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Number 30 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 94 times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.59σ
20 draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number
9.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
42 longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long
30 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 94 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
30 Number 30, draw by draw Drawn 94 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 20 draws now
20 draws: 2009-10-30 to 2010-01-12 10 draws: 2010-01-12 to 2010-02-16 11 draws: 2010-02-16 to 2010-03-26 1 draws: 2010-03-26 to 2010-03-30 2 draws: 2010-03-30 to 2010-04-09 6 draws: 2010-04-09 to 2010-04-30 6 draws: 2010-04-30 to 2010-05-21 1 draws: 2010-05-21 to 2010-05-25 4 draws: 2010-05-25 to 2010-06-08 10 draws: 2010-06-08 to 2010-07-13 4 draws: 2010-07-13 to 2010-07-27 6 draws: 2010-07-27 to 2010-08-17 13 draws: 2010-08-17 to 2010-10-01 19 draws: 2010-10-01 to 2010-12-07 2 draws: 2010-12-07 to 2010-12-14 1 draws: 2010-12-14 to 2010-12-17 2 draws: 2010-12-17 to 2010-12-24 3 draws: 2010-12-24 to 2011-01-04 42 draws: 2011-01-04 to 2011-06-03 2 draws: 2011-06-03 to 2011-06-10 3 draws: 2011-06-10 to 2011-06-21 4 draws: 2011-06-21 to 2011-07-05 1 draws: 2011-07-05 to 2011-07-08 17 draws: 2011-07-08 to 2011-09-06 20 draws: 2011-09-06 to 2011-11-15 26 draws: 2011-11-15 to 2012-02-14 15 draws: 2012-02-14 to 2012-04-10 2 draws: 2012-04-10 to 2012-04-17 4 draws: 2012-04-17 to 2012-05-01 8 draws: 2012-05-01 to 2012-05-29 28 draws: 2012-05-29 to 2012-09-04 24 draws: 2012-09-04 to 2012-11-27 9 draws: 2012-11-27 to 2013-01-01 17 draws: 2013-01-01 to 2013-03-01 15 draws: 2013-03-01 to 2013-04-26 8 draws: 2013-04-26 to 2013-05-24 9 draws: 2013-05-24 to 2013-06-25 4 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-07-09 1 draws: 2013-07-09 to 2013-07-12 4 draws: 2013-07-12 to 2013-07-26 14 draws: 2013-07-26 to 2013-09-13 2 draws: 2013-09-13 to 2013-09-20 9 draws: 2013-09-20 to 2013-10-22 5 draws: 2013-10-22 to 2013-11-08 7 draws: 2013-11-08 to 2013-12-03 3 draws: 2013-12-03 to 2013-12-13 23 draws: 2013-12-13 to 2014-03-04 13 draws: 2014-03-04 to 2014-04-22 1 draws: 2014-04-22 to 2014-04-25 11 draws: 2014-04-25 to 2014-06-03 6 draws: 2014-06-03 to 2014-06-24 1 draws: 2014-06-24 to 2014-06-27 18 draws: 2014-06-27 to 2014-08-29 15 draws: 2014-08-29 to 2014-10-21 19 draws: 2014-10-21 to 2014-12-26 19 draws: 2014-12-26 to 2015-03-03 27 draws: 2015-03-03 to 2015-06-09 1 draws: 2015-06-09 to 2015-06-12 1 draws: 2015-06-12 to 2015-06-16 18 draws: 2015-06-16 to 2015-08-18 4 draws: 2015-08-18 to 2015-09-01 19 draws: 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-06 5 draws: 2015-11-06 to 2015-11-24 9 draws: 2015-11-24 to 2015-12-29 19 draws: 2015-12-29 to 2016-03-04 21 draws: 2016-03-04 to 2016-05-17 22 draws: 2016-05-17 to 2016-08-02 4 draws: 2016-08-02 to 2016-08-16 5 draws: 2016-08-16 to 2016-09-02 6 draws: 2016-09-02 to 2016-09-23 3 draws: 2016-09-23 to 2016-10-04 6 draws: 2016-10-04 to 2016-10-25 4 draws: 2016-10-25 to 2016-11-08 17 draws: 2016-11-08 to 2017-01-06 6 draws: 2017-01-06 to 2017-01-27 3 draws: 2017-01-27 to 2017-02-07 5 draws: 2017-02-07 to 2017-02-24 17 draws: 2017-02-24 to 2017-04-25 5 draws: 2017-04-25 to 2017-05-12 1 draws: 2017-05-12 to 2017-05-16 12 draws: 2017-05-16 to 2017-06-27 2 draws: 2017-06-27 to 2017-07-04 4 draws: 2017-07-04 to 2017-07-18 3 draws: 2017-07-18 to 2017-07-28 6 draws: 2017-07-28 to 2017-08-18 10 draws: 2017-08-18 to 2017-09-22 6 draws: 2017-09-22 to 2017-10-13 2 draws: 2017-10-13 to 2017-10-20 21 draws: 2017-10-20 to 2018-01-02 9 draws: 2018-01-02 to 2018-02-02 4 draws: 2018-02-02 to 2018-02-16 1 draws: 2018-02-16 to 2018-02-20 15 draws: 2018-02-20 to 2018-04-13 Still waiting — at least 20 draws since 2018-04-13 2009-10-30 2010-01-12 2010-02-16 2010-03-26 2010-03-30 2010-04-09 2010-04-30 2010-05-21 2010-05-25 2010-06-08 2010-07-13 2010-07-27 2010-08-17 2010-10-01 2010-12-07 2010-12-14 2010-12-17 2010-12-24 2011-01-04 2011-06-03 2011-06-10 2011-06-21 2011-07-05 2011-07-08 2011-09-06 2011-11-15 2012-02-14 2012-04-10 2012-04-17 2012-05-01 2012-05-29 2012-09-04 2012-11-27 2013-01-01 2013-03-01 2013-04-26 2013-05-24 2013-06-25 2013-07-09 2013-07-12 2013-07-26 2013-09-13 2013-09-20 2013-10-22 2013-11-08 2013-12-03 2013-12-13 2014-03-04 2014-04-22 2014-04-25 2014-06-03 2014-06-24 2014-06-27 2014-08-29 2014-10-21 2014-12-26 2015-03-03 2015-06-09 2015-06-12 2015-06-16 2015-08-18 2015-09-01 2015-11-06 2015-11-24 2015-12-29 2016-03-04 2016-05-17 2016-08-02 2016-08-16 2016-09-02 2016-09-23 2016-10-04 2016-10-25 2016-11-08 2017-01-06 2017-01-27 2017-02-07 2017-02-24 2017-04-25 2017-05-12 2017-05-16 2017-06-27 2017-07-04 2017-07-18 2017-07-28 2017-08-18 2017-09-22 2017-10-13 2017-10-20 2018-01-02 2018-02-02 2018-02-16 2018-02-20 2018-04-13 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
1 draws: 11 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 6 times 4 draws: 11 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 9 times 7 draws: 1 time 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 5 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 4 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 4 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 5 times 20 draws: 2 times 21 draws: 2 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 1 time 43 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 0.9 2nd smallest 9 · chance 9.1 3rd smallest 29 · chance 29.5 4th smallest 35 · chance 38.0 5th smallest 20 · chance 16.4 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 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 44 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 45. 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.