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Number 29 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 85 times drawn · chance expected 100 −1.55σ
15 draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number
10.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
47 longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long
29 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 85 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −1.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
29 Number 29, draw by draw Drawn 85 times in 896 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 15 draws now
14 draws: 2009-12-15 to 2010-02-05 28 draws: 2010-02-05 to 2010-05-18 23 draws: 2010-05-18 to 2010-08-06 11 draws: 2010-08-06 to 2010-09-14 14 draws: 2010-09-14 to 2010-11-02 2 draws: 2010-11-02 to 2010-11-09 17 draws: 2010-11-09 to 2011-01-07 7 draws: 2011-01-07 to 2011-02-01 47 draws: 2011-02-01 to 2011-07-19 36 draws: 2011-07-19 to 2011-11-22 1 draws: 2011-11-22 to 2011-11-25 12 draws: 2011-11-25 to 2012-01-06 4 draws: 2012-01-06 to 2012-01-20 6 draws: 2012-01-20 to 2012-02-10 8 draws: 2012-02-10 to 2012-03-09 10 draws: 2012-03-09 to 2012-04-17 1 draws: 2012-04-17 to 2012-04-20 38 draws: 2012-04-20 to 2012-08-31 13 draws: 2012-08-31 to 2012-10-16 17 draws: 2012-10-16 to 2012-12-14 9 draws: 2012-12-14 to 2013-01-18 3 draws: 2013-01-18 to 2013-01-29 2 draws: 2013-01-29 to 2013-02-05 11 draws: 2013-02-05 to 2013-03-15 8 draws: 2013-03-15 to 2013-04-16 8 draws: 2013-04-16 to 2013-05-14 4 draws: 2013-05-14 to 2013-05-28 19 draws: 2013-05-28 to 2013-08-02 10 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-09-06 3 draws: 2013-09-06 to 2013-09-17 1 draws: 2013-09-17 to 2013-09-20 6 draws: 2013-09-20 to 2013-10-11 33 draws: 2013-10-11 to 2014-02-04 11 draws: 2014-02-04 to 2014-03-14 3 draws: 2014-03-14 to 2014-03-25 8 draws: 2014-03-25 to 2014-04-25 12 draws: 2014-04-25 to 2014-06-06 11 draws: 2014-06-06 to 2014-07-15 4 draws: 2014-07-15 to 2014-07-29 4 draws: 2014-07-29 to 2014-08-12 4 draws: 2014-08-12 to 2014-08-26 4 draws: 2014-08-26 to 2014-09-09 19 draws: 2014-09-09 to 2014-11-14 10 draws: 2014-11-14 to 2014-12-19 8 draws: 2014-12-19 to 2015-01-16 2 draws: 2015-01-16 to 2015-01-23 22 draws: 2015-01-23 to 2015-04-14 13 draws: 2015-04-14 to 2015-05-29 6 draws: 2015-05-29 to 2015-06-19 9 draws: 2015-06-19 to 2015-07-21 13 draws: 2015-07-21 to 2015-09-04 21 draws: 2015-09-04 to 2015-11-17 1 draws: 2015-11-17 to 2015-11-20 12 draws: 2015-11-20 to 2016-01-05 2 draws: 2016-01-05 to 2016-01-12 27 draws: 2016-01-12 to 2016-04-15 2 draws: 2016-04-15 to 2016-04-22 6 draws: 2016-04-22 to 2016-05-13 2 draws: 2016-05-13 to 2016-05-20 2 draws: 2016-05-20 to 2016-05-27 11 draws: 2016-05-27 to 2016-07-05 22 draws: 2016-07-05 to 2016-09-20 9 draws: 2016-09-20 to 2016-10-21 13 draws: 2016-10-21 to 2016-12-06 8 draws: 2016-12-06 to 2017-01-03 4 draws: 2017-01-03 to 2017-01-17 10 draws: 2017-01-17 to 2017-02-21 17 draws: 2017-02-21 to 2017-04-21 10 draws: 2017-04-21 to 2017-05-26 14 draws: 2017-05-26 to 2017-07-14 2 draws: 2017-07-14 to 2017-07-21 1 draws: 2017-07-21 to 2017-07-25 14 draws: 2017-07-25 to 2017-09-12 8 draws: 2017-09-12 to 2017-10-10 5 draws: 2017-10-10 to 2017-10-27 8 draws: 2017-10-27 to 2017-11-24 2 draws: 2017-11-24 to 2017-12-01 7 draws: 2017-12-01 to 2017-12-26 2 draws: 2017-12-26 to 2018-01-02 4 draws: 2018-01-02 to 2018-01-16 8 draws: 2018-01-16 to 2018-02-13 6 draws: 2018-02-13 to 2018-03-06 3 draws: 2018-03-06 to 2018-03-16 13 draws: 2018-03-16 to 2018-05-01 Still waiting — at least 15 draws since 2018-05-01 2009-12-15 2010-02-05 2010-05-18 2010-08-06 2010-09-14 2010-11-02 2010-11-09 2011-01-07 2011-02-01 2011-07-19 2011-11-22 2011-11-25 2012-01-06 2012-01-20 2012-02-10 2012-03-09 2012-04-17 2012-04-20 2012-08-31 2012-10-16 2012-12-14 2013-01-18 2013-01-29 2013-02-05 2013-03-15 2013-04-16 2013-05-14 2013-05-28 2013-08-02 2013-09-06 2013-09-17 2013-09-20 2013-10-11 2014-02-04 2014-03-14 2014-03-25 2014-04-25 2014-06-06 2014-07-15 2014-07-29 2014-08-12 2014-08-26 2014-09-09 2014-11-14 2014-12-19 2015-01-16 2015-01-23 2015-04-14 2015-05-29 2015-06-19 2015-07-21 2015-09-04 2015-11-17 2015-11-20 2016-01-05 2016-01-12 2016-04-15 2016-04-22 2016-05-13 2016-05-20 2016-05-27 2016-07-05 2016-09-20 2016-10-21 2016-12-06 2017-01-03 2017-01-17 2017-02-21 2017-04-21 2017-05-26 2017-07-14 2017-07-21 2017-07-25 2017-09-12 2017-10-10 2017-10-27 2017-11-24 2017-12-01 2017-12-26 2018-01-02 2018-01-16 2018-02-13 2018-03-06 2018-03-16 2018-05-01 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
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1st smallest 0 · chance 1.1 2nd smallest 7 · chance 9.8 3rd smallest 29 · chance 28.4 4th smallest 35 · chance 32.8 5th smallest 14 · chance 12.8 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.7 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 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 ← 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.