Number 30

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

102times drawn · chance expected 116 −1.36σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

45longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −1.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 17 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 smallest5 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest14 · chance 15.3
3rd smallest36 · chance 33.0
4th smallest32 · chance 33.0
5th smallest15 · chance 15.3
6th smallest0 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 50 24 44 45 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-08	5	1st	30 35 39 45 46 53
2026-06-20	4	3rd	15 28 30 33 39 58
2026-06-06	24	4th	8 10 26 30 35 42
2026-03-14	9	2nd	10 30

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-19	2	2nd	12 30 34 39 41 47
2023-07-12	28	2nd	3 30 44 50 52 57
2023-04-05	3	4th	4 18 29 30 39 52
2023-03-25	6	3rd	11 13 30 40 43 44
2023-03-04	10	4th	6 16 24 30 33 44
2023-01-28	2	5th	5 8 20 23 30 50
2023-01-21	18	5th	7 9 14 21 30 57
2022-11-19	1	4th	5 17 20 30 39 49
2022-11-16	22	4th	1 18 27 30 39 53
2022-08-31	1	4th	13 16 21 30 49 54
2022-08-27	3	5th	7 10 20 24 30 38
2022-08-17	22	3rd	20 26 30 37 45 48
2022-06-01	2	4th	1 4 6 30 32 38
2022-05-25	12	1st	30 31 37 45 49 56
2022-04-13	2	4th	1 7 10 30 40 53
2022-04-06	1	5th	3 17 23 24 30 49
2022-04-02	28	4th	22 24 27 30 52 57
2021-12-25	3	4th	15 24 26 30 42 59
2021-12-15	2	5th	2 15 17 28 30 45
2021-12-08	17	2nd	12 30 31 34 52 58
2021-10-09	1	3rd	6 9 30 48 51 52
2021-10-06	12	5th	1 9 16 27 30 51
2021-08-25	2	3rd	7 15 30 39 52 59
2021-08-18	33	4th	4 10 27 30 48 50
2021-04-24	25	4th	16 24 29 30 32 38
2021-01-27	5	2nd	22 30 34 35 45 50
2021-01-09	7	4th	9 21 23 30 35 38
2020-12-16	6	3rd	2 28 30 36 38 43
2020-11-25	45	3rd	11 18 30 33 44 55
2020-06-20	20	4th	7 21 26 30 40 48
2020-04-11	8	3rd	20 28 30 31 44 55
2020-03-14	14	3rd	7 22 30 38 42 47
2020-01-25	1	2nd	18 30 33 39 54 55
2020-01-22	6	5th	19 23 25 29 30 36
2020-01-01	20	3rd	13 20 30 38 50 55
2019-10-23	3	3rd	5 29 30 39 53 58
2019-10-12	10	3rd	23 27 30 36 40 42
2019-09-07	7	4th	3 13 27 30 32 37
2019-08-14	3	5th	14 16 24 28 30 53
2019-08-03	2	2nd	8 30 34 44 45 57
2019-07-27	6	3rd	14 19 30 45 48 58
2019-07-06	30	2nd	24 30 44 50 56 57
2019-03-23	17	3rd	6 26 30 50 52 59
2019-01-23	17	3rd	5 27 30 41 45 58
2018-11-24	14	3rd	15 27 30 32 42 43
2018-10-06	11	3rd	23 26 30 32 37 39
2018-08-29	10	3rd	19 23 30 50 51 54
2018-07-25	21	5th	5 19 20 23 30 43
2018-05-12	1	4th	1 15 21 30 35 44
2018-05-09	20	4th	18 21 25 30 56 59
2018-02-28	2	4th	9 10 27 30 33 45
2018-02-21	10	4th	14 25 29 30 35 53
2018-01-17	4	1st	30 33 37 43 55 56
2018-01-03	15	4th	11 19 20 30 35 49
2017-11-11	10	4th	4 16 27 30 41 49
2017-10-07	2	3rd	15 20 30 37 47 51
2017-09-30	1	4th	13 18 21 30 50 54
2017-09-27	6	1st	30 35 45 47 52 55
2017-09-06	1	2nd	16 30 34 50 52 53
2017-09-02	8	1st	30 33 35 40 41 59
2017-08-05	21	3rd	14 24 30 45 49 56
2017-05-24	2	2nd	3 30 44 45 55 59
2017-05-17	5	5th	3 19 20 24 30 38
2017-04-29	1	3rd	24 29 30 36 46 48
2017-04-26	23	3rd	12 15 30 43 47 59
2017-02-04	25	4th	6 9 27 30 40 50
2016-11-09	8	3rd	12 13 30 34 39 52
2016-10-12	10	4th	2 22 29 30 36 58
2016-09-07	13	5th	3 10 12 29 30 44
2016-07-23	1	3rd	19 20 30 37 54 59
2016-07-20	2	3rd	18 29 30 37 46 59
2016-07-13	9	3rd	1 22 30 34 57 58
2016-06-11	6	3rd	4 17 30 38 47 55
2016-05-21	20	5th	6 7 19 28 30 52
2016-03-12	19	3rd	13 21 30 39 51 56
2016-01-06	14	2nd	8 30 40 50 54 57
2015-11-18	9	3rd	9 23 30 46 49 55
2015-10-17	—	2nd	8 30 37 40 46 50