Number 30

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

193times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.72σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

42longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 193 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 193 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 2 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 0.1
2nd smallest1 · chance 2.0
3rd smallest14 · chance 16.3
4th smallest56 · chance 55.1
5th smallest81 · chance 79.6
6th smallest41 · chance 39.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 23 3 10 19 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-30	14	6th	1 8 19 23 25 30
2026-08-01	3	6th	8 14 15 24 26 30
2026-07-22	1	5th	3 18 25 26 30 34
2026-07-18	4	3rd	13

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-06	4	3rd	7 17 30 31 38 40
2024-10-23	1	5th	12 17 21 28 30 32
2024-10-19	4	6th	2 15 20 21 26 30
2024-10-05	3	5th	2 3 11 12 30 36
2024-09-25	10	6th	2 3 5 17 27 30
2024-08-21	3	5th	7 12 16 17 30 38
2024-08-10	1	6th	3 6 17 24 25 30
2024-08-07	5	4th	13 15 29 30 31 40
2024-07-20	3	5th	2 4 10 25 30 40
2024-07-10	5	5th	2 7 16 23 30 40
2024-06-22	3	5th	1 3 10 17 30 31
2024-06-12	1	5th	7 9 16 19 30 35
2024-06-08	10	4th	10 21 22 30 35 37
2024-05-04	3	5th	11 13 15 20 30 38
2024-04-24	1	4th	19 21 27 30 34 37
2024-04-20	4	4th	5 23 26 30 32 33
2024-04-06	1	6th	2 5 6 10 21 30
2024-04-03	1	6th	9 11 16 17 29 30
2024-03-30	5	4th	3 20 29 30 32 40
2024-03-13	4	5th	5 15 23 24 30 36
2024-02-28	19	5th	5 13 26 28 30 34
2023-12-23	4	3rd	12 14 30 35 38 40
2023-12-09	29	6th	4 16 22 24 27 30
2023-08-30	1	4th	9 17 22 30 36 40
2023-08-26	16	4th	22 23 26 30 36 39
2023-07-01	7	5th	9 23 24 25 30 34
2023-06-07	4	4th	6 15 24 30 34 37
2023-05-24	6	4th	5 17 28 30 33 38
2023-05-03	19	4th	8 11 20 30 33 39
2023-02-25	1	5th	14 18 22 28 30 32
2023-02-22	8	5th	1 2 23 25 30 31
2023-01-25	5	6th	5 11 12 18 24 30
2023-01-07	4	6th	1 3 7 15 24 30
2022-12-24	19	5th	2 3 4 19 30 31
2022-10-19	15	5th	10 12 17 25 30 32
2022-08-27	1	3rd	12 21 30 32 35 39
2022-08-24	3	5th	6 18 24 29 30 34
2022-08-13	8	5th	19 23 24 28 30 36
2022-07-16	12	4th	3 16 18 30 31 34
2022-06-04	2	4th	5 10 19 30 31 36
2022-05-28	10	5th	10 13 17 26 30 31
2022-04-23	2	5th	3 13 19 23 30 32
2022-04-16	4	5th	4 21 22 23 30 37
2022-04-02	4	5th	2 9 17 18 30 38
2022-03-19	7	4th	17 20 23 30 31 40
2022-02-23	11	6th	10 12 17 27 29 30
2022-01-15	17	5th	13 17 20 21 30 34
2021-11-17	1	4th	6 7 10 30 34 39
2021-11-13	9	5th	6 16 18 25 30 39
2021-10-13	12	5th	5 19 21 28 30 39
2021-09-01	8	6th	2 10 18 25 27 30
2021-08-04	2	4th	13 26 28 30 34 39
2021-07-28	6	6th	6 8 9 10 20 30
2021-07-07	5	5th	3 8 14 15 30 31
2021-06-19	7	5th	12 13 23 27 30 31
2021-05-26	2	4th	7 13 16 30 31 39
2021-05-19	5	5th	1 11 16 22 30 34
2021-05-01	6	4th	7 20 25 30 31 33
2021-04-10	14	5th	6 23 24 28 30 35
2021-02-20	8	6th	7 10 16 19 29 30
2021-01-23	2	5th	4 6 16 20 30 40
2021-01-16	2	6th	2 13 17 18 19 30
2021-01-09	11	5th	11 14 17 28 30 34
2020-12-02	2	5th	2 4 6 25 30 40
2020-11-25	2	5th	2 3 14 29 30 35
2020-11-18	13	5th	21 23 24 27 30 38
2020-10-03	8	4th	2 9 23 30 32 39
2020-09-05	5	6th	5 10 14 18 24 30
2020-08-19	8	4th	13 25 26 30 31 37
2020-07-22	5	5th	4 10 18 20 30 40
2020-07-04	9	6th	2 6 7 23 25 30
2020-06-03	17	3rd	2 29 30 33 35 40
