Number 29

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

112times drawn · chance expected 98 +1.53σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

56longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +1.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 6 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 1.6
2nd smallest10 · chance 11.8
3rd smallest35 · chance 31.9
4th smallest42 · chance 39.5
5th smallest20 · chance 22.5
6th smallest5 · chance 4.7

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.

1 7 18 32 12 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-08-30	9	3rd	8 25 29 36 46 51
2025-07-30	7	3rd	6 27 29 34 47 50
2025-07-05	6	3rd	8 14 29 30 49 52
2025-06-14	5	5th

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-20	6	5th	2 5 6 25 29 30
2024-03-30	10	2nd	18 29 39 40 43 50
2024-02-24	2	5th	2 7 20 27 29 34
2024-02-17	1	4th	1 3 9 29 44 48
2024-02-14	2	4th	6 18 23 29 30 45
2024-02-07	7	4th	13 19 28 29 30 32
2024-01-13	5	3rd	11 13 29 48 50 51
2023-12-27	23	3rd	12 25 29 34 41 42
2023-10-07	21	5th	10 13 21 23 29 30
2023-07-26	2	2nd	14 29 35 36 43 46
2023-07-19	2	3rd	1 5 29 36 39 41
2023-07-12	6	4th	1 4 14 29 38 52
2023-06-21	2	3rd	16 17 29 31 32 33
2023-06-14	3	4th	9 12 26 29 32 49
2023-06-03	12	4th	4 15 22 29 38 41
2023-04-22	6	4th	3 7 28 29 35 52
2023-04-01	21	3rd	26 27 29 31 32 52
2023-01-18	14	2nd	5 29 31 35 39 47
2022-11-30	12	3rd	11 25 29 41 44 51
2022-10-19	6	4th	1 5 14 29 40 52
2022-09-28	1	4th	2 12 15 29 31 47
2022-09-24	3	4th	3 18 28 29 36 44
2022-09-14	18	3rd	4 17 29 31 46 48
2022-07-13	1	5th	3 6 9 10 29 51
2022-07-09	4	3rd	6 24 29 35 41 44
2022-06-25	11	4th	2 8 19 29 35 43
2022-05-18	12	6th	4 9 15 16 23 29
2022-04-06	6	3rd	10 13 29 47 48 51
2022-03-16	2	2nd	17 29 30 38 40 43
2022-03-09	56	4th	15 17 22 29 40 42
2021-08-21	1	3rd	10 19 29 38 45 50
2021-08-18	5	3rd	3 14 29 30 33 35
2021-07-31	7	2nd	24 29 36 37 39 45
2021-07-07	2	3rd	23 26 29 32 34 39
2021-06-30	1	3rd	8 10 29 37 38 50
2021-06-26	3	5th	2 5 11 15 29 33
2021-06-16	5	3rd	7 8 29 37 49 51
2021-05-29	1	6th	16 18 20 22 26 29
2021-05-26	3	3rd	6 22 29 45 50 52
2021-05-15	23	3rd	7 13 29 37 38 42
2021-02-24	3	5th	7 10 12 16 29 49
2021-02-13	17	5th	5 18 25 26 29 42
2020-12-16	16	3rd	1 2 29 33 36 50
2020-10-21	13	2nd	10 29 36 42 43 51
2020-09-05	4	4th	17 21 23 29 30 39
2020-08-22	30	2nd	18 29 37 43 48 51
2020-05-09	1	2nd	26 29 40 41 45 48
2020-05-06	8	4th	1 16 28 29 32 49
2020-04-08	7	4th	2 8 18 29 42 43
2020-03-14	14	4th	15 16 17 29 37 39
2020-01-25	8	4th	15 17 22 29 35 49
2019-12-28	1	5th	4 8 11 16 29 42
2019-12-21	13	4th	1 3 15 29 35 45
2019-11-06	13	4th	15 16 19 29 47 50
2019-09-21	9	4th	10 22 23 29 31 41
2019-08-21	8	4th	14 19 22 29 35 36
2019-07-24	1	3rd	1 11 29 36 43 46
2019-07-20	4	4th	8 24 28 29 32 51
2019-07-06	15	4th	1 21 26 29 38 41
2019-05-15	11	3rd	20 23 29 31 32 52
2019-04-06	1	5th	13 14 23 25 29 43
2019-04-03	9	2nd	26 29 32 45 49 51
2019-03-02	4	4th	16 17 20 29 34 35
2019-02-16	1	4th	10 17 25 29 39 47
2019-02-13	2	4th	14 26 28 29 32 46
2019-02-06	3	3rd	7 13 29 32 36 45
2019-01-26	9	4th	7 11 23 29 40 45
2018-12-26	5	6th	1 6 12 15 20 29
2018-12-08	2	6th	3 7 12 21 27 29
2018-12-01	7	4th	1 16 19 29 45 49
2018-11-07	7	3rd	2 8 29 35 42 47
2018-10-13	5	4th	15 22 23 29 47 49
2018-09-26	2	3rd	1 3 29 37 40 41
2018-09-19	4	5th	7 14 19 21 29 39
2018-09-05	1	5th	1 7 15 22 29 31
2018-09-01	1	6th	1 11 14 25 26 29
2018-08-29	3	5th	2 10 14 28 29 46
2018-08-18	6	3rd	1 18 29 31 35 36
2018-07-28	8	3rd	23 27 29 33 45 46
2018-06-30	8	3rd	12 17 29 42 43 44
2018-06-02	28	5th	8 12 14 16 29 47
2018-02-24	12	5th	6 11 12 15 29 31
2018-01-13	7	3rd	10 27 29 46 48 50
2017-12-20	8	5th	10 14 16 27 29 52
2017-11-22	13	5th	3 16 25 26 29 48
2017-10-07	9	3rd	18 22 29 32 43 50
2017-09-06	10	4th	1 7 24 29 44 51
2017-08-02	—	3rd	8 12 29 31 39 49