Number 30

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

305times drawn · chance expected 304 +0.03σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

62longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 305 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 305 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 62 · 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 smallest1 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest11 · chance 7.5
3rd smallest44 · chance 52.5
4th smallest127 · chance 135.0
5th smallest122 · chance 109.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 22 28 18 19 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-20	3	4th	7 10 28 30 37
2025-04-17	21	2nd	12 30 31 37 38
2025-03-27	8	5th	19 22 25 28 30
2025-03-19	10	5th	6 7

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-11	6	5th	16 22 23 24 30
2024-10-05	1	4th	2 20 25 30 36
2024-10-04	5	4th	4 6 17 30 34
2024-09-29	11	4th	12 21 22 30 36
2024-09-18	5	4th	9 10 25 30 36
2024-09-13	7	4th	2 7 27 30 35
2024-09-06	5	4th	2 6 19 30 37
2024-09-01	9	4th	6 9 15 30 38
2024-08-23	16	3rd	4 20 30 36 37
2024-08-07	1	5th	4 11 13 28 30
2024-08-06	17	5th	11 16 19 27 30
2024-07-20	17	3rd	15 17 30 31 33
2024-07-03	2	4th	5 18 22 30 36
2024-07-01	5	5th	9 11 12 13 30
2024-06-26	3	4th	4 24 28 30 36
2024-06-23	3	4th	6 12 29 30 32
2024-06-20	9	4th	5 15 16 30 34
2024-06-11	13	4th	17 24 28 30 35
2024-05-29	15	5th	9 13 24 27 30
2024-05-14	48	4th	8 9 24 30 32
2024-03-27	4	5th	3 7 8 27 30
2024-03-23	11	3rd	17 25 30 33 36
2024-03-12	4	5th	8 9 11 17 30
2024-03-08	11	4th	3 21 25 30 37
2024-02-26	10	3rd	19 21 30 33 37
2024-02-16	4	5th	5 8 13 24 30
2024-02-12	9	3rd	6 23 30 31 34
2024-02-03	15	2nd	24 30 32 35 37
2024-01-19	62	3rd	5 27 30 33 37
2023-11-18	13	2nd	29 30 32 37 38
2023-11-05	4	3rd	8 11 30 31 33
2023-11-01	21	3rd	2 18 30 31 33
2023-10-11	2	3rd	3 7 30 32 37
2023-10-09	5	2nd	28 30 33 34 37
2023-10-04	8	3rd	10 13 30 33 36
2023-09-26	15	4th	21 25 29 30 35
2023-09-11	1	5th	2 4 9 11 30
2023-09-10	22	3rd	10 14 30 35 38
2023-08-19	2	5th	3 7 24 27 30
2023-08-17	1	5th	11 21 25 27 30
2023-08-16	1	3rd	1 21 30 35 38
2023-08-15	1	3rd	4 9 30 32 33
2023-08-14	2	4th	14 22 25 30 31
2023-08-12	9	5th	5 6 13 22 30
2023-08-03	8	5th	3 11 16 29 30
2023-07-26	1	4th	6 14 21 30 34
2023-07-25	6	4th	18 24 25 30 37
2023-07-19	10	5th	7 16 17 28 30
2023-07-09	4	2nd	18 30 32 34 37
2023-07-05	7	5th	1 3 13 14 30
