Number 30

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

272times drawn · chance expected 245 +1.81σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

46longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 272 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +1.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 272 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 1 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 smallest3 · chance 4.7
2nd smallest38 · chance 36.1
3rd smallest99 · chance 94.7
4th smallest93 · chance 100.3
5th smallest39 · chance 36.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 28 33 39 25 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-20	5	3rd	10 24 30 36 42
2026-02-15	1	3rd	18 25 30 33 35
2026-02-14	4	3rd	14 17 30 43 48
2026-02-10	3	5th	13 18 25

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-06	6	3rd	6 11 30 34 39
2025-09-30	4	4th	8 15 17 30 39
2025-09-26	28	2nd	22 30 33 37 43
2025-08-29	10	5th	8 14 22 24 30
2025-08-19	1	3rd	1 4 30 46 48
2025-08-18	5	4th	3 12 24 30 40
2025-08-13	9	3rd	13 23 30 31 38
2025-08-04	12	3rd	25 26 30 37 45
2025-07-23	1	4th	5 9 11 30 47
2025-07-22	16	4th	18 19 22 30 48
2025-07-06	2	4th	6 15 16 30 45
2025-07-04	1	4th	9 26 27 30 46
2025-07-03	2	3rd	12 29 30 42 45
2025-07-01	20	4th	1 2 19 30 33
2025-06-11	1	3rd	7 9 30 36 43
2025-06-10	11	3rd	10 26 30 41 44
2025-05-30	5	3rd	13 17 30 35 48
2025-05-25	7	3rd	12 20 30 35 47
2025-05-18	7	5th	1 3 4 18 30
2025-05-11	6	3rd	16 26 30 34 43
2025-05-05	15	3rd	3 26 30 32 39
2025-04-20	5	4th	3 6 17 30 42
2025-04-15	2	4th	10 19 26 30 48
2025-04-13	19	3rd	2 29 30 43 45
2025-03-25	1	4th	9 16 27 30 35
2025-03-24	9	3rd	14 20 30 31 39
2025-03-15	9	3rd	9 12 30 39 41
2025-03-06	2	3rd	20 28 30 31 38
2025-03-04	3	4th	2 11 25 30 31
2025-03-01	10	4th	12 25 28 30 43
2025-02-19	9	3rd	7 21 30 41 42
2025-02-10	12	5th	1 2 16 18 30
2025-01-29	8	4th	1 20 25 30 34
2025-01-21	14	3rd	18 27 30 40 44
2025-01-07	10	3rd	16 24 30 32 44
2024-12-28	2	5th	14 19 21 25 30
2024-12-26	8	4th	9 10 12 30 47
2024-12-18	8	3rd	19 26 30 31 41
2024-12-10	7	3rd	6 12 30 39 46
2024-12-03	13	4th	6 11 28 30 37
2024-11-20	6	3rd	3 29 30 39 45
2024-11-14	3	3rd	5 22 30 33 44
2024-11-11	4	5th	5 11 17 19 30
2024-11-07	5	3rd	5 10 30 37 40
2024-11-02	2	3rd	21 25 30 34 35
2024-10-31	29	2nd	29 30 31 33 36
2024-10-02	22	2nd	6 30 33 42 44
2024-09-10	1	1st	30 39 42 45 48
2024-09-09	3	3rd	16 26 30 35 46
2024-09-06	7	5th	3 23 24 25 30
2024-08-30	16	4th	3 24 25 30 43
2024-08-14	1	4th	7 19 29 30 39
2024-08-13	3	2nd	6 30 37 42 47
2024-08-10	3	3rd	3 26 30 37 43
2024-08-07	9	3rd	3 9 30 45 46
2024-07-29	22	3rd	18 28 30 32 33
2024-07-07	31	4th	7 13 15 30 34
2024-06-06	1	3rd	21 28 30 31 37
2024-06-05	26	4th	1 2 12 30 33
2024-05-10	2	2nd	24 30 32 35 41
2024-05-08	24	2nd	17 30 31 33 44
2024-04-14	9	3rd	6 20 30 37 44
2024-04-05	2	4th	3 7 17 30 47
2024-04-03	10	1st	30 36 41 42 45
