Number 29

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

119times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.46σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

44longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +1.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 16 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 smallest2 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest25 · chance 20.9
3rd smallest48 · chance 44.6
4th smallest34 · chance 38.6
5th smallest10 · chance 11.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 48 35 6 10 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-08-14	2	2nd	5 29 39 48 49
2026-08-07	9	2nd	26 29 35 38 47
2026-07-07	20	2nd	5 29 33 45 47
2026-04-28	2	2nd	26 29 41

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-03	5	3rd	3 19 29 35 37
2024-12-17	2	5th	1 3 4 21 29
2024-12-10	3	4th	5 24 25 29 47
2024-11-29	2	4th	8 17 18 29 43
2024-11-22	15	4th	10 11 12 29 31
2024-10-01	3	3rd	8 22 29 41 42
2024-09-20	3	3rd	16 25 29 34 37
2024-09-10	7	2nd	6 29 46 47 48
2024-08-16	12	3rd	15 17 29 45 49
2024-07-05	16	3rd	11 13 29 31 47
2024-05-10	7	3rd	13 28 29 44 48
2024-04-16	6	2nd	22 29 31 39 46
2024-03-26	35	5th	2 13 14 26 29
2023-11-24	1	3rd	15 20 29 39 48
2023-11-21	7	2nd	19 29 34 46 47
2023-10-27	6	1st	29 33 35 48 49
2023-10-06	24	2nd	21 29 31 34 43
2023-07-14	4	3rd	5 8 29 35 48
2023-06-30	9	4th	1 6 25 29 36
2023-05-30	10	2nd	27 29 32 33 47
2023-04-25	4	2nd	10 29 30 40 45
2023-04-11	6	5th	10 14 16 19 29
2023-03-21	6	4th	1 9 20 29 32
2023-02-28	16	2nd	12 29 33 37 47
2023-01-03	12	3rd	20 21 29 45 46
2022-11-22	11	4th	21 22 24 29 42
2022-10-14	11	3rd	24 28 29 34 48
2022-09-06	9	4th	7 10 22 29 44
2022-08-05	4	2nd	3 29 33 35 44
2022-07-22	2	3rd	16 18 29 32 50
2022-07-15	12	3rd	9 17 29 38 39
2022-06-03	7	3rd	12 28 29 34 48
2022-05-10	13	5th	3 25 27 28 29
2022-03-25	1	5th	6 10 24 27 29
2022-03-22	15	4th	7 17 21 29 40
2022-01-28	9	3rd	10 25 29 34 45
2021-12-28	7	5th	4 6 15 17 29
2021-12-03	9	3rd	21 22 29 32 46
2021-11-02	17	4th	2 3 17 29 43
2021-09-03	18	4th	5 7 13 29 35
2021-07-02	2	3rd	9 14 29 38 49
2021-06-25	12	2nd	1 29 30 33 36
2021-05-14	6	4th	6 16 18 29 38
2021-04-23	2	5th	3 14 15 19 29
2021-04-16	5	3rd	6 11 29 40 48
2021-03-30	2	4th	24 27 28 29 42
2021-03-23	7	3rd	2 26 29 36 49
2021-02-26	3	4th	6 12 22 29 33
2021-02-16	18	4th	5 9 25 29 30
2020-12-15	4	4th	9 13 21 29 35
2020-12-01	3	3rd	14 20 29 47 49
2020-11-20	3	2nd	28 29 39 48 50
2020-11-10	19	3rd	3 19 29 32 38
2020-09-04	13	3rd	6 22 29 40 43
2020-07-21	20	4th	14 15 24 29 42
2020-05-12	8	3rd	9 16 29 37 39
2020-04-14	25	2nd	6 29 34 35 40
2020-01-17	1	4th	8 19 20 29 44
2020-01-14	44	3rd	21 25 29 39 44
2019-08-13	2	2nd	13 29 31 33 40
2019-08-06	8	3rd	12 13 29 36 38
2019-07-09	2	2nd	7 29 32 36 41
2019-07-02	10	3rd	11 19 29 44 45
2019-05-28	14	5th	7 19 20 28 29
2019-04-09	1	3rd	18 21 29 38 41
2019-04-05	11	4th	1 7 10 29 45
2019-02-26	1	3rd	3 15 29 35 47
2019-02-22	9	3rd	3 27 29 33 50
2019-01-22	2	3rd	9 23 29 41 49
2019-01-15	9	3rd	22 25 29 33 35
2018-12-14	16	2nd	12 29 38 42 44
2018-10-19	5	3rd	1 3 29 47 48
2018-10-02	16	3rd	7 17 29 37 45
2018-08-07	10	3rd	16 28 29 30 36
2018-07-03	9	4th	1 12 15 29 48
2018-06-01	16	4th	17 18 24 29 40
2018-04-06	5	2nd	1 29 33 45 47
2018-03-20	8	2nd	26 29 37 39 44
2018-02-20	23	5th	6 14 19 25 29
2017-12-01	6	3rd	5 24 29 35 46
2017-11-10	8	3rd	13 22 29 36 37
2017-10-13	5	2nd	23 29 37 45 50
2017-09-26	4	2nd	1 29 40 41 48
2017-09-12	2	4th	10 17 27 29 35
2017-09-05	9	5th	6 9 18 28 29
2017-08-04	1	1st	29 30 36 40 41
2017-08-01	1	4th	14 21 24 29 30
2017-07-28	22	3rd	5 9 29 31 41
2017-05-12	16	4th	2 20 28 29 44
2017-03-17	4	4th	6 10 19 29 36
2017-03-03	15	3rd	2 11 29 30 47
2017-01-10	3	3rd	2 11 29 35 44
2016-12-30	5	4th	8 10 22 29 47
2016-12-13	12	3rd	14 28 29 48 50
2016-11-01	—	4th	6 10 20 29 37