Number 30

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

234times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.33σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

48longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 234 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −0.33σ. 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 234 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 0.5
2nd smallest6 · chance 7.1
3rd smallest43 · chance 35.9
4th smallest75 · chance 80.8
5th smallest82 · chance 80.8
6th smallest28 · chance 28.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 10 40 1 16 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-02	7	4th	8 14 21 30 34 35
2026-09-08	1	5th	10 26 27 28 30 33
2026-09-04	8	5th	11 16 20 27 30 40
2026-08-07	17	5th	3

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-19	2	5th	17 23 26 29 30 39
2024-11-12	1	4th	10 21 25 30 33 35
2024-11-08	12	5th	13 15 25 28 30 39
2024-09-27	1	5th	1 3 6 13 30 42
2024-09-24	5	6th	3 9 18 22 27 30
2024-09-06	9	5th	7 18 19 29 30 33
2024-08-06	7	6th	1 17 18 21 23 30
2024-07-12	7	4th	4 6 12 30 39 44
2024-06-18	9	4th	12 20 23 30 37 44
2024-05-17	7	5th	1 2 16 23 30 34
2024-04-23	7	3rd	25 26 30 32 35 41
2024-03-29	6	2nd	13 30 31 33 36 41
2024-03-08	2	5th	11 14 18 29 30 42
2024-03-01	7	6th	5 8 18 22 29 30
2024-02-06	4	3rd	9 13 30 36 40 43
2024-01-23	1	4th	13 22 24 30 32 39
2024-01-19	1	4th	10 11 29 30 32 37
2024-01-16	2	3rd	15 27 30 32 37 38
2024-01-09	5	4th	1 14 24 30 35 41
2023-12-22	5	4th	18 20 25 30 33 35
2023-12-05	3	5th	1 2 4 6 30 37
2023-11-24	6	3rd	11 13 30 37 41 43
2023-11-03	4	4th	14 23 25 30 31 43
2023-10-20	3	6th	3 12 19 22 23 30
2023-10-10	8	5th	1 2 15 26 30 41
2023-09-12	1	5th	6 9 18 29 30 41
2023-09-08	6	5th	8 13 26 27 30 33
2023-08-18	2	4th	6 11 26 30 39 40
2023-08-11	4	5th	2 4 27 28 30 43
2023-07-28	9	4th	1 11 21 30 31 37
2023-06-27	7	4th	25 26 27 30 32 33
2023-06-02	5	3rd	7 17 30 35 38 44
2023-05-16	28	3rd	7 10 30 32 34 36
2023-02-07	10	5th	3 13 19 26 30 36
2023-01-03	1	3rd	12 23 30 34 40 41
2022-12-30	3	5th	7 21 22 28 30 34
2022-12-20	28	4th	6 16 19 30 32 44
2022-09-13	9	5th	1 4 6 13 30 40
2022-08-12	4	3rd	5 12 30 37 40 44
2022-07-29	4	6th	2 6 7 26 28 30
2022-07-15	3	3rd	28 29 30 33 34 39
2022-07-05	7	4th	9 23 27 30 35 41
2022-06-10	3	5th	12 21 27 28 30 40
2022-05-31	34	4th	3 10 23 30 38 43
2022-02-01	15	5th	4 10 26 28 30 43
2021-12-10	1	4th	10 21 29 30 38 39
2021-12-07	11	5th	4 7 15 20 30 42
2021-10-29	4	3rd	3 5 30 31 34 42
2021-10-15	4	3rd	1 10 30 36 39 41
2021-10-01	6	4th	5 15 29 30 33 38
2021-09-10	3	4th	3 21 29 30 36 40
2021-08-31	7	4th	8 9 15 30 35 44
2021-08-06	27	5th	17 18 20 22 30 44
2021-05-04	1	6th	9 11 17 19 23 30