2024-03-24	4	3rd	5 19 30 37 45
2024-03-20	16	2nd	23 30 33 37 45
2024-03-04	10	4th	3 9 17 30 42
2024-02-23	25	3rd	7 11 30 35 36
2024-01-29	3	4th	14 16 28 30 43
2024-01-26	4	4th	2 4 13 30 37
2024-01-22	3	3rd	7 26 30 31 38
2024-01-19	9	2nd	17 30 33 36 41
2024-01-10	1	5th	2 3 15 22 30
2024-01-09	5	3rd	5 29 30 39 40
2024-01-04	10	3rd	10 15 30 45 46
2023-12-25	10	5th	4 15 27 29 30
2023-12-15	3	5th	5 16 20 23 30
2023-12-12	16	2nd	28 30 31 34 45
2023-11-26	5	2nd	5 30 31 33 40
2023-11-21	3	2nd	23 30 36 37 47
2023-11-18	5	5th	1 2 3 27 30
2023-11-13	10	3rd	8 10 30 45 47
2023-11-03	12	3rd	11 16 30 34 40
2023-10-22	3	2nd	24 30 41 46 47
2023-10-19	6	2nd	12 30 31 35 47
2023-10-13	4	5th	8 14 19 21 30
2023-10-09	4	4th	9 13 17 30 38
2023-10-05	7	3rd	15 23 30 40 41
2023-09-28	5	4th	16 19 25 30 47
2023-09-23	1	3rd	15 18 30 44 46
2023-09-22	9	2nd	8 30 31 40 46
2023-09-13	13	3rd	2 8 30 32 37
2023-08-31	5	3rd	1 27 30 39 41
2023-08-26	2	4th	10 13 24 30 40
2023-08-24	9	2nd	5 30 35 40 41
2023-08-15	3	5th	1 21 23 28 30
2023-08-12	12	4th	11 25 29 30 42
2023-07-31	2	4th	8 26 28 30 35
2023-07-29	7	4th	9 14 23 30 34
2023-07-22	1	4th	15 22 23 30 44
2023-07-21	4	4th	1 13 28 30 41
2023-07-17	9	4th	2 4 17 30 45
2023-07-08	3	2nd	17 30 33 36 44
2023-07-05	14	4th	8 16 26 30 38
2023-06-21	1	4th	2 5 28 30 37
2023-06-20	3	5th	10 17 26 28 30
2023-06-17	23	3rd	14 29 30 40 44
2023-05-25	5	3rd	10 20 30 45 48
2023-05-20	1	3rd	13 23 30 34 39
2023-05-19	17	4th	1 10 28 30 40
2023-05-02	2	2nd	29 30 34 46 48
2023-04-30	32	3rd	8 11 30 37 47
2023-03-29	1	4th	17 22 29 30 47
2023-03-28	2	5th	7 9 16 28 30
2023-03-26	2	2nd	20 30 33 40 47
2023-03-24	2	3rd	1 8 30 31 43
2023-03-22	3	3rd	7 19 30 33 44
2023-03-19	12	3rd	23 27 30 37 47
2023-03-07	3	3rd	10 28 30 37 38
2023-03-04	8	5th	4 7 15 17 30
2023-02-24	20	4th	17 22 24 30 44
2023-02-04	15	3rd	14 24 30 44 47
2023-01-20	28	4th	2 10 28 30 44
2022-12-23	7	3rd	5 12 30 37 41
2022-12-16	6	3rd	1 22 30 32 34
2022-12-10	7	3rd	2 16 30 39 41
2022-12-03	3	4th	1 7 13 30 40
2022-11-30	3	5th	5 6 11 15 30
2022-11-27	10	4th	2 25 27 30 39
2022-11-17	7	5th	13 14 22 23 30
2022-11-10	16	2nd	12 30 34 36 43
2022-10-25	13	2nd	17 30 40 41 45
2022-10-12	13	5th	10 14 15 17 30
2022-09-29	19	5th	3 10 11 27 30
2022-09-10	9	4th	20 23 29 30 34
2022-09-01	6	5th	1 10 24 26 30
2022-08-26	1	4th	2 8 16 30 45
2022-08-25	1	5th	5 6 9 27 30
2022-08-24	5	3rd	23 26 30 38 40
2022-08-19	46	2nd	25 30 40 43 44
2022-07-04	3	5th	5 7 8 15 30
2022-07-01	6	3rd	13 28 30 36 37
2022-06-25	22	3rd	9 11 30 45 46
2022-06-03	9	2nd	2 30 32 40 46
2022-05-25	2	4th	11 12 28 30 37
2022-05-23	12	4th	1 2 6 30 46
2022-05-11	2	3rd	2 20 30 31 39
2022-05-09	15	3rd	12 19 30 34 39
2022-04-24	1	4th	11 13 28 30 37
2022-04-23	2	3rd	2 29 30 37 42
2022-04-21	7	4th	6 11 12 30 31
2022-04-14	7	4th	5 13 15 30 37
2022-04-07	13	4th	8 24 27 30 33
2022-03-25	14	2nd	28 30 32 33 39
2022-03-11	7	4th	9 22 29 30 47
2022-03-04	2	3rd	5 8 30 33 39
2022-03-02	1	3rd	12 20 30 32 46
