Number 30

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,026 draws, 5 from 1–45.

227times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.13σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

67longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 2,026 draws against 225.1 expected, +0.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 227 times in 2,026 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 10 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 smallest4 · chance 2.3
2nd smallest14 · chance 22.1
3rd smallest72 · chance 71.3
4th smallest103 · chance 91.7
5th smallest34 · chance 39.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 38 43 9 33 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	1	4th	20 21 24 30 44
2026-10-01	3	4th	7 15 16 30 31
2026-09-28	23	4th	4 7 9 30 32
2026-09-05	20	3rd	10 13 30

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-26	8	4th	4 21 25 30 34
2026-02-18	7	5th	1 2 4 25 30
2026-02-11	18	3rd	4 6 30 31 40
2026-01-24	28	3rd	14 24 30 37 40
2025-12-27	9	4th	1 2 3 30 44
2025-12-18	1	3rd	9 29 30 33 42
2025-12-17	1	3rd	6 26 30 35 39
2025-12-16	10	3rd	9 14 30 41 43
2025-12-06	3	3rd	5 18 30 33 42
2025-12-03	11	3rd	1 12 30 33 39
2025-11-21	3	3rd	4 16 30 34 35
2025-11-18	4	4th	6 16 24 30 31
2025-11-14	2	3rd	15 28 30 33 42
2025-11-12	8	4th	20 22 28 30 32
2025-11-04	5	3rd	15 28 30 35 45
2025-10-30	6	4th	2 8 12 30 33
2025-10-24	17	4th	10 15 23 30 40
2025-10-06	7	2nd	22 30 32 33 39
2025-09-29	9	2nd	15 30 37 40 41
2025-09-20	2	4th	1 22 29 30 45
2025-09-18	1	5th	9 12 16 26 30
2025-09-17	4	2nd	4 30 40 43 45
2025-09-13	1	1st	30 33 36 38 40
2025-09-12	1	3rd	14 20 30 43 44
2025-09-11	2	5th	5 6 20 25 30
2025-09-09	30	4th	21 23 28 30 38
2025-08-10	14	3rd	11 27 30 39 43
2025-07-27	26	5th	3 12 18 21 30
2025-07-01	14	4th	2 10 24 30 31
2025-06-17	1	5th	15 20 22 26 30
2025-06-16	30	3rd	12 19 30 31 45
2025-05-17	1	3rd	9 17 30 34 38
2025-05-16	3	4th	2 5 11 30 34
2025-05-13	5	3rd	13 19 30 36 38
2025-05-08	1	4th	10 20 26 30 39
2025-05-07	8	1st	30 32 39 41 45
2025-04-29	5	4th	10 13 27 30 43
2025-04-24	7	2nd	22 30 37 40 43
2025-04-17	6	4th	14 25 26 30 43
2025-04-11	1	1st	30 36 38 40 42
2025-04-10	10	4th	2 11 25 30 43
2025-03-31	1	4th	15 24 28 30 32
2025-03-30	3	4th	6 10 11 30 42
2025-03-27	3	4th	11 15 17 30 37
2025-03-24	25	3rd	9 23 30 39 45
2025-02-27	9	4th	11 19 22 30 34
2025-02-18	2	4th	12 17 18 30 37
2025-02-16	2	4th	8 24 28 30 38
2025-02-14	2	3rd	19 24 30 34 43
