Number 30

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

200times drawn · chance expected 186 +1.05σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

49longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 200 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 200 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 12 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 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 smallest6 · chance 2.2
2nd smallest12 · chance 18.1
3rd smallest49 · chance 53.2
4th smallest78 · chance 71.9
5th smallest42 · chance 44.5
6th smallest13 · chance 10.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 49 31 16 17 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-29	24	3rd	10 12 30 42 44 45
2025-02-01	26	4th	8 15 26 30 38 42
2024-12-02	2	4th	1 4 16 30 38 49
2024-11-28

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-07	12	3rd	16 28 30 39 41 43
2024-02-08	2	6th	15 19 22 26 27 30
2024-02-03	2	5th	15 19 25 28 30 34
2024-01-29	4	4th	20 25 26 30 34 36
2024-01-20	2	5th	6 12 14 17 30 47
2024-01-15	19	5th	2 5 19 22 30 49
2023-12-02	2	4th	21 27 29 30 33 47
2023-11-27	6	5th	1 13 16 23 30 37
2023-11-13	17	4th	13 18 27 30 42 46
2023-10-05	8	5th	10 12 27 28 30 45
2023-09-16	11	5th	7 8 21 24 30 32
2023-08-21	1	3rd	14 16 30 31 37 49
2023-08-19	4	6th	7 14 18 19 25 30
2023-08-10	18	4th	4 11 20 30 32 36
2023-06-29	1	3rd	7 8 30 32 36 44
2023-06-26	1	4th	15 22 28 30 35 39
2023-06-24	5	6th	8 15 21 27 28 30
2023-06-12	20	4th	1 7 26 30 32 41
2023-04-27	3	4th	18 21 26 30 33 37
2023-04-20	3	3rd	11 13 30 37 38 45
2023-04-13	3	4th	4 19 25 30 33 43
2023-04-06	14	5th	17 18 20 26 30 41
2023-03-04	49	5th	5 9 10 13 30 38
2022-11-10	25	4th	13 15 17 30 38 40
2022-09-12	14	4th	12 19 27 30 34 47
2022-08-11	2	6th	2 10 12 13 14 30
2022-08-06	1	3rd	1 14 30 43 48 50
2022-08-04	1	3rd	8 18 30 34 37 46
2022-08-01	5	3rd	21 28 30 31 37 48
2022-07-21	16	4th	7 14 23 30 33 44
2022-06-13	5	6th	1 4 21 22 27 30
2022-06-02	13	4th	2 8 25 30 31 49
2022-05-02	11	4th	6 9 28 30 34 41
2022-04-07	7	1st	30 37 40 45 46 49
2022-03-21	1	4th	8 18 25 30 32 44
2022-03-19	3	3rd	16 19 30 32 34 45
2022-03-12	2	4th	3 16 28 30 32 35
2022-03-07	8	1st	30 36 43 46 48 49
2022-02-17	25	2nd	8 30 42 47 49 50
2021-12-20	1	3rd	26 29 30 35 41 43
2021-12-18	3	4th	4 18 23 30 41 46
2021-12-11	6	3rd	2 3 30 33 37 44
2021-11-27	2	4th	3 21 24 30 35 44
2021-11-22	6	5th	13 19 22 27 30 49
2021-11-08	30	3rd	13 27 30 31 34 38
2021-08-30	32	5th	1 3 8 10 30 39
2021-06-17	3	4th	2 8 27 30 42 44
2021-06-10	14	6th	9 12 16 17 20 30
2021-05-08	3	4th	14 17 21 30 32 46
2021-05-01	35	5th	11 16 21 24 30 45
2021-02-08	7	3rd	1 16 30 34 38 47
2021-01-23	6	4th	21 25 29 30 38 49
2021-01-09	10	3rd	1 11 30 38 41 52
2020-12-17	5	3rd	9 26 30 33 35 49
2020-12-05	11	4th	15 22 24 30 32 34
2020-11-09	4	4th	7 19 21 30 38 44
2020-10-31	3	5th	17 18 22 29 30 31
2020-10-24	6	3rd	10 23 30 47 49 51
2020-10-10	1	3rd	4 17 30 38 44 45
2020-10-08	9	6th	10 12 13 17 29 30
2020-09-17	8	4th	5 8 9 30 40 49
2020-08-29	5	3rd	9 17 30 39 42 51
2020-08-17	1	1st	30 33 36 40 41 47
2020-08-15	19	4th	3 13 22 30 34 49
2020-07-02	1	4th	6 18 25 30 41 43
2020-06-29	23	4th	2 4 12 30 31 35
2020-05-07	1	3rd	16 24 30 31 43 51
2020-05-04	30	4th	6 12 16 30 41 47
2020-02-24	8	4th	8 21 26 30 31 37
2020-02-06	6	5th	2 25 27 28 30 37
2020-01-23	8	4th	2 5 24 30 33 39
2020-01-04	3	5th	3 6 21 23 30 34
2019-12-28	9	4th	7 20 21 30 48 49
2019-12-07	21	4th	11 15 23 30 39 41
2019-10-19	3	3rd	2 14 30 41 50 52
