Number 29

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

157times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.39σ

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

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

37longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 157 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 157 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 smallest1 · chance 2.5
3rd smallest15 · chance 17.0
4th smallest47 · chance 49.1
5th smallest67 · chance 61.4
6th smallest27 · chance 26.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 28 9 16 30 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-05	8	4th	3 21 27 29 32 35
2020-07-08	10	6th	3 10 18 22 25 29
2020-06-03	2	4th	12 16 25 29 33 40
2020-05-27

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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