Number 29

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

110times drawn · chance expected 109 +0.06σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +0.06σ. 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 110 times in 897 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 0.6
2nd smallest4 · chance 7.4
3rd smallest32 · chance 30.0
4th smallest50 · chance 47.3
5th smallest24 · chance 24.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 13 4 21 24 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2018-10-31	5	3rd	13 21 29 36 39
2018-10-26	13	4th	5 14 19 29 32
2018-10-13	2	4th	10 14 22 29 37
2018-10-11	1	3rd	12 24 29

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-06-09	1	4th	3 14 26 29 35
2018-06-08	4	3rd	4 22 29 35 39
2018-06-04	8	5th	18 21 24 26 29
2018-05-27	37	5th	2 9 17 20 29
2018-04-20	11	2nd	10 29 31 34 36
2018-04-09	13	4th	3 9 22 29 32
2018-03-27	7	5th	5 11 14 18 29
2018-03-20	1	4th	4 17 22 29 30
2018-03-19	1	5th	9 20 25 27 29
2018-03-18	2	4th	17 18 23 29 41
2018-03-16	3	4th	3 11 13 29 34
2018-03-13	8	3rd	4 23 29 35 40
2018-03-05	8	4th	13 22 26 29 35
2018-02-25	17	5th	13 17 21 23 29
2018-02-08	4	3rd	11 17 29 33 39
2018-02-04	3	4th	2 6 28 29 33
2018-02-01	3	2nd	17 29 31 32 41
2018-01-29	2	3rd	9 11 29 36 40
2018-01-27	14	3rd	1 24 29 35 37
2018-01-13	20	4th	14 17 20 29 40
2017-12-24	1	5th	7 8 17 23 29
2017-12-23	5	4th	1 6 23 29 33
2017-12-18	19	4th	4 13 19 29 32
2017-11-29	6	5th	6 9 11 27 29
2017-11-23	2	4th	7 25 26 29 38
2017-11-21	3	5th	1 11 13 20 29
2017-11-18	10	3rd	16 20 29 33 37
2017-11-08	33	2nd	18 29 35 36 40
2017-10-05	4	4th	12 16 18 29 35
2017-09-30	8	4th	5 7 17 29 39
2017-09-22	1	3rd	16 23 29 33 41
2017-09-21	29	4th	2 7 19 29 30
2017-08-23	4	4th	7 8 25 29 36
2017-08-19	24	4th	4 13 21 29 40
2017-07-26	6	3rd	11 16 29 30 39
2017-07-20	17	4th	4 7 25 29 34
2017-07-03	19	3rd	10 25 29 39 41
2017-06-14	10	4th	4 5 21 29 36
2017-06-04	10	4th	5 7 19 29 34
2017-05-25	2	5th	8 10 27 28 29
2017-05-23	3	3rd	1 22 29 33 36
2017-05-20	3	4th	1 2 10 29 37
2017-05-17	6	4th	14 23 25 29 30
2017-05-11	2	5th	2 12 15 27 29
2017-05-09	2	3rd	11 17 29 31 38
2017-05-07	3	3rd	14 25 29 35 40
2017-05-04	34	3rd	13 15 29 33 35
2017-03-29	3	3rd	8 15 29 39 40
2017-03-26	9	3rd	13 28 29 31 40
2017-03-17	20	3rd	11 16 29 31 39
2017-02-25	6	5th	3 4 14 18 29
2017-02-19	6	4th	8 22 23 29 37
2017-02-13	1	5th	6 13 21 28 29
2017-02-12	4	4th	1 7 17 29 38
2017-02-08	21	4th	13 15 28 29 30
2017-01-18	23	3rd	21 22 29 38 40
2016-12-26	12	5th	13 16 21 27 29
2016-12-14	7	3rd	4 7 29 32 36
2016-12-07	17	4th	8 11 12 29 40
2016-11-20	7	3rd	9 18 29 37 40
2016-11-13	4	5th	3 14 15 24 29
2016-11-09	7	4th	1 16 24 29 39
2016-11-02	5	3rd	2 24 29 33 38
2016-10-28	5	3rd	17 22 29 32 34
2016-10-23	3	4th	8 23 26 29 38
2016-10-20	16	3rd	10 19 29 32 40
2016-10-04	9	4th	5 8 17 29 41
2016-09-25	4	5th	9 12 23 24 29
2016-09-21	1	3rd	15 18 29 31 33
2016-09-20	8	4th	14 15 16 29 35
2016-09-12	8	5th	1 5 17 23 29
2016-09-04	4	4th	4 15 26 29 32
2016-08-31	5	4th	4 24 25 29 34
2016-08-26	1	4th	14 23 28 29 34
2016-08-25	8	4th	7 21 26 29 36
2016-08-17	13	5th	12 13 24 25 29
2016-08-04	5	3rd	12 17 29 34 40
2016-07-30	9	4th	22 24 26 29 36
2016-07-21	14	2nd	4 29 30 39 40
2016-07-07	5	4th	7 13 16 29 39
2016-07-02	11	4th	21 24 25 29 35
2016-06-21	6	3rd	1 12 29 35 38
2016-06-15	4	4th	3 25 26 29 32
2016-06-11	6	5th	4 6 8 17 29
2016-06-05	7	4th	10 13 14 29 34
2016-05-29	—	4th	5 9 21 29 35