2019-10-12	1	2nd	14 30 37 38 44 45
2019-10-10	3	4th	6 9 21 30 45 48
2019-10-03	1	3rd	17 20 30 33 38 49
2019-09-30	1	4th	1 9 24 30 49 52
2019-09-28	25	5th	11 17 22 25 30 35
2019-08-01	21	5th	4 15 18 26 30 39
2019-06-13	4	3rd	17 18 30 37 48 49
2019-06-03	27	3rd	4 26 30 39 45 48
2019-04-01	5	5th	1 7 19 24 30 49
2019-03-21	13	4th	6 9 12 30 47 50
2019-02-18	12	2nd	13 30 36 41 47 50
2019-01-21	2	4th	4 5 10 30 31 39
2019-01-17	2	3rd	13 22 30 33 47 48
2019-01-12	1	4th	6 11 25 30 49 51
2019-01-10	3	5th	6 16 22 24 30 41
2019-01-03	3	4th	21 26 28 30 39 43
2018-12-27	17	2nd	28 30 37 41 42 45
2018-11-17	1	3rd	7 9 30 31 42 46
2018-11-15	1	4th	1 6 11 30 38 40
2018-11-12	12	2nd	18 30 31 41 49 51
2018-10-15	6	2nd	23 30 31 36 41 49
2018-10-01	1	4th	2 16 21 30 43 50
2018-09-29	1	5th	5 18 21 29 30 32
2018-09-27	9	3rd	11 27 30 31 45 52
2018-09-06	1	3rd	2 24 30 35 43 44
2018-09-03	6	4th	5 24 28 30 50 52
2018-08-20	10	4th	2 15 27 30 43 47
2018-07-28	6	4th	15 16 27 30 35 48
2018-07-14	5	6th	2 5 10 13 18 30
2018-07-02	3	3rd	20 21 30 31 33 43
2018-06-25	5	3rd	21 27 30 35 48 49
2018-06-14	2	5th	6 10 15 29 30 37
2018-06-09	21	5th	4 9 15 24 30 36
2018-04-21	7	2nd	14 30 31 38 48 50
2018-04-05	2	4th	6 10 28 30 36 42
2018-03-31	19	3rd	10 29 30 32 44 47
2018-02-15	9	5th	1 8 12 15 30 39
2018-01-25	16	5th	9 18 24 29 30 41
2017-12-18	34	5th	8 13 17 22 30 49
2017-09-30	6	4th	10 11 19 30 31 35
2017-09-16	4	3rd	16 28 30 32 48 52
2017-09-07	11	3rd	5 27 30 36 47 48
2017-08-12	3	5th	6 9 10 21 30 31
2017-08-05	5	2nd	19 30 32 40 41 43
2017-07-24	3	3rd	16 19 30 38 46 52
2017-07-17	8	3rd	10 21 30 37 42 51
2017-06-29	7	3rd	2 28 30 32 43 49
2017-06-12	14	4th	4 8 23 30 44 51
2017-05-11	2	6th	1 7 9 17 28 30
2017-05-06	1	5th	6 20 26 27 30 35
2017-05-04	1	4th	12 18 29 30 31 52
2017-05-01	3	4th	9 22 27 30 35 45
2017-04-24	12	3rd	16 21 30 38 46 51
2017-03-27	4	3rd	21 29 30 33 40 47
2017-03-18	3	5th	1 3 14 20 30 35
2017-03-11	21	3rd	2 20 30 36 42 49
2017-01-21	17	3rd	19 25 30 41 47 50
2016-12-12	19	3rd	2 11 30 42 43 51
2016-10-29	4	3rd	8 12 30 31 51 52
2016-10-20	3	4th	3 9 23 30 45 48
2016-10-13	3	5th	2 6 7 22 30 44
2016-10-06	2	3rd	8 11 30 31 44 52
2016-10-01	13	4th	10 17 22 30 48 51
2016-09-01	5	1st	30 31 33 35 36 47
2016-08-20	3	4th	5 19 27 30 33 42
2016-08-13	1	3rd	6 28 30 34 49 51
2016-08-11	2	5th	11 15 26 28 30 35
2016-08-06	13	4th	11 17 19 30 31 47
2016-07-07	21	4th	10 14 25 30 31 34
2016-05-19	31	5th	13 14 21 23 30 49
2016-03-07	4	4th	10 12 20 30 38 52
2016-02-27	2	3rd	6 24 30 34 37 42
2016-02-22	11	4th	2 5 8 30 39 40
2016-01-28	8	2nd	27 30 34 35 37 43
2016-01-09	13	4th	7 16 26 30 51 52
2015-12-10	9	4th	1 17 25 30 39 48
2015-11-19	8	1st	30 31 35 44 47 50
2015-10-31	8	3rd	10 22 30 39 46 51
2015-10-12	6	4th	2 16 18 30 46 49
2015-09-28	11	5th	1 3 19 28 30 44
2015-09-03	8	4th	11 12 16 30 33 34
2015-08-15	9	4th	2 23 29 30 33 35
2015-07-25	2	6th	4 8 9 11 12 30
2015-07-20	3	4th	2 6 18 30 31 33
2015-07-13	2	6th	3 5 6 18 23 30
2015-07-09	5	5th	9 12 15 27 30 31
2015-06-27	3	3rd	11 17 30 36 46 50
2015-06-20	1	5th	12 21 24 29 30 36
2015-06-18	1	5th	7 16 22 29 30 37
2015-06-15	14	5th	4 21 28 29 30 31
2015-05-14	8	4th	8 14 19 30 34 46
2015-04-25	2	1st	30 33 34 37 46 47
2015-04-20	7	4th	17 21 29 30 43 50
2015-04-04	5	4th	19 23 26 30 46 47
2015-03-23	8	2nd	2 30 33 38 39 44
2015-03-05	7	4th	7 14 17 30 38 44
2015-02-16	4	4th	4 11 17 30 35 49
2015-02-07	4	5th	1 13 16 29 30 39
2015-01-29	2	4th	6 13 26 30 39 52
2015-01-24	5	5th	12 16 18 22 30 47
2015-01-12	—	5th	9 17 18 20 30 45