Number 29

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

310times drawn · chance expected 304 +0.34σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

44longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 310 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +0.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 310 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 2 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 smallest2 · chance 0.6
2nd smallest4 · chance 11.0
3rd smallest65 · chance 63.9
4th smallest134 · chance 138.4
5th smallest105 · chance 96.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 6 9 26 18 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-18	2	3rd	25 26 29 34 35
2025-04-16	7	3rd	2 14 29 35 38
2025-04-09	8	4th	1 18 26 29 31
2025-04-01	11	5th	5 14

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-04	17	5th	2 15 18 24 29
2024-11-17	6	4th	8 9 21 29 37
2024-11-11	10	3rd	14 25 29 35 37
2024-11-01	2	5th	4 22 23 25 29
2024-10-30	7	3rd	12 16 29 33 34
2024-10-23	11	4th	5 15 27 29 38
2024-10-12	4	4th	11 13 26 29 30
2024-10-08	23	5th	6 8 12 26 29
2024-09-15	7	5th	1 15 23 27 29
2024-09-08	4	4th	1 14 26 29 33
2024-09-04	11	4th	4 26 27 29 36
2024-08-24	19	4th	3 10 19 29 34
2024-08-05	2	4th	17 22 28 29 36
2024-08-03	6	5th	2 6 15 27 29
2024-07-28	1	4th	13 26 28 29 37
2024-07-27	3	3rd	9 14 29 33 35
2024-07-24	11	4th	11 16 27 29 32
2024-07-13	18	5th	8 9 14 19 29
2024-06-25	2	3rd	5 16 29 33 38
2024-06-23	2	3rd	6 12 29 30 32
2024-06-21	3	5th	1 5 7 9 29
2024-06-18	6	3rd	2 6 29 35 36
2024-06-12	2	4th	17 22 26 29 36
2024-06-10	14	4th	18 19 20 29 36
2024-05-27	9	5th	3 7 12 17 29
2024-05-18	2	3rd	8 21 29 32 37
2024-05-16	5	5th	2 14 18 27 29
2024-05-11	19	4th	1 6 22 29 33
2024-04-22	2	4th	3 12 16 29 32
2024-04-20	3	4th	8 11 13 29 32
2024-04-17	6	4th	1 9 28 29 34
2024-04-11	5	4th	6 13 22 29 37
2024-04-06	8	3rd	11 23 29 31 33
2024-03-29	10	4th	11 17 25 29 35
2024-03-19	25	3rd	3 13 29 31 33
2024-02-23	3	4th	8 18 27 29 37
2024-02-20	1	3rd	14 18 29 33 37
2024-02-19	13	5th	6 9 13 27 29
2024-02-06	2	4th	13 22 23 29 35
2024-02-04	2	4th	18 20 28 29 32
2024-02-02	7	4th	10 19 21 29 36
2024-01-26	22	4th	8 14 26 29 38
2024-01-04	4	5th	10 19 23 25 29
2023-12-31	16	2nd	13 29 32 33 37
2023-12-15	25	3rd	5 19 29 36 37
2023-11-20	1	4th	5 11 12 29 38
2023-11-19	1	3rd	9 21 29 31 34
2023-11-18	1	1st	29 30 32 37 38
2023-11-17	5	5th	7 16 26 28 29
2023-11-12	9	4th	5 8 12 29 34
2023-11-03	3	3rd	15 23 29 31 33
