Number 29

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,227 draws, 5 from 1–42.

290times drawn · chance expected 265 +1.63σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

49longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 290 times in 2,227 draws against 265.1 expected, +1.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 290 times in 2,227 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 8 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 2.0
2nd smallest30 · chance 22.9
3rd smallest94 · chance 84.4
4th smallest115 · chance 122.0
5th smallest49 · chance 58.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 32 21 1 11 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-03	1	4th	19 24 26 29 30
2026-10-02	2	4th	3 21 28 29 30
2026-09-30	5	5th	5 6 7 16 29
2026-09-25	5	4th	9 19 22 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-19	16	4th	3 14 20 29 30
2026-02-03	21	3rd	4 15 29 41 42
2026-01-13	11	4th	4 9 18 29 34
2026-01-02	13	4th	1 17 21 29 34
2025-12-20	19	4th	6 13 23 29 33
2025-12-01	1	4th	4 5 28 29 31
2025-11-30	14	4th	11 18 26 29 41
2025-11-16	13	3rd	2 16 29 32 35
2025-11-03	3	4th	3 13 18 29 32
2025-10-31	7	3rd	9 13 29 33 35
2025-10-24	11	3rd	2 3 29 30 38
2025-10-13	2	4th	5 23 24 29 40
2025-10-11	5	4th	10 14 24 29 39
2025-10-06	7	4th	13 15 23 29 32
2025-09-29	12	5th	3 9 13 19 29
2025-09-17	6	3rd	22 23 29 32 40
2025-09-11	12	3rd	2 21 29 32 41
2025-08-30	15	3rd	5 18 29 40 42
2025-08-15	5	4th	13 19 24 29 36
2025-08-10	8	3rd	3 9 29 38 40
2025-08-02	10	4th	9 17 28 29 30
2025-07-23	2	2nd	5 29 32 33 40
2025-07-21	9	4th	3 11 22 29 35
2025-07-12	7	5th	9 10 12 19 29
2025-07-05	1	5th	2 15 16 26 29
2025-07-04	10	5th	11 12 17 25 29
2025-06-24	3	4th	3 21 28 29 39
2025-06-21	2	2nd	10 29 34 38 39
2025-06-19	2	4th	3 6 10 29 36
2025-06-17	12	3rd	1 7 29 35 39
2025-06-05	3	3rd	13 26 29 30 36
2025-06-02	3	3rd	3 14 29 36 38
2025-05-30	3	3rd	14 18 29 32 40
2025-05-27	49	4th	15 17 20 29 39
2025-04-08	3	4th	7 15 18 29 40
2025-04-05	2	4th	2 15 18 29 30
2025-04-03	13	3rd	7 18 29 31 41
2025-03-21	7	4th	1 8 14 29 41
2025-03-14	1	4th	11 21 23 29 35
2025-03-13	8	3rd	21 25 29 33 40
2025-03-05	17	4th	2 12 16 29 30
2025-02-16	4	5th	7 10 25 28 29
2025-02-12	3	4th	2 11 16 29 32
2025-02-09	14	4th	12 20 22 29 42
2025-01-26	7	3rd	7 9 29 30 41
2025-01-19	4	2nd	11 29 31 37 41
