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Number 30 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 74 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.43σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
11.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
45 longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long
30 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 74 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
30 Number 30, draw by draw Drawn 74 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.5 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 1 draws now
3 draws: 2005-09-30 to 2005-10-11 16 draws: 2005-10-11 to 2005-12-06 18 draws: 2005-12-06 to 2006-02-07 10 draws: 2006-02-07 to 2006-03-14 27 draws: 2006-03-14 to 2006-06-16 25 draws: 2006-06-16 to 2006-09-12 8 draws: 2006-09-12 to 2006-10-10 5 draws: 2006-10-10 to 2006-10-27 6 draws: 2006-10-27 to 2006-11-17 7 draws: 2006-11-17 to 2006-12-12 11 draws: 2006-12-12 to 2007-01-19 32 draws: 2007-01-19 to 2007-05-11 2 draws: 2007-05-11 to 2007-05-18 8 draws: 2007-05-18 to 2007-06-15 7 draws: 2007-06-15 to 2007-07-10 2 draws: 2007-07-10 to 2007-07-17 1 draws: 2007-07-17 to 2007-07-20 34 draws: 2007-07-20 to 2007-11-16 5 draws: 2007-11-16 to 2007-12-04 2 draws: 2007-12-04 to 2007-12-11 1 draws: 2007-12-11 to 2007-12-14 5 draws: 2007-12-14 to 2008-01-01 4 draws: 2008-01-01 to 2008-01-15 5 draws: 2008-01-15 to 2008-02-01 2 draws: 2008-02-01 to 2008-02-08 2 draws: 2008-02-08 to 2008-02-15 3 draws: 2008-02-15 to 2008-02-26 2 draws: 2008-02-26 to 2008-03-04 23 draws: 2008-03-04 to 2008-05-23 19 draws: 2008-05-23 to 2008-07-29 5 draws: 2008-07-29 to 2008-08-15 13 draws: 2008-08-15 to 2008-09-30 13 draws: 2008-09-30 to 2008-11-14 4 draws: 2008-11-14 to 2008-11-28 12 draws: 2008-11-28 to 2009-01-09 40 draws: 2009-01-09 to 2009-05-29 1 draws: 2009-05-29 to 2009-06-02 30 draws: 2009-06-02 to 2009-09-15 22 draws: 2009-09-15 to 2009-12-01 2 draws: 2009-12-01 to 2009-12-08 3 draws: 2009-12-08 to 2009-12-18 30 draws: 2009-12-18 to 2010-04-02 14 draws: 2010-04-02 to 2010-05-21 9 draws: 2010-05-21 to 2010-06-22 11 draws: 2010-06-22 to 2010-07-30 2 draws: 2010-07-30 to 2010-08-06 23 draws: 2010-08-06 to 2010-10-26 33 draws: 2010-10-26 to 2011-02-18 29 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-05-31 9 draws: 2011-05-31 to 2011-07-01 4 draws: 2011-07-01 to 2011-07-15 12 draws: 2011-07-15 to 2011-08-26 20 draws: 2011-08-26 to 2011-11-04 3 draws: 2011-11-04 to 2011-11-15 5 draws: 2011-11-15 to 2011-12-02 16 draws: 2011-12-02 to 2012-01-27 3 draws: 2012-01-27 to 2012-02-07 4 draws: 2012-02-07 to 2012-02-21 6 draws: 2012-02-21 to 2012-03-13 27 draws: 2012-03-13 to 2012-06-15 1 draws: 2012-06-15 to 2012-06-19 14 draws: 2012-06-19 to 2012-08-07 45 draws: 2012-08-07 to 2013-01-11 6 draws: 2013-01-11 to 2013-02-01 5 draws: 2013-02-01 to 2013-02-19 3 draws: 2013-02-19 to 2013-03-01 3 draws: 2013-03-01 to 2013-03-12 8 draws: 2013-03-12 to 2013-04-09 6 draws: 2013-04-09 to 2013-04-30 29 draws: 2013-04-30 to 2013-08-09 5 draws: 2013-08-09 to 2013-08-27 10 draws: 2013-08-27 to 2013-10-01 4 draws: 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-15 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2013-10-15 2005-09-30 2005-10-11 2005-12-06 2006-02-07 2006-03-14 2006-06-16 2006-09-12 2006-10-10 2006-10-27 2006-11-17 2006-12-12 2007-01-19 2007-05-11 2007-05-18 2007-06-15 2007-07-10 2007-07-17 2007-07-20 2007-11-16 2007-12-04 2007-12-11 2007-12-14 2008-01-01 2008-01-15 2008-02-01 2008-02-08 2008-02-15 2008-02-26 2008-03-04 2008-05-23 2008-07-29 2008-08-15 2008-09-30 2008-11-14 2008-11-28 2009-01-09 2009-05-29 2009-06-02 2009-09-15 2009-12-01 2009-12-08 2009-12-18 2010-04-02 2010-05-21 2010-06-22 2010-07-30 2010-08-06 2010-10-26 2011-02-18 2011-05-31 2011-07-01 2011-07-15 2011-08-26 2011-11-04 2011-11-15 2011-12-02 2012-01-27 2012-02-07 2012-02-21 2012-03-13 2012-06-15 2012-06-19 2012-08-07 2013-01-11 2013-02-01 2013-02-19 2013-03-01 2013-03-12 2013-04-09 2013-04-30 2013-08-09 2013-08-27 2013-10-01 2013-10-15 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 4 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 7 times 4 draws: 5 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 4 times 7 draws: 2 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 2 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 2 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 2 times 30 draws: 2 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 1 time 33 draws: 1 time 34 draws: 1 time 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 1 time 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 1 time 46 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 1 · chance 3.2 2nd smallest 22 · chance 16.4 3rd smallest 23 · chance 28.6 4th smallest 22 · chance 20.6 5th smallest 6 · chance 5.2 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 56. 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 ← number 29 Every number number 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.