Number 29

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

76times drawn · chance expected 80 −0.49σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

11.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

48longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 76 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, −0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 76 times in 866 draws · average wait 11.4 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 smallest3 · chance 3.3
2nd smallest15 · chance 16.7
3rd smallest31 · chance 29.4
4th smallest22 · chance 21.3
5th smallest5 · chance 5.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 52 54 6 49 51

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 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 54. 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
2026-08-30	4	2nd	12 29 33 38 50
2026-08-02	7	3rd	16 23 29 35 51
2026-06-14	1	3rd	12 23 29 35 50
2026-06-07	1	3rd	10 19

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-10-27	5	4th	25 26 28 29 51
2019-09-22	1	2nd	24 29 35 51 54
2019-09-15	2	3rd	9 24 29 33 54
2019-09-01	39	3rd	8 17 29 48 49
2018-12-02	21	3rd	9 20 29 34 51
2018-07-08	4	4th	11 19 22 29 40
2018-06-10	17	3rd	5 8 29 35 36
2018-02-11	3	4th	1 3 6 29 40
2018-01-21	2	4th	4 9 11 29 46
2018-01-07	26	3rd	5 25 29 37 52
2017-07-09	4	2nd	7 29 40 41 46
2017-06-11	1	4th	2 3 13 29 43
2017-06-04	12	4th	6 15 22 29 54
2017-03-12	4	4th	8 22 26 29 32
2017-02-12	16	3rd	17 22 29 32 48
2016-10-23	2	5th	5 7 19 22 29
2016-10-09	16	3rd	7 14 29 49 52
2016-06-19	8	3rd	2 6 29 34 39
2016-04-24	17	3rd	1 8 29 30 49
2015-12-27	34	3rd	4 26 29 41 53
2015-05-03	3	4th	4 15 18 29 30
2015-04-12	7	3rd	17 25 29 31 42
2015-02-22	44	4th	5 7 17 29 34
2014-04-20	5	4th	1 9 17 29 53
2014-03-16	18	3rd	2 27 29 45 49
2013-11-10	8	3rd	6 7 29 51 54
2013-09-15	5	5th	3 5 16 18 29
2013-08-11	18	2nd	6 29 47 52 53
2013-04-07	19	4th	5 14 26 29 30
2012-11-25	12	4th	2 4 22 29 48
2012-09-02	1	1st	29 31 36 40 53
2012-08-26	7	2nd	27 29 34 49 50
2012-07-08	9	3rd	19 28 29 33 45
2012-05-06	1	3rd	7 14 29 40 41
2012-04-29	6	4th	6 22 23 29 49
2012-03-18	4	4th	1 13 26 29 54
2012-02-19	3	3rd	18 27 29 38 39
2012-01-29	7	2nd	26 29 30 38 41
2011-12-11	4	3rd	10 17 29 41 52
2011-11-13	13	5th	4 9 16 21 29
2011-08-14	5	2nd	12 29 36 39 51
2011-07-10	10	3rd	9 16 29 33 43
2011-05-01	3	2nd	5 29 35 43 47
2011-04-10	4	3rd	10 23 29 39 52
2011-03-13	27	3rd	20 25 29 53 54
2010-09-05	4	3rd	16 21 29 31 54
2010-08-08	3	4th	22 24 25 29 34
2010-07-18	9	4th	6 8 13 29 52
2010-05-16	5	4th	4 11 22 29 31
2010-04-11	6	5th	14 16 27 28 29
2010-02-28	2	4th	12 24 28 29 45
2010-02-14	—	3rd	8 25 29 41 49