2025-02-12	19	3rd	19 28 30 31 38
2025-01-24	22	3rd	16 19 30 38 42
2025-01-02	4	1st	30 32 33 34 36
2024-12-29	2	5th	5 14 21 29 30
2024-12-27	3	4th	16 20 24 30 37
2024-12-24	2	3rd	2 10 30 43 45
2024-12-22	11	3rd	1 11 30 31 37
2024-12-11	14	3rd	27 29 30 32 35
2024-11-27	15	3rd	23 27 30 33 45
2024-11-12	8	4th	2 18 27 30 41
2024-11-04	2	4th	10 16 17 30 39
2024-11-02	13	4th	7 14 22 30 38
2024-10-20	11	4th	1 16 18 30 40
2024-10-09	2	4th	2 12 19 30 43
2024-10-07	1	3rd	3 11 30 31 42
2024-10-06	19	5th	1 17 20 29 30
2024-09-17	5	5th	6 12 18 20 30
2024-09-12	7	3rd	2 25 30 34 41
2024-09-05	9	4th	15 19 28 30 45
2024-08-27	1	4th	2 22 23 30 35
2024-08-26	9	4th	14 20 28 30 38
2024-08-17	13	4th	8 12 25 30 39
2024-08-04	2	3rd	6 12 30 32 43
2024-08-02	1	4th	5 9 27 30 31
2024-08-01	24	4th	11 18 23 30 44
2024-07-08	2	4th	1 9 20 30 34
2024-07-06	2	5th	8 9 14 18 30
2024-07-04	15	3rd	23 28 30 38 42
2024-06-19	1	5th	7 21 24 26 30
2024-06-18	2	5th	7 13 19 29 30
2024-06-16	6	4th	5 11 26 30 44
2024-06-10	1	4th	15 27 28 30 39
2024-06-09	10	4th	2 9 25 30 36
2024-05-30	11	4th	1 14 28 30 44
2024-05-19	14	4th	7 21 29 30 34
2024-05-05	2	4th	5 12 13 30 31
2024-05-03	7	4th	10 22 24 30 39
2024-04-26	4	5th	1 8 15 21 30
2024-04-22	4	2nd	3 30 37 41 44
2024-04-18	3	4th	11 21 26 30 33
2024-04-15	53	3rd	7 24 30 34 41
2024-02-22	16	3rd	1 15 30 33 43
2024-02-06	1	4th	22 23 27 30 34
2024-02-05	4	3rd	17 24 30 35 43
2024-02-01	15	3rd	9 20 30 44 45
2024-01-17	2	3rd	10 22 30 33 38
2024-01-15	2	3rd	1 4 30 33 44
2024-01-13	1	3rd	14 29 30 41 42
2024-01-12	2	3rd	11 23 30 37 39
2024-01-10	12	4th	24 28 29 30 38
2023-12-29	1	3rd	17 18 30 37 45
2023-12-28	1	4th	9 15 25 30 35
2023-12-27	17	4th	4 5 27 30 34
2023-12-10	20	2nd	12 30 31 35 41
2023-11-20	4	3rd	8 15 30 34 43
2023-11-16	11	4th	7 10 24 30 43
2023-11-05	9	2nd	10 30 36 39 40
2023-10-27	6	5th	5 12 21 23 30
2023-10-21	10	4th	9 12 21 30 39
2023-10-11	1	4th	16 18 24 30 32
2023-10-10	6	4th	9 15 22 30 44
2023-10-04	3	4th	16 20 23 30 34
2023-10-01	7	4th	8 22 26 30 35
2023-09-24	11	5th	7 9 12 16 30
2023-09-13	31	4th	4 5 12 30 44
2023-08-13	8	3rd	9 19 30 41 45
2023-08-05	2	4th	1 13 20 30 44
2023-08-03	14	4th	7 17 24 30 35
2023-07-20	5	3rd	15 23 30 40 44
2023-07-15	14	4th	3 6 17 30 44
2023-07-01	3	2nd	10 30 35 37 41
2023-06-28	1	4th	3 8 9 30 37
2023-06-27	19	4th	6 9 25 30 35
2023-06-08	11	3rd	11 12 30 36 43
2023-05-28	16	2nd	4 30 35 37 38
2023-05-12	8	5th	3 4 17 21 30
2023-05-04	2	5th	6 13 17 18 30
