Number 30

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,616 draws, 5 from 1–37.

223times drawn · chance expected 218 +0.34σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

36longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 1,616 draws against 218.4 expected, +0.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 13 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 0.1
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.8
3rd smallest31 · chance 32.3
4th smallest105 · chance 96.8
5th smallest83 · chance 89.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 16 19 24 33 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-08-29	3	5th	4 5 21 29 30
2026-08-19	6	5th	6 9 24 25 30
2026-07-29	17	4th	14 20 22 30 35
2026-05-30	1	4th	3 22 27 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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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