Number 30

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

181times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.92σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

43longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 181 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 181 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 2 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 smallest7 · chance 4.7
2nd smallest28 · chance 27.2
3rd smallest60 · chance 58.6
4th smallest57 · chance 58.6
5th smallest28 · chance 27.2
6th smallest1 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 10 22 27 35 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-10-03	10	5th	3 18 23 28 30 56
2026-08-29	1	4th	6 16 28 30 37 40
2026-08-26	1	5th	5 10 14 15 30 42
2026-08-22

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-17	4	3rd	11 22 30 37 43 46
2024-08-03	17	3rd	11 28 30 44 47 59
2024-06-05	2	3rd	17 20 30 50 51 57
2024-05-29	3	5th	16 19 24 27 30 57
2024-05-18	13	4th	1 14 24 30 38 51
2024-04-03	8	5th	7 11 28 29 30 46
2024-03-06	11	4th	2 10 28 30 39 52
2024-01-27	11	6th	2 5 14 24 27 30
2023-12-20	17	3rd	3 22 30 34 47 55
2023-10-21	5	4th	18 25 27 30 48 53
2023-10-04	11	4th	4 22 28 30 35 47
2023-08-26	14	4th	15 26 29 30 42 51
2023-07-08	4	2nd	17 30 35 41 45 54
2023-06-24	8	4th	5 8 11 30 34 49
2023-05-27	21	2nd	6 30 32 37 39 43
2023-03-15	2	5th	11 23 24 28 30 31
2023-03-08	2	2nd	15 30 35 37 38 56
2023-03-01	2	3rd	1 2 30 38 49 55
2023-02-22	21	5th	4 7 8 15 30 41
2022-12-10	6	5th	5 18 19 20 30 45
2022-11-19	20	5th	9 12 24 28 30 41
2022-09-10	2	2nd	9 30 32 51 55 57
2022-09-03	2	3rd	12 28 30 40 43 52
2022-08-27	2	3rd	12 19 30 31 47 57
2022-08-20	8	4th	4 11 14 30 32 50
2022-07-23	13	4th	7 13 18 30 41 53
2022-06-08	1	3rd	4 11 30 32 38 55
2022-06-04	10	4th	4 14 21 30 38 52
2022-04-30	1	3rd	5 17 30 35 41 56
2022-04-27	10	3rd	5 8 30 44 51 55
2022-03-23	41	2nd	14 30 35 38 47 51
2021-10-30	2	3rd	23 27 30 36 50 57
2021-10-23	10	4th	1 2 8 30 42 45
2021-09-18	3	3rd	19 23 30 38 49 58
2021-09-08	1	3rd	6 22 30 33 38 50
2021-09-04	1	4th	5 22 26 30 43 50
2021-09-01	2	2nd	4 30 37 51 54 56
2021-08-25	2	5th	4 6 7 12 30 40
2021-08-18	9	2nd	23 30 34 35 47 57
2021-07-17	9	1st	30 34 46 47 56 58
2021-06-16	4	4th	3 4 10 30 31 45
2021-06-02	8	3rd	16 29 30 35 37 47
2021-05-05	5	4th	20 22 28 30 51 54
2021-04-17	5	4th	14 15 22 30 35 48
2021-03-31	13	2nd	9 30 32 46 49 53
2021-02-13	1	2nd	5 30 37 44 49 54
2021-02-10	9	3rd	8 23 30 47 48 57
2021-01-09	11	2nd	16 30 34 43 46 50
2020-12-02	10	2nd	10 30 32 37 38 54
2020-10-28	2	4th	10 16 18 30 49 50
2020-10-21	23	4th	15 22 24 30 50 59
2020-08-01	2	4th	1 13 27 30 49 58
2020-07-25	11	4th	5 9 11 30 41 57
2020-06-17	1	4th	10 16 21 30 31 56
2020-06-13	8	3rd	19 26 30 37 40 41
2020-05-16	36	4th	6 8 13 30 36 58
2020-01-11	2	5th	8 10 17 18 30 46
2020-01-04	10	4th	6 10 16 30 33 55
2019-11-30	14	2nd	14 30 39 51 52 53
2019-10-12	6	4th	13 15 27 30 46 51
2019-09-21	6	5th	4 10 21 28 30 43
2019-08-31	12	4th	2 11 29 30 43 44
2019-07-20	27	3rd	12 15 30 32 51 58
2019-04-17	21	4th	2 3 18 30 52 53
2019-02-02	6	2nd	20 30 39 45 46 53
2019-01-12	10	3rd	5 21 30 48 56 57
