Number 29

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,884 draws, 5 from 1–41.

201times drawn · chance expected 230 −2.02σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 201 times in 1,884 draws against 229.8 expected, −2.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 201 times in 1,884 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 25 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 1.1
2nd smallest12 · chance 13.5
3rd smallest58 · chance 54.9
4th smallest91 · chance 86.5
5th smallest40 · chance 45.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 14 33 34 9 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-08-15	6	5th	8 10 20 27 29
2026-08-01	3	4th	1 9 14 29 38
2026-07-25	2	5th	6 11 14 23 29
2026-07-20	12	5th	1 3 8

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-30	13	5th	4 9 14 21 29
2025-03-31	12	5th	1 13 14 21 29
2025-03-03	7	3rd	9 10 29 32 40
2025-02-15	1	2nd	19 29 32 33 36
2025-02-12	4	2nd	10 29 32 34 36
2025-02-03	8	4th	8 16 26 29 39
2025-01-15	4	3rd	8 20 29 34 36
2025-01-06	4	3rd	7 8 29 33 35
2024-12-28	4	4th	1 27 28 29 32
2024-12-18	4	3rd	2 9 29 36 37
2024-12-09	13	5th	6 7 16 26 29
2024-11-09	23	5th	3 11 15 28 29
2024-09-16	7	4th	11 14 19 29 41
2024-08-31	4	5th	9 10 15 26 29
2024-08-21	4	4th	11 20 25 29 33
2024-08-12	3	3rd	18 22 29 34 39
2024-08-05	4	5th	1 14 23 27 29
2024-07-27	10	4th	3 24 26 29 30
2024-07-03	25	4th	6 16 19 29 34
2024-05-06	4	4th	5 20 24 29 35
2024-04-27	7	4th	3 8 13 29 37
2024-04-10	12	4th	1 9 25 29 32
2024-03-13	10	5th	3 5 11 18 29
2024-02-19	18	5th	11 17 20 25 29
2024-01-08	18	4th	10 14 25 29 30
2023-11-27	2	5th	9 16 21 22 29
2023-11-22	11	4th	12 24 28 29 40
2023-10-28	21	5th	1 13 21 26 29
2023-09-06	2	3rd	2 27 29 30 35
2023-08-30	23	5th	2 4 6 14 29
2023-06-10	3	4th	2 11 13 29 36
2023-05-31	3	4th	4 14 27 29 40
2023-05-20	6	4th	2 19 21 29 39
2023-04-29	27	3rd	7 12 29 36 37
2023-01-25	3	4th	3 12 20 29 36
2023-01-14	15	3rd	21 25 29 37 39
2022-11-23	6	5th	1 8 14 18 29
2022-11-02	34	3rd	13 18 29 32 37
2022-07-06	16	4th	14 20 25 29 38
2022-05-11	16	2nd	22 29 34 37 40
2022-03-16	2	4th	7 18 20 29 33
2022-03-09	7	3rd	4 15 29 31 36
2022-02-12	16	3rd	6 18 29 34 35
2021-12-18	15	4th	6 13 17 29 35
2021-10-27	23	2nd	21 29 32 35 36
2021-08-07	36	4th	10 19 27 29 36
2021-04-03	3	4th	5 11 25 29 30
2021-03-24	13	4th	3 9 24 29 39
2021-02-06	6	2nd	19 29 31 34 36
2021-01-16	4	5th	16 18 20 28 29
2021-01-02	3	2nd	25 29 30 31 40
2020-12-23	15	5th	4 8 16 21 29
2020-10-31	13	4th	16 17 25 29 39
2020-09-16	5	4th	16 20 27 29 35
2020-08-29	2	4th	12 19 22 29 34
2020-08-22	2	4th	9 10 26 29 34
2020-08-15	2	4th	15 22 24 29 37
2020-08-08	3	3rd	2 4 29 31 38
2020-07-29	5	5th	1 4 10 11 29
2020-07-11	5	4th	5 16 28 29 31
2020-06-24	27	4th	1 10 15 29 36
2020-03-21	18	4th	8 13 26 29 41
2020-01-18	1	4th	3 19 25 29 41
2020-01-15	3	4th	1 17 23 29 31
2020-01-04	7	4th	4 15 19 29 37
2019-12-11	6	4th	10 14 22 29 38
2019-11-20	4	5th	2 4 15 28 29
2019-11-06	1	3rd	9 24 29 38 39
2019-11-02	3	3rd	2 20 29 39 40
2019-10-23	24	5th	3 12 23 24 29
2019-07-31	3	3rd	3 14 29 30 33
2019-07-20	3	4th	2 12 28 29 37
2019-07-10	4	4th	1 9 14 29 34
2019-06-26	7	4th	2 6 26 29 30
2019-06-01	1	4th	8 16 20 29 40
2019-05-29	19	3rd	1 21 29 34 35
