Number 30

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

94times drawn · chance expected 89 +0.64σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

4.6average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

24longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.6 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 9 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.1
4th smallest5 · chance 2.6
5th smallest11 · chance 16.6
6th smallest44 · chance 41.5
7th smallest34 · chance 33.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 21 6 12 34 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-08-06	2	6th	9 13 15 16 26 30 35
2026-07-23	3	6th	7 11 12 18 27 30 34
2026-07-02	5	6th	6 12 17 22 24 30 32

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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