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Number 29 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 100 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.37σ
7 draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number
7.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
56 longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long
29 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 100 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.
29 Number 29, draw by draw Drawn 100 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 7 draws now
1 draws: 2010-01-06 to 2010-01-09 5 draws: 2010-01-09 to 2010-01-27 2 draws: 2010-01-27 to 2010-02-03 1 draws: 2010-02-03 to 2010-02-06 56 draws: 2010-02-06 to 2010-08-21 17 draws: 2010-08-21 to 2010-10-20 3 draws: 2010-10-20 to 2010-10-30 22 draws: 2010-10-30 to 2011-01-19 1 draws: 2011-01-19 to 2011-01-22 7 draws: 2011-01-22 to 2011-02-16 2 draws: 2011-02-16 to 2011-02-23 5 draws: 2011-02-23 to 2011-03-12 18 draws: 2011-03-12 to 2011-05-14 2 draws: 2011-05-14 to 2011-05-21 8 draws: 2011-05-21 to 2011-06-18 1 draws: 2011-06-18 to 2011-06-22 25 draws: 2011-06-22 to 2011-09-17 5 draws: 2011-09-17 to 2011-10-05 3 draws: 2011-10-05 to 2011-10-15 3 draws: 2011-10-15 to 2011-10-26 4 draws: 2011-10-26 to 2011-11-09 6 draws: 2011-11-09 to 2011-11-30 1 draws: 2011-11-30 to 2011-12-03 4 draws: 2011-12-03 to 2011-12-17 1 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2011-12-21 1 draws: 2011-12-21 to 2011-12-24 16 draws: 2011-12-24 to 2012-02-18 4 draws: 2012-02-18 to 2012-03-03 1 draws: 2012-03-03 to 2012-03-07 19 draws: 2012-03-07 to 2012-05-12 3 draws: 2012-05-12 to 2012-05-23 8 draws: 2012-05-23 to 2012-06-20 5 draws: 2012-06-20 to 2012-07-07 6 draws: 2012-07-07 to 2012-07-28 7 draws: 2012-07-28 to 2012-08-22 5 draws: 2012-08-22 to 2012-09-08 1 draws: 2012-09-08 to 2012-09-12 4 draws: 2012-09-12 to 2012-09-26 13 draws: 2012-09-26 to 2012-11-10 5 draws: 2012-11-10 to 2012-11-28 12 draws: 2012-11-28 to 2013-01-09 3 draws: 2013-01-09 to 2013-01-19 13 draws: 2013-01-19 to 2013-03-06 3 draws: 2013-03-06 to 2013-03-16 2 draws: 2013-03-16 to 2013-03-23 29 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-07-03 1 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-06 14 draws: 2013-07-06 to 2013-08-24 1 draws: 2013-08-24 to 2013-08-28 3 draws: 2013-08-28 to 2013-09-07 22 draws: 2013-09-07 to 2013-11-23 5 draws: 2013-11-23 to 2013-12-11 7 draws: 2013-12-11 to 2014-01-08 3 draws: 2014-01-08 to 2014-01-18 2 draws: 2014-01-18 to 2014-01-25 15 draws: 2014-01-25 to 2014-03-19 17 draws: 2014-03-19 to 2014-05-17 4 draws: 2014-05-17 to 2014-05-31 22 draws: 2014-05-31 to 2014-08-16 3 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2014-08-27 3 draws: 2014-08-27 to 2014-09-06 3 draws: 2014-09-06 to 2014-09-17 1 draws: 2014-09-17 to 2014-09-20 2 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-09-27 11 draws: 2014-09-27 to 2014-11-05 5 draws: 2014-11-05 to 2014-11-22 1 draws: 2014-11-22 to 2014-11-26 6 draws: 2014-11-26 to 2014-12-17 6 draws: 2014-12-17 to 2015-01-07 16 draws: 2015-01-07 to 2015-03-04 10 