Number 29

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

86times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.96σ

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

16.7average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

78longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.96σ. 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 18 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.7 draws · longest completed wait 78 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest22 · chance 12.3
2nd smallest25 · chance 30.3
3rd smallest27 · chance 28.2
4th smallest11 · chance 12.4
5th smallest1 · chance 2.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

73 40 88 32 49 52

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.7 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 90. 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
2009-06-27	15	1st	29 56 66 77 88 89
2009-05-23	13	3rd	9 25 29 43 48 54
2009-04-23	10	2nd	24 29 40 71 74 78

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-10-07	13	2nd	15 29 30 68 79 85
2006-09-07	6	3rd	1 3 29 63 72 85
2006-08-24	25	3rd	3 27 29 46 47 61
2006-06-27	9	2nd	11 29 56 62 68 76
2006-06-06	31	1st	29 31 41 44 64 73
2006-03-25	2	3rd	16 20 29 31 38 45
2006-03-21	7	4th	7 8 10 29 40 52
2006-03-04	13	3rd	17 27 29 31 44 46
2006-02-02	12	3rd	3 22 29 54 75 84
2006-01-05	42	3rd	8 27 29 38 64 82
2005-09-29	13	3rd	12 23 29 48 52 78
2005-08-30	13	2nd	10 29 53 73 78 83
2005-07-30	21	3rd	25 28 29 54 74 88
2005-06-08	10	4th	6 8 28 29 32 73
2005-05-04	7	2nd	1 29 49 53 56 74
2005-04-09	40	1st	29 30 61 65 73 81
2004-11-20	28	1st	29 30 38 54 66 78
2004-08-14	2	1st	29 40 52 59 71 84
2004-08-07	2	2nd	8 29 38 53 77 80
2004-07-31	4	2nd	17 29 63 66 70 89
2004-07-17	3	1st	29 53 54 72 76 90
2004-07-07	9	3rd	14 23 29 44 48 74
2004-06-05	13	1st	29 34 37 55 62 78
2004-04-21	15	1st	29 61 62 69 80 85
2004-02-28	16	2nd	11 29 60 61 82 84
2004-01-03	9	1st	29 32 36 72 77 82
2003-12-03	6	3rd	7 20 29 55 71 81
2003-11-12	2	2nd	18 29 32 55 79 82
2003-11-05	32	4th	13 14 24 29 73 79
2003-07-16	12	3rd	15 18 29 37 47 50
2003-06-04	26	2nd	17 29 35 45 76 84
2003-03-05	58	1st	29 40 57 67 76 79
2002-08-31	6	3rd	21 28 29 36 45 54
2002-08-10	36	2nd	16 29 32 40 48 70
2002-04-06	4	3rd	19 23 29 44 69 89
2002-03-23	7	2nd	1 29 35 38 45 51
2002-02-27	6	1st	29 33 40 47 54 87
2002-02-06	63	1st	29 37 53 62 79 85
2001-07-04	7	2nd	13 29 40 61 73 81
2001-06-09	39	4th	4 18 24 29 41 59
2001-01-24	16	1st	29 42 56 65 80 90
2000-11-29	9	3rd	13 17 29 32 35 49
2000-10-28	11	3rd	6 21 29 43 80 89
2000-09-20	15	3rd	12 14 29 49 62 82
2000-07-29	12	1st	29 31 56 57 76 79
2000-06-17	30	1st	29 32 35 49 69 71
2000-03-04	13	3rd	7 19 29 33 40 88
2000-01-19	23	2nd	20 29 39 54 57 71
1999-10-30	13	3rd	16 21 29 39 70 90
1999-09-15	10	4th	17 20 27 29 72 73
1999-08-11	1	4th	10 19 24 29 42 67
1999-08-07	15	3rd	4 16 29 58 69 88
1999-06-16	78	3rd	5 20 29 41 56 86
1998-09-16	21	3rd	22 26 29 37 75 76
1998-07-04	10	1st	29 42 49 52 53 67
1998-05-30	9	3rd	4 11 29 34 86 88
1998-04-29	20	4th	15 23 27 29 50 69
1998-02-18	9	3rd	10 12 29 41 45 50
1998-01-17	3	1st	29 37 49 51 55 74
1998-01-07	1	4th	20 23 24 29 66 73
1998-01-03	8	2nd	2 29 36 72 82 90
1997-12-06	—	4th	2 4 25 29 30 52