Number 29

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

250times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.19σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

51longest completed wait · 30% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 47 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 250 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 8 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 smallest4 · chance 2.3
2nd smallest21 · chance 19.8
3rd smallest57 · chance 62.9
4th smallest96 · chance 90.9
5th smallest56 · chance 59.8
6th smallest16 · chance 14.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 33 3 17 9 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2015-09-09	1	5th	6 18 20 21 29 31
2015-09-05	1	2nd	24 29 33 40 43 49
2015-09-02	14	4th	2 9 27 29 33 40
2015-07-15	4	6th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-01-29	13	2nd	9 29 37 38 42 46
2013-12-14	3	4th	13 21 24 29 35 41
2013-12-04	7	6th	6 12 16 18 21 29
2013-11-09	1	4th	1 2 6 29 32 47
2013-11-06	2	5th	5 6 14 18 29 33
2013-10-30	3	4th	20 23 26 29 34 41
2013-10-19	9	5th	3 12 19 21 29 31
2013-09-18	8	6th	2 4 5 17 22 29
2013-08-21	16	4th	3 4 27 29 47 49
2013-06-26	38	3rd	8 11 29 34 40 41
2013-02-13	5	5th	6 14 20 23 29 49
2013-01-26	12	4th	2 6 21 29 34 47
2012-12-15	2	6th	6 19 22 23 28 29
2012-12-08	7	1st	29 33 35 36 45 48
2012-11-14	10	4th	14 15 17 29 30 33
2012-10-10	2	4th	15 19 23 29 30 46
2012-10-03	3	4th	3 9 11 29 45 46
2012-09-22	16	3rd	10 13 29 31 36 45
2012-07-28	4	4th	7 10 22 29 43 44
2012-07-14	1	3rd	13 27 29 42 43 46
2012-07-11	4	4th	12 19 28 29 38 49
2012-06-27	4	3rd	10 22 29 39 46 47
2012-06-13	3	3rd	12 25 29 34 45 47
2012-06-02	27	5th	16 18 20 25 29 34
2012-02-29	1	3rd	13 14 29 41 46 49
2012-02-25	22	5th	7 25 26 27 29 32
2011-12-10	6	4th	16 21 24 29 30 39
2011-11-19	13	2nd	1 29 31 32 34 36
2011-10-05	3	4th	9 15 17 29 30 39
2011-09-24	3	3rd	10 16 29 34 37 47
2011-09-14	2	3rd	23 28 29 37 38 42
2011-09-07	1	2nd	4 29 31 36 38 48
2011-09-03	2	5th	4 17 20 26 29 36
2011-08-27	8	3rd	6 7 29 32 41 46
2011-07-30	13	3rd	4 10 29 32 34 40
2011-06-15	11	3rd	9 25 29 32 37 38
2011-05-07	2	4th	17 18 24 29 35 48
2011-04-30	14	4th	1 6 12 29 36 44
2011-03-12	2	4th	7 17 19 29 30 38
2011-03-05	2	4th	4 13 23 29 41 43
2011-02-26	3	4th	6 8 20 29 34 36
2011-02-16	26	5th	5 11 15 26 29 32
2010-11-17	1	4th	3 6 27 29 33 41
2010-11-13	6	3rd	5 11 29 31 35 39
2010-10-23	4	4th	2 3 14 29 35 42
2010-10-09	3	4th	5 11 19 29 33 35
2010-09-29	2	3rd	21 25 29 32 38 44
2010-09-22	22	4th	9 12 27 29 41 47
2010-07-07	9	2nd	23 29 34 36 41 45
2010-06-05	10	6th	5 22 23 24 26 29
2010-05-01	4	4th	6 15 28 29 30 47
2010-04-17	5	3rd	3 10 29 31 36 44
2010-03-31	6	3rd	14 18 29 38 43 44
2010-03-10	9	5th	1 6 13 23 29 34
2010-02-06	10	6th	3 12 15 17 22 29
2010-01-02	1	2nd	26 29 30 42 43 47
2009-12-30	10	4th	5 14 27 29 34 35
2009-11-25	38	6th	3 6 11 17 23 29
