Number 30

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,669 draws, 5 from 1–39.

365times drawn · chance expected 342 +1.32σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

52longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 365 times in 2,669 draws against 342.2 expected, +1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 365 times in 2,669 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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.

1st smallest1 · chance 0.6
2nd smallest6 · chance 12.0
3rd smallest92 · chance 72.3
4th smallest151 · chance 162.6
5th smallest115 · chance 117.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 38.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 7 4 14 20 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-07	10	3rd	6 28 30 35 37
2026-09-23	1	5th	13 14 15 27 30
2026-09-22	9	4th	8 10 13 30 36
2026-09-09	8	5th	6 18 23 28

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-26	5	5th	4 8 23 26 30
2025-12-19	1	5th	4 12 17 20 30
2025-12-18	4	5th	8 9 27 28 30
2025-12-12	2	4th	9 11 12 30 37
2025-12-10	3	5th	10 11 18 26 30
2025-12-05	4	3rd	3 10 30 31 34
2025-12-01	4	3rd	9 20 30 32 35
2025-11-25	2	5th	10 16 18 19 30
2025-11-21	9	5th	6 15 22 29 30
2025-11-10	3	5th	4 9 11 20 30
2025-11-05	12	5th	7 15 18 23 30
2025-10-20	6	5th	6 19 20 23 30
2025-10-10	2	5th	7 10 19 22 30
2025-10-08	8	4th	7 10 16 30 32
2025-09-26	11	4th	19 21 23 30 34
2025-09-11	5	3rd	15 25 30 31 33
2025-09-04	10	4th	3 5 22 30 35
2025-08-21	4	3rd	6 9 30 34 37
2025-08-15	8	4th	6 16 24 30 37
2025-08-05	6	4th	4 13 26 30 37
2025-07-28	1	4th	8 10 23 30 38
2025-07-25	2	4th	2 10 15 30 39
2025-07-23	23	4th	1 14 23 30 37
2025-06-20	34	5th	1 2 3 27 30
2025-05-05	2	4th	3 4 29 30 33
2025-05-01	27	5th	11 22 24 25 30
2025-03-25	3	4th	9 18 28 30 35
2025-03-20	7	4th	2 3 24 30 34
2025-03-11	1	4th	1 9 15 30 33
2025-03-10	4	5th	9 12 16 26 30
2025-03-04	5	3rd	1 17 30 35 39
2025-02-25	7	5th	20 21 26 27 30
2025-02-14	4	3rd	7 19 30 35 39
2025-02-10	23	5th	8 11 12 29 30
2025-01-08	10	4th	14 16 26 30 36
2024-12-25	9	4th	2 24 27 30 36
2024-12-12	7	5th	18 21 24 27 30
2024-12-03	9	4th	2 7 20 30 37
2024-11-20	7	4th	5 13 20 30 32
2024-11-11	3	5th	12 17 20 23 30
2024-11-06	18	5th	2 6 22 23 30
2024-10-11	3	5th	1 13 27 29 30
2024-10-08	14	3rd	18 21 30 33 34
2024-09-18	3	4th	1 19 22 30 35