2023-06-28	5	4th	8 24 25 30 35
2023-06-23	13	4th	3 10 24 30 38
2023-06-10	9	3rd	18 23 30 31 36
2023-06-01	3	3rd	10 29 30 32 37
2023-05-29	1	5th	5 15 16 28 30
2023-05-28	10	4th	16 18 29 30 37
2023-05-18	2	4th	12 16 28 30 36
2023-05-16	10	4th	22 27 28 30 35
2023-05-06	3	4th	9 10 26 30 34
2023-05-03	8	3rd	2 20 30 31 33
2023-04-25	9	3rd	3 14 30 36 37
2023-04-16	4	5th	1 6 11 14 30
2023-04-12	1	4th	2 9 22 30 37
2023-04-11	4	5th	17 19 24 25 30
2023-04-07	7	3rd	15 20 30 35 37
2023-03-31	7	4th	5 6 9 30 38
2023-03-24	41	5th	3 13 16 23 30
2023-02-11	32	4th	7 22 25 30 33
2023-01-10	12	4th	1 14 23 30 38
2022-12-29	2	4th	9 16 29 30 37
2022-12-27	18	5th	17 22 23 28 30
2022-12-09	1	4th	2 12 18 30 35
2022-12-08	17	5th	3 4 15 23 30
2022-11-21	2	4th	14 18 21 30 32
2022-11-19	1	5th	1 5 27 29 30
2022-11-18	3	3rd	7 26 30 36 37
2022-11-15	5	5th	7 16 19 28 30
2022-11-10	2	5th	2 3 24 26 30
2022-11-08	7	4th	2 22 28 30 31
2022-11-01	2	4th	11 24 25 30 34
2022-10-30	12	5th	10 11 19 28 30
2022-10-18	6	2nd	26 30 34 36 37
2022-10-12	7	5th	7 14 22 23 30
2022-10-05	2	5th	7 21 24 25 30
2022-10-03	16	4th	12 27 28 30 31
2022-09-17	1	5th	2 4 13 22 30
2022-09-16	10	4th	4 18 22 30 35
2022-09-06	7	4th	4 15 23 30 36
2022-08-30	5	4th	7 8 15 30 31
2022-08-25	4	4th	10 16 21 30 34
2022-08-21	8	4th	4 13 14 30 37
2022-08-13	6	5th	4 9 17 26 30
2022-08-07	1	5th	1 10 15 21 30
2022-08-06	5	5th	3 19 25 26 30
2022-08-01	1	4th	5 14 19 30 38
2022-07-31	7	5th	8 13 20 24 30
2022-07-24	8	5th	10 15 18 26 30
2022-07-16	9	3rd	11 28 30 33 36
2022-07-07	2	4th	2 18 29 30 37
2022-07-05	6	5th	3 10 18 22 30
2022-06-29	7	4th	22 26 27 30 35
2022-06-22	2	4th	16 19 20 30 32
2022-06-20	2	5th	2 4 7 13 30
2022-06-18	4	4th	16 21 28 30 31
2022-06-14	20	5th	3 7 13 23 30
2022-05-25	2	5th	12 20 26 28 30
2022-05-23	3	4th	7 25 29 30 36
2022-05-20	4	5th	3 5 9 10 30
2022-05-16	8	4th	1 24 27 30 38
2022-05-08	1	4th	17 19 20 30 31
2022-05-07	8	5th	1 9 17 28 30
2022-04-29	6	4th	9 24 29 30 38
2022-04-23	1	4th	4 22 23 30 31
2022-04-22	14	4th	12 17 22 30 32
2022-04-08	2	4th	2 14 21 30 37
2022-04-06	26	5th	5 6 15 16 30
2022-03-11	5	5th	2 17 20 23 30
2022-03-06	5	3rd	19 25 30 32 37
2022-03-01	6	4th	3 14 21 30 36
2022-02-23	9	4th	17 18 25 30 34
2022-02-14	3	4th	1 8 20 30 38
2022-02-11	1	3rd	12 17 30 32 38
2022-02-10	23	4th	8 10 24 30 33
2022-01-18	8	5th	1 2 17 24 30
2022-01-10	1	3rd	22 27 30 32 37
2022-01-09	7	5th	2 8 14 15 30
2022-01-02	11	4th	4 19 24 30 37
