Number 29

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

97times drawn · chance expected 87 +1.19σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

38longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

29 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 29, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 865 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 19 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 2.7
2nd smallest16 · chance 17.0
3rd smallest38 · chance 36.3
4th smallest30 · chance 31.5
5th smallest11 · chance 9.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 24 47 49 12 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-08-04	8	3rd	16 24 29 34 38
2026-07-07	14	4th	16 18 21 29 47
2026-05-19	1	3rd	19 24 29 47 48
2026-05-15	4	3rd	20 24 29 38

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-12	5	2nd	15 29 36 45 49
2023-12-26	1	2nd	6 29 30 34 38
2023-12-22	19	3rd	24 27 29 34 38
2023-10-17	16	3rd	5 18 29 36 49
2023-08-22	13	5th	5 10 16 19 29
2023-07-07	1	5th	8 21 25 26 29
2023-07-04	17	2nd	13 29 30 31 47
2023-05-05	9	4th	2 20 24 29 43
2023-04-04	6	3rd	15 18 29 33 35
2023-03-14	12	3rd	8 20 29 42 44
2023-01-31	5	4th	12 14 17 29 50
2023-01-13	7	4th	12 19 25 29 41
2022-12-20	9	5th	4 9 19 24 29
2022-11-18	4	3rd	13 24 29 47 50
2022-11-04	1	3rd	1 8 29 35 40
2022-11-01	4	4th	3 6 22 29 47
2022-10-18	2	4th	6 7 14 29 48
2022-10-11	3	4th	2 12 25 29 34
2022-09-30	4	3rd	7 27 29 35 50
2022-09-16	7	5th	7 16 27 28 29
2022-08-23	10	4th	10 11 17 29 40
2022-07-19	6	3rd	14 18 29 46 47
2022-06-28	36	4th	9 12 28 29 50
2022-02-22	8	2nd	18 29 31 32 49
2022-01-25	3	3rd	3 11 29 32 36
2022-01-14	6	4th	12 22 26 29 49
2021-12-24	16	4th	6 10 11 29 41
2021-10-29	9	1st	29 42 45 47 49
2021-09-28	18	5th	13 15 20 28 29
2021-07-27	4	5th	5 12 15 28 29
2021-07-13	1	3rd	2 28 29 38 42
2021-07-09	17	3rd	3 12 29 31 38
2021-05-11	4	4th	4 10 17 29 38
2021-04-27	13	4th	1 8 22 29 49
2021-03-12	29	3rd	7 15 29 34 39
2020-11-27	11	2nd	13 29 34 36 49
2020-10-20	4	3rd	15 20 29 32 45
2020-10-06	5	4th	6 21 25 29 33
2020-09-18	11	4th	8 19 24 29 44
2020-08-11	15	2nd	27 29 39 40 42
2020-06-19	1	3rd	21 28 29 33 48
2020-06-16	4	4th	4 26 27 29 41
2020-06-02	17	3rd	5 15 29 41 46
2020-04-03	5	3rd	9 10 29 32 45
2020-03-17	11	2nd	16 29 34 38 49
2020-02-07	2	3rd	2 4 29 38 47
2020-01-31	11	4th	11 14 18 29 34
2019-12-24	15	3rd	14 18 29 41 46
2019-11-01	1	3rd	13 25 29 43 47
2019-10-29	1	2nd	8 29 38 41 50
2019-10-25	6	3rd	2 21 29 37 49
2019-10-04	1	4th	4 5 23 29 31
2019-10-01	3	3rd	3 9 29 32 50
2019-09-20	15	4th	9 16 22 29 35
2019-07-30	5	3rd	1 14 29 32 38
2019-07-12	3	1st	29 35 46 47 48
2019-07-02	11	2nd	16 29 43 44 47
2019-05-24	2	3rd	3 25 29 38 39
2019-05-17	12	3rd	9 19 29 31 46
2019-04-05	1	3rd	15 22 29 31 48
2019-04-02	9	2nd	11 29 35 38 41
2019-03-01	9	2nd	24 29 34 46 49
2019-01-29	4	5th	6 7 23 25 29
2019-01-15	1	5th	9 13 24 27 29
2019-01-11	2	4th	8 21 25 29 42
2019-01-04	3	5th	7 9 24 26 29
2018-12-25	4	4th	13 16 28 29 30
2018-12-11	3	2nd	7 29 39 42 48
2018-11-30	9	4th	12 15 25 29 49
2018-10-30	13	5th	19 20 24 27 29
2018-09-14	9	3rd	10 17 29 31 40
2018-08-14	6	2nd	13 29 32 38 45
2018-07-24	—	5th	9 15 18 24 29