Number 29

In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – May 2016 rules — 2,219 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

272times drawn · chance expected 284 −0.79σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

52longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 272 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, −0.79σ. 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 272 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.8
2nd smallest14 · chance 12.4
3rd smallest53 · chance 62.7
4th smallest126 · chance 120.7
5th smallest79 · chance 75.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 21 11 22 8 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-05-13	6	4th	11 17 23 29 34
2016-05-07	25	5th	5 13 16 25 29
2016-04-12	19	3rd	3 18 29 31 33
2016-03-24	15	4th	9 11 25

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-11-07	19	5th	3 10 21 24 29
2015-10-19	3	4th	11 16 18 29 35
2015-10-16	7	4th	5 22 28 29 37
2015-10-09	10	5th	6 11 21 28 29
2015-09-29	6	5th	10 11 21 27 29
2015-09-23	25	4th	9 18 23 29 36
2015-08-29	27	4th	10 20 22 29 31
2015-08-02	2	5th	17 18 24 26 29
2015-07-31	10	4th	2 3 12 29 31
2015-07-21	2	5th	6 14 27 28 29
2015-07-19	5	5th	1 12 26 28 29
2015-07-14	15	5th	2 7 11 19 29
2015-06-29	13	5th	3 8 9 14 29
2015-06-16	18	4th	17 23 28 29 39
2015-05-29	21	5th	3 12 24 27 29
2015-05-08	9	5th	5 12 14 28 29
2015-04-28	7	3rd	3 10 29 37 38
2015-04-21	16	4th	13 16 27 29 32
2015-04-05	8	4th	6 13 28 29 30
2015-03-28	1	5th	11 20 22 26 29
2015-03-27	5	4th	5 24 28 29 32
2015-03-22	2	2nd	5 29 31 33 35
2015-03-20	16	2nd	24 29 30 32 36
2015-03-04	12	5th	12 13 16 21 29
2015-02-20	13	4th	4 7 20 29 35
2015-02-07	7	3rd	9 11 29 34 37
2015-01-31	2	4th	22 24 28 29 31
2015-01-29	7	2nd	12 29 31 32 33
2015-01-22	3	4th	12 25 26 29 34
2015-01-19	1	4th	13 22 24 29 37
2015-01-18	2	5th	1 16 17 22 29
2015-01-16	14	5th	2 10 21 25 29
2015-01-02	11	3rd	8 24 29 35 36
2014-12-22	13	3rd	2 23 29 32 36
2014-12-09	4	4th	2 17 28 29 38
2014-12-05	7	2nd	2 29 34 35 37
2014-11-28	8	5th	4 8 16 26 29
2014-11-20	2	2nd	4 29 32 34 35
2014-11-18	6	4th	10 19 21 29 34
2014-11-12	3	4th	8 26 27 29 37
2014-11-09	3	5th	12 19 27 28 29
2014-11-06	20	4th	10 11 17 29 37
2014-10-17	4	3rd	15 22 29 33 39
2014-10-13	8	4th	2 8 18 29 39
2014-10-05	24	5th	8 15 20 23 29
2014-09-11	10	4th	6 11 14 29 36
2014-09-01	1	5th	5 16 24 27 29
2014-08-31	4	4th	1 18 21 29 32
2014-08-27	1	3rd	23 26 29 32 33
2014-08-26	4	4th	4 9 13 29 39
2014-08-22	1	4th	5 11 21 29 38
2014-08-21	3	5th	16 23 26 28 29
2014-08-18	12	5th	4 11 26 27 29
2014-08-06	18	4th	2 24 25 29 33
2014-07-19	5	4th	4 7 10 29 38
2014-07-14	21	4th	17 26 28 29 33
2014-06-23	5	4th	15 16 25 29 37
2014-06-18	3	4th	13 22 26 29 36
2014-06-15	6	3rd	2 19 29 33 39
2014-06-09	6	4th	12 14 23 29 30
2014-06-03	4	3rd	1 16 29 34 36
2014-05-30	6	3rd	21 25 29 31 39
2014-05-24	3	5th	4 6 8 28 29
