Number 29

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

95times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.79σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

15.0average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

83longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.79σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 15.0 draws · longest completed wait 83 · waiting 5 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 smallest8 · chance 10.7
2nd smallest37 · chance 32.3
3rd smallest28 · chance 34.4
4th smallest20 · chance 15.3
5th smallest2 · chance 2.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 5 43 53 24 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 29 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 29 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	2	3rd	17 21 29 42 49
2026-09-23	9	4th	5 15 26 29 30
2026-09-02	8	3rd	3 10 29 58 64
2026-08-15	13	4th	5 8 27 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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-01	27	2nd	23 29 32 49 61
2024-11-30	13	3rd	4 24 29 39 63
2024-10-30	3	3rd	13 22 29 43 58
2024-10-23	17	4th	2 15 27 29 39
2024-09-14	13	1st	29 34 38 48 56
2024-08-14	4	4th	8 9 23 29 62
2024-08-05	27	1st	29 42 44 51 54
2024-06-03	9	2nd	19 29 35 36 45
2024-05-13	11	3rd	5 14 29 38 66
2024-04-17	15	2nd	24 29 44 47 54
2024-03-13	6	2nd	21 29 54 59 62
2024-02-28	1	3rd	16 26 29 38 50
2024-02-26	27	2nd	24 29 42 51 54
2023-12-25	46	5th	5 12 20 24 29
2023-09-09	40	3rd	11 19 29 63 68
2023-06-07	29	3rd	16 21 29 53 66
2023-04-01	11	4th	11 19 21 29 52
2023-03-06	42	3rd	2 13 29 58 69
2022-11-28	28	1st	29 30 32 48 50
2022-09-24	19	5th	3 9 21 24 29
2022-08-10	81	1st	29 44 59 61 68
2022-02-02	4	2nd	18 29 33 62 63
2022-01-24	13	2nd	11 29 30 47 53
2021-12-25	14	2nd	27 29 45 55 58
2021-11-22	12	3rd	7 20 29 38 67
2021-10-25	2	3rd	10 27 29 44 58
2021-10-20	3	2nd	7 29 36 41 43
2021-10-13	18	2nd	23 29 47 59 60
2021-09-01	8	3rd	10 20 29 48 51
2021-08-11	9	4th	12 18 20 29 30
2021-07-10	3	3rd	1 5 29 54 62
2021-06-30	4	2nd	24 29 50 65 66
2021-06-16	83	2nd	19 29 34 44 50
2020-08-29	9	4th	5 21 22 29 43
2020-07-29	31	2nd	7 29 35 40 45
2020-04-11	9	2nd	22 29 30 42 47
2020-03-11	4	2nd	4 29 49 50 67
2020-02-26	22	3rd	8 27 29 36 47
2019-12-11	15	2nd	24 29 42 44 63
2019-10-19	2	3rd	14 27 29 59 65
2019-10-12	15	2nd	12 29 34 53 65
2019-08-21	8	4th	12 21 22 29 32
2019-07-24	25	2nd	22 29 35 53 56
2019-04-27	20	2nd	2 29 41 45 62
2019-02-16	5	1st	29 30 41 48 64
2019-01-30	4	4th	2 12 16 29 54
2019-01-16	8	2nd	14 29 31 56 61
2018-12-19	2	2nd	15 29 31 37 43
2018-12-12	9	4th	4 9 21 29 64
2018-11-10	40	2nd	5 29 34 53 57
2018-06-23	14	2nd	16 29 43 45 56
2018-05-05	13	2nd	14 29 36 57 61
2018-03-21	21	4th	3 4 18 29 61
2018-01-06	21	2nd	12 29 30 33 61
2017-10-25	13	3rd	18 22 29 54 57
2017-09-09	18	3rd	6 20 29 57 59
2017-07-08	3	3rd	8 10 29 40 59
2017-06-28	14	1st	29 37 46 53 68
2017-05-10	14	1st	29 31 46 56 62
2017-03-22	22	4th	2 9 27 29 42
2017-01-04	26	3rd	16 17 29 41 42
2016-10-05	3	4th	8 18 27 29 60
2016-09-24	5	4th	7 15 20 29 41
2016-09-07	16	3rd	22 23 29 33 55
2016-07-13	4	3rd	3 15 29 54 57
2016-06-29	38	2nd	23 29 37 60 64
2016-02-17	13	4th	7 17 27 29 40
2016-01-02	11	4th	5 6 15 29 42
2015-11-25	12	2nd	16 29 53 58 69
2015-10-14	1	3rd	15 20 29 31 40
2015-10-10	—	3rd	12 27 29 43 68