In Jackpot Triple Play under the 6/46 · since May 2025 rules — 146 draws, 6 from 1–46.
20times drawn · chance expected 19 +0.24σ
3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number
7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
15longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long
30 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 20 times in 146 draws against 19.0 expected, +0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
30
Number 30, draw by draw
Drawn 20 times in 146 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 15 · waiting 3 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.
Never drawn alongside 5 of the other 45 numbers; chance expects about 5 such strangers 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 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.