Number 30

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,904 draws, 6 from 1–49.

263times drawn · chance expected 233 +2.09σ

37draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.9% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 263 times in 1,904 draws against 233.1 expected, +2.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 37 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 263 times in 1,904 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 37 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 1.8
2nd smallest16 · chance 17.3
3rd smallest54 · chance 60.4
4th smallest93 · chance 96.0
5th smallest79 · chance 69.3
6th smallest21 · chance 18.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 7 26 34 17 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-07-18	10	5th	3 4 17 26 30 38
2026-06-24	5	6th	3 5 11 18 22 30
2026-06-13	12	5th	5 13 15 19 30 31
2026-05-16	3	5th

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-13	3	6th	6 13 14 16 17 30
2025-08-06	5	5th	10 18 21 24 30 41
2025-07-26	3	5th	6 14 21 24 30 40
2025-07-19	10	4th	9 18 22 30 34 35
2025-06-25	4	4th	7 17 21 30 41 42
2025-06-16	12	5th	6 8 13 26 30 44
2025-05-19	1	5th	4 10 19 22 30 42
2025-05-17	20	4th	4 5 21 30 37 42
2025-03-31	10	5th	2 3 11 20 30 34
2025-03-08	4	5th	5 17 23 26 30 33
2025-02-26	6	3rd	9 24 30 31 36 40
2025-02-12	6	5th	4 5 17 22 30 43
2025-01-29	3	5th	4 11 23 25 30 40
2025-01-22	7	4th	4 7 24 30 37 42
2025-01-06	3	4th	2 13 27 30 33 39
2024-12-30	2	3rd	1 5 30 35 40 42
2024-12-25	6	6th	8 12 15 18 19 30
2024-12-11	4	3rd	19 26 30 31 32 34
2024-12-02	1	5th	15 17 20 27 30 38
2024-11-30	1	5th	5 11 18 19 30 38
2024-11-27	16	3rd	6 13 30 36 40 41
2024-10-21	22	4th	3 7 26 30 38 41
2024-08-31	5	3rd	1 18 30 31 32 41
2024-08-19	3	6th	1 5 8 19 28 30
2024-08-12	9	6th	3 4 6 9 29 30
2024-07-22	31	4th	15 20 24 30 31 40
2024-05-11	3	4th	20 26 29 30 34 41
2024-05-04	13	5th	4 11 15 26 30 40
2024-04-03	5	5th	2 7 9 26 30 33
2024-03-23	14	5th	10 12 13 15 30 43
2024-02-19	5	4th	13 25 27 30 41 44
2024-02-07	3	5th	13 17 22 23 30 34
2024-01-31	3	4th	5 8 18 30 34 35
2024-01-24	7	6th	11 13 14 26 29 30
2024-01-08	1	4th	2 8 18 30 34 39
2024-01-06	11	3rd	5 12 30 38 41 43
2023-12-11	6	4th	4 25 26 30 38 41
2023-11-27	6	5th	2 4 11 13 30 34
2023-11-13	1	5th	5 6 13 15 30 44
2023-11-11	3	5th	7 11 13 25 30 32
2023-11-01	5	4th	8 17 29 30 41 44
2023-10-14	5	3rd	20 28 30 40 46 49
2023-09-27	17	3rd	11 15 30 32 38 41
2023-07-29	37	4th	2 21 22 30 34 46
2023-03-22	11	4th	15 24 29 30 39 47
2023-02-11	5	3rd	13 17 30 31 40 45
2023-01-25	13	5th	3 8 10 17 30 34
2022-12-10	1	4th	1 4 7 30 43 44
2022-12-07	1	6th	4 7 19 20 21 30
2022-12-03	2	3rd	20 25 30 34 44 47
2022-11-26	15	3rd	20 28 30 31 32 38
2022-10-05	15	4th	6 19 26 30 37 45
2022-08-13	3	4th	7 19 24 30 37 43
2022-08-03	2	3rd	7 12 30 37 42 44
2022-07-27	16	2nd	10 30 31 34 39 45
2022-06-01	10	5th	4 11 22 27 30 47
2022-04-27	1	4th	19 20 23 30 34 35
2022-04-23	1	3rd	20 28 30 32 33 44
2022-04-20	1	3rd	13 17 30 32 34 40
2022-04-16	4	5th	4 16 17 27 30 47
2022-04-02	5	6th	14 16 19 23 29 30
