Number 30

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

127times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.32σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

37longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 42 times, counted separately.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 4 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 smallest1 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest4 · chance 4.6
3rd smallest25 · chance 21.6
4th smallest40 · chance 44.9
5th smallest42 · chance 41.7
6th smallest15 · chance 13.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 42 16 13 21 37

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	6	5th	3 9 20 27 30 38
2026-08-01	2	4th	3 11 15 30 32 42
2026-07-18	5	5th	5 7 13 24 30 41
2026-06-13	1	3rd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-08-12	7	3rd	5 10 30 32 34 42
2023-06-24	7	5th	4 8 21 29 30 37
2023-05-06	11	5th	2 8 13 17 30 35
2023-02-18	3	5th	8 11 16 24 30 34
2023-01-28	2	4th	7 24 27 30 39 44
2023-01-14	15	3rd	11 19 30 37 39 45
2022-10-01	12	4th	9 20 25 30 32 40
2022-07-09	18	3rd	6 23 30 37 43 44
2022-03-05	10	5th	2 16 18 19 30 40
2021-12-25	7	4th	6 19 21 30 31 42
2021-11-06	1	4th	11 15 28 30 33 39
2021-10-30	9	5th	4 16 26 29 30 32
2021-08-28	5	6th	17 19 21 22 23 30
2021-07-24	1	5th	12 16 26 27 30 40
2021-07-17	1	3rd	2 14 30 32 35 38
2021-07-10	3	4th	22 23 28 30 34 38
2021-06-19	3	3rd	12 14 30 34 40 41
2021-05-29	17	5th	2 7 16 28 30 42
2021-01-30	5	5th	3 6 15 20 30 31
2020-12-26	9	5th	2 5 11 21 30 32
2020-10-24	22	3rd	3 23 30 31 38 45
2020-05-23	12	4th	1 21 25 30 32 45
2020-02-29	10	4th	3 12 29 30 31 38
2019-12-21	2	4th	18 23 28 30 35 37
2019-12-07	1	5th	1 13 16 25 30 32
2019-11-30	1	5th	10 16 20 22 30 38
2019-11-23	18	4th	7 14 25 30 37 45
2019-07-20	2	5th	2 8 12 18 30 42
2019-07-06	27	4th	15 18 23 30 41 44
2018-12-29	6	4th	2 9 17 30 33 39
2018-11-17	34	5th	6 18 19 26 30 31
2018-03-24	4	4th	10 19 23 30 33 39
2018-02-24	1	6th	1 5 14 15 19 30
2018-02-17	7	4th	3 8 13 30 31 35
2017-12-30	3	4th	6 9 27 30 35 37
2017-12-09	4	4th	14 17 28 30 34 36
2017-11-11	1	4th	18 19 27 30 38 43
2017-11-04	2	6th	4 7 17 22 26 30
2017-10-21	9	3rd	13 22 30 34 42 45
2017-08-19	3	4th	3 9 23 30 39 45
2017-07-29	6	2nd	28 30 31 34 42 43
2017-06-17	2	4th	5 19 25 30 33 34
2017-06-03	3	4th	9 21 27 30 32 35
2017-05-13	3	4th	1 16 21 30 35 40
2017-04-22	9	6th	11 13 18 21 24 30
2017-02-18	4	4th	21 25 28 30 33 37
2017-01-21	1	3rd	14 17 30 37 41 43
2017-01-14	37	5th	9 12 21 22 30 41
2016-04-30	10	6th	2 20 22 24 27 30
2016-02-20	6	5th	5 17 22 26 30 42
2016-01-09	20	5th	2 18 20 25 30 36
2015-08-22	7	5th	4 13 18 27 30 36
2015-07-04	1	4th	8 15 25 30 31 44
2015-06-27	6	4th	15 17 29 30 32 39
2015-05-16	5	5th	10 15 16 26 30 45
2015-04-11	9	6th	3 7 13 21 24 30
2015-02-07	2	3rd	9 19 30 33 41 44
2015-01-24	1	3rd	10 12 30 34 42 44
2015-01-17	11	4th	1 10 16 30 33 41
2014-11-01	10	5th	9 15 21 24 30 42
2014-08-23	2	3rd	11 29 30 40 41 43
2014-08-09	1	4th	23 26 27 30 31 41
2014-08-02	27	5th	7 10 12 26 30 36
2014-01-25	8	1st	30 35 36 37 42 43
2013-11-30	1	3rd	24 27 30 37 43 45
2013-11-23	16	4th	5 7 20 30 31 39
2013-08-03	9	5th	1 14 24 26 30 37
2013-06-01	3	3rd	12 15 30 37 40 44
2013-05-11	1	2nd	16 30 32 35 38 41
2013-05-04	6	5th	2 12 13 20 30 35
2013-03-23	6	6th	2 3 12 13 16 30
2013-02-09	5	3rd	8 29 30 33 36 41
2013-01-05	5	3rd	20 28 30 31 32 37
2012-12-01	1	4th	11 17 25 30 40 41
2012-11-24	13	3rd	17 26 30 32 42 43
2012-08-25	1	6th	4 17 21 27 28 30
2012-08-18	5	4th	10 11 15 30 34 36
2012-07-14	2	2nd	17 30 36 41 42 45
2012-06-30	1	2nd	8 30 32 33 37 40
2012-06-23	11	5th	2 16 19 29 30 31
2012-04-07	3	5th	17 26 27 28 30 38
2012-03-17	3	4th	4 10 21 30 41 42
2012-02-25	7	5th	12 14 18 19 30 38
2012-01-07	2	3rd	19 29 30 33 44 45
2011-12-24	10	6th	1 4 7 9 12 30
2011-10-15	2	6th	8 12 18 21 24 30
2011-10-01	6	3rd	19 25 30 38 42 44
2011-08-20	10	4th	3 24 26 30 32 39
2011-06-11	10	4th	3 11 17 30 36 38
2011-04-02	8	4th	10 14 24 30 40 41
2011-02-05	13	4th	5 11 19 30 42 45
2010-11-06	10	5th	15 24 25 28 30 39
2010-08-28	5	5th	3 9 11 29 30 34
2010-07-24	2	5th	6 13 16 24 30 33
2010-07-10	6	3rd	17 23 30 38 40 42
2010-05-29	30	5th	2 12 19 22 30 40
2009-10-31	5	4th	6 24 29 30 37 44
2009-09-26	2	5th	1 7 13 16 30 40
2009-09-12	2	3rd	4 21 30 35 42 43
2009-08-29	2	3rd	4 23 30 35 36 43
2009-08-15	17	4th	1 18 28 30 37 43
2009-04-18	11	5th	3 5 8 14 30 34
2009-01-31	—	5th	4 5 15 18 30 34