draws: 2015-03-04 to 2015-04-08 3 draws: 2015-04-08 to 2015-04-18 5 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2015-05-06 26 draws: 2015-05-06 to 2015-08-05 1 draws: 2015-08-05 to 2015-08-08 1 draws: 2015-08-08 to 2015-08-12 15 draws: 2015-08-12 to 2015-10-03 6 draws: 2015-10-03 to 2015-10-24 3 draws: 2015-10-24 to 2015-11-04 5 draws: 2015-11-04 to 2015-11-21 6 draws: 2015-11-21 to 2015-12-12 5 draws: 2015-12-12 to 2015-12-30 20 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-03-09 28 draws: 2016-03-09 to 2016-06-15 13 draws: 2016-06-15 to 2016-07-30 5 draws: 2016-07-30 to 2016-08-17 2 draws: 2016-08-17 to 2016-08-24 3 draws: 2016-08-24 to 2016-09-03 14 draws: 2016-09-03 to 2016-10-22 1 draws: 2016-10-22 to 2016-10-26 3 draws: 2016-10-26 to 2016-11-05 9 draws: 2016-11-05 to 2016-12-07 4 draws: 2016-12-07 to 2016-12-21 4 draws: 2016-12-21 to 2017-01-04 11 draws: 2017-01-04 to 2017-02-11 13 draws: 2017-02-11 to 2017-03-29 9 draws: 2017-03-29 to 2017-04-29 17 draws: 2017-04-29 to 2017-06-28 2 draws: 2017-06-28 to 2017-07-05 Still waiting — at least 7 draws since 2017-07-05 2010-01-06 2010-01-09 2010-01-27 2010-02-03 2010-02-06 2010-08-21 2010-10-20 2010-10-30 2011-01-19 2011-01-22 2011-02-16 2011-02-23 2011-03-12 2011-05-14 2011-05-21 2011-06-18 2011-06-22 2011-09-17 2011-10-05 2011-10-15 2011-10-26 2011-11-09 2011-11-30 2011-12-03 2011-12-17 2011-12-21 2011-12-24 2012-02-18 2012-03-03 2012-03-07 2012-05-12 2012-05-23 2012-06-20 2012-07-07 2012-07-28 2012-08-22 2012-09-08 2012-09-12 2012-09-26 2012-11-10 2012-11-28 2013-01-09 2013-01-19 2013-03-06 2013-03-16 2013-03-23 2013-07-03 2013-07-06 2013-08-24 2013-08-28 2013-09-07 2013-11-23 2013-12-11 2014-01-08 2014-01-18 2014-01-25 2014-03-19 2014-05-17 2014-05-31 2014-08-16 2014-08-27 2014-09-06 2014-09-17 2014-09-20 2014-09-27 2014-11-05 2014-11-22 2014-11-26 2014-12-17 2015-01-07 2015-03-04 2015-04-08 2015-04-18 2015-05-06 2015-08-05 2015-08-08 2015-08-12 2015-10-03 2015-10-24 2015-11-04 2015-11-21 2015-12-12 2015-12-30 2016-03-09 2016-06-15 2016-07-30 2016-08-17 2016-08-24 2016-09-03 2016-10-22 2016-10-26 2016-11-05 2016-12-07 2016-12-21 2017-01-04 2017-02-11 2017-03-29 2017-04-29 2017-06-28 2017-07-05 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 16 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 15 times 4 draws: 7 times 5 draws: 12 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 2 times 10 draws: 1 time 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 3 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 3 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 0 times 51 draws: 0 times 52 draws: 0 times 53 draws: 0 times 54 draws: 0 times 55 draws: 0 times 56 draws: 1 time 57 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 1 · chance 0.9 2nd smallest 10 · chance 7.9 3rd smallest 22 · chance 25.2 4th smallest 39 · chance 36.4 5th smallest 24 · chance 23.9 6th smallest 4 · chance 5.7 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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 ← number 28 Every number number 30 → 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.