Number 29

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

176times drawn · chance expected 215 −2.84σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

59longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

29 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 39 numbers

Drawn 176 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −2.84σ. Testing all 39 numbers at once means about 0.4 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.6e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 176 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 5 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 smallest1 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest9 · chance 8.0
3rd smallest29 · chance 40.6
4th smallest86 · chance 78.1
5th smallest51 · chance 48.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 17 21 11 38 19

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
2020-08-31	34	4th	2 16 17 29 38
2020-06-15	1	5th	11 17 19 27 29
2020-06-13	7	5th	7 10 21 27 29
2020-05-27	4	3rd	17 21 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-03-25	3	5th	6 8 14 21 29
2019-03-18	9	5th	7 16 17 23 29
2019-02-25	3	5th	6 11 20 22 29
2019-02-18	5	4th	6 14 19 29 39
2019-02-06	2	4th	10 18 22 29 31
2019-02-02	12	3rd	4 6 29 36 38
2019-01-05	1	5th	7 19 23 28 29
2019-01-02	5	4th	3 10 17 29 33
2018-12-22	3	4th	3 20 26 29 39
2018-12-15	8	4th	7 13 28 29 36
2018-11-26	12	3rd	1 10 29 38 39
2018-10-29	6	4th	3 19 22 29 30
2018-10-15	34	3rd	12 21 29 33 39
2018-07-28	11	5th	9 11 19 20 29
2018-07-02	4	3rd	15 17 29 34 36
2018-06-23	9	5th	3 20 25 28 29
2018-06-02	13	4th	2 14 26 29 36
2018-05-02	7	4th	1 2 11 29 33
2018-04-16	5	4th	7 13 15 29 33
2018-04-04	33	4th	3 5 17 29 34
2018-01-17	15	3rd	6 20 29 37 39
2017-12-13	11	3rd	4 14 29 31 33
2017-11-18	1	2nd	26 29 31 32 37
2017-11-15	16	3rd	1 26 29 32 38
2017-10-09	2	4th	13 15 28 29 35
2017-10-04	2	2nd	22 29 34 36 37
2017-09-30	9	3rd	8 11 29 30 32
2017-09-09	15	5th	8 15 17 25 29
2017-08-05	3	4th	2 14 19 29 38
2017-07-29	29	5th	17 20 21 28 29
2017-05-22	5	5th	13 19 21 22 29
2017-05-10	40	2nd	27 29 30 31 38
2017-02-06	7	4th	12 18 22 29 37
2017-01-21	11	3rd	10 16 29 31 34
2016-12-26	18	3rd	1 13 29 33 36
2016-11-14	6	3rd	5 7 29 33 36
2016-10-31	4	4th	2 17 23 29 34
2016-10-22	8	4th	6 7 23 29 32
2016-10-03	12	4th	5 8 26 29 32
2016-09-05	2	4th	6 11 12 29 33
2016-08-31	13	5th	13 14 21 27 29
2016-08-01	3	4th	16 17 25 29 38
2016-07-25	1	5th	3 21 23 24 29
2016-07-23	10	5th	6 24 25 26 29
2016-06-29	15	4th	10 16 25 29 37
2016-05-25	8	4th	1 5 17 29 35
2016-05-07	8	2nd	26 29 32 37 38
2016-04-18	3	3rd	4 27 29 31 35
2016-04-11	12	5th	4 14 16 21 29
2016-03-14	32	4th	3 26 28 29 32
2015-12-30	1	3rd	26 28 29 30 37
2015-12-28	6	2nd	20 29 32 33 38
2015-12-14	3	3rd	13 26 29 35 39
2015-12-07	22	3rd	1 6 29 33 34
2015-10-17	8	4th	1 16 25 29 33
2015-09-28	16	5th	19 20 21 24 29
2015-08-22	6	4th	12 26 27 29 34
2015-08-08	3	5th	5 13 18 24 29
