Number 29

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

162times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.62σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

74longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 14 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest7 · chance 5.0
2nd smallest26 · chance 27.1
3rd smallest51 · chance 54.3
4th smallest58 · chance 50.4
5th smallest16 · chance 21.7
6th smallest4 · chance 3.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 30 27 37 10 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-22	1	3rd	22 27 29 30 34 50
2026-08-19	9	5th	16 18 19 22 29 52
2026-07-18	9	3rd	13 21 29 34 42 45
2026-06-17

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-09	3	4th	9 17 18 29 32 40
2024-09-28	14	3rd	15 27 29 41 42 50
2024-08-10	15	2nd	9 29 38 40 48 57
2024-06-19	22	4th	2 8 9 29 39 49
2024-04-03	31	4th	7 11 28 29 30 46
2023-12-16	6	4th	4 10 19 29 34 42
2023-11-25	4	3rd	12 18 29 34 48 56
2023-11-11	5	2nd	26 29 41 43 44 50
2023-10-25	17	2nd	1 29 44 46 50 57
2023-08-26	19	3rd	15 26 29 30 42 51
2023-06-21	36	4th	2 14 25 29 34 58
2023-02-15	2	5th	2 22 24 27 29 32
2023-02-08	1	5th	3 5 13 16 29 37
2023-02-04	9	4th	2 14 28 29 49 50
2023-01-04	8	5th	6 9 12 16 29 57
2022-12-07	30	3rd	5 27 29 44 53 57
2022-08-24	10	2nd	10 29 33 51 58 59
2022-07-20	8	4th	7 17 23 29 48 57
2022-06-22	11	3rd	2 26 29 33 34 37
2022-05-14	1	5th	20 22 24 25 29 51
2022-05-11	1	4th	15 17 26 29 31 54
2022-05-07	17	4th	11 18 19 29 45 46
2022-03-09	6	3rd	17 28 29 32 37 40
2022-02-16	2	4th	1 8 16 29 39 51
2022-02-09	3	3rd	13 18 29 32 39 47
2022-01-29	5	2nd	11 29 33 41 42 45
2022-01-12	18	4th	8 18 27 29 37 43
2021-11-10	4	4th	10 15 20 29 31 49
2021-10-27	10	4th	20 25 26 29 38 39
2021-09-22	24	4th	1 12 23 29 49 59
2021-06-30	1	5th	1 12 23 28 29 57
2021-06-26	1	6th	2 11 14 20 23 29
2021-06-23	6	6th	1 7 8 14 27 29
2021-06-02	4	2nd	16 29 30 35 37 47
2021-05-19	3	2nd	27 29 32 44 49 58
2021-05-08	3	1st	29 34 36 40 47 54
2021-04-28	5	4th	15 17 20 29 38 42
2021-04-10	5	3rd	15 25 29 54 57 59
2021-03-24	14	4th	1 10 20 29 48 57
2021-02-03	5	4th	2 11 13 29 42 59
2021-01-16	4	4th	4 13 16 29 44 51
2021-01-02	6	2nd	2 29 31 35 39 48
2020-12-12	23	4th	7 13 16 29 33 56
2020-09-23	14	4th	11 14 22 29 36 46
2020-08-05	2	4th	7 9 20 29 36 56
2020-07-29	5	4th	12 17 21 29 48 56
2020-07-11	6	5th	3 5 9 11 29 47
2020-06-20	12	4th	1 10 25 29 53 58
2020-05-09	4	2nd	21 29 32 37 38 55
2020-04-25	2	3rd	15 27 29 49 50 56
2020-04-18	7	3rd	1 19 29 36 45 56
2020-03-25	13	3rd	3 12 29 38 51 59
2020-02-08	4	2nd	10 29 32 33 34 36
2020-01-25	13	4th	5 21 23 29 36 44
2019-12-11	1	4th	19 24 25 29 36 38
2019-12-07	11	5th	1 14 19 20 29 38
2019-10-30	9	2nd	24 29 39 47 52 53
2019-09-28	3	3rd	1 13 29 38 46 59
