Number 30

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

274times drawn · chance expected 253 +1.42σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 274 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +1.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 40 times, counted separately.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 274 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 35 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 30 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 1.9
2nd smallest23 · chance 18.0
3rd smallest58 · chance 63.0
4th smallest90 · chance 100.0
5th smallest86 · chance 72.2
6th smallest15 · chance 19.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 45 25 9 17 38

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, 30 is picked about 1.28× as often as an indifferent choice — 13th 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
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 30 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-10-07	17	4th	5 7 11 30 44 49
2015-08-08	12	4th	6 22 28 30 39 44
2015-06-27	5	5th	2 4 8 21 30 38
2015-06-10	5	3rd

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: 30 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-01-25	2	4th	4 15 21 30 41 49
2014-01-18	6	5th	7 12 23 27 30 31
2013-12-28	6	4th	16 24 25 30 34 45
2013-12-07	6	5th	10 12 17 28 30 42
2013-11-16	13	4th	3 19 21 30 41 47
2013-10-02	2	5th	16 17 21 27 30 37
2013-09-25	3	5th	5 7 20 24 30 41
2013-09-14	15	4th	18 20 24 30 39 48
2013-07-24	17	3rd	22 26 30 40 42 47
2013-05-25	3	4th	5 6 26 30 33 40
2013-05-15	22	5th	4 5 6 20 30 35
2013-02-27	1	6th	2 14 20 23 24 30
2013-02-23	6	4th	2 16 25 30 31 32
2013-02-02	9	6th	2 12 13 14 21 30
2013-01-02	14	5th	7 9 20 21 30 37
2012-11-14	1	5th	14 15 17 29 30 33
2012-11-10	3	5th	10 23 24 25 30 37
2012-10-31	1	2nd	7 30 32 36 40 41
2012-10-27	4	4th	7 14 20 30 33 46
2012-10-13	1	3rd	14 26 30 32 36 48
2012-10-10	11	5th	15 19 23 29 30 46
2012-09-01	3	2nd	15 30 36 39 41 49
2012-08-22	4	5th	3 11 23 28 30 48
2012-08-08	9	5th	6 14 19 22 30 36
2012-07-07	2	4th	5 22 23 30 33 45
2012-06-30	2	5th	1 18 19 24 30 38
2012-06-23	1	4th	3 25 28 30 39 45
2012-06-20	35	4th	6 10 12 30 36 49
2012-02-18	1	4th	2 19 22 30 33 41
2012-02-15	6	3rd	9 28 30 33 40 44
2012-01-25	6	4th	2 8 26 30 39 45
2012-01-04	4	4th	9 26 28 30 42 43
2011-12-21	2	3rd	7 28 30 34 38 45
2011-12-14	1	5th	3 10 25 28 30 43
2011-12-10	2	5th	16 21 24 29 30 39
