	2nd	4 17 18 26 32
2020-12-03	7	4th	5 10 13 17 21
2020-11-26	23	4th	5 12 16 17 29
2020-11-03	5	3rd	2 15 17 22 36
2020-10-29	15	3rd	4 13 17 26 27
2020-10-14	8	1st	17 22 29 30 32
2020-10-06	4	1st	17 22 26 27 33
2020-10-02	8	4th	2 15 16 17 27
2020-09-24	14	2nd	12 17 24 28 29
2020-09-10	6	3rd	3 10 17 21 29
2020-09-04	3	5th	5 9 14 16 17
2020-09-01	4	2nd	14 17 23 31 32
2020-08-28	2	4th	5 8 12 17 30
2020-08-26	8	2nd	9 17 24 30 35
2020-08-18	12	2nd	11 17 19 20 30
2020-08-06	6	2nd	6 17 25 30 31
2020-07-31	23	4th	2 8 11 17 18
2020-07-08	5	3rd	2 10 17 33 35
2020-07-03	1	3rd	7 11 17 33 34
2020-07-02	25	2nd	10 17 25 27 29
2020-06-07	12	1st	17 22 23 28 33
2020-05-26	9	4th	5 12 14 17 25
2020-05-17	15	4th	3 13 14 17 24
2020-05-02	4	2nd	4 17 21 26 31
2020-04-28	5	3rd	1 3 17 21 22
2020-04-23	4	4th	1 7 14 17 22
2020-04-19	11	4th	7 10 14 17 30
2020-04-08	29	3rd	2 9 17 20 32
2020-03-10	44	4th	2 11 13 17 20
2020-01-26	8	4th	3 6 12 17 29
2020-01-18	2	5th	1 9 10 16 17
2020-01-16	3	2nd	12 17 31 35 36
2020-01-13	12	4th	1 3 10 17 21
2020-01-01	2	2nd	14 17 21 22 29
2019-12-30	8	4th	7 13 14 17 30
2019-12-21	23	2nd	3 17 24 31 34
2019-11-28	15	3rd	4 12 17 28 34
2019-11-13	13	3rd	7 13 17 23 25
2019-10-31	8	3rd	12 15 17 21 36
2019-10-23	3	2nd	4 17 21 29 30
2019-10-20	4	3rd	6 16 17 19 34
2019-10-16	4	3rd	2 9 17 22 25
2019-10-12	10	2nd	1 17 18 28 36
2019-10-02	1	2nd	2 17 26 32 33
2019-10-01	10	2nd	11 17 27 28 34
2019-09-21	19	2nd	14 17 23 28 29
2019-09-02	3	2nd	14 17 24 26 33
2019-08-30	4	1st	17 24 26 33 36
2019-08-26	1	1st	17 27 28 29 36
2019-08-25	13	4th	12 15 16 17 18
2019-08-12	3	3rd	6 15 17 23 30
2019-08-09	11	4th	14 15 16 17 27
2019-07-29	6	4th	6 14 15 17 33
2019-07-23	23	3rd	2 6 17 26 34
2019-06-30	11	3rd	4 10 17 21 27
2019-06-19	2	3rd	4 8 17 18 30
2019-06-17	5	3rd	8 9 17 20 28
2019-06-12	6	2nd	6 17 20 33 34
2019-06-06	10	2nd	15 17 30 35 36
2019-05-27	4	3rd	2 5 17 19 21
2019-05-23	8	3rd	1 16 17 29 36
2019-05-15	3	4th	6 7 13 17 32
2019-05-12	8	3rd	1 6 17 33 36
2019-05-04	18	3rd	11 15 17 25 26
2019-04-16	2	3rd	2 7 17 24 27
2019-04-14	8	2nd	3 17 23 24 26
2019-04-06	7	2nd	4 17 24 25 36
2019-03-30	7	2nd	16 17 24 25 30
2019-03-23	1	5th	3 7 10 13 17
2019-03-22	10	3rd	9 12 17 33 35
2019-03-12	—	3rd	11 16 17 29 32