2024-09-13	4	3rd	2 23 30 32 36
2024-09-09	1	5th	4 8 27 29 30
2024-09-06	1	5th	7 8 14 20 30
2024-09-05	5	4th	3 27 28 30 34
2024-08-29	5	4th	11 20 29 30 32
2024-08-22	1	3rd	12 28 30 31 37
2024-08-21	11	5th	3 6 17 26 30
2024-08-06	4	3rd	1 4 30 33 37
2024-07-31	1	4th	7 12 15 30 31
2024-07-30	1	4th	3 4 8 30 35
2024-07-29	2	5th	4 12 16 23 30
2024-07-25	4	3rd	13 24 30 32 34
2024-07-19	18	1st	30 33 34 35 39
2024-06-25	11	4th	7 12 22 30 37
2024-06-10	6	5th	1 7 17 18 30
2024-05-31	14	4th	8 13 20 30 32
2024-05-13	1	4th	10 22 27 30 35
2024-05-10	1	4th	1 15 16 30 36
2024-05-09	7	3rd	7 10 30 33 37
2024-04-30	4	4th	4 5 29 30 35
2024-04-24	18	3rd	2 22 30 34 37
2024-03-29	3	5th	1 11 24 26 30
2024-03-26	9	5th	6 14 23 24 30
2024-03-13	2	3rd	14 23 30 33 39
2024-03-11	23	3rd	4 26 30 31 37
2024-02-07	4	3rd	7 16 30 34 36
2024-02-01	8	4th	12 26 28 30 34
2024-01-22	1	3rd	11 23 30 31 38
2024-01-19	8	3rd	4 13 30 32 34
2024-01-09	20	3rd	12 17 30 32 36
2023-12-12	5	5th	2 11 17 29 30
2023-12-05	4	4th	7 21 22 30 33
2023-11-29	7	5th	1 5 6 17 30
2023-11-20	12	5th	10 20 22 24 30
2023-11-02	3	3rd	18 20 30 32 37
2023-10-30	3	4th	2 7 26 30 39
2023-10-25	10	3rd	2 12 30 31 39
2023-10-11	4	5th	2 10 11 18 30
2023-10-05	1	5th	1 4 16 19 30
2023-10-04	5	4th	12 14 29 30 39
2023-09-27	4	4th	1 16 26 30 38
2023-09-21	15	4th	23 24 25 30 33
2023-08-31	2	3rd	5 11 30 34 38
2023-08-29	3	4th	17 18 25 30 31
2023-08-24	1	3rd	2 23 30 32 33
2023-08-23	13	3rd	14 28 30 32 38
2023-08-04	2	3rd	12 16 30 35 36
2023-08-02	2	4th	7 18 22 30 34
2023-07-31	5	4th	7 26 28 30 39
2023-07-24	6	3rd	4 29 30 31 34
2023-07-14	7	4th	2 6 14 30 31
2023-07-05	11	4th	12 17 19 30 37
2023-06-20	23	4th	5 14 16 30 31
2023-05-18	3	3rd	1 29 30 31 35
2023-05-15	2	2nd	20 30 33 36 39
2023-05-11	2	4th	3 25 27 30 36
2023-05-09	15	4th	1 13 28 30 33
2023-04-18	12	4th	6 12 21 30 36
2023-03-31	5	4th	14 20 21 30 37
2023-03-24	7	3rd	14 15 30 32 35
2023-03-15	1	4th	4 11 28 30 32
2023-03-14	6	4th	11 18 21 30 33
2023-03-06	1	4th	18 28 29 30 37
2023-03-03	10	4th	3 19 25 30 31
2023-02-17	6	4th	9 11 16 30 31
2023-02-09	7	5th	1 4 7 8 30
2023-01-31	10	4th	3 8 10 30 36
2023-01-17	3	4th	8 22 24 30 31
2023-01-12	23	3rd	13 28 30 37 38
2022-12-12	9	5th	7 14 20 22 30
2022-11-29	1	4th	10 19 23 30 35
2022-11-28	11	5th	7 14 16 26 30
2022-11-11	9	4th	2 12 23 30 39
2022-10-31	1	3rd	11 14 30 31 33
