Number 30

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

97times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.80σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

60longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 6 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 2.2
2nd smallest13 · chance 15.1
3rd smallest31 · chance 35.3
4th smallest40 · chance 33.5
5th smallest13 · chance 10.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 24 8 20 21 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-18	7	4th	8 17 25 30 44
2026-08-25	6	3rd	8 16 30 47 48
2026-08-04	2	2nd	25 30 34 46 50
2026-07-28	1	4th	5 7 24

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-03	15	4th	6 9 10 30 49
2024-03-12	5	3rd	13 19 30 38 46
2024-02-23	7	4th	24 27 28 30 49
2024-01-30	10	5th	5 10 19 27 30
2023-12-26	5	3rd	8 27 30 35 47
2023-12-08	8	2nd	17 30 42 48 50
2023-11-10	1	3rd	10 21 30 38 42
2023-11-07	23	4th	8 10 11 30 39
2023-08-18	33	3rd	23 25 30 44 47
2023-04-25	28	3rd	10 29 30 40 45
2023-01-17	10	3rd	18 21 30 46 50
2022-12-13	60	5th	3 9 12 26 30
2022-05-17	9	3rd	5 28 30 48 49
2022-04-15	1	3rd	6 24 30 32 48
2022-04-12	13	2nd	21 30 31 35 47
2022-02-25	11	4th	10 13 24 30 42
2022-01-18	9	5th	3 12 19 24 30
2021-12-17	12	4th	1 2 15 30 35
2021-11-05	13	4th	2 12 25 30 41
2021-09-21	25	4th	20 25 26 30 38
2021-06-25	2	3rd	1 29 30 33 36
2021-06-18	1	4th	11 20 27 30 41
2021-06-15	6	4th	11 21 26 30 31
2021-05-25	26	4th	1 21 26 30 38
2021-02-23	2	3rd	9 18 30 39 45
2021-02-16	1	5th	5 9 25 29 30
2021-02-12	14	3rd	7 23 30 32 36
2020-12-25	11	4th	16 21 27 30 32
2020-11-17	4	4th	16 19 25 30 44
2020-11-03	14	5th	5 7 18 20 30
2020-09-15	6	4th	16 20 25 30 38
2020-08-25	7	3rd	7 18 30 37 39
2020-07-31	5	3rd	21 24 30 46 49
2020-07-14	1	3rd	11 22 30 37 47
2020-07-10	29	4th	15 17 23 30 38
2020-03-31	2	4th	12 17 24 30 36
2020-03-24	4	4th	7 12 26 30 33
2020-03-10	5	3rd	11 23 30 37 43
2020-02-21	6	3rd	7 23 30 32 45
2020-01-31	12	5th	13 18 20 23 30
2019-12-20	9	3rd	8 24 30 32 34
2019-11-19	20	4th	8 10 15 30 42
2019-09-10	25	4th	3 22 25 30 49
2019-06-14	6	3rd	1 13 30 31 39
2019-05-24	18	4th	5 16 23 30 49
2019-03-22	18	4th	4 17 26 30 43
2019-01-18	16	4th	5 6 16 30 46
2018-11-23	17	5th	5 8 25 26 30
2018-09-25	6	4th	6 15 20 30 38
2018-09-04	1	4th	5 14 28 30 47
2018-08-31	7	2nd	4 30 31 38 42
2018-08-07	9	4th	16 28 29 30 36
2018-07-06	21	2nd	8 30 33 38 48
2018-04-24	29	4th	20 23 28 30 44
2018-01-12	5	4th	13 21 23 30 45
2017-12-26	1	3rd	4 17 30 43 44
2017-12-22	1	3rd	5 24 30 31 43
2017-12-19	1	3rd	8 15 30 38 46
2017-12-15	2	2nd	25 30 31 42 50
2017-12-08	4	3rd	4 22 30 32 34
2017-11-24	10	4th	19 24 28 30 50
2017-10-20	9	5th	4 17 23 27 30
2017-09-19	10	4th	1 8 21 30 45
2017-08-15	3	3rd	10 14 30 35 46
2017-08-04	1	2nd	29 30 36 40 41
2017-08-01	21	5th	14 21 24 29 30
2017-05-19	1	5th	9 11 12 19 30
2017-05-16	3	5th	8 11 15 20 30
2017-05-05	2	3rd	3 7 30 35 43
2017-04-28	16	4th	14 20 25 30 39
2017-03-03	22	4th	2 11 29 30 47
2016-12-16	20	3rd	6 10 30 41 45
2016-10-07	—	5th	2 12 20 27 30