2014-05-21	8	5th	4 11 21 26 29
2014-05-13	2	4th	1 7 11 29 39
2014-05-11	1	2nd	22 29 32 33 37
2014-05-10	7	5th	5 8 15 20 29
2014-05-03	13	3rd	2 24 29 33 36
2014-04-20	7	5th	3 7 15 25 29
2014-04-13	15	4th	4 11 22 29 36
2014-03-29	4	4th	10 15 26 29 35
2014-03-25	7	5th	4 7 14 23 29
2014-03-18	8	3rd	1 13 29 35 36
2014-03-10	1	3rd	10 27 29 35 39
2014-03-09	2	3rd	17 27 29 32 37
2014-03-07	10	4th	11 14 20 29 37
2014-02-25	3	4th	4 14 21 29 39
2014-02-22	7	3rd	2 16 29 31 34
2014-02-15	12	5th	3 16 21 23 29
2014-02-03	13	2nd	2 29 31 37 38
2014-01-21	3	3rd	25 26 29 32 38
2014-01-18	19	5th	15 16 21 22 29
2013-12-30	3	3rd	4 14 29 35 38
2013-12-27	10	3rd	7 15 29 32 38
2013-12-17	15	3rd	3 26 29 34 38
2013-12-02	18	4th	3 8 28 29 37
2013-11-14	1	4th	12 19 25 29 39
2013-11-13	6	4th	4 14 28 29 33
2013-11-07	6	5th	3 11 15 24 29
2013-11-01	5	5th	18 23 24 25 29
2013-10-27	1	4th	1 20 28 29 39
2013-10-25	8	4th	6 7 25 29 30
2013-10-17	1	4th	2 19 26 29 37
2013-10-16	10	4th	19 22 24 29 35
2013-10-06	2	4th	10 22 27 29 38
2013-10-04	3	3rd	11 17 29 31 38
2013-10-01	6	5th	2 12 14 26 29
2013-09-25	3	4th	1 7 23 29 30
2013-09-22	5	4th	11 12 28 29 32
2013-09-17	15	5th	1 16 21 25 29
2013-09-02	4	5th	12 14 21 22 29
2013-08-29	5	4th	1 2 25 29 33
2013-08-24	2	4th	9 13 23 29 37
2013-08-22	4	4th	1 20 24 29 37
2013-08-18	7	5th	7 8 19 22 29
2013-08-11	5	4th	3 14 19 29 34
2013-08-06	18	3rd	6 13 29 33 38
2013-07-19	52	5th	4 14 19 26 29
2013-05-28	3	5th	6 20 21 24 29
2013-05-25	18	5th	12 14 20 23 29
2013-05-07	5	5th	8 11 21 24 29
2013-05-02	2	5th	16 17 20 21 29
2013-04-30	7	4th	18 26 28 29 33
2013-04-23	2	4th	1 22 27 29 37
2013-04-21	7	4th	4 16 25 29 36
2013-04-14	5	3rd	3 15 29 34 37
2013-04-09	27	3rd	6 25 29 31 38
2013-03-13	17	4th	5 6 22 29 37
2013-02-24	25	2nd	10 29 31 36 38
2013-01-30	2	4th	3 8 12 29 37
2013-01-28	5	4th	10 16 18 29 39
2013-01-23	7	3rd	3 18 29 34 37
2013-01-16	8	3rd	2 8 29 34 36
2013-01-08	4	3rd	17 20 29 36 39
2013-01-04	11	5th	6 15 19 20 29
2012-12-24	4	4th	3 13 26 29 31
2012-12-20	1	3rd	2 22 29 33 34
2012-12-19	2	3rd	2 10 29 32 38
2012-12-17	11	4th	23 26 27 29 33
2012-12-06	7	3rd	5 27 29 31 37
2012-11-29	10	5th	2 19 25 26 29
2012-11-19	8	4th	7 16 21 29 36
2012-11-11	9	4th	2 3 6 29 37
2012-11-02	3	5th	16 19 24 26 29
2012-10-30	8	3rd	12 18 29 37 38
2012-10-22	15	4th	7 11 19 29 34
2012-10-07	2	4th	10 21 22 29 37
2012-10-05	8	5th	1 9 21 22 29
2012-09-27	1	4th	7 10 16 29 37
2012-09-26	2	3rd	5 23 29 31 34
2012-09-24	3	4th	12 16 18 29 33
2012-09-21	7	4th	11 20 23 29 37
2012-09-14	15	3rd	16 24 29 33 36
2012-08-30	3	4th	7 8 19 29 32
2012-08-27	6	4th	4 13 23 29 33
2012-08-21	3	4th	1 6 21 29 39
2012-08-18	6	2nd	23 29 33 34 37
2012-08-12	33	4th	13 22 27 29 30
2012-07-10	1	4th	5 13 24 29 37
2012-07-09	2	4th	7 8 18 29 35
2012-07-07	11	4th	4 18 22 29 38
2012-06-25	6	5th	5 19 26 27 29
2012-06-19	2	4th	3 11 22 29 30
2012-06-17	4	2nd	18 29 34 35 37
2012-06-13	7	4th	11 18 21 29 38
2012-06-06	3	4th	8 14 15 29 34