2023-05-02	2	5th	5 6 19 20 30
2023-04-30	3	5th	1 2 17 25 30
2023-04-27	3	3rd	15 21 30 33 44
2023-04-24	24	3rd	9 16 30 33 43
2023-03-31	9	2nd	17 30 33 35 39
2023-03-22	7	3rd	4 23 30 34 38
2023-03-15	30	3rd	17 26 30 40 42
2023-02-13	5	4th	13 16 21 30 37
2023-02-08	6	4th	9 15 18 30 39
2023-02-02	6	3rd	10 25 30 36 44
2023-01-27	4	3rd	6 29 30 32 36
2023-01-23	4	4th	16 22 24 30 37
2023-01-19	8	4th	2 13 16 30 38
2023-01-11	18	4th	8 23 24 30 38
2022-12-24	6	3rd	2 12 30 31 34
2022-12-18	4	3rd	14 20 30 40 45
2022-12-14	4	4th	6 26 29 30 40
2022-12-10	18	4th	14 20 21 30 43
2022-11-22	6	4th	11 24 25 30 41
2022-11-16	1	5th	15 16 17 26 30
2022-11-15	16	4th	13 16 20 30 32
2022-10-26	7	2nd	11 30 33 37 45
2022-09-17	16	5th	4 10 22 28 30
2022-07-23	67	4th	10 15 22 30 38
2021-12-01	15	3rd	8 21 30 32 38
2021-10-09	4	5th	18 19 23 28 30
2021-09-25	9	3rd	3 7 30 33 34
2021-08-25	6	5th	1 11 14 22 30
2021-08-04	4	4th	6 13 16 30 41
2021-07-21	7	4th	6 11 18 30 40
2021-06-26	7	5th	7 16 22 23 30
2021-06-02	11	4th	4 19 26 30 40
2021-04-24	1	4th	10 23 27 30 38
2021-04-21	5	3rd	1 27 30 33 41
2021-04-03	42	5th	9 13 16 26 30
2020-11-07	1	5th	8 19 28 29 30
2020-11-04	5	4th	1 18 23 30 32
2020-10-17	2	4th	19 24 26 30 40
2020-10-10	8	3rd	1 15 30 32 42
2020-09-12	3	4th	4 19 24 30 37
2020-09-02	2	5th	5 12 13 24 30
2020-08-26	12	3rd	10 14 30 36 39
2020-07-15	8	4th	10 13 17 30 37
2020-06-17	14	5th	4 5 24 29 30
2020-04-29	1	5th	5 8 16 29 30
2020-04-25	15	2nd	14 30 31 32 39
2020-03-04	16	3rd	3 12 30 34 42
2020-01-08	27	5th	13 14 19 26 30
2019-10-05	6	4th	6 10 16 30 37
2019-09-14	14	3rd	22 28 30 31 38
2019-07-27	9	3rd	18 21 30 38 45
2019-06-26	19	4th	12 23 28 30 33
2019-04-20	2	3rd	18 25 30 31 45
2019-04-13	14	4th	17 21 24 30 45
2019-02-23	1	4th	13 25 29 30 39
2019-02-20	10	5th	2 23 24 25 30
2019-01-16	2	3rd	5 11 30 32 43
2019-01-09	5	4th	2 20 22 30 43
2018-12-22	6	4th	4 8 16 30 38
2018-12-01	4	4th	2 15 29 30 37
2018-11-17	5	3rd	10 21 30 34 45
2018-10-31	50	2nd	6 30 33 41 44
2018-05-09	8	4th	8 18 21 30 36
2018-04-11	15	4th	4 20 27 30 43
2018-02-17	34	4th	3 10 22 30 45
2017-10-21	1	3rd	6 25 30 31 39
2017-10-18	5	4th	1 21 27 30 38
2017-09-30	11	4th	2 14 24 30 33
2017-08-23	1	3rd	12 28 30 36 38
2017-08-19	1	3rd	8 26 30 35 38
2017-08-16	12	4th	11 19 23 30 37
2017-07-05	3	3rd	5 21 30 33 34
2017-06-24	3	3rd	23 24 30 36 44
2017-06-14	12	4th	1 8 13 30 39
2017-05-03	11	5th	2 13 20 21 30
2017-03-25	3	3rd	7 24 30 36 42
2017-03-15	—	3rd	6 25 30 35 45