2018-12-08	6	3rd	2 26 30 31 38 59
2018-11-17	4	3rd	17 26 30 37 47 50
2018-11-03	7	2nd	15 30 40 42 56 59
2018-10-10	15	3rd	15 24 30 37 44 59
2018-08-18	9	4th	12 24 27 30 40 53
2018-07-18	2	5th	4 7 19 24 30 45
2018-07-11	7	2nd	8 30 32 35 45 56
2018-06-16	18	4th	11 20 21 30 44 55
2018-04-14	13	5th	5 12 23 27 30 56
2018-02-28	13	5th	4 6 10 28 30 53
2018-01-13	4	1st	30 46 47 48 56 59
2017-12-30	7	4th	8 20 29 30 31 47
2017-12-06	7	4th	4 21 29 30 31 32
2017-11-11	7	3rd	6 22 30 35 55 59
2017-10-18	17	3rd	6 12 30 48 54 55
2017-08-19	13	3rd	10 25 30 31 36 58
2017-07-05	2	4th	18 19 21 30 54 56
2017-06-28	2	1st	30 32 35 40 50 58
2017-06-21	6	4th	10 14 29 30 33 37
2017-05-31	1	4th	9 12 29 30 43 59
2017-05-27	11	3rd	7 17 30 34 47 58
2017-04-19	9	3rd	4 29 30 34 46 54
2017-03-18	1	5th	1 3 20 27 30 49
2017-03-15	20	5th	13 22 27 29 30 40
2017-01-04	7	4th	10 19 29 30 33 56
2016-12-10	8	3rd	10 18 30 44 50 56
2016-11-12	6	4th	12 22 28 30 48 59
2016-10-22	6	3rd	14 26 30 35 50 56
2016-10-01	3	5th	1 4 13 15 30 33
2016-09-21	16	4th	4 8 13 30 36 58
2016-07-27	9	3rd	4 14 30 33 49 54
2016-06-25	2	3rd	14 27 30 31 50 52
2016-06-18	11	3rd	10 21 30 38 45 59
2016-05-11	3	2nd	8 30 31 32 36 49
2016-04-30	4	4th	1 20 25 30 31 57
2016-04-16	8	4th	7 14 15 30 41 50
2016-03-19	3	3rd	7 17 30 46 53 55
2016-03-09	24	4th	15 22 23 30 36 38
2015-12-16	8	4th	15 16 23 30 43 54
2015-11-18	16	2nd	3 30 31 35 37 52
2015-09-23	37	3rd	1 7 30 31 42 44
2015-05-16	32	4th	1 20 28 30 34 49
2015-01-24	6	3rd	3 6 30 41 45 56
2015-01-03	8	4th	22 23 28 30 41 45
2014-12-06	5	2nd	21 30 33 41 50 58
2014-11-19	1	3rd	12 27 30 32 43 50
2014-11-15	4	3rd	1 12 30 38 39 51
2014-11-01	2	3rd	27 29 30 42 48 59
2014-10-25	4	5th	2 15 23 29 30 49
2014-10-11	3	3rd	4 28 30 32 42 46
2014-10-01	4	4th	3 6 11 30 43 59
2014-09-17	18	4th	8 17 27 30 34 53
2014-07-16	4	5th	19 20 25 29 30 55
2014-07-02	12	5th	2 18 25 28 30 35
2014-05-21	12	3rd	7 27 30 45 50 53
2014-04-09	3	5th	2 10 19 27 30 35
2014-03-29	3	3rd	7 29 30 37 42 53
2014-03-19	1	3rd	4 12 30 55 56 59
2014-03-15	11	3rd	6 29 30 34 44 49
2014-02-05	9	5th	2 13 17 19 30 43
2014-01-04	14	3rd	17 25 30 37 39 42
2013-11-16	28	2nd	27 30 32 44 58 59
2013-08-10	43	3rd	12 23 30 31 46 52
2013-03-13	1	4th	12 17 21 30 50 59
2013-03-09	1	5th	5 23 26 27 30 53
2013-03-06	11	4th	2 13 22 30 47 56
2013-01-26	3	5th	5 14 22 28 30 31
2013-01-16	5	4th	6 15 22 30 42 56
2012-12-29	8	4th	10 13 22 30 40 57
2012-12-01	1	1st	30 35 39 48 50 59
2012-11-28	22	3rd	10 11 30 40 42 59
2012-09-12	5	3rd	11 20 30 36 53 54
2012-08-25	1	2nd	10 30 32 48 50 52
2012-08-22	8	3rd	18 27 30 35 49 53
2012-07-25	1	4th	1 4 12 30 40 48
2012-07-21	15	1st	30 34 42 50 53 55
2012-05-30	3	5th	10 17 23 27 30 50
2012-05-19	9	4th	2 17 22 30 35 49
2012-04-18	4	3rd	11 27 30 36 46 49
2012-04-04	9	3rd	5 29 30 31 46 59
2012-03-03	20	2nd	29 30 31 35 47 57
2011-12-24	6	4th	6 16 25 30 38 55
2011-12-03	4	3rd	12 20 30 50 54 55
2011-11-19	21	4th	8 16 27 30 37 57
2011-09-07	33	4th	14 16 19 30 37 40
2011-05-14	9	2nd	17 30 34 36 42 57
2011-04-13	6	3rd	3 10 30 35 37 39
2011-03-23	2	3rd	4 21 30 36 40 46
2011-03-16	5	5th	15 19 22 23 30 54
2011-02-26	34	5th	13 18 23 24 30 54
2010-10-30	—	4th	7 9 23 30 38 51