2022-03-16	5	3rd	9 25 30 31 32 48
2022-02-26	9	4th	1 22 24 30 35 42
2022-01-26	2	4th	3 6 24 30 48 49
2022-01-19	16	5th	3 14 20 26 30 45
2021-11-24	14	4th	1 7 25 30 34 35
2021-10-06	1	4th	7 20 23 30 33 40
2021-10-02	19	5th	4 11 12 13 30 36
2021-07-28	10	5th	11 16 19 20 30 36
2021-06-23	4	4th	1 3 4 30 32 40
2021-06-09	2	4th	1 13 14 30 32 34
2021-06-02	2	4th	16 24 28 30 45 46
2021-05-26	10	3rd	17 18 30 34 47 48
2021-04-21	10	4th	2 7 17 30 35 45
2021-03-17	4	4th	7 19 26 30 34 49
2021-03-03	1	4th	18 19 29 30 34 42
2021-02-27	7	3rd	17 23 30 35 38 40
2021-02-03	5	5th	1 3 9 24 30 48
2021-01-16	3	4th	1 2 10 30 32 41
2021-01-06	1	3rd	7 14 30 39 41 44
2021-01-02	7	6th	11 16 17 23 24 30
2020-12-09	2	4th	9 23 24 30 33 41
2020-12-02	20	4th	17 22 27 30 38 48
2020-09-23	13	4th	7 8 24 30 33 34
2020-08-08	9	3rd	10 23 30 31 35 39
2020-07-08	5	3rd	16 29 30 34 36 37
2020-06-20	1	2nd	8 30 36 38 39 45
2020-06-17	2	5th	7 9 24 26 30 41
2020-06-10	2	4th	3 5 22 30 33 40
2020-06-03	4	4th	3 17 22 30 37 40
2020-05-20	6	3rd	13 29 30 39 44 45
2020-04-29	5	4th	7 13 27 30 40 44
2020-04-11	1	2nd	13 30 35 43 45 47
2020-04-08	2	5th	13 21 24 25 30 49
2020-04-01	3	5th	1 6 15 18 30 37
2020-03-21	5	2nd	18 30 32 34 40 45
2020-03-04	5	4th	15 24 26 30 31 47
2020-02-15	7	3rd	10 15 30 40 42 49
2020-01-22	2	3rd	6 16 30 31 35 43
2020-01-15	22	4th	1 16 17 30 32 44
2019-10-30	2	4th	1 6 10 30 40 48
2019-10-23	9	4th	12 16 25 30 32 37
2019-09-21	20	3rd	5 22 30 32 34 43
2019-07-13	7	3rd	5 21 30 37 39 43
2019-06-19	6	3rd	17 23 30 35 38 41
2019-05-29	1	3rd	3 26 30 32 40 45
2019-05-25	14	2nd	7 30 32 35 41 43
2019-04-06	8	5th	8 12 22 23 30 35
2019-03-09	5	4th	11 15 27 30 34 42
2019-02-20	2	3rd	13 19 30 39 42 48
2019-02-13	26	2nd	11 30 31 32 33 35
2018-11-14	7	5th	8 11 13 18 30 35
2018-10-20	17	5th	10 12 13 27 30 36
2018-08-22	14	6th	14 15 18 23 27 30
2018-07-04	4	4th	2 11 14 30 35 38
2018-06-20	1	3rd	22 23 30 38 41 48
2018-06-16	3	5th	7 12 15 27 30 48
2018-06-06	20	5th	11 19 22 26 30 38
2018-03-28	28	5th	4 17 19 28 30 34
2017-12-20	4	4th	3 18 24 30 39 47
2017-12-06	5	3rd	7 8 30 37 43 49
2017-11-18	29	5th	9 14 20 26 30 43
2017-08-09	5	3rd	8 13 30 32 37 40
2017-07-22	6	4th	4 9 14 30 31 40
2017-07-01	7	3rd	8 29 30 39 45 46
2017-06-07	7	4th	4 9 16 30 32 47
2017-05-13	4	5th	4 23 25 29 30 43
2017-04-29	2	4th	14 23 27 30 35 48
2017-04-22	4	2nd	17 30 32 34 35 46
2017-04-08	1	6th	6 11 13 24 28 30
2017-04-05	12	4th	6 7 29 30 42 47
2017-02-22	1	4th	24 27 28 30 34 35
2017-02-18	5	4th	2 11 16 30 31 43
2017-02-01	4	5th	9 11 25 26 30 49
2017-01-18	3	2nd	17 30 33 36 40 43
2017-01-07	3	3rd	19 25 30 33 41 43
2016-12-28	2	4th	4 12 15 30 39 45
2016-12-21	12	3rd	1 14 30 39 44 48
2016-11-09	18	3rd	13 19 30 40 45 46
2016-09-07	3	5th	1 5 11 25 30 44
2016-08-27	10	3rd	14 24 30 34 35 45
2016-07-23	12	5th	6 10 11 16 30 48
2016-06-11	1	4th	8 13 17 30 32 46
2016-06-08	3	5th	5 13 17 20 30 48
2016-05-28	3	2nd	7 30 31 36 48 49
2016-05-18	5	6th	5 12 17 24 25 30
2016-04-30	13	2nd	8 30 31 38 39 42
2016-03-16	3	4th	4 21 23 30 33 34
2016-03-05	8	3rd	21 23 30 36 40 49
2016-02-06	7	4th	13 23 26 30 31 34
