Number 30

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

91times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.08σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

34longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.08σ. 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 91 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 1.7
3rd smallest10 · chance 10.8
4th smallest37 · chance 29.3
5th smallest36 · chance 34.6
6th smallest6 · chance 14.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 20 32 11 16 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-30	6	5th	11 16 25 26 30 35
2026-09-09	1	4th	13 14 26 30 31 32
2026-09-05	9	4th	20 21 25 30 32 42
2026-08-05	1	4th	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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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