Number 29

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

89times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.56σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

47longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 791 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 15 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 smallest1 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest17 · chance 12.5
3rd smallest27 · chance 31.5
4th smallest31 · chance 32.2
5th smallest13 · chance 11.2

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.

37 18 6 24 3 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-20	47	3rd	6 9 29 32 47
2026-03-09	2	3rd	9 17 29 31 43
2026-03-02	13	4th	2 13 22 29 31
2026-01-15	1	4th	9 22 24 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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