2021-12-22	5	5th	3 4 7 24 30
2021-12-17	2	5th	8 14 24 27 30
2021-12-15	13	4th	9 18 21 30 35
2021-12-02	1	5th	10 17 22 28 30
2021-12-01	4	5th	3 19 25 27 30
2021-11-27	8	4th	6 13 16 30 36
2021-11-19	2	4th	5 9 29 30 38
2021-11-17	3	4th	3 10 14 30 32
2021-11-14	12	5th	5 12 28 29 30
2021-11-02	15	5th	13 16 17 27 30
2021-10-18	3	3rd	9 16 30 32 35
2021-10-15	2	4th	3 19 25 30 31
2021-10-13	2	3rd	8 11 30 33 37
2021-10-11	1	4th	14 22 29 30 37
2021-10-10	5	5th	1 2 3 26 30
2021-10-05	4	5th	4 6 12 20 30
2021-10-01	3	5th	13 14 24 27 30
2021-09-28	3	5th	2 10 24 29 30
2021-09-25	7	4th	5 17 18 30 37
2021-09-18	1	5th	3 13 14 20 30
2021-09-17	3	5th	3 16 18 23 30
2021-09-14	16	5th	1 5 22 24 30
2021-08-29	4	4th	10 15 29 30 31
2021-08-25	2	4th	1 15 21 30 32
2021-08-23	13	4th	10 22 24 30 36
2021-08-10	2	5th	10 13 17 28 30
2021-08-08	22	2nd	14 30 34 36 38
2021-07-17	7	5th	1 6 7 8 30
2021-07-10	15	4th	9 19 20 30 32
2021-06-25	3	4th	3 19 29 30 35
2021-06-22	2	3rd	10 25 30 32 38
2021-06-20	2	4th	12 14 16 30 36
2021-06-18	19	4th	17 18 24 30 32
2021-05-30	2	4th	18 26 27 30 37
2021-05-28	2	3rd	20 21 30 34 36
2021-05-26	1	5th	2 9 13 15 30
2021-05-25	1	5th	6 8 22 28 30
2021-05-24	6	5th	3 15 16 17 30
2021-05-18	18	5th	10 24 26 28 30
2021-04-30	6	3rd	12 27 30 36 38
2021-04-24	6	5th	11 23 28 29 30
2021-04-18	4	5th	2 8 23 24 30
2021-04-14	4	4th	11 18 25 30 31
2021-04-10	13	4th	3 19 29 30 34
2021-03-28	6	3rd	13 14 30 37 38
2021-03-22	15	4th	12 20 24 30 38
2021-03-07	9	4th	18 26 29 30 37
2021-02-26	6	4th	2 21 26 30 34
2021-02-20	2	4th	1 14 15 30 37
2021-02-18	2	5th	3 7 18 21 30
2021-02-16	8	3rd	1 18 30 31 38
2021-02-08	1	4th	11 19 29 30 37
2021-02-07	2	4th	10 21 22 30 38
2021-02-05	1	5th	3 4 8 25 30
2021-02-04	8	2nd	27 30 35 36 38
2021-01-27	6	4th	1 13 22 30 32
2021-01-21	1	5th	8 14 19 29 30
2021-01-20	7	4th	6 11 28 30 31
2021-01-13	8	3rd	7 23 30 33 34
2021-01-05	3	4th	3 4 5 30 37
2021-01-02	1	5th	3 15 18 22 30
2021-01-01	29	4th	11 12 27 30 36
2020-12-03	5	5th	6 7 20 23 30
2020-11-28	5	4th	13 15 18 30 35
2020-11-23	10	4th	18 19 26 30 32
2020-11-13	5	5th	1 10 13 28 30
2020-11-08	3	5th	9 15 16 27 30
2020-11-05	11	4th	4 5 24 30 33
2020-10-25	3	3rd	10 19 30 31 36
2020-10-22	5	4th	19 22 28 30 37
2020-10-17	2	4th	6 20 24 30 35
2020-10-15	3	4th	5 9 11 30 31
2020-10-12	7	5th	1 2 6 10 30
2020-10-05	17	5th	11 15 16 24 30
2020-09-18	8	4th	17 19 27 30 35
2020-09-10	4	2nd	14 30 32 33 38
2020-09-06	12	5th	4 13 18 27 30