2020-04-04	9	6th	6 10 11 13 20 30
2020-03-04	2	3rd	5 14 30 36 39 40
2020-02-26	7	5th	2 3 8 21 30 33
2020-02-01	17	5th	16 20 22 24 30 32
2019-12-04	4	6th	1 8 15 16 22 30
2019-11-20	11	5th	1 2 11 17 30 35
2019-10-12	11	5th	19 23 25 27 30 40
2019-09-04	1	5th	4 6 20 22 30 39
2019-08-31	8	5th	2 4 5 24 30 37
2019-08-03	11	3rd	7 17 30 31 34 39
2019-06-26	2	3rd	15 29 30 32 38 39
2019-06-19	5	4th	4 11 19 30 31 33
2019-06-01	1	4th	1 19 22 30 33 37
2019-05-29	1	5th	8 10 20 26 30 40
2019-05-25	15	4th	2 10 23 30 35 37
2019-04-03	4	4th	7 10 12 30 35 38
2019-03-20	18	5th	10 12 21 23 30 33
2019-01-16	6	5th	3 8 21 22 30 35
2018-12-26	2	4th	3 24 29 30 32 40
2018-12-19	2	5th	2 14 22 23 30 37
2018-12-12	3	4th	3 20 29 30 32 37
2018-12-01	1	4th	6 25 26 30 34 39
2018-11-28	3	4th	18 19 20 30 31 38
2018-11-17	2	5th	3 14 25 27 30 34
2018-11-10	19	6th	4 9 10 20 27 30
2018-09-05	7	4th	4 12 13 30 33 35
2018-08-11	10	4th	3 19 25 30 32 38
2018-07-07	1	5th	10 15 18 29 30 33
2018-07-04	3	4th	6 13 21 30 35 38
2018-06-23	36	5th	4 15 17 18 30 39
2018-02-17	2	2nd	29 30 31 35 36 37
2018-02-10	2	5th	2 4 5 22 30 33
2018-02-03	11	5th	2 11 15 29 30 38
2017-12-27	3	6th	3 15 16 22 28 30
2017-12-16	29	5th	11 19 23 28 30 33
2017-09-06	1	6th	3 7 25 27 28 30
2017-09-02	6	5th	10 20 21 22 30 37
2017-08-12	2	5th	2 14 21 23 30 31
2017-08-05	7	4th	16 22 29 30 31 35
2017-07-12	1	5th	5 18 21 26 30 32
2017-07-08	15	6th	9 10 13 23 25 30
2017-05-17	5	6th	9 10 11 12 28 30
2017-04-29	6	4th	1 19 25 30 32 36
2017-04-08	13	3rd	20 23 30 32 35 39
2017-02-22	3	4th	6 14 19 30 34 36
2017-02-11	6	5th	11 15 17 23 30 35
2017-01-21	4	5th	3 7 13 20 30 34
2017-01-07	5	4th	8 16 23 30 37 38
2016-12-21	8	5th	1 5 13 26 30 32
2016-11-23	4	5th	1 2 6 7 30 40
2016-11-09	3	6th	1 3 21 22 29 30
2016-10-29	3	5th	15 19 22 23 30 36
2016-10-19	4	6th	9 18 20 21 28 30
2016-10-05	1	4th	11 12 24 30 36 37
2016-10-01	19	6th	7 11 16 23 26 30
2016-07-27	3	6th	3 7 18 20 22 30
2016-07-16	3	5th	8 10 24 26 30 40
2016-07-06	6	6th	1 6 12 14 29 30
2016-06-15	6	4th	8 24 28 30 32 36
2016-05-25	2	4th	13 19 29 30 32 40
2016-05-18	7	5th	14 20 23 25 30 38
2016-04-23	4	5th	19 21 24 26 30 37
2016-04-09	12	5th	1 5 9 22 30 35
2016-02-27	3	5th	14 15 18 22 30 33
2016-02-17	3	5th	3 10 20 24 30 33
2016-02-06	8	3rd	8 28 30 34 36 37
2016-01-09	2	4th	3 8 21 30 31 37
2016-01-02	7	5th	1 5 22 24 30 32
2015-12-09	16	4th	11 13 23 30 34 38
2015-10-14	1	6th	9 15 19 21 26 30
2015-10-10	32	6th	12 16 23 27 28 30
2015-03-07	1	6th	1 2 6 24 26 30
2015-02-28	2	4th	5 6 25 30 31 40
2015-02-14	4	5th	1 5 16 20 30 34
2015-01-17	17	3rd	15 19 30 32 35 40
2014-09-20	6	4th	3 22 26 30 33 37
2014-08-09	4	6th	7 14 17 18 25 30
2014-07-12	12	3rd	14 21 30 31 36 37
2014-04-19	11	5th	3 19 26 28 30 37
2014-02-01	3	4th	15 20 27 30 38 39
2014-01-11	7	4th	10 12 22 30 31 39
2013-11-23	2	4th	14 26 28 30 37 40
2013-11-09	4	5th	6 9 18 28 30 39
2013-10-12	4	3rd	6 8 30 32 37 39
2013-09-14	5	5th	2 5 11 19 30 31
2013-08-10	7	5th	5 21 23 27 30 38
2013-06-22	13	5th	2 7 14 23 30 33
2013-03-23	10	5th	1 16 18 29 30 32
2013-01-12	1	6th	1 2 3 7 8 30
2013-01-05	12	6th	1 3 8 14 26 30
2012-10-13	1	4th	1 7 29 30 31 40
2012-10-06	1	6th	9 15 19 22 23 30
2012-09-29	14	4th	6 9 13 30 34 35
2012-06-23	11	5th	25 26 28 29 30 32
2012-04-07	17	5th	5 21 24 27 30 35
2011-12-10	3	4th	13 14 27 30 36 37
2011-11-19	—	5th	13 15 25 26 30 31