Number 29

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

139times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.44σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

41longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 4 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 1.9
2nd smallest14 · chance 16.1
3rd smallest49 · chance 46.4
4th smallest59 · chance 53.7
5th smallest15 · chance 21.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 43 31 15 37 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-26	9	5th	6 20 24 26 29
2026-08-26	1	3rd	6 9 29 35 37
2026-08-22	5	4th	7 15 16 29 38
2026-08-05	23	3rd	7 17 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-17	9	4th	19 23 24 29 42
2024-06-15	6	4th	3 6 25 29 41
2024-05-25	2	3rd	13 23 29 35 41
2024-05-18	17	3rd	1 24 29 32 44
2024-03-20	8	4th	1 15 18 29 40
2024-02-21	26	3rd	22 27 29 35 36
2023-11-22	8	3rd	24 28 29 37 44
2023-10-25	14	5th	1 5 6 26 29
2023-09-06	22	3rd	10 24 29 34 41
2023-06-21	2	4th	5 8 12 29 39
2023-06-14	15	4th	3 10 20 29 43
2023-04-22	13	4th	7 14 16 29 31
2023-03-08	3	5th	10 19 22 26 29
2023-02-25	4	4th	8 15 17 29 43
2023-02-11	1	2nd	20 29 36 42 45
2023-02-08	32	3rd	21 27 29 34 45
2022-10-19	6	4th	6 8 23 29 41
2022-09-28	6	3rd	20 23 29 31 36
2022-09-07	8	4th	8 15 23 29 45
2022-08-10	5	2nd	21 29 37 39 44
2022-07-23	22	4th	10 16 25 29 33
2022-05-07	8	3rd	3 22 29 33 37
2022-04-09	3	3rd	25 26 29 35 43
2022-03-30	1	3rd	4 26 29 31 43
2022-03-26	2	4th	10 17 18 29 42
2022-03-19	9	4th	11 25 28 29 42
2022-02-16	13	5th	4 12 15 21 29
2022-01-01	3	3rd	16 18 29 37 44
2021-12-22	33	4th	1 8 15 29 33
2021-08-28	3	4th	6 9 11 29 32
2021-08-18	13	4th	1 8 26 29 39
2021-07-03	18	1st	29 31 32 37 38
2021-05-01	4	4th	13 15 24 29 39
2021-04-17	3	4th	19 27 28 29 31
2021-04-07	2	3rd	14 19 29 30 43
2021-03-31	16	3rd	1 10 29 34 45
2021-02-03	6	3rd	1 25 29 33 36
2021-01-13	27	4th	18 22 23 29 44
2020-10-10	2	4th	9 13 20 29 35
2020-10-03	4	3rd	21 25 29 31 45
2020-09-19	1	2nd	19 29 32 43 45
2020-09-16	39	4th	3 12 17 29 43
2020-05-02	16	4th	1 8 9 29 38
2020-03-07	11	4th	9 14 28 29 35
2020-01-29	6	4th	3 10 21 29 40
2020-01-08	14	4th	21 22 26 29 43
2019-11-20	6	4th	17 23 25 29 45
2019-10-30	34	3rd	18 24 29 39 45
2019-07-03	16	5th	3 9 22 28 29
2019-05-08	17	4th	24 25 28 29 40
2019-03-09	14	4th	7 11 27 29 38
2019-01-19	2	3rd	24 26 29 36 43
2019-01-12	16	3rd	4 22 29 30 42
2018-11-17	5	3rd	12 23 29 34 35
2018-10-31	3	5th	3 15 17 25 29
2018-10-20	6	4th	2 13 25 29 41
2018-09-29	2	4th	4 17 24 29 33
2018-09-22	6	4th	2 12 21 29 45
2018-09-01	6	5th	4 5 8 24 29
2018-08-11	2	2nd	26 29 34 36 41
2018-08-04	8	3rd	15 16 29 41 44
2018-07-07	8	4th	4 8 28 29 38
2018-06-09	4	2nd	8 29 33 34 42
2018-05-26	2	4th	19 22 26 29 45
2018-05-19	19	4th	14 15 24 29 44
2018-03-14	12	4th	19 21 25 29 43
2018-01-31	2	5th	8 15 23 28 29
2018-01-24	1	2nd	26 29 37 39 44
2018-01-20	1	5th	14 26 27 28 29
2018-01-17	13	3rd	5 23 29 34 41
2017-12-02	4	5th	5 18 21 22 29
2017-11-18	20	3rd	6 23 29 30 43
2017-09-09	3	3rd	17 28 29 31 34
2017-08-30	4	4th	10 23 28 29 42
2017-08-16	4	4th	5 9 13 29 44
2017-08-02	11	2nd	18 29 37 42 43
2017-06-24	11	3rd	2 6 29 32 40
2017-05-17	5	5th	1 12 14 24 29
2017-04-29	2	3rd	3 5 29 31 35
2017-04-22	41	3rd	10 15 29 36 37
2016-11-30	2	3rd	22 24 29 35 38
2016-11-23	6	5th	17 20 25 28 29
2016-11-02	14	4th	16 18 19 29 41
2016-09-14	12	2nd	24 29 30 36 44
2016-08-03	5	3rd	15 17 29 33 37
2016-07-16	7	4th	1 9 15 29 43
2016-06-22	2	4th	18 19 27 29 33
2016-06-15	6	3rd	20 26 29 30 31
2016-05-25	4	3rd	7 11 29 35 37
2016-05-11	2	2nd	21 29 30 35 40
2016-05-04	7	3rd	10 12 29 38 41
2016-04-09	8	4th	1 4 22 29 31
2016-03-12	3	3rd	16 23 29 31 33
2016-03-02	2	4th	5 11 24 29 34
2016-02-24	10	3rd	8 17 29 36 45
2016-01-20	3	3rd	10 20 29 35 37
2016-01-09	4	4th	5 8 27 29 36
2015-12-26	9	3rd	9 20 29 43 45
2015-11-25	37	4th	4 10 11 29 43
2015-07-18	4	1st	29 34 37 43 44
2015-07-04	3	5th	14 15 16 20 29
2015-06-24	9	3rd	3 27 29 37 42
2015-05-23	7	4th	12 19 22 29 38
2015-04-29	6	3rd	4 14 29 30 45
2015-04-08	2	3rd	13 18 29 36 40
2015-04-01	10	4th	9 23 27 29 31
2015-02-25	13	4th	6 8 14 29 38
2015-01-10	5	3rd	16 18 29 30 45
2014-12-24	2	4th	5 21 24 29 39
2014-12-17	14	2nd	9 29 31 39 41
2014-10-29	15	2nd	3 29 31 37 43
2014-09-06	3	4th	3 4 16 29 43
2014-08-27	2	4th	9 15 22 29 39
2014-08-20	3	4th	1 3 24 29 33
2014-08-09	—	4th	1 6 20 29 31