2012-06-03	13	4th	9 15 28 29 35
2012-05-21	1	4th	3 4 14 29 38
2012-05-20	11	4th	6 9 20 29 35
2012-05-06	1	3rd	3 20 29 30 35
2012-05-05	7	4th	18 25 27 29 30
2012-04-28	14	5th	6 15 20 27 29
2012-04-14	16	3rd	2 8 29 30 31
2012-03-29	7	5th	2 15 17 21 29
2012-03-22	11	5th	8 9 18 21 29
2012-03-11	7	4th	22 23 24 29 34
2012-03-04	11	3rd	14 22 29 32 35
2012-02-22	16	4th	1 5 16 29 35
2012-02-06	11	4th	1 9 20 29 39
2012-01-26	1	5th	6 13 23 25 29
2012-01-25	12	2nd	28 29 31 32 34
2012-01-13	5	4th	13 17 21 29 30
2012-01-08	4	4th	5 22 28 29 38
2012-01-04	5	3rd	9 13 29 32 34
2011-12-30	2	5th	12 14 24 28 29
2011-12-28	8	3rd	1 14 29 33 39
2011-12-20	4	3rd	22 24 29 36 39
2011-12-16	19	5th	4 5 9 22 29
2011-11-27	5	5th	6 25 27 28 29
2011-11-22	9	4th	5 10 23 29 37
2011-11-13	1	4th	2 20 21 29 37
2011-11-12	1	3rd	1 15 29 32 35
2011-11-11	4	5th	4 6 11 27 29
2011-11-07	4	3rd	1 2 29 32 39
2011-11-03	15	4th	7 8 21 29 32
2011-10-19	20	4th	1 5 10 29 34
2011-09-27	23	4th	1 6 27 29 30
2011-09-04	11	2nd	8 29 31 34 37
2011-08-23	4	5th	2 14 20 27 29
2011-08-19	21	4th	11 17 22 29 33
2011-07-27	1	5th	7 9 16 25 29
2011-07-26	6	4th	6 8 17 29 33
2011-07-20	27	4th	9 13 19 29 33
2011-06-23	2	4th	16 17 22 29 35
2011-06-21	1	5th	5 10 11 16 29
2011-06-20	3	3rd	5 9 29 31 32
2011-06-17	8	5th	11 26 27 28 29
2011-06-09	31	4th	5 8 10 29 30
2011-05-09	6	4th	11 15 24 29 35
2011-05-03	1	5th	2 4 14 17 29
2011-05-02	5	5th	2 10 11 16 29
2011-04-27	2	3rd	12 27 29 31 37
2011-04-25	12	3rd	4 28 29 32 36
2011-04-12	7	4th	17 19 21 29 38
2011-04-05	4	5th	1 5 20 23 29
2011-04-01	3	4th	16 19 24 29 36
2011-03-29	4	3rd	18 25 29 36 39
2011-03-25	1	5th	8 16 19 28 29
2011-03-24	11	3rd	23 26 29 34 37
2011-03-13	8	2nd	8 29 30 33 36
2011-03-05	14	5th	4 19 23 28 29
2011-02-19	6	5th	3 6 10 12 29
2011-02-13	6	3rd	17 20 29 33 38
2011-02-07	5	4th	20 25 28 29 39
2011-02-02	10	4th	6 11 27 29 34
2011-01-22	10	5th	3 8 17 21 29
2011-01-12	3	5th	5 24 26 28 29
2011-01-09	2	4th	4 7 10 29 39
2011-01-07	3	4th	11 21 27 29 30
2011-01-04	9	5th	11 15 21 22 29
2010-12-26	4	4th	3 8 26 29 39
2010-12-22	1	3rd	6 11 29 31 35
2010-12-21	7	5th	13 14 17 22 29
2010-12-14	8	4th	23 24 28 29 39
2010-12-06	20	4th	6 8 10 29 37
2010-11-16	2	4th	3 16 27 29 38
2010-11-14	6	4th	11 19 23 29 31
2010-11-08	19	5th	6 8 23 25 29
2010-10-20	3	4th	2 13 16 29 30
2010-10-17	19	3rd	8 19 29 31 32
2010-09-28	9	4th	5 7 12 29 32
2010-09-19	8	5th	12 19 23 24 29
2010-09-11	5	4th	15 17 26 29 39
2010-09-06	6	3rd	6 15 29 30 34
2010-08-31	9	5th	1 13 16 21 29
2010-08-22	6	4th	5 15 23 29 37
2010-08-16	6	5th	9 13 16 17 29
2010-08-10	3	5th	9 10 14 26 29
2010-08-07	24	4th	4 18 27 29 35
2010-07-14	2	4th	1 9 12 29 33
2010-07-12	13	2nd	2 29 33 35 36
2010-06-29	27	5th	2 9 12 28 29
2010-06-02	19	5th	8 14 18 24 29
2010-05-14	7	4th	1 17 23 29 37
2010-05-07	1	4th	1 10 14 29 32
2010-05-06	9	4th	6 24 25 29 36
2010-04-27	8	4th	8 9 28 29 32
2010-04-19	—	5th	6 13 19 21 29