Number 30

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

91times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.72σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

43longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 847 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 5 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 1.0
2nd smallest6 · chance 8.2
3rd smallest19 · chance 24.2
4th smallest38 · chance 32.7
5th smallest22 · chance 20.2
6th smallest6 · chance 4.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 28 13 18 23 46

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
2025-09-03	9	4th	17 25 26 30 44 48
2025-08-02	6	4th	6 16 25 30 50 51
2025-07-12	2	5th	5 6 7 15 30 34
2025-07-05	5	4th

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.

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