Number 29

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

211times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.01σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 211 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 28 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 smallest3 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest20 · chance 16.7
3rd smallest52 · chance 53.1
4th smallest82 · chance 76.7
5th smallest40 · chance 50.5
6th smallest14 · chance 12.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 49 9 43 14 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-07-04	11	4th	7 8 18 29 40 44
2026-05-27	8	2nd	18 29 37 39 46 48
2026-04-29	9	4th	2 3 27 29 31 41
2026-03-28	7	4th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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