Number 17

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

81times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.62σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

51longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

17 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.62σ. 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 81 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest16 · chance 15.6
2nd smallest34 · chance 33.4
3rd smallest25 · chance 24.2
4th smallest5 · chance 7.1
5th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 37 43 4 18 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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	3	3rd	3 14 17 19 37
2026-09-29	27	1st	17 19 24 43 44
2026-06-26	16	1st	17 26 37 40 45
2026-05-01	1	2nd	15 17 27 29

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-19	5	3rd	3 11 17 21 37
2024-11-01	15	3rd	3 12 17 29 38
2024-09-10	1	2nd	16 17 18 47 48
2024-09-06	26	2nd	10 17 23 44 46
2024-06-07	2	3rd	6 9 17 37 41
2024-05-31	10	1st	17 20 22 35 43
2024-04-26	2	4th	5 12 13 17 32
2024-04-19	32	2nd	4 17 18 44 48
2023-12-29	3	1st	17 21 38 48 49
2023-12-19	6	2nd	4 17 25 28 35
2023-11-28	9	2nd	4 17 25 26 46
2023-10-27	23	2nd	16 17 21 31 36
2023-08-08	11	1st	17 18 26 39 46
2023-06-30	6	2nd	9 17 27 36 37
2023-06-09	9	2nd	5 17 22 27 37
2023-05-09	2	4th	2 4 16 17 34
2023-05-02	25	3rd	13 16 17 41 43
2023-02-03	1	1st	17 32 35 42 43
2023-01-31	15	3rd	12 14 17 29 50
2022-12-09	9	3rd	2 9 17 45 48
2022-11-08	7	5th	7 8 9 10 17
2022-10-14	14	2nd	6 17 22 33 37
2022-08-26	1	3rd	3 11 17 23 45
2022-08-23	12	3rd	10 11 17 29 40
2022-07-12	11	2nd	1 17 21 47 48
2022-06-03	1	2nd	12 17 20 21 33
2022-05-31	17	3rd	1 5 17 24 33
2022-04-01	8	2nd	11 17 21 37 47
2022-03-04	25	2nd	9 17 33 46 49
2021-12-07	2	3rd	4 7 17 19 23
2021-11-30	11	2nd	2 17 22 31 35
2021-10-22	8	3rd	3 8 17 40 47
2021-09-24	2	2nd	14 17 24 31 43
2021-09-17	2	3rd	8 10 17 26 39
2021-09-10	27	3rd	8 12 17 28 43
2021-06-08	1	3rd	1 3 17 28 50
2021-06-04	7	1st	17 34 37 39 44
2021-05-11	2	3rd	4 10 17 29 38
2021-05-04	21	3rd	3 9 17 25 39
2021-02-19	13	2nd	3 17 20 25 47
2021-01-05	2	2nd	4 17 42 46 48
2020-12-29	26	2nd	15 17 24 28 30
2020-09-25	8	2nd	2 17 18 27 37
2020-08-28	11	3rd	8 10 17 44 45
2020-07-21	40	1st	17 20 22 32 41
2020-03-03	2	2nd	11 17 18 27 44
2020-02-25	2	3rd	4 10 17 26 31
2020-02-18	25	2nd	14 17 20 36 49
2019-11-22	12	2nd	5 17 18 20 26
2019-10-11	17	3rd	15 16 17 26 43
2019-08-13	5	3rd	5 16 17 25 38
2019-07-26	11	2nd	4 17 19 43 48
2019-06-18	17	3rd	2 3 17 20 33
2019-04-19	51	1st	17 19 25 43 47
2018-10-23	8	2nd	4 17 21 28 48
2018-09-25	3	3rd	7 15 17 30 40
2018-09-14	—	2nd	10 17 29 31 40