Number 29

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

119times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.35σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

21.6average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

131longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −1.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 21.6 draws · longest completed wait 131 · waiting 22 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 smallest27 · chance 29.3
2nd smallest61 · chance 53.5
3rd smallest26 · chance 30.7
4th smallest5 · chance 5.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

56 42 9 33 70 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.7 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 77. 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	7	1st	29 33 67 73
2026-08-05	1	4th	3 15 24 29
2026-08-03	1	1st	29 33 42 60
2026-08-01	26	3rd	14 23 29 36
2026-06-01	18	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-05	10	2nd	11 29 59 66
2023-06-12	10	2nd	25 29 47 66
2023-05-20	2	3rd	19 20 29 63
2023-05-15	28	1st	29 35 38 60
2023-03-11	114	1st	29 51 70 71
2022-06-18	11	2nd	14 29 38 62
2022-05-23	25	2nd	20 29 42 55
2022-03-26	20	2nd	20 29 34 62
2022-02-07	15	3rd	15 22 29 62
2022-01-03	21	1st	29 50 71 76
2021-11-15	47	2nd	8 29 39 63
2021-07-28	28	1st	29 55 65 70
2021-05-24	26	3rd	1 2 29 43
2021-03-24	5	2nd	7 29 42 48
2021-03-13	6	2nd	16 29 42 71
2021-02-27	76	3rd	3 17 29 41
2020-09-02	11	2nd	15 29 44 67
2020-08-08	4	2nd	19 29 49 76
2020-07-29	2	2nd	4 29 32 77
2020-07-25	21	2nd	21 29 42 58
2020-06-06	75	3rd	1 13 29 33
2019-12-14	28	2nd	4 29 47 66
2019-10-09	29	1st	29 45 46 64
2019-08-03	10	2nd	28 29 43 53
2019-07-10	1	2nd	18 29 55 64
2019-07-08	12	3rd	9 16 29 42
2019-06-10	57	3rd	18 24 29 66
2019-01-28	24	2nd	4 29 38 70
2018-12-03	42	2nd	17 29 38 45
2018-08-27	15	3rd	12 13 29 73
2018-07-23	25	1st	29 30 50 56
2018-05-26	18	2nd	14 29 35 37
2018-04-14	8	3rd	10 13 29 61
2018-03-26	4	3rd	21 23 29 66
2018-03-17	9	2nd	17 29 45 70
2018-02-24	10	2nd	26 29 44 49
2018-01-31	4	2nd	2 29 32 39
2018-01-22	3	3rd	14 16 29 47
2018-01-15	9	2nd	15 29 56 68
2017-12-25	15	1st	29 30 67 73
2017-11-20	4	3rd	2 20 29 64
2017-11-11	25	2nd	9 29 46 56
2017-09-13	7	2nd	15 29 49 64
2017-08-28	59	3rd	3 9 29 31
2017-04-12	1	2nd	25 29 60 70
2017-04-10	103	1st	29 33 46 67
2016-08-13	20	2nd	24 29 40 41
2016-06-27	2	2nd	5 29 74 75
2016-06-22	4	3rd	10 16 29 49
2016-06-13	3	2nd	11 29 50 62
2016-06-06	8	2nd	19 29 50 58
2016-05-18	4	1st	29 41 58 72
2016-05-09	37	2nd	16 29 45 72
2016-02-13	3	2nd	3 29 35 45
2016-02-06	9	1st	29 60 71 77
2016-01-16	39	1st	29 61 64 75
2015-10-17	8	2nd	14 29 58 63
2015-09-28	19	2nd	17 29 51 58
2015-08-15	22	2nd	13 29 32 69
2015-06-24	73	3rd	5 21 29 53
2015-01-05	26	1st	29 42 55 61
2014-11-05	29	2nd	20 29 54 56
2014-08-30	6	2nd	21 29 57 69
2014-08-16	38	2nd	8 29 32 59
2014-05-19	15	2nd	9 29 33 74
2014-04-14	23	2nd	12 29 45 49
2014-02-19	20	2nd	18 29 33 50
2014-01-04	6	2nd	24 29 33 42
2013-12-21	24	2nd	3 29 38 64
2013-10-26	24	2nd	24 29 70 71
2013-08-31	1	1st	29 36 55 70
2013-08-28	5	1st	29 36 56 65
2013-08-17	3	1st	29 34 38 57
2013-08-10	5	4th	9 15 22 29
2013-07-29	2	3rd	24 27 29 56
2013-07-24	29	2nd	8 29 56 61
2013-05-18	76	3rd	13 26 29 45
2012-11-21	8	4th	6 26 28 29
2012-11-03	13	3rd	2 23 29 69
2012-10-03	21	1st	29 34 68 72
2012-08-15	9	3rd	9 21 29 62
2012-07-25	3	4th	3 5 9 29
2012-07-18	15	2nd	10 29 52 59
2012-06-13	22	1st	29 55 68 74
2012-04-21	9	3rd	2 23 29 31
2012-03-31	9	3rd	12 18 29 70
2012-03-10	1	1st	29 55 67 69
2012-03-07	63	2nd	15 29 41 69
2011-10-12	4	1st	29 33 36 61
2011-10-03	13	1st	29 45 50 56
2011-09-03	41	2nd	24 29 50 53
2011-05-30	131	2nd	3 29 42 67
2010-07-28	3	2nd	25 29 40 59
2010-07-21	26	2nd	23 29 66 74
2010-05-22	—	2nd	23 29 70 72