Number 29

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

78times drawn · chance expected 89 −1.26σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

5.6average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

22longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, −1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 443 draws · average wait 5.6 draws · longest completed wait 22 · waiting 4 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.3
4th smallest5 · chance 3.8
5th smallest16 · chance 17.8
6th smallest32 · chance 34.2
7th smallest25 · chance 21.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 17 18 28 16 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-09-10	3	5th	2 11 24 28 29 32 34
2026-08-20	8	7th	3 9 11 13 14 22 29
2026-06-25	1	7th	7 17 18 23 25 26 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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-07	7	7th	11 14 18 20 24 27 29
2023-07-20	1	6th	4 7 9 14 27 29 32
2023-07-13	7	6th	3 11 17 19 27 29 30
2023-05-25	6	6th	8 12 17 20 27 29 30
2023-04-13	4	6th	5 12 15 19 27 29 33
2023-03-16	2	5th	3 17 22 28 29 32 34
2023-03-02	7	7th	13 14 16 18 19 21 29
2023-01-12	6	5th	3 10 18 22 29 30 34
2022-12-01	22	6th	2 4 5 7 8 29 34
2022-06-30	2	7th	1 6 11 16 17 22 29
2022-06-16	8	7th	3 6 12 15 18 28 29
2022-04-21	6	7th	15 17 19 22 25 28 29
2022-03-10	8	6th	5 13 15 16 19 29 35
2022-01-13	1	6th	2 9 13 24 28 29 33
2022-01-06	2	6th	5 15 20 27 28 29 34
2021-12-23	2	6th	3 10 13 16 20 29 33
2021-12-09	6	6th	4 9 14 25 28 29 34
2021-10-28	3	7th	9 10 14 15 23 26 29
2021-10-07	11	6th	4 13 18 25 27 29 34
2021-07-22	18	7th	13 15 16 20 25 28 29
2021-03-18	5	4th	6 16 18 29 30 33 35
2021-02-11	1	6th	1 7 16 20 26 29 32
2021-02-04	2	4th	2 6 18 29 30 33 34
2021-01-21	4	6th	6 15 19 22 27 29 35
2020-12-24	1	6th	4 9 11 12 21 29 32
2020-12-17	2	6th	4 5 9 16 17 29 33
2020-12-03	12	7th	1 12 15 17 21 28 29
2020-09-10	18	7th	2 8 9 10 19 23 29
2020-05-07	6	6th	9 12 16 23 26 29 35
2020-03-26	6	7th	1 12 14 16 21 27 29
2020-02-13	5	6th	2 5 7 14 25 29 32
2020-01-09	3	6th	3 4 7 9 24 29 31
2019-12-19	2	6th	4 8 9 10 11 29 32
2019-12-05	5	5th	14 19 20 27 29 30 32
2019-10-31	4	6th	9 10 16 18 22 29 33
2019-10-03	4	7th	2 11 15 20 22 25 29
2019-09-05	4	7th	2 4 14 16 19 27 29
2019-08-08	13	6th	1 5 11 16 17 29 30
2019-05-09	7	7th	5 15 17 18 19 26 29
2019-03-21	7	5th	3 14 20 27 29 30 31
2019-01-31	1	5th	10 19 22 28 29 31 34
2019-01-24	4	6th	2 8 17 19 23 29 35
2018-12-27	4	7th	5 7 8 9 17 18 29
2018-11-29	1	6th	3 5 17 20 22 29 33
2018-11-22	1	5th	3 14 17 28 29 33 34
2018-11-15	1	7th	2 7 16 18 23 25 29
2018-11-08	2	5th	12 15 17 23 29 30 35
2018-10-25	1	7th	9 11 13 25 26 28 29
2018-10-18	8	5th	7 10 17 25 29 33 35
2018-08-23	5	7th	2 6 9 14 18 28 29
2018-07-19	2	7th	2 4 22 23 24 25 29
2018-07-05	3	4th	7 20 23 29 32 33 34
2018-06-14	2	6th	2 6 7 14 16 29 31
2018-05-31	—	5th	8 9 18 27 29 30 32