2011-12-03	1	2nd	1 30 35 47 48 49
2011-11-30	15	6th	13 23 24 25 26 30
2011-10-08	1	5th	6 16 22 26 30 34
2011-10-05	13	5th	9 15 17 29 30 39
2011-08-20	2	4th	2 3 18 30 34 35
2011-08-13	6	2nd	5 30 31 33 35 45
2011-07-23	8	4th	1 2 11 30 33 45
2011-06-25	9	4th	5 9 15 30 32 39
2011-05-25	1	4th	7 8 17 30 46 48
2011-05-21	3	5th	4 17 23 24 30 35
2011-05-11	17	2nd	17 30 33 34 38 48
2011-03-12	8	5th	7 17 19 29 30 38
2011-02-12	4	5th	16 24 27 28 30 36
2011-01-29	19	4th	5 20 25 30 36 47
2010-11-24	4	2nd	11 30 38 45 46 49
2010-11-10	1	3rd	15 26 30 35 40 41
2010-11-06	5	3rd	12 22 30 31 34 39
2010-10-20	1	2nd	14 30 31 36 44 47
2010-10-16	3	2nd	6 30 34 38 45 48
2010-10-06	3	5th	9 17 18 23 30 35
2010-09-25	9	3rd	19 22 30 33 35 39
2010-08-25	7	6th	5 10 12 17 28 30
2010-07-31	6	3rd	10 24 30 33 40 45
2010-07-10	20	3rd	3 5 30 31 38 47
2010-05-01	13	5th	6 15 28 29 30 47
2010-03-17	9	2nd	16 30 34 37 41 42
2010-02-13	6	4th	16 22 24 30 39 44
2010-01-23	6	6th	3 7 8 16 19 30
2010-01-02	10	3rd	26 29 30 42 43 47
2009-11-28	2	4th	3 4 27 30 36 47
2009-11-21	20	3rd	9 24 30 32 36 40
2009-09-12	7	4th	18 20 24 30 43 44
2009-08-19	7	4th	10 23 26 30 41 45
2009-07-25	13	3rd	8 17 30 32 38 40
2009-06-10	6	5th	3 8 21 23 30 46
2009-05-20	11	3rd	9 10 30 37 45 46
2009-04-11	10	4th	6 11 24 30 32 45
2009-03-07	32	3rd	6 21 30 32 33 44
2008-11-15	4	3rd	14 17 30 37 38 41
2008-11-01	4	4th	18 19 25 30 33 43
2008-10-18	21	4th	3 10 12 30 39 40
2008-08-06	5	4th	7 9 23 30 47 49
2008-07-19	2	6th	6 9 13 18 29 30
2008-07-12	2	5th	16 27 28 29 30 42
2008-07-05	1	5th	2 22 26 28 30 39
2008-07-02	11	5th	3 4 12 23 30 31
2008-05-24	5	5th	3 6 10 26 30 38
2008-05-07	9	5th	9 10 12 16 30 31
2008-04-05	8	3rd	7 23 30 41 45 49
2008-03-08	3	4th	4 15 18 30 31 47
2008-02-27	6	3rd	16 29 30 32 38 45
2008-02-06	4	5th	2 5 12 15 30 48
2008-01-23	1	5th	4 12 13 15 30 36
2008-01-19	6	3rd	6 10 30 32 43 45
2007-12-29	25	5th	4 13 23 28 30 32
2007-10-03	3	5th	1 17 24 26 30 49
2007-09-22	3	5th	3 12 15 18 30 31
2007-09-12	19	5th	4 13 18 21 30 46
2007-07-07	7	4th	16 22 28 30 33 35
2007-06-13	15	4th	13 19 24 30 40 48
2007-04-21	1	4th	14 20 21 30 41 46
2007-04-18	3	4th	8 11 17 30 32 41
2007-04-07	4	3rd	23 24 30 31 33 37
2007-03-24	13	5th	9 14 26 28 30 45
2007-02-07	2	5th	6 16 18 29 30 35
2007-01-31	8	4th	13 14 21 30 43 49
2007-01-03	5	3rd	4 6 30 36 43 44
2006-12-16	12	5th	5 8 11 27 30 46
2006-11-04	24	2nd	17 30 33 40 42 43
2006-08-12	5	2nd	24 30 38 43 46 49
2006-07-26	27	4th	7 17 27 30 33 39
