Number 29

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

108times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.04σ

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

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

31longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, −0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 697 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 29 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest3 · chance 1.9
3rd smallest13 · chance 10.5
4th smallest23 · chance 28.1
5th smallest39 · chance 37.6
6th smallest26 · chance 24.1
7th smallest4 · chance 5.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 32 40 3 16 39

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, 29 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 29 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-05-03	9	6th	4 8 15 17 21 29 44
2022-03-01	25	5th	4 6 19 20 29 31 32
2021-09-07	24	5th	10 19 21 27 29 32

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: 29 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-05-15	1	5th	3 6 12 13 29 40 41
2018-05-08	2	3rd	9 27 29 31 41 43 45
2018-04-24	4	5th	4 7 16 27 29 39 45
2018-03-27	2	6th	3 5 19 22 27 29 38
2018-03-13	2	5th	5 18 23 25 29 35 39
2018-02-27	1	4th	2 16 25 29 31 33 39
2018-02-20	22	6th	1 2 5 11 15 29 35
2017-09-19	8	4th	6 14 15 29 31 37 42
2017-07-25	1	6th	1 4 6 15 22 29 39
2017-07-18	13	6th	2 7 19 21 23 29 45
2017-04-18	10	3rd	13 27 29 33 39 42 44
2017-02-07	7	4th	4 8 20 29 32 37 40
2016-12-20	14	5th	14 16 25 26 29 36 45
2016-09-13	1	4th	1 3 19 29 30 42 44
2016-09-06	8	4th	8 16 27 29 37 39 44
2016-07-12	4	6th	1 11 19 24 28 29 39
2016-06-14	1	5th	18 20 22 25 29 44 45
2016-06-07	7	6th	6 8 14 16 22 29 34
2016-04-19	17	4th	5 22 25 29 33 40 42
2015-12-22	3	5th	10 20 26 27 29 34 44
2015-12-01	2	7th	5 7 8 13 14 15 29
2015-11-17	5	5th	5 16 19 26 29 32 39
2015-10-13	4	2nd	28 29 32 34 36 37 41
2015-09-15	4	5th	1 2 13 19 29 33 43
2015-08-18	7	5th	3 6 7 25 29 32 42
2015-06-30	8	6th	2 10 11 13 22 29 33
2015-05-05	1	5th	2 17 18 21 29 37 45
2015-04-28	4	2nd	2 29 30 34 35 41 45
2015-03-31	2	5th	3 4 16 17 29 32 44
2015-03-17	15	6th	4 5 14 15 16 29 42
2014-12-02	2	4th	1 15 21 29 35 36 45
2014-11-18	11	3rd	14 28 29 30 37 38 44
2014-09-02	3	5th	1 3 9 15 29 40 43
2014-08-12	4	3rd	3 5 29 32 37 41 43
2014-07-15	10	6th	1 3 10 14 22 29 37
2014-05-06	3	6th	3 11 15 25 28 29 41
2014-04-15	3	5th	5 17 22 27 29 31 35
2014-03-25	9	4th	15 16 23 29 33 40 45
2014-01-21	2	5th	1 7 16 23 29 31 42
2014-01-07	8	7th	14 17 19 20 21 28 29
2013-11-12	2	4th	5 6 8 29 30 36 38
2013-10-29	7	3rd	7 13 29 32 39 43 45
2013-09-10	5	5th	12 18 20 21 29 37 40
2013-08-06	1	4th	16 25 27 29 30 33 37
2013-07-30	6	6th	3 7 13 16 21 29 39
2013-06-18	1	4th	1 9 20 29 31 35 40
2013-06-11	31	6th	3 6 24 25 26 29 38
2012-11-06	6	6th	2 7 8 13 15 29 43
2012-09-25	9	3rd	5 15 29 35 40 44 45
2012-07-24	8	3rd	6 20 29 31 36 40 43
2012-05-29	4	3rd	3 11 29 35 37 43 45
2012-05-01	7	4th	2 6 25 29 34 36 37
2012-03-13	1	4th	3 23 26 29 32 33 42
2012-03-06	6	5th	5 7 15 21 29 32 41
2012-01-24	5	5th	10 12 13 27 29 40 44
2011-12-20	1	5th	7 8 9 21 29 36 40
2011-12-13	1	5th	11 18 21 25 29 42 45
2011-12-06	6	5th	2 8 12 24 29 30 33
2011-10-25	5	3rd	3 16 29 33 34 35 36
2011-09-20	6	7th	1 4 17 19 22 27 29
2011-08-09	1	5th	6 14 26 27 29 33 39
2011-08-02	4	6th	2 4 20 25 27 29 42
2011-07-05	7	4th	6 20 28 29 33 34 40
2011-05-17	3	5th	10 11 14 26 29 33 39
2011-04-26	2	3rd	22 25 29 36 41 42 44
2011-04-12	5	5th	5 9 13 18 29 40 41
2011-03-08	3	6th	7 13 16 20 28 29 36
2011-02-15	19	4th	7 11 20 29 32 37 41
2010-10-05	3	6th	3 8 23 26 27 29 41
2010-09-14	10	5th	18 23 24 25 29 34 41
2010-07-06	2	3rd	9 19 29 30 34 40 45
2010-06-22	1	6th	2 3 6 14 23 29 41
2010-06-15	11	5th	8 10 15 18 29 32 38
2010-03-30	8	4th	2 25 28 29 35 39 40
2010-02-02	7	4th	19 22 28 29 32 34 38
2009-12-15	1	5th	7 12 22 28 29 32 37
2009-12-08	14	3rd	7 11 29 34 35 42 45
2009-09-01	3	4th	9 16 28 29 37 42 45
2009-08-11	6	4th	6 8 17 29 40 41 43
2009-06-30	2	5th	3 12 21 23 29 38 40
2009-06-16	14	5th	1 7 22 24 29 32 41
2009-03-10	1	6th	13 14 16 24 28 29 38
2009-03-03	3	5th	3 8 11 26 29 33 35
2009-02-10	—	6th	1 5 16 18 23 29 44