2022-10-28	3	4th	10 13 29 30 36
2022-10-25	2	5th	4 7 13 20 30
2022-10-21	6	5th	4 15 28 29 30
2022-10-13	3	4th	6 16 22 30 32
2022-10-10	10	4th	2 3 18 30 36
2022-09-26	5	3rd	4 20 30 32 37
2022-09-19	6	4th	4 10 29 30 31
2022-09-09	4	5th	16 22 23 25 30
2022-09-05	4	3rd	4 17 30 32 34
2022-08-30	2	5th	3 5 8 9 30
2022-08-26	18	3rd	17 24 30 32 36
2022-08-02	10	5th	6 12 20 28 30
2022-07-19	9	5th	1 4 15 25 30
2022-07-06	12	5th	6 11 15 28 30
2022-06-20	10	4th	10 18 26 30 31
2022-06-06	7	4th	7 23 28 30 39
2022-05-26	4	2nd	17 30 31 33 38
2022-05-20	9	3rd	17 23 30 31 38
2022-05-09	1	4th	2 3 15 30 37
2022-05-06	28	4th	21 24 27 30 35
2022-03-29	4	4th	7 17 25 30 38
2022-03-23	1	4th	19 22 23 30 32
2022-03-22	4	4th	19 24 25 30 33
2022-03-16	13	2nd	7 30 31 36 37
2022-02-25	6	3rd	12 25 30 31 32
2022-02-17	2	4th	12 19 24 30 38
2022-02-15	3	4th	2 20 26 30 36
2022-02-10	1	3rd	18 21 30 31 38
2022-02-09	5	4th	16 18 29 30 32
2022-02-02	12	5th	11 16 20 24 30
2022-01-17	18	4th	10 18 25 30 31
2021-12-22	1	3rd	3 20 30 33 39
2021-12-21	4	4th	11 13 28 30 37
2021-12-15	4	4th	15 22 25 30 31
2021-12-09	6	4th	4 8 18 30 32
2021-12-01	16	5th	6 14 25 27 30
2021-11-09	3	4th	14 22 26 30 33
2021-11-04	7	3rd	9 18 30 31 39
2021-10-26	3	5th	6 7 15 21 30
2021-10-21	8	4th	21 24 27 30 34
2021-10-11	7	4th	4 10 14 30 37
2021-09-30	1	3rd	10 21 30 35 38
2021-09-29	11	4th	9 16 26 30 34
2021-09-14	22	5th	4 14 21 29 30
2021-08-13	4	4th	3 5 24 30 38
2021-08-09	2	4th	3 13 29 30 36
2021-08-05	6	5th	3 7 18 22 30
2021-07-28	5	3rd	16 27 30 33 36
2021-07-21	2	4th	4 25 28 30 32
2021-07-19	9	5th	7 19 22 28 30
2021-07-06	4	4th	2 6 25 30 32
2021-06-30	1	3rd	15 20 30 32 39
2021-06-29	2	3rd	15 20 30 31 36
2021-06-25	14	4th	15 21 29 30 34
2021-06-07	6	3rd	14 21 30 34 38
2021-05-28	13	4th	13 17 19 30 37
2021-05-11	1	3rd	2 22 30 36 37
2021-05-10	4	3rd	2 8 30 36 37
2021-05-04	9	5th	4 9 19 26 30
2021-04-21	1	4th	1 10 17 30 36
2021-04-20	10	5th	4 6 21 29 30
2021-04-06	2	3rd	6 20 30 33 38
2021-04-02	6	4th	3 8 29 30 32
2021-03-25	16	5th	7 14 25 28 30
2021-03-03	4	4th	8 9 20 30 37
2021-02-25	2	3rd	17 23 30 35 38
2021-02-23	13	5th	1 12 13 19 30
2021-02-04	8	4th	4 8 18 30 37
2021-01-25	12	4th	2 4 20 30 38
2021-01-07	1	3rd	17 18 30 35 37
2021-01-06	2	5th	5 16 18 20 30
2021-01-04	7	4th	3 4 6 30 33
2020-12-24	10	4th	7 9 19 30 36
2020-12-10	16	4th	12 26 28 30 38