2023-10-31	16	5th	13 18 24 25 29
2023-10-15	3	5th	3 14 16 18 29
2023-10-12	16	5th	7 11 17 22 29
2023-09-26	3	3rd	21 25 29 30 35
2023-09-23	19	4th	14 16 20 29 38
2023-09-04	2	4th	13 15 16 29 36
2023-09-02	3	5th	4 19 27 28 29
2023-08-30	6	4th	18 23 27 29 38
2023-08-24	1	4th	11 22 25 29 35
2023-08-23	20	4th	1 6 20 29 35
2023-08-03	3	4th	3 11 16 29 30
2023-07-31	2	4th	6 21 28 29 35
2023-07-29	13	4th	6 7 27 29 33
2023-07-16	9	3rd	6 20 29 32 37
2023-07-07	16	4th	3 4 22 29 32
2023-06-21	7	1st	29 32 34 36 38
2023-06-14	1	4th	10 15 27 29 36
2023-06-13	7	4th	7 8 26 29 31
2023-06-06	1	5th	1 12 21 28 29
2023-06-05	4	5th	2 11 12 21 29
2023-06-01	4	2nd	10 29 30 32 37
2023-05-28	9	3rd	16 18 29 30 37
2023-05-19	6	5th	15 16 22 23 29
2023-05-13	5	5th	3 9 12 26 29
2023-05-08	1	4th	1 6 12 29 36
2023-05-07	8	5th	6 8 18 20 29
2023-04-29	1	4th	1 10 24 29 37
2023-04-28	14	5th	10 19 21 25 29
2023-04-14	1	5th	3 13 17 25 29
2023-04-13	5	4th	8 12 20 29 35
2023-04-08	12	4th	21 22 27 29 35
2023-03-27	7	4th	3 13 26 29 31
2023-03-20	9	3rd	11 12 29 31 34
2023-03-11	4	4th	8 9 16 29 34
2023-03-07	13	4th	10 14 25 29 33
2023-02-22	1	3rd	5 25 29 33 36
2023-02-21	3	5th	4 15 21 24 29
2023-02-18	6	4th	2 6 7 29 34
2023-02-12	18	5th	10 18 20 23 29
2023-01-25	18	5th	1 16 18 19 29
2023-01-07	2	4th	1 12 24 29 37
2023-01-05	2	5th	8 10 11 21 29
2023-01-03	1	4th	13 22 26 29 38
2023-01-02	4	4th	9 10 24 29 35
2022-12-29	1	3rd	9 16 29 30 37
2022-12-28	17	5th	3 9 13 18 29
2022-12-11	7	5th	15 16 23 26 29
2022-12-04	6	4th	26 27 28 29 38
2022-11-28	9	5th	6 15 16 23 29
2022-11-19	13	4th	1 5 27 29 30
2022-11-06	11	5th	9 10 19 23 29
2022-10-26	19	4th	10 12 13 29 36
2022-10-07	12	3rd	3 14 29 31 34
2022-09-25	10	3rd	9 24 29 32 37
2022-09-15	1	5th	6 21 23 27 29
2022-09-14	11	5th	7 8 22 26 29
2022-09-03	2	5th	2 10 15 18 29
2022-09-01	12	5th	3 6 25 26 29
2022-08-20	1	3rd	14 22 29 36 38
2022-08-19	14	5th	2 16 20 21 29
2022-08-05	6	3rd	8 18 29 34 37
2022-07-30	3	3rd	9 26 29 32 35
2022-07-27	1	3rd	6 9 29 36 38
2022-07-26	3	5th	20 23 24 28 29
2022-07-23	12	4th	7 21 27 29 35
2022-07-11	4	4th	12 23 25 29 38
2022-07-07	6	3rd	2 18 29 30 37
2022-07-01	15	3rd	4 27 29 31 36
2022-06-16	4	4th	6 10 23 29 34
2022-06-12	7	4th	4 12 16 29 37
2022-06-05	7	4th	5 14 26 29 36
2022-05-29	6	4th	6 23 24 29 32
2022-05-23	4	3rd	7 25 29 30 36
2022-05-19	6	4th	1 7 25 29 34
2022-05-13	11	4th	19 21 25 29 31
2022-05-02	3	5th	1 9 11 21 29
2022-04-29	2	3rd	9 24 29 30 38
2022-04-27	10	5th	6 10 12 17 29
