Number 30

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

185times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.09σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

39longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 185 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 185 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 1 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest11 · chance 4.5
3rd smallest24 · chance 25.3
4th smallest65 · chance 62.0
5th smallest58 · chance 67.1
6th smallest27 · chance 25.8

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.

2 15 31 35 3 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-17	13	4th	3 23 27 30 31 35
2022-10-03	4	4th	2 3 17 30 40 43
2022-09-19	8	5th	2 4 14 28 30 42

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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