2020-11-18	4	5th	10 12 22 24 30
2020-11-12	2	4th	8 12 20 30 37
2020-11-10	8	3rd	11 19 30 33 39
2020-10-29	1	5th	1 2 10 14 30
2020-10-28	14	4th	7 9 11 30 39
2020-10-08	9	3rd	5 8 30 31 36
2020-09-25	9	5th	16 20 27 28 30
2020-09-14	1	3rd	23 28 30 32 37
2020-09-11	14	5th	7 16 20 28 30
2020-08-24	3	5th	2 6 9 10 30
2020-08-19	4	4th	9 20 22 30 32
2020-08-13	5	5th	8 15 16 19 30
2020-08-06	18	3rd	6 9 30 33 35
2020-07-10	5	5th	12 20 25 27 30
2020-06-29	6	5th	5 7 11 19 30
2020-06-15	2	3rd	21 25 30 32 33
2020-06-10	1	5th	1 9 12 21 30
2020-06-08	10	3rd	3 5 30 35 36
2020-05-15	9	5th	9 14 22 24 30
2020-04-24	6	4th	3 5 18 30 38
2020-04-10	1	3rd	5 6 30 36 39
2020-04-08	5	5th	5 6 15 16 30
2020-03-27	7	5th	1 4 11 28 30
2020-03-11	1	3rd	4 22 30 34 38
2020-03-09	2	5th	3 8 14 23 30
2020-03-04	15	4th	3 4 22 30 37
2020-01-29	3	3rd	14 29 30 31 34
2020-01-22	8	4th	6 17 24 30 33
2020-01-03	8	4th	9 16 29 30 33
2019-12-16	1	4th	10 12 13 30 39
2019-12-13	7	3rd	4 7 30 35 38
2019-11-27	8	3rd	7 24 30 33 35
2019-11-08	1	3rd	4 24 30 33 34
2019-11-06	7	4th	9 12 23 30 33
2019-10-21	16	5th	5 9 10 14 30
2019-09-13	1	5th	1 8 12 25 30
2019-09-11	5	3rd	16 25 30 32 38
2019-08-30	9	3rd	12 22 30 31 33
2019-08-09	5	4th	2 7 29 30 35
2019-07-29	14	4th	4 7 12 30 38
2019-06-26	2	5th	9 12 23 25 30
2019-06-21	29	3rd	4 23 30 31 39
2019-04-15	11	4th	11 12 26 30 35
2019-03-20	7	5th	7 12 27 28 30
2019-03-04	3	3rd	7 18 30 34 36
2019-02-25	7	3rd	20 27 30 31 36
2019-02-08	11	3rd	1 9 30 33 35
2019-01-14	18	3rd	17 22 30 31 36
2018-12-03	10	4th	3 14 25 30 34
2018-11-09	12	4th	4 15 19 30 37
2018-10-12	7	5th	3 13 18 25 30
2018-09-26	1	5th	6 9 15 27 30
2018-09-24	4	5th	10 19 22 28 30
2018-09-14	23	5th	2 6 8 19 30
2018-07-23	17	5th	6 12 17 25 30
2018-06-13	2	4th	13 25 28 30 31
2018-06-08	10	3rd	20 24 30 32 34
2018-05-16	5	4th	7 11 16 30 31
2018-05-04	16	5th	5 7 8 25 30
2018-03-28	5	5th	14 22 23 27 30
2018-03-16	1	3rd	19 21 30 33 37
2018-03-14	4	3rd	14 22 30 31 39
2018-03-05	1	4th	17 21 22 30 39
2018-03-02	15	4th	10 12 17 30 35
2018-01-26	12	5th	5 12 14 24 30
2017-12-29	12	4th	11 16 20 30 34
2017-11-29	12	5th	6 13 21 29 30
2017-11-01	2	4th	26 27 29 30 34
2017-10-27	9	4th	13 15 28 30 36
2017-10-06	1	5th	4 7 16 23 30
2017-10-04	7	5th	2 6 27 28 30
2017-09-18	4	3rd	3 16 30 31 35
2017-09-08	8	5th	6 12 18 20 30
2017-08-21	9	3rd	14 20 30 33 38
2017-07-31	5	4th	11 19 29 30 35