2006-04-22	8	3rd	9 24 30 40 42 48
2006-03-25	3	6th	2 6 10 17 29 30
2006-03-15	9	4th	1 14 21 30 35 48
2006-02-11	4	5th	4 9 15 25 30 40
2006-01-28	9	5th	9 18 22 29 30 48
2005-12-28	1	5th	6 8 10 19 30 42
2005-12-24	4	5th	17 21 25 27 30 37
2005-12-10	7	4th	20 23 25 30 31 48
2005-11-16	1	5th	4 9 22 24 30 41
2005-11-12	1	4th	12 13 25 30 45 47
2005-11-09	3	4th	1 15 23 30 45 49
2005-10-29	2	4th	2 5 13 30 39 49
2005-10-22	2	4th	18 20 22 30 32 39
2005-10-15	3	4th	4 7 29 30 42 44
2005-10-05	15	4th	14 17 23 30 34 42
2005-08-13	1	3rd	19 22 30 35 44 48
2005-08-10	1	3rd	8 15 30 31 34 43
2005-08-06	1	5th	3 6 7 17 30 34
2005-08-03	26	3rd	2 10 30 36 37 43
2005-05-04	1	1st	30 35 38 41 45 48
2005-04-30	11	4th	2 23 26 30 39 47
2005-03-23	8	4th	12 14 25 30 32 38
2005-02-23	1	3rd	17 25 30 32 36 37
2005-02-19	1	4th	10 16 19 30 35 45
2005-02-16	7	5th	9 13 18 29 30 49
2005-01-22	2	4th	5 15 23 30 34 42
2005-01-15	5	3rd	5 20 30 32 35 38
2004-12-29	3	3rd	4 22 30 41 43 47
2004-12-18	20	6th	5 16 22 25 27 30
2004-10-09	8	5th	6 17 22 27 30 34
2004-09-11	6	4th	5 8 19 30 35 42
2004-08-21	8	4th	1 2 19 30 44 49
2004-07-24	30	3rd	22 27 30 31 48 49
2004-04-10	7	2nd	25 30 34 39 40 47
2004-03-17	14	3rd	5 16 30 38 42 43
2004-01-28	21	5th	8 10 16 17 30 47
2003-11-15	5	2nd	17 30 31 32 35 47
2003-10-29	8	5th	9 19 25 29 30 38
2003-10-01	1	5th	3 16 24 27 30 48
2003-09-27	4	3rd	7 24 30 44 46 47
2003-09-13	10	5th	3 4 8 9 30 32
2003-08-09	9	5th	11 14 19 25 30 41
2003-07-09	2	4th	2 7 24 30 31 35
2003-07-02	2	5th	1 14 17 23 30 47
2003-06-25	5	6th	2 6 7 23 27 30
2003-06-07	4	6th	2 5 6 17 18 30
2003-05-24	14	4th	4 22 25 30 34 42
2003-04-05	12	3rd	9 26 30 31 38 45
2003-02-22	3	2nd	19 30 33 38 42 44
2003-02-12	3	5th	12 17 18 20 30 35
2003-02-01	20	3rd	2 13 30 39 45 47
2002-11-23	2	5th	5 6 12 19 30 47
2002-11-16	8	2nd	10 30 34 42 48 49
2002-10-19	8	2nd	12 30 43 44 45 47
2002-09-21	13	6th	1 6 7 11 13 30
2002-08-07	8	4th	10 22 23 30 33 42
2002-07-10	7	5th	4 18 19 20 30 43
2002-06-15	5	5th	3 13 14 23 30 36
2002-05-29	3	3rd	19 26 30 34 40 44
2002-05-18	7	3rd	21 22 30 31 38 48
2002-04-24	2	6th	3 13 17 20 21 30
2002-04-17	7	4th	5 13 19 30 32 43
2002-03-23	14	4th	9 24 28 30 31 40
2002-02-02	16	3rd	6 12 30 39 45 46
2001-12-08	4	4th	1 14 16 30 34 42
2001-11-24	1	3rd	23 27 30 37 38 42
2001-11-21	1	3rd	10 25 30 38 44 46
2001-11-17	2	3rd	12 19 30 34 37 41
2001-11-10	9	5th	6 23 24 25 30 49
2001-10-10	2	4th	18 26 28 30 38 46
2001-10-03	4	4th	2 14 26 30 44 45
2001-09-19	2	5th	6 8 21 25 30 45