2019-09-18	5	5th	8 18 21 23 29 56
2019-08-31	18	3rd	2 11 29 30 43 44
2019-06-29	13	5th	2 3 14 20 29 37
2019-05-15	18	5th	6 16 17 26 29 48
2019-03-13	6	3rd	11 15 29 38 52 54
2019-02-20	15	3rd	16 25 29 32 50 59
2018-12-29	24	5th	2 16 18 27 29 35
2018-10-06	3	3rd	10 12 29 41 48 57
2018-09-26	6	3rd	11 27 29 35 45 59
2018-09-05	7	2nd	15 29 37 38 40 53
2018-08-11	1	3rd	25 28 29 47 51 58
2018-08-08	19	3rd	11 16 29 43 55 57
2018-06-02	13	4th	2 18 27 29 37 59
2018-04-18	15	4th	10 27 28 29 51 56
2018-02-24	6	4th	7 25 26 29 37 43
2018-02-03	7	2nd	2 29 51 54 55 57
2018-01-10	3	3rd	7 11 29 43 56 59
2017-12-30	7	3rd	8 20 29 30 31 47
2017-12-06	12	3rd	4 21 29 30 31 32
2017-10-25	5	4th	5 9 19 29 38 40
2017-10-07	19	3rd	3 6 29 37 53 56
2017-08-02	6	3rd	3 23 29 31 42 53
2017-07-12	6	4th	17 24 27 29 31 49
2017-06-21	3	3rd	10 14 29 30 33 37
2017-06-10	3	2nd	1 29 40 45 52 54
2017-05-31	12	3rd	9 12 29 30 43 59
2017-04-19	5	2nd	4 29 30 34 46 54
2017-04-01	5	5th	1 4 16 25 29 56
2017-03-15	14	4th	13 22 27 29 30 40
2017-01-25	5	3rd	3 9 29 49 51 54
2017-01-07	1	3rd	18 22 29 37 43 52
2017-01-04	25	3rd	10 19 29 30 33 56
2016-10-08	1	3rd	2 9 29 40 55 57
2016-10-05	50	3rd	1 28 29 31 55 58
2016-04-13	6	4th	12 23 25 29 42 46
2016-03-23	22	4th	4 8 15 29 40 56
2016-01-06	35	3rd	21 22 29 32 39 47
2015-09-05	18	4th	8 12 13 29 43 56
2015-07-04	2	4th	7 18 19 29 43 51
2015-06-27	20	4th	11 17 26 29 36 45
2015-04-18	10	3rd	5 24 29 33 48 53
2015-03-14	2	2nd	17 29 35 37 44 47
2015-03-07	5	4th	11 20 23 29 53 58
2015-02-18	10	3rd	14 15 29 53 55 59
2015-01-14	21	4th	2 15 16 29 37 53
2014-11-01	2	2nd	27 29 30 42 48 59
2014-10-25	16	4th	2 15 23 29 30 49
2014-08-30	11	3rd	19 22 29 33 37 54
2014-07-23	2	3rd	15 23 29 39 40 51
2014-07-16	11	4th	19 20 25 29 30 55
2014-06-07	2	4th	3 9 21 29 52 58
2014-05-31	4	4th	2 12 19 29 46 50
2014-05-17	3	6th	4 5 19 21 23 29
2014-05-07	11	3rd	20 21 29 32 45 48
2014-03-29	4	2nd	7 29 30 37 42 53
2014-03-15	6	2nd	6 29 30 34 44 49
2014-02-22	26	3rd	9 10 29 38 40 46
2013-11-23	7	6th	3 5 9 15 27 29
2013-10-30	1	4th	14 16 27 29 52 58
2013-10-26	14	5th	6 10 16 21 29 54
2013-09-07	15	4th	2 14 18 29 36 55
2013-07-17	23	2nd	25 29 40 41 49 56
2013-04-27	27	1st	29 31 38 42 52 58
2013-01-23	4	4th	7 8 12 29 43 51
2013-01-09	6	3rd	2 21 29 35 40 43
2012-12-19	74	3rd	12 21 29 33 42 54
2012-04-04	9	2nd	5 29 30 31 46 59
2012-03-03	6	1st	29 30 31 35 47 57
2012-02-11	7	3rd	2 18 29 38 46 59
2012-01-18	12	4th	4 9 15 29 39 55
2011-12-07	41	4th	10 20 28 29 51 52
2011-07-16	6	4th	1 10 18 29 43 46
2011-06-25	1	3rd	13 27 29 33 40 45
2011-06-22	2	1st	29 38 39 43 53 57
2011-06-15	2	4th	9 13 14 29 32 51
2011-06-08	14	4th	11 14 26 29 33 44
2011-04-20	26	4th	8 16 17 29 39 56
2011-01-19	17	3rd	16 23 29 36 38 57
2010-11-20	2	2nd	17 29 42 45 47 52
2010-11-13	—	4th	6 10 18 29 45 53