2025-01-15	3	3rd	27 28 29 34 38
2025-01-12	1	5th	3 6 19 23 29
2025-01-11	13	2nd	14 29 37 40 41
2024-12-29	4	4th	1 5 15 29 34
2024-12-25	7	4th	9 14 22 29 40
2024-12-18	1	4th	1 14 20 29 32
2024-12-17	2	5th	5 12 18 25 29
2024-12-15	10	5th	4 8 17 21 29
2024-12-05	7	2nd	21 29 36 37 38
2024-11-28	4	5th	10 11 20 23 29
2024-11-24	22	5th	5 13 16 24 29
2024-11-02	6	4th	2 17 19 29 40
2024-10-27	8	2nd	12 29 33 35 37
2024-10-19	12	4th	5 6 15 29 41
2024-10-07	3	4th	15 17 26 29 40
2024-10-04	9	4th	1 7 12 29 40
2024-09-25	1	4th	19 21 23 29 38
2024-09-24	29	3rd	1 3 29 35 42
2024-08-26	7	3rd	3 14 29 33 35
2024-08-19	4	4th	14 17 25 29 38
2024-08-15	1	4th	4 10 12 29 36
2024-08-14	7	4th	6 20 21 29 35
2024-08-07	21	3rd	13 19 29 30 42
2024-07-17	20	4th	1 6 11 29 31
2024-06-27	4	4th	1 12 19 29 40
2024-06-23	1	2nd	10 29 32 37 42
2024-06-22	24	4th	10 12 13 29 30
2024-05-29	1	3rd	13 18 29 32 42
2024-05-28	19	4th	10 16 25 29 42
2024-05-09	2	3rd	2 9 29 33 34
2024-05-07	5	3rd	21 27 29 32 38
2024-05-02	8	2nd	1 29 34 36 40
2024-04-24	6	3rd	4 20 29 33 41
2024-04-18	2	2nd	14 29 38 40 42
2024-04-16	4	4th	4 12 25 29 38
2024-04-12	14	4th	12 18 21 29 33
2024-03-29	2	2nd	8 29 32 36 41
2024-03-27	5	3rd	1 18 29 33 39
2024-03-22	9	3rd	10 11 29 31 37
2024-03-13	15	5th	3 9 10 23 29
2024-02-27	6	5th	4 7 11 19 29
2024-02-21	6	4th	1 6 22 29 37
2024-02-15	6	3rd	7 22 29 32 40
2024-02-09	8	5th	5 23 25 28 29
2024-02-01	3	4th	3 7 25 29 38
2024-01-29	9	4th	18 19 27 29 37
2024-01-20	6	5th	16 17 21 22 29
2024-01-14	14	3rd	4 18 29 38 39
2023-12-31	18	3rd	17 18 29 34 41
2023-12-13	1	3rd	7 9 29 36 42
2023-12-12	3	5th	8 26 27 28 29
2023-12-09	3	4th	14 24 28 29 31
2023-12-06	8	4th	2 4 26 29 40
2023-11-28	12	3rd	6 19 29 32 38
2023-11-16	9	5th	6 13 14 15 29
2023-11-07	10	4th	16 17 24 29 35
2023-10-28	29	2nd	28 29 31 36 39
2023-09-29	2	3rd	2 4 29 35 38
2023-09-27	4	2nd	27 29 36 37 39
2023-09-23	5	5th	3 6 8 21 29
2023-09-18	1	5th	8 12 14 25 29
2023-09-17	6	2nd	28 29 34 37 41
2023-09-11	7	4th	8 16 17 29 41
2023-09-04	16	5th	1 7 13 23 29
2023-08-19	1	4th	7 14 21 29 41
2023-08-18	10	4th	19 23 24 29 31
2023-08-08	12	2nd	18 29 32 34 41
2023-07-27	10	3rd	13 24 29 34 38
2023-07-17	12	4th	12 18 21 29 32
2023-07-05	7	3rd	16 21 29 31 42
2023-06-28	9	5th	18 23 25 27 29
2023-06-19	1	3rd	11 16 29 31 32
2023-06-18	1	1st	29 30 32 38 40