2022-03-01	1	3rd	15 21 30 31 35
2022-02-28	2	4th	3 26 29 30 35
2022-02-26	32	1st	30 40 44 47 48
2022-01-25	22	2nd	19 30 32 36 41
2022-01-03	19	5th	7 12 19 22 30
2021-12-15	11	4th	10 23 26 30 39
2021-12-04	6	4th	9 18 23 30 47
2021-11-28	4	5th	9 14 24 29 30
2021-11-24	4	5th	5 6 9 29 30
2021-11-20	4	5th	12 22 24 26 30
2021-11-16	9	4th	1 12 23 30 47
2021-11-07	29	4th	15 18 24 30 42
2021-10-09	13	4th	12 27 28 30 33
2021-09-26	8	4th	7 23 28 30 39
2021-09-18	5	4th	4 10 26 30 47
2021-09-13	14	5th	5 7 22 28 30
2021-08-30	1	4th	13 22 28 30 44
2021-08-29	25	3rd	4 19 30 42 48
2021-08-04	3	3rd	1 25 30 36 37
2021-08-01	11	2nd	7 30 32 46 48
2021-07-21	7	2nd	5 30 36 42 44
2021-07-01	24	3rd	15 22 30 33 43
2021-04-08	8	3rd	17 25 30 37 39
2021-03-11	11	4th	15 19 28 30 48
2021-02-01	7	4th	15 17 27 30 39
2021-01-07	2	5th	3 20 25 28 30
2020-12-31	19	3rd	11 28 30 39 43
2020-10-26	5	4th	9 12 20 30 38
2020-10-08	4	2nd	28 30 31 42 43
2020-09-24	5	3rd	17 21 30 40 46
2020-09-07	9	4th	4 7 25 30 36
2020-08-06	19	3rd	14 18 30 43 45
2020-06-01	3	3rd	5 15 30 40 45
2020-05-21	13	4th	8 11 24 30 33
2020-04-06	3	4th	2 25 26 30 37
2020-03-26	1	4th	7 8 10 30 41
2020-03-23	13	2nd	1 30 31 46 48
2020-02-06	6	2nd	18 30 31 33 34
2020-01-16	1	4th	10 13 15 30 33
2020-01-13	5	3rd	7 16 30 32 39
2019-12-26	12	4th	16 25 29 30 35
2019-11-14	10	5th	9 11 21 22 30
2019-10-10	13	2nd	27 30 31 34 45
2019-08-26	6	3rd	9 25 30 37 48
2019-08-05	13	2nd	20 30 37 42 47
2019-06-20	5	2nd	13 30 33 39 43
2019-06-03	12	4th	3 19 24 30 44
2019-04-22	2	4th	1 11 20 30 46
2019-04-15	1	5th	4 10 20 24 30
2019-04-11	9	3rd	13 17 30 35 39
2019-03-11	10	3rd	19 24 30 44 46
2019-02-04	2	3rd	14 24 30 37 38
2019-01-28	1	3rd	6 12 30 32 37
2019-01-24	6	3rd	21 29 30 32 45
2019-01-03	20	4th	2 4 17 30 31
2018-10-25	2	5th	12 20 22 27 30
2018-10-18	1	4th	4 21 24 30 31
2018-10-15	5	2nd	1 30 39 41 42
2018-09-27	14	4th	5 9 29 30 34
2018-08-09	30	3rd	13 25 30 33 37
2018-04-26	25	5th	20 21 27 29 30
2018-01-29	2	4th	1 4 6 30 33
2018-01-22	11	4th	5 13 26 30 35
2017-12-14	23	4th	17 21 25 30 48
2017-09-25	1	4th	14 17 19 30 48
2017-09-21	1	5th	7 13 19 24 30
2017-09-18	2	4th	4 14 19 30 46
2017-09-11	9	4th	11 23 27 30 48
2017-08-10	2	3rd	19 29 30 43 48
2017-08-03	11	3rd	11 26 30 37 44
2017-06-26	8	4th	7 18 21 30 34
2017-05-29	4	4th	20 25 29 30 37
2017-05-15	15	3rd	15 17 30 36 45
2017-03-23	28	5th	1 5 6 15 30
2016-12-15	27	4th	4 9 27 30 36
2016-09-12	5	3rd	25 28 30 41 47
2016-08-25	12	2nd	8 30 35 36 42
2016-07-14	16	3rd	25 27 30 43 48
2016-05-19	1	5th	4 13 24 28 30
2016-05-16	14	3rd	20 29 30 42 44
2016-03-28	2	4th	12 21 25 30 40
2016-03-21	8	4th	2 5 12 30 44
2016-02-22	4	3rd	17 19 30 39 41
2016-02-08	13	2nd	18 30 31 43 47
2015-12-24	14	5th	13 17 28 29 30
2015-11-05	3	3rd	3 19 30 41 44
2015-10-26	11	3rd	24 28 30 33 34
2015-09-17	9	3rd	1 9 30 33 43
2015-08-17	7	4th	22 23 25 30 37
2015-07-23	17	4th	19 27 29 30 39
2015-05-25	—	3rd	3 23 30 34 48