Number 30

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,586 draws, 5 from 1–47.

294times drawn · chance expected 275 +1.21σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

38longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 294 times in 2,586 draws against 275.1 expected, +1.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 294 times in 2,586 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 5 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 4.3
2nd smallest45 · chance 35.5
3rd smallest85 · chance 99.5
4th smallest121 · chance 111.9
5th smallest39 · chance 42.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 37 8 46 2 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-28	13	4th	7 16 25 30 34
2026-08-28	1	4th	4 13 14 30 41
2026-08-26	3	4th	1 5 24 30 46
2026-08-19	5	5th	9 16 20 21

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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