Number 30

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

121times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.98σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

37longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 121 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +0.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 121 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 15 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 smallest3 · chance 3.5
2nd smallest28 · chance 21.6
3rd smallest35 · chance 45.4
4th smallest44 · chance 38.9
5th smallest11 · chance 11.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 47 27 40 10 19

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
2026-09-16	7	3rd	5 22 30 33 50
2026-08-31	1	4th	8 22 27 30 34
2026-08-29	9	4th	7 10 25 30 33
2026-08-08	17	2nd	3 30 31

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-26	8	3rd	16 19 30 37 47
2025-03-08	5	2nd	1 30 31 36 43
2025-02-24	5	3rd	1 21 30 35 41
2025-02-12	2	5th	6 16 23 27 30
2025-02-08	16	4th	2 5 6 30 50
2025-01-01	2	5th	1 2 8 14 30
2024-12-28	3	4th	12 17 22 30 42
2024-12-21	4	3rd	9 19 30 39 44
2024-12-11	18	3rd	4 14 30 45 50
2024-10-30	13	2nd	27 30 37 41 50
2024-09-30	11	4th	24 28 29 30 51
2024-09-04	36	4th	7 9 28 30 31
2024-06-12	16	4th	3 11 16 30 44
2024-05-06	17	5th	3 6 11 17 30
2024-03-27	5	3rd	9 22 30 31 34
2024-03-16	8	2nd	11 30 43 47 51
2024-02-26	1	2nd	21 30 36 38 49
2024-02-24	10	3rd	10 19 30 33 52
2024-01-31	8	2nd	3 30 38 39 48
2024-01-13	6	3rd	6 9 30 38 46
2023-12-30	30	4th	9 10 11 30 44
2023-10-21	2	3rd	11 23 30 36 51
2023-10-16	3	2nd	11 30 37 39 47
2023-10-09	10	3rd	10 13 30 38 40
2023-09-16	7	2nd	23 30 34 40 41
2023-08-30	8	3rd	8 15 30 44 46
2023-08-12	14	5th	3 16 26 29 30
2023-07-10	7	3rd	3 26 30 47 51
2023-06-24	2	3rd	11 27 30 37 49
2023-06-19	2	4th	1 14 20 30 33
2023-06-14	25	5th	2 15 26 29 30
2023-04-17	1	5th	10 13 21 23 30
2023-04-15	5	4th	10 17 24 30 37
2023-04-03	6	3rd	6 27 30 40 52
2023-03-20	32	4th	13 14 22 30 37
2023-01-04	2	3rd	2 12 30 37 46
2022-12-31	7	3rd	9 29 30 35 42
2022-12-14	5	4th	18 21 22 30 32
2022-12-03	19	1st	30 32 36 42 43
2022-10-19	1	2nd	8 30 35 44 52
2022-10-17	18	4th	19 20 24 30 39
2022-09-05	1	2nd	2 30 36 39 46
2022-09-03	16	5th	6 8 13 26 30
2022-07-27	4	4th	15 23 27 30 44
2022-07-18	1	2nd	18 30 35 45 46
2022-07-16	6	4th	7 11 28 30 49
2022-06-25	7	3rd	12 28 30 34 39
2022-06-01	5	5th	4 9 10 15 30
2022-05-14	4	3rd	1 10 30 33 44
2022-04-30	3	3rd	7 14 30 44 45
2022-04-20	13	5th	1 3 25 29 30
2022-03-05	10	3rd	1 10 30 36 49
2022-01-29	21	4th	5 19 23 30 31
2021-11-17	26	2nd	6 30 31 40 50
2021-08-18	9	2nd	27 30 38 45 50
2021-07-17	18	2nd	26 30 37 40 45
2021-05-15	1	4th	9 14 19 30 46
2021-05-12	17	2nd	12 30 31 46 48
2021-03-13	4	2nd	7 30 40 49 50
2021-02-27	12	3rd	10 27 30 44 47
2021-01-16	2	4th	6 16 21 30 36
2021-01-09	3	4th	9 25 29 30 39
2020-12-30	14	4th	18 25 26 30 49
2020-11-11	12	3rd	8 13 30 31 48
2020-09-30	18	4th	5 6 11 30 37
2020-07-29	8	2nd	29 30 38 45 51
2020-07-01	1	4th	4 22 24 30 35
2020-06-27	1	3rd	8 27 30 36 47
2020-06-24	1	3rd	3 11 30 36 39
2020-06-20	22	4th	4 18 27 30 48
2020-04-04	10	3rd	18 21 30 35 47
2020-02-29	1	2nd	19 30 32 35 36
2020-02-26	13	4th	2 3 29 30 40
2020-01-11	3	4th	1 21 25 30 34
2020-01-01	4	3rd	3 26 30 44 48
2019-12-18	10	5th	1 4 17 18 30
2019-11-13	18	4th	18 23 24 30 49
2019-09-11	21	3rd	12 29 30 34 36
2019-06-29	14	2nd	4 30 40 42 48
2019-05-11	12	1st	30 35 37 47 49
2019-03-30	2	5th	9 17 25 27 30
2019-03-23	2	1st	30 40 42 45 46
2019-03-16	2	2nd	29 30 32 47 49
2019-03-09	28	3rd	5 7 30 34 36
2018-12-01	5	2nd	1 30 34 40 45
2018-11-14	2	4th	14 21 28 30 45
2018-11-07	18	3rd	19 26 30 36 42
2018-09-05	3	4th	13 20 26 30 41
2018-08-25	18	3rd	9 10 30 45 49
2018-06-23	8	4th	2 17 22 30 37
2018-05-26	7	2nd	23 30 31 38 39
2018-05-02	4	4th	8 18 19 30 31
2018-04-18	5	4th	8 11 27 30 47
2018-03-31	8	4th	16 22 28 30 34
2018-03-03	13	3rd	6 21 30 32 45
2018-01-17	6	4th	5 8 28 30 40
2017-12-27	—	2nd	4 30 38 47 48