Number 30

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

271times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.18σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 63% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

48longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 271 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 271 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest1 · chance 5.2
3rd smallest27 · chance 32.3
4th smallest78 · chance 87.2
5th smallest105 · chance 103.1
6th smallest60 · chance 42.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 14 9 18 8 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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	4	4th	19 22 24 30 33 40
2026-09-21	8	6th	5 9 12 17 21 30
2026-09-02	1	6th	6 7 15 16 20 30
2026-08-31	1	4th	6

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-01	9	5th	7 15 17 28 30 31
2025-09-10	3	5th	4 15 16 17 30 35
2025-09-03	1	3rd	1 29 30 32 33 40
2025-09-01	7	5th	5 13 21 25 30 33
2025-08-16	1	6th	8 10 15 16 28 30
2025-08-13	2	5th	7 8 19 20 30 35
2025-08-09	4	2nd	14 30 31 34 35 36
2025-07-30	22	6th	9 12 14 21 24 30
2025-06-09	22	3rd	14 24 30 33 36 38
2025-04-19	2	6th	7 9 17 21 26 30
2025-04-14	3	5th	6 10 25 29 30 38
2025-04-07	4	4th	5 9 27 30 35 36
2025-03-29	8	4th	4 11 22 30 34 35
2025-03-10	5	4th	11 27 28 30 33 40
2025-02-26	3	5th	18 20 22 27 30 32
2025-02-19	11	3rd	2 14 30 33 36 37
2025-01-25	3	4th	1 3 8 30 34 38
2025-01-18	13	4th	7 8 14 30 37 40
2024-12-16	2	5th	6 10 15 25 30 35
2024-12-11	1	4th	6 10 26 30 34 36
2024-12-09	4	5th	9 14 28 29 30 38
2024-11-30	2	6th	3 4 6 8 19 30
2024-11-25	3	6th	1 8 10 14 28 30
2024-11-18	4	5th	2 3 13 26 30 40
2024-11-09	1	4th	5 13 23 30 32 34
2024-11-06	3	3rd	4 6 30 32 37 40
2024-10-30	7	5th	6 16 18 29 30 38
2024-10-14	3	5th	3 4 11 16 30 38
2024-10-07	27	6th	1 2 12 22 23 30
2024-08-05	8	6th	5 7 14 15 18 30
2024-07-17	5	3rd	5 10 30 31 37 38
2024-07-06	4	6th	4 9 13 25 26 30
2024-06-26	2	5th	4 5 12 18 30 31
2024-06-22	1	5th	2 3 5 17 30 33
2024-06-19	5	6th	8 9 24 27 28 30
2024-06-08	3	4th	11 13 26 30 32 38
2024-06-01	4	5th	8 17 23 29 30 36
2024-05-22	5	4th	3 8 26 30 33 35
2024-05-11	2	4th	11 12 18 30 31 36
2024-05-06	12	4th	17 21 29 30 31 35
2024-04-08	11	5th	4 16 17 28 30 38
2024-03-13	5	4th	4 19 27 30 31 34
2024-03-02	3	4th	4 5 12 30 37 38
2024-02-24	7	4th	1 2 22 30 33 39
2024-02-07	6	4th	7 9 10 30 37 40
2024-01-24	10	5th	14 15 26 29 30 37
2024-01-01	7	4th	11 18 26 30 33 34
2023-12-13	12	6th	9 10 19 22 28 30
2023-11-15	2	5th	3 17 18 24 30 34
2023-11-11	3	4th	6 23 28 30 33 37
2023-11-04	5	5th	3 13 14 17 30 40
2023-10-23	3	5th	12 14 19 24 30 33
2023-10-16	3	6th	9 10 13 18 23 30
2023-10-09	1	4th	5 28 29 30 32 36
2023-10-07	12	4th	8 9 26 30 34 39
2023-09-02	8	6th	3 7 8 9 10 30
2023-08-05	16	5th	5 10 14 22 30 38
2023-06-10	4	5th	5 13 14 16 30 33
2023-05-27	7	5th	1 5 6 29 30 32
2023-05-03	1	5th	8 11 16 17 30 35
2023-04-29	9	3rd	17 24 30 32 37 40
2023-03-29	9	6th	1 7 14 23 26 30
2023-02-25	7	5th	9 11 14 24 30 36
2023-02-01	5	5th	2 21 23 27 30 37
2023-01-14	1	4th	3 6 8 30 31 38
2023-01-11	1	4th	2 11 20 30 31 34