2023-06-17	2	3rd	6 14 29 33 38
2023-06-15	1	3rd	2 13 29 31 35
2023-06-14	3	3rd	18 23 29 30 40
2023-06-11	11	2nd	7 29 35 39 41
2023-05-31	20	3rd	3 13 29 36 42
2023-05-11	1	4th	5 12 17 29 40
2023-05-10	4	5th	8 10 15 23 29
2023-05-06	3	4th	4 10 11 29 38
2023-05-03	1	4th	1 2 12 29 30
2023-05-02	9	4th	11 13 17 29 38
2023-04-23	5	3rd	15 20 29 36 39
2023-04-18	1	3rd	11 15 29 30 40
2023-04-17	5	4th	2 13 18 29 40
2023-04-12	14	4th	10 13 25 29 35
2023-03-29	4	3rd	12 24 29 36 40
2023-03-25	5	4th	1 9 23 29 36
2023-03-20	12	1st	29 32 33 37 40
2023-03-08	2	3rd	9 24 29 39 40
2023-03-06	10	3rd	9 18 29 30 42
2023-02-24	22	4th	2 16 23 29 41
2023-02-02	1	3rd	5 15 29 32 41
2023-02-01	2	4th	12 14 15 29 42
2023-01-30	8	4th	10 12 23 29 34
2023-01-22	6	4th	8 9 14 29 39
2023-01-16	14	4th	3 6 22 29 31
2023-01-02	2	5th	6 13 15 21 29
2022-12-31	7	2nd	6 29 34 39 41
2022-12-24	7	2nd	11 29 36 37 38
2022-12-17	10	4th	3 8 28 29 32
2022-12-07	14	3rd	1 20 29 34 40
2022-11-23	4	4th	1 4 13 29 33
2022-11-19	7	4th	8 9 11 29 41
2022-11-12	1	4th	2 23 28 29 42
2022-11-11	6	5th	4 9 13 18 29
2022-11-05	16	5th	4 5 22 26 29
2022-10-20	10	3rd	10 17 29 32 36
2022-10-10	5	4th	11 19 22 29 30
2022-10-05	3	3rd	7 10 29 31 37
2022-10-02	11	3rd	6 14 29 35 39
2022-09-21	1	3rd	1 25 29 39 41
2022-09-20	3	3rd	17 22 29 34 36
2022-09-17	11	4th	6 11 14 29 35
2022-09-06	5	5th	1 8 15 18 29
2022-09-01	2	4th	4 11 18 29 42
2022-08-30	2	3rd	9 16 29 33 40
2022-08-28	2	4th	1 17 24 29 31
2022-08-26	1	3rd	5 21 29 31 38
2022-08-25	9	4th	2 14 16 29 34
2022-08-16	6	3rd	15 24 29 31 39
2022-08-10	3	4th	1 6 20 29 39
2022-08-07	1	4th	1 7 19 29 42
2022-08-06	7	5th	7 17 23 28 29
2022-07-30	1	4th	4 14 17 29 35
2022-07-29	17	4th	15 16 20 29 40
2022-07-12	6	5th	4 8 14 19 29
2022-07-06	8	4th	3 18 24 29 36
2022-06-28	28	4th	8 17 26 29 38
2022-05-31	1	3rd	2 6 29 33 34
2022-05-30	3	2nd	15 29 39 40 41
2022-05-27	10	4th	3 21 26 29 41
2022-05-17	10	4th	8 11 19 29 41
2022-05-07	22	2nd	19 29 33 39 40
2022-04-15	5	4th	1 13 14 29 32
2022-04-10	11	4th	3 12 16 29 36
2022-03-30	1	4th	6 12 18 29 30
2022-03-29	12	5th	1 6 9 27 29
2022-03-17	2	3rd	13 14 29 32 39
2022-03-15	4	4th	17 21 24 29 39
2022-03-11	1	3rd	10 20 29 30 31
2022-03-10	5	4th	5 6 19 29 35
2022-03-05	1	5th	1 11 23 25 29
2022-03-04	2	3rd	10 21 29 33 36
2022-03-02	5	4th	11 18 22 29 33
2022-02-25	8	3rd	10 24 29 31 42
