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Number 29 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 74 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.43σ
80 draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.1% for any number
10.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
52 longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long
29 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 74 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 80 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
29 Number 29, draw by draw Drawn 74 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 80 draws now
20 draws: 2005-07-26 to 2005-10-04 5 draws: 2005-10-04 to 2005-10-21 28 draws: 2005-10-21 to 2006-01-27 2 draws: 2006-01-27 to 2006-02-03 8 draws: 2006-02-03 to 2006-03-03 12 draws: 2006-03-03 to 2006-04-14 4 draws: 2006-04-14 to 2006-04-28 11 draws: 2006-04-28 to 2006-06-06 6 draws: 2006-06-06 to 2006-06-27 6 draws: 2006-06-27 to 2006-07-18 4 draws: 2006-07-18 to 2006-08-01 23 draws: 2006-08-01 to 2006-10-20 14 draws: 2006-10-20 to 2006-12-08 19 draws: 2006-12-08 to 2007-02-13 6 draws: 2007-02-13 to 2007-03-06 25 draws: 2007-03-06 to 2007-06-01 2 draws: 2007-06-01 to 2007-06-08 5 draws: 2007-06-08 to 2007-06-26 11 draws: 2007-06-26 to 2007-08-03 33 draws: 2007-08-03 to 2007-11-27 12 draws: 2007-11-27 to 2008-01-08 52 draws: 2008-01-08 to 2008-07-08 3 draws: 2008-07-08 to 2008-07-18 1 draws: 2008-07-18 to 2008-07-22 7 draws: 2008-07-22 to 2008-08-15 22 draws: 2008-08-15 to 2008-10-31 13 draws: 2008-10-31 to 2008-12-16 3 draws: 2008-12-16 to 2008-12-26 1 draws: 2008-12-26 to 2008-12-30 10 draws: 2008-12-30 to 2009-02-03 2 draws: 2009-02-03 to 2009-02-10 25 draws: 2009-02-10 to 2009-05-08 4 draws: 2009-05-08 to 2009-05-22 10 draws: 2009-05-22 to 2009-06-26 5 draws: 2009-06-26 to 2009-07-14 18 draws: 2009-07-14 to 2009-09-15 2 draws: 2009-09-15 to 2009-09-22 11 draws: 2009-09-22 to 2009-10-30 3 draws: 2009-10-30 to 2009-11-10 14 draws: 2009-11-10 to 2009-12-29 14 draws: 2009-12-29 to 2010-02-16 3 draws: 2010-02-16 to 2010-02-26 3 draws: 2010-02-26 to 2010-03-09 4 draws: 2010-03-09 to 2010-03-23 19 draws: 2010-03-23 to 2010-05-28 17 draws: 2010-05-28 to 2010-07-27 7 draws: 2010-07-27 to 2010-08-20 3 draws: 2010-08-20 to 2010-08-31 11 draws: 2010-08-31 to 2010-10-08 29 draws: 2010-10-08 to 2011-01-18 5 draws: 2011-01-18 to 2011-02-04 23 draws: 2011-02-04 to 2011-04-26 2 draws: 2011-04-26 to 2011-05-03 10 draws: 2011-05-03 to 2011-06-07 3 draws: 2011-06-07 to 2011-06-17 8 draws: 2011-06-17 to 2011-07-15 19 draws: 2011-07-15 to 2011-09-20 15 draws: 2011-09-20 to 2011-11-11 5 draws: 2011-11-11 to 2011-11-29 2 draws: 2011-11-29 to 2011-12-06 1 draws: 2011-12-06 to 2011-12-09 4 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2011-12-23 14 draws: 2011-12-23 to 2012-02-10 5 draws: 2012-02-10 to 2012-02-28 1 draws: 2012-02-28 to 2012-03-02 4 draws: 2012-03-02 to 2012-03-16 16 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-05-11 5 draws: 2012-05-11 to 2012-05-29 18 draws: 2012-05-29 to 2012-07-31 26 draws: 2012-07-31 to 2012-10-30 5 draws: 2012-10-30 to 2012-11-16 9 draws: 2012-11-16 to 2012-12-18 7 draws: 2012-12-18 to 2013-01-11 Still waiting — at least 80 draws since 2013-01-11 2005-07-26 2005-10-04 2005-10-21 2006-01-27 2006-02-03 2006-03-03 2006-04-14 2006-04-28 2006-06-06 2006-06-27 2006-07-18 2006-08-01 2006-10-20 2006-12-08 2007-02-13 2007-03-06 2007-06-01 2007-06-08 2007-06-26 2007-08-03 2007-11-27 2008-01-08 2008-07-08 2008-07-18 2008-07-22 2008-08-15 2008-10-31 2008-12-16 2008-12-26 2008-12-30 2009-02-03 2009-02-10 2009-05-08 2009-05-22 2009-06-26 2009-07-14 2009-09-15 2009-09-22 2009-10-30 2009-11-10 2009-12-29 2010-02-16 2010-02-26 2010-03-09 2010-03-23 2010-05-28 2010-07-27 2010-08-20 2010-08-31 2010-10-08 2011-01-18 2011-02-04 2011-04-26 2011-05-03 2011-06-07 2011-06-17 2011-07-15 2011-09-20 2011-11-11 2011-11-29 2011-12-06 2011-12-09 2011-12-23 2012-02-10 2012-02-28 2012-03-02 2012-03-16 2012-05-11 2012-05-29 2012-07-31 2012-10-30 2012-11-16 2012-12-18 2013-01-11 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 3 · chance 3.8 2nd smallest 20 · chance 17.8 3rd smallest 22 · chance 28.8 4th smallest 24 · chance 19.2 5th smallest 5 · chance 4.4 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 56. 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 ← number 28 Every number number 30 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.