2022-04-17	4	5th	1 12 18 27 29
2022-04-13	4	5th	10 12 25 27 29
2022-04-09	30	5th	4 5 21 27 29
2022-03-10	3	5th	4 10 11 21 29
2022-03-07	15	4th	12 21 26 29 38
2022-02-20	12	4th	8 9 18 29 36
2022-02-08	22	3rd	14 26 29 35 38
2022-01-17	10	4th	7 24 25 29 34
2022-01-07	9	4th	18 19 23 29 35
2021-12-29	16	3rd	4 14 29 31 37
2021-12-13	24	5th	8 13 21 25 29
2021-11-19	1	3rd	5 9 29 30 38
2021-11-18	4	5th	4 5 19 20 29
2021-11-14	7	4th	5 12 28 29 30
2021-11-07	17	3rd	11 28 29 37 38
2021-10-21	1	4th	4 5 19 29 38
2021-10-20	9	4th	4 15 20 29 34
2021-10-11	8	3rd	14 22 29 30 37
2021-10-03	4	4th	7 20 24 29 31
2021-09-29	1	4th	1 5 6 29 32
2021-09-28	7	4th	2 10 24 29 30
2021-09-21	1	4th	12 21 25 29 37
2021-09-20	11	4th	10 18 22 29 32
2021-09-09	3	5th	2 7 15 16 29
2021-09-06	1	4th	2 5 23 29 31
2021-09-05	7	5th	3 6 9 25 29
2021-08-29	25	3rd	10 15 29 30 31
2021-08-04	6	4th	3 11 28 29 38
2021-07-29	7	3rd	16 25 29 32 35
2021-07-22	6	3rd	1 23 29 35 37
2021-07-16	5	4th	2 26 27 29 34
2021-07-11	14	5th	1 11 18 23 29
2021-06-27	2	3rd	11 28 29 31 37
2021-06-25	9	3rd	3 19 29 30 35
2021-06-16	2	5th	6 9 11 23 29
2021-06-14	5	4th	2 12 19 29 37
2021-06-09	1	3rd	22 27 29 32 37
2021-06-08	18	3rd	17 22 29 36 38
2021-05-21	5	3rd	2 6 29 33 34
2021-05-16	3	4th	17 19 21 29 38
2021-05-13	9	4th	14 24 28 29 34
2021-05-04	8	5th	9 12 27 28 29
2021-04-26	2	5th	3 10 24 25 29
2021-04-24	7	4th	11 23 28 29 30
2021-04-17	5	4th	4 9 19 29 34
2021-04-12	1	4th	1 5 22 29 31
2021-04-11	1	2nd	16 29 32 35 38
2021-04-10	32	3rd	3 19 29 30 34
2021-03-09	2	4th	14 18 24 29 33
2021-03-07	4	3rd	18 26 29 30 37
2021-03-03	1	3rd	1 8 29 37 38
2021-03-02	9	5th	1 8 9 17 29
2021-02-21	7	5th	4 5 13 15 29
2021-02-14	6	4th	12 23 28 29 38
2021-02-08	16	3rd	11 19 29 30 37
2021-01-23	2	4th	12 25 28 29 34
2021-01-21	32	4th	8 14 19 29 30
2020-12-20	8	5th	1 3 17 22 29
2020-12-12	26	5th	4 8 26 27 29
2020-11-16	13	3rd	18 27 29 36 37
2020-11-03	15	4th	6 8 13 29 33
2020-10-19	9	3rd	6 18 29 33 36
2020-10-10	12	5th	8 9 21 26 29
2020-09-28	16	5th	11 20 22 23 29
2020-09-12	10	5th	3 11 14 27 29
2020-09-02	6	4th	18 23 27 29 38
2020-08-27	1	5th	2 21 22 26 29
2020-08-26	1	4th	2 14 18 29 37
2020-08-25	1	4th	16 23 24 29 30
2020-08-24	8	3rd	8 26 29 35 36
2020-08-16	12	4th	7 11 19 29 32
2020-08-04	1	2nd	3 29 33 34 38
2020-08-03	13	3rd	19 20 29 30 35
2020-07-21	3	5th	4 9 15 16 29
2020-07-18	6	4th	2 5 13 29 32
2020-07-09	7	5th	3 14 23 27 29
2020-06-23	2	4th	7 15 20 29 32
2020-06-18	1	5th	21 23 26 28 29