2001-09-12	5	5th	11 21 25 27 30 35
2001-08-25	9	4th	1 10 14 30 36 43
2001-07-25	18	5th	1 2 3 8 30 37
2001-05-23	1	3rd	4 11 30 31 44 47
2001-05-19	2	3rd	4 12 30 33 43 48
2001-05-12	1	3rd	6 29 30 38 39 45
2001-05-09	6	4th	9 18 27 30 32 48
2001-04-18	3	1st	30 35 41 44 46 49
2001-04-07	9	3rd	9 19 30 32 34 44
2001-03-07	4	3rd	3 12 30 33 40 49
2001-02-21	2	4th	8 10 24 30 40 44
2001-02-14	22	5th	3 10 23 27 30 32
2000-11-29	14	4th	7 19 28 30 33 37
2000-10-11	6	4th	6 10 19 30 34 41
2000-09-20	15	3rd	7 25 30 34 38 39
2000-07-29	6	2nd	29 30 33 37 45 48
2000-07-08	16	2nd	21 30 35 38 41 46
2000-05-13	2	2nd	6 30 35 42 44 45
2000-05-06	8	3rd	2 3 30 31 41 45
2000-04-08	2	3rd	18 23 30 46 47 49
2000-04-01	5	6th	3 11 19 25 29 30
2000-03-15	4	5th	7 12 25 28 30 40
2000-03-01	8	6th	4 8 10 12 15 30
2000-02-02	8	2nd	10 30 31 32 39 42
2000-01-05	26	4th	5 22 25 30 31 33
1999-10-06	3	5th	9 13 19 21 30 45
1999-09-25	3	4th	18 20 26 30 43 49
1999-09-15	14	4th	9 14 27 30 32 49
1999-07-28	9	3rd	3 14 30 32 46 49
1999-06-26	1	5th	2 17 18 23 30 40
1999-06-23	20	4th	8 11 18 30 33 43
1999-04-14	5	5th	5 9 12 25 30 32
1999-03-27	27	3rd	9 25 30 36 44 48
1998-12-23	7	4th	4 12 18 30 38 47
1998-11-28	1	4th	4 25 26 30 37 45
1998-11-25	2	3rd	4 8 30 37 39 43
1998-11-18	12	4th	2 8 12 30 35 47
1998-10-07	12	5th	2 12 24 29 30 33
1998-08-26	13	5th	3 20 26 27 30 43
1998-07-11	4	4th	3 14 23 30 39 43
1998-06-27	33	5th	7 9 11 23 30 43
1998-03-04	1	3rd	6 28 30 34 41 45
1998-02-28	8	5th	1 7 15 18 30 31
1998-01-31	14	3rd	17 22 30 40 46 48
1997-12-13	2	5th	3 4 11 14 30 32
1997-12-06	15	5th	5 9 19 21 30 49
1997-10-15	7	3rd	11 17 30 35 39 45
1997-09-20	5	2nd	9 30 38 40 43 44
1997-09-03	1	4th	10 14 22 30 38 43
1997-08-30	6	3rd	6 20 30 33 38 46
1997-08-09	4	5th	1 18 20 25 30 31
1997-07-26	10	5th	9 15 20 27 30 41
1997-06-21	4	5th	1 17 26 27 30 44
1997-06-07	1	5th	12 14 21 25 30 40
1997-06-04	33	4th	18 19 21 30 34 44
1997-02-08	16	4th	9 13 27 30 36 47
1996-10-26	2	5th	1 3 9 20 30 35
1996-10-12	3	4th	15 16 25 30 39 45
1996-09-21	26	4th	7 8 12 30 35 41
1996-03-23	2	5th	5 7 14 18 30 43
1996-03-09	7	4th	14 16 29 30 37 45
1996-01-20	8	4th	5 23 25 30 33 37
1995-11-25	2	4th	16 23 28 30 42 46
1995-11-11	4	5th	7 10 23 28 30 48
1995-10-14	1	5th	4 5 9 25 30 47
1995-10-07	9	4th	10 22 28 30 36 37
1995-08-05	7	4th	1 8 25 30 35 45
1995-06-17	11	2nd	27 30 33 38 40 48
1995-04-01	10	3rd	22 25 30 32 41 43
1995-01-21	7	4th	6 16 20 30 31 47
1994-12-03	2	5th	11 17 21 29 30 40
1994-11-19	—	5th	3 5 14 22 30 44