2021-04-30	6	4th	2 3 8 30 31 36
2021-04-09	3	4th	11 20 29 30 40 41
2021-03-30	3	6th	4 10 18 21 25 30
2021-03-19	1	4th	4 8 27 30 42 43
2021-03-16	1	6th	10 12 17 18 22 30
2021-03-12	1	5th	1 10 12 19 30 35
2021-03-09	3	5th	5 11 15 24 30 34
2021-02-26	16	5th	8 10 11 15 30 44
2021-01-01	15	4th	4 21 26 30 36 41
2020-11-10	17	5th	9 11 23 24 30 34
2020-09-11	1	5th	11 14 19 26 30 34
2020-09-08	2	3rd	16 25 30 35 41 44
2020-09-01	1	5th	2 7 16 19 30 36
2020-08-28	6	5th	4 21 25 27 30 42
2020-08-07	7	4th	8 10 24 30 35 44
2020-07-14	14	3rd	5 9 30 32 36 41
2020-05-26	1	4th	2 3 29 30 32 37
2020-05-22	5	4th	8 11 22 30 36 40
2020-05-05	12	2nd	10 30 36 38 41 42
2020-03-24	7	3rd	12 29 30 32 37 39
2020-02-28	9	5th	6 16 20 22 30 33
2020-01-28	2	6th	2 10 20 26 29 30
2020-01-21	4	3rd	14 15 30 36 38 39
2020-01-07	13	4th	2 6 12 30 39 41
2019-11-22	3	5th	3 4 20 24 30 37
2019-11-12	4	5th	15 16 24 27 30 40
2019-10-29	1	4th	4 11 20 30 40 41
2019-10-25	13	3rd	4 21 30 31 34 38
2019-09-10	2	4th	25 26 27 30 33 44
2019-09-03	1	4th	9 11 14 30 35 39
2019-08-30	3	4th	11 18 26 30 37 38
2019-08-20	5	3rd	4 19 30 38 42 44
2019-08-02	8	4th	11 21 27 30 31 44
2019-07-05	11	4th	3 11 13 30 31 39
2019-05-28	9	5th	3 10 18 22 30 31
2019-04-26	21	5th	2 13 23 25 30 31
2019-02-12	2	4th	16 19 29 30 31 40
2019-02-05	1	4th	1 4 15 30 42 43
2019-02-01	3	5th	3 7 21 22 30 42
2019-01-22	1	5th	3 6 14 23 30 31
2019-01-18	17	4th	16 20 22 30 36 38
2018-11-20	1	4th	15 17 29 30 32 39
2018-11-16	9	6th	1 2 16 19 28 30
2018-10-16	1	5th	9 12 14 15 30 40
2018-10-12	3	4th	2 9 23 30 31 37
2018-10-02	3	2nd	18 30 34 35 42 44
2018-09-21	4	4th	9 15 26 30 32 33
2018-09-07	1	3rd	10 26 30 35 37 40
2018-09-04	6	5th	14 16 19 20 30 43
2018-08-14	5	5th	1 3 9 15 30 42
2018-07-27	5	3rd	10 22 30 31 40 44
2018-07-10	28	4th	3 8 11 30 32 35
2018-04-03	11	5th	2 8 12 23 30 43
2018-02-23	9	3rd	5 27 30 34 38 41
2018-01-23	1	5th	11 16 22 25 30 38
2018-01-19	11	5th	5 9 23 26 30 31
2017-12-12	3	5th	2 12 21 29 30 38
2017-12-01	8	4th	1 26 27 30 36 41
2017-11-03	1	2nd	24 30 34 37 38 39
2017-10-31	14	4th	17 20 22 30 32 33
2017-09-12	15	5th	5 7 12 20 30 34
2017-07-21	22	4th	18 22 28 30 38 41
2017-05-05	23	5th	3 4 5 11 30 33
2017-02-14	27	3rd	16 23 30 32 36 41
2016-11-11	7	6th	10 11 12 26 27 30
2016-10-18	9	4th	11 14 18 30 32 43
2016-09-16	6	5th	1 5 16 24 30 44
2016-08-26	4	6th	2 5 14 22 24 30
2016-08-12	1	3rd	3 28 30 34 39 40
2016-08-09	5	5th	1 3 10 26 30 32
2016-07-22	2	4th	3 21 25 30 36 44
2016-07-15	9	5th	5 14 16 18 30 40
2016-06-14	11	4th	8 13 15 30 36 38
2016-05-06	1	4th	1 8 19 30 40 44
2016-05-03	22	5th	1 2 6 15 30 40
2016-02-16	19	3rd	11 19 30 37 39 41
2015-12-11	3	5th	1 8 17 28 30 35
2015-12-01	8	5th	1 12 25 26 30 35