2020-08-25	18	5th	16 23 24 29 30
2020-08-07	4	3rd	17 22 30 33 34
2020-08-03	12	4th	19 20 29 30 35
2020-07-22	29	5th	5 10 17 20 30
2020-05-26	15	5th	6 17 18 20 30
2020-04-21	14	4th	5 10 19 30 35
2020-03-19	4	3rd	12 27 30 33 34
2020-03-10	9	3rd	7 9 30 31 34
2020-02-18	3	5th	15 19 25 26 30
2020-02-11	1	5th	6 11 17 22 30
2020-02-08	6	5th	7 15 19 22 30
2020-01-25	2	3rd	2 5 30 31 33
2020-01-21	9	5th	4 8 11 27 30
2019-12-31	3	5th	1 2 6 15 30
2019-12-24	6	5th	2 5 12 29 30
2019-12-10	6	5th	10 11 13 26 30
2019-11-26	3	5th	12 23 27 29 30
2019-11-19	2	4th	1 18 21 30 35
2019-11-14	5	4th	6 11 23 30 31
2019-11-02	7	4th	1 10 20 30 31
2019-10-17	6	4th	10 18 29 30 31
2019-10-03	17	3rd	8 24 30 33 34
2019-08-24	2	4th	9 12 22 30 32
2019-08-20	9	5th	1 16 21 27 30
2019-07-30	6	4th	8 17 25 30 32
2019-07-16	15	5th	1 8 10 29 30
2019-06-11	5	4th	2 15 19 30 32
2019-05-30	2	5th	18 21 25 29 30
2019-05-25	16	4th	2 9 23 30 34
2019-04-18	17	5th	11 18 28 29 30
2019-03-09	1	3rd	9 27 30 32 34
2019-03-07	7	4th	8 25 29 30 31
2019-02-19	17	5th	6 23 24 28 30
2019-01-10	8	3rd	7 26 30 31 33
2018-12-22	2	5th	13 17 21 28 30
2018-12-18	19	4th	2 19 22 30 33
2018-11-03	2	5th	11 14 17 25 30
2018-10-30	8	5th	17 19 20 23 30
2018-10-11	13	5th	2 4 26 28 30
2018-09-11	1	4th	17 23 28 30 34
2018-09-08	2	5th	16 23 25 26 30
2018-09-04	15	5th	19 24 25 27 30
2018-07-31	13	5th	4 17 18 25 30
2018-06-30	4	4th	3 13 27 30 32
2018-06-21	2	4th	3 4 22 30 32
2018-06-16	9	5th	12 16 18 29 30
2018-05-26	1	4th	11 14 16 30 34
2018-05-24	9	5th	7 11 19 23 30
2018-05-03	5	4th	3 8 19 30 35
2018-04-21	9	4th	10 14 23 30 34
2018-03-31	5	5th	16 17 22 24 30
2018-03-20	5	4th	12 16 29 30 34
2018-03-08	27	4th	6 8 26 30 34
2018-01-04	6	5th	8 9 17 29 30
2017-12-21	21	5th	5 9 15 18 30
2017-11-02	2	3rd	4 20 30 31 33
2017-10-28	4	4th	1 11 14 30 32
2017-10-19	2	5th	4 7 24 25 30
2017-10-14	3	5th	9 11 21 22 30
2017-10-07	4	5th	17 19 25 28 30
2017-09-28	10	4th	9 18 22 30 35
2017-09-05	1	5th	3 19 27 29 30
2017-09-02	1	5th	11 20 21 24 30
2017-08-31	2	4th	5 11 15 30 34
2017-08-26	6	4th	6 19 29 30 35
2017-08-12	6	4th	4 9 27 30 35
2017-07-29	9	4th	13 15 16 30 33
2017-07-08	1	5th	11 13 26 28 30
2017-07-06	6	5th	6 11 24 26 30
2017-06-22	4	5th	7 10 15 22 30
2017-06-13	17	2nd	15 30 31 34 35
2017-05-04	3	4th	10 22 26 30 31
2017-04-27	2	5th	20 21 26 27 30
2017-04-22	41	5th	7 11 14 22 30
2017-01-17	18	5th	7 8 16 22 30
2016-12-06	1	4th	7 10 15 30 33
2016-12-03	—	4th	2 9 19 30 35