Number 29

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

116times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.02σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

48longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 12 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 3.6
2nd smallest17 · chance 19.4
3rd smallest38 · chance 38.9
4th smallest38 · chance 36.1
5th smallest16 · chance 15.6
6th smallest3 · chance 2.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 12 19 25 27 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-25	13	3rd	2 6 29 36 55 59
2026-06-10	11	4th	1 12 25 29 40 41
2026-05-02	3	5th	3 4 6 12 29 40
2026-04-22	4	4th	6 12

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-06	5	6th	10 12 14 17 20 29
2024-03-20	11	5th	8 10 14 25 29 35
2024-02-10	2	4th	4 19 24 29 43 53
2024-02-03	4	5th	8 19 25 28 29 50
2024-01-20	6	4th	7 14 20 29 38 49
2023-12-30	1	3rd	15 26 29 37 49 53
2023-12-27	1	4th	2 23 24 29 33 36
2023-12-23	29	2nd	17 29 31 40 47 56
2023-09-13	10	4th	7 10 23 29 31 42
2023-08-09	4	4th	10 16 24 29 34 48
2023-07-26	13	5th	10 12 19 27 29 50
2023-06-10	13	2nd	13 29 36 39 44 56
2023-04-26	1	4th	19 26 27 29 53 57
2023-04-22	3	3rd	8 22 29 31 35 51
2023-04-12	2	3rd	12 16 29 39 45 51
2023-04-05	8	3rd	4 18 29 30 39 52
2023-03-08	10	2nd	5 29 41 49 57 59
2023-02-01	20	3rd	16 28 29 31 53 59
2022-11-23	4	3rd	5 16 29 42 43 58
2022-11-09	17	3rd	1 5 29 31 44 58
2022-09-10	11	4th	2 6 7 29 31 42
2022-08-03	26	4th	5 25 28 29 53 58
2022-05-04	7	3rd	6 10 29 50 55 57
2022-04-09	10	4th	10 11 18 29 44 59
2022-03-05	9	3rd	10 21 29 33 42 51
2022-02-02	9	3rd	6 22 29 48 50 59
2022-01-01	16	2nd	14 29 31 41 43 56
2021-11-06	5	4th	3 7 21 29 34 39
2021-10-20	28	3rd	23 27 29 37 43 47
2021-07-14	3	3rd	12 27 29 35 36 41
2021-07-03	20	4th	1 12 27 29 31 47
2021-04-24	12	3rd	16 24 29 30 32 38
2021-03-13	2	5th	6 8 11 17 29 44
2021-03-06	7	3rd	16 17 29 47 52 56
2021-02-10	32	3rd	1 15 29 33 42 49
2020-10-21	10	5th	9 12 27 28 29 44
2020-09-16	18	3rd	16 20 29 33 47 49
2020-07-15	4	3rd	9 27 29 37 44 53
2020-07-01	16	5th	1 8 24 27 29 55
2020-05-06	13	2nd	23 29 32 48 49 51
2020-03-21	4	3rd	12 26 29 34 56 58
2020-03-07	13	2nd	5 29 35 36 40 44
2020-01-22	1	4th	19 23 25 29 30 36
2020-01-18	25	2nd	14 29 35 41 42 55
2019-10-23	2	2nd	5 29 30 39 53 58
2019-10-16	5	4th	4 5 18 29 40 47
2019-09-28	14	5th	2 19 21 23 29 42
2019-08-10	8	6th	5 8 9 17 23 29
2019-07-13	3	3rd	18 25 29 32 35 58
2019-07-03	18	4th	10 20 27 29 38 52
2019-05-01	2	4th	10 12 23 29 35 57
2019-04-24	12	2nd	22 29 35 41 43 51
2019-03-13	13	3rd	1 11 29 40 46 48
2019-01-26	4	1st	29 40 42 47 51 56
2019-01-12	48	2nd	13 29 32 43 49 55
2018-07-28	6	2nd	11 29 31 32 38 45
2018-07-07	12	3rd	17 18 29 48 52 54
2018-05-26	24	4th	9 14 19 29 39 40
2018-03-03	3	4th	15 19 20 29 42 50
2018-02-21	3	3rd	14 25 29 30 35 53
2018-02-10	1	4th	3 12 15 29 51 58
2018-02-07	1	3rd	5 19 29 34 40 45
2018-02-03	2	4th	8 26 27 29 49 58
2018-01-27	2	1st	29 33 43 45 49 56
2018-01-20	3	5th	2 10 19 28 29 31
2018-01-10	13	4th	6 11 27 29 40 55
2017-11-25	6	3rd	4 7 29 45 54 56
2017-11-04	15	4th	6 20 23 29 35 53
2017-09-13	14	5th	4 11 14 21 29 56
2017-07-26	6	3rd	5 10 29 35 55 56
2017-07-05	13	5th	16 18 25 27 29 57
2017-05-20	6	4th	7 8 13 29 43 53
2017-04-29	14	2nd	24 29 30 36 46 48
2017-03-11	17	4th	6 15 23 29 55 57
2017-01-11	2	3rd	21 26 29 35 46 59
2017-01-04	3	2nd	10 29 37 42 48 49
2016-12-24	16	3rd	16 19 29 46 54 58
2016-10-29	1	5th	7 8 16 24 29 58
2016-10-26	4	4th	5 11 27 29 52 53
2016-10-12	4	3rd	2 22 29 30 36 58
2016-09-28	3	2nd	19 29 37 41 51 53
2016-09-17	3	4th	10 14 25 29 52 54
2016-09-07	14	4th	3 10 12 29 30 44
2016-07-20	3	2nd	18 29 30 37 46 59
2016-07-09	7	4th	1 3 22 29 36 42
2016-06-15	14	5th	2 14 19 20 29 38
2016-04-27	15	3rd	12 24 29 34 39 57
2016-03-05	18	3rd	11 19 29 37 40 41
2016-01-02	11	3rd	12 25 29 40 48 56
2015-11-25	6	2nd	18 29 38 41 43 57
2015-11-04	3	5th	11 13 18 25 29 47
2015-10-24	—	1st	29 31 43 55 58 59