2009-07-15	7	4th	5 8 10 29 39 41
2009-06-20	28	5th	3 4 17 24 29 40
2009-03-14	7	4th	9 16 25 29 31 37
2009-02-18	6	4th	5 23 24 29 39 44
2009-01-28	2	2nd	4 29 37 39 40 43
2009-01-21	12	4th	3 25 28 29 32 45
2008-12-10	14	5th	9 11 23 27 29 33
2008-10-22	5	3rd	1 12 29 35 37 40
2008-10-04	1	4th	17 18 28 29 32 40
2008-10-01	4	3rd	6 27 29 38 42 49
2008-09-17	1	5th	3 9 11 24 29 43
2008-09-13	7	4th	5 21 28 29 40 44
2008-08-20	3	2nd	1 29 32 33 34 38
2008-08-09	6	4th	9 10 17 29 33 40
2008-07-19	2	5th	6 9 13 18 29 30
2008-07-12	1	4th	16 27 28 29 30 42
2008-07-09	7	6th	2 3 9 15 26 29
2008-06-14	9	5th	7 16 17 23 29 34
2008-05-14	8	3rd	3 4 29 34 41 42
2008-04-16	13	4th	4 10 14 29 31 38
2008-03-01	1	5th	1 8 12 20 29 49
2008-02-27	2	2nd	16 29 30 32 38 45
2008-02-20	3	3rd	7 17 29 31 39 44
2008-02-09	7	4th	2 14 26 29 31 40
2008-01-16	51	5th	8 13 17 22 29 42
2007-07-21	28	5th	3 10 21 25 29 49
2007-04-14	7	4th	13 16 23 29 36 49
2007-03-21	12	3rd	15 19 29 35 44 45
2007-02-07	8	4th	6 16 18 29 30 35
2007-01-10	1	4th	1 2 13 29 33 49
2007-01-06	3	3rd	15 25 29 35 39 40
2006-12-27	17	3rd	16 27 29 34 39 45
2006-10-28	11	6th	4 5 6 12 20 29
2006-09-20	4	3rd	3 21 29 35 38 45
2006-09-06	5	4th	5 7 14 29 37 38
2006-08-19	12	2nd	6 29 31 34 40 48
2006-07-08	1	4th	6 10 19 29 32 42
2006-07-05	12	3rd	7 17 29 33 42 45
2006-05-24	7	4th	1 17 25 29 41 46
2006-04-29	10	2nd	10 29 31 32 36 47
2006-03-25	4	5th	2 6 10 17 29 30
2006-03-11	12	4th	4 9 13 29 31 36
2006-01-28	6	4th	9 18 22 29 30 48
2006-01-07	11	5th	8 14 19 28 29 48
2005-11-30	12	3rd	7 14 29 37 41 45
2005-10-19	1	5th	7 18 20 21 29 47
2005-10-15	6	3rd	4 7 29 30 42 44
2005-09-24	18	4th	2 11 27 29 36 44
2005-07-23	1	5th	7 12 16 24 29 37
2005-07-20	6	2nd	4 29 39 41 43 45
2005-06-29	10	5th	7 12 23 26 29 44
2005-05-25	4	3rd	14 18 29 33 37 39
2005-05-11	5	5th	1 6 11 17 29 43
2005-04-23	6	4th	3 18 25 29 31 43
2005-04-02	1	4th	18 26 27 29 34 42
2005-03-30	12	5th	1 11 23 26 29 31
2005-02-16	11	4th	9 13 18 29 30 49
2005-01-08	18	5th	7 10 17 28 29 33
2004-11-06	12	3rd	2 26 29 36 39 40
2004-09-25	16	4th	3 10 28 29 42 43
2004-07-31	9	4th	3 13 17 29 40 48
2004-06-30	4	4th	11 12 15 29 37 43
2004-06-16	3	3rd	22 26 29 31 35 42
2004-06-05	6	5th	5 8 9 26 29 44
2004-05-15	7	2nd	4 29 35 44 46 49
2004-04-21	5	4th	7 19 20 29 41 49
2004-04-03	3	5th	3 9 12 28 29 38
2004-03-24	21	5th	7 17 19 26 29 41
2004-01-10	21	3rd	14 23 29 39 41 45
2003-10-29	2	4th	9 19 25 29 30 38
2003-10-22	10	3rd	6 19 29 32 34 46
2003-09-17	6	6th	3 9 15 16 21 29
2003-08-27	17	4th	8 18 19 29 44 45
2003-06-28	4	5th	1 10 17 23 29 35
2003-06-14	12	3rd	3 12 29 37 43 46
2003-05-03	5	4th	3 6 7 29 46 49
2003-04-16	13	4th	5 7 23 29 38 47
2003-03-01	9	3rd	22 24 29 31 44 45
2003-01-29	4	4th	1 6 26 29 37 48
2003-01-15	4	2nd	11 29 33 38 46 48
2003-01-01	6	4th	3 22 27 29 34 41
2002-12-11	1	5th	10 13 15 16 29 48
2002-12-07	2	3rd	2 19 29 34 35 36
2002-11-30	19	4th	6 7 20 29 37 39
