Number 30

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

135times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.06σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

18.9average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

106longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

30 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 135 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 30, draw by draw

Drawn 135 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.9 draws · longest completed wait 106 · waiting 20 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest27 · chance 31.1
2nd smallest62 · chance 60.2
3rd smallest36 · chance 36.6
4th smallest10 · chance 7.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 11 33 26 50 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 77. 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
2026-08-26	17	3rd	11 24 30 38
2026-07-18	19	2nd	15 30 33 58
2026-06-03	13	2nd	12 30 48 69
2026-05-04	11	1st	30 48 67 75
2026-04-08	7	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-07	13	3rd	3 4 30 33
2023-09-06	29	3rd	2 27 30 35
2023-07-01	9	2nd	17 30 35 44
2023-06-10	6	2nd	20 30 45 69
2023-05-27	41	2nd	7 30 60 76
2023-02-20	6	3rd	1 3 30 32
2023-02-06	24	2nd	26 30 34 58
2022-12-12	23	2nd	25 30 35 63
2022-10-19	10	2nd	14 30 34 61
2022-09-26	5	2nd	21 30 34 36
2022-09-14	9	2nd	28 30 55 63
2022-08-24	49	2nd	14 30 50 62
2022-05-02	22	2nd	13 30 31 73
2022-03-12	6	1st	30 37 52 64
2022-02-26	15	3rd	8 23 30 31
2022-01-22	12	2nd	13 30 50 63
2021-12-25	25	3rd	1 9 30 48
2021-10-27	22	3rd	2 15 30 51
2021-09-06	24	2nd	24 30 41 54
2021-07-12	28	2nd	24 30 53 61
2021-05-08	13	3rd	5 19 30 46
2021-04-07	19	2nd	1 30 70 73
2021-02-22	15	2nd	26 30 50 61
2021-01-18	14	1st	30 49 61 74
2020-12-16	66	3rd	1 11 30 61
2020-07-15	12	1st	30 39 42 62
2020-06-17	48	2nd	16 30 41 43
2020-02-26	5	1st	30 52 58 66
2020-02-15	32	1st	30 47 50 65
2019-12-02	2	2nd	15 30 32 41
2019-11-27	1	2nd	23 30 39 62
2019-11-25	3	2nd	20 30 60 73
2019-11-18	54	3rd	6 12 30 39
2019-07-15	8	2nd	26 30 67 73
2019-06-26	24	2nd	19 30 32 65
2019-05-01	18	2nd	7 30 40 75
2019-03-20	19	1st	30 31 33 60
2019-02-04	2	4th	5 17 23 30
2019-01-30	10	1st	30 47 53 55
2019-01-07	18	3rd	7 20 30 43
2018-11-26	18	3rd	1 4 30 73
2018-10-15	6	2nd	3 30 36 37
2018-10-01	5	2nd	27 30 50 51
2018-09-19	19	4th	9 12 16 30
2018-08-06	6	3rd	13 19 30 72
2018-07-23	15	2nd	29 30 50 56
2018-06-18	17	3rd	21 27 30 75
2018-05-09	26	1st	30 45 57 69
2018-03-10	32	3rd	3 13 30 53
2017-12-25	7	2nd	29 30 67 73
2017-12-09	9	1st	30 32 47 68
2017-11-18	12	1st	30 50 65 67
2017-10-21	3	1st	30 52 71 77
2017-10-14	4	2nd	2 30 57 68
2017-10-04	3	4th	3 9 11 30
2017-09-27	51	3rd	18 19 30 64
2017-05-31	3	1st	30 39 49 70
2017-05-24	4	2nd	20 30 33 56
2017-05-15	26	3rd	4 22 30 54
2017-03-15	5	3rd	18 22 30 33
2017-03-04	25	2nd	11 30 34 62
2017-01-04	1	2nd	19 30 34 47
2017-01-02	14	2nd	22 30 37 74
2016-11-30	1	3rd	8 12 30 71
2016-11-28	106	1st	30 33 46 49
2016-03-26	5	2nd	10 30 40 58
2016-03-14	2	3rd	5 25 30 71
2016-03-09	12	1st	30 41 55 63
2016-02-10	39	2nd	17 30 52 53
2015-11-11	8	3rd	5 17 30 76
2015-10-24	47	2nd	5 30 51 67
2015-07-06	33	3rd	20 26 30 72
2015-04-20	21	2nd	11 30 66 74
2015-03-02	28	1st	30 48 52 66
2014-12-27	18	3rd	3 12 30 49
2014-11-15	8	3rd	1 9 30 55
2014-10-27	6	2nd	27 30 42 68
2014-10-13	6	3rd	8 14 30 58
2014-09-29	24	1st	30 38 74 76
2014-08-04	53	2nd	11 30 35 70
2014-04-02	20	2nd	9 30 55 58
2014-02-15	42	1st	30 41 53 56
2013-11-09	49	2nd	6 30 33 51
2013-07-17	7	2nd	12 30 46 71
2013-07-01	10	1st	30 45 55 62
2013-06-08	8	3rd	17 26 30 65
2013-05-20	2	1st	30 33 45 54
2013-05-15	66	1st	30 39 42 74
2012-12-12	45	3rd	16 23 30 51
2012-08-29	9	3rd	26 27 30 68
2012-08-08	2	3rd	2 25 30 58
2012-08-04	31	2nd	12 30 56 65
2012-05-23	30	2nd	10 30 36 67
2012-03-12	6	3rd	11 18 30 38
2012-02-27	16	4th	5 11 21 30
2012-01-21	32	3rd	2 27 30 66
2011-11-07	1	4th	13 19 24 30
2011-11-05	6	2nd	5 30 38 46
2011-10-22	11	2nd	2 30 50 66
2011-09-26	14	2nd	14 30 33 74
2011-08-24	31	1st	30 46 48 62
2011-06-13	2	2nd	27 30 46 62
2011-06-08	34	2nd	6 30 51 52
2011-03-21	19	4th	1 7 28 30
2011-02-05	4	2nd	20 30 39 55
2011-01-26	18	2nd	12 30 43 71
2010-12-15	7	3rd	14 16 30 49
2010-11-29	6	2nd	6 30 51 52
2010-11-15	5	2nd	25 30 43 57
2010-11-03	63	2nd	17 30 56 67
2010-06-09	—	2nd	10 30 44 56