2017-07-19	13	5th	15 21 27 28 30
2017-06-19	2	4th	1 14 24 30 38
2017-06-14	10	2nd	23 30 32 33 38
2017-05-22	11	3rd	2 26 30 35 36
2017-04-26	20	4th	22 28 29 30 36
2017-03-10	5	4th	9 17 28 30 31
2017-02-27	5	4th	5 13 21 30 34
2017-02-15	6	3rd	17 27 30 35 38
2017-02-01	2	4th	12 13 22 30 36
2017-01-27	20	5th	1 11 20 22 30
2016-12-12	2	5th	6 9 12 29 30
2016-12-07	23	5th	2 9 12 29 30
2016-10-14	1	3rd	5 24 30 34 39
2016-10-12	8	5th	10 14 17 18 30
2016-09-23	25	4th	10 14 19 30 32
2016-07-27	20	5th	7 14 22 23 30
2016-06-10	1	5th	1 3 23 24 30
2016-06-08	3	3rd	4 16 30 32 35
2016-06-01	1	3rd	26 28 30 38 39
2016-05-30	1	4th	1 28 29 30 39
2016-05-27	1	5th	1 9 12 14 30
2016-05-25	14	4th	6 8 27 30 39
2016-04-22	4	3rd	9 12 30 31 38
2016-04-13	7	5th	3 21 24 26 30
2016-03-28	2	4th	8 18 20 30 34
2016-03-23	7	3rd	7 29 30 35 38
2016-03-07	2	4th	3 4 7 30 37
2016-03-02	5	4th	5 14 29 30 37
2016-02-19	3	5th	17 21 23 26 30
2016-02-12	52	3rd	16 29 30 33 38
2015-10-14	7	4th	2 12 27 30 32
2015-09-28	11	5th	23 24 26 29 30
2015-09-02	2	5th	6 7 9 22 30
2015-08-28	10	5th	6 9 14 18 30
2015-08-05	9	3rd	9 26 30 31 35
2015-07-15	5	4th	6 12 27 30 38
2015-07-03	8	3rd	24 26 30 33 36
2015-06-15	1	3rd	14 26 30 34 38
2015-06-12	6	4th	11 26 28 30 32
2015-05-29	5	3rd	6 16 30 35 39
2015-05-18	3	4th	10 19 20 30 38
2015-05-11	3	4th	2 6 8 30 36
2015-05-04	1	5th	2 3 14 27 30
2015-05-01	4	4th	5 17 25 30 35
2015-04-22	3	5th	7 13 22 28 30
2015-04-15	11	4th	2 19 29 30 32
2015-03-20	1	5th	11 25 26 29 30
2015-03-18	14	5th	11 13 18 27 30
2015-02-13	12	4th	14 19 20 30 39
2015-01-16	3	5th	4 15 19 21 30
2015-01-09	4	5th	16 18 20 23 30
2014-12-31	2	5th	4 14 17 24 30
2014-12-26	5	4th	21 24 28 30 34
2014-12-15	6	3rd	3 12 30 31 38
2014-12-01	18	3rd	16 19 30 33 34
2014-10-20	6	3rd	26 28 30 35 36
2014-10-06	5	4th	23 24 26 30 33
2014-09-24	3	4th	1 10 27 30 38
2014-09-17	2	4th	16 24 28 30 34
2014-09-12	6	5th	2 11 14 22 30
2014-08-29	1	5th	2 3 13 17 30
2014-08-27	3	4th	6 12 27 30 32
2014-08-20	12	5th	5 20 26 27 30
2014-07-23	6	4th	9 22 26 30 34
2014-07-09	9	3rd	1 5 30 32 36
2014-06-18	8	4th	19 28 29 30 36
2014-05-30	8	2nd	16 30 34 35 37
2014-05-12	1	5th	4 8 10 24 30
2014-05-09	22	4th	9 12 15 30 32
2014-03-19	6	4th	9 11 24 30 32
2014-03-05	3	4th	2 3 24 30 35
2014-02-26	5	4th	9 10 25 30 37
2014-02-14	37	3rd	27 28 30 36 37
2013-11-20	—	5th	1 9 23 24 30