Number 29

In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 5 from 1–70 (an earlier era).

63times drawn · chance expected 55 +1.06σ

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

12.2average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0

64longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 63 times in 776 draws against 55.4 expected, +1.06σ. 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 63 times in 776 draws · average wait 12.2 draws · longest completed wait 64 · 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 smallest11 · chance 7.4
2nd smallest16 · chance 21.8
3rd smallest24 · chance 22.6
4th smallest10 · chance 9.8
5th smallest2 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

66 3 7 38 11 39

Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 2 such strangers 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 70. 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
2025-04-01	26	4th	11 12 21 29 49
2024-12-31	9	4th	13 22 27 29 35
2024-11-29	14	2nd	3 29 34 37 38
2024-10-11	4	3rd	3 10

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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-11-25	5	1st	29 31 46 54 67
2022-11-08	9	3rd	5 13 29 38 59
2022-10-07	18	3rd	6 11 29 36 55
2022-08-05	3	3rd	2 5 29 64 69
2022-07-26	7	2nd	7 29 60 63 66
2022-07-01	20	3rd	1 27 29 38 62
2022-04-22	4	3rd	7 28 29 58 59
2022-04-08	26	3rd	8 11 29 32 40
2022-01-07	22	2nd	7 29 43 56 57
2021-10-22	21	4th	9 14 26 29 66
2021-08-10	31	1st	29 45 50 59 62
2021-04-23	22	3rd	4 28 29 30 60
2021-02-05	3	4th	14 17 28 29 44
2021-01-26	10	1st	29 49 56 66 67
2020-12-22	27	1st	29 53 56 59 67
2020-09-18	10	2nd	26 29 41 52 64
2020-08-14	1	3rd	3 24 29 42 47
2020-08-11	12	3rd	8 22 29 43 56
2020-06-30	8	3rd	9 16 29 37 53
2020-06-02	14	5th	9 20 23 26 29
2020-04-14	24	1st	29 47 65 69 70
2020-01-21	11	3rd	16 18 29 31 37
2019-12-13	5	3rd	17 21 29 39 56
2019-11-26	64	3rd	8 27 29 38 43
2019-04-16	9	2nd	11 29 34 48 54
2019-03-15	4	2nd	3 29 56 62 64
2019-03-01	13	1st	29 33 39 60 66
2019-01-15	2	1st	29 52 58 60 62
2019-01-08	1	3rd	13 26 29 38 64
2019-01-04	27	2nd	21 29 35 54 60
2018-10-02	9	3rd	2 22 29 31 34
2018-08-31	11	3rd	7 18 29 32 45
2018-07-24	8	5th	1 2 4 19 29
2018-06-26	17	3rd	17 25 29 39 60
2018-04-27	7	2nd	2 29 38 63 66
2018-04-03	18	2nd	4 29 39 42 62
2018-01-30	4	1st	29 41 42 49 57
2018-01-16	2	4th	3 11 23 29 59
2018-01-09	—	2nd	16 29 31 65 67