Number 29

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

87times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.53σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

44longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 87 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 87 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 44 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 0.1
2nd smallest1 · chance 2.3
3rd smallest11 · chance 12.6
4th smallest26 · chance 29.7
5th smallest32 · chance 30.9
6th smallest17 · chance 11.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 27 31 15 12 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-10	5	5th	2 17 22 24 29 42
2026-09-23	11	5th	7 8 15 19 29 41
2026-08-15	1	5th	13 17 19 26 29 31
2026-08-12	4	5th	1

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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