Number 30

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

145times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.09σ

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

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

53longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 145 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.09σ. 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 145 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 smallest2 · chance 1.5
2nd smallest10 · chance 14.1
3rd smallest37 · chance 45.5
4th smallest70 · chance 58.5
5th smallest26 · chance 25.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 26 16 44 8 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-07	2	5th	4 7 12 24 30
2026-09-30	5	3rd	9 26 30 36 44
2026-09-12	8	4th	8 10 22 30 38
2026-08-15	3	3rd	4 8 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-29	26	3rd	8 27 30 32 44
2024-03-30	7	5th	4 11 17 26 30
2024-03-06	1	5th	7 14 16 22 30
2024-03-02	53	4th	1 23 28 30 34
2023-08-30	3	4th	6 14 28 30 42
2023-08-19	7	3rd	5 23 30 36 41
2023-07-26	4	3rd	16 28 30 31 39
2023-07-12	3	3rd	16 17 30 44 45
2023-07-01	1	4th	6 23 28 30 44
2023-06-28	7	4th	10 15 16 30 33
2023-06-03	13	3rd	13 23 30 32 34
2023-04-19	21	4th	9 19 21 30 40
2023-02-04	9	5th	5 6 8 26 30
2023-01-04	1	5th	10 17 19 20 30
2022-12-31	8	5th	6 17 25 28 30
2022-12-03	8	4th	6 7 9 30 34
2022-11-05	1	3rd	14 26 30 40 41
2022-11-02	19	5th	6 14 16 19 30
2022-08-27	6	4th	2 6 19 30 35
2022-08-06	6	5th	6 13 22 25 30
2022-07-16	14	4th	7 8 19 30 35
2022-05-28	1	3rd	12 24 30 39 44
2022-05-25	40	3rd	8 11 30 39 44
2022-01-05	6	3rd	13 17 30 31 34
2021-12-15	12	4th	5 18 22 30 39
2021-11-03	1	5th	3 20 23 24 30
2021-10-30	4	4th	3 15 21 30 44
2021-10-16	12	2nd	17 30 33 41 43
2021-09-04	10	5th	2 6 19 22 30
2021-07-31	1	3rd	9 10 30 39 41
2021-07-28	3	1st	30 35 37 42 43
2021-07-17	3	3rd	17 21 30 36 42
2021-07-07	16	4th	5 15 25 30 39
2021-05-12	10	4th	6 22 24 30 40
2021-04-07	1	4th	14 19 29 30 43
2021-04-03	2	5th	6 9 13 28 30
2021-03-27	17	2nd	25 30 37 44 45
2021-01-27	26	4th	6 18 24 30 39
2020-10-28	17	3rd	14 20 30 37 39
2020-08-29	1	5th	6 13 21 28 30
2020-08-26	3	2nd	5 30 39 43 45
2020-08-15	16	4th	2 7 24 30 31
2020-06-20	2	4th	6 9 21 30 43
2020-06-13	6	4th	12 14 27 30 42
2020-05-23	1	4th	8 9 20 30 45
2020-05-20	1	3rd	1 20 30 42 44
2020-05-16	1	4th	4 8 28 30 39
2020-05-13	12	4th	8 10 27 30 40
2020-04-01	26	3rd	6 21 30 36 37
2020-01-01	7	5th	4 18 20 26 30
2019-12-07	17	5th	3 8 10 11 30
2019-10-09	2	4th	1 17 22 30 41
2019-10-02	5	3rd	8 16 30 43 44
2019-09-14	5	5th	1 3 6 27 30
2019-08-28	7	3rd	1 25 30 34 44
2019-08-03	21	2nd	10 30 36 41 42
2019-05-22	3	4th	17 21 28 30 31
2019-05-11	29	2nd	26 30 35 38 41
2019-01-30	5	4th	8 19 27 30 44
2019-01-12	10	4th	4 22 29 30 42
2018-12-08	10	4th	14 17 22 30 43
2018-11-03	11	4th	5 9 19 30 39
2018-09-26	3	4th	5 14 23 30 37
2018-09-15	3	5th	6 13 14 16 30
2018-09-05	10	3rd	1 18 30 43 45
2018-08-01	13	5th	13 18 19 21 30
2018-06-16	17	4th	2 23 28 30 42
2018-04-18	15	3rd	14 23 30 32 45
2018-02-24	13	3rd	23 28 30 35 45
2018-01-10	13	4th	15 17 21 30 32
2017-11-25	1	4th	3 20 21 30 39
2017-11-22	1	4th	11 13 22 30 38
2017-11-18	3	4th	6 23 29 30 43
2017-11-08	2	2nd	27 30 40 43 45
2017-11-01	23	4th	12 14 25 30 42
2017-08-12	8	4th	18 20 23 30 44
2017-07-15	5	4th	8 11 23 30 36
2017-06-28	13	3rd	19 27 30 34 40
2017-05-13	1	4th	7 9 18 30 40
2017-05-10	1	4th	1 13 26 30 35
2017-05-06	8	4th	2 12 25 30 36
2017-04-08	12	3rd	2 11 30 38 42
2017-02-25	2	3rd	4 27 30 39 40
2017-02-18	13	4th	10 26 27 30 37
2017-01-04	1	3rd	7 17 30 34 36
2016-12-31	4	4th	15 20 26 30 41
2016-12-17	8	4th	1 11 26 30 33
2016-11-19	19	5th	3 4 11 26 30
2016-09-14	8	3rd	24 29 30 36 44
2016-08-17	5	5th	5 16 23 25 30
2016-07-30	13	4th	22 25 26 30 35
2016-06-15	4	4th	20 26 29 30 31
2016-06-01	6	4th	19 20 28 30 37
2016-05-11	1	3rd	21 29 30 35 40
2016-05-07	2	4th	4 6 7 30 36
2016-04-30	10	4th	1 2 19 30 44
2016-03-26	28	1st	30 31 33 37 42
2015-12-19	5	3rd	2 7 30 37 40
2015-12-02	5	2nd	21 30 34 41 42
2015-11-14	3	2nd	9 30 33 34 42
2015-11-04	17	4th	11 24 25 30 35
2015-09-05	6	3rd	1 23 30 37 38
2015-08-15	9	4th	1 5 24 30 44
2015-07-15	1	3rd	4 21 30 39 43
2015-07-11	16	4th	7 19 26 30 34
2015-05-16	5	4th	16 21 25 30 45
2015-04-29	20	4th	4 14 29 30 45
2015-02-18	6	4th	2 9 10 30 35
2015-01-28	5	4th	6 20 27 30 32
2015-01-10	13	4th	16 18 29 30 45
2014-11-26	1	4th	2 4 28 30 37
2014-11-22	6	4th	6 16 27 30 38
2014-11-01	3	3rd	10 20 30 38 39
2014-10-22	2	4th	5 25 26 30 34
2014-10-15	7	4th	12 22 24 30 37
2014-09-20	11	4th	7 19 26 30 36
2014-08-13	7	5th	5 6 22 24 30
2014-07-19	5	4th	2 18 20 30 31
2014-07-02	7	3rd	8 14 30 32 44
2014-06-07	5	5th	9 15 25 26 30
2014-05-21	—	4th	2 19 25 30 45