Number 29

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

106times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.51σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 82% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

56longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, −0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 106 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 3 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 3.8
2nd smallest16 · chance 21.0
3rd smallest47 · chance 40.6
4th smallest33 · chance 32.0
5th smallest6 · chance 8.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 24 40 30 38 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-10-14	36	4th	6 10 14 29 34
2026-07-22	3	4th	1 12 14 29 33
2026-07-15	1	2nd	26 29 41 46 47
2026-07-13	1	4th	6 7 24

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-18	19	3rd	7 17 29 42 45
2024-08-05	21	3rd	13 21 29 33 38
2024-06-17	7	4th	3 12 28 29 35
2024-06-01	1	4th	13 15 19 29 39
2024-05-29	2	4th	8 9 11 29 36
2024-05-25	16	4th	12 17 27 29 40
2024-04-17	2	4th	10 20 24 29 38
2024-04-13	2	4th	7 9 10 29 38
2024-04-08	8	3rd	24 28 29 32 38
2024-03-20	19	3rd	3 16 29 44 50
2024-02-05	5	5th	1 15 17 24 29
2024-01-24	4	4th	10 13 15 29 47
2024-01-15	32	2nd	28 29 38 41 52
2023-11-01	30	5th	6 19 21 26 29
2023-08-23	2	3rd	9 11 29 38 39
2023-08-19	3	3rd	4 22 29 32 39
2023-08-12	2	4th	3 16 26 29 30
2023-08-07	4	3rd	4 8 29 33 52
2023-07-29	2	3rd	8 14 29 50 52
2023-07-24	3	4th	6 13 20 29 51
2023-07-17	4	3rd	25 28 29 40 51
2023-07-08	10	1st	29 33 38 43 49
2023-06-14	1	4th	2 15 26 29 30
2023-06-12	15	2nd	1 29 32 41 46
2023-05-08	19	4th	7 18 24 29 44
2023-03-25	7	3rd	3 17 29 41 52
2023-03-08	12	3rd	3 7 29 31 49
2023-02-08	8	3rd	4 5 29 36 37
2023-01-21	9	3rd	25 27 29 35 50
2022-12-31	9	2nd	9 29 30 35 42
2022-12-10	5	3rd	2 17 29 31 43
2022-11-28	2	3rd	5 6 29 34 49
2022-11-23	1	3rd	12 21 29 35 42
2022-11-21	3	4th	3 12 14 29 32
2022-11-14	26	3rd	9 23 29 40 49
2022-09-14	31	4th	9 13 15 29 32
2022-06-29	5	2nd	17 29 33 40 52
2022-06-11	1	3rd	14 25 29 33 37
2022-06-08	5	3rd	2 15 29 39 42
2022-05-21	3	3rd	11 21 29 32 46
2022-05-11	2	2nd	26 29 32 36 48
2022-05-04	4	3rd	5 27 29 36 47
2022-04-20	7	4th	1 3 25 29 30
2022-03-26	9	4th	6 20 22 29 40
2022-02-23	8	3rd	3 13 29 47 52
2022-01-26	1	5th	1 8 22 23 29
2022-01-22	18	3rd	11 27 29 35 46
2021-11-20	16	2nd	27 29 33 37 40
2021-09-25	42	3rd	1 10 29 32 36
2021-05-01	26	4th	12 17 28 29 46
2021-01-30	5	5th	5 7 9 10 29
2021-01-13	1	4th	8 21 24 29 32
2021-01-09	8	3rd	9 25 29 30 39
2020-12-12	12	2nd	10 29 36 38 46
2020-10-31	24	4th	5 6 24 29 40
2020-08-08	1	3rd	11 14 29 31 48
2020-08-05	1	4th	6 23 26 29 43
2020-08-01	1	3rd	12 21 29 40 44
2020-07-29	13	1st	29 30 38 45 51
2020-06-13	6	4th	3 16 26 29 40
2020-05-23	2	1st	29 38 39 49 50
2020-05-16	13	4th	8 14 25 29 49
2020-04-01	5	4th	14 16 28 29 52
2020-03-14	1	3rd	10 17 29 46 51
2020-03-11	4	4th	2 11 24 29 50
2020-02-26	2	3rd	2 3 29 30 40
2020-02-19	2	2nd	16 29 33 47 51
2020-02-12	15	4th	13 17 27 29 44
2019-12-21	3	3rd	4 17 29 40 51
2019-12-11	6	2nd	23 29 34 41 51
2019-11-20	20	3rd	1 4 29 46 47
2019-09-11	28	2nd	12 29 30 34 36
2019-06-05	23	3rd	2 9 29 38 46
2019-03-16	16	1st	29 30 32 47 49
2019-01-19	4	2nd	24 29 46 49 51
2019-01-05	41	3rd	1 19 29 32 50
2018-08-15	26	3rd	6 9 29 32 36
2018-05-16	5	3rd	24 25 29 38 50
2018-04-28	5	3rd	26 27 29 34 40
2018-04-11	36	3rd	7 20 29 33 52
2017-12-06	4	2nd	18 29 37 39 42
2017-11-22	—	4th	6 8 22 29 34