2016-01-13	12	4th	6 13 28 30 32 39
2015-12-02	1	4th	2 16 19 30 31 33
2015-11-28	10	4th	4 24 29 30 33 35
2015-10-24	2	4th	15 18 28 30 34 49
2015-10-17	18	6th	5 19 21 26 28 30
2015-08-15	13	4th	2 14 28 30 32 40
2015-07-01	14	5th	19 20 21 23 30 31
2015-05-13	4	5th	4 13 15 17 30 47
2015-04-29	4	4th	14 17 24 30 34 43
2015-04-15	4	3rd	15 27 30 34 36 44
2015-04-01	10	2nd	7 30 38 39 44 46
2015-02-25	4	3rd	13 17 30 36 39 47
2015-02-11	4	4th	6 22 23 30 42 49
2015-01-28	11	3rd	6 9 30 35 45 48
2014-12-20	11	3rd	9 11 30 38 40 49
2014-11-12	5	3rd	7 26 30 35 42 48
2014-10-25	1	4th	1 5 18 30 36 43
2014-10-22	6	5th	8 17 25 26 30 35
2014-10-01	3	6th	10 19 25 26 27 30
2014-09-20	19	4th	8 13 24 30 33 42
2014-07-16	3	3rd	15 26 30 37 42 49
2014-07-05	20	4th	6 12 20 30 45 47
2014-04-26	3	3rd	13 28 30 37 41 46
2014-04-16	4	5th	17 22 24 26 30 48
2014-04-02	11	4th	5 10 21 30 37 41
2014-02-22	3	4th	14 22 26 30 33 48
2014-02-12	2	5th	3 5 26 29 30 47
2014-02-05	3	5th	5 12 14 21 30 45
2014-01-25	2	5th	1 10 13 24 30 47
2014-01-18	8	4th	12 14 20 30 32 37
2013-12-21	33	3rd	7 22 30 32 33 38
2013-08-28	30	5th	20 22 26 29 30 39
2013-05-15	5	4th	1 13 27 30 42 45
2013-04-27	3	6th	10 12 13 22 27 30
2013-04-17	5	5th	5 9 27 29 30 39
2013-03-30	5	4th	3 20 26 30 37 48
2013-03-13	5	5th	1 6 7 11 30 35
2013-02-23	10	4th	11 22 24 30 36 44
2013-01-19	15	5th	7 8 11 27 30 33
2012-11-28	16	5th	2 24 26 27 30 32
2012-10-03	2	5th	5 9 14 28 30 44
2012-09-26	2	4th	22 25 29 30 36 37
2012-09-19	1	5th	3 13 15 19 30 41
2012-09-15	1	4th	2 9 26 30 34 49
2012-09-12	3	5th	4 5 25 27 30 31
2012-09-01	5	4th	10 17 23 30 42 46
2012-08-15	4	5th	10 15 18 26 30 45
2012-08-01	5	5th	9 19 22 24 30 44
2012-07-14	4	3rd	8 21 30 31 32 42
2012-06-30	10	6th	3 7 13 17 28 30
2012-05-26	2	4th	13 23 28 30 45 49
2012-05-19	6	5th	2 13 14 26 30 44
2012-04-28	7	5th	4 19 28 29 30 47
2012-04-04	14	3rd	20 29 30 31 37 40
2012-02-15	1	4th	15 17 22 30 34 46
2012-02-11	12	3rd	13 16 30 32 33 43
2011-12-31	1	4th	17 18 26 30 32 36
2011-12-28	5	2nd	13 30 33 38 41 43
2011-12-10	8	5th	10 19 23 29 30 38
2011-11-12	8	4th	1 3 25 30 32 34
2011-10-15	1	4th	5 11 25 30 31 33
2011-10-12	2	3rd	16 20 30 31 34 46
2011-10-05	2	4th	2 13 23 30 39 43
2011-09-28	3	6th	10 11 16 26 29 30
2011-09-17	4	4th	13 23 29 30 41 42
2011-09-03	6	6th	2 7 12 13 29 30
2011-08-13	4	5th	4 6 7 8 30 45
2011-07-30	9	5th	18 19 25 28 30 40
2011-06-29	2	4th	7 13 19 30 44 47
2011-06-22	5	4th	3 6 11 30 40 49
2011-06-04	2	2nd	2 30 31 32 36 40
2011-05-28	7	5th	16 23 26 28 30 42
2011-05-04	13	6th	7 9 13 22 29 30
2011-03-19	3	5th	5 23 27 28 30 49
2011-03-09	5	5th	7 10 14 19 30 33
2011-02-19	11	3rd	17 22 30 31 40 44
2011-01-12	1	5th	7 13 15 26 30 33
2011-01-08	5	3rd	5 6 30 31 46 47
2010-12-22	4	4th	5 20 22 30 31 43
2010-12-08	12	4th	2 6 22 30 46 48
2010-10-27	10	5th	1 3 4 11 30 34
2010-09-22	34	2nd	10 30 35 41 44 46
2010-05-26	5	2nd	22 30 34 37 46 48
2010-05-08	3	4th	2 11 13 30 37 43
2010-04-28	10	3rd	20 29 30 41 44 46
2010-03-24	1	4th	7 20 21 30 37 49
2010-03-20	13	4th	4 12 20 30 33 44
2010-02-03	8	5th	2 11 12 22 30 48
2010-01-06	—	4th	21 22 27 30 43 49