2020-06-16	7	5th	5 10 19 26 29
2020-05-30	9	5th	2 4 9 15 29
2020-05-09	4	4th	12 19 26 29 34
2020-04-30	9	5th	11 25 27 28 29
2020-04-09	10	5th	6 15 17 23 29
2020-03-17	10	5th	6 7 22 25 29
2020-02-22	13	5th	1 6 17 21 29
2020-01-23	5	5th	9 10 25 26 29
2020-01-11	8	4th	1 9 23 29 34
2019-12-24	5	4th	2 5 12 29 30
2019-12-12	6	4th	9 13 16 29 35
2019-11-28	1	5th	2 5 12 14 29
2019-11-26	9	4th	12 23 27 29 30
2019-11-05	8	4th	8 10 24 29 32
2019-10-17	7	3rd	10 18 29 30 31
2019-10-01	3	3rd	5 9 29 32 34
2019-09-24	21	4th	2 9 15 29 33
2019-08-06	9	5th	4 7 20 28 29
2019-07-16	7	4th	1 8 10 29 30
2019-06-29	1	4th	4 11 12 29 34
2019-06-27	12	3rd	16 25 29 33 34
2019-05-30	1	4th	18 21 25 29 30
2019-05-28	6	5th	3 5 8 21 29
2019-05-14	2	3rd	13 26 29 31 35
2019-05-09	3	4th	6 12 27 29 34
2019-05-02	6	4th	5 7 23 29 34
2019-04-18	3	4th	11 18 28 29 30
2019-04-11	4	5th	7 8 20 21 29
2019-04-02	3	4th	2 18 23 29 35
2019-03-26	8	5th	4 11 22 24 29
2019-03-07	4	3rd	8 25 29 30 31
2019-02-26	2	5th	2 7 11 23 29
2019-02-21	13	5th	1 4 5 13 29
2019-01-22	7	5th	5 6 7 11 29
2019-01-05	9	5th	5 7 16 20 29
2018-12-15	3	5th	24 25 26 28 29
2018-12-08	3	5th	1 3 17 19 29
2018-12-01	1	5th	3 5 11 28 29
2018-11-29	14	4th	7 14 21 29 32
2018-10-27	16	5th	1 6 15 16 29
2018-09-20	2	5th	1 7 17 22 29
2018-09-15	4	5th	7 12 16 22 29
2018-09-06	3	5th	11 16 19 25 29
2018-08-30	5	5th	1 13 20 25 29
2018-08-18	10	4th	9 18 20 29 33
2018-07-26	16	5th	7 8 18 26 29
2018-06-19	1	4th	4 9 13 29 33
2018-06-16	1	4th	12 16 18 29 30
2018-06-14	6	4th	9 18 20 29 35
2018-05-31	4	4th	14 17 18 29 32
2018-05-22	6	5th	11 22 23 25 29
2018-05-08	8	4th	6 7 17 29 32
2018-04-19	2	4th	1 3 5 29 31
2018-04-14	7	5th	10 12 24 28 29
2018-03-29	1	4th	5 9 23 29 31
2018-03-27	1	5th	7 15 19 22 29
2018-03-24	2	3rd	3 6 29 31 34
2018-03-20	8	3rd	12 16 29 30 34
2018-03-01	6	5th	3 8 12 14 29
2018-02-15	11	5th	4 10 12 24 29
2018-01-20	5	4th	4 21 27 29 31
2018-01-09	2	5th	6 8 11 24 29
2018-01-04	34	4th	8 9 17 29 30
2017-10-17	2	4th	10 12 22 29 33
2017-10-12	9	4th	9 10 26 29 32
2017-09-21	2	5th	1 8 16 20 29
2017-09-16	5	5th	2 22 24 26 29
2017-09-05	4	4th	3 19 27 29 30
2017-08-26	3	3rd	6 19 29 30 35
2017-08-19	11	4th	2 15 20 29 31
2017-07-25	44	5th	12 13 20 28 29
2017-04-13	1	4th	18 20 24 29 35
2017-04-11	2	4th	3 6 11 29 34
2017-04-06	8	4th	4 5 23 29 34
2017-03-18	15	4th	12 17 24 29 32
2017-02-11	16	5th	12 15 20 26 29
2017-01-05	5	5th	6 21 26 27 29
2016-12-24	3	4th	14 15 20 29 33
2016-12-17	—	4th	17 18 24 29 32