Number 29

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,100 draws, 5 from 1–45.

114times drawn · chance expected 122 −0.79σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

45longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,100 draws against 122.2 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 114 times in 1,100 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 1.5
2nd smallest20 · chance 13.2
3rd smallest38 · chance 38.1
4th smallest40 · chance 44.0
5th smallest16 · chance 17.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 25 38 33 42 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-19	5	3rd	19 25 29 30 33
2026-10-14	5	2nd	20 29 30 33 37
2026-10-09	8	3rd	1 6 29 30 42
2026-10-01	19	4th	12 13 23 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-13	1	5th	9 14 15 21 29
2026-04-12	18	3rd	10 12 29 32 36
2026-03-25	7	4th	10 15 22 29 32
2026-03-18	2	3rd	1 28 29 33 42
2026-03-16	18	3rd	18 23 29 33 35
2026-02-26	4	3rd	7 17 29 39 40
2026-02-22	1	2nd	16 29 32 33 43
2026-02-21	5	5th	1 5 18 21 29
2026-02-16	12	4th	3 19 23 29 41
2026-02-04	45	3rd	10 18 29 36 37
2025-12-21	10	3rd	2 27 29 33 43
2025-12-11	21	4th	8 21 27 29 43
2025-11-20	14	4th	16 20 25 29 40
2025-11-06	3	4th	8 13 21 29 42
2025-11-03	13	4th	1 8 22 29 40
2025-10-21	8	4th	7 24 25 29 37
2025-10-13	3	4th	5 10 23 29 30
2025-10-10	6	3rd	1 5 29 39 43
2025-10-04	17	4th	13 19 28 29 43
2025-09-17	1	4th	9 16 27 29 43
2025-09-16	2	2nd	17 29 35 36 38
2025-09-14	21	3rd	1 25 29 41 43
2025-08-24	9	4th	14 17 22 29 42
2025-08-15	15	2nd	16 29 37 41 44
2025-07-31	14	4th	5 9 25 29 38
2025-07-17	11	3rd	15 24 29 35 43
2025-07-06	7	3rd	7 17 29 36 41
2025-06-29	2	2nd	24 29 30 35 42
2025-06-27	2	3rd	11 22 29 34 35
2025-06-25	24	5th	5 9 10 28 29
2025-06-01	7	3rd	11 12 29 37 40
2025-05-25	3	4th	5 23 27 29 34
2025-05-22	10	3rd	2 10 29 43 44
2025-05-12	3	2nd	4 29 33 38 39
2025-05-09	4	4th	2 9 16 29 35
2025-05-05	29	5th	3 7 9 15 29
2025-04-06	20	4th	3 17 23 29 44
2025-03-17	4	4th	15 19 26 29 31
2025-03-13	10	4th	8 17 27 29 37
2025-03-03	17	4th	17 21 23 29 44
2025-02-14	22	3rd	10 28 29 33 36
2025-01-23	11	3rd	1 14 29 30 42
2025-01-12	7	2nd	13 29 31 32 42
2025-01-05	5	4th	17 19 20 29 45
2024-12-31	8	5th	2 8 16 20 29
2024-12-23	3	3rd	17 24 29 31 41
2024-12-20	20	4th	3 9 22 29 32
2024-11-30	25	3rd	9 13 29 35 44
2024-11-05	11	2nd	12 29 35 36 39
2024-10-25	6	4th	2 3 14 29 45
2024-10-19	15	5th	6 12 25 27 29
2024-10-04	2	4th	10 14 26 29 43
2024-10-02	15	2nd	2 29 31 39 42
2024-09-17	11	3rd	18 20 29 31 34
2024-09-06	6	5th	4 6 23 27 29
2024-08-31	17	2nd	25 29 32 40 45
2024-08-14	20	2nd	1 29 33 37 40
2024-07-25	15	3rd	6 9 29 31 36
2024-07-10	3	3rd	9 19 29 34 45
2024-07-07	11	3rd	18 28 29 36 40
2024-06-26	19	3rd	16 27 29 33 38
2024-06-07	2	2nd	6 29 30 38 44
2024-06-05	10	3rd	11 26 29 30 33
2024-05-26	10	2nd	9 29 31 35 36
2024-05-16	1	3rd	6 25 29 33 36
2024-05-15	13	5th	4 12 26 28 29
2024-05-02	1	5th	11 21 24 28 29
2024-05-01	10	4th	22 25 27 29 40
2024-04-21	3	5th	6 7 16 25 29
2024-04-18	12	3rd	3 8 29 31 32
2024-04-06	14	3rd	26 28 29 30 32
2024-03-23	4	5th	4 9 20 22 29
2024-03-19	8	5th	4 12 16 17 29
2024-03-11	36	2nd	6 29 31 38 45
2024-02-04	5	4th	4 11 26 29 38
2024-01-30	8	4th	2 6 28 29 35
2024-01-22	9	4th	7 16 20 29 37
2024-01-13	12	4th	5 9 20 29 43
2024-01-01	16	4th	7 8 25 29 34
2023-12-16	17	3rd	4 11 29 34 42
2023-11-29	10	4th	4 8 22 29 40
2023-11-19	2	4th	12 17 27 29 35
2023-11-17	3	4th	1 25 27 29 41
2023-11-14	3	2nd	1 29 32 33 45
2023-11-11	2	3rd	2 22 29 38 42
2023-11-09	6	4th	1 4 16 29 42
2023-11-03	5	5th	13 19 23 27 29
2023-10-29	6	5th	2 4 10 25 29
2023-10-23	2	4th	16 25 27 29 30
2023-10-21	—	2nd	6 29 38 40 44