Number 30

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

88times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.64σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

34longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, −0.64σ. 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 88 times in 727 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest12 · chance 8.8
4th smallest76 · chance 79.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 3 26 2 7 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-09-29	6	4th	20 25 27 30
2026-09-23	7	3rd	2 7 30 31
2026-09-16	7	4th	2 16 22 30
2026-09-09	7	4th	7 10 26 30
2026-09-02	2	3rd	4 12 30 31
2026-08-31	5	4th	2 11 22 30
2026-08-26	8	4th	3 11 16 30
2026-08-18	2	4th	2 4 6 30
2026-08-16	4	4th	3 9 10 30
2026-08-12	2	4th	6 9 20 30
2026-08-10	4	4th	3 19 26 30
2026-08-06	4	4th	7 14 16 30
2026-08-02	2	4th	4 12 18 30
2026-07-31	18	4th	3 19 26 30
2026-07-13	2	4th	1 18 23 30
2026-07-11	1	4th	7 14 29 30
2026-07-10	15	4th	10 13 23 30
2026-06-25	6	4th	9 15 17 30
2026-06-19	30	4th	5 12 14 30
2026-05-20	34	4th	14 18 25 30
2026-04-16	2	4th	8 16 24 30
2026-04-14	3	3rd	2 4 30 31
2026-04-11	11	4th	5 6 7 30
2026-03-31	3	4th	13 27 29 30

The other 64 appearances

2026-03-28	13	4th	4 12 26 30
2026-03-15	8	4th	4 20 24 30
2026-03-07	7	4th	10 19 29 30
2026-02-28	2	4th	8 9 22 30
2026-02-26	4	4th	9 26 27 30
2026-02-22	3	4th	4 5 17 30
2026-02-19	20	4th	2 3 4 30
2026-01-30	15	4th	1 11 15 30
2026-01-15	10	3rd	3 8 30 31
2026-01-05	16	4th	1 8 28 30
2025-12-20	2	4th	3 6 12 30
2025-12-18	14	3rd	17 18 30 31
2025-12-04	9	3rd	18 25 30 31
2025-11-25	7	4th	3 18 29 30
2025-11-18	12	4th	18 23 26 30
2025-11-06	29	3rd	2 4 30 31
2025-10-08	4	4th	10 18 25 30
2025-10-04	6	4th	3 8 15 30
2025-09-28	9	4th	9 13 24 30
2025-09-19	4	4th	2 6 28 30
2025-09-15	1	4th	3 10 19 30
2025-09-14	4	4th	2 12 26 30
2025-09-10	9	4th	5 19 22 30
2025-09-01	16	4th	8 18 24 30
2025-08-16	4	4th	2 16 21 30
2025-08-12	1	4th	20 22 23 30
2025-08-11	8	4th	12 14 15 30
2025-08-03	11	4th	5 13 14 30
2025-07-23	6	4th	5 12 21 30
2025-07-17	1	4th	12 15 19 30
2025-07-16	9	4th	3 6 19 30
2025-07-07	3	4th	19 23 29 30
2025-07-04	11	4th	7 13 29 30
2025-06-23	4	4th	3 8 9 30
2025-06-19	4	4th	6 14 26 30
2025-06-15	15	4th	16 17 20 30
2025-05-31	25	3rd	15 27 30 31
2025-05-06	1	4th	5 6 26 30
2025-05-05	10	4th	4 8 11 30
2025-04-25	9	4th	5 12 15 30
2025-04-16	10	4th	13 23 26 30
2025-04-06	19	4th	3 5 8 30
2025-03-18	7	3rd	25 27 30 31
2025-03-11	8	3rd	3 17 30 31
2025-03-03	1	4th	4 7 25 30
2025-03-02	18	3rd	12 28 30 31
2025-02-12	6	4th	6 7 11 30
2025-02-06	2	4th	14 17 20 30
2025-02-04	3	4th	7 8 15 30
2025-02-01	6	4th	10 14 24 30
2025-01-26	4	4th	4 7 22 30
2025-01-22	14	3rd	14 26 30 31
2025-01-08	3	4th	4 24 28 30
2025-01-05	4	4th	5 7 24 30
2025-01-01	6	4th	17 23 25 30
2024-12-26	2	4th	1 5 6 30
2024-12-24	15	4th	10 21 26 30
2024-12-09	3	4th	9 18 19 30
2024-12-06	2	4th	4 13 29 30
2024-12-04	3	4th	8 19 28 30
2024-12-01	24	4th	21 24 28 30
2024-11-07	7	4th	2 7 8 30
2024-10-31	8	4th	2 4 10 30
2024-10-23	—	4th	20 24 26 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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

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