Number 29

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

117times drawn · chance expected 144 −2.42σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

40longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −2.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 17 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 smallest0 · chance 0.5
2nd smallest8 · chance 6.6
3rd smallest28 · chance 29.6
4th smallest49 · chance 51.3
5th smallest32 · chance 29.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 39 8 15 16 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-25	7	5th	3 15 17 22 29
2026-09-18	8	4th	3 12 25 29 34
2026-09-10	2	3rd	2 10 29 35 38
2026-09-08	29	4th	13 24 28 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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-16	2	4th	11 17 28 29 33
2026-01-14	7	5th	2 3 13 28 29
2026-01-07	7	4th	9 10 12 29 31
2025-12-31	9	3rd	5 11 29 33 40
2025-12-22	1	3rd	5 26 29 32 40
2025-12-21	6	5th	19 20 22 28 29
2025-12-15	11	4th	6 23 24 29 35
2025-12-04	9	5th	1 8 9 21 29
2025-11-25	4	3rd	18 19 29 31 38
2025-11-21	2	5th	3 9 24 28 29
2025-11-19	15	4th	2 14 27 29 36
2025-11-04	2	4th	10 21 28 29 39
2025-11-02	34	4th	13 15 25 29 39
2025-09-29	3	4th	16 18 25 29 33
2025-09-26	40	3rd	9 20 29 30 36
2025-08-17	9	3rd	3 13 29 31 37
2025-08-08	3	2nd	13 29 32 36 40
2025-08-05	11	4th	8 12 14 29 30
2025-07-25	23	4th	11 12 15 29 40
2025-07-02	10	5th	8 13 20 27 29
2025-06-22	4	3rd	4 14 29 30 37
2025-06-18	16	5th	2 7 13 16 29
2025-06-02	9	3rd	3 28 29 31 36
2025-05-24	1	5th	8 17 22 27 29
2025-05-23	1	5th	4 7 10 14 29
2025-05-22	4	4th	1 8 9 29 39
2025-05-18	4	4th	10 17 25 29 39
2025-05-14	12	5th	17 19 20 28 29
2025-05-02	6	4th	4 12 23 29 32
2025-04-26	14	5th	9 15 24 27 29
2025-04-12	7	4th	13 22 25 29 38
2025-04-05	3	4th	3 5 23 29 33
2025-04-02	7	5th	4 13 14 23 29
2025-03-26	5	3rd	8 14 29 37 38
2025-03-21	11	5th	6 8 21 27 29
2025-03-10	1	5th	16 17 26 28 29
2025-03-09	2	4th	13 23 27 29 36
2025-03-07	30	4th	1 4 13 29 35
2025-02-05	10	4th	2 12 18 29 39
2025-01-26	4	4th	10 12 27 29 34
2025-01-22	5	3rd	5 11 29 34 35
2025-01-17	5	5th	7 14 21 27 29
2025-01-12	30	4th	3 7 10 29 33
2024-12-13	2	4th	1 8 22 29 40
2024-12-11	4	4th	8 12 15 29 39
2024-12-07	1	3rd	2 24 29 36 40
2024-12-06	11	3rd	4 26 29 32 38
2024-11-25	2	3rd	15 17 29 37 39
2024-11-23	8	4th	8 15 19 29 34
2024-11-15	1	3rd	15 26 29 33 34
2024-11-14	4	3rd	4 11 29 35 39
2024-11-10	6	3rd	2 20 29 30 40
2024-11-04	14	2nd	24 29 32 34 36
2024-10-21	5	4th	18 25 27 29 39
2024-10-16	16	4th	3 19 22 29 34
2024-09-30	8	2nd	23 29 32 34 39
2024-09-22	10	3rd	13 22 29 31 36
2024-09-12	24	4th	21 25 26 29 30
2024-08-19	3	4th	1 14 16 29 39
2024-08-16	37	3rd	3 27 29 39 40
2024-07-10	13	4th	5 6 28 29 38
2024-06-27	6	5th	13 16 23 27 29
2024-06-21	7	5th	1 7 16 22 29
2024-06-14	5	5th	5 16 20 25 29
2024-06-09	1	3rd	14 24 29 31 37
2024-06-08	3	4th	16 21 24 29 39
2024-06-05	1	4th	12 13 16 29 30
2024-06-04	24	5th	1 2 25 28 29
2024-05-11	8	4th	10 15 16 29 37
2024-05-03	7	4th	1 6 21 29 31
2024-04-26	16	3rd	17 24 29 34 38
2024-04-10	6	4th	10 20 24 29 39
2024-04-04	24	3rd	17 26 29 31 38
2024-03-11	13	4th	11 13 22 29 33
2024-02-27	12	2nd	3 29 31 33 38
2024-02-15	1	5th	15 16 24 27 29
2024-02-14	9	3rd	18 27 29 31 38
2024-02-05	13	4th	1 7 9 29 39
2024-01-23	4	4th	6 8 24 29 40
2024-01-19	5	4th	9 23 26 29 37
2024-01-14	3	2nd	15 29 32 33 36
2024-01-11	7	5th	8 19 22 25 29
2024-01-04	30	4th	4 16 25 29 36
2023-12-05	27	5th	4 22 23 27 29
2023-11-08	6	4th	16 21 23 29 30
2023-11-02	6	3rd	3 27 29 38 40
2023-10-27	4	4th	4 5 26 29 32
2023-10-23	21	5th	3 8 16 23 29
2023-10-02	16	5th	10 11 17 28 29
2023-09-16	16	5th	8 10 16 18 29
2023-08-31	1	5th	2 8 15 27 29
2023-08-30	9	5th	4 10 15 18 29
2023-08-21	—	3rd	11 27 29 38 39