2022-02-17	6	3rd	4 14 29 38 40
2022-02-11	1	3rd	9 20 29 32 37
2022-02-10	1	5th	1 5 15 25 29
2022-02-09	2	5th	1 2 15 27 29
2022-02-07	8	4th	16 17 23 29 32
2022-01-30	7	2nd	3 29 30 31 36
2022-01-23	6	3rd	7 15 29 40 42
2022-01-17	5	5th	8 18 19 21 29
2022-01-12	8	3rd	13 23 29 31 35
2022-01-04	5	2nd	20 29 34 36 41
2021-12-30	4	2nd	19 29 32 37 40
2021-12-26	7	3rd	25 26 29 32 33
2021-12-19	2	5th	1 4 9 21 29
2021-12-17	6	3rd	7 10 29 36 42
2021-12-11	20	3rd	11 19 29 30 34
2021-11-21	4	3rd	17 25 29 33 34
2021-11-17	12	2nd	1 29 34 39 42
2021-11-05	4	3rd	8 13 29 32 34
2021-11-01	3	3rd	5 13 29 34 40
2021-10-29	34	2nd	20 29 31 32 35
2021-09-25	9	5th	7 11 12 23 29
2021-09-16	2	4th	1 11 27 29 40
2021-09-14	16	3rd	6 10 29 37 41
2021-08-29	6	3rd	4 28 29 33 35
2021-08-23	14	4th	8 18 23 29 40
2021-08-09	2	5th	1 11 15 25 29
2021-08-07	6	2nd	3 29 35 36 38
2021-08-01	8	5th	3 5 13 15 29
2021-07-24	9	4th	9 21 26 29 40
2021-07-15	8	4th	2 14 17 29 30
2021-07-07	1	3rd	5 17 29 31 41
2021-07-06	1	4th	2 14 21 29 38
2021-07-05	20	3rd	10 27 29 41 42
2021-06-15	2	5th	7 9 10 21 29
2021-06-13	19	5th	3 13 16 22 29
2021-05-25	3	4th	4 10 21 29 35
2021-05-22	4	3rd	12 28 29 34 41
2021-05-18	3	4th	3 4 25 29 32
2021-05-15	5	3rd	6 12 29 38 42
2021-05-10	17	4th	3 17 19 29 32
2021-04-23	12	3rd	17 21 29 31 35
2021-04-11	8	2nd	11 29 35 37 40
2021-04-03	2	5th	2 6 11 15 29
2021-04-01	20	4th	7 21 26 29 38
2021-03-12	4	5th	1 13 18 27 29
2021-03-08	10	3rd	11 19 29 35 38
2021-02-26	6	4th	14 23 25 29 33
2021-02-20	6	4th	5 6 11 29 36
2021-02-14	1	3rd	12 16 29 39 41
2021-02-13	11	5th	1 16 23 28 29
2021-02-02	11	4th	2 19 21 29 30
2021-01-22	5	2nd	21 29 30 32 39
2021-01-17	1	5th	11 19 24 27 29
2021-01-16	2	3rd	7 22 29 31 37
2021-01-14	1	5th	4 13 14 26 29
2021-01-13	3	2nd	15 29 32 34 42
2021-01-10	7	3rd	10 14 29 38 39
2021-01-03	4	3rd	16 22 29 30 36
2020-12-30	5	4th	3 11 23 29 42
2020-12-25	9	2nd	27 29 33 38 39
2020-12-16	12	3rd	13 25 29 32 40
2020-12-04	11	4th	11 16 27 29 32
2020-11-23	4	3rd	1 7 29 34 40
2020-11-19	19	4th	11 15 28 29 34
2020-10-31	12	4th	17 24 28 29 35
2020-10-19	2	4th	13 17 28 29 32
2020-10-17	16	3rd	10 14 29 30 32
2020-10-01	14	5th	18 19 20 26 29
2020-09-17	1	3rd	7 20 29 35 39
2020-09-16	5	3rd	9 28 29 34 37
2020-09-11	1	4th	4 12 23 29 36
2020-09-10	1	3rd	9 19 29 34 40
2020-09-09	—	3rd	1 28 29 38 40