Number 29

In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

139times drawn · chance expected 145 −0.50σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

36longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, −0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 4 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 0.5
2nd smallest6 · chance 9.8
3rd smallest61 · chance 52.7
4th smallest72 · chance 76.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 26 34 27 8 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2022-02-07	10	4th	1 17 23 29
2022-01-03	10	3rd	2 21 29 33
2021-11-29	2	4th	1 22 26 29
2021-11-22	26	4th	8 12 27 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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-04-20	8	4th	1 15 23 29
2020-03-23	8	4th	13 22 24 29
2020-02-24	6	3rd	6 8 29 31
2020-02-03	16	4th	6 27 28 29
2019-12-09	36	3rd	9 26 29 33
2019-08-05	3	4th	10 22 25 29
2019-07-25	4	4th	1 6 17 29
2019-07-11	1	3rd	22 25 29 33
2019-07-08	4	4th	7 20 28 29
2019-06-24	32	3rd	4 16 29 33
2019-03-04	2	3rd	14 19 29 30
2019-02-25	13	4th	1 10 27 29
2019-01-10	3	4th	11 21 26 29
2018-12-31	6	4th	8 16 19 29
2018-12-10	1	4th	7 13 26 29
2018-12-06	1	4th	8 15 16 29
2018-12-03	6	3rd	16 20 29 34
2018-11-12	14	3rd	15 19 29 33
2018-09-24	24	4th	7 21 22 29
2018-07-02	6	3rd	10 17 29 34
2018-06-11	15	4th	2 20 23 29
2018-04-19	23	4th	12 13 17 29
2018-01-25	4	3rd	19 25 29 33
2018-01-11	1	4th	4 15 18 29
2018-01-08	4	4th	11 18 23 29
2017-12-25	12	4th	2 12 19 29
2017-11-13	7	4th	4 10 27 29
2017-10-19	10	3rd	2 19 29 35
2017-09-14	12	4th	9 16 19 29
2017-08-03	9	3rd	9 26 29 33
2017-07-03	4	4th	3 12 24 29
2017-06-19	14	3rd	6 24 29 33
2017-05-01	6	3rd	15 16 29 32
2017-04-10	1	3rd	1 15 29 34
2017-04-06	14	3rd	11 22 29 32
2017-02-16	14	3rd	6 12 29 34
2016-12-29	12	3rd	10 27 29 35
2016-11-17	22	4th	11 12 19 29
2016-09-01	1	4th	15 19 28 29
2016-08-29	25	3rd	3 22 29 33
2016-06-02	24	3rd	2 18 29 30
2016-03-10	1	3rd	26 27 29 34
2016-03-07	10	3rd	10 24 29 34
2016-02-01	2	4th	25 26 27 29
2016-01-25	10	4th	16 20 26 29
2015-12-21	11	3rd	2 22 29 32
2015-11-12	6	3rd	21 24 29 30
2015-10-22	3	4th	15 16 19 29
2015-10-12	6	3rd	15 16 29 30
2015-09-21	2	3rd	1 13 29 33
2015-09-14	12	3rd	11 24 29 30
2015-08-03	7	3rd	2 27 29 31
2015-07-09	9	3rd	7 25 29 30
2015-06-08	2	4th	10 12 19 29
2015-06-01	3	4th	1 10 26 29
2015-05-21	7	3rd	2 26 29 33
2015-04-27	4	4th	4 16 28 29
2015-04-13	18	4th	2 11 24 29
2015-02-09	20	3rd	4 14 29 30
2014-12-01	25	4th	3 8 19 29
2014-09-04	15	3rd	13 26 29 30
2014-07-14	2	4th	6 8 11 29
2014-07-07	17	4th	4 8 10 29
2014-05-08	28	4th	1 4 10 29
2014-01-30	6	4th	8 11 20 29
2014-01-09	1	4th	6 15 25 29
2014-01-06	19	4th	8 10 14 29
2013-10-31	32	4th	5 17 24 29
2013-07-11	14	3rd	21 27 29 32
2013-05-23	10	3rd	12 15 29 34
2013-04-18	9	3rd	15 28 29 30
2013-03-18	4	4th	12 14 25 29
2013-03-04	4	3rd	25 27 29 34
2013-02-18	1	4th	2 14 24 29
2013-02-14	5	3rd	6 10 29 34
2013-01-28	21	4th	6 15 19 29
2012-11-15	8	4th	3 12 14 29
2012-10-18	7	3rd	6 8 29 30
2012-09-24	7	4th	8 15 17 29
2012-08-30	10	3rd	9 27 29 35
2012-07-26	3	3rd	5 23 29 30
2012-07-16	10	4th	2 13 27 29
2012-06-11	10	4th	4 6 21 29
2012-05-07	28	3rd	13 25 29 35
2012-01-30	11	4th	8 9 13 29
2011-12-22	2	3rd	2 6 29 34
2011-12-15	8	3rd	8 20 29 30
2011-11-17	2	3rd	15 26 29 32
2011-11-10	4	3rd	21 26 29 34
2011-10-27	21	4th	3 12 17 29
2011-08-15	8	3rd	7 28 29 30
2011-07-18	2	4th	4 20 27 29
2011-07-11	9	3rd	5 16 29 30
2011-06-09	1	4th	4 21 27 29
2011-06-06	4	4th	12 15 25 29
2011-05-23	5	2nd	13 29 30 33
2011-05-05	2	3rd	3 13 29 33
2011-04-28	4	3rd	1 9 29 33
2011-04-14	2	3rd	1 2 29 34
2011-04-07	6	3rd	5 13 29 31
2011-03-17	5	4th	5 16 23 29
2011-02-28	2	2nd	23 29 30 34
2011-02-21	7	4th	8 22 27 29
2011-01-27	6	4th	13 19 25 29
2011-01-06	12	2nd	27 29 33 34
2010-11-25	6	3rd	5 11 29 30
2010-11-04	13	2nd	8 29 30 32
2010-09-20	12	3rd	4 28 29 34
2010-08-09	15	2nd	6 29 30 31
2010-06-17	10	3rd	16 26 29 34
2010-05-13	6	4th	9 19 25 29
2010-04-22	14	4th	18 24 26 29
2010-03-04	9	3rd	1 23 29 35
2010-02-01	1	4th	7 12 18 29
2010-01-28	—	4th	7 11 16 29