2002-09-25	2	3rd	6 21 29 32 33 47
2002-09-18	1	4th	4 7 12 29 37 42
2002-09-14	2	5th	8 14 24 27 29 32
2002-09-07	7	3rd	7 21 29 31 38 41
2002-08-14	5	5th	1 6 8 20 29 38
2002-07-27	7	4th	24 26 28 29 34 44
2002-07-03	40	6th	2 4 5 22 27 29
2002-02-13	10	6th	4 7 12 13 16 29
2002-01-09	2	4th	16 20 28 29 41 45
2002-01-02	2	5th	2 6 20 24 29 32
2001-12-26	6	4th	10 17 26 29 36 37
2001-12-05	6	6th	4 6 8 19 23 29
2001-11-14	11	2nd	19 29 32 33 43 47
2001-10-06	11	3rd	9 12 29 33 44 47
2001-08-29	2	5th	4 5 9 13 29 47
2001-08-22	4	4th	14 20 22 29 33 37
2001-08-08	3	2nd	26 29 31 32 39 46
2001-07-28	18	3rd	3 13 29 31 36 45
2001-05-26	4	4th	3 15 22 29 35 49
2001-05-12	22	2nd	6 29 30 38 39 45
2001-02-24	9	5th	1 3 12 28 29 41
2001-01-24	11	4th	10 11 28 29 31 39
2000-12-16	12	4th	17 21 26 29 34 39
2000-11-04	20	4th	2 8 17 29 33 44
2000-08-26	8	4th	4 11 16 29 34 35
2000-07-29	1	1st	29 30 33 37 45 48
2000-07-26	22	3rd	2 28 29 40 43 47
2000-05-10	3	3rd	10 18 29 37 38 46
2000-04-29	3	5th	15 16 19 27 29 42
2000-04-19	5	5th	1 3 7 19 29 44
2000-04-01	29	5th	3 11 19 25 29 30
1999-12-22	1	1st	29 32 39 46 47 49
1999-12-18	8	6th	6 7 12 13 18 29
1999-11-20	2	5th	7 9 15 20 29 34
1999-11-13	7	5th	7 10 21 28 29 39
1999-10-20	2	4th	9 18 27 29 33 43
1999-10-13	1	4th	3 19 23 29 33 34
1999-10-09	8	4th	8 15 26 29 38 46
1999-09-11	11	5th	2 4 16 21 29 46
1999-08-04	20	4th	3 4 9 29 31 36
1999-05-26	4	4th	14 22 26 29 33 46
1999-05-12	7	4th	8 9 26 29 38 47
1999-04-17	3	4th	3 16 28 29 41 46
1999-04-07	5	5th	10 15 23 27 29 46
1999-03-20	1	4th	13 17 25 29 45 49
1999-03-17	7	3rd	1 7 29 38 45 46
1999-02-20	19	5th	3 9 17 23 29 40
1998-12-16	10	5th	11 19 20 24 29 40
1998-11-11	10	5th	5 11 19 25 29 49
1998-10-07	3	4th	2 12 24 29 30 33
1998-09-26	17	4th	6 15 18 29 35 40
1998-07-29	7	4th	1 7 23 29 38 48
1998-07-04	10	4th	9 15 25 29 32 49
1998-05-30	8	4th	2 3 14 29 38 40
1998-05-02	4	5th	2 4 16 24 29 49
1998-04-18	1	3rd	1 13 29 31 33 42
1998-04-15	5	5th	1 12 18 26 29 36
1998-03-28	25	5th	11 13 23 28 29 37
1997-12-31	2	6th	8 13 18 21 23 29
1997-12-24	4	4th	5 6 11 29 36 41
1997-12-10	3	4th	4 17 22 29 38 48
1997-11-29	18	4th	2 8 21 29 46 47
1997-09-27	1	3rd	15 21 29 32 33 40
1997-09-24	12	3rd	12 14 29 31 32 44
1997-08-13	21	4th	5 10 17 29 41 43
1997-05-31	5	5th	2 5 9 28 29 45
1997-05-14	3	5th	2 8 16 21 29 37
1997-05-03	6	3rd	6 20 29 31 35 40
1997-04-12	7	3rd	9 27 29 37 42 44
1997-03-19	3	4th	13 16 17 29 40 48
1997-03-08	7	4th	5 12 20 29 39 42
1997-02-12	2	4th	5 14 23 29 38 45
1997-02-05	42	4th	9 25 28 29 31 35
1996-04-20	6	3rd	9 28 29 31 40 48
1996-03-09	8	3rd	14 16 29 30 37 45
1996-01-13	5	2nd	21 29 31 32 34 48
1995-12-09	10	5th	5 11 12 26 29 33
1995-09-30	17	3rd	10 11 29 32 33 40
1995-06-03	12	3rd	1 21 29 31 32 40
1995-03-11	3	5th	2 13 22 27 29 46
1995-02-18	1	4th	16 19 21 29 36 45
1995-02-11	7	3rd	15 18 29 35 38 48
1994-12-24	3	4th	2 3 27 29 39 44
1994-12-03	—	4th	11 17 21 29 30 40