2023-01-07	2	3rd	6 19 30 31 32 37
2022-12-31	6	5th	1 3 12 24 30 37
2022-12-10	7	5th	1 10 22 23 30 35
2022-11-16	3	4th	2 16 29 30 32 39
2022-11-05	2	6th	4 8 11 15 25 30
2022-10-29	4	4th	10 13 16 30 36 38
2022-10-15	13	4th	5 18 26 30 34 38
2022-08-31	1	6th	1 6 18 20 26 30
2022-08-27	2	3rd	7 18 30 36 37 38
2022-08-20	5	5th	2 8 19 29 30 35
2022-08-03	2	5th	22 23 25 27 30 33
2022-07-27	17	5th	5 10 12 27 30 39
2022-05-28	8	4th	19 22 25 30 33 38
2022-04-30	2	5th	6 11 26 29 30 33
2022-04-23	19	6th	8 10 16 19 21 30
2022-02-16	6	4th	18 23 25 30 37 40
2022-01-26	15	6th	3 4 12 27 29 30
2021-12-01	1	4th	11 21 22 30 32 34
2021-11-27	3	4th	7 9 15 30 38 39
2021-11-17	13	4th	5 6 23 30 38 40
2021-10-02	2	5th	4 15 25 26 30 34
2021-09-25	9	4th	3 6 17 30 37 38
2021-08-25	4	5th	1 11 19 29 30 35
2021-08-11	12	6th	2 8 18 26 28 30
2021-06-30	4	6th	3 4 16 23 26 30
2021-06-16	2	5th	3 7 13 16 30 34
2021-06-09	16	5th	2 3 11 16 30 34
2021-04-14	5	6th	2 5 20 24 29 30
2021-03-27	9	5th	4 13 14 27 30 40
2021-02-24	1	6th	2 11 12 17 29 30
2021-02-20	3	5th	6 9 22 25 30 39
2021-02-10	5	6th	1 3 4 8 16 30
2021-01-23	3	6th	15 17 23 25 29 30
2021-01-13	14	3rd	3 25 30 31 39 40
2020-11-25	10	5th	3 21 22 23 30 37
2020-10-21	2	5th	7 16 18 19 30 37
2020-10-14	13	3rd	14 18 30 31 34 35
2020-08-29	1	4th	14 18 19 30 31 35
2020-08-26	2	5th	10 13 17 29 30 38
2020-08-19	6	4th	2 8 24 30 31 39
2020-07-29	3	5th	9 11 18 27 30 34
2020-07-18	3	3rd	13 15 30 33 36 37
2020-07-08	5	6th	3 12 16 23 27 30
2020-06-20	8	6th	7 14 16 20 28 30
2020-05-23	7	6th	12 14 18 23 29 30
2020-04-29	10	5th	8 18 20 26 30 32
2020-03-25	5	5th	4 14 17 29 30 34
2020-03-07	1	4th	1 3 11 30 34 39
2020-03-04	3	5th	18 20 21 22 30 32
2020-02-22	3	6th	1 3 12 24 28 30
2020-02-12	8	6th	6 14 20 21 23 30
2020-01-15	1	6th	6 8 10 23 24 30
2020-01-11	3	5th	10 15 23 26 30 34
2020-01-01	5	6th	4 6 14 17 18 30
2019-12-11	1	5th	8 11 18 26 30 39
2019-12-07	2	4th	4 9 16 30 33 35
2019-11-30	2	4th	5 8 26 30 32 34
2019-11-23	4	4th	2 14 28 30 31 37
2019-11-09	5	5th	9 15 16 17 30 31
2019-10-23	16	4th	6 9 14 30 31 38
2019-08-28	4	5th	4 9 13 29 30 42
2019-08-14	9	5th	1 4 11 24 30 39
2019-07-13	18	6th	7 9 14 22 27 30
2019-05-11	2	3rd	25 28 30 31 35 39
2019-05-04	8	4th	3 8 28 30 38 40
2019-04-06	3	5th	9 19 27 29 30 36
2019-03-27	12	6th	2 5 15 19 22 30
2019-02-13	4	4th	2 23 28 30 34 40
2019-01-30	4	5th	5 14 16 18 30 33
2019-01-16	3	5th	1 4 20 25 30 31
2019-01-05	4	5th	3 6 14 16 30 41
2018-12-22	2	5th	9 14 15 19 30 38
2018-12-15	10	4th	2 12 29 30 40 41
2018-11-10	24	5th	3 16 21 22 30 36
2018-08-18	5	6th	1 7 10 15 23 30
2018-08-01	12	5th	3 10 18 19 30 39
2018-06-20	1	4th	6 14 29 30 34 39
2018-06-16	3	3rd	2 27 30 32 41 42
2018-06-06	6	5th	21 23 26 28 30 37
2018-05-16	48	5th	1 12 16 21 30 42
2017-11-29	5	4th	2 13 18 30 31 40
2017-11-11	17	6th	3 14 18 19 29 30
2017-09-13	10	5th	15 18 23 26 30 38
2017-08-09	3	6th	2 6 8 11 16 30
2017-07-29	7	4th	21 23 29 30 33 37
2017-07-05	23	4th	16 26 28 30 34 35
2017-04-15	4	5th	2 8 14 28 30 36
2017-04-01	4	6th	1 11 14 15 21 30
2017-03-18	1	4th	5 17 22 30 35 36
2017-03-15	1	4th	2 19 21 30 33 37