2015-11-03	7	4th	2 20 27 30 37 41
2015-10-09	13	5th	1 7 8 11 30 32
2015-08-25	4	4th	21 26 28 30 35 41
2015-08-11	9	3rd	10 21 30 32 33 37
2015-07-10	1	6th	7 10 21 24 26 30
2015-07-07	16	6th	1 2 6 10 23 30
2015-05-12	2	2nd	20 30 31 40 43 44
2015-05-05	18	2nd	7 30 32 38 39 41
2015-03-03	4	5th	6 10 16 21 30 35
2015-02-17	12	3rd	14 29 30 34 36 40
2015-01-06	2	6th	4 5 9 22 24 30
2014-12-30	3	5th	8 13 17 23 30 38
2014-12-19	7	4th	9 11 16 30 33 39
2014-11-25	11	4th	9 10 16 30 31 40
2014-10-17	10	5th	6 15 20 29 30 44
2014-09-12	4	3rd	12 18 30 31 40 43
2014-08-29	1	3rd	4 9 30 38 42 44
2014-08-26	15	4th	4 17 27 30 32 33
2014-07-04	9	4th	8 13 23 30 39 42
2014-06-03	25	6th	8 12 21 24 28 30
2014-03-07	1	5th	9 13 21 26 30 44
2014-03-04	6	4th	1 12 24 30 37 44
2014-02-11	1	6th	10 16 17 25 27 30
2014-02-07	15	5th	8 19 21 22 30 38
2013-12-17	2	4th	1 10 28 30 33 34
2013-12-10	23	6th	1 2 11 22 24 30
2013-09-20	3	6th	2 6 10 16 25 30
2013-09-10	8	5th	6 11 25 26 30 34
2013-08-13	4	3rd	13 14 30 31 36 38
2013-07-30	3	4th	7 8 17 30 31 40
2013-07-19	9	3rd	1 29 30 31 36 40
2013-06-18	5	3rd	2 28 30 31 33 36
2013-05-31	20	5th	3 11 12 24 30 41
2013-03-22	9	6th	3 13 14 15 25 30
2013-02-19	5	5th	2 6 9 23 30 36
2013-02-01	1	6th	16 18 22 24 26 30
2013-01-29	6	5th	1 9 10 26 30 38
2013-01-08	1	4th	11 16 19 30 39 42
2013-01-04	1	5th	6 11 20 26 30 42
2013-01-01	18	3rd	1 22 30 33 35 44
2012-10-30	10	4th	8 19 21 30 39 44
2012-09-25	3	5th	2 6 13 20 30 37
2012-09-14	6	4th	2 11 24 30 34 35
2012-08-24	1	5th	1 5 18 27 30 42
2012-08-21	10	6th	3 10 17 21 24 30
2012-07-17	15	5th	4 14 17 25 30 39
2012-05-25	16	3rd	15 29 30 34 38 43
2012-03-30	7	5th	4 14 16 24 30 42
2012-03-06	6	4th	9 12 25 30 33 36
2012-02-14	9	3rd	23 27 30 31 36 43
2012-01-13	2	5th	6 10 23 27 30 43
2012-01-06	5	3rd	16 18 30 35 40 43
2011-12-20	7	3rd	6 28 30 33 40 43
2011-11-25	2	4th	3 8 27 30 35 43
2011-11-18	1	5th	3 11 16 18 30 38
2011-11-15	5	4th	12 14 28 30 37 44
2011-10-28	1	3rd	5 10 30 32 39 43
2011-10-25	10	3rd	2 10 30 36 40 43
2011-09-20	3	3rd	12 18 30 38 40 42
2011-09-09	48	4th	1 6 9 30 37 43
2011-03-25	13	6th	1 10 17 18 23 30
2011-02-08	1	5th	9 11 16 27 30 39
2011-02-04	1	4th	17 25 28 30 31 35
2011-02-01	5	5th	19 24 25 28 30 33
2011-01-14	6	4th	16 17 23 30 41 44
2010-12-24	12	5th	2 5 11 27 30 35
2010-11-12	6	5th	2 12 15 25 30 32
2010-10-22	7	3rd	10 25 30 33 34 43
2010-09-28	3	5th	10 19 21 28 30 42
2010-09-17	8	4th	10 11 23 30 42 44
2010-08-20	8	5th	4 10 12 20 30 41
2010-07-23	25	4th	16 23 27 30 40 42
2010-04-27	17	3rd	7 27 30 38 40 41
2010-02-26	3	5th	16 19 27 28 30 39
2010-02-16	3	6th	11 21 22 25 29 30
2010-02-05	2	4th	12 13 17 30 33 41
2010-01-29	1	6th	5 11 13 16 20 30
2010-01-26	—	3rd	1 11 30 36 42 43