Number 29

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 929 draws, 6 from 1–45.

129times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.50σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

34longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 129 times in 929 draws against 123.9 expected, +0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 40 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 129 times in 929 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 14 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 0.5
2nd smallest11 · chance 6.1
3rd smallest22 · chance 25.1
4th smallest52 · chance 46.7
5th smallest34 · chance 38.9
6th smallest10 · chance 11.7

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.

33 38 41 1 11 13

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
2026-07-11	10	5th	13 14 16 21 29 41
2026-05-02	5	4th	9 18 19 29 34 45
2026-03-28	9	5th	1 2 3 25 29 30
2026-01-24	13	5th

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-08	2	3rd	5 26 29 34 37 41
2023-06-24	9	4th	4 8 21 29 30 37
2023-04-22	6	2nd	4 29 32 34 38 41
2023-03-11	2	5th	1 4 9 10 29 42
2023-02-25	13	5th	4 12 13 15 29 45
2022-11-26	3	4th	12 14 22 29 31 45
2022-11-05	12	4th	12 19 26 29 39 45
2022-08-13	22	4th	1 15 20 29 35 38
2022-03-12	9	2nd	4 29 35 37 40 41
2022-01-08	3	6th	3 17 20 24 27 29
2021-12-18	5	4th	1 19 25 29 36 44
2021-11-13	2	4th	17 22 26 29 32 40
2021-10-30	5	4th	4 16 26 29 30 32
2021-09-25	3	3rd	6 28 29 33 36 40
2021-09-04	32	2nd	14 29 31 33 44 45
2021-01-23	16	5th	1 6 8 10 29 40
2020-10-03	7	5th	3 11 21 24 29 38
2020-08-15	2	3rd	13 16 29 34 35 41
2020-08-01	3	4th	8 9 23 29 38 42
2020-07-11	3	4th	22 26 27 29 32 38
2020-06-20	1	6th	9 11 17 19 22 29
2020-06-13	8	3rd	3 17 29 32 34 38
2020-04-18	7	3rd	23 24 29 39 40 41
2020-02-29	1	3rd	3 12 29 30 31 38
2020-02-22	3	6th	8 11 15 16 23 29
2020-02-01	14	5th	1 10 17 24 29 33
2019-10-26	5	4th	2 7 28 29 31 45
2019-09-21	13	2nd	14 29 32 33 40 43
2019-06-22	4	5th	5 10 11 12 29 41
2019-05-25	9	4th	1 11 18 29 35 44
2019-03-23	2	2nd	9 29 32 33 37 39
2019-03-09	11	5th	16 17 21 27 29 43
2018-12-22	4	4th	5 9 14 29 41 43
2018-11-24	9	5th	7 10 20 24 29 37
2018-09-22	4	4th	9 21 26 29 32 44
2018-08-25	4	4th	5 15 18 29 31 35
2018-07-28	3	3rd	21 27 29 31 37 40
2018-07-07	6	5th	1 6 18 23 29 43
2018-05-26	4	4th	10 21 25 29 38 40
2018-04-28	8	2nd	13 29 33 35 38 43
2018-03-03	24	3rd	2 21 29 35 36 45
2017-09-16	12	4th	5 10 20 29 41 45
2017-06-24	5	4th	1 5 13 29 32 43
2017-05-20	3	5th	6 10 11 15 29 33
2017-04-29	9	4th	3 10 23 29 34 37
2017-02-25	10	3rd	7 22 29 33 36 44
2016-12-17	3	4th	8 17 18 29 36 42
2016-11-26	32	4th	18 19 27 29 38 45
2016-04-16	2	4th	1 3 11 29 36 42
2016-04-02	9	5th	7 11 12 23 29 36
2016-01-30	14	5th	5 20 25 28 29 45
2015-10-24	5	4th	1 15 18 29 37 40
2015-09-19	1	4th	4 5 16 29 32 44
2015-09-12	5	4th	16 17 21 29 38 42
2015-08-08	1	5th	1 13 24 28 29 33
2015-08-01	2	6th	6 10 15 16 17 29
2015-07-18	3	4th	3 11 13 29 38 42
2015-06-27	3	3rd	15 17 29 30 32 39
2015-06-06	4	2nd	15 29 31 32 33 39
2015-05-09	2	4th	4 13 27 29 31 32
2015-04-25	4	5th	5 7 12 20 29 42
2015-03-28	25	6th	13 16 17 18 25 29
2014-10-04	3	4th	6 20 22 29 32 44
2014-09-13	3	5th	1 5 10 14 29 33
2014-08-23	20	2nd	11 29 30 40 41 43
2014-04-05	1	4th	1 22 24 29 36 39
2014-03-29	1	5th	10 21 22 26 29 41
2014-03-22	34	5th	4 12 18 19 29 33
2013-07-27	1	4th	6 25 27 29 38 41
2013-07-20	2	6th	1 3 9 12 22 29
2013-07-06	14	5th	3 8 19 26 29 43
2013-03-30	2	2nd	4 29 33 40 41 43
2013-03-16	3	4th	4 24 25 29 32 43
2013-02-23	2	4th	6 8 13 29 34 39
2013-02-09	1	2nd	8 29 30 33 36 41
2013-02-02	6	3rd	5 18 29 31 44 45
2012-12-22	5	5th	1 4 10 17 29 45
2012-11-17	11	5th	5 8 11 20 29 33
2012-09-01	10	5th	9 19 24 28 29 31
2012-06-23	5	4th	2 16 19 29 30 31
2012-05-19	7	4th	9 12 28 29 32 41
2012-03-31	1	4th	2 6 26 29 41 43
2012-03-24	11	3rd	17 27 29 39 42 45
2012-01-07	4	2nd	19 29 30 33 44 45
2011-12-10	7	3rd	9 18 29 32 33 41
2011-10-22	14	4th	7 19 28 29 43 45
2011-07-16	13	4th	11 16 17 29 35 38
2011-04-16	16	6th	1 14 18 22 23 29
2010-12-25	12	5th	4 11 12 22 29 38
2010-10-02	5	3rd	8 9 29 33 37 42
2010-08-28	2	4th	3 9 11 29 30 34
2010-08-14	8	4th	2 12 13 29 31 40
2010-06-19	7	6th	5 11 13 16 25 29
2010-05-01	6	4th	20 24 25 29 31 34
2010-03-20	3	5th	10 12 15 26 29 40
2010-02-27	5	3rd	20 26 29 31 33 40
2010-01-23	11	5th	8 13 15 18 29 38
2009-11-07	1	4th	1 14 21 29 33 36
2009-10-31	6	3rd	6 24 29 30 37 44
2009-09-19	2	4th	2 20 24 29 33 41
2009-09-05	4	4th	9 11 20 29 34 39
2009-08-08	4	3rd	14 19 29 33 39 40
2009-07-11	4	4th	5 9 20 29 33 37
2009-06-13	12	4th	13 19 22 29 36 42
2009-03-21	—	5th	3 13 18 19 29 38