2017-03-11	11	5th	8 13 18 19 30 37
2017-02-01	1	5th	4 13 18 20 30 33
2017-01-28	7	4th	10 14 25 30 31 32
2017-01-04	7	6th	2 3 17 20 22 30
2016-12-10	5	6th	2 9 12 13 28 30
2016-11-23	1	5th	1 8 12 22 30 40
2016-11-19	5	4th	11 19 23 30 33 40
2016-11-02	11	5th	1 8 15 25 30 32
2016-09-24	12	6th	8 18 19 22 28 30
2016-08-13	9	4th	6 13 14 30 33 42
2016-07-13	3	3rd	7 27 30 31 34 39
2016-07-02	13	4th	14 21 24 30 34 41
2016-05-18	2	5th	7 11 12 16 30 34
2016-05-11	16	4th	15 20 27 30 36 42
2016-03-16	13	4th	22 23 28 30 32 37
2016-01-30	7	5th	8 9 20 24 30 36
2016-01-06	10	6th	13 14 15 18 19 30
2015-12-02	26	5th	6 7 8 10 30 35
2015-09-02	2	5th	3 6 7 26 30 36
2015-08-26	3	5th	9 17 23 26 30 39
2015-08-15	8	6th	7 9 17 23 28 30
2015-07-18	1	3rd	12 24 30 31 36 40
2015-07-15	1	4th	2 13 18 30 39 40
2015-07-11	5	4th	11 22 25 30 32 38
2015-06-24	19	4th	7 8 9 30 34 36
2015-04-18	6	5th	3 16 19 23 30 33
2015-03-28	5	4th	3 9 17 30 35 39
2015-03-11	2	5th	10 11 12 17 30 31
2015-03-04	22	5th	2 3 13 28 30 40
2014-12-17	2	4th	12 16 23 30 32 36
2014-12-10	2	6th	2 12 15 19 20 30
2014-12-03	5	5th	11 12 15 29 30 38
2014-11-15	9	3rd	12 17 30 31 33 36
2014-10-15	7	5th	1 4 26 27 30 36
2014-09-20	9	4th	9 10 28 30 32 34
2014-08-20	4	6th	2 10 19 20 26 30
2014-08-06	5	4th	7 24 28 30 33 40
2014-07-19	1	3rd	24 27 30 33 35 41
2014-07-16	3	5th	7 14 17 25 30 42
2014-07-05	27	5th	3 13 14 22 30 35
2014-04-02	5	4th	21 24 29 30 35 38
2014-03-15	1	3rd	1 27 30 37 39 40
2014-03-12	6	4th	3 8 26 30 35 38
2014-02-19	8	5th	9 10 22 27 30 36
2014-01-22	4	5th	13 17 18 23 30 33
2014-01-08	25	5th	11 17 20 23 30 39
2013-10-09	3	3rd	3 19 30 34 36 38
2013-09-28	15	5th	14 15 20 22 30 31
2013-08-07	34	4th	11 16 25 30 33 36
2013-04-10	3	6th	3 4 9 25 27 30
2013-03-30	4	3rd	15 24 30 34 36 39
2013-03-16	4	5th	18 21 27 29 30 38
2013-03-02	4	5th	10 20 21 29 30 36
2013-02-16	11	4th	3 9 21 30 32 33
2013-01-09	10	5th	10 20 21 23 30 42
2012-12-05	8	5th	8 13 17 29 30 37
2012-11-07	4	3rd	1 24 30 31 34 38
2012-10-24	12	5th	3 18 26 29 30 40
2012-09-12	9	4th	4 10 25 30 32 41
2012-08-11	1	6th	1 2 10 11 17 30
2012-08-08	22	5th	2 12 14 16 30 41
2012-05-23	20	4th	7 17 18 30 31 39
2012-03-14	2	5th	9 10 19 27 30 35
2012-03-07	2	4th	5 7 28 30 34 42
2012-02-29	7	3rd	11 19 30 35 36 39
2012-02-04	3	5th	13 21 27 28 30 36
2012-01-25	1	6th	3 11 12 19 24 30
2012-01-21	24	3rd	5 21 30 33 36 42
2011-10-29	17	6th	4 9 17 19 26 30
2011-08-31	10	3rd	4 14 30 31 34 38
2011-07-27	8	4th	9 16 20 30 32 33
2011-06-29	7	5th	14 15 16 18 30 40
2011-06-04	2	5th	4 10 13 19 30 37
2011-05-28	5	4th	12 18 22 30 31 32
2011-05-11	5	6th	2 4 5 6 24 30
2011-04-23	21	5th	5 18 20 29 30 38
2011-02-09	29	4th	23 25 28 30 31 39
2010-10-27	1	4th	2 15 21 30 32 36
2010-10-23	1	5th	1 12 16 22 30 41
2010-10-20	18	4th	3 9 19 30 36 40
2010-08-18	4	4th	7 24 28 30 35 40
2010-08-04	11	5th	2 19 23 28 30 36
2010-06-26	4	6th	1 8 14 17 18 30
2010-06-12	1	5th	4 7 16 27 30 39
2010-06-09	1	6th	4 7 8 9 24 30
2010-06-05	6	5th	9 10 11 29 30 41
2010-05-15	1	4th	1 5 24 30 33 37
2010-05-12	1	5th	3 9 23 26 30 42
2010-05-08	4	4th	10 14 27 30 40 42
2010-04-24	1	6th	5 9 13 19 23 30
2010-04-21	—	4th	1 3 24 30 31 37