2015-08-01	13	4th	6 18 26 29 32
2015-07-01	15	5th	4 5 20 25 29
2015-05-27	6	4th	3 13 22 29 38
2015-05-13	8	4th	10 11 21 29 38
2015-04-25	5	3rd	18 24 29 37 38
2015-04-13	5	2nd	7 29 33 34 36
2015-04-01	3	4th	17 21 22 29 33
2015-03-25	11	4th	3 10 16 29 35
2015-02-28	3	4th	20 22 27 29 30
2015-02-21	12	5th	7 9 11 15 29
2015-01-24	2	3rd	3 14 29 32 33
2015-01-19	4	4th	2 7 23 29 34
2015-01-10	2	5th	8 13 14 16 29
2015-01-05	8	5th	9 14 18 19 29
2014-12-17	21	4th	8 10 19 29 39
2014-10-29	3	4th	21 25 28 29 32
2014-10-22	17	4th	2 13 18 29 36
2014-09-13	8	5th	1 8 16 19 29
2014-08-25	13	1st	29 32 33 34 35
2014-07-26	13	3rd	14 15 29 33 38
2014-06-25	16	3rd	17 19 29 38 39
2014-05-19	2	4th	7 9 20 29 31
2014-05-14	3	4th	3 8 25 29 39
2014-05-07	1	4th	12 20 26 29 30
2014-05-05	59	4th	6 23 28 29 35
2013-12-18	14	3rd	4 7 29 30 35
2013-11-16	6	4th	5 8 13 29 37
2013-11-02	2	4th	12 19 22 29 39
2013-10-28	14	4th	11 19 20 29 31
2013-09-25	3	4th	1 6 27 29 34
2013-09-18	5	4th	11 15 17 29 35
2013-09-07	16	4th	8 11 26 29 35
2013-07-31	1	5th	3 17 26 27 29
2013-07-29	6	4th	4 14 23 29 38
2013-07-15	4	4th	14 15 17 29 30
2013-07-06	11	4th	11 19 26 29 33
2013-06-10	2	3rd	4 26 29 33 36
2013-06-05	13	5th	11 13 21 28 29
2013-05-06	1	4th	5 10 27 29 35
2013-05-04	12	5th	1 15 18 25 29
2013-04-06	1	4th	4 11 19 29 38
2013-04-03	21	4th	4 9 18 29 30
2013-02-13	3	4th	14 20 28 29 30
2013-02-06	19	5th	7 9 11 12 29
2012-12-24	34	5th	3 8 21 27 29
2012-10-06	4	4th	5 10 16 29 37
2012-09-26	2	3rd	9 21 29 34 38
2012-09-22	3	4th	5 6 7 29 34
2012-09-15	10	5th	4 11 13 21 29
2012-08-22	12	5th	5 7 17 25 29
2012-07-25	3	5th	8 13 18 23 29
2012-07-18	7	5th	5 6 23 26 29
2012-07-02	2	5th	2 14 23 24 29
2012-06-27	1	4th	15 18 26 29 39
2012-06-25	4	2nd	22 29 30 34 35
2012-06-16	30	4th	11 14 20 29 35
2012-04-07	13	5th	1 6 12 21 29
2012-03-07	1	4th	5 19 25 29 32
2012-03-05	8	4th	3 8 17 29 34
2012-02-15	4	5th	9 10 24 25 29
2012-02-06	6	4th	1 16 17 29 31
2012-01-23	23	4th	17 23 25 29 38
2011-11-30	18	5th	10 12 18 24 29
2011-10-19	2	4th	5 8 16 29 36
2011-10-15	15	4th	12 17 26 29 39
2011-09-10	39	4th	11 13 26 29 34
2011-06-11	1	4th	6 11 12 29 33
2011-06-08	3	2nd	7 29 30 32 35
2011-06-01	4	3rd	4 5 29 37 38
2011-05-23	7	4th	1 13 22 29 36
2011-05-07	5	3rd	13 18 29 31 38
2011-04-25	1	4th	1 7 20 29 31
2011-04-23	5	4th	7 24 27 29 32
2011-04-11	13	5th	9 10 11 21 29
2011-03-12	4	4th	10 11 23 29 32
2011-03-02	8	5th	2 3 16 20 29
2011-02-12	9	5th	10 13 25 26 29
2011-01-22	5	4th	2 4 28 29 32
2011-01-10	21	4th	9 23 25 29 31
2010-11-22	9	5th	19 20 22 28 29
2010-11-01	8	5th	8 15 23 28 29
2010-10-13	1	5th	7 10 25 28 29
2010-10-11	1	4th	8 12 14 29 39
2010-10-09	7	4th	9 19 23 29 37
2010-09-22	47	4th	2 11 23 29 31
2010-06-05	2	4th	9 17 22 29 36
2010-05-31	5	4th	10 13 23 29 31
2010-05-19	9	4th	8 20 24 29 33
2010-04-28	2	2nd	28 29 32 38 39
2010-04-24	6	5th	5 11 12 25 29
2010-04-10	3	4th	11 24 26 29 35
2010-04-03	11	4th	3 8 26 29 32
2010-03-08	19	3rd	10 12 29 34 35
2010-01-23	—	4th	2 10 17 29 37