2019-03-23	13	4th	7 10 16 29 33
2019-02-06	12	3rd	18 26 29 31 33
2018-12-26	3	5th	5 9 14 17 29
2018-12-15	4	4th	16 26 28 29 30
2018-12-01	1	5th	8 11 15 27 29
2018-11-28	15	3rd	18 21 29 36 40
2018-10-06	23	4th	7 22 23 29 31
2018-07-18	3	4th	9 21 28 29 33
2018-07-07	26	4th	14 15 23 29 40
2018-04-07	10	5th	3 23 26 27 29
2018-03-03	2	4th	5 10 17 29 33
2018-02-24	7	4th	5 19 25 29 32
2018-01-31	6	3rd	20 23 29 33 39
2018-01-10	4	3rd	16 19 29 34 40
2017-12-27	7	4th	14 15 23 29 35
2017-12-02	2	3rd	4 26 29 37 38
2017-11-25	4	4th	5 6 15 29 38
2017-11-11	6	3rd	6 16 29 32 37
2017-10-21	6	2nd	7 29 30 38 39
2017-09-30	4	4th	9 13 17 29 33
2017-09-16	10	4th	11 17 24 29 35
2017-08-12	28	3rd	20 21 29 30 33
2017-05-06	6	3rd	8 9 29 32 39
2017-04-15	3	3rd	9 16 29 31 36
2017-04-05	19	3rd	14 26 29 31 34
2017-01-28	9	2nd	9 29 34 36 38
2016-12-28	5	5th	1 3 17 19 29
2016-12-10	4	4th	1 12 20 29 39
2016-11-26	6	5th	2 5 10 24 29
2016-11-05	1	4th	3 8 21 29 38
2016-11-02	9	4th	4 17 25 29 33
2016-10-01	8	4th	13 21 28 29 39
2016-09-03	17	4th	1 11 17 29 34
2016-07-06	16	3rd	23 24 29 34 37
2016-05-11	12	5th	4 11 19 21 29
2016-03-30	1	3rd	14 21 29 31 32
2016-03-26	7	3rd	1 22 29 32 35
2016-03-02	13	4th	1 19 20 29 39
2016-01-16	6	3rd	6 17 29 34 36
2015-12-26	18	5th	16 22 23 25 29
2015-10-24	6	5th	17 20 26 27 29
2015-10-03	3	3rd	10 26 29 32 40
2015-09-23	7	3rd	6 16 29 33 40
2015-08-29	1	4th	5 19 20 29 31
2015-08-26	38	5th	3 6 7 22 29
2015-04-15	4	3rd	15 23 29 39 41
2015-04-01	4	4th	1 12 16 29 34
2015-03-18	9	4th	5 16 20 29 30
2015-02-14	9	5th	8 9 12 27 29
2015-01-14	11	4th	5 15 24 29 33
2014-12-06	6	4th	5 16 26 29 33
2014-11-15	5	4th	5 6 23 29 36
2014-10-29	1	4th	11 15 23 29 32
2014-10-25	13	4th	16 21 27 29 33
2014-09-10	16	4th	4 5 23 29 30
2014-07-16	8	5th	6 8 9 12 29
2014-06-18	4	3rd	1 10 29 34 39
2014-06-04	3	3rd	2 26 29 30 40
2014-05-24	10	3rd	2 12 29 34 35
2014-04-19	15	5th	3 5 8 19 29
2014-02-26	35	5th	3 9 11 16 29
2013-10-26	20	4th	20 21 27 29 37
2013-08-17	1	4th	10 12 17 29 34
2013-08-14	10	5th	4 11 18 28 29
2013-07-10	1	3rd	5 19 29 30 39
2013-07-06	17	4th	10 16 24 29 37
2013-05-08	25	3rd	3 20 29 38 39
2013-02-09	2	4th	9 18 25 29 36
2013-02-02	6	5th	4 16 19 20 29
2013-01-12	1	4th	13 23 24 29 35
2013-01-09	21	3rd	15 21 29 33 40
2012-10-27	18	4th	9 17 22 29 38
2012-08-25	20	4th	14 19 23 29 30
2012-06-13	13	3rd	5 8 29 30 36
2012-04-28	9	4th	6 13 18 29 40
2012-03-28	15	3rd	5 9 29 37 38
2012-02-04	11	2nd	14 29 30 34 35
2011-12-28	17	4th	11 17 19 29 31
2011-10-29	7	3rd	2 16 29 30 33
2011-10-05	15	4th	2 16 21 29 33
2011-08-13	3	2nd	11 29 31 35 36
2011-08-03	1	4th	19 23 27 29 40
2011-07-30	1	4th	5 6 28 29 40
2011-07-27	3	4th	8 11 23 29 30
2011-07-16	9	3rd	2 26 29 32 34
2011-06-15	4	4th	15 17 27 29 31
2011-06-01	1	4th	14 15 23 29 38
2011-05-28	8	4th	3 15 18 29 41
2011-04-30	11	4th	10 13 23 29 32
2011-03-23	13	5th	5 6 8 17 29
2011-02-05	12	5th	8 10 17 25 29
2010-12-25	4	3rd	1 17 29 33 38
2010-12-11	3	4th	1 12 13 29 40
2010-12-01	13	4th	19 25 28 29 32
2010-10-16	11	5th	3 6 17 28 29
2010-09-08	8	2nd	6 29 30 34 35
2010-08-11	11	4th	11 24 27 29 30
2010-07-03	10	5th	4 14 21 23 29
2010-05-29	12	5th	9 10 17 22 29
2010-04-17	2	4th	14 18 28 29